He Jinrou lowered her head, rubbed the corners of her clothes with her hands, and said nothing.

But in her heart she felt that what she said that night was correct. Gu Qinghuai was a widow, and widows were always surrounded by gossips. She should stay away from Zhao Xiaoshi instead of dressing up so beautifully every day to seduce him!

Luo rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "Why do we have to cooperate with Gu Qinghuai? We have the secret recipe in our hands, we can make things and sell them ourselves. I don't believe that without Gu Qinghuai, we can't do business anymore."

He Lizheng glared at her and said through his teeth, "What do you know? I think Huai girl, Zhao Xiaoshi and Zhao A'ren are not ordinary people. I am close to them because I want to maintain this friendly relationship. This is the first reason. Secondly, with Huai girl's participation, this business can continue to grow and even cover the entire Great Xia country. But without her participation, no matter how hard we try, we can only be a small workshop at best!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, He Maoshi, you think too highly of them, don't you? They are nothing but upstarts in my opinion!" Luo curled her lips with contempt, "Do we still need to have a good relationship with them? They are probably trying to curry favor with us shamelessly! Our Jinyou is a scholar, he will become a high official in the imperial capital! In the future, when Gu Qinghuai comes to curry favor with us, let's see if I will pay any attention to her!"

He Lizheng looked at Luo as if he were an idiot. "Jinyou has no background. Even if he passes the palace examination, it will be difficult for him to get a small official position. Besides, living with the emperor is like living with a tiger. Who knows what will happen in the future."

Back then, his grandfather offended the emperor and was banished to this border.

Mrs. Luo said in a shrill voice: "He Maoshi, You'er is your own son, don't you hope for the best for him?! You love Gu Qinghuai so much, why don't you go and be someone else's father! A widow who brings bad luck to her husband, no man will dare to marry her in the future, let's see what kind of waves she can make!"

He Lizheng stared at Luo, with deep disappointment in his eyes: "Luo Cuiqin, you have impure thoughts and evil intentions! You are becoming more and more like those selfish and greedy people in the old house of the Gu family! You take advantage of others and slander them behind their backs! You eat other people's meals with your bowl, and curse other people's mothers when you put down your bowl. Is there anyone like you?! How could I, He Maoshi, marry a woman like you?! It's a shame for me to have a woman like you!"

Luo was stunned by the shouting.

Her husband actually scolded her like this? He said she was a disgrace?

The people in the Gu family’s old house have now become the rats crossing the street in the village. How can she be the same as them?

She always thinks about her husband, her children, and the family!

How is she selfish?

He Jinrou looked terrified, fearing that her father would really divorce her mother.

Seeing her parents not getting along, she became more and more resentful of Gu Qinghuai's family. It was that family that caused her parents to quarrel and the family to be in turmoil.

The old vixen Zhao Ying seduced his father, and the little vixen Gu Qinghuai seduced the person she liked.

The whole family is full of coquettish bitches!

And there’s Gu Qinghuai’s new grandmother. She’s so old, but she still dresses so exquisitely and elegantly every day. If she’s not trying to seduce the old man, then what is she trying to do!

He Lizheng took a few deep breaths, rubbed his brows vigorously, and finally warned in a stern voice: "In short, from now on, all of you should behave yourself and don't act like a demon in front of Huai girl, otherwise I will never let you off easily! Do you hear me?"

Luo and He Jinrou both looked depressed and nodded reluctantly.

Gu Qinghuai didn't know that he had actually triggered a war in He Lizheng's family.

After Ren Shen returned, he reported to Gu Qinghuai what he saw at He Lizheng's house.

Gu Qinghuai raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "You mean, He Li is arguing with Luo?"

"Yes," Ren Shen nodded, with a puzzled look on his pretty face, "Ms. Luo's eyes are all red from crying, and Miss He is crying too."

"Why is He Jinrou crying? He Lizheng has always loved her very much," Gu Qinghuai said in a calm voice.

Ginseng shook his head and said, "This...I don't know."

Qi Yuanshuo, who was standing aside, opened his mouth but refrained from telling Sister Xiao Huai about He Jinrou's confession to him, lest she think he was a pervert who was attracting women everywhere.

God knows how wronged he is.

Except for Sister Xiao Huai, other women were not in his eyes at all. He was usually well-behaved and never had any affairs with other women. Why did those women fall for him?

Is it... because of this face?

Qi Yuanshuo raised his hand and touched his face. For the first time, he felt that having a handsome face was a problem.

Gu Qinghuai looked outside the courtyard, his almond eyes narrowed slightly: "Someone in He Lizheng's family doesn't like me and my family, so I gave the tofu secret recipe to He Lizheng without taking any profit, in order to repay his kindness, just because I don't want to get involved in trouble. When he comes tomorrow, I will not cooperate with him either."

"Miss Third is right. I think Mrs. Luo is very difficult to get along with and seems to be very dissatisfied with the young master," Ren Shen said honestly.

As they were talking, Amber came in hurriedly to report that Grandma Kuhua's eldest and second daughters-in-law were clamoring to see Grandma Kuhua.

After Kuhua Nai found out, she smiled sadly, "These two must be here for the investment in the factory. I have already severed ties with the eldest and second eldest brother. Please tell them to get out right away!"

Amber replied "yes" and turned back to the gate to tell Jin and Liu.

When Jin and Liu heard that Kuhua Nai told them to get out, they became so angry that their faces turned pale and they left cursing.

Gu Qinghuai found it incredible: "A person like Jin could actually give birth to a daughter like Tangyuan. It's really a good thing that a bad bamboo has produced good bamboo shoots."

"Isn't it?" Ren Shen nodded maturely.

Yuan Zi'an's home.

After Yuan Zian's sister-in-law Wu returned home, she became increasingly upset as she thought about the investments in the two factories at today's meeting.

She had a feeling that the two factories would make a lot of money, otherwise Gu Qinghuai would not have asked the villagers to invest in them with such fanfare. If they didn't make money, Gu Qinghuai would not be able to stay in Tuniu Village in the future.

And those seeds, if they can really grow into so-called beets and sugarcane, can make money steadily.

However, because his uncle broke off the engagement and offended Gu Qinghuai, and his mother-in-law Ji was causing all kinds of trouble, Gu Qinghuai became more and more disgusted with them, and none of the good things in the village were theirs.

Mrs. Wu thought about it for a long time and said to her husband Yuan Ziyang, "Husband, how about...let's split up. I think Gu Qinghuai's two factories will definitely make a lot of money. As long as we split up with my parents and uncle, we can invest."

When Yuan Ziyang heard this, he got angry and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? As long as our parents are alive, we should not divide the family! Besides, we have supported our second brother to study for so many years. He is now a scholar and will soon be successful. Why should we give up our second brother and cling to that unlucky widow? Even if we can make more money with her, we are still peasants. But our second brother is different. He will be a high official in the imperial capital in the future, and we will be the family of officials. Our status and position will be different!"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like