Chapter 224 - Irony
"I know. Ah Ye's liking for my uncle is just a sign of liking someone of the opposite sex, but for me, it's just pure liking." Qin Si blinked. "But feelings may change, but pure liking never does."
The stylist laughed: "Not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being the child taught by your uncle, hahahaha."
Qin Buzhu glanced at the stylist and took Shi Feiye's hand: "Let's go, let's go eat something first."
Qin Si followed them obediently. After eating, the three of them rested for a while and then headed towards the venue of the party.
Arriving at the gate of the villa, the host had come to greet them. This time, it was a young couple. The young man came to greet Qin Buzhu as soon as he saw him:
"Mr. Qin, oh my, since Mr. Qin came, our family has been truly blessed. This must be Mr. Qin's wife, right? She is indeed beautiful and has an outstanding temperament. She and Mr. Qin are truly a match made in heaven."
"This must be Xiao Si, she's getting cuter and cuter." The woman looked somewhat similar to the man, and she smiled generously to Shi Feiye and the other two.
"Hurry, hurry, come in, please treat this place like your own home, and don't be polite to us."
The man gestured to the person next to him, who immediately leaned forward and made a gesture of invitation, inviting Shi Feiye and the others to go inside. Qin Buzhu said little, but walked in leisurely, holding Shi Feiye's hand.
Once inside, one could see people gathered in groups of two or three. Some, upon seeing Qin Buzhu, flocked to him. Qin Buzhu casually surveyed the layout of the venue, then took Shi Feiye's hand and led her to the food area. Qin Si followed closely behind them.
Those people were quite considerate and didn't come any closer. After Qin Buzhu sent Shi Feiye here, he gave her some instructions and only left after getting her permission.
"Fortunately, we are now a child and a girl, so we don't have to endure so much like my uncle did." Qin Si said with a sigh, and poked Shi Feiye, indicating that Shi Feiye should help him get an egg tart.
Shi Feiye casually helped him pick one up: "So you must cherish the time you have now, otherwise you will have to work as hard as your uncle in the future."
"Yeah, Ah Ye, you're right." Qin Si's cheeks twitched, and he swallowed the food in his mouth before speaking.
Shi Feiye was about to speak when he suddenly felt someone appear beside him, and heard a slightly familiar voice:
"Ye Zi, it's been a long time since I last saw you."
The woman sitting next to him looked quite innocent, but Shi Feiye didn't know why she felt uncomfortable the moment she saw her. Rubbing her memory, she remembered that she was a famous white lotus among the group. Of course, the man didn't think so.
"Oh, it's you. It's been a long time since we last met." Shi Feiye said politely, thinking that there was no need to offend anyone.
"Oh, this must be Qin Si from Young Master Qin's family, she's really cute." Bai Lianhua said in a very friendly tone, but unfortunately Qin Si didn't want to pay any attention to her at all, not even giving her a glance.
Shi Feiye didn't want to embarrass others for no reason. There were all kinds of people in society, and it was not worth it:
"Xiao Si is in a bad mood. What's wrong? Why don't you play with your little sisters?"
"Hey, don't they all have their own ideas? By the way, I heard that you and Young Master Qin have been getting along well recently. So, is this considered flying up the tree and becoming a phoenix?"
There was nothing wrong with the tone of this person's speech, but the words he spoke had a strange feeling.
Shi Feiye's impression of this White Lotus suddenly decreased: "Not bad..."
"I heard you've recently become a screenwriter. Young Master Qin has been very kind to you, arranging your career for you. Isn't that a sign of his devotion? You're so lucky. I also heard you write novels. I didn't know you could do that before. What do you write? I've never seen you so talented before."
The awkward feeling became more and more obvious. Shi Feiye could tolerate other things, but she was very unhappy when others questioned her career:
"I'm afraid you don't understand what I'm saying. Since you want to know, why don't I tell you a story?"
"Hey? You can tell stories too. Great, great, tell me about it."
This white lotus was doing it on purpose. She had tried to be aggressive in front of Qin Buzhu before, but Qin Buzhu didn't buy it at all. At that time, she thought it didn't matter if Qin Buzhu didn't accept her. Qin Buzhu didn't like others anyway, so it didn't mean that she was not charming.
As for why Qin Buzhu is so special, it's naturally because he is a clean and self-disciplined person with a high social status. Moreover, he is also handsome, surpassing most of his peers.
But who could have imagined that after Qin Buzhu fell from power, before she could even finish gloating over his misfortune, the other party would rise again and even treat Shi Feiye, whom she once looked down upon, as a treasure.
Although some of the sisters had said that Shi Feiye had earned Qin Bulu's favor due to her ability, she was unhappy and felt that Shi Feiye was just lucky.
This time, when Shi Feiye came to the banquet, she attracted a lot of attention as soon as she entered. Her appearance and temperament had improved several times. She even noticed that the men who had originally surrounded her were all attracted by Shi Feiye.
She hadn't originally planned to do anything to Shi Feiye, but at this moment she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart. She just wanted to say a few words anyway, and Shi Feiye couldn't do anything to her.
With this in mind, this white lotus came over to greet Shi Feiye, and spoke in such a sarcastic tone. Ultimately, she simply didn't believe that Qin Buzhu really liked Shi Feiye.
Shi Feiye didn't know what the other person was thinking, but he thought about the story he was going to tell. He felt funny in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He cleared his throat and began to tell the story under Qin Si's curious gaze:
"No one in the village knew what Mrs. Wu's original surname was. The Wu family and Mrs. Wu herself had thoroughly implemented the rule of 'a woman must obey her husband'. Even after Mr. Wu passed away, Mrs. Wu would still be Mrs. Wu. When she died, her tombstone would simply be engraved with the name Wu."
Wu Jianjun, the son of the Wu family, was a quiet but hardworking man who listened to his mother, Old Lady Wu. When Wu Jianjun reached the age of marriage, Old Lady Wu calculated the family's financial resources and found them to be quite wealthy, allowing her to choose a suitable partner.
Who's the favorite? Of course, it's the one Old Lady Wu likes. Those who are too flashy are not okay, they're restless. Those who are sharp-tongued are even worse, they don't respect their elders. Those who are too thin or too fat are not okay, they'll have trouble bearing children in the future. How can you not choose carefully? When you die, you're afraid that the daughter-in-law you marry will bully your son. She hadn't considered that she was only in her fifties, and her "daughter-in-law" would die before her.
The girl chosen by the Wu family was Gao Xuefen, the daughter of a family living a hundred miles away. She had an older brother who was married with children and lived with her parents, thus reducing the burden on her parents' family. The distance of a hundred miles was chosen so that the "daughter-in-law" wouldn't have to travel frequently and "steal" gifts to her parents.
When they got married, Old Lady Wu wanted to save face, so she didn't "negotiate" the betrothal gift according to local custom, but she didn't suffer any loss. The Gao family, wanting their daughter to have "something to rely on," added some money and let Gao Xuefen take it home along with the betrothal gift, which became the "bottom of the box" dowry.
Old Mrs. Wu asked for it several times, both openly and covertly, but Xuefen was not good at speaking. She just said that her mother had instructed that the money should be used for the "child" in the future, and no one could give it to her or touch it.
Because of this incident, Old Lady Wu was upset and felt that she had made a mistake in her judgment. Xuefen was still a "stubborn girl" who needed to be disciplined. She kept pulling her son's ears and whispering, "Your daughter-in-law is greedy and lazy. You have to discipline her. Otherwise, if she gets on your head in the future, you will suffer a great loss."
The son, Wu Jianjun, was a quiet person. He would not tell his mother anything, and when he got tired of it, he would say that the busy farming season was over and he was going to work in the city during the winter.
As soon as Wu Jianjun left, Xuefen's hard days really began. Old Mrs. Wu was old and had little sleep. She would prick up her ears at night to listen to the door of her daughter-in-law's room. She would get up before dawn and "cough". That was for her daughter-in-law to hear. "Your mother-in-law is already up, how can you still sleep?" Xuefen quickly got up to cook and brought hot water for her mother-in-law to wash her face. There was not much farm work in the fields, but Old Mrs. Wu insisted on making Xuefen run around. She had to cook all three meals. Old Mrs. Wu said that she married her daughter-in-law to honor her, otherwise why would the Wu family have to feed an extra mouth.
Xuefen felt tired and initially blamed herself for being too greedy and sleepy. But two months later, she realized she was pregnant and began vomiting violently. Wu Jianjun rushed back home upon hearing the news, but his mother scolded him, asking, "Why are you going back and forth?" "Every woman doesn't have children. It's not a big deal. Don't worry, we're at home."
When Wu Jianjun came back, Xuefen's belly had already swelled up, and she was still busy working inside and outside. Wu Jianjun wanted to help, but Mrs. Wu said that the fetus was stable and she needed to move more so that she could have a good birth in the future.
When the busy farming season began, Wu Jianjun said he didn't need his wife to work in the fields, fearing the villagers would laugh at him. Old Mrs. Wu came up with another trick to annoy her. She said her son worked too hard and needed fresh meat and vegetables every day. The refrigerator wasted energy and didn't keep fresh food, so she'd already taken it out and abandoned it, making Xuefen walk the ten miles or so to the market every day to buy it. The neighbors couldn't stand it and offered some words of sympathy, but Old Mrs. Wu was still unhappy. She curled her lips and said, "You're only seven or eight months pregnant, and you're already acting like a rich lady? When I gave birth to Jianjun, I was still digging potatoes in the fields. He was born not long after I got home, and his placenta was still covered in dirt, yet he still grew up so strong."
The neighbors all said that Old Lady Wu was incredibly cruel, fearing her daughter-in-law wouldn't have to endure the hardships she had endured. When they saw Xuefen moving on the road, they offered her a ride whenever they could. Xuefen was also afraid the round trip would be too short and she'd get scolded back home, so she always lingered outside the village before returning.
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