Sending a housekeeper here to make excuses is just because they're worried about money.
It was Shen Linyuan who volunteered to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for Xie Ziyuan. The banquet was a bit extravagant. Shen Linyuan had reported this to Ding Huizhu, who, having experience in organizing banquets, knew that the cost would probably be tens of millions.
But so what? Does the Shen family not have the money?
Fortunately, she didn't intend to take advantage of the Shen family, and she brought all her savings with her this time.
We still have the money to host a banquet.
Ding Huizhu was a woman of her word, and Shen Linyuan felt deeply ashamed and lost his temper, so the housekeeper had no choice but to comply.
A short while later, the person in charge of the Hill Hotel arrived. The person was very respectful, but said that it might be a bit troublesome to change the banquet hall at the last minute, because someone had indeed made a reservation to hold a banquet tomorrow.
Upon hearing this, Ding Huizhu immediately understood. The other party needed it tomorrow but not tonight; this was clearly a blatant attempt to extort money.
She was now riding a horse, and for Xie Ziyuan's sake, she gritted her teeth and simply paid for all the related expenses out of her own pocket.
This expense really hurt her.
She had been the matriarch of the Xie family for so many years, and the Xie family had indeed always been generous to her. But even the most generous family couldn't withstand such extravagance.
The Ding family is noble in name only, and although they appear wealthy and powerful, they are actually not as well-off as ordinary wealthy families and often need her financial assistance.
Fortunately, she has always been self-disciplined and has no major extra expenses, so she is able to save some money.
However, a few days ago, we spent a lot of time and effort buying gifts for Xie Ziyuan's birthday party; then, moving into the Ding family's house was another expense.
Now that she's booked such an expensive banquet hall with her own money, her personal funds are completely depleted. Even though Ding Huizhu has never cared about money, she can't help but feel a little panicked.
Just turning my head and seeing Xie Ziyuan's gentle smile, I felt relieved and realized that everything was worthwhile.
Her Ziyuan deserves the best of everything. As long as she doesn't lose face in front of the Shen family, she'd spend any amount of money on her.
This little incident was naturally unknown to others.
When the Ding family arrived, upon hearing that Ding Huizhu had paid for the banquet out of her own pocket, they looked at her with a strange expression.
When I went back to the Ding family home a couple of days ago, they kept saying they had no money and didn't need to spend a lot of money to change the room furnishings. But now that I see them, they're actually quite wealthy.
All those things I said before were actually to keep my wife's family in check.
Ding Huizhu was so happy that she didn't notice the increasingly greedy looks that Ding Ruoxu and Old Madam Ding were giving her.
Meanwhile, Madam Huo the Second also made a special trip to the capital.
Her maternal family, the Zhao family, had finally managed to establish a connection with the Bai family in the capital. Xie Ziyuan was also close to the Bai family. Now that Xie Ziyuan had also established a connection with the Shen family, the Bai family had also benefited greatly.
The Second Madam Huo had been upset by Xie Ziyuan's birthday banquet a few days ago, but today, being flattered by her family, she finally felt a sense of satisfaction and triumph.
Huo Yuntang came with her today, neither too early nor too late, and seemed even more distant and polite than Shen Linyuan and Chu Xun.
Xie Ziyuan seemed oblivious to this small detail, and still greeted him with a smile, their intimacy unchanged.
After Xie Ziyuan left, Madam Huo Er tugged at Huo Yuntang, "Yuntang, take this opportunity to propose at today's banquet."
She had informed Ding Huizhu and the Ding family about this matter. The banquet was disrupted that day, and there was no time to do anything, so Madam Huo was still somewhat worried.
Without a formal proposal ceremony to announce their engagement to the world, their marriage agreement was merely a verbal joke and had no real meaning.
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