Sun Yanan was attracted to the Lu family, but perhaps not in the way Shi Yue thought.
The ancestors of the Lu family started their business by traveling along the Tea-Horse Road. At first, they took the old route of the Silk Road. Later, there were constant wars and the situation was complicated there, so the Lu family began to take the ancient Tea-Horse Road in southern Yunnan. Later, they slowly moved to the heartland of the Central Plains, hoping to live a stable life.
The Lu family owns a large tea plantation in Pyeongchang County. They now have their own tea plantation, their own tea factory, and their own tea shop. The Lu family's tea workshop and tea shop are not just for their own business, they also accept external orders.
More importantly, the Lu family still has more than a dozen horse caravans, which continue to travel on various trade routes in the ancient way of bartering and traveling by caravan.
Sun Yanan took a fancy to his family's dozen or so horse teams and wanted to incorporate them into his own business empire.
But the husband Shi Yue was talking about might be the young master of the Lu family. Shi Yue said, "I have met the young master of the Lu family once or twice. He looks good. If Shi Wei can marry into the Lu family, it would not be a bad thing."
Sun Yanan nodded and thought: If everything can be accomplished, that would be the best.
Although Jinshu is not liked by the old lady, she doesn't care too much. After all, the old lady will go ahead.
After the old lady left, Shi Chongwen became the eldest in the family. As long as Shi Chongwen really wanted to do something, no one could get past his wife, children, and daughter-in-law, out of emotional or logical reasons.
Moreover, compared to Peng Jing, she felt that except for the status, she was better than her in every way. Shi Chongwen had been in love with her for eighteen years, while Peng Jing had been guarding an empty room for eighteen years.
Peng Jing was said to have spent almost all of her dowry, having already spent over ten thousand taels on the lawyer's fees. Now she wasn't taking care of the household, and only had a small monthly allowance. Fortunately, she lived and ate at home, and her clothes were made regularly. She looked down on Peng Jing.
She was different. Shi Chongwen gave her all his private property. She fought a battle herself and got back the interest of 18 years. Compared with Peng Jing, she had real property in her hands and money she could spend whenever she wanted.
Although her monthly allowance was the same as that of a first-class maid, what difference did it make? She really didn't rely on the monthly allowance.
The old lady said that her own children couldn't call her mother. Jinshu thought: That's not necessarily true. As soon as the old lady left, she would have Shi Chongwen tell her about Peng Jing's scandal and divorce her. Then she would be Sun Yannan's official mother-in-law. Not only her own children, but even Peng Jing's children, Shi Yue and Shi Wei, would have to call her mother.
In the past, one could say that Peng Jing was better than her because she had a child, but now she also has a child, and she and Shi Chongwen can have a second and third child.
So, although she had suffered repeated setbacks since moving in, she was still in a good mood. She always felt that after she could endure this period and send the old lady away, her good days would finally come. Such a big family, this mansion alone, how could it be compared with the small courtyard with three entrances and three exits in the other courtyard? Speaking of it, she had suffered eighteen years of hardship and grievances.
Jinshu has always been very concerned about Peng Jing's movements. Recently, seeing that Peng Jing, who was as quiet as a quail, suddenly became active, his steps became brisk, and he spoke with a relaxed and casual tone, Jinshu felt a little unhappy.
This abandoned woman should be as listless as before, why is she angry again?
After some inquiries, I found out that Peng Jing had taken over a large business from his daughter-in-law and was in charge of it.
Jinshu's mind began to race. She didn't dare to offend the old lady, and her daughter-in-law was also very powerful.
But Peng Jing was a soft-hearted person, so Jinshu persuaded Shi Chongwen to go to Peng Jing and asked Peng Jing to give most of his property to him.
After getting these properties from Peng Jing, what can that powerful daughter-in-law do when her parents-in-law are in charge? Besides, the old lady may not be happy with Peng Jing managing the properties. How can she know if she doesn't test the waters herself?
If it worked out, he would have more property. If it didn't, she was pregnant now, what could he do to her? Ground her? She didn't care. She was already grounded.
Thinking back to that day, one of Peng Jing or Sun Yanan had to kneel at her feet, but that damn Sun Yanan happened to be pregnant.
When she got pregnant, the whole family treated her like a treasure. That damn old woman gave her so many things. When I got pregnant myself, that damn old woman gave me nothing. If she didn't give me anything, I would take it myself. One day, I would take everything.
In Shi Chongwen's opinion, Jinshu has indeed been wronged recently. Both of them are pregnant, but it is obvious that her mother is favoring one over the other.
The dozen or so people who were transferred from the outer courtyard to serve Jinshu were all dealt with, and now there are only two maids serving her.
That wasn't all. She was also confined to her own yard for three months. In such a large house, she could only stay in her own yard. Sometimes, seeing her peeking through the cracks in the door, he felt sad. Later, he brought back a Western monocular for Jinshu that could see very far.
Now Jinshu was asking him to go find Peng Jing. He was a little hesitant. Last time, his mother asked him to control his concubines. She also said that Peng Jing had raised two children alone for 18 years, so she asked him not to bully her for the concubines.
Asking her to give Jinshu some of his property was a matter of negotiation, so it wasn't considered bullying, was it? He'd try to be gentle this time. The family businesses were all managed by the women, so who was in charge made no difference. Peng Jing probably didn't care, and the private property was returned without him even asking.
So Shi Chongwen went to find Peng Jing, but unexpectedly this time Peng Jing was very tough. No matter how Shi Chongwen tried to persuade her, she just refused to give it to him.
She asked Shi Chongwen to talk to her mother-in-law or daughter-in-law. They were the two generations in charge of the family, and she would only let go if they asked her to hand it over.
Shi Zhongwen was angry: "Why do you need to disturb Mother about this? Even the smallest matter requires asking Mother? As an elder, how can I ask my daughter-in-law for her approval?
You said we need to reconcile the accounts every three months, so why don't you just do it? Jinshu can take most of it. Maybe Mother will feel more at ease. You've been in trouble before.
Jinshu is in charge, she's usually very tired, so you can come out and do some reconciliation."
Peng Jing asked, "So this means that no matter what happens to her, I'll be responsible for it?"
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