Chapter 386 How to Add the Icing on the Cake

As soon as Cheng Hui finished speaking, she asked Cheng Qi to knock on her head.

"You are a grown-up girl, aren't you ashamed to listen to such things?"

Cheng Hui immediately held her head and said, "I don't want to hear that. I saw it happen. The pharmacist in the clinic packed the wrong medicine. He said that he took the wrong medicine that a nanny from a wealthy family secretly prepared outside! Do you know what medicine the old lady was originally taking?"

"You're still talking." Cheng Qi glared at her.

Cheng Qi didn't allow her to say it, but she insisted. Cheng Hui turned to look at Lu Lingyun, "It's a laxative!"

After she said this, Lu Lingjun chuckled.

Cheng Qi is not Cheng Hui. He has lived with Lu Lingyun for so many years and there is no taboo in their words. He says whatever he wants and says it is fun if it is fun. Cheng Qi just feels helpless.

He looked at the two people laughing and didn't blame them for a moment. Then he heard Cheng Hui continue.

"Alas, that old lady has been suffering from food accumulation all year round, and she has to take laxatives every now and then to relieve constipation. I don't know which rich family got the wrong medicine. Today was supposed to be a sexy time, but now I'm afraid she'll have diarrhea for the whole day!"

Cheng Qi laughed along, but suddenly he couldn't laugh anymore.

After Cheng Qi and Cheng Hui left the Marquis' Mansion, Cheng Hui asked on the way, "By the way, brother, where did you go today? Who invited you?"

"Nothing."

"Will you go shopping with me tomorrow? We have never been around the capital together."

"OK."

Cheng Qi readily agreed.

But when he went out the next day, Cheng Qi received another invitation.

After the invitation came, Cheng Qi interrupted Cheng Hui's shopping and asked her to go out and play alone.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Hui turned around and went straight back to Ningyang Marquis' Mansion.

In Lu Lingyun's yard, Lu Lingyun saw Cheng Hui who came alone today.

"Why are you here alone today? Where is your brother?"

"Sister-in-law, please don't say that," Cheng Hui said with a slightly dissatisfied look on her face, "My brother has been very busy these days! Every day someone comes to see him and invites him to play, and he breaks my promise every day."

Lu Lingjun glanced at her and said with a smile, "Your brother is now also a new noble in the court, so naturally there are many people who want to make friends with him."

"What's the point of making friends with those people who curry favor with the powerful?" Cheng Hui curled her lips.

In fact, she and her brother have experienced the fickleness of human nature.

The two of them had originally fled here from the border to escape famine. They suffered from hunger and cold along the way. When they arrived in the capital, they took refuge in the Ningyang Marquis' Mansion, which was where they finally had a place to stay.

But at the same time, precisely because she was in the Marquis' Mansion, she felt even more strongly the fawning looks of some people.

For example, Qin Shaojing.

Ever since she and her brother entered the Marquis's Mansion, she had never looked at them straight in the eye.

Now that their lives are better, even if someone comes to her, she just thinks these people are boring.

It would be better to follow Lu Lingyun and interact with her.

She is the only person who has been truly kind to them over the years.

"You're wrong. It's hard to help someone in times of crisis, but it's also a good thing to add icing on the cake." Lu Lingyun poked her head and reminded her, "Your brother is very popular now. If more people come to make friends with him, it will be easier for him to do anything in the future. This is also one of your strengths."

Cheng Hui snorted again, "Sister-in-law, you also said that these are just icing on the cake. Will these people save our lives when we are in trouble? No, most of them will not take advantage of us! If we really get into trouble, all these icing on the cake will be gone! What's the point of them!"

Lu Lingyun laughed when she heard what she said, "Who told you that this is how to use the icing on the cake?"

"oh?"

"It is true that once a family encounters a major event, its original network of relationships will be cut off immediately to avoid being implicated. As you said, there are also those who will bite back after taking a step. However, when it comes to this point, you cannot blame them, but yourselves." Lu Lingyun looked at her.

"The flowers are like adding layers of protection to the family tree. When a rainstorm comes, these flowers will give early warning and even weaken the power of the rainstorm and strong wind. At this time, the family will be much weaker when facing the storm. When our interpersonal relationships are properly maintained, the big family will hold hands with each other and fight together."

"Expanding these connections and getting to know other forces will increase your ability to resist risks, rather than trying to ask a vine to pull you up completely when you are completely down and out."

"If you fall completely, no one can help you up completely. Anyone who helps you will be dragging themselves down. Naturally, they will cut you off automatically. When that happens, you can't blame anyone else."

Cheng Hui suddenly understood after listening to Lu Lingyun's words, "Sister-in-law, I understand. It turns out that the big families are intertwined and connected to each other in order to deal with the crisis in the early stage and improve their ability to resist the crisis, not to expect them to fall in the end to save themselves."

Lu Lingyun smiled and nodded, "Yes, they can only help you when the tree is about to fall. Even with the help of layers of relationship networks, it can still fall. That means all the brocade flowers have been used up. At this time, if others don't help you escape, you can't blame the heavens or others, you can only blame yourself."

Lu Lingyun doesn't expect anyone to send her charcoal in the snow. When the time really comes, the charcoal sent will be a drop in the bucket. Only by making arrangements in advance and building up more personal connections can she give herself multiple protections in the difficult times and help her get through them.

No matter when, you must always rely on yourself; you are the core.

Never rely on external forces and complain about the injustice of nature.

Cheng Hui nodded repeatedly. She had learned a lot from Lu Lingyun today.

She thought over and over again, "Sister-in-law, we haven't seen Sister Tong and Sister Liu for a long time, why don't we go see them?"

When Lu Lingyun heard Cheng Hui's words, she nodded with appreciation.

Cheng Hui was a smart girl who learned things very quickly. She now understood why the women in the family would get together from time to time to drink tea.

That is the golden vine that protects them from each other. If anything happens, everyone will face it together in advance.

"Okay, I just happened to be going to Nanyi's place today, and I invited Nanxia and Qingping, so let's go together."

"Yeah, okay."

Lu Lingyun took Cheng Hui to Lu Kuan's house by car.

When they arrived, everyone was already there.

After hearing what Lu Lingyun said, Cheng Huiyin became much more enthusiastic when she saw them and stepped forward to greet them.

"Sister Nanyi, Sister Nanxia, ​​Sister Qingping, Sister Qingshuang."

"Oh, why do I feel Huihui is much more lively today?" Liu Qingping was the first to respond.

Liu Qingshuang said, "Needless to say, Mr. Cheng has returned with honors. My brother is back, so he is naturally full of energy!"