Chapter 69: Late but Arrived
Feng Qingsui thought of his unfinished revenge and shook his head, saying, "No, I don't want to acknowledge my relatives for the time being."
Madam Zong was puzzled: "Why?"
"It's not convenient to say now."
Feng Qingsui replied.
"I'll tell you when the time is right. For now, just treat me as a stranger who looks just like your daughter. Don't reveal our relationship to anyone else."
Madam Zong: “…”
Zong Hebai: "..."
"You don't have to worry."
He said to Feng Qingsui.
"Your uncles and I will treat you as our own daughter. Your aunts are also kind people. Now that you are back, you will be the eldest daughter of our Zhennan General's Mansion. Everyone will treat you well."
"You might feel a little strange at first, but as you get along for a while and develop feelings for each other, it will be fine."
"I know." Feng Qingsui smiled. "I'm not worried about your attitude. I just have other concerns."
Recognizing her as a relative is a matter of great importance, and the Zong family is not an ordinary family. If they recognize her, it will definitely cause an uproar.
At that time, she would become the focus of attention of the powerful and wealthy, and her every move would be watched by others, making it much more difficult for her to act.
Moreover, to the Ji family, she was the widow of Ji Changfeng who suddenly appeared. If she could not defeat the Queen and the Crown Prince in the future, Ji Changqing and Qi could just claim that they were deceived and get themselves out of the blame.
But to the Zong family, she was their granddaughter whom they had found after going through so much hardship. If anything happened to her, the Zong family would inevitably be implicated.
So it is better to have less things to do than more.
It’s not too late to recognize your relatives after the dust settles.
Madam Zong and Zong Hebai didn't know what she was worried about, but seeing that she was determined to do so, they could only do as she said.
"Okay, then we won't recognize each other for now, but I can't expect grandma to treat you as a stranger."
Madam Zong said with a stern face.
"I'm already old. If I don't keep in touch with you, I'll die of old age."
Zong Hebai said, "You don't recognize us as your relatives, and you don't recognize silver? The Ningguo Mansion was raided and all the dowry your mother left for you was taken away. I have prepared a new dowry for you, worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and you don't want it?"
Feng Qingsui: “…”
Who would refuse money that is delivered to your door?
"Fourth Uncle, please keep it for me first," she said with a smile, "I will take it later."
After finally hearing her call him uncle, Zong Hebai felt warm all over, as if he had drunk hot soup in the middle of winter.
"Okay, but don't let your uncle keep her for too long. It's already very loyal of you to stay with Ji Changfeng for a year. Take advantage of the spring when the flowers are blooming, go out and enjoy the flowers more often, pick out a suitable husband, and get married by the end of the year."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
The elders’ urging for marriage is indeed late but it finally comes.
Madam Zong was not in good health and was extremely excited today. After chatting with Feng Qingsui for a while, she looked tired.
Feng Qingsui took her pulse and prescribed a prescription for conditioning.
"Grandma, let's stop here for now. Take good care of yourself and we'll see you next time."
When Madam Zong heard the word "Grandma", her eyes became hot.
"Okay, Grandma, I'll listen to you. I will try my best to live until someone calls me great-grandmother."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
Before saying goodbye, Madam Zong stuffed a stack of gold and jade bracelets into her hands, while Zong Hebai stuffed a stack of silver bills into her hands, and also gave her a seal and a password.
"If you need silver, just go to the Tongbao Money House and exchange it."
Feng Qingsui said hello.
After returning to the Ji Mansion and sending the valuables back to the courtyard, Chunyun, who was beside Qi, came to invite her: "Madam said that the Second Master is cooking, please come over and have dinner with us."
Feng Qingsui went there happily.
"Come and try this spicy fish dish," Qi said. "I can't handle spicy food, but I'm sure you'll love it."
Feng Qingsui really has a spicy taste.
Once you taste it, you will be overjoyed.
"Delicious!" she praised. "I've had spicy fish fillets before, made by a famous chef in the South, but they weren't as delicious as this."
"If you smell good, eat more." Qi smiled and said, "You're still a little thin. It would be better if you gained some weight."
Feng Qingsui chuckled.
This is probably what Master said, there is a kind of thinness, which is when your family thinks you are thin.
She obeyed, "Mom is right."
Then one person showed off half a plate of fish.
There were only a few pieces left, and he couldn't show them off any more, so he asked Ji Changqing, "Second Master, can I take some back to the courtyard as a snack?"
Ji Changqing nodded.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly.
A sense of joy rose in my heart, as if I had just fed a big cat.
When Big Cat Feng Qingsui returned to the courtyard with the lunch box, he felt a little reluctant when he thought that after he had taken revenge and left the Ji Mansion, he would not be able to eat the food cooked by Ji Changqing.
She wondered if she could pay him to do it in the future, she thought, it shouldn’t be considered bribing an official, right?
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In a shantytown in the outer city, a woman's painful cries were heard from a low thatched house.
Six tall men stood outside the house, all with tense faces and furrowed brows.
The door creaked open and an old woman with a limp came out.
The men immediately surrounded them.
"How is it? Did you give birth?"
The old woman shook her head: "It's a horizontal position. Prepare for the funeral."
One man almost punched her on the head if the other man hadn't stopped him in time.
"Third brother, don't be impulsive."
The man who stopped him shouted.
Then he asked the old woman, "Auntie, is there really no other way? Can't you reach in and move the child to a different position?"
The old woman glared at him and said, "You have such great ability, but I, an old woman, don't have it."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand to push away the two men blocking his way and limped away.
A man pounded the wooden wall hard.
The house shook three times from the hammering.
He quickly withdrew his hand, squatted down with his head in his hands, and said in pain: "What should I do? Am I going to watch Sanniang die and two people die?"
The other man gritted his teeth and said, "Find another midwife. I don't believe this child can't be born!"
"This is the seventh midwife. There are only a few like this in the entire southwest city. If we look for more, we'll have to go to other districts and we'll be discovered! We're running for our lives right now!"
A man reminded.
"We'll pay for what we've done," one murmured. "We aided and abetted the evil, and now it's time to pay for it."
The other men were silent.
"Woof woof!"
A dog barked.
They all looked and saw a very familiar looking big black dog running into the alley, followed by the two female evildoers they had met two days ago.
Several people wanted to run away, but when they heard the woman in the house screaming in pain, they stopped in unison.
"She's in labor?"
Feng Qingsui walked up to the thatched cottage and asked.
The leading man clenched his fists and said, "I had a miscarriage while fleeing. The midwife said it was a sideways position and I couldn't deliver the baby."
"Let me see."
Feng Qingsui pushed the door open and went in.
The men did not stop her - with the fat maid there, they couldn't stop her even if they wanted to.
After a while, Feng Qingsui came out of the house.
"I can save them and their child if you are willing to cooperate with me."
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