Chapter 38 The Girl Who Sold Herself to Bury Her Father

Wanshuangzhai.

When Chen Yurong came out, her face was full of worry.

"Second sister-in-law, is mother really in trouble? I see that she is in a very bad mental state."

"My mother-in-law worked so hard to arrange the marriage of my third brother and his wife, and now I have a rift with my father-in-law for some reason. I am trapped in this small courtyard, so I am naturally unhappy. I am so depressed, how can I feel good?"

Li Mingzhu has calmed down and can now act calmly with Chen Yurong.

Chen Yurong was annoyed when she heard this. "That Xu is really too unreasonable. This matter was caused by her, but she didn't even know to say a few words for my mother in front of my father. She had to watch my mother being confined and humiliated before she was happy. It can be seen that she is narrow-minded."

"Well, there's no point in talking any more, right? Sister, you can come back to see mother-in-law today. I'm sure she will feel much better." Li Mingzhu comforted her, and finally said, "But in my opinion, sister, it's better for you to come back after a while."

Chen Yurong looked at her and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's only been a few days since the incident happened, and father-in-law is still angry. If you come back and make a scene, he will probably think that my third brother's wife is well-behaved and sensible, and he will be even more biased towards her. Besides, my aunt Zhou is still at home, and family disgrace should not be made public. Father-in-law hates this the most. After everyone leaves, it would be better for our family to close the door and take care of the household chores, wouldn't it?" Li Mingzhu explained softly.

It wasn't really for Feng and Chen Yurong's sake, but she really didn't want Chen Yurong to come back and make trouble while she was managing the household alone, making Chen Huaiqian angry and implicating her.

However, Chen Yurong took these words to heart and thought they made sense.

So after leaving Wanshuangzhai, she didn't stay long and went straight back to her husband's house.

Li Mingzhu felt relieved after sending the person away.

She was actually quite annoyed with Chen Yurong. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Yurong was so generous and always brought a lot of good things for her and her daughter every time she went back to her parents' home, she would really not have bothered to deal with her.

At that time, Feng was in a bad mood in Wanshuangzhai.

"This Lin, she doesn't even behave like a guest. She even interfered with the affairs of my Chen family's inner house. If she hadn't interfered today, Yurong would have definitely caused a big commotion in Fuyunju."

"That's right. Madam Zhou is overstepping her boundaries." Mother Qiu massaged Feng's shoulders. "But fortunately, the eldest daughter still listens to you and respects you."

"It's just a little too stupid."

Feng sighed, a look of slight disgust on her face.

She sent someone to deliver a message to Chen Yurong that night. She had already asked someone to guide and teach Chen Yurong what to do. Even if she made a fuss, she had to pull Chen Zhi to play the emotional card, alienate Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe, and then let Chen Zhi remember her kindness. This was the key.

But when Chen Yurong arrived today, she just did nothing but make a fuss and was subdued in no time.

It's useless.

Mother Qiu also curled her lips, "It would be great if the eldest girl had the mind of the second young master's wife."

Feng didn't respond. She could see that Li Mingzhu was trying to protect herself and had no intention of saving her, so she felt resentful.

Seeing that Mrs. Feng stopped talking, Mother Qiu also shut up silently and said nothing more.

Little did she know that Xu Shuhe had already started making arrangements to make things difficult for her.

For the next few days, the Chen family house was quiet.

After Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe took control of half of the dowry left by their mother Zhou, they now have full control over all the business assets in it.

Suddenly there were many more things to take care of, and Chen Zhi was very busy every day. While Xu Shuhe was helping him, he had also become skilled in taking care of his own dowry, so the two of them were busy together.

Because he had seen the business model of the brocade shop before, Xu Shuhe discussed with Chen Zhi and decided to take out a ready-made clothing shop to do a pilot operation and reform. Xu Shuhe wanted to apply the business model he had seen in the future.

Chen Zhi also agreed. The two of them picked and chose a shop with mediocre business and started to work.

During this period, Lin Hui was not idle either.

Because the Zhou family made their fortune in Qizhou, they still have many business partners and old friends in Qizhou. Whenever they come back, they have to visit them and reminisce about the past.

This also includes Chen Yurong's husband's family, the Liang family.

As mentioned before, Chen Yurong was able to marry into the Liang family and be treated well and not despised despite her personality, probably because her husband's mother, the mistress of the Liang family, and Zhou were close friends and close acquaintances, and they had some old friendship between them.

Lin Hui had a good relationship with her aunt Zhou, so naturally she also had a good relationship with Madam Liang.

The purpose of this visit was not only to establish business dealings between the two families, but Lin Hui also wanted to ask Mrs. Liang to teach Chen Yurong a lesson.

Otherwise, if this continues, Lin Hui is worried that Chen Yurong will be completely hopeless.

However, Lin Hui's concerns were consistent with Mrs. Liang's. When she went to visit the Liang family, Mrs. Liang had already punished Chen Yurong for causing trouble at her parents' home that day.

It turned out that Chen Yurong had sneaked back home early in the morning that day, and the Liang family only found out about it later.

Mrs. Liang had always looked down upon Feng, so naturally she would not allow her daughter-in-law Chen Yurong to get close to Feng.

After communicating in this way, Lin Hui felt much more relieved.

With Mrs. Liang keeping a close watch on her, Chen Yurong will probably be more obedient in the future.

On the other hand, while Xu Shuhe was busy with his business, he also made careful preparations for things that would cause trouble for the Feng family.

Just then, when Chen Zhi returned home in the evening, he told her an interesting story.

It was said that a girl who wanted to sell herself to bury her father came to the door of his teahouse. It happened that Chen Huaiqian was looking at the account books in the teahouse at that time. Out of kindness, he bought the girl.

Now the girl stays in the teahouse as a helper.

"Is she pretty?" Xu Shuhe asked deliberately while eating the snacks that Chen Zhi brought back.

Chen Zhi thought about it and nodded. "She is good-looking, delicate and frail, thin and gentle, with an accent that sounds like she is from the south. She said she came with her father to seek refuge with relatives, but she couldn't find any relatives. Her father suddenly fell ill, and she spent all her money but couldn't save him. She had to sell herself to bury her father. She just turned seventeen this year."

"That's pitiful. My father-in-law keeps me working in the store, which gives me a way out." Xu Shuhe looked sympathetic.

When she said that, Chen Zhi smiled.

"With Miss Guo in the shop, business has become much more lively. People who come here don't drink tea anymore, they just look at people."

"It's rare for you to tease people." Xu Shuhe also laughed, and then suddenly thought of something, "Yes, come to think of it, I suddenly have a business idea."

Chen Zhi nodded, motioning for her to continue.

Xu Shuhe put down the pastry, wiped his hands, and continued to think as he spoke.

"These clothes are made for people to wear. They can be hung on a rack, but they are not as beautiful as standing up. I thought, why not find some slim girls to wear our clothes and walk around on the street to promote them? I just asked the store to get the patterns and make a new batch of dresses with different styles. If we don't show them, how can outsiders know?"

(End of this chapter)