The road to wealth of a peasant widow

Because there was one less carriage, Chen Cui rode with Sui Sui and Li Wanqing. In the afternoon, the group arrived home and went back to their respective rooms to rest.

Although she had fun when playing outside, she felt physically tired after coming back. Fortunately, there were only a few such trips a year, so Chen Cui felt that she could still afford it.

The next day, the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion returned the borrowed carriage and presented a decent thank-you gift. The visitor spoke very politely and considerately, and deeply expressed the Marquis' Mansion's gratitude to their family. This made Chen Cui feel that the young man yesterday was quite capable.

After all, he is an uncle after all. We cannot think that he is unreliable just because he looks young and immature.

After April, the weather started to get hotter. We couldn't wear any thicker clothes anymore and started to change into light spring clothes.

The clothes for the season for the women in the family had already been made and delivered. The materials and styles were all chosen by each of them, and the patterns were also their own favorites. Now that they are wearing them, they naturally look extra confident and beautiful.

Chen Cui felt comfortable watching her daughter-in-law and daughter, both dressed in fancy clothes and fully displaying their youthfulness.

"Just having new clothes is not enough. Let's go shopping for jewelry tomorrow. Mother will treat you and give each of you a new set of jewelry to wear!"

After dinner, Chen Cui announced the good news to her daughters-in-law with a smile.

Although everyone actually has enough jewelry, as a woman, who would complain about having too many jewelry? What's more, it was the mother-in-law who took the initiative to treat the meal, which made the women even happier.

They all knew that the mother-in-law was generous. Since she said she would give them jewelry, it would definitely not be ordinary stuff, but at least it would be high-end.

The next day, the five women in the family went out to buy jewelry together.

However, since we are going shopping, how can we just go to the jewelry store? The best rouge and powder shop in the capital is also on that street. Since we are here, we naturally have to take a look around.

So, after everyone bought a set of jewelry, they also bought a bunch of rouge and powder. In Chen Cui's words, we are still young, if we don't dress up now, do we have to wait until we are old to dress up!

Even Chen Cui herself bought a box of light powder to modify her skin tone and to put on makeup when attending formal occasions.

Although she is a widow, she does not completely avoid makeup. She just wears light makeup most of the time. Only when she attends some events will she wear slightly heavier makeup to match her clothes as a sign of respect.

Chen Cui led the women in the family back home with the purchased spoils, and then received a note from Zhang Ruomei, saying that she would come to visit the next day.

I just received last year's dividend not long ago, and there has been nothing busy in the workshop and the store recently. I came here at this time, and I guess Suisui's marriage is about to take shape.

Chen Cui couldn't help but sigh as she watched her daughter happily carrying her things back to her yard.

The reason why she has organized so many activities recently is to let her daughter relax. Ever since the last time the mother and daughter talked about her marriage, she has been as normal as ever, with nothing unusual happening. However, Chen Cui knows that the child is thinking about something!

After all, it was her lifelong event, how could she not have any reaction at all? One can only say that she suppressed her emotions deep in her heart and concealed her inner anxiety with her usual cheerfulness.

Although Suisui looks lively and generous, she is not that kind of "stupid" girl. On the contrary, she is very smart.

She is good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially calligraphy and chess, where she excels.

When she went to the girls' school to substitute teach a few years ago, she was able to keep a group of girls of similar age in line with her. She also followed Qin Ruozhi in managing the household and taking care of the accounts, and was able to manage everything in order. How could a girl like this be completely innocent!

However, the smarter you are, the more you learn, the more deeply you think, and the more you can see the truth of the facts, the more painful and conflicted you will feel when faced with certain choices.

Just like Chen Cui now, she doesn't want her daughter to get married early, but she has to let her family find a partner for her daughter now. She wants her daughter to be independent and self-reliant, but she cannot fight against the whole society.

What could Chen Cui say? She couldn't say more. She even regretted letting her daughter read too many books and preaching too many advanced ideas to her, which led to the current situation.

Well, let’s wait and see what Zhang Ruomei is coming for tomorrow. I hope she brings good news!

The next day, after meeting Zhang Ruomei, Chen Cui realized that her guess was correct. She came for Suisui's marriage.

"I have spent a lot of effort to find out this. For this reason, I even found an excuse to go to his house and confirm it before I come to tell you. This young master Zhu is the second son of the family. His father is now a fifth-rank official. His brother is a juren and has already married. He himself is a scholar. He has an older sister who is already married and a younger sister who is only twelve years old this year. The four children in the family are all legitimate, with no concubines or maids. The house is clean and tidy. His sister-in-law is also from an official family. She is gentle and virtuous. The family is harmonious. Although it can't be compared with your family, it is already extremely rare!"

Zhang Ruomei told all she knew in one breath, looking at Chen Cui: "I know that with Sui Sui's character, it's a waste of talent for her to be the second son's daughter-in-law of the Zhu family, but it's worry-free. With her ability, it's easy for her to control the whole Zhu family. Our master said that Master Zhu is also honest and capable. Even if he doesn't make much progress in his career, nothing will go wrong. I can't say that everything will go smoothly in Sui Sui's future, but it will definitely be easy."

After listening to the situation of the Zhu family, Chen Cui knew that Zhang Ruomei really put her heart into it and was truly considering Suisui.

However, Sui Sui's previous thinking was a bit narrow. She only thought of the family with a generous tradition and the family of military generals. Now that a civil servant family has appeared here, she is afraid that the child will just refuse.

But nothing in this world is so absolute. Not all military officers' families are relaxed and casual, and not all civil servants' families are pedantic. The specific situation needs to be analyzed specifically, and you can only know the internal situation after seeing it with your own eyes.

Chen Cui sincerely thanked Zhang Ruomei and sent her to the second gate before turning back.

She knew that Zhang Ruomei had far more things to do than she did. She had dowry, shops, farms, two sons, and her husband's official social engagements. All of these required her to manage them all, and it was very difficult for her to spare the time to take care of her marriage.

Who would have known that while Chen Cui was still thinking about how to further verify and confirm the Zhu family's affairs and then mention it to Sui Sui, Zhang Hongjuan over there provided another candidate!