CH 16

Although Mr. Wang was a merchant, he loved calligraphy, and it was difficult to copy his handwriting.

Mrs. Zhao didn’t know how to deal with that, and only looked at Mrs. Zou with her eyes.

Mrs. Zou pondered for a while and said, “How can we women understand this? It’s better to wait for your brothers and nephews to come back later and let them see it.”

Mrs. Wang had suffered a loss before, and did not talk much to them, only said, “Then I will go back and pack my bags first, and then move here. When the eldest brother and the second brother come back, it will be decided by them.”

Without waiting for them to answer, Mrs Wang stuffed the family letter back into her clothes, picked up the pears and oranges she brought, and called Gu Yin and Xiao Wu’an to leave the Wang family.

When she came out to the street, Mrs. Wang didn’t care about anything, and scolded, “I believed these two uneasy and kind old women who were crying! They almost got their way!”

Gu Yin gave her words of consolation, “My mother was also excited when she saw her relatives, and they concealed it so you didn’t notice.”

Although it was a word of consolation, it was also Gu Yin’s true thoughts.

Although Mrs. Wang was an ancient woman who was born and bred in the countryside, she was quick to respond, not stupid, and had some wisdom in life – just like when they were escaping, Gu Yin felt that she had brought excessive luggage with her.

But when she was on the road, she realized that these things were very necessary, and thanks to those things, they spent a lot less money along the way, and they were able to be self-sufficient when they were in the wild village.

The incident with her sisters-in-law was the first and only time that Mrs. Wang had been deceived after Gu Yin had crossed over.

But it was also easy to understand, she was always cold-hearted, but attached great importance to family affection. How could she think that the relatives whom she had not seen for many years would come up with a full set of hypocritical singing and playing?

“Thank you,” Mrs. Wang’s eyes dodged a little as she spoke.

At home for so many years, she claimed to eat more salt than Gu Yin ate rice (experience), but that day she almost got slapped, and then she almost got embarrassed in front of her family’s juniors, and it was Gu Yin who took care of her, so it didn’t get ugly. 

Gu Yin tilted her head in confusion, “What did you say, mother? Isn’t this what you taught me all these years?”

Having said that, Mrs. Wang thought of it again. When this girl was brought, she didn’t know anything, and she didn’t understand anything. Wasn’t it all her credit that she got so smart now?

“Dead girl, don’t flatter me,” Mrs. Wang scolded her with a smile, and couldn’t help but turn her face away and laughed twice, her footsteps becoming brisk.

The three returned to the inn to pack their luggage.

Gu Yin asked about Mrs. Wang’s plans in the future. She had asked that many times in secret, but Mrs. Wang had always told her to leave it to her, the adult.

After the day’s events, she finally changed her tone, and turned to talk to her in detail, “That courtyard was left to me by your grandfather, and we can’t fake a letter written by him. The elder brother will come back to make a decision, but by virtue of the invitation of my deceased father, what should be mine is mine, and we can live with peace of mind. After we live there, you can take care of your illness, and I will go out to wash clothes as before. Although I might earn less, as before, we don’t have to rent. We can always live there.”

Mrs. Wang’s plan was not wrong, but Gu Yin thought that the Wang family might not let them live so easily. She hesitated for a while and said, “Mother, I don’t know if I should say it or not.”

Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, “What else should we talk about? Let it go, don’t hide it like my second sister-in-law.”

Gu Yin attached herself to Mrs. Wang’s ear and talked in detail.

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That evening, Wang Dafu and Wang Dagui came back from outside with their sons.

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zou were waiting early in the morning, and they went out to meet them in person as soon as the next person passed the message.

Wang Dafu was intercepted on the way to the party, so he was very angry, and when he entered the house, he asked Mrs. Zhao in a bad tone, “What’s the big deal that you have to rush us back?”

Mrs. Zhao had always been afraid of him, that old man, so she didn’t dare to speak after a meal.

It was when the two families made concerted efforts that Mr. Zou helped to smooth things out and said, “Don’t be annoyed, brother-in-law, it’s your little sister who came to the house today.”

While talking, several people entered the hall, and all the servants were screened out.

Wang Dafu blew his beard and stared, “I got the news last night, you said there was a way to send her away. This is your way? Bring everyone home?!”

Mrs. Zhao lowered her head after being scolded by him, but Mrs. Zou’s face did not show anything, in fact, fire had already risen in her heart.

Since the old man was gone, their main and second houses had actually been separated.

But a good mansion like the old mansion of the Wang family was hard to find in Hanshan Town, so although the property was divided, neither of the two families was willing to leave the mansion, so they still lived in one place.

They were not a family anymore, was it his turn, Wang Dafu, to question her?!

However, Mrs. Zou was still a calm person, she explained the ins and outs of the matter in a leisurely manner.