Chapter 196: Acting and Doing a Complete Set (Seeking Monthly Pass)
Zhu Jiashi walked out of the store with steady steps. Under the surprised gazes of Butler Liu and other servants, she walked to the carriage shaft and pressed her hand on it, almost losing her footing and falling.
"Old lady?"
Butler Liu hurriedly stepped forward to help. Zhu Jia's hand was already on the shaft of the car and she did not fall.
Zhu Jia's face was pale and he looked haggard, but he just said lightly: "Go to the third room."
Housekeeper Liu asked in confusion: "Old madam, didn't you say that after discussing business with Mr. Su, you were going to see the eldest master? The place where the eldest master is staying is completely opposite to the place where the third lady lives..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Butler Liu found that the old lady ignored his reminder and went straight into the car. Suddenly he realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said and hurriedly drove to Zhu Niang's yard.
The horse's hooves were brisk as the carriage entered the city, and the people following from Zhu Jia's family below were all in high spirits.
But when going to Zhu Niang's yard, the carriage creaked and moved very slowly, no one spoke, and morale seemed low. Butler Liu was full of doubts. For example, how was the business discussion between the old lady and Su Xigui? Did they reach a cooperation intention?
?Or are there any additional conditions...
"Old lady, we're here." The carriage stopped.
Butler Liu got out of the car, set up the horse stool and waited for a long time, but Zhu Jia didn't come out. He quickly approached the carriage and asked, "Old madam, are you okay?"
Just as he was about to lift the curtain to take a look, a hand stretched out from the curtain, and then the curtain was lifted, revealing Zhu Jia's face, which was even paler than before and full of wrinkles: "It's okay."
With the help of housekeeper Liu, Mrs. Zhu got off the carriage.
But Zhu Jiashi did not leave in a hurry. Instead, she stopped and looked up at the storefront, which originally had a plaque hanging on it, but was now empty and closed. There was a lot of confusion in her eyes, and a hint of loss.
"Old madam, would you like me to go in with you?"
Butler Liu saw that Zhu Jiashi was still not moving, so he asked for instructions again.
Zhu Jiashi didn't reply and was silent for a long time. Suddenly, her body staggered and fell backward.
This startled Butler Liu. This time he was very close to Zhu Jia, and he fell in his direction again. He stretched out his hand to support Zhu Jia, and at the same time shouted: "Old Madam...
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But it was Zhu Jia who fainted on the spot. There was no warning in advance. Butler Liu was panicked for a moment and didn't know what to do.
The servants who followed behind helped to move, but were rejected by Butler Liu: "Hurry up and find a place to stay, and then find a doctor to treat the old lady..."
"Steward Liu, isn't the third lady's house right in front of us? It's so close, why not place it here?" The servant was extremely puzzled.
It's all at the "doorstep". The old lady suddenly faints. Shouldn't she be sent inside?
You actually have to be sent to another place to see a doctor? Does this mean that the matter is not big enough or urgent enough and does not need to be dealt with immediately?
Butler Liu carried the old lady into the carriage without further explanation.
The number of people watching gradually increased, and no one knew what was going on. Then Butler Liu hurriedly drove the carriage away, and there was no calm in front of the shop for a long time.
"Qian Chuanzi, what happened? Isn't that the old lady of the Zhu family? I heard that the third bedroom has been separated and separated. Why is she here?"
Neighbors couldn't help but ask about Qian Chuanzi who came out of the shop to watch the excitement.
Qian Chuanzi had a sarcastic look on his face: "Can't you tell? Someone clearly made the old lady of the Zhu family angry... A woman, whose husband is dead, dares to separate from her husband's family... Before, Ke Fu, isn't it possible now?
Granny Ke? If you find such a woman, you will have bad luck for eight lifetimes!"
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Zhu Niang was doing well at home and planned to buy another farm and house in Anlu.
He actually found out from the neighbors that Mr. Zhu Jia had come to his house, but fainted before entering the house, and was carried away. His whole body suddenly fell into a state of great anxiety.
When Zhu Hao came back in the afternoon, she almost took her son to Zhu's house to apologize.
Zhu Hao shrugged: "Grandma fainted at the door of our house? She came to see us for something? Haven't we already separated and lived alone? Why is she here? It can't be because she went to see Dongzhu Su first.
Knowing that Boss Su is unwilling to cooperate with the Zhu family in business, he is so angry that he insists on holding on until he faints at the door of our house, is he deliberately accusing us of being unfaithful and unfilial?"
Zhu Hao's barrage of questions surprised Zhu Niang and Aunt Li.
"Master Hao, you want to say that in fact, the old lady...she is pretending to be unconscious, right?" Aunt Li asked.
Zhu Hao said: "Isn't this obvious? When you don't faint, you have to faint at the door of our house. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that the Zhu family and we have separated. Isn't it because I deliberately come to the door to faint that I want to gain moral dominance?
Advantage? If Mom goes back to visit at this time, it would be strange if the family doesn’t give Mom a hard lesson... It’s best for us to just pretend we don’t know about this."
Zhu Niang and Aunt Li looked at each other. Although they felt that Zhu Hao's words were right, they felt that there seemed to be something wrong if they really followed what Zhu Hao said.
Xiao Bai next to him said timidly: "Master, after all, that is your biological grandmother. If you don't visit her when she is sick, she will be said to be unfilial."
Zhu Niang nodded after hearing this: "Look, even a naive girl like Xiaobai understands the truth, how can we pretend to be ignorant? But Xiaohao is right, he happened to faint at our door, maybe it was for him.
We're here... Xiaohao can't go back, so I can go to Zhuangzi alone to visit."
Aunt Li said anxiously: "Madam, we all know your filial piety, but if we go back like this, we will be in an extremely disadvantageous position. The family may put all the blame for the old lady's fainting on you."
Zhu Niang said: "It's not like we were responsible for the Qi disease...she didn't even enter the shop! No one has seen her, how can she rely on us?"
Perhaps Zhu Niang also realized that it might be a conspiracy played by the old lady, but in order to show the filial piety of the third wife, especially when it came to her son's reputation, she still wanted to break into it even though she knew that the Zhu family was a dragon's den and a tiger's den.
"Mom, why should you care about other people's opinions when your mouth is on other people's bodies?" Zhu Hao said with a smile as he narrowed his eyes.
Mother Zhu made a serious face: "Even if we separate from the Zhu family, you can't be disrespectful to your elders. This is for your own good, and it is also for your future!"
Zhu Hao said: "Mom, I actually have a way to deal with it...I have already said that I always talk about other people. The purpose of my grandmother's doing this is to make people target us and accuse our third wife of being unfaithful and unfilial.
"Actually, to show filial piety, we don't have to go home alone. We have other ways... Why don't you listen to me? I'll ask Uncle Zhong to come over. Let's make good use of other people's mouths and see what grandma can do to us.
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Zhu Niang and Aunt Li looked at each other, wondering what kind of medicine Zhu Hao was selling in his gourd.
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Early the next morning.
A gift-giving team, or a team visiting patients and sending condolences by the way, set off from Zhu Niang's courtyard.
The team was led by Uncle Zhong, accompanied by Yu San, followed by a large number of thirty or forty people, and everyone had their hands empty.
There are large and small boxes of things, some can be carried on the shoulders, some can be carried by two people, and some can be held by one person... Although not all the condolences are exposed, at least what people can see are things that can be handled.
There are six or seven pieces of good silk cloth, plus baskets full of grains, tea, medicinal materials, etc...
The onlookers stared straight-eyed.
"Little Aunt Zhu, are you going to give your daughter a dowry?" Many neighbors were watching the excitement on the roadside and directly asked Aunt Li who was standing at the door directing Uncle Zhong and others to move.
Zhu Niang did not show up, and Aunt Li seemed to be half the head of the family.
Aunt Li lamented sadly: "The old lady is sick. Although we have separated from the Zhu family, we can't ignore it. Not only is my wife also sick, she can't go to visit in person. I have to have someone send some things back to express condolences. As a junior
We will burn incense and pray every day, hoping that the old lady’s illness will be cured soon.”
Originally, some neighbors secretly accused Zhu Niang of being unfilial and belittled Zhu Niang's family. However, these days, children do not stand on the moral high ground when it comes to splitting up the family with their elders. Many people think that even if your family treats you badly, you have to endure it.
Now after listening to Aunt Li's words, everyone's attitude immediately changed.
"Mother Zhu is really a filial daughter-in-law. Look at what she does..."
"Yes, there are so many things, but ordinary people don't need so much when they get married... Zhu Niang just redeemed the house left by her late husband. She probably doesn't have much money in her hand, so she is really willing to pay for her family."
"Such a good wife is hard to find even with a lantern, so why isn't she from my family?"
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Uncle Zhong greeted: "Let's go!"
Everyone lifted the things together, and there was a long queue. There was no need to beat gongs and drums. Just walking through the streets and alleys was enough for the crowd to gather to watch the excitement.
Yu San arranged manpower in advance, and walked closely with the team from time to time, "inquiring" about the situation from the porters, just like chatting with friends. Yu San and others took the opportunity to explain that they were helping the third wife of the Zhu family carry things to the Zhu family to express condolences to the sick old lady...
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This is enough to create public opinion.
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Zhu Niang did not come forward, but tidied up in the courtyard with her son.
When Aunt Li came back, she could clearly see the bright smile on her face.
"Madam, it's done."
Aunt Li said happily.
Zhu Niang asked hurriedly: "What did the neighbors say?"
Aunt Li looked at Zhu Hao with admiration: "They all praised us for our filial piety. They said that my wife and young master are rare filial wives and filial grandsons. Some even expressed condolences for your condition, saying that they hope you get better soon and look forward to our shop."
If I can open my business as soon as possible and start a neighborhood business again, I even said that I would come to patronize it and support it."
Zhu Niang did not expect that the publicity would be so effective. She looked at her son in surprise: "Is this... really good?"
Zhu Hao said: "You can solve the problem with a little money, why take the risk yourself? So my mother has been lying on the couch these two days, doing a full show, and letting my aunt take care of everything in the house... Oh, by the way, it's not that we can move.
Are you going to hire some maids for me when I go back to my old house? I want one who is the same age as me and good-looking, and who will be there to take care of me when I take a shower..."
"I want to beautify you..."
Zhu Niang was originally discussing a serious topic. When she heard her son's words, she couldn't help but point her finger on his forehead.
On her face, she finally saw the long-lost smile of relief.