After Wen Ruan confronted those people, she hurried home. Aunt Li was still waiting for the soy sauce she had brought back to cook!
Actually, she didn't take what those women said to heart. She said those things partly because she felt wronged and couldn't help but retort, and partly to scare them so they wouldn't have nothing better to do than gossip about people.
But when it comes to how to discipline them, Wen Ruan didn't have that idea. It's impossible to silence others forever. The best way to silence them is to continuously improve oneself, constantly elevate one's level, and reach a height that they can hardly attain...
Arriving home quickly, Wen Ruan handed the soy sauce to Aunt Li and then began preparing the dishes she wanted to cook.
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The sisters-in-law chased after Wen Ruan to the Song family's door, but Wen Ruan had already gone inside. There was no sign of her at the door. They hesitated and discussed among themselves, not knowing what to do, but they dared not go in. If they ran into Song's mother or father, things would become even more complicated.
Just then, Song Yan returned home from get off work. Seeing so many women standing at the door, he asked curiously, "Sisters, what are you all doing standing at the door? Why don't you come in and sit down?"
"Oh, Xiao Yan, you're back from get off work. It's nothing, nothing serious. You don't need to come in, you can come in now..." One of the women said to Song Yan with a smile on her face.
Song Yan felt somewhat confused, but he didn't say anything and turned to go inside.
"Mom, I'm back. By the way, has anything happened in our family lately?" Song Yan asked his mother as he took off his coat.
Song's mother turned her gaze away from the television and finally gave him a look: "Nothing's wrong. What happened? You and Ruan Ruan both asked that question when you came in."
"It's alright. When I came in, I saw a group of women at the door. I invited them in to sit down, but none of them would come in." Song Yan was very puzzled.
Song's mother's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that those gossipy people said something that Ruan Ruan happened to overhear? Rumors had been circulating in the compound for a while, and Aunt Hu had even told her about it.
At the time, I was thinking that Wen Ruan was about to take the college entrance exam, and I didn't want to make a big fuss and let her know about these upsetting things, which would affect her. So I asked Aunt Hu to help clarify things, thinking that would be the end of it. But...
Song's mother was furious. No matter what, the wives of cadres were all in the compound. Some of these cadres came from the countryside and worked their way up to their current positions. It must have been very difficult for them. Some of them were good people. After they were promoted, they did not forget their wives who had shared their hardships at home and brought them over.
However, a considerable number of those people were illiterate and spoke in a rather crude manner. They would often get together and gossip about family matters. Song's mother had always disliked this group of people and did not have much interaction with them.
I never expected them to gossip about my own daughter-in-law. Ruan Ruan is such a good girl, and these gossipy women are talking about her behind her back. I was furious and had some ideas. After the children left, I decided to have a good talk with the director's wife.
The bureau chief's wife held the highest position in the compound, not only because her husband held a high position, but also because she herself was tactful and authoritative. Whenever there were disputes among neighbors, they would go to her for mediation, giving her the air of a women's director in the compound.
Wen Ruan heard someone enter the room, which sounded like Song Yan. She peeked out from the kitchen and overheard him asking Song's mother what he was saying. She understood what was going on; those people were probably afraid that she would actually write a letter to the higher authorities and that it would affect their husbands, so they came to apologize.
Wen Ruan didn't want to pay attention to those people. Let them worry and fret as they please. They needed to be taught a lesson so they wouldn't have nothing better to do all day...
A short while later, Mr. and Mrs. Wen also came home from get off work, bringing gifts for Mrs. Song. After all the food was served, Mr. Song hurriedly returned home from get off work.
The whole family gathered together, the table was full of delicious food, and everyone ate to their heart's content.
Wen Ruan was waiting for Song Yan, who was going to take Wen's mother and father home.
"Ruan Ruan, come in here for a moment." Song's mother looked at Wen Ruan sitting on the living room sofa with a gentle smile on her face and whispered her instructions.
Wen Ruan was puzzled, as she had never been inside Song's mother's room before and was quite surprised to be called in out of the blue.
"What's wrong, Mom?" Wen Ruan stood up and walked towards Song's mother.
Song's mother took Wen Ruan's hand and led her into the room. After closing the door, she folded up the bedding, lifted the bed board, and took out a small wooden box from underneath.
The wooden box looked rather heavy, and Song's mother had some difficulty carrying it herself. Wen Ruan quickly stepped forward to help, and together they took it out.
After wiping the box carefully with a handkerchief, Song's mother opened it.
Wen Ruan couldn't help but look over. Under the light, the items in the box emitted a rather dazzling light. Various jade bracelets, pearl necklaces, pendants and other jewelry were piled up in the box. Wen Ruan couldn't help but gasp when she saw it.
Looking at the jewelry in the box, Song's mother said with a look of nostalgia, "These things were all the dowry your great-grandmother and maternal grandmother painstakingly saved for me. There were originally some more, but they were donated along with the house left to me by the family. This is all that's left..."
"Because of the movement over the past ten years, these things were entrusted to someone to be stored in Shanghai for more than ten years. It wasn't until last month that someone brought them back. I was thinking of dividing them up, since there's no use for them here," said Song's mother, stroking the box.
"Back then, I always thought I would have a well-behaved daughter and leave all these things to her, but I ended up having two troublesome little devils who make me worry every day."
"But luckily, Song Yan was fortunate enough to have a smart, obedient, and beautiful daughter-in-law arranged for him in advance."
"Song Heng is such a blockhead, he just doesn't get it. He's almost thirty and still has no ideas... Sigh, I don't want to talk about him anymore, it makes me angry..." Song's mother sighed.
"I divided the remaining things into two parts, one for you and the other for your future sister-in-law."
"You can take these things with you later," Song's mother said, pushing the box towards Wen Ruan.
Wen Ruan was somewhat startled. This was far too valuable. Putting aside everything else, just the imperial green bracelet inside would be worth tens of millions in later generations, not to mention it was an antique. She really didn't dare to accept it.
"Mom, this is too precious, I can't accept it. Besides, this is all part of your dowry, you should keep it for yourself!" Wen Ruan took a step back and shook her head in refusal.
“This is my stuff, I can give it to whoever I want. If it’s yours, just take it. Mom’s getting old, these things don’t look as good on you young people. You’re still young, you should dress up more.” After saying that, she put the imperial green bracelet that she had just seen on her wrist.
Wen Ruan was terrified and dared not move her hands. In terms of future prices, this was worth hundreds of millions, and there was no market for it. It could even be a family heirloom.
Before she could react and refuse again, Song's mother closed and locked the small wooden box, shoved the key and the box into Wen Ruan's hand, and kicked her out of the room...
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