Chapter 450： resentment

Cao Qingqing raised her head and saw her brother-in-law. She quickly wiped away her tears and whispered, "No one bullies me."

Wei Wenbai looked at her with pity: "If you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will help you solve it."

Cao Qingqing shook her head, saluted Wei Wenbai, and ran quickly back to where she lived.

She decided that she would go home after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year at most.

Even if she is an old girl for the rest of her life, she will not dare to think about being a second-grade general.

Being his pillow person is certainly exciting, but it also needs to be liked by others.

What's more, the princess has a fairy-like appearance and a noble status. Compared with her, I am simply as low as dust.

The more Cao Qingqing thought about it, the more ashamed she became, and she didn’t want to stay in the Wei family for a moment.

"Little madam, our eldest lady asked you to come over." The maid in Cao's house came over to deliver the message.

"I know." Cao Qingqing looked in the mirror, put some powder around her eyes to cover the red marks at the corners of her eyes, and then got up and went to her sister's room.

Ms. Cao was sitting on the big kang bed, stroking a piece of silk and satin. When she saw her sister coming over, she said, "Queen, come and see what this piece of material is made of."

Cao Qingqing stepped forward, sat down on the edge of the Kang, and said without interest: "Let's make a skirt. Wear bright clothes in spring."

Ms. Cao glanced at her and asked in a low voice, "Did you meet Qilang just now?"

Cao Qingqing's expression froze and she shook her head: "No."

"It's really useless!" Mrs. Cao was a little unhappy, threw the material aside, and said: "What a great opportunity today, you just need to talk to him more, be gentle and petty, man, who wouldn't be tempted? "

Cao Qingqing curled the corners of her mouth downwards, and tears suddenly fell down, "Sister, I, I think I will go home in a few days."

How had she ever been so despised by someone in her life? Wei Qilang didn't even bother to look at her.

“What? Go home?” Ms. Cao became even more unhappy. "If I had known that you didn't want to stay in the Wei family, why would I have brought you here? What? Could it be that if you go home, your parents can find you a good match?"

Seeing that Cao Qingqing was still silent, Cao said: "With your mother's ideas, how can you find a better family than the Wei family? Although she is a concubine, Qi Lang is a second-grade general. His Concubine, even the county magistrate has to respect me!”

The more Ms. Cao looked at this sister, the more useless she felt. She waved her hand: "Okay, don't mourn here during the Chinese New Year. Go back. When your husband returns to the capital after the Chinese New Year, you can go with him. You won't find a good family in the future. Don’t blame me, my sister, for not helping.”

When Cao Qingqing heard this, she was inexplicably relieved. She gave her sister a blessing and hurried back to the side room where she lived.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, at dawn, several carriages and dozens of guards set off from the princess's mansion, left the city gate, and headed for Qinchuan County.

The carriage traveled very fast and arrived at Qinchuan County in the afternoon.

As soon as so many people entered the city and saw the emblem on the carriage, the guards guarding the gate rushed to the county government office to report it.

When the carriage arrived at Jiang's house next to the specialty shop, they saw a crowd of people standing at the door.

There are county magistrates, as well as chief registrars and other officials.

There are also Jiang Sanlang and his wife, as well as Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang's family.

"See the princess! See the general!" The county magistrate led a group of people to salute first.

Wei Zhan jumped off the carriage and quickly helped people up: "There is no need to be polite in the Ming Dynasty." Then he said to the others: "You are all exempt from courtesy."

Jiang Sanlang smiled and let the county magistrate and a group of colleagues go home: "Mingfu, please come into the house and talk. Everyone, please sit in the house."

He knew that his daughter would be returning home today, so he had prepared a banquet and dishes, and invited his father, mother, eldest and second brothers over. Chun Niang held her daughter's hand and smiled at her son-in-law: "We're home now. You've had a hard journey. Come in quickly and warm yourself up. Mother will have the kangs in your house burned."

Ying Bao nodded with a smile and walked into the yard with her husband.

Chunniang saw that An Rou was holding him safely, pinched his tiger hat, and exclaimed: "It has only been a long time, but his appearance has changed, and he is getting whiter and whiter."

Wu Jing smiled at Chun Niang and said, "Honey!"

“Oh! You’ve already called someone, call me grandma.” Chun Niang picked up Wu Ya and walked into the house: “Let’s go, grandma will get you some delicious food.”

Wu Hao stared at Chun Niang curiously for a while, then looked around, not afraid of anything at all.

Yingbao followed his mother back to the house, while Wei Zhan was invited to the main room to talk to the county magistrate.

The eldest aunt Zhou, the second aunt Yan Ru, and Jiang Cheng’s wife Qiu Rong followed Ying Bao into the west room.

Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the aunt Zhou said: "Your grandmother and grandfather are over at Plum Blossom Lane, and the eldest and second nies are also there. They didn't come over because they expected that there would be many people here today."

Yingbao nodded: "I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to my grandparents tomorrow, and I'll also meet my eldest and second sisters."

She hasn't seen them for several years, and she doesn't even know that Sister Erni is getting married.

Qiu Rong smiled and said: "Yingbao, I haven't seen you for many years, I almost didn't recognize you."

She was still an immature little girl back then, but now she has become an astonishingly powerful young lady. Although her facial features have not changed much, her whole person looks very majestic, making people afraid to look directly at her.

Yingbao smiled: "I'm already eighteen, so my appearance must be different from before. Sister-in-law, why didn't you bring Dali and the others?"

Qiu Rong: "I was afraid that they would be naughty and cause trouble, so I left them in the care of my parents. I will take them to Plum Blossom Alley tomorrow."

Yingbao nodded and asked Mudan and the others to move the gifts into the house and distribute them to everyone.

 Most of these gifts are fashionable silks and silks, as well as beaded flower toys for nephews and nieces, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, etc.

As for the grandparents, aunt and uncle, we can wait until we go to Plum Blossom Lane tomorrow to see them off.

They sat together and talked for a while. Aunt Zhou asked about Yuan Bao and Jiang Quan.

Yingbao said: "Brother Yuanbao is currently studying in the Imperial College, and it is estimated that he will not be able to take the National Higher Education Examination next year."

“My second brother is marrying a wife who is a palace maid. She is a very nice person and her family background is clean. When Brother Yuanbao takes the test next year, you and your uncle can go to the capital to have a look.”

If Yuan Bao passes the Jinshi examination and ranks high, he will definitely be able to stay in the capital and serve as an official. After that, the eldest uncle and aunt's mother can go to the capital to visit relatives, or directly stay in the capital to live.

After all, uncle and the others still have to arrange marriage arrangements for Yuan Bao.

Mr. Zhou sighed and said resentfully: "Since your second brother went to the capital, he didn't even send a letter. If Yuan Bao hadn't written back in advance, I wouldn't have known that Er Quan was married."

Yingbao blinked and explained to her second cousin: "My second cousin is very busy every day. He was still busy in the shop on the day before he got married."

Yan Ru smiled and agreed: "Er Quan was really busy, and we were in the capital with our parents at the time, so he didn't write back."

Ying Bao added: "My second cousin also said that when he earns money, he will buy a big house in the capital, and then he will take my aunt and uncle there to take care of themselves in their old age."

"He really said that?" Mr. Zhou's resentment subsided and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "His father and I don't want to go to the capital to retire. There are so many chickens, ducks, and two fat pigs at home, so we can't live without people."