Chapter 455: Life is enough to take it, but life is not enough to enjoy it
Doesn't she know that women should be gentle and humble?
"you!"
Then, someone tugged at his sleeve, and Madam Qi said with a smile, "Come to think of it, my son and Miss Zheng Nuan have never met before, so he mistook her for the wrong person. Today is a good opportunity for you to get to know each other. You will be family from now on, and you will be husband and wife. It would be good to get to know each other better..."
Zheng Nuan said calmly, "I don't want to get close to him. What's the point of being married? Madam Qi, your young master and I haven't even started dating yet. Please be careful with your words and actions."
Mrs. Qi was so angry that she clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves.
She endured it and it was okay.
Zheng Nuan is her future daughter-in-law. Once Zheng Nuan gets married, she will have plenty of time and means to train her slowly.
"My dear, look at Zheng Nuan..."
Madam Qi looked at Madam Zheng with an embarrassed look.
I want Mrs. Zheng to talk about Zheng Nuan.
Unexpectedly, Madam Zheng chuckled and turned to look at Zheng Nuan. "Your hairpin is quite nice today. Is it the one your mother bought you a few days ago?"
Zheng Nuan: "Yes, mother."
The mother and daughter chatted and laughed, not taking Mrs. Qi seriously at all.
Mrs. Qi knew that the Zheng family was not satisfied with this marriage. She was immediately pleased. What if they were not satisfied? She still had to marry him obediently.
What a girl from a wealthy family, bullshit!
After the wedding night, she still has to be devoted to her son.
Madam Zheng had been paying attention to Madam Qi's expression. When she saw the corners of her lips curled up and her eyes filled with pride, she knew what she was thinking.
Her heart tightened even more. She had always been a kind person, and had previously been somewhat resistant to Zheng Ci's calls for violence and killing, but now she wished she could kill Qi Li right there.
Then dig out his cunning eyes.
Qi Li has been examining Zheng Nuan. She does look pretty good, except that her body is like a bean sprout.
He prefers plump ones to thin ones.
However, Zheng Nuan was good-looking, so he reluctantly accepted it.
She is sharp-tongued now, but once they go to bed, she still has to call him husband.
He would definitely train Zheng Nuan like a well-behaved dog. If he said east, Zheng Nuan would not dare to go west.
"Madam Zheng, we came here today to discuss the date of engagement and the betrothal gifts with you."
Old Mrs. Zheng spoke slowly, "What date do you want?"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qi smiled and said, "How about before the end of the year?"
"I don't know why Madam Qi is in such a hurry." Zheng Ci spoke.
Why rush? Everything will be stable once it settles naturally.
"I fell in love with Zheng Nuan the moment I saw her. I just want to marry her as soon as possible and treat her like my own daughter. Besides, my Qi Li also needs someone who understands her and takes care of her."
Zheng Ci laughed when she heard this. "If you didn't know, you would have thought Madam Qi was here to look for servants, not a daughter-in-law."
Madam Qi frowned, "Madam Pei, what do you mean?"
"You keep saying that you'll treat Zheng Nuan like your own daughter when she gets married. But how come Madam Qi wants her own daughter to do the work of serving and taking care of others?"
"Since ancient times, it has been the natural duty of a wife to take care of her husband!"
Zheng Ci didn't say anything, but looked at him with disdain.
Old Mrs. Zheng frowned. It seemed the Qi family was just as confused as the outside world said. Her son was a sex-crazed maniac, and as a mother, far from being ashamed of it, she was actually proud of it. She said one thing, but she was another.
If Zheng Nuan married into such a family, her life would be ruined.
But when I thought about it, Qi Li was going to die anyway, it didn't matter.
Why bother with a dead person?
"Since you think this is a good day, let's go with this day."
Old Mrs. Zheng was tired of watching and just wanted to get rid of this weird mother and son. It was really annoying.
"Yes, yes, old lady, you are so straightforward. As for the betrothal gift..." She hesitated, "At the end of the year, families are not well off and still need to make friends. My family discussed and decided to give this amount. What do you think, old lady?"
Looking at the three fingers she raised, Mrs. Zheng thought for a moment, "Thirty thousand taels?"
This number is not low, the Qi family still cares about their face.
Mrs. Qi stammered, "........Yes, it's three thousand taels."
"What! Are you, the Qi family, so poor that you can't even afford to eat? Three thousand taels! Even a well-known family in the capital would only give three thousand taels. Even marrying off a concubine's daughter would cost four or five thousand!"
Madam Zheng gnashed her teeth in anger.
Mrs. Qi knew she was wrong, so she smiled and said, "It's not that I don't want to give, it's just that it's the end of the year and we're already short of money. I know the Zheng family isn't short of money, and this marriage is about the good relationship between the two families. Money or not is not important, right?"
Zheng Ci watched her mouth open and close, and the words she spoke were quite beautiful.
She chuckled. "Since you said you don't care, my grandmother, my aunt, and I just said that we should give Zheng Nuan a larger dowry. Since Madam Qi isn't such a vulgar person, I think a little token of appreciation will suffice. Let's also give her three thousand taels as a dowry."
"How can this be possible!" Mrs. Qi widened her eyes and retorted in a shrill voice.
They want to get rid of the family, not only people, but also money.
The reason they specifically asked for Zheng Nuan was because she was the daughter of the eldest wife, and the Duke of Zheng's Mansion was controlled by the eldest wife. The Duke of Zheng's Mansion was also very wealthy, so the dowry was bound to be large.
Although the Qi family appears to be doing well on the surface, they are actually in a state of decline.
The master is a lazy and philandering man, and Qi Li is even better than him.
The Qi family is now just an empty shell, and is still waiting for Zheng Nuan's dowry to fill the hole.
"Oh? Madam Qi, do you think it's too little? But you just said that you don't care." Zheng Ci said disdainfully.
Mrs. Qi lowered her head, her mind torn between two things. She was busy making excuses and didn't notice the contemptuous looks from everyone present.
"I, I also don't like the Duke Zheng's mansion to look ugly. Zheng Nuan is a precious lady, three thousand taels, if people tell others about it, they will think that Zheng Nuan is not favored."
Zheng Nuan: "I don't care about outsiders' opinions."
Mrs. Qi wanted to curse.
She cared. She cared about money. Didn't she marry Zheng Nuan just for money and face? What was she trying to achieve with a marriage that had neither substance nor face?
"Zheng Nuan, you are still young and don't know how serious the gossip outside is... I am doing this for the good of you and your wife." Mrs. Qi said with a sincere look on her face.
"Alright, alright, I'll give you 30,000 taels as a dowry."
Mrs. Zheng agreed readily.
However, it depends on whether the Qi family survives to enjoy this money.
Mrs. Qi smiled so hard that her teeth were visible and her eyes were bulging.
"Okay, okay, okay, my in-laws are so straightforward. I think Qi Li and Zheng Nuan are a good match, and they will definitely have a good relationship in the future. Qi Li will also take care of Zheng Nuan, right?"
She glared at Qi Li, and Qi Li finally came back to his senses.
He raised his eyebrows and smiled, "As long as Zheng Nuan is virtuous, gentle and obedient, I will naturally love her."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
