"Mom, where is sister Xiao Yuanbao?" Liu Shu pulled Xu and almost jumped up with joy.
"Keep your voice down." Mrs. Xu lowered her head and covered Liu Shu's mouth.
Liu Shu felt aggrieved.
Ever since he was reprimanded by Mrs. Hou Fu at the Bai family, he was asked by his own mother not to interact with the Bai family in the future, and not to go to Shenshu Village with his family on his back.
"Mrs. Liu...what's wrong with your son?" Mrs. Gao asked aloud.
"No...it's nothing. As a child, everything is strange." Xu said.
There was a flash of contempt in Mr. Gao's eyes, he was really a bumpkin from Yangfeng County.
"Yes, after all you are from Yangfeng County. The Zhou family attaches great importance to etiquette, and today is Mrs. Zhou's birthday. You can't shout loudly, so as not to disturb Mrs. Zhou." Mrs. Gao lectured from above.
Mrs. Xu felt uncomfortable, thinking that a magistrate's wife was more prestigious than a marquis's wife, and she was still in someone else's home.
The principle of being anti-customer is also a good way to educate others on etiquette.
But I can only accept it. Who makes the man the prefect?
Mrs. Xu decided to urge Liu Hong to make progress this time when he returned. It was too frustrating to be in front of such a prefect's wife.
Liu Shu took the opportunity to break free from Xu's hand and ran back inside.
"Sister, why are you here?"
Xiao Fuyuan was whispering to Feng Zhiheng when he was startled by this sudden voice.
When she looked up, she saw Liu Shu's chubby little face smiling so hard at her that she couldn't even see her eyes.
"She is my sister, why can't she come?" Feng Zhiheng rolled his eyes at Liu Shu and asked, "Then why are you here?"
Liu Shu knew that Feng Zhiheng was the granddaughter of the Zhou family, so he explained: "The judging teacher for my father's Jinshi period was Zhou Daru. He is Zhou Daru's student. Why can't he come?"
Feng Zhiheng snorted.
"Sister, are you still angry with my mother? Don't worry, my mother will never let you be my concubine or my wife in the future."
Seeing that Xiao Fuyuan ignored him, Liu Shu said cautiously. Although he really wanted Xiao Fuyuan to be his wife, he couldn't say it now, and Xiao Fuyuan ignored him even more after saying so.
"Shut up. Don't talk about concubine or wife in the future." Xiao Fuyuan became irritable.
"Okay, I won't say anything anymore." Liu Shu said, and then asked in a flattering manner, "Then can I play with you?"
Xiao Fuyuan thought that Liu Shu was not a bad person, and his father was a good official. Although his mother was a snobbery, he did not cause any real harm to her.
So he nodded and said, "Okay."
Liu Shu was so happy that he almost cried, and swore incoherently: "Sister, I will never make you angry in the future."
After saying that, he carefully sat down next to Xiao Fuyuan.
"Hongdan, please close the door, it's too noisy." Feng Zhiheng felt that the ladies outside were talking too noisily, and some ladies were looking at her, which made her feel uncomfortable, so he ordered the maid to close the door.
"Sister, I was outside just now and heard the prefect's wife mentioning you to my mother..." Liu Shu whispered to Xiao Fuyuan quietly.
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"Mrs. Liu, if you can arrange an engagement between the little lucky girl from Shenshu Village and Mr. Shen's family, the Shen family will definitely not treat you badly..." Mrs. Gao said to Mrs. Xu.
Xu was suffocated for a while.
"Madam, now that she is the head of the village given by the emperor, I dare not interfere in her marriage." Mrs. Xu said.
"What's wrong with the village master? The village master also has to get married, right? The emperor can still interfere with her marriage." Gao said.
Mrs. Xu remained silent.
"I'll tell you the truth, my master... When our Huaicheng Magistrate becomes vacant in the future, no matter how qualified Mr. Liu is, someone will have to recommend him, right?" Gao wanted to seduce the Huaicheng Magistrate.
Mrs. Xu sneered in her heart. She didn't expect the prefect's wife to be so stupid. Could it be that she was so praised that she thought the prefect was the iron hat of his family and they could give it to whomever they wanted?
Then he was surprised, what was the origin of the Shen family that allowed the prefect's wife to place a bet on the position of the prefect of Huaicheng.
As for Madam Ru, she sat there from then until the end without saying a word.
Xu's heart was filled with fury.
"It's not that I don't want to, madam. To tell you the truth, I also intended to ask the Bai family girl to hire my son, but the Bai family refused. Firstly, she is young, and secondly, the old Bai family hopes that their daughter will be around in the future, and they don't want to Marry up." Xu said through gritted teeth, but she naturally concealed the fact that she was scolded by Zhou.
"You are not considered a high-ranking family. They only live in Yangfeng County. The Shen family is different. The Shen family is an imperial merchant. We are the richest man in Huaicheng. I don't believe that the Bai family would not be tempted by such incredible wealth. I can't say, they Our daughter is just waiting for a price." Mrs. Gao said disdainfully.
"My Shen family is just a businessman, we don't want to be rich." Mrs. Ru finally spoke.
Xu didn't say anything anymore. I've told you everything anyway. If you don't believe it, just wait for bad luck.
It seems that Mrs. Gao still doesn't know about the relationship between Xiao Fuyuan and the Zhou family.
Then there is no need for her to take the initiative to inform.
It was all because of Xiao Fuyuan's idea. Why was she the one who was humiliated by being scolded by the Marquis's wife in public? She, the Prefect's wife, also needed to experience the feeling of being ridiculed.
Mrs. Xu was already eager to watch the show.
"Mom, they won't take the little girl by force."
Eugene Gui asked worriedly when he saw the wealthy ladies from all walks of life outside. It's not that she is worried about little Fuyuan, but that the Bai family's blessing will be taken away.
"No." Madam Zhen said, "It's not like there are no ways to deal with it."
"I really want to rob my sister-in-law, but I won't give in at all costs." Xie Chuntao looked awe-inspiring.
At this time, there was a commotion outside.
Mrs. Zhou came in.
"Mom, shall we go and celebrate Mrs. Zhou's birthday with these ladies later?"
Xie Chuntao was quite worried. This was the first time for them to experience such a thing. She had grown up in the countryside but had never interacted with a noble lady before, so she was afraid of making a joke to the Bai family and the Zhou family.
"Probably not." Zhen said gently.
The Zhou family specially arranged for the Bai family to be alone here because they understood that the wild people in Bai's hometown were not used to dealing with noble ladies. Mrs. Zhen is very satisfied with this arrangement of the Zhou family.
Mrs. Zhen continued, "But don't be afraid, ladies are human beings too, we just need to be neither humble nor overbearing. Besides, we are here to celebrate Mrs. Zhou's birthday, not to deal with ladies."
Xie Chuntao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old lady, madam." Liuhua came over with a few maids with a smile.
"Liuhua, how is your wife?" Old Mrs. Bai asked with a smile.
Liuhua lived with the Zhou family in the Bai family for a few days and became very familiar with everyone in the Bai family.
"My wife is very nice." Liuhua said with a smile, "She is just a little retching. I'll tell the old lady that I'm sorry that she can't come out to talk to you right now."
Old Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether I talk to you or not. Madam's health is important."
"My wife specially sent me to serve the old lady. I will listen to your orders today." Liuhua said with a smile.
Mrs. Zhou has already arranged for people to serve her. The Bai family is just not used to being served. Zhou was worried that the Bai family would be cautious, so she sent Lihua, who was familiar with them, to serve them.
"Where is Xiao Yuanbao?" Lihua looked around and found that Xiao Fuyuan was not there, so she asked.
(End of chapter)
