Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Madam Lin swallowed a mouthful of ginseng tea, and after catching her breath, she slowly spoke, "That day, you were able to remain reserved and talk to me for an hour. I really wronged you."

Mrs. Lin didn't want to take action, but Xu Siyu had a very bad temper and it was difficult to talk to her properly.

"The Madam was very kind that day, but today she is not in a good mood towards Siyu."

"Oh, I, a soon-to-be mother-in-law, should keep smiling at you? Yiqing said you're educated. Which book did you read that allows you to vent your anger in front of your mother-in-law?"

"I……"

Mrs. Lin raised her hand to signal her not to refute immediately, and then continued: "Miss Xu is very real and straightforward, and she also has a talent for business... Yiqing praised these, and I can see them. As for filial piety..." Mrs. Lin shook her head.

"Forget it." Mrs. Lin seemed to compromise and said, "Don't bother."

"Yiqing likes you, his father and I have no objection."

"But you..."

"You have the temperament to be a wife?"

Xu Siyu did not refute. In fact, she herself felt that she was not ready to be a wife.

"The Lin family doesn't want to insult you by letting you be their concubine. Even if you're just a concubine, as long as you keep your duty, we Lin family's concubines are legitimate mistresses. Yiqing will have great fortune in the future, and you will be better off following him than you are now..."

Xu Siyu: ...

Treat your husband as your God, hang your own value on a man, and having concubines or imperial concubines is a good way out...Mrs. Lin's words really hit Xu Siyu's breaking point.

Seeing Madam Lin dragging her sick body and saying these things to her in a "soft voice", Xu Siyu didn't curse out loud. She just held her breath and reiterated: "Madam Lin, I say it again, I am not Lin Yiqing's concubine, and I will not be willing to be his concubine just because I value his future. For me, this is not a grievance or not, it is simply impossible."

"How can you say it so frankly? Yiqing's feelings for you are nothing?" Mrs. Lin didn't understand Xu Siyu, just as Xu Siyu didn't understand her.

"Is it so unfair for you not to be Yiqing's legal wife? Then you don't understand Yiqing's wife. She already has a concubine before she even gets married..."

Xu Siyu raised her head and looked at the ceiling, rolling her eyes, speechless.

Mother-in-law is really a terrifying creature in the world.

After finally listening to Mrs. Lin finish her nagging, Xu Siyu was deflated. She didn't want to discourage her, nor did she want to accept her philosophy of life and woman's virtues. She kept a calm and refusal attitude.

"Why don't you listen to me, kid? Do you know how wronged my son is? Yiqing is kneeling at his uncle's house to give you a status." Mrs. Lin was almost crying because she was begging like this.

"That's his obsession. Madam, you can tell Lin Yiqing. There's no need." After saying that, he pushed open the door and waited for a while. Seeing that Madam Lin didn't ask anyone to stop him, he left the Lin family.

……

Flowers are in full bloom in March, and the peach trees on the mountain across the river are in blossom.

Patches of peach-colored flowers are dotted among the green. Many people come to Jiangyu Pavilion to stop and appreciate the flowers, and Jiangyu Pavilion has gradually become famous.

The business was back on track, which made Xu Siyu, who had offended Mrs. Lin, breathe a sigh of relief.

She didn't notice it before, but only recently discovered that there were actually a lot of eyes staring at her outside Jiangyu Pavilion.

Xu Siyu recruited some strong men to patrol and asked them to inquire with the subordinates so that they could take precautions in advance.

She arranged for Xu Chengyuan to go to the county to manage this group of people, while Xu Huaichuan stayed in Xinshan Village to farm honestly and dared not hang out outside anymore.

That day, after returning from Lin's house, she felt wronged and shed a few tears. After wiping them away, she reminded herself to cheer up.

Having announced her severance of ties with Lin Yiqing, Xu Siyu began to think about how to continue with her own life.

Xu Siyu had to admit that Lin Yiqing had been her backer, but now she had to find a new backer.

Her business has grown so big now that she cannot ignore the safety and well-being of everyone.

Xu Siyu regretted it so much that she had agreed to develop a marriage with Lin Yiqing. Now, the plan failed and the relationship between them was ruined.

It would be great if they were still ordinary friends, pure partners. As long as the interests are in place, the relationship will be as solid as a rock.

Alas, there is no medicine for regret in the world, we can only move on.

Xu Siyu has limited connections, and her most powerful supporter is currently Mrs. Hong.

In the past, Mrs. Hong often invited her to various banquets, but Xu Siyu refused every time.

Upward social interaction is too tiring for someone who can lie down for three years.

But now, she has to go out. Not to say that she is looking for a protective umbrella for the Xu family, but it is almost like building a fortress so that people cannot bully them at will.

In the past two months, she has participated in tea parties and plays, and has made some progress.

She built a new two-story house on Cuihua Mountain, brought Xu Wangshi to her side, cleared out the small courtyard in town, gave the key to the shopkeeper Jin, and returned the small courtyard to Lin Yiqing.

……

Every May, exhibitions are held in the southwest to collect embroidery works from girls from all over the country for people to appreciate. This long-standing custom is called "viewing embroidery."

Look at the brocade, look at the embroidery and look at the person.

All the embroidery works are displayed in one place, and each viewer can receive three bamboo chips and vote for the best work they think.

The organizer will count the chips every day, and on the afternoon of May 10th, the top three winners will be announced on a notice board, and the messenger will deliver gifts to their homes.

This is a competition of needlework among women in the boudoir, and it is also a channel for families to win fame and a good husband for their daughters.

I don’t know what method Mrs. Hong used, but this year the venue for viewing the brocade with the Qing Mansion was set in the little-known Jiangyu Pavilion.

"This lotus embroidery is so beautiful! It's pale pink and tender white, just like the real thing! The dragonfly perched on it is also beautiful, its wings are actually transparent..."

Mrs. Hong's youngest son has reached the age of marriage, but he has not yet been engaged. Mrs. Hong looked at the embroidery with great interest and reached out to throw in her bamboo chips.

"This handkerchief must have been embroidered by someone from the county magistrate's household. The orchids on it are vivid and embroidered in a vibrant green, and there's a poem in small seal script embroidered next to it. And, smell it..."

The embroidery was on open display. Mrs. Hong pulled Xu Siyu down, and sure enough, there was a faint scent of orchids.

"Are you afraid that you don't know that He Xianglan understands orchids the best and is the most noble?" The previous sentence was praising the embroidery, but the next sentence was not praising the person. It seems that Mrs. Hong knows that judging people by their things is not reliable.

When Xu Siyu took over this activity, she felt that it was not good to objectify a girl with an embroidery, and if she hired someone else to do it, it would be easy to fake it.

Of course, she tried to trust people's integrity.

"This must have been embroidered by the little girl herself. Look at the butterfly, how clumsy it is!" After Mrs. Hong threw down the bamboo chips, she happily pulled Xu Siyu over and said, "Please help me remember which girl this is. I have to go and meet her."

Xu Siyu understood that when it comes to character, people with different levels of cultivation have their own evaluation systems.