Song Tantan and Song Zhuiyan both felt that Shen's mother's thinking was hard to explain. However, considering that she was an ancient rural woman with a limited perspective, it was impossible to expect her to be as independent as a modern woman and not depend on men.
In ancient times, 99% of women had to depend on men for their livelihood. If there were no men in the family, they would be bullied, and their husband's family would look down on them. They would also suffer all kinds of torment on a daily basis.
However, Song Tantan suddenly disliked Ren Yufeng. Although this was in ancient times, Ren Yufeng was definitely a scumbag. When he was in trouble before, he was taken in by Shen Miao, but he was devastated and basically had to rely on Shen Miao to support him.
After regaining his family property and living a good life, only half a year later, he brought back a concubine. It's so annoying. If Ye Moxun dares to treat him like this in the future, she'll be furious and castrate him.
Ye Moxun, who was caught in the crossfire even while lying down: "..." What did he do to deserve this?
“If I give birth to a boy this time, Aunt Fang won’t dare to be so arrogant. However, my husband respects me very much. Aunt Fang often whispers in his ear, trying to get him to divorce me. Every time, my husband scolds her and reasons with her.” Shen Miao smiled slyly as she said this.
Who would have thought? She even knew how to bribe the servants on the concubine's side, and she even knew the private conversations between Ren Yufeng and the concubine. It's clear that Shen Miao is quite cunning.
But she told her such a private matter so unguardedly, wasn't she afraid that she would tell others?
"Most of the maids and servants in this mansion were bought by me. They are all children from poor families. I can understand their hardships, so I often give them things and money as rewards. These servants are grateful to me and treat me very well."
Shen Miao's words were subtle, but what she really meant was that she was intentionally cultivating useful people and winning over the servants to her side. It seems she has quite a few tricks up her sleeve to make these servants so loyal to her.
She even dared to eavesdrop on the master and concubine's private conversations. However, in ancient times, men were generally responsible for external affairs, while the household affairs were managed by the mistress. Therefore, it seems that Ren Yufeng values Shen Miao for the time being, otherwise he would not have entrusted her with the management of all household affairs.
"Miss Song, please don't laugh at me. Although I grew up in the countryside, my parents only had me. There were no boys in the family, and I've been ridiculed and bullied by the villagers since I was a child."
What could I do? I'm a strong-willed person, and I can't stand being wronged. I'd yell back and fight back, but I'm outnumbered and outmatched. How could one person fight against the whole village?
So she had to think of other ways. Later she discovered that secretly tripping people up, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, would not cause any trouble and would allow her to vent her anger.
When she went up the mountain to collect firewood or pick wild vegetables, she would imitate the howls of wild animals to scare other children, and at night she would pretend to be a ghost to scare gossipy women.
In short, no one has ever discovered that she did these things over the years, and they still think of her as an honest and easy-to-bully person.
Shen Miao was completely open with Song Tantan, telling her everything, as if she trusted her immensely.
"Miss Song, do you think I'm a particularly bad person? They say that a dog that doesn't bite can be more deadly when it does, but I think that's just the kind of ferocity that comes out when someone has been bullied a lot. Otherwise, why would anyone bite you out of the blue?"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Song Tantan with an expression that seemed to be seeking approval.
"...I think you're doing a good job. Women should plan for themselves and not always expect men to be soft-hearted towards them. Treat others the way they treat you, and it doesn't matter what methods you use, but it's best not to have any intention of harming people's lives."
Song Tantan was worried that she would go astray and eventually become a ruthless old witch in the inner quarters who would kill without batting an eye. If that happened, she would no longer be able to be friends with her.
"No, that won't do. If you take someone's life, not only will the authorities punish you, but you'll also have a guilty conscience. You'll never sleep well at night and will be plagued by nightmares. That would be such a tiring life."
Shen Miao was very insightful. As long as she and her daughter could live peacefully and no one else would harm them, she would not actively harm anyone.
The other person was so honest and poured their heart out to her, which moved Song Tantan somewhat. Okay, she'll make this friend.
Shen Miao did this because she and Ye Moxun held a significant place in Ren Yufeng's heart, so Shen Miao tried her best to win her over and befriend her.
Although there was a degree of exploitation involved, relationships between people are never that simple; there are always some degree of mutual benefit involved. Moreover, given her honesty, Song Tantan felt that this person was worth befriending.
Then, Shen Miao had her servants bring over two small boxes containing gifts for the twins. She smiled and said, "These are a pair of jade pendants, uncarved, naturally formed, with a bright and clear color. They are top-quality mutton fat jade."
The reason Song Tantan came to Changye City to look for someone was because she liked the pig-shaped jade left by Ren Yufeng's mother. Otherwise, how could Ren Yufeng have been so lucky to take back his family property so quickly?
Later, Ren Yufeng started a jade business, and he was very lucky. In less than two years, his business expanded more than twice and he made a lot of money.
Therefore, Ren Yufeng and his wife increasingly believed that Song Tantan and Ye Moxun were their benefactors, and they were even more grateful.
After learning about this, Song Tantan was both amused and exasperated. If this were modern times, and Ren Yufeng and Shen Miao had cell phones, would they forward her photo on their WeChat Moments as a lucky charm?
Over the next few days, Ye Moxun and Song Tantan went out every day. They owned a restaurant and a clinic in Changye City, so naturally they had to deal with some accounts and such when they came over.
Song Zhuiyan, on the other hand, couldn't go out too much with the twins, so she spent the last two days chatting with Shen Miao in the backyard of the Ren residence, while the twins played wildly under the care of Caiyue and Caiqing.
Heng'er, in particular, is a little tyrant and troublemaker. Just a couple of days ago, he was obediently swinging on the swing and playing hide-and-seek with the servants of the Ren family. He is energetic and lovable.
Perhaps he had grown tired of everything else today, because this impatient little guy suddenly set his sights on the lush flowers in the garden, and after a series of ruthless destructions, he started to damage them.
He ruined half the garden's flowers. His actions were swift and fierce, destroying all the flowers, and the culprit even dared to laugh heartily.
"Oh dear, what should we do?" Caiqing and Caiyue were dumbfounded. If they hadn't kept an eye on the young master, he could have caused a huge disaster.
The two quickly carried the twins back to the pavilion. Heng'er held flower petals in both of her chubby little hands. When she saw Song Zhuiyan, she smiled and gave her the flower petals.
"Mother, there are so many flowers, Heng'er will pick them all for you."
Shuang'er held several large red peonies in her hand, her brows furrowed slightly in displeasure. "Brother picked all the flowers, and they all died. The little flowers are all crying."
Shen Miao thought they were just talking nonsense and didn't realize the seriousness of the problem.
Song Zhuiyan's brow twitched, and she thought to herself, "Oh no, has this brat ruined all the flowers in the garden?"
She looked at Caiyue and Caiqing, both of whom were pale and nodded weakly. That's right, the young master had plucked most of the flowers in the garden bare.
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