mtl008 Chapter 426: At a Crossroads 3
Chapter 426: At a Crossroads 3
Wang Yueyi was a little angry and anxious. She wrinkled her nose slightly and hurriedly followed her mother to the grandmother's house.
At that time, my grandmother was sitting at the head of the main hall, her face gloomy and her brows filled with unresolved anger.
Seeing her eldest daughter-in-law and granddaughter coming in to pay their respects, she did not even raise her eyelids, and let them kneel and pay their respects, without calling them to stand up for a long time.
Until Wang Yueyi couldn't hold back any longer, she looked up with her round eyes full of confusion:
"Grandma, we're back home. Does Jin'er know? Why didn't she come to pick me up? Is she busy?"
Grandmother: "Busy? Hmm! Maybe even busier..."
Then he raised his voice: "Get up! Sit down and talk."
Wang Yueyi stood up angrily and looked at her grandmother stubbornly.
The eldest daughter-in-law followed her instructions and sat down. Wang Yueyi refused to move. She twisted her handkerchief in her hand, tilted her head and asked with a smile:
"Grandma, is Jin'er coming over soon? Can I go look for her?"
The mother said in a low voice with a scolding tone:
"Now that you are engaged, you should learn to be calm."
Grandmother said in a deep voice, "Everyone sit down and listen to me."
Then a series of shocking news came - Wang Jinyi was invited to the north to cut the ribbon for the school, and was attacked repeatedly on the way. During the head-on fight, a deep wound was added to his back...
When the grandmother told this story, she covered her face with a handkerchief and cried softly. Wang Yueyi and her mother had been crying since they heard about the assassination attempt. Looking at her crying grandmother, Wang Yueyi stood up in an instant.
"Grandma, how is Jin'er? How is she? I want to go see her."
As she was about to turn around and go out to look for someone, the eldest aunt grabbed her impatient daughter, glared at her, and quickly gave her a look, reprimanding her:
"Grandma is here, don't yell and make noises. Sit down! Listen to what your grandma has to say..."
After saying that, she turned around and glanced at her mother-in-law. Wang Yueyi was unmoved. She struggled hard but failed to get rid of her mother. She simply raised her voice and asked:
"Grandma, please tell me! How is Jin'er?"
The grandmother stopped crying after hearing this noise. She took down her handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and snorted in frustration.
"Did you know that Beining City was attacked and besieged? I was visiting Jin'er at that time, and there was no sign of anything in Beining yet. She somehow sensed something was wrong and sent me and my family out of the city, but she herself..."
Before she could finish her words, my grandmother burst into tears again.
Wang Yueyi leaned forward, stamped her feet anxiously, and complained quietly: "Grandma is just crying, it's driving me crazy!"
She threw away her handkerchief, rubbing her hands together and pacing back and forth. "Tell me, is she okay now?"
Although the eldest aunt was also anxious, she still maintained her dignity as the eldest daughter-in-law and only asked in a gentle voice: "Mother, is Jin'er safe now?"
This time, the grandmother finally stopped crying and made two “Puh, Puh” sounds at the air:
"It's New Year's Day, don't say anything unlucky! She's fine, fine!"
"I'll go see her and be back!"
Wang Yueyi couldn't wait for her grandmother to explain in detail. After saying a few words, she rushed out the door like a gust of wind.
"Follow up quickly!"
The eldest aunt did not care about anything else, and hurriedly ordered the servants to turn around and kneel down to apologize to her mother-in-law.
"It's because my wife didn't discipline him properly. This child has always been innocent."
"Innocent nature? This child is obviously innocent."
Grandmother sneered.
"Why don't you choose a quiet family to get engaged to? Instead, you are eager to climb the high branch of a third-rank official in the capital! With Yue'er's personality, will she have a good life if she marries into such a family? How can you not understand!"
The eldest aunt lowered her head and let her mother-in-law scold her without saying a word, just pretending to listen attentively.
Grandma became more and more angry as she spoke. She raised her hand and slapped the coffee table, causing some of the tea to spill out.
"The emperor today is in his prime, and he hates aristocratic families forming cliques through marriage! Do you think that having connections in the Ministry of Personnel is a ladder to success? That is clearly a death warrant!"
When the aunt heard this, she finally raised her head, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.
The grandmother sighed heavily, feeling upset - Jin'er, that little girl, understood the truth at such a young age, so why couldn't she, the eldest daughter-in-law, see through it?
People who are always scheming for personal gain are often the first to become scapegoats. She was so determined to take advantage of all these twists and turns!
"Alas... I know what you're thinking. You just want to build connections with the Ministry of Personnel in the capital, not the Xie family. You want to help your eldest brother and your three sons in the future, but you don't consider Yue'er's lifelong happiness?!"
The mother-in-law slammed the coffee table and scolded loudly. She became more and more angry. She put one hand on her chest and pointed at her daughter-in-law with the other hand, asking:
“You know, people who specialize in business are often tempted by profit to go along with the crowd or become scapegoats. This is because you can’t see through the power struggle and are eager to try!
Why! …”
Before the long sigh had ended, a figure appeared in front of the door like a gust of wind.
Wang Yueyi's hair was loosened from running, and she asked breathlessly, "Grandma∽"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both turned to look at her.
No one noticed that the girl would be fourteen next Chinese New Year. In order to pave the way for her husband and three sons who were not very successful in the imperial examinations, her mother secretly arranged a marriage for her with the family of Xie Shilang, the Minister of Personnel in the capital, without telling her parents-in-law.
By the time Wang Minzhang, the head of the Xunyang family, found out about it, the marriage certificates of the two families had already been exchanged and the matter was settled.
Later, I found out that Minister Xie's youngest son was a sickly premature baby, and no one in the capital was willing to marry him, so they turned their attention to the Wang family who wanted to marry into a wealthy family.
Looking at her cute granddaughter, the old lady was filled with resentment but couldn't say it out loud. She couldn't expose the shortcomings of her parents in front of the child, so she had to hold it back.
Wang Yueyi was completely unaware of the inside story. Her mind was filled with the strange things she had just seen. She took a deep breath and asked in panic:
"Grandma, why are the yards of our second house and third uncle's yard all fenced off? Where are Jin'er's family?"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law regained their senses and straightened their expressions.
The grandmother looked at her granddaughter, whose face was flushed with anxiety, and first sighed deeply. There was an indescribable heaviness in her sigh. She raised her hand and rubbed her brows, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Circle them up. These are the samples that Jin'er made for the tribe's livelihood. The scale is not large, but Jin'er said that keeping it secret is the most important."
"Mother, why don't you open a separate yard outside? It's not very convenient to have space in the backyard."
"What you said is correct, but Jin'er is not here now, and no one is in charge of how to divide her workshops..."
"I remember that Jin'er had several managers. Mother, Jin'er is not here? Is she still recovering in Beining City?"
"He has been recovering from his injuries. When there is no one around, you can ask the boss. He will tell you. It is not convenient for me to say anything. You can go back and pack up. We will have a family dinner tonight."
At this time, in the main hall of the front yard.
Grandfather Wang Minzhang was sitting in the main seat, telling his eldest son, third son and grandsons about the battle in Bac Ninh and the crown prince’s military command…