Wouldn't it be better to wait until she likes the two children and then adopt one?
Xu Jinyi yawned with a lazy expression: "My daughter-in-law was not thoughtful enough before. I need more rest. If the two children play around, I'm afraid they will disturb me."
"Besides, my cousin will be here in a few days. If she thinks I want to steal her child, it will cause unnecessary trouble, which would be bad."
"Mom, I'm going to go down and rest now. I'm really tired."
What could Lin's mother say? She could only watch her leave with a forced smile.
After Xu Jinyi left, the two children immediately hugged Lin's mother and burst into tears.
"Grandma, my cousin doesn't like us, right? She says we're ugly and stupid, right?"
“Woo…”
When the two children cried, Lin's mother's heart ached. She held one child in each hand and comforted them.
"Dear children, grandma loves you. It's your aunt's fault for not being sensible. Our little Ruize is such a good child. When he grows up, he will definitely be as upright as his father."
Jiang Linlin was still crying, "Grandma, if my aunt doesn't adopt us, then we won't be able to wear beautiful clothes or eat meat anymore. Will we have to go back to the countryside to dig wild vegetables?"
"Nonsense, you are all grandma's good grandchildren. You will live here in the future. Your aunt will definitely adopt you."
Listening to the children's words, Lin's mother touched the coarse cloth on their bodies, her eyes full of guilt.
"Grandma will send someone to make new clothes for you right away, using the best fabrics."
Hearing this, Jiang Linlin, who had lowered his head, curled up the corners of his mouth into a triumphant smile.
Her mother was right, the crying child gets the milk.
Someone from the First Pavilion in the capital came to the door with a fabric tape measure, measured the two children's sizes, and then took out a stack of fabric patterns.
"Mrs. Lin, please look at these fabrics. They are all the softest and most suitable for children. How many sets of clothes do we need for one child?"
Jiang Linlin looked at these gorgeous fabrics with shining eyes, unable to take her eyes away.
After hearing the price, Lin's mother exclaimed, "How can this cloth be so expensive per foot?"
Madam Du smiled and replied, "This is the best material from my first pavilion in the capital. The style is novel and it is perfect for children."
Thinking that it was her daughter-in-law's money anyway, Lin's mother pointed and said, "Make ten sets for the boys and five sets for the girls."
Jiang Linlin looked at Lin's mother with some grievance in his eyes, but Lin's mother didn't even look at him, and held the cloth and measured it on her grandson.
From Lin's mother, Jiang Linlin once again felt the same feeling of favoring boys over girls as her mother.
Jiang Linlin suddenly felt aggrieved. For the first time, she felt that her brother was an eyesore.
"Grandma, these fabrics are so beautiful, but aren't they too expensive? I'm going to buy five sets, and that's a lot. Will my cousin not like it?"
Mother Lin's eyes became sharp: "Silly child, you called me the wrong name again. I am your aunt, don't call me the wrong name in the future."
Jiang Linlin was quick-witted and instantly realized that there was an outsider present. The fact that they were blood relatives of the Lin family must not be revealed to anyone, so she spoke immediately.
"Aunt, you are so kind to us. You are really like grandma, so I made the mistake."
"It's okay, you can pick any clothes you like. Your cousin loves children very much and won't be angry."
"Thank you, aunt."
In this way, Lin's mother ordered twenty sets of clothes and several pairs of shoes for her two children in the first pavilion in the capital.
Over there, Xu Jinyi brought Jinxiu and her maids back all the valuable ornaments from Lanxiang Garden and put them back in her own warehouse.
Du Juan, who had just finished cleaning Qingfeng Garden, came back with a puzzled look on her face. "Madam, why is Lanxiang Garden locked up? Qingfeng Garden has been cleaned. Can we move everything there?"
"Move? Move what?" Xu Jinyi was even more confused than her.
This Dujuan is not a good person. She told everything after the original owner was imprisoned.
It turned out that she knew everything Lin Ze had done to her, and he watched her being deceived without saying a word.
In order to fulfill the benefits Lin Ze promised, he even cooked a bunch of medicinal food for her, saying that eating it would make her health better.
In fact, it is a medicine that makes you worse the more you take it.
She did this because the original owner did not promote her to a concubine.
Heaven and earth can bear witness that the original owner was truly doing that for her own good, and treated her two personal maids like real sisters.
He chose honest women from the capital as his wives for both of them and even promised to give them a decent dowry.
But Dujuan was determined to become a concubine of a high-ranking official, and her ambition was as high as the sky.
Du Juan looked at Xu Jinyi in shock. "Aren't we going to move all the furnishings from Lanxiang Garden to Qingfeng Garden? Madam, didn't you say that the things from Lanxiang Garden were all for our cousins?"
Xu Jinyi looked the pretty Du Juan up and down, frowning slightly. "The decorations I prepared earlier were not appropriate. I have taken back all those vases, porcelain, and jade."
"Children love to make a fuss. If they accidentally fall, it's not a big deal, but if they get hurt, it's troublesome. So Qingfeng Garden shouldn't display those pretty but impractical things."
Du Juan was shocked: "What about the new furniture?"
Xu Jinyi looked at her with such sharp eyes that Du Juan lowered her head.
"I remember that the furniture in Qingfeng Garden was also made by my mother-in-law before I moved in. The expenses in the mansion are high now, and we must not waste it like this. After all, my husband's salary is not much."
Du Juan didn't understand why Xu Jinyi changed his mind, but she didn't dare to say anything more.
"Dujuan, you're seventeen this year, right? What do you think of the son of the Wang family I told you about before?"
"They said they are very satisfied with you. If you are happy, you will get married and your dowry will not be less."
Hearing this, Du Juan lowered her head shyly: "Madam, I will not marry. I want to stay by your side and serve you for the rest of my life."
When she said this, Du Juan's eyes were full of sarcasm. She knew that she was of low birth and could not compare to Xu Jinyi's noble birth.
Xu Jinyi is the apple of his eye, and she is the inconspicuous sand on the ground.
But why is fate so unfair? Some people are born to be ladies, while she is born to be a maid.
She didn't think she was any worse than those noble ladies, so why should she have to serve others all her life?
She was unwilling to be inferior to others all her life. After seeing the lives of these dignitaries, she didn't want to marry an ordinary businessman without an official position.
She doesn't understand the big principles, but getting married is a turning point in a woman's life.
She could not change her fate at birth, but she could choose who to marry, so becoming a concubine had been her wish since childhood.
As long as you become a concubine and please your husband, what's the difference between you and a wife?
The best opportunity is to become the master's concubine. As long as the lady agrees, she can become a concubine at any time.
She had always thought that as long as she treated the lady well, she would promote her and make her a concubine, but it was obvious that she had no idea at all.
That's why he chose to betray Xu Jinyi.
She didn't even think about the fact that she was just a lowly maid, and the reason why people were willing to marry her was because of the Xu family.
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