Volume 3: The Richest Man in the World Chapter 35 Judgment
Chen Yin from Foshan mentioned that Hao Guan had made several steam engines and asked him to try them out in Foshan, but Yu Lian'er had no interest in what he heard and didn't take it to heart.
After Mr. Liu San returned, Yu Lian'er also returned to her room. Unexpectedly, someone hugged her from behind. She was startled, but then she felt the familiar feeling of the arms around her, and she calmed down and spat, "You, ah!"
A handsome young man picked her up, sat beside the bed, and asked with a hint of sourness: "Did old man Liu San touch you?"
This young man was Pan Zhenghuan. He had grown up completely now and was no longer as young as he used to be. Liu San was actually just a middle-aged man, but to Pan Zhenghuan, he was just an old man.
Yu Lian'er said, "Just drank two cups of tea." She was considered Zhou Yijin's groom. After Zhou Yijin disappeared, Liu Sanye's Foshan Chen took care of her and often asked her to perform, but he never touched her.
Pan Zhenghuan sniffed her up and down and said happily, "Sure enough, there is no old man's stinky smell." He then moved closer to her neck and wanted to be intimate with her.
Yu Lian'er took two deep breaths, a little emotional, but still pushed him and said, "You, always, do this, every time you come!"
Pan Zhenghuan smiled and said, "No, what else can you do? Don't you miss me?" Then he kissed her again.
Yu Lian'er pushed him away a little more: "What about the thing you promised me last time?"
Pan Zhenghuan froze up and said in a somewhat uninterested tone, "I've already told you that this can't be rushed! Everyone in Xiguan knows my old man's temper. He's not like Wu Guoying indulged Hao Guan and let me go. I have to sneak around when I come to Shenxianzhou. For this matter, I have to wait until I grow up a little bit and he gives me some business. When I have some money to spend, I can arrange for you."
Yu Lian'er came over and said, "No, I don't believe it. It's just that... you know about me... and... you're married..."
Pan Zhenghuan said, "I have no choice but to get married. It was all arranged by my father. So, do you also want to be carried in a sedan chair to enter my Pan family?"
Yu Lian'er also knew that this was impossible, so she leaned her head on his neck and said, "No, as long as you have me in your heart, it's fine."
Pan Zhenghuan was moved and turned back to kiss her: "You are not in my heart. You are the only one in my heart. I don't want anyone else in my life, I only want you. Although I can't marry you in a formal way, my body and my heart are all yours."
After hearing these sweet words, Yu Lian'er's whole body softened.
The two's breathing became heavier and heavier, and they began to roll.
After Yu Lian'er saw Pan Zhenghuan off, she packed herself up and looked at the weather. She estimated that there would not be any important guests today, so she asked her maid to prepare a small boat to go to the charity cemetery.
The maid complained: "Girl, why are you still going there? It's so boring."
"Let's go again." Yu Lian'er said. In fact, as Tan Sanniang had been living in the charity cemetery for a long time and had not shown any signs of returning, she became more and more lazy about going to the charity cemetery.
Moreover, some of the arrangements made by Tan Sanniang seemed ridiculous to her. For example, a few months ago, she had someone come to match her up, saying that Haoguan was willing to pay a sum of money to redeem her, and that a good young man who had always admired her was willing to marry her.
As a result, when Yu Lian'er inquired, she found out that it turned out to be a servant who was married to the Wu family as a dowry from the Ye family - the stutterer she had met once, the Shunde boy named Changzi, who used to be a night waiter.
The matchmaker said that Changzi never forgot her, didn't care about her background, and was willing to grow old with her.
Yu Lian'er was amused when she heard this. A mere servant who came with the dowry wanted to marry the most popular courtesan in Shenxianzhou? It was really like a toad wanting to eat swan meat. The same thing happened to Sanniang. She actually made such an arrangement for herself. Did she think she was still the stuttering little courtesan who was left unattended? Because of this incident, Yu Lian'er felt that Tan Sanniang had been in the countryside for too long and had lost her mind. From then on, she didn't take her words to heart. But she still went to the charity cemetery every once in a while because of their past friendship. It was known to everyone that she was helped by Tan Sanniang to get married, and she couldn't let people gossip about her. However, the frequency of going to the charity cemetery was getting lower and lower.
Construction is underway at the back of the village, planning to build another row of houses - this is because Tan Sanniang is using the extra donations she received last year to expand the charity village a little. This expansion is different from the first large-scale construction, and not many craftsmen have come, which does not affect the tranquility of the charity village.
As the number of people like Dan Sanniang leaving the village and Wu Chengjian coming here decreased, this charity cemetery seemed to have less and less connection with the outside world, as if the wind, rain and excitement of the outside world had nothing to do with this place. Every day they watched the sunrise and waited until the sunset, and then the day was over.
In the eyes of Tietou Junba, who had experienced the turmoil of life and death, this was a rare tranquility, but in the eyes of Yu Lian'er, who still longed for worldly glory, it was a kind of deadness that she was unwilling to step into.
Bihe brought Yu Lian'er to Tan Sanniang's house, and Yu Lian'er told Tan Sanniang about the recent situation in Shenxianzhou, focusing on what happened in Wujiayuan. She stuttered and never liked to tell stories - because stories require long and tiresome details, which is the most annoying thing for stutterers, but when she came to tell Tan Sanniang all kinds of information, she had to tell these details. It was okay two years ago, but she has been getting more and more impatient recently. In the past, she would stop every time she talked about something to listen to Tan Sanniang's comments and suggestions, so that she could learn from them. Now she is not interested in that anymore, and she finishes talking about things one by one.
Tan Sanniang listened silently without saying a word, and finally said, " The marriage I asked someone to help you arrange last time..."
Yu Lian'er smiled and said, "Sister, sister, no, it's not appropriate."
Tan Sanniang observed her expression and knew what she meant, so she stopped talking about it. She said, "You don't have to come to my charity cemetery anymore. If you have any problems, just let someone tell you." After a pause, she continued, "If you have any problems in the future, come and talk to me at any time. If you are not happy in Shenxianzhou, you can still come to me. The door of the charity cemetery is always open for you."
When Yu Lian'er heard the previous sentence, she wanted to say a few words of reluctance to help both sides back off, but unexpectedly, Tan Sanniang said something like "not going well" and "not satisfied", which was clearly a hint that if Yu Lian'er couldn't make it outside, she could come to the charity cemetery for refuge. Such unlucky words made her very unhappy, and she didn't even mention polite words, and took the opportunity to back off and said, "All, listen to, sister."
After Yu Lian'er left, Bi He looked at the direction where her back disappeared and said angrily, "This is also an ungrateful person!"
Tan Sanniang said, "You can't say that about them. Everyone has their own aspirations. Besides, you'll come here again today. There aren't many of you in the Immortal Continent."
When they returned to the house, Bihe sighed again: "No wonder Haoguan hasn't come recently, it turns out such a big thing happened at home." When Yu Lian'er was narrating the story just now, she was standing outside the house and heard it all.
Tan Sanniang was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "That one, what he did was... a little off topic."
"Which one?" Bi He blinked: "Mrs. Ye?" She was actually happy to see Ye Youyu make mistakes, but she had just listened for a long time and didn't hear what was wrong with Ye Youyu.
Tan Sanniang said, "In business disputes, one must be able to argue and plan, but in family affairs, one must be able to retreat and be tolerant. So when Mr. Wu was in charge, Hao Guan's eldest sister-in-law was in charge of the internal affairs, and there was never any trouble at home. Now Hao Guan is in charge, and he has a temper that is not tolerant. When it comes to emotional matters, he easily gets agitated. At this moment, that person should have been tolerant and retreated on his behalf."
Bi He said: "How can we bear it or retreat? That sister-in-law has come to our door."
Between Tan Sanniang and Ye Youyu, Bihe would of course side with Tan Sanniang, but between Wu Chengjian and Cai Qiaozhu, she would side with the third wife.
Tan Sanniang remained silent. She thought to herself, "It takes time for the ice to freeze. This kind of family affairs should be handled by the women in the house. They shouldn't be brought directly to the men. If she could go to Li Rongyuan earlier to vent her anger for her sister-in-law and take the grievance on herself, the matter would become a small matter between the sisters-in-law. Even if the sister-in-law is still angry and brings the matter to Haoguan, Haoguan, as the head of the family, will handle the dispute between the sisters-in-law, respect the wife and the sister-in-law on the surface, and the incident may be resolved."
But she didn't want to speak ill of others in front of others, especially Ye Youyu, so she didn't want to say it out loud, so she just said: "We all know Hao Guan. He is not the kind of person who wants to alienate his eldest sister-in-law for the sake of family property. Things have turned out like this, and he must be sadder than anyone else."
Bi He said: "This is all because he married the wrong person. If Hao Guan had married the girl, with her gentleness and virtue, she would have been able to put an end to this matter."
"What are you talking about!" Tan Sanniang, who had been calm all along, showed a little embarrassment on her face: "What nonsense!"
However, she couldn't help but wonder how she would handle this dispute if it were her...
Wu Chengjian knelt in the small ancestral hall for three days, eating and sleeping there. His words, "I have a clear conscience towards Guang'er, and if I lied, let God thunder" also reached Lirongyuan.
Cai Qiaozhu knew Wu Chengjian's character very well. She only heard one or two words from others, but the look on Wu Chengjian's face when he swore was as if it were right in front of her eyes. She was still willing to believe her brother-in-law, so she was already moved.
However, after Wu Chengjian came out of the small ancestral hall, she still didn't see him come to Lirongyuan for two days, so she was a little annoyed again. She thought that it would be fine if Wu Chengjian didn't come, and Ye Youyu didn't come either, so the suspicion that had originally disappeared could not help but resurface.
Wu Chengjian was very talented in business and war competition, and he had been hanging out in Shenxian Island for many years, so he was actually very knowledgeable about the world. However, he was the youngest child in the family and had been spoiled since childhood. He was used to getting along with his family and wanted others to understand him. He thought that his sister-in-law should understand his feelings after knowing the oath he made in the small ancestral hall.
Because he still decided to resign from Guanger's official position, he refused to go to Lirongyuan at this moment to avoid another quarrel.
Ye Youyu felt sorry for the pain and swelling on her husband's face. She was also a little annoyed with Cai Qiaozhu. In her opinion, she should stand on the same line with her husband. Moreover, she knew very well that Wu Chengjian planned for Guang'er, but his sister-in-law beat him. What kind of thing was that? She was afraid that if she went to Lirongyuan, she would have a disagreement and the sisters-in-law would quarrel. In order to avoid quarreling with Cai Qiaozhu, she did not go to Lirongyuan.
Cai Qiaozhu waited and waited in Lirongyuan, but Ye Youyu did not come. Instead, she received a piece of news: Wu Chengjian had asked Mr. Zheng to draft a letter of resignation to the court to resign Guanger's official position.
