Yinhua's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in them:
"What's the point of my long class hours? Can I continue studying when I get home? Don't you make me do housework all my time? You made me chop wood and feed the pigs in the first place, so why are you blaming me for only being able to carry pig feed now?"
“Besides, my eldest sister opened an embroidery shop, and my aunt gave her forty taels of capital. Fine, now you envy others for opening shops and making money, then I’ll also take out forty taels, and I’ll open one.”
Upon hearing that she was to be asked to take her money, Madam Wei's face changed drastically: "Forty taels? Are you out of your mind! What if we lose money? You..."
Madam Wei paused, only to see Yinhua looking at her with red eyes: "Look at you, how am I supposed to open an embroidery shop?"
"Those seven shares of the furniture workshop—if it weren't for my aunt saving them for Dad and offering a word of advice, we'd be all gone now. And why? Because of you!"
"Wanting to get something back without putting in any effort? There's no such thing as a free lunch."
"You're always comparing yourself to others, why don't you compare yourself to your aunt?"
Madam Wei angrily retorted, "You brat, what did you say?"
Yinhua shook her head, ignored her, threw the pig feed on the ground, and went back to her room.
When Mrs. Wei saw the door she had closed, she was so angry she almost died.
Why are all of them so troublesome?
What terrible things did she do in her past life to deserve this suffering?
They even said that she should compare herself to her sister-in-law, but in what way is she inferior to her sister-in-law?
My sister-in-law used to be all talk and no action, and she would argue and fight with Ye Caiping. Now, Ye Caiping is actually on good terms with my sister-in-law.
He had always been honest and hardworking, never saying a bad word about Ye Caiping, but now Ye Caiping had turned against him.
And it's made her restless every day, what kind of mess is this?
Moreover, the furniture workshop's profit-sharing day is in a few days.
Nobody knows how much money they got.
Needless to say, it's at least one or two hundred taels!
What's infuriating is that not a single penny of that money ever reached her.
Despite being from a wealthy family, she couldn't enjoy the life of a rich man's wife.
Tomorrow I have to go to the bride's family to present the betrothal gifts. Besides the fifty taels of silver, I also need to buy a bunch of other things. Then there's the wedding ceremony and the wedding dress—it all costs money...
If she keeps building like this, she'll run out of those few hundred taels of silver sooner or later!
Ms. Wei felt increasingly aggrieved and was on the verge of tears.
Even so, the next day, Lady Wei still received a betrothal gift from her family.
On the way back, I stopped by town and bought four feet of red cloth.
"Peng'er, Peng'er!" Madam Wei knocked on Ye Peng's door.
Ye Peng impatiently opened the door: "What?"
Since that engagement, Ye Peng has locked himself in his room again.
Madam Wei walked in timidly: "Your wedding is just a few days away. Let me take your measurements and make you a wedding dress."
Ye Peng was stunned: "We have to make our own wedding clothes?"
He knew Wei's skills; she was good at making clothes, but she couldn't embroider. So his wedding robe would have to be very plain.
Ye Peng frowned: "You're telling me to wear a wedding dress I made myself to my wedding? What about Xiao Juan? Did she make her own too?"
"What's the problem?" Madam Wei said, "Isn't every family like this? It was the same when your eldest brother married Xiuxiu!"
Ye Peng's face turned pale: "Of course... everyone is like this... but our family isn't exactly broke right now, is it?"
Mrs. Wei's face darkened: "What are you saying?"
Ye Peng finally lost his temper: "If Ye Jin'er gets married, she will absolutely not wear the clothes she made herself."
Wei's expression changed.
Ye Peng turned his face away: "If my marriage is so shabby and pathetic, I'd rather not get married at all! Otherwise, I'll be laughed at!"
Madam Wei gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, I'll go to town to buy a wedding robe! Take my measurements!"
Ye Peng had no choice but to extend his hand for her to measure.
His wedding robes must be exquisite, and the banquet must be lavish! He must also bring Xiao Juan home in a grand and magnificent manner, carried by eight sedan chair bearers!
He plans to spoil Xiao Juan like a pampered young mistress, so that Ye Jin'er and her sister-in-law can see that he is responsible, resourceful, and a good husband! His mother is also a good mother-in-law.
Let Ye Jin'er regret it!
......
On the sixth day of the tenth month, Shen Zhiyan's furniture was finally finished.
Ye Caiping immediately had Shanzi send a letter to Shen Zhiyan, asking him to send someone to pull him away.
The next morning, Ye Caiping returned from Hulatang and saw Old Lady Ye sitting in the corridor sewing shoe soles, with Aunt Rong and her daughter Ye Hongying smiling and accommodating her.
Aunt Rong said, "Auntie, who is this for? It's really beautiful."
Because of the previous banquet where Aunt Rong asked Shen Manman so many questions without thinking, Old Mrs. Ye harbored some resentment towards Aunt Rong and was not very warm towards her.
"Oh, it's for Caiping."
Ye Hongying pouted and said, "Aunt Ping earns so much money, why doesn't she buy it outside?"
Grandma Ye rolled her eyes at her: "Can't I do it myself if I want to?"
Ye Hongying's face stiffened slightly: "Oh, oh... that's not what I meant, I was just worried that Grandma Yan's eyes would get tired."
Grandma Ye didn't argue with her.
Ye Caiping walked over, and Aunt Rong was delighted: "Caiping is back."
"Hmm, Sister Rong is looking for me?"
"Yes, yes. I need your help with something. Can we come inside and talk?"
"Come in."
Ye Caiping entered the main room and sat down in the main seat.
Aunt Rong quickly picked up a basket from the ground and followed Ye Hongying inside.
Aunt Rong handed over the basket: "These are some dried vegetables and cured meat that I dried myself. Cai Ping, you can have some fresh ones. At the banquet for your investiture last time, I said something careless and caused some unpleasantness. I came here today to apologize."
Ye Caiping glanced at her: "It's nothing, sister-in-law, don't make a fuss about it."
Aunt Rong smiled awkwardly: "Besides that, I'd like to ask you for a favor. Actually, it's not a big deal."
"Weren't we at the same table with Miss Shen that day? I asked Miss Shen if my daughter Hongying could come to the Shen family's classroom for lessons. Miss Shen agreed. It's all my fault for being too quick to ask too many questions, which made the situation a bit awkward."
"Haha, I believe Miss Shen is magnanimous and has long since let it go. But she's a forgetful person and has also forgotten about sending Hongying to class, haha."
Aunt Rong spoke in a relaxed tone, with a hint of teasing:
"We want to go find Miss Shen, but we don't know where she lives, so we'd like you, Caiping, to ask her when my daughter Hongying should start her classes?"
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "The Shen family is located on the north street of town, in the largest house, marked 'Shen Mansion.' If you want to find Miss Shen, you can just go there."
Aunt Rong's face froze. Of course she knew where the Shen family was.
Moreover, she had brought gifts to apologize yesterday, but they couldn't even get in the door.
They have already identified themselves as relatives of Ye Caiping.
But the gatekeeper wouldn't even let them pass, saying with a stern face, "Miss and Master don't receive guests."
Aunt Rong thought for a moment, then blushed and said:
“Caiping… Sister-in-law was just too embarrassed to say it… I know where the Shen family is, and I’ve been there, but the servants took advantage of our unfamiliarity and wouldn’t let us pass through.”
She was shrewd and knew that it was better to tell the truth and be honest than to be swayed by Ye Caiping's help.
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