"Wait a minute, madam, the old man wants you to come over."
A man in his thirties, wearing a long blue cloth robe and with shoulder-length hair, came jogging over.
When Huang Wanzhen saw the attendant beside Huang Zhengming, she sighed inwardly and thought, there is no hope.
In front of Huang Zhengming, the Huang Dong family couldn't stand up at all.
Sure enough, Huang Wanzhen, who was working late into the night in Furongju, received the news that the second concubine was left behind.
"Xiu Lan, clean up the west room tomorrow and help me turn it into a study."
Xiulan nodded, "Yes, miss."
"Do you want to move the things in the study in the front yard?"
Huang Wanzhen: "Well, I'll go over there when I have time and get my things back."
After pondering for a moment, she continued, "Go ask Xiuzhu for two copper locks... Never mind, I'll buy them myself."
After Xiulan helped Huang Wanzhen change the candles, she advised: "It's late at night. Tomorrow is a good day for you, young lady. Go to bed and get some rest."
Huang Wanzhen: "Well, go back to your room and sleep. We don't need you here anymore."
Xiulan gave a few more instructions before walking away, looking back every few steps.
It was unknown what time it was when Huang Wanzhen finished copying "The Female Prime Minister". She yawned, blew out the candle, fell straight onto the bed, and fell asleep.
The next day, early in the morning, Xiulan pushed open the door of the main house.
"Miss, get up. Madam asked me to help you dress up."
Huang Wanzhen jumped up when she heard the noise and asked, "What time is it?"
Xiulan came over lightly, "It's just past noon, miss, there's no need to rush."
Huang Wanzhen quickly got up, put on her slippers, and walked outside.
Xiulan ran after her, calling out, "Miss? Miss?"
Huang Wanzhen walked to the door and seemed to think of something, then stepped back, picked up a stack of manuscripts on the table, and hurried out again.
"Miss, you haven't done your makeup yet."
Huang Wanzhen waved her hand and said, "I'll be back to put on my makeup later."
As she walked, she folded the manuscript and suddenly realized that she had forgotten to bring the cloth bag. Thinking that it would be a waste of time to go back to get it, she simply followed the example of the people here and stuffed the manuscript into her arms.
"Ah Xiang, A Xiang, take me to the post office."
Ah Xiang put the food he had ordered inside the house, ran to the rickshaw, and wiped the cushion with his sleeve, "Second Miss, please sit down."
Huang Wanzhen got on the rickshaw as quickly as possible, pulled down the rain curtain, and began to count the money on her body.
Yeah, I can buy more envelopes and stamps this time.
Six days later, Shin Min Daily editor Chan Wing-wen received two identical novels, with the same handwriting but different signatures.
This is a later story, let’s not talk about it for now.
Let’s talk about today first. It is the day when the Zheng family comes to propose marriage.
Dong Yuzhuo, the second uncle of the Dong family, came to the house with his wife Dong Jiang just after the beginning of the Si hour.
"Fifth sister, who's here today?"
Huang Dongshi took a sip of tea with a tired look on her face. "On our side, it's just you and your sister-in-law."
"The Huang family invited her great grandfather and second grandfather's families."
"It's just a betrothal gift. It would be great if two people from each family could come. I estimate that it will only be one person from each family."
After saying this, she put down the teacup and said with a rather unhappy expression, "My eldest brother and I haven't spoken for a long time. His three sons are all married, so there's no need for me, his aunt, to pay any gifts."
Dong Yuzhuo curled his lips and said disdainfully, "She's the same bird as my second sister."
"All of our parents' things were left to the two older ones. We little ones got nothing."
"Cough—cough—" Dong Jiang, who was beside him, coughed twice and reminded him softly, "Let's not talk about them. Will Fourth Sister come today?"
Mrs. Huang touched her forehead irritably, "I didn't tell her. She's having a hard time. Why add to her troubles?"
Dong Yuzhuo: "Fourth sister is too stubborn. If I take the initiative to buy two concubines for Fourth brother-in-law, he will definitely not run away."
"Her parents-in-law wouldn't torture her that much."
Huang Dong sighed, "My fourth sister has a bastard son. I have nothing, and my life is even harder."
Dong Yuzhuo didn't like what she heard, "Fifth sister, you're just complaining without any real reason."
"Your mother-in-law is dead. Now you are the housekeeper. You can buy whatever you want to eat. Who will be angry with you?"
"How can Fourth Sister compare to you? Her mother-in-law makes her set rules every day, Fourth Brother-in-law beats her, and Eldest Sister-in-law always comes home to torment her. Her life is not a life for a human being. Even the horses in the stable are not as tired as her."
"At the beginning of spring, Fourth Sister sent someone to call me over, saying she had been beaten."
"I went with your sister-in-law. Ask her what Fourth Sister is like!"
Huang Dongshi asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Dong Jiang hit her eyes twice with her fists. "Both eyes are black. They were beaten by my fourth brother-in-law."
Dong Yuzhuo: "None of her four daughters are good people. The fourth one even dared to confront me and told me to get out of her house."
"I beat her up, so what? Who dares to say 'no'?"
Huang Dongshi wiped her tears after hearing this and said, "Fourth sister should have had another child. People say four is too many, and the fifth must be a son. With a son, you can stand up straighter."
Dong Yuzhuo: "Nonsense, stop using the same old tricks. This is a new society."
"Fifth sister, let me show you my new gold watch."
Mrs. Huang turned sideways to look, and Dong Yuzhuo stuffed the money directly into her hand, "Two hundred dollars!"
Huang Dongshi asked him in surprise, "Where did you get so much money? Didn't you just buy a house?"
Dong Yuzhuo snorted proudly, "I joined the Xinxing Society, and the people there helped me resell ironware, and I made a fortune."
Huang Dong quickly stuffed the pocket watch back and said, "You are too bold, boy! What kind of club or group is that? Is it something that ordinary people like us can get involved with?"
"Even those with two mouths to feed at home wouldn't dare to get involved. You should back off immediately."
Dong Yuzhuo laughed at her, "Fifth sister, why are you so timid? People like you can't accomplish anything great."
Huang Dongshi: "I don't want to do anything big. Big things will cost me my life."
Dong Yuzhuo laughed out loud at what Huang Dong said.
"Fifth sister, one million! Do you know? I can make one million."
"When the time comes, I'll give you 100,000 yuan, and 100,000 yuan
Huang Wanzhen came in at this time.
"Meet my second uncle and second aunt."
When she came back from the post office, she didn't even bother to eat. She changed into a half-new green jacket and skirt, asked Xiulan to comb her hair into a half-up bun, and then went to the front hall.
The original article mentioned that this second uncle was a loyal man, but unfortunately, before the Democratic Party came to power, he was involved in some organization and was fired.
"Oh my! This is Wanzhen, right? She's really changed a lot since she grew up. Even my aunt couldn't recognize her. She's so pretty now."
Dong Jiang took off a solid silver bracelet from her wrist and put it on Huang Wanzhen's wrist.
Huang Wanzhen hunched her arms and looked at Huang Dongshi.
Huang Dongshi smiled and nodded, "Your second aunt gave it to you, so just take it. Remember to show more respect to her in the future."
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