Chapter 395 The Same Reward
Wang Xifeng was a worldly woman, and upon hearing what the old lady said, she took Jia Lian's hand, and the couple sat down in the empty chair below the old lady.
Now that she's the matriarch, this position can naturally be filled by someone else if she doesn't come. But if she does come, it has to be vacated for her long ago.
"Grandma, ladies, I'm feeling unwell, please forgive my insolence." Wang Xifeng didn't bow when she entered. She had to give an explanation, otherwise, with so many eyes watching, it wouldn't be long before rumors spread that the matriarch of the Rongguo Mansion was arrogant and disrespectful to her elders.
Grandmother Jia waved her hand dismissively.
"Who doesn't know you? The reason I sent you two over is because the second son's wife found this old woman to be interesting to talk to, so you could join in the fun," the old lady said with a kind smile, then added...
"They actually said our yard was created by some deity..."
"If it were truly a divine creation, we could save money!" Wang Xifeng said unhappily. "Come, come, tell me, which fairy sister showed her mercy? After the visit home, many parts of that courtyard have been neglected. If a fairy could conjure up a new one for us, we could save money on repairs!"
Wang Xifeng is known for her sharp tongue; she'll argue whether someone is right or wrong, and even if she is wrong, she'll still find a way to argue. Besides, she's in the right right now!
I walked in out of nowhere and almost got bumped into.
At this moment, the old woman was still kneeling on the ground, thinking to herself, how come this is different from what was agreed upon at the beginning? This second mistress is completely unpredictable.
"They're just ignorant country bumpkins. They see something they've never seen before and think it's a divine manifestation. Did Granny Wang think our Feng girl was a fairy princess just now, and that's why she bowed down to her?"
This person was brought in by Madam Wang, and the old lady had already pointed it out. If Madam Wang didn't say something now, it would seem like she was deliberately disturbing Wang Xifeng.
Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng glanced at the old woman and said meaningfully,
"I also want to ask her which deity possesses such great supernatural powers. Could it be that this deity is myself?"
The old woman kneeling on the ground then timidly raised her head, but upon meeting Wang Xifeng's ambiguous smile, she quickly lowered her head again.
"Replying to the old lady, ladies and grandmothers, we country folk have never seen the world. We just hear people say that your mansion is a place only immortals can live in. When we see this grandmother, we think she is an immortal we often go to the temple to worship." The old woman kowtowed repeatedly.
Wang Xifeng didn't even glance at her.
"Grandma, we just came from Lin Daiyu's estate. We brought you some fresh fruits and melons from the estate. The servants will prepare them and bring them to you soon." Wang Xifeng spoke to Grandma Jia without paying any attention to Wang Po on the ground.
"Same estate, same land, yet the fruits and melons produced on Yu'er's estate are better than those elsewhere," Grandmother Jia said with a smile. "This has never happened before, but ever since she came to the capital, the variety of fruits has increased year by year, and their quality has improved year by year..."
“Who says otherwise? My niece gave me a basket of melons last time. Oh my, those melons were sweeter than honey. I don’t know how they take care of them.” Seeing that she had something to say about this topic, Madam Xing quickly chimed in.
"What a coincidence! When we came back today, Lin Daiyu said she wanted us to bring back some melons. This is the last batch this year. If we want to eat them again, we'll have to wait until next year. I'll have someone send a basket to Madam Xing later." Wang Xifeng was returning the favor to Madam Xing.
As for the second wife, Madam Wang, she was extremely anxious at the moment and had no interest in listening to what they were saying about melons and fruits.
Besides, why would Lin Daiyu only send melons to the eldest son's family, and not receive any herself?
Madam Wang suddenly thought of this, and she frowned, wondering if she could use this incident to let bygones be bygones regarding Granny Wang's matter.
"Could it be the melon that Miss Lin sent to our house last month? I didn't see it."
"They were all sent to each household. I remember the ones from the Second Madam's side were delivered to Rongxi Hall by servants. They met the Second Master there, who was going out to visit a friend, so they had them carried directly to the carriage." Wang Xifeng remembered this very clearly.
She couldn't possibly give the second wife another basket of melons just because Jia Zheng took one.
The items that Daiyu sent were all limited in number, and after being distributed to each household, they were all quite a lot.
Madam Wang felt somewhat embarrassed. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that a servant had reported this to her.
But it was just a basket of melons, so she didn't think much of it.
Lady Wang vaguely remembered that Jia Zheng had mentioned to her after he returned that his niece's estate was growing some really good melons, and even if you offered five taels of silver for one each, you still couldn't get your hands on them.
He delivered that basket to his superior and got a good job!
Lady Wang thought that others didn't know, but in fact, which master in this mansion didn't know?
"I didn't bring much this time because the First Madam thought it was good last time and praised it several times. Lin Meimei specially saved some for you."
These words were clearly an insult to Madam Wang, but since she had brought someone like this to embarrass the matriarch, how could Wang Xifeng not retaliate?
Madam Wang's expression at this moment was quite remarkable.
"This old woman is getting in the way of our conversation, let's take her away first."
Her tone was stiff. Today's plan had failed, and she was afraid she wouldn't get anything good out of it. She gave a wink to her trusted confidante, Zhou Rui's wife, who was standing next to her.
Zhou Rui's wife bowed, helped Wang Po up from the ground, and left.
After the curtain fell, Madam Wang spoke to the old lady again.
"Grandma, the gifts Her Majesty bestowed from the palace today have all been sent over. Surprisingly, Baoyu and Baochai received the same things. Does Her Majesty have some special meaning behind this?"
The rewards were only delivered this morning. Wang Xifeng and the others weren't here, so they don't know what the rewards were.
Lady Wang knew so much about the gifts that the eunuch must have given her the gift list.
The old lady didn't want to say more, but she naturally understood what Madam Wang meant. Ever since Xue Baochai went to the girls' academy, Madam Wang's heart had been stirred again.
She had always felt that although the Xue family were imperial merchants, how could they possibly be a match for Baoyu?
She felt that the only one worthy of Baoyu was the current Princess Jiangzhu, Lin Daiyu.
However, Princess Lin was arrogant and haughty, and Baoyu was very careful in front of her, afraid of upsetting her.
Upon seeing this scene, Lady Wang felt that she absolutely could not arrange for Baoyu to marry Lin Daiyu.
After Xue Baochai went to the girls' academy, the Xue family changed a lot, and Lady Wang also felt that Baochai was not bad.
After she said those words, the old lady didn't say anything, and no one else dared to say anything more.
"That's easy. If there's any special meaning, just send someone to the palace to ask."
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