"Then... wait a minute, sir, I will start counting now." She turned to the Guiyuan maids standing beside her and angrily scolded: "Everyone is just lazy, standing there doing What, why don’t you come and help me count them, do you want me to invite you personally?”
Guiyuan: "My slave... I'm here to help my aunt."
Several other little maids also stepped forward obediently.
Mei Yuanqing frowned and looked at Zhang Ruoruo with a somewhat surprised look. When did the gentle and kind-hearted woman become like this?
Everyone in Zhuxi Courtyard was stunned. Mei Yuanqing had given her a lot of things over the years. She spent a lot of money, but there were also jewelry.
There were some precious ones that she never took out for use, so she put them all in a wooden box. I planned to keep it for personal use in the future, but today I pulled it out in one go.
Finally, she took out the last wooden box. The pain in Zhang Ruoruo's heart almost turned into reality. She picked up the wooden box tremblingly and handed it to Mei Yuanqing with some reluctance, but her eyes never left the top, "Master, give it to me." All my things are here, and some of the money I spend on daily life."
"What's in this wooden box?"
"These are some of the shops and the village that my previous grandpa bought for me. They are all here. There are thirteen shops in total."
Mei Yuanqing didn't see Zhang Ruoruo's eyes, and took it from her hand with a look of joy. He opened the wooden box with both hands, which contained the deeds between the shops and Zhuangzi.
He had almost forgotten about this incident. The Wei family used to be in charge of the business, and the family was very wealthy. He also took money from home from time to time to buy Zhang Ruoruo a shop and a village. She always said that she had nothing to rely on in Beijing and was not as good as ordinary people. Zhuangzi envied the daughter of an aristocratic family who had a shop prepared by her family when she got married.
The relationship between the two was of course extraordinary. In order to reassure her, Mei Yuanqing would spend money to buy these things from time to time.
Unexpectedly, the urgent need was solved at this moment.
He grabbed the wooden box with some excitement and said gratefully: "Ruoruo, thank you very much. You don't know how important this money is to me now. Don't worry, I will definitely return this to you in the future. No, I’ll give it back to you twice as much!”
Zhang Ruoruo endured the heartache, forced himself not to look at the wooden box, and said softly: "As long as I can help you, I will be very happy."
"You are good."
After that, he happily walked out with the wooden box.
After they left, she slumped down on the chair weakly. Guiyuan and the other maids did not dare to express their anger. I can only shrink aside and minimize my presence.
"I asked you to dig it out, but you all were really obedient. You dug out all the belongings in my Zhuxi courtyard."
Zhang Ruoruo looked around and said angrily.
Guiyuan murmured: "My aunt tells us to read it, and I will obey her orders. I always only listen to my aunt's words."
Seeing her submissive look, Zhang Ruoruo was angry, but he had nowhere to vent.
Since Gui Zhi left, the only maid she could trust was Gui Yuan. Although Gui Yuan was loyal, she was not very smart and could only do what she was told and didn't know how to adapt at all.
But at this stage, she would never dare to ask her to take charge of another maid.
"Okay, let's go down." Zhang Ruoruo waved his hand and said weakly.
She now has no energy left to curse.
In the corridor, several little maids surrounded Guiyuan with gloating expressions on their faces, and whispered: "Sister Guiyuan is still great, she breathed a sigh of relief for us. Aunt Zhang suffered a huge loss this time."
Guiyuan changed from her previous cowardice, her face was gloomy, and she smiled coldly: "She is unreliable. In the past, she tortured us to death, and she still wants to make us sincere."
"Then Sister Guiyuan is ready... to join Aunt Ruan?"
"Are you stupid? Why would you want to take refuge with an aunt? Aunt Ruan is good. It's for her own people. Do you think she can use us with confidence if we surrender? She might take the blame again."
"Then what should we do..." Several little maids had worried looks on their faces.
"Did you miss one person?"
"You mean, Hongxia Pavilion? But that person usually lives in seclusion, and now he doesn't care about the affairs of the house at all. There is no other use for us to surrender."
Guiyuan lowered his head and rubbed it gently with his fingers. After a long while, he said in a low voice: "I don't know who is not a fool. Who knows what his plans are."
After Mei Yuanqing got this large amount of money, he quickly disposed of all the things and sent all the jewelry to the pawn shop. Although it was a pity for the shop and Zhuangzi, and many of them had already increased in price, he wanted to This wedding banquet was all sold out.
Because of the urgency of cashing out, some dealers and shops still sold them at a discount.
After getting the money, preparations for the wedding began in full swing.
The entire Mei family was beaming with joy, and the smile on Mei's mother's face never fell every day, and she even forgot about grinding against Zhang Ruoruo.
"How are the preparations for the wedding banquet going? The chef we hired is pretty good."
Mei Xiaoqin held Mei's mother's hand with a smile, "Don't worry, mother, the cook we invited came from the palace before. Although the cost is... a bit more expensive, the Qi family is a Hou family, so naturally it's not You can do whatever you want."
"It's true." Mei's mother knew that this wedding banquet had almost emptied the Mei family, but she couldn't help it.
Seeing Wei Jingwei sitting there drinking tea, she became furious.
It's all because of her! If it weren't for the Wei family, the Mei family would be in the tight situation it is today. She clearly carries the dowry but is reluctant to use it. She is really a poisonous woman.
"You are still drinking tea here. Xiaoqin's marriage is being planned, and you don't come forward to arrange it. You still want me and her brother to work together. How old is my wife? What's the use of marrying you?" Mei's mother He shouted angrily.
If it had been before, Mrs. Wei would have knelt down and apologized.
At this moment, he said very calmly: "Mother, I have been very kind to Xiaoqin in the past. Which family in Beijing would take away their dowry and face to their sister-in-law? This is groundbreaking. My daughter-in-law has done nothing wrong."
"And how come you are old? Look at the old lady who lives a better life than you. In the two years since she came to Beijing, she has gained a lot of weight and even changed her clothes several times." Wei Jingwei said with a smile. It seemed like a joke.
The conversation left Mei’s mother with nowhere to vent.
But she always felt that Wei was laughing at her.
Being unable to fight back made the fire in her heart keep rising, making her even more frustrated.
"What's more, my sister-in-law is your own daughter. You take care of it yourself, which shows your love for your daughter. If someone else takes care of it, you will definitely be worried. After you do this, those people in Jingli will... Who dares to say anything wrong with you?"
