Zhaodi didn't expect that her sister-in-law would suddenly ask about this. She was stunned for a moment and her thoughts went back to that day.
The mother suddenly fell ill, and the three sisters-in-law had to go out of the house to get medicine. Aunt Zhao was afraid that something might happen, so she asked Ruonan to find her three brothers and father.
Ruonan found her and begged her to go with him. At that time, she was skeptical about the behavior of her three sisters-in-law, so she readily agreed. After going out, the two of them went their separate ways.
One of the Shen family's wineries was not far from Wangyue Pavilion, so she took a sedan chair to go there to find her third brother.
When she passed by the entrance of Wangyue Pavilion, she heard a noise from the roadside. Two men and two women were pulling each other and bumped into her sedan chair.
The woman was a singing girl from a music troupe. She was probably invited to sing at Wangyue Pavilion. The two men wanted to leave without paying her enough money, so they chased her out.
"Sir, how can you go back on your word? You only paid half of the agreed price?"
"Isn't this the amount of money we agreed on?"
"You're talking about one person's money, but we're two people today!"
Zhaodi originally wanted the servants carrying the sedan chair to go around, but when she heard this, she remembered that she was once a singing girl and it was not easy for a woman to make a living. She got so excited that she couldn't help but get off the sedan chair and wanted to say a few words to help.
As soon as he got off the sedan chair, another man came out from Wangyue Pavilion. One of the women stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, "Thank you, young master, look at this. This is the money you paid for the music today..."
This person was Xie Bufan. He didn't quite understand the situation, so he walked over and was about to ask some questions.
Zhao Di, standing outside the sedan chair, couldn't help but speak up first. "Since you gentlemen can come to Wangyue Pavilion for tea, you must be well-known people. How can you do such a thing to bully weak women? You should pay the agreed price in full. This is the basic integrity of being a human being. If you can't pay, then don't try to save face by imitating other people's songs!"
Zhaodi's words were sharp and her tone was full of disgust, but it also made Xie Bufan understand what was going on.
He had always been very proud, so he felt a little embarrassed. "Miss, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to delay paying the money. I just came out late..."
As he said this, he took out some silver from his pocket and prepared to hand it to Zhaodi. Obviously, he misunderstood that Zhaodi was with those two women.
The two men nearby saw this and quickly stopped Xie Bufan, "Master Xie, we agreed to treat you today, how can we let you pay for it?"
Xie Bufan said unhappily, "Why don't you give it to me? It's embarrassing! Don't ask me to come next time!"
One of the men quickly took out some silver from his pocket and gave the two singing girls the full amount. The singing girls took the silver, thanked Xie Bufan and Zhaodi, and left.
Xie Bufan and the other two only then realized that this person was not with them. The two men sneered disdainfully, "I wonder which music house this girl is from? Why is she wearing a weft hat? Is she too ugly and afraid of meeting people?"
As he said this, one of them took off her hat.
The three of them were shocked by her appearance. She was much prettier than the two women just now!
One of them teased, "She's pretty! Why are you hiding it..."
Zhaodi was furious and anxious, her face flushed red. "I'm not from the music troupe, I just can't stand you bullying me! If you continue to be unreasonable, I'm going to report you to the police!"
The servant beside him also said, "Don't be rude to our young lady!"
Xie Bufan quickly picked up the fallen hat and returned it to Zhaodi. He then asked the two men to apologize to Zhaodi together, "Forgive us for being rude and offending the young lady!"
Zhaodi forced herself to put on her hat again, hurriedly got back into the sedan chair, and went to the nearby Chenji Winery.
What happened that day was quite embarrassing. She didn't tell anyone when she came back. She didn't expect to see that man again later, and she didn't expect that he was the unreliable Mr. Xie as Miss Lu mentioned.
Now that her sister-in-law asked her about it, she had no choice but to give her a brief account of what happened that day.
"No wonder you're so resistant to him. I told you not to blindly believe Miss Lu's words."
After understanding the whole story, Liu Wanyun no longer had to talk about her evaluation of Xie Bufan and Mr. Lu, or the topic of who was good and who was bad. Wasn't it all obvious?
She had no choice but to ask in a different way, "Zhao Di, what kind of husband's family do you hope to find?"
Zhaodi lowered her head for a while before raising it and looking towards the center of the pool, her eyes somewhat confused. "Sister-in-law, do women have to get married? If they don't, they won't be able to live a good life."
Liu Wanyun looked at her in surprise. She didn't expect that Zhaodi actually had the idea of not getting married. Although there was nothing wrong with this idea, for this era, not getting married seemed really not an option. Not to mention the livelihood issue, even the rumors would make you drown in saliva when you go out.
Moreover, there are probably very few parents who would accept this!
"If you don't want to get married, first you have to have some ability to support yourself, and then you have to withstand the pressure from the world!"
Guan Xiaoyu, who was standing by, unexpectedly expressed her own opinion, "There was a time when I didn't want to get married, and I could say I was disgusted with it. But now, I don't think marriage is such a scary thing..."
Zhaodi shifted her gaze back to her second sister-in-law, who usually spoke very little. She inexplicably had a feeling that her second sister-in-law's eyes seemed softer now than when she first entered the mansion.
Zhaodi explained, "I'm not afraid of getting married. I just want to find someone I love, not someone I marry because my parents want me to..."
After saying that, she quickly looked at her three sisters-in-law. What she said seemed a little inappropriate, as it seemed that her three sisters-in-law and her brother did not know each other before.
"It's okay. Everyone has different ideas and considerations. We think it's fine now. Your brother is a very good person. Marrying first and falling in love later is also a way of love!"
Liu Wanyun comforted her and told her not to worry about it, but she didn't notice that Zhang Xinyue was following behind her and nodding silently.
"No matter what you choose, as long as you are happy, even if you make the wrong choice, just treat it as a life experience and correct it in time!"
A few of them chatted and wandered around the garden for a while before parting ways.
After Zhaodi left and the three of them were alone, Zhang Xinyue asked, "Yun, do you think Auntie knows about Ruonan?"
"She should know something. Many of the maids and servants in this mansion are her spies. As long as she is willing to find out what happened in the mansion, she will definitely be able to investigate it quickly."
Guan Xiaoyu said, "She is so patient!"
"What can we do? We can only pretend that nothing happened to avoid spreading this family scandal?"
"What do you think Ruonan will do in the future? Can we still have a good marriage?"
"God has his own plans. Perhaps it's just that her true love hasn't arrived yet. When she comes back in a few days, Auntie will probably arrange another marriage for her!"
However, none of them expected that Ruonan would stay in the countryside for a whole month until Aunt Zhao became worried and begged Mr. Shen to send someone to pick her up.
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