Chapter 454 455 Dispute, Inquiry

Zhaocai and Gardenia walked to the alley in front together. When they arrived at the door of the house, the mother-in-law smiled and stepped forward to open the door and welcomed them in. Gardenia was so angry that she didn't even look at Zhaocai, and went straight to the backyard and returned to her room. Lying on the bed fully clothed.

After Zhaocai washed up, he went into the room and took a look at her. He sat on the edge of the bed and asked warmly, "Are you going back to your parents' house again today?"

Seeing that Zhaocai was as polite as before, Gardenia sat up on the bed and leaned on the head of the bed with a smile on her face, "Well! My mother asked me to go back and help draw a pattern. My mother said that my eldest brother He came back with a letter saying that the young master helped him find a job in the Yamen."

"You just returned to your parents' house yesterday, and you went back today. Have you visited my uncle? Are you busy?" Zhaocai asked calmly.

"I went back and talked to my mother for a few words and then came back," Gardenia shook her head, "I haven't seen my uncle's house. He has servants who don't need our help."

"You haven't even looked at it, how do you know I don't need your help?" Zhaocai's tone was a bit cold.

"Oh! So you are unhappy about this and have been ignoring me all night," Gardenia's voice became louder and she looked at Zhaocai angrily, "If you are willing to help, just go and I didn't stop you. Looking at you, my mother said, I want you to ask me to find you a job in the Yamen, but you don’t want to. What can you do if you go to the house and work all day long? What future can you have? "

"Your mother says all the time that you are a wooden fish head and don't have your own ideas?"

Gardenia looked at Zhaocai confidently, "I think my mother is right, why don't you listen to my mother?"

Zhaocai looked at Gardenia with disappointment, thinking that Jixiang's pregnant wife knew how to help out. She had been married for half a year. In her heart, she still regarded the Zhou family as outsiders, and the Zhou family's affairs had nothing to do with her.

"I don't know what you originally thought. I remember that before I got engaged to you, I told you that I would not leave the Zhou family and would stay with the Zhou family for the rest of my life. If you don't want to marry me, I won't either. Force you to marry me,

What did you say then? You said you don't mind, as long as I treat you well and my family doesn't treat us badly. Am I not good to you? The master and his wife gave me money to buy a betrothal gift and a house, so that you can marry me in decently. Isn’t it good for us?

Gardenia curled her lips, "I didn't say that you were not good to me, nor did I say that Master and Madam were not good to you. My mother said that if Master did not release you, of course we would stay in the Zhou family for the rest of our lives, but Master and Madam Madam has canceled your slave status, and now I am the Minister of Household Affairs. You are not incompetent, why don’t you ask me to find you a job and find a future for yourself?"

"It's your mother who said again that I married a daughter-in-law instead of being a son-in-law," Zhaocai pointed at Gardenia angrily and shouted, "I came back to Kyoto from Yunzhou to tell you that the master and madam canceled my slave status. Let me tell you, without the young master, I would not be who I am today. I will never leave the Zhou family in this life. I will be a member of the Zhou family in life and death. Do you think I am just talking?

You have nothing to do all day, so you go back and listen to your mother and sister-in-law's advice. Your mother and two sisters-in-law are quite high-spirited. They think about climbing a dragon and a phoenix all day long, and don't even look at how much you weigh? I even want you to come back and do it. Let me tell you, you have to be content and not be too greedy. People who are not greedy enough will not be able to keep anything in the end. "

"What did I do? Are you greedy for your advancement?" Gardenia felt that her intention to attract wealth was not the same. She was so angry that she burst into tears. She got out of bed, packed a few clothes and walked out.

Zhaocai stopped her and said, "It's so late. Even if you want to go back to your parents' house, you have to wait until dawn tomorrow before leaving."

Seeing that Zhaocai stopped her just to let her leave before dawn, Gardenia pushed him away and said angrily: "Go away, I don't want you to be hypocritical."

Zhaocai stepped aside to let her pass. Gardenia walked to the door, then turned around and kicked Zhaocai before going to the next room.

When Zhaocai saw her going next door, he didn't want to coax her, so he decided to send her back to her parents' home tomorrow to let her understand his position.

***

Li Fengqi came out of a teahouse, stood at the door of the teahouse, looked up at the teahouse, and then walked back. When he arrived at the door of his house, he stood for a moment before raising his hand and knocking on the door. The mother-in-law opened the door and stepped aside, "Master, today I am at my cousin's house." Someone is coming."

"I understand." Li Fengqi responded lightly and entered the courtyard.

Laidi stood under the eaves of the corridor and looked at Li Fengqi who had just returned home after dark. She turned back to the house and took out Li Qing's wedding invitation. She handed it to him and said: "A Qing is getting married the next day and will treat us to a wedding banquet. Okay, let's buy some more." I can’t afford it, and I can’t afford the bad ones. Ah Qing also gave me a big gift when we got married, what kind of gift do you think we should prepare?”

Li Fengqi took the wedding invitation, opened it, looked at it, and said warmly: "It's true what you said. I still have a Duan Inkstone there, which was given to me after I passed the national examination. I'll just give it a Duan Inkstone and buy some other things to take with me." ”

Laidi glanced at Li Fengqi and saw that he was in a good mood today! He was reluctant to use that inkstone himself, but today he was willing to give it to Ah Qing. Isn't he angry that Ah Qing and his cousin didn't support him?

"It's hard for you to part with it. If I give you something else, A-Qing wouldn't pick it up as a gift."

Li Fengqi smiled at her and said, "I can't let you go, but I can't. Hey! I remember you said before that your cousin was almost killed by a family named Zhang. Why did the Zhang family want to harm her?"

Laidi glanced at him, "Why are you asking about Chen Sesame and Rotten Millet?"

Li Fengqi held Laidi and sat on the edge of the bed, "I just feel that your cousin and Ah Qing are so capable. We are so far behind them. I want to know how much hard work they have gone through to get to where they are today."

"Why are you interested in listening to me talk about ancient times today?" Laidi glanced at Li Fengqi strangely and became happy when she saw his tender look. "It's not my uncle's fault for setting up a marriage for her. That family is Jackal heart,········”

After hearing this, Li Fengqi sighed: "The Zhang family is so bad and inhuman. I'm afraid they all died in the famine years, right?"

"That's not true. Someone saw them in Tongzhou a few years ago. I heard that it was very difficult. God is wise and let them suffer retribution." Laidi said angrily.

Li Fengqi smiled with twinkling eyes: "You have to be calm, you are pregnant with a child! You can't be angry."

Laidi leaned against Li Fengqi and said softly: "Fengqi, I have also figured it out. If you still fail to pass the exam the year after next, let's go back to Tongzhou! In Tongzhou, you are a candidate for promotion, and you are better than in Kyoto, where there are so many high-ranking officials. It’s a lot more respectable.”

Li Fengqi said softly: "Okay, I have figured it out and I will listen to you. If you tell me about the past affairs of the A-Qing siblings, it will be as exciting as the story."

"Okay, let's start with my uncle rescuing Zhang Defa..." Laidi leaned on Li Fengqi's shoulder with a smile and said slowly.