Chapter 4 There is no chair to sit on inside
The people made way for her, and a woman in a moon-white dress and without any hair ornaments on her head jumped out from the carriage behind and walked quickly towards them.
"Look, isn't this the Grand Secretary's granddaughter, Su Yiling?"
"Yes, that's her. In the past two years, every time someone from the Bu family came to visit, this Miss Su would come and help the housekeeper chase them away. Alas, she's also quite the infatuated person."
"You! Did you not hear what I said last time, or did you forget it? How about I use my big stick to help you remember it again?"
Su Yiling's angry voice scared the second branch of the Bu family and the clan members, but they still stepped forward.
"Miss Su, this is my Bu family's family affair. Miss Su is an outsider, so it's a bit too nosy for her to interfere."
Su Yiling put her hands on her hips and started cursing at the Bu family members.
"Your family affairs? If it weren't for the disaster in the General's Mansion, I would have been the eldest lady of this national defense general's mansion. The engagement letter has been exchanged and I haven't withdrawn the engagement. I am also half a Bu family member, so how can I say that I am an outsider?"
"I've said before that this General's Mansion belongs to General Bu's family. Even if there's no one alive here, I won't allow people like you to occupy it."
"You, the Bu family, relied on the General's Mansion to enter Kyoto. Over the years, the General and his wife have helped you a lot, giving you shops and money. Not only are you ungrateful, but you even want to take over the General's Mansion after they died in battle. How shameless!"
"I didn't want to say these things in public before, for fear of disturbing the peace of the General's Mansion, but now you are growing further apart."
"If you don't leave today, don't blame me for embarrassing you!"
Bu Ruo looked at the angry girl and secretly tugged at Zhang Tiancheng's sleeve: "Uncle housekeeper, who is this warrior?"
Zhang Tiancheng sighed, "This is Su Yiling, the granddaughter of Su Daxueshi. She was betrothed to the young master since she was a child, and they fell in love with each other when they grew up. If not... she would have been your sister-in-law by now."
"Before the Madam left for the border, she personally went to the Su Mansion and said that the eldest young master was gone. She took the initiative to cancel the engagement, fearing that it would delay the girl's marriage."
"But Miss Su was just like today, dressed in white, saying that even if the young master was gone, she would not break off the engagement and would stay with him forever as his widow."
"This Miss Su's parents died young, leaving Old Master Su with only this one legitimate granddaughter. Seeing this, he couldn't resist and finally nodded in agreement."
"Miss Su has been helping me these past two years. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to hold on for this long."
After Su Yiling finished speaking, she walked through the Bu family to the gate of the mansion, and then she saw Bu Ruo standing at the gate, who was also dressed in white.
"You must be Ruo'er."
Su Yiling looked at Bu Ruo, her eyes filled with pity, "Don't be afraid, Ruo'er, I'm here, I will protect you."
Bu Ruo blinked her beautiful eyes: "Yes, Ruoer has met the future sister-in-law."
"But... leave the rest to Ruo'er."
The term "future sister-in-law" made Su Yiling's eyes red instantly.
Bu Ruo patted her hand and took a step forward: "Bu Ruo greets all the uncles and elders of the clan. I wonder what brings you here today?"
When the second wife saw Bu Ruo coming out, she immediately changed into a different person: "This is Ruo'er, right? I am your second uncle, your father's younger brother. We came here mainly to see you and take care of you."
"Your second aunt and I are worried about you, a girl, living in such a big general's mansion."
"Yes, yes, and Uncle San, Uncle San and Aunt San are also worried. It's better for everyone to live together so that it's easier to take care of each other."
Su Yiling looked at Bu Ruo worriedly, afraid that she would be bewitched by this group of people, and grabbed her sleeve tightly.
Bu Ruo gave her a soothing smile, then turned and looked coldly at the group of people below who were eager to move into the general's mansion immediately: "Let's not talk about living together for now, but Ruo'er does have something I want to trouble you uncles and aunts with."
When the people from the second and third branches of the Bu family heard Bu Ruo's words, they hurriedly said with a smile, "Ruo'er, just tell us. As long as your uncle and aunt can help, we will definitely not ignore it. You are the only daughter left by my eldest brother, and we will definitely take good care of you."
Bu Ruo nodded and said loudly to the people who were looking at the excitement, "Ruo'er just returned to the general's mansion. I heard that all the money in the mansion was taken away by the uncles and aunts under the pretext of temporarily keeping it for Ruo'er. So today, please return the money to her uncles and aunts. After all, Ruo'er has to make a living in the future."
"Uncle Steward and the rest of the family haven't received their monthly salary for two years. They've been working odd jobs outside to take care of the General's Mansion, preventing it from falling apart. Ruo'er must repay their kindness."
When the people from the second and third houses heard Bu Ruo's words, they were all confused.
Why didn't this little girl play by the rules? Logically speaking, since her family had all died, and now that she saw her relatives, shouldn't she tearfully take them in to live with her, and then live a good life relying on the shelter left by the general's mansion?
You should know that the Great Zhou Kingdom provides very high pensions to the families of soldiers who died in battle, and there are also various preferential treatments in other places. In the future, whether you are an official or doing business, you will be able to have smooth sailing, not to mention someone like Bu Ruo who is the only one left in the family. She is definitely a gold nugget.
They had originally planned to move into the general's mansion first, control everything, and then take control of Bu Ruo when he came back. But... how come they didn't even get into the mansion, but were asked for money as soon as they arrived?
"Ruo'er, you are still young. I'm afraid that the money won't stay with you. It will be taken away by someone with ulterior motives. It's better for your uncles to keep it for you first."
"Look, we've been standing here talking for a long time and we're all tired. Let's go into the mansion. If there's anything, we can talk inside."
Zhang Tiancheng stood in front of Bu Ruo. As long as his young lady didn't say anything, he would not retreat a single step and would never let this shameless group of people step into the general's mansion.
"I'm tired."
"Bi'er, have someone bring out two chairs so Sister Su and I can sit down and talk."
Bier tried to hold back her laughter and quickly had two chairs brought to the door. Bu Ruo pulled Su Yiling around and sat on them, leaving everyone stunned.
"Ruo'er, I...what about us?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, uncles and aunts, you've taken all the money. There are only two chairs in the general's mansion now, so you can only stand for a while."
"Then we can go in..."
"No need. There are no chairs to sit on inside. It doesn't matter where you go. You have to walk a few more steps to get in. What will you do if you get tired? The general's mansion doesn't have money to hire a doctor for you."
Zhang Tiancheng had someone bring the account book just now, and now he handed it respectfully to Bu Ruo.
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