Chapter 163 Revenge I'll build a grave for you
Song Jin lost interest in the New Year after the New Year.
She understood completely that as the mistress of a family, she had to shoulder many responsibilities including boss lady, executive director, financial director and human resources director. When the grand festival came, she felt nothing but tired.
Men have their own busyness.
After two days of helping to hang lanterns and paste door gods at home, Ji Shubai found that he was busy. He was either going out or hosting banquets at home.
Song Jin has her occupational disease again, she does everything herself.
Although I don't have to cook personally, I always have to check on everything before I feel at ease, so I'm very tired.
She had met almost all the ladies of various families during the first month of the year, so much so that when she lay in bed at night and recalled them, she could not match the faces with the names.
Dujuan, on the other hand, has a good memory and is always by my side to remind me.
This group of people had normal interactions, with one exception.
One day in the first month of the lunar year, Song Jin received a visiting card and a gift. Zhang Hongan told him that the servant introduced himself as being from the Wen family, so Song Jin guessed it was Wen Ya.
Who would have thought when I opened the post, it turned out to be from Wen Xin, and the gift was a silver wine vessel.
I haven't even come to settle the score with him yet, but he's already come to me and even can't pick the right gift.
She just can't drink.
Thinking that it was the first month of the year, Song Jin did not get angry. Instead, he ordered Zhang Hongan to pick two snacks as rewards for the servant and said that he had received the invitation and the gift and he did not need to reply to anything else.
They were busy like this until after the Lantern Festival, when Ji Shubai said to her, "Let's go back to the government office." Song Jin felt as if she had been pardoned, and happily packed up and left.
Life returned to normal, and Song Jin became a well-behaved wife again, feeling extremely bored.
Ji Shubai seemed to notice something strange. She was different from what she was a year ago.
At that time she was lively and active, jumping around all the time. Even though it was snowing outside, she still wanted to run into the yard, like a rabbit running wild in the wild after eating.
But once she arrived at the government office, she felt as if she was imprisoned and sealed by something.
So when they were having dinner together that night, Ji Shubai said to her, "There are many opera stages set up in the city during the first month of the year. If you are interested, you might as well invite the ladies to go and listen, and ask a few more people to accompany you."
Song Jin was not used to the operas here, but that didn't stop her from wanting to go out for a walk, so she agreed.
The 15th day of the second month is the Flower Festival. Although it was no longer celebrated on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty, Song Jin still took this opportunity to invite Mrs. Chai to go to Lingyan Temple to burn incense.
But Miss Pei also sent a letter two days in advance, asking to go together on that day, so the three of them went together.
In mid-February, rhododendrons were in full bloom. On the way up the mountain, Song Jin lifted the curtain of the sedan chair to look. Sure enough, the hillside was full of colorful flowers, and his mood became cheerful.
In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, Madam Lin asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Pei family. The talks went very smoothly, and now Miss Pei is just waiting to get married.
Because she heard that the young man was of good character and good looks, and had a good family background, she was very happy and took the opportunity of the Flower Festival to invite Song Jin out.
Burning incense to Guanyin during the Flower Festival is meant to pray for children.
Mrs. Chai is always cheerful. Maybe it’s because she was accompanying Song Jin, a not-so-rich official’s wife, out for an outing, but she wore more plain clothes than usual today.
The three of them got off the sedan chair in front of the temple and went to burn incense together.
When she came out, Mrs. Chai started teasing.
"I have to congratulate Miss Pei. I'm afraid I won't have time to congratulate her when she gets married in the capital. I heard that Mr. Lin is the eldest son of Prefect Lin. He is a man of good character, good looks and good knowledge. You and him are a perfect match."
"Madam, please don't laugh at me." Miss Pei couldn't help teasing and blushed after saying a few words.
"Has a date been fixed?"
Miss Pei said, "Now the prefect is in Suzhou, and Master Lin is in the capital. If we want to arrange a marriage, they have to be together, so the date needs to be discussed further."
"Then let Master Lin come to Suzhou to get married. His parents are here anyway, so what's the big deal?"
"That won't do. Master Lin still has to take the imperial examination and can't leave the capital for now."
Mrs. Chai thought about it and agreed. This was indeed a big deal.
It was indeed inappropriate to travel thousands of miles to Suzhou to get married and then return to Beijing to take the imperial examination, so I didn't ask any more questions.
Song Jin's mind was always on the surrounding scenery.
Lingyan Temple is located high and the weather is good today. The three of them sat in a pavilion high up. On a clear day, Song Jin could almost see the appearance of Taihu Lake at a glance.
Suddenly someone touched her elbow. Mrs. Chai moved closer and asked in a low voice.
"Who is that person? I see he's been staring at you."
Song Jin was confused and turned around to see that it was Wen Xin.
I suddenly felt angry for no reason.
"I'll go and have a word with him."
Song Jin stood up and walked towards Wen Xin. Wen Xin saw him coming and smiled, "Madam Ji, it's such a coincidence that I meet you at Lingyan Temple today."
Song Jin smiled: "Yeah, what a coincidence. What do you want to talk to me about?"
If there's nothing wrong, I won't stare at her in front of others. It makes her feel annoyed.
"It's like this. I'm looking for a business. Madam is in the government office, so it's probably not convenient for her to do many things in person. You know me. I used to lend money for my aunt, so I'm familiar with this business. If I can get a chance, I will definitely help Madam make some money."
After hearing this, Song Jin looked him up and down. His clothes were not shabby, but it was also possible that this was his best outfit.
"Do you want to introduce me to someone in the government office who wants to borrow money, or do you want me to give you the principal?"
Seeing that she didn't refuse, Wen Xin immediately smiled and said, "It's all right. If Madam can introduce some people who want to borrow money, I will definitely reward you generously. Of course, I can also help Madam to lend money."
Song Jin smiled and covered his lips after hearing this, this is what it means to have no capital at all.
"Let me think about it."
Song Jin did not refuse directly, but looked at the way Wen Xin was trying hard to curry favor with him, and guessed that he had suffered a setback at the hands of Wen Ya and wanted to pay his respects to her again.
Okay, I'll build a grave for you.
Song Jin returned to the pavilion and sat down again. Mrs. Chai asked who it was.
"A man with an extra tongue."
This sentence aroused Mrs. Chai's interest, and Song Jin did not hesitate. After all, they were not outsiders, so she told her about how he had slandered her in front of Ji Shubai. Of course, she did not admit that Wen Ya had really promised her to him, so both of them were filled with righteous indignation.
"What kind of man is this? Why is he still gossiping behind people's backs?"
"A man with such a small heart, who did such a thing in the past, now dares to appear in front of my sister. He is really shameless."
Song Jin was thinking about how to deal with him.
Unexpectedly, before she could come up with a solution, Wen Xin came to her door automatically.
That day, Mrs. Chai invited many female guests to watch a play in her own courtyard, including Song Jin and Miss Pei.
She seriously suspected that she was so popular because she had unintentionally found a good marriage for Miss Pei.
But it doesn’t matter, she just listens to the opera happily.
She was getting more and more used to the feeling of being praised.
I don’t know if Wen Xin has gone crazy because of poverty, or has been too suppressed by Wen Ya, but he is completely focused on Song Jin, who is "gentle, kind and caring" towards him.
So when he learned that day that Song Jin had gone to the Chai family's villa to listen to an opera, he made up his mind and prepared a gift to go there.
When the doorman passed the message inside, it first passed through the Chai family's servant, then to the maid beside Mrs. Chai, then to Mrs. Chai, and finally through Mrs. Chai's mouth to Song Jin's ears.
She was also stunned when she heard it. What kind of impatient person is this?
"I'll go out and take a look."
Unexpectedly, halfway through the walk, Mrs. Chai followed.
"Why is he chasing you like a ghost?"
Song Jin couldn't help but think of the time when the two of them beat up Mo Hongfu. He thought she would be a good helper, so he told her the whole story.
Madam Chai said, "In that case, let's deal with him today."
Wen Xin was sitting in the living room drinking tea. When he saw someone coming out from behind, he quickly stood up, bowed and greeted them with a smile.
"You are quite impatient." Song Jin smiled and sat down at the top.
"I am sorry for being so reckless. I just happened to know that Madam was here today, so I came here specially to give her a gift."
"There's nothing to congratulate for no reason." Song Jin played with the handkerchief in his hand, looking rather bored.
"How can it be without reason? In the future, when I want to do business, I will need your help."
Song Jin sighed inwardly, nothing has been decided yet, but he already started to express his gratitude, which was really tempting.
"Since you are so anxious, how about I introduce you to a business today?"
Wen Xin's face suddenly blossomed, there was no reason for him to refuse.
So under Song Jin's command, he went into a side room and waited.
After everyone left the hall, Mrs. Chai came out from behind.
"People like this are like dog-skin plasters. If you don't deal with them, they will think you are easy to bully."
The method was always simple and rough. Someone covered the person with a sack in the side room. When Song Jin went over, the person was already tied up and rolling on the ground.
At a glance from Madam Chai, the servants started beating them with sticks.
Song Jin stood aside and felt that the scene before him was somewhat familiar.
Last time, she had done the beating herself, but now she no longer wanted to put in the effort.
Watching Wen Xin rolling on the ground, her mouth was blocked and she could only make whimpering sounds. She couldn't say whether she felt happy or unhappy, but rather a feeling of numbness.
She began to understand why Mrs. Chai didn't do it herself last time.
As if she was deliberately trying to resist the numbness in her heart, when the servants finished beating the man and Song Jin was about to go out, she suddenly turned back and kicked Wen Xin in the crotch, which was so devastating that even Mrs. Chai was stunned for a moment.
After doing the bad thing, Song Jin was not panicked at all. He went back to drink tea, eat snacks and watch a play with the other female relatives. It was not until he returned to the government office that he found that Ji Shubai came back earlier than usual and realized that something was wrong.
Wen Xin filed a lawsuit and sued Song Jin to the government office again.
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