Yu Ruhai was about to say something sarcastic, but Yu Zhou nudged him with her elbow, interrupting him and saying with a smile, "Fifth brother's daughter-in-law is a grateful person. After all, she was raised by the family. She took care of Liu Sanniang's funeral and can be praised for her loyalty. She should come back this time."
Yu Ruhai's brows were furrowed so much that they could pinch a fly to death, and he was puffing his beard and glaring at the side.
"That's right. If Jiao girl hadn't been kind-hearted, how could our family have benefited from her and lived in such a good life without worries about food and drink and lived in such a nice house." Zhang was quick-witted and deliberately replied.
Yu Zhou smiled and asked Yu Jiao with a kind look, "When will the funeral be held? If there is anything you can't handle, call someone from your family to help."
Yu Zhoushi has always been calculating and smooth, and never shows it on her face. She always instigates Yu Ruhai to do things that would cause a fallout.
As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Even though everyone in this room knows what kind of person Yu Zhou is.
Yu Jiao replied briefly: "Tomorrow."
"Then let your mother and the others go over tomorrow. More people will be there to take care of you." Yu Zhou said this with a smile, and then said, "It will be time for lunch soon. Fifth brother's wife rarely comes home, so they should all come to the main hall to eat at noon."
After hearing this, Song had no choice but to agree. Fearing that the old man would make trouble again, she hurriedly said, "I will take Jiao girl back to the courtyard to settle her down first, and come back at noon. Mengshan doesn't know that Jiao girl is back yet."
Since the new courtyard was built at home, Yu Zhou and Yu Ruhai moved into the main hall. Not only did they buy maids and servants, they also hired a cook to serve them. They set up a small kitchen in their own courtyard and usually let the first and second wives eat in their own courtyard.
There were only Song and Yu Mengshan left in the second room. Zhang usually asked them to eat together in the east wing, and Song helped Zhang cook. In fact, the two rooms did not have separate kitchens.
Yu Ruhai snorted when Yu Zhou gave him a look, and told Song to take Yu Jiao away.
As soon as they left, Yu Ruhai couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and he yelled with a cold face: "Why have you been stopping me? This damn girl finally came back this time, if I don't set some rules for her, what will happen in the future? I'm afraid she won't even recognize who we are!"
Yu Zhou comforted him softly, "Master, calm down. Right now, the second and fourth brothers are in the capital, and they all rely on the fifth brother for care. If we find fault with her at home, I don't know what she will whisper in the fifth brother's ear when she returns to the capital. The fifth brother is not close to Jin Shu and Jin Yan, and I'm afraid he will be even more alienated from us."
This only made Yu Ruhai even more angry. He put down his teacup angrily and said, "I don't know how Fifth Brother got so obsessed with this little girl that he let her control him so well. If she wasn't lucky enough to be recognized by her father who is a high-ranking official, she would have been sold as a money-loser!"
Yu Zhou stroked his chest and whispered, "When Jin Shu and Jin Yan get jobs in the future and can gain a foothold in the capital, we can rely on more than just her second son, and they won't be so arrogant anymore."
She poured a cup of tea for Yu Ruhai and continued, "She is disrespectful to us now because the fifth brother is the only one in the family who is an official. She knows that we all depend on him. Look, the eldest brother's wife is always trying to curry favor with the second wife, so the third brother can be a well-known manager outside. She is thinking about the benefits of the second wife!"
Yu Ruhai said in a condescending manner, "No matter how capable Yu Qizhe is, he is still a descendant of our Yu family! No, I have to write a letter to Jinyan, asking him to study hard and become the top scholar and a high-ranking official in the future. We are both descendants of our Yu family, how can he be worse than the second brother's family?"
Yu Ruhai imitated the manners of the rich and powerful families and even built a study room at home. He walked to the study room angrily. Yu Zhou followed him and helped Yu Ruhai grind ink and spread paper. She said casually, "Fifth brother's daughter-in-law will be away for at least a month. I'm afraid there's no one to take care of Fifth Brother. I see that those officials have concubines to accompany them. When they are sent out, their wives can't leave home, so they bring those concubines to take care of their daily life. Fifth brother's daughter-in-law is from a noble family, so I'm afraid there's no one to take care of Fifth Brother."
Yu Ruhai had an idea. If he could place a woman he liked next to his fifth brother and persuade him to think about his family, he would not be so distant from them.
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