Lu Lian'an asked his fiancee to be justice to give people a meal. That was his manifestation of his fiancee. It was rumored that outsiders would only say that he was affectionate.
And the Luo family is a woman, and she comes to complain about a man before she gets married. If word spreads, it will be a joke.
Miss Luo's face changed slightly and she hurriedly pulled her mother.
Only then did Luo's mother come back to her senses. She didn't want to quarrel with the Zhao family before she came. She didn't know how it ended up like this. Looking at Zhao's mother glaring at her across the way, she couldn't put down her body and ask for help.
and... both marry their daughters into wealthy families, and no one is worse than the other. Why is she shorter?
She was unwilling to bow her head and could not stay any longer. The mother and daughter quickly said goodbye and left.
If the words were not congenial, the two families broke up on bad terms.
On the other hand, Lu Ting'an was also afraid that something might happen to her marriage, so she made a rare trip to see Mrs. Lu, hoping to set a wedding date as soon as possible.
Mrs. Lu was happy to see this happen. Of course, she also knew how outsiders talked about her. They said she couldn't stand her stepson and deliberately found a woman for him who had been married but couldn't have children... But what about that?
how?
Whatever comes her way, rumors from outside cannot hurt her. If she really becomes a good wife and mother that everyone praises, she will be the one who is angry.
Within two days, the matchmaker came to deliver the betrothal gift.
This time the betrothal gift was much heavier than the one the Zhang family had sent to their doorstep, and Zhao's mother was particularly happy.
In fact, after having a daughter and giving him five thousand taels of silver, the Zhao family no longer has to worry about future expenses. As long as the money is enough, it will be enough. Father Zhao has no intention of selling his daughter for money, so he has already said that
, all betrothal gifts will be put into the daughter’s dowry.
Chu Yunli didn't buy a dowry specifically for herself. She kept all the money and planned to use it to do business when she felt more comfortable after getting married.
In the past few days since she returned to the Zhao family, she has not mentioned anything about doing business. She has not even gone out to look at the shops. This is also because she can see that Zhao's father is focused on the imperial examination and will never allow anyone in the family to do business.
to ruin his reputation.
In fact, if it were not for financial constraints, he would not even marry his daughter into a merchant's family.
As for getting five thousand taels of silver and still agreeing to the Lu family's marriage... He could definitely marry his daughter into a small family, but his daughter is marrying for the second time. The smaller the family, the more he cares about heirs. As long as he wants his daughter to have children,
The couple must not have a good life. After much thought, he still felt that Lu Ting'an was more suitable.
The wedding date was quickly set, a few days earlier than the Zhang family's new one.
Zhang Mingli was recuperating from his injuries. When he heard this, he was so angry that he smashed two tea sets: "You don't know good from evil."
I don’t know who I’m scolding.
When the news came that Zhou Meiyu's wedding date had been set, he was so angry that he smashed the tea set he had just given. In fact, Mrs. Zhang was also angry with her natal brother for what he had done, and he simply didn't give her any face.
Zhang Mingli was feeling aggrieved and wanted to lose his temper. But it was pointless to get angry at the people who were waiting for him. The group of people only knew how to admit their mistakes. After thinking about it, he sent someone to invite Zhou Meiyu.
The new man Zhou Meiyu found was not a rich man, but just a steward of the Zhou family. She was a concubine, and they had known each other before they got married, so the steward took good care of her.
After arriving at the Zhang family, she never received Zhang Mingli's sincere treatment. On impulse, she had a relationship with the steward. Later, she even had a child... Anyway, in the relationship between the two of them, the steward was the
The person holding her.
Zhou Meiyu lived as she pleased and was much more wanton than before in the Zhang family, even though the wedding was approaching. She heard that Zhang Mingli wanted to see her, so she was bored and came over.
It's a beautiful name, visiting my injured cousin.
When the two met, Zhang Mingli's expression became distorted when he saw his proud cousin: "You are doing well."
Zhou Meiyu smiled and said: "I took it all as your compliment. Cousin, are your injuries better?" Her eyes were meaningful: "They say Mr. Lu is weak, but in my opinion, he is not weak at all!
"
It's simply a matter of which pot is not opened.
Zhang Mingli was beaten by him... After all, if Zhou Meiyu hadn't said that she had a child secretly, and also said that he couldn't have a child, which made him think that Zhao Shuangyu had second thoughts. The couple would not have turned against each other, nor would they have
If Zhao Shuangyu remarried, Lu Ting'an would not beat him.
He asked: "Why did you do that in the first place?"
"Why?" Zhou Meiyu's face was full of sarcasm: "I just can't stand you two!"
Zhang Mingli was choked and speechless.
Zhou Meiyu continued by herself: "Zhao Shuangyu looks cold and indifferent, as if he doesn't care about you. But you clearly take her to heart, and you pay special attention to everything about her. I, Zhou Meiyu, no matter where I am,
She is better than her in everything because of her family background, appearance, talent, and why should she be beaten?" She smiled half-heartedly: "I don't plan to stay anyway, so why not try to stir up feelings between you two? In fact, I do too.
I wanted to test it, but who knew... your aunt had a hand in it."
Originally, Zhang Mingli could not have this matter, and he would have known it after seeing the doctors. Who knew that Zhang had intervened and bribed those doctors, so that Zhang Mingli was convinced that he could not have an heir, so that he ended up in his current situation.
Zhang Mingli stared at her fiercely.
He is now lying on the bed and it is difficult to even move. Zhou Meiyu is not afraid of him at all: "If you have been married for several years and really believe her, you will definitely suspect that the doctor misdiagnosed. But you did not doubt the doctor at all, but instead doubted your wife...
Do you really care about her as much as you think? Zhang Mingli, it is not a good thing to think too highly of yourself!"
She stood up and said: "I am already someone else's fiancée, so I can't stay alone with you for too long." Before leaving, she said with a malicious look on her face: "What I want to say is that with your little ability in bed, I can't live without you."
Normal! Compared with my man, you are far behind."
Zhang Mingli: "..."
No man is willing to admit that he is inferior to others, especially when these words come from his own woman. He was immediately so angry that he picked up a pillow and smashed it.
Zhou Meiyu dodged easily and went out without looking back: "Don't send people to look for me again and bring shame on yourself."
Zhang Mingli was so angry that he couldn't care less about the pain in his body and smashed the quilt out of his arms.
They had been gone for a long time, but he was still so angry that his chest was heaving and his mind was confused!
On the third day after Zhou Meiyu got married, Chu Yunli's wedding date also arrived.
What Mrs. Lu cared about was the family business, and she didn't pay attention to the usual expenses for weddings at home. Therefore, the marriage went smoothly from beginning to end, without any problems.
From the Zhao family's point of view, their daughter is getting married for the second time, so it's not good to ask for too much, as long as she can live well in general. Zhao's mother planned to buy a wedding dress for her daughter, but Lu Ting'an gave her a set, so she gave up.
Looking at her gorgeous daughter, Mother Zhao couldn't help but shed tears: "Daughter, I watched with cold eyes. This young master of the Lu family treats you better than Zhang Mingli. In the future, please stop being willful and be filial to your parents-in-law."
Be harmonious with your husband and Meimei, and don’t let your father and I worry anymore."
These words were not pleasant to hear, so Chu Yunli agreed smoothly.
After leaving the door, I went up to the flower bridge. When I arrived at Lu's house, I was sent to the new house after worship.
Lu Ting'an was weak, so no one asked him to deal with guests outside. In fact, Mrs. Lu didn't want him to see too many guests, so he was happy to be quiet, so he simply stayed in the new house.
This was not the first time that the two got married, but they were equally excited. They took a break very early.
Early the next morning, the two of them were woken up by a knock on the door. Chu Yunli glanced at the window, and it was still dark outside.
"Is this deliberately tormenting you, because you are afraid that you are not in good health?"
Lu Ting'an said funnyly: "Dad is busy with business, so he probably doesn't want to delay for too long."
It wasn't that early.
Chu Yunli turned over and continued to sleep, not intending to follow the Lu family's habit.
Lu Ting'an didn't get up until he knocked on the door three times and it was already dark. The two of them got up to wash up. Faced with the urging of the servants, they were not in a hurry.
By the time they arrived at the main courtyard, Mr. Lu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. It was not as if there was a big happy event at home after marrying his daughter-in-law, but rather as if there was a funeral.
"Didn't the people down there ask you to get up? Why did it take you so long to come?"
Before Lu Ting'an spoke, Chu Yunli had already said: "My husband is weak and will catch a cold if the wind blows. Just now, the mother-in-law said that my father is very busy and wants to drink tea and do business. But my daughter-in-law feels that we are all a family."
, there is no need to use so many etiquettes, it is important to take care of yourself." She looked at the servant next to her again: "Is the tea ready?"
What he said was reasonable and well-founded. Mr. Lu just felt that his breath was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't go up or down. Forget it, on the second day of your wedding, can you really argue with your newly married daughter-in-law?
He took a sip of tea, put a purse on the tray, and said: "Now that you have become the wife of my Lu family, you must abide by the rules, be filial to your elders, and provide loose leaves for my Lu family as soon as possible..."
After saying this, he suddenly felt that the face of his daughter-in-law in front of him was a little strange. He frowned: "What is your expression?"
"People outside say that my husband is weak and cannot have children." Chu Yunli was curious: "If he cannot have children and I am really pregnant, won't you suspect it?"
Mr. Lu's face turned even darker: "I just said it casually and didn't rush you."
Chu Yunli nodded: "That's right. I misunderstood just now. I thought you were looking for someone to follow me... That's ridiculous. I won't agree."
Mr. Lu lost his temper due to the torment, and he was thinking about the things in the shop again, so he simply stood up and said, "Take your time to get to know your family members. No one will rush you about the heirs. Just take good care of Ting'an."
As soon as he said that, the person had already run out.
"So busy?" Chu Yunli turned around and served tea to Mrs. Lu again: "Madam, you have been waiting for too long to drink tea, and the tea is a little cold. You can just drink it."
Mrs. Lu's face was complicated: "You talk too much."
"Which sentence is superfluous?" Chu Yunli looked puzzled: "Madam likes someone who talks less, so she can definitely find a mute for her husband."
Mrs. Lu: "..."
She said it as if she married Lu Ting'an just to make herself happy.
Although this is indeed the case, it would not look good if this matter were brought to light. She drank tea and gave a purse: "Then you can just live well. I'm really not in a hurry. I will also listen to what happened to you.
I said, if you two get together, you probably won't be able to give birth, so don't bother, and don't drink those bitter medicinal soups. They are three parts poisonous."
"Thank you madam for your consideration." Chu Yunli looked grateful.
Mrs. Lu was very pleased with her attitude and patiently let her brothers and sisters see her.
Lu Tingan has a younger brother who is the daughter of Mrs. Lu, and two younger sisters, one is a legitimate daughter and the other is a concubine. I heard that there are more than just these children, but they have not been raised.
Mr. Lu had three concubines, and they were all very polite. No one deliberately provoked Chu Yunli. Maybe it was because she had just arrived today, so these people didn't dare.
In less than two quarters of an hour, everyone had seen everyone. Lu Ting'an didn't want to talk to them more, so he took advantage of his weak body and left with his wife.
"Do you usually get along with them like this?"
Lu Ting'an nodded.
"He himself was weak, so he guessed that it was the madam who had done it, and he also found evidence. He also found the steward and quietly brought these things to his father. Unfortunately, there was no intention to care about it. From then on, he was completely
People become indifferent and unwilling to talk to others. They just put more thought into what they put in their mouths. However, the body has been destroyed, and no matter how you treat it, it is useless."
Chu Yunli was curious: "Then why are you here?"
Since you have given up on your family and are on guard, your death should not be in vain.
"He married a frail girl. Not long after she entered the house, the girl died because the people below did not deliver medicine in time."
Chu Yunli suddenly realized: "He wants to take care of others?"
There was such a tempting person, but he died because of him. When he wanted to investigate further, he also lost his life.
"Before you, that girl had already met me. We were originally going to talk about marriage, but I rejected her. Then she mentioned the Zhao family. I wanted to reject her, but I didn't expect it was you."
In Lu Ting'an's view, that was his sweetheart and he could not marry him. In fact, he planned not to marry anyone.
After the two got married, Chu Yunli got rid of all the people with ulterior motives because she was not used to handling the people in the yard. She also spent money to buy a small kitchen and hired a cook herself. In this way, the relationship between the two
Get up and live your life.
Since she didn't have the money from the father-in-law, it was hard for Mrs. Lu to interfere. However, it was not in line with her original plan, so she couldn't help but want to set rules for this new daughter-in-law.
When Chu Yunli was invited to the main courtyard, she looked confused: "Madam used to be considerate of her husband and not let him come to say hello. She said that husband and wife are one, so why do you want me to come to say hello again?"
Was he deliberately torturing her?
The words were not stated clearly, but the meaning was already there. Mrs. Lu took a deep breath: "Ting'an is weak, but you are not weak..."
"I'm weak!" Chu Yunli said plausibly: "My wife said that she heard what outsiders said about what happened to me. She should know that I was given medicine that made me cold after my miscarriage. The doctors said that I should be
Get up later in the morning, sleep more, and move around less."
Mrs. Lu endured her anger and said: "As a daughter-in-law, you can't do whatever you want. If you need to say hello, you have to say hello."
"Well!" Chu Yunli glanced at her secretly: "Madam may not know that I was used to doing whatever I wanted when I was in the Zhang family. In fact, if you want to find a well-behaved daughter-in-law, you shouldn't look for the Zhao family. We
I come from a small family, and I have never learned the rules seriously from my mother-in-law, so I will probably disappoint her."
Mrs. Lu looked at the eloquent young woman in front of her, and suddenly felt that she was wrong. She originally wanted to find a girl from a small family background who dared not go against her. Who knew that she didn't understand anything on her own?
, simply speaking without restraint.
I must be really angry, outsiders still feel that I am not generous enough to argue with a junior.
"I'll send someone over later, and you can learn the rules from her."
"What's the use of learning it?" Chu Yunli asked curiously: "Will Madam take me out to meet guests?"
Mrs. Lu: "..." That's absolutely impossible.
She had never thought of taking someone other than her own daughter-in-law out to meet guests, especially if the woman in front of her was sharp-tongued and didn't understand the rules. Taking her out would only be embarrassing.
Even if she finds someone to teach her, she won't be able to teach her anything good for a while. If she really teaches her well, it won't be a good thing for her.
It would be best for this woman to remain so aggressive and unreasonable and be laughed at.
"Before entering the house, you all told me to take good care of my husband. I boil medicine for him every day and guard him every step of the way. How can I have time to learn the rules?" Chu Yunli pretended to be aggrieved: "You are obviously making things difficult for me!"
"Forget it, I won't study anymore, you can go back!" Mrs. Lu waved her hand: "When I come back tomorrow, remember to get up early, don't be rude."
She talks about etiquette all the time, which is more annoying than Mrs. Zhang.
After Chu Yunli returned, she immediately inquired about Mrs. Lu's background, and then learned that she was far worse than her original wife.
Lu Ting'an's biological mother came from a wealthy family. Before she passed away, Mr. Lu had already raised his wife outside. How good a family background could a woman who is willing to be a wife have?
It is said that what matters most is what is lacking. What Mrs. Lu fears most is that others will say that she does not understand etiquette and rules, and is not qualified to be a mistress.
Chu Yunli thought thoughtfully: "Is it possible that the original Mrs. Lu was killed?"
Hearing this, Lu Ting'an sat up straight and his expression became serious.
The two of them returned home without being reminded by anyone outside. They got up early in the morning. As for the return ceremony, it was a formal gift, which was quite satisfactory.
Lu Ting'an saw it and asked, "Would you like some more?"
"No need." Chu Yunli gave Father Zhao five thousand taels of silver, which was enough. From now on, we can just treat it as ordinary relatives.
After all, with the Zhao couple's temperament, if you expect too much from them, you will only be disappointed.
The Zhao family and his wife are extremely polite to their new son-in-law.
If you are too polite, you won't get close to each other. After the meal, the two stood up to say goodbye, and Lu Ting'an took her outside for a walk.
Chu Yunli also thought about buying a shop to do business, and she became very interested. But when she went to a cloth store that was about to be transferred, she suddenly saw an acquaintance.
"Is that Miss Luo?"
Lu Ting'an was a little confused: "Which Miss Luo?"
Chu Yunli reminded in a low voice: "Zhang Mingli's fiancée."
It's no wonder that Lu Ting'an didn't think of this. In fact, at this moment, Miss Luo looked relatively simple in cloth clothes, just like an ordinary farm girl. But she was accompanied by a young man. Looking at the two people getting along, she didn't look like that.
They are brothers and sisters or cousins, more like a young couple.
"With such a close relationship, I don't believe that there is nothing wrong between the two of them."
Lu Ting'an's expression was at a loss for words: "That Zhang Mingli's eyes are really good."
"Mrs. Zhang must have good taste." Chu Yunli answered casually, and when she saw the two of them approaching, she pulled them aside and gave way.
Lu Ting'an looked disapproving: "We are a serious couple, there is no need to hide from others."
"It would be bad if someone exposes you at this time." Chu Yunli chuckled and said, "Let's hide a little longer and don't let anyone find out."
Hearing this, Lu Ting'an tugged her ear: "That's really bad."
Chu Yunli snorted coldly: "What does this mean? There is a grudge between the Zhang family and I. It's okay if I don't step on it. Now I just don't remind it."
While they were talking, the two of them came over, and they were indeed quite intimate. The young man also tidied the bun on Miss Luo's head. Generally, a woman's hair is not allowed to be touched by anyone except her husband. This action was a bit too much for the father and brother.
Too intimate.
After watching the two of them get on the carriage and drive away, Chu Yunli pulled Lu Ting'an in.
This cloth shop really needs to be transferred, and the owner is going back to his hometown. The materials inside are relatively cheap and there are a lot of people hanging around. Chu Yunli asked about the price and made a preliminary agreement. It was already getting late.
It was almost dusk when the two returned to the door of Lu's house.
According to the current rules, the young couple had to return to their new house before dark when they returned home. When they came back a little late, Mrs. Lu was unhappy and called Chu Yunli over.
"Do your parents insist on keeping you for so long?"
Chu Yunli blinked: "No, we are wandering around outside. By the way...my husband said that the previous betrothal gifts were just some pretty things and not worth much. Today he got into the mood and bought a shop for me.
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Mrs. Lu: "..."
Her voice was sharp: "Buy a shop and give it to you?"
They have been together for so long, but they have never had a shop of their own. How could Zhao Shuangyu be so virtuous?
"Yes, just write my name." Chu Yunli seemed unable to see the shock and jealousy on her face: "Originally, I planned to buy it myself, but my husband insisted on paying the deposit for me. Madam, thank you so much that I can
I found such a wonderful husband."
Mrs. Lu's heart was filled with sourness: "I heard An Ke really loves his wife, and he doesn't even care about me as a mother."
Chu Yunli said amusingly: "They are not biological mother and son. As the saying goes, mutton cannot stick to a dog."