Mei Yuanqing's face turned green and red at her blunt words.
"This money is what I promised her. She lives in poverty, and when I brought her to the capital, I have to treat her well. It's only one or two hundred taels of silver a month. Do you need to be so anxious like me?" ?, Wei-Jing-Wei."
Lian'er was so angry that she wanted to go up and talk to Mei Yuanqing, but Su'er stopped her in time.
The young lady can talk to him about the master's affairs, but not their servants.
Don't cause more trouble to the lady when the time comes.
"There is no reason in the world for you to raise a wife outside, but you want to use my money. Although I am married, my Wei family is not easy to bully!"
Seeing that she was so tough and mentioned the Wei family again, Mei Yuanqing softened her tone after careful consideration, "I don't allow you to say that about sister Ruoruo. She is not the kind of person you say! She is gentle and kind, and very kind. You are just a poor woman in an unfair world. And before her father passed away, she was still kind to my mother and me. It’s nothing if I give her some money. Can’t you be a little more tolerant? What are you talking about all day long? Silver is so vulgar!"
Wei Jingwei sneered in her heart, "Thousands of taels, one or two hundred taels, how come it was like a few pennies in Mei Yuanqing's mouth." You know, twenty taels of money outside are enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for a year.
As for Mei Yuanqing, his annual salary is only thirty taels. And the jade pendant around his waist cost a full two hundred taels.
In other words, he had to go without food or drink for six years to save this money.
Just like this, you still dare to say that one, two hundred taels, and thousands of taels are nothing.
It seems that the Mei family is really under her control, and the sky is high and the sky is high. Forget the misery and desolation of the past. The days of eating plain porridge and vegetables are looked down upon.
But this is fine, no matter how rampant they are now and how little they take hundreds or thousands of taels into consideration, it will be very painful for them to lose such days in the future.
"One or two hundred taels a month. The average aristocratic family spends almost a month on their first-born young lady. Mei Yuanqing, I don't know whether she gave you blood to drink or meat to eat. You need Spending so much money to repay your kindness. But I still say the same thing, I will not pay this money. If your Mei family is willing to pay this money, I will not stop it." After a pause, she raised her chin slightly, "This Over a year, a total of 1,500 taels of silver have been withdrawn. I have wiped out the rest of the debt for you. You must have always regarded yourself as a scholar, and you will not misappropriate the dowry of one of my women without paying it back. If not For other things, I’m going to practice my calligraphy, you can do as you please.”
When Mei Yuanqing heard that she actually wanted to pay back the money herself, her pupils widened in shock, but when she suddenly thought of the Wei family and Liu family behind her, she could only swallow her anger.
Although she has a bad relationship with the Wei family, her broken bones are still connected, not to mention the Liu family, who have always been very kind to her.
It seemed that he could only find another way to repay this debt.
Later in the evening, the rough servant maid outside the door came in. She saluted and said, "Madam, there is a nun outside asking to see you. She said she is from the Liu family."
Wei Jingwei nodded, "It must be Grandma Zhou who specializes in teaching good manners around my grandmother. Why don't you please come in quickly?"
The maid rudely exited, and soon she saw an old woman wearing a dark green straight-collared double-breasted dress, her temples already turning white, but with a serious expression and good spirits, walked in quickly.
When she saw Wei Jingwei sitting on the cushions, she smiled slightly, nodded and said, "My cousin, I haven't seen you for many years, and she has grown into a tall girl. I wonder how she is doing now."
When Wei Jingwei was a child, she asked Grandma Zhou to teach her the rules. When she was young and could not endure hardship, she received a lot of scolding from Grandma Zhou.
But Mammy was a mean-spirited person. She punished her during the day, but would give her some sweet water or snacks at night. Let her have a good rest after eating and continue studying tomorrow.
After getting along for a long time, the two of them liked each other very much. After she finished learning the rules, when Aunt Zhou was about to leave, she had a good cry.
Unexpectedly, time flies by and now six years have passed.
Wei Jingwei felt relieved when she saw that although her hair was a lot grayer, she was still in good spirits.
She stood up in a hurry, walked to Aunt Zhou, held her hand, and said happily: "Everything is fine with me, are you okay, Auntie? I heard from my grandmother that you had already left the Liu family. Well, why did you invite yourself to the Mei family?"
Aunt Zhou patted her hand and smiled very kindly.
"My cousin, I raised you. You were a small person at that time but you were able to endure hardships and had a better temper than many adults. To be honest, I really like you from the bottom of my heart and regard you as my granddaughter. Treat it as normal. I heard your grandmother said that you were not doing well in the Mei family, so I hurried here. I want to see you in person so that I can rest assured. "
Wei Jingwei's eyes heated up when she heard that her grandma had to come to Mei's house to wade through the muddy water for her own sake, when she should have had a good rest at her age. She quickly covered it up, and the two of them came to the couch together affectionately. sit down.
Su'er and Lian'er quickly made hot tea and served snacks with a wink.
Aunt Zhou picked up the tea and took a sip before asking, "I knew about the Wei family's affairs at the time. I thought that Miss Liu's move was planned for you, Miss Cousin. This Mei family is a poor one." You are an honest man, I hope everything will go well in your future life. I didn’t expect... Sigh. After all, it’s people who have the final say, not as good as God.”
Miss Liu is Wei Jingwei's mother.
Seeing that Aunt Zhou was feeling sorry for her, she quickly smiled and said: "Aunt, we haven't seen each other for many years, why are you talking about this?" After a pause, she said very straightforwardly: "I have long been disappointed with the Mei family, and I have wanted to leave. The heart here.”
Grandma Zhou quickly stopped her smile, put down her tea cup and looked serious.
"Miss Cousin, don't be confused! How did you leave the Mei Mansion? Even if it is a reconciliation, do you know that the girl who returns home will have a hard time. Your stepmother is not an easy person to get along with. She wears clothes in her boudoir. You have to be gentle and kind to trick your grandmother into sending her to be your father's second wife. Who would have thought that she would show such a terrifying appearance when she went to the Wei family. According to me, you can't please her for her scheming. You can't do that. At such a young age, the Ancient Buddha of Qingdeng must have finished his life."
Grandma looked anxious, as if she was very afraid that Wei Jingwei had made up her mind to do this.
"Mammy, it's one thing to ask you to come this time. Mei Xiaoqin, there's something else I want to ask you." She pondered for a moment, "I heard my mother say that before you went to Liu Mansion to be a foster mother, It's the aunt who came out of the palace. I think you are well-informed...then you know. Is there any way to escape from the Mei family and escape unscathed?"
