Bring your aunt to eat big meat, the scumbag father's family is furious

"You said that this age is considered the prime of life in the officialdom. Fifty-two is a good time for advancement. But you are being dismissed and sent home. I'm afraid it will be another heavy blow."

"Who can I blame for this? It's all my own fault. I was originally a second-class Jinshi, and at a young age I became a Beijia, the second-in-command of the prefecture. If my daughter hadn't been lost, I would have become the governor of Yuezhou, or even the capital. You said it was lost, so I got caught up in the obsession and was demoted several levels. Now I can't even keep this small position."

"Three consecutive provincial governors have shown sympathy for Mr. Chu's loss of his daughter. Even when he made mistakes, they didn't punish him severely. They allowed him to stay in the provincial capital until now. They can be considered to have done their utmost to be kind and righteous."

"Yes, family matters are family matters, and official matters are official matters. No matter what, we can't let family matters affect official matters."

Gao Shuying's face turned heavy when he heard this and he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Jia'er, Uncle Chu's family originally had a lot of land and shops, but they sold them all to find their daughter. All the expenses of the family can only be supported by this meager salary."

"The bracelet Aunt Chu gave you is the most valuable thing in their family besides the house."

She said quietly.

"After exhausting their farmland and accumulated silver, they were at their wit's end. Fortunately, Wei Chi grew up and helped them find the missing person. This became their hope for survival."

It felt like a knife had cut Qiao Jianer's heart.

She touched the bracelet on her hand and felt it was extremely heavy.

Gao Shuying glanced at it and said, "That's not what I meant. Aunt Chu gave it to you as a token of her appreciation. You should keep it well."

Although she also felt that Aunt Chu might not be clear-headed as she was given such an expensive gift on their first meeting, it was rare to see Aunt Chu so happy today.

Gao Shuying muttered to herself, "Without even this small official position, how are my uncle and aunt supposed to live?"

Wei Chi arrived at some point and stood at the door, hearing everything that was said next door.

At this time, two dishes had just been served.

He waited until the discussion next door ended and moved on to another matter before he took his seat.

"My cousin has a flame-shaped birthmark under her left armpit," he said.

Gao Shuying crossed her arms, didn't say anything, and looked depressed.

"You already know?" Wei Chi guessed it at once.

"We just found out about it, but Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu wanted to take a look at Miss Chu's portrait, so they asked Brother Wei to go directly." Qiao Lianer said.

"They kept one of the four portraits." Wei Chi said, "To make them happy, I kept the best one. They looked at the portrait with smiles on their faces, saying they hoped their cousin could really live such a good life."

However, all the wealthy and powerful families have been checked, and no one has ever heard of anyone adopting a child to raise, nor has anyone seen a similar face.

It is unrealistic to grow up to look like the portrait.

"What's going on with you?" Wei Chi saw that the two of them were silent and seemed absent-minded.

The dishes that were served were barely touched.

"Uncle Chu is about to be dismissed from office." Gao Shuying sighed, with helplessness on his face.

"Dismiss him! He has already been demoted to this position, and you still want to dismiss him?" Wei Chi's voice suddenly became louder.

The room next door was noisy, but suddenly it became silent.

"Keep your voice down." Gao Shuying raised her chin to the side and said, "That's where I heard it."

Wei Chi frowned. He was not in the mood to eat and took three gulps of wine.

"Master Tu is very kind. It's just that my uncle can't let go of this knot in his heart."

"I will ask my father to plead with Lord Tu. No matter what, please retain my uncle's official position for a while. During this time, I will give a result."

Wei Chi's father was Sima, the highest military commander in the state.

"If we can find my cousin, I will be in a great mood and full of energy. If we are sure that my cousin is gone, I will have to let it go and focus on my official duties."

This is the only thing he, as a junior, can do.

"You guys eat, and leave this matter to me."

As Wei Chi spoke, he put a roast duck leg into Gao Shuying's bowl and another into Qiao Lianer's bowl.

Instead, he drank two glasses of wine, ate a few bites of food, and then left in a hurry.

Gao Shuying saw that Qiao Jian'er seemed to be in a very bad mood, so she smiled and said comfortingly: "Jian'er, this is your first time meeting the Chu family. Although Aunt Chu likes you very much, you don't have to feel any pressure. When you have time, just come and see them."

Those were her grandparents. They had ruined their future and family fortune for the sake of their lost daughter. Now they were going to lose even the last bit of security. How could she not be sad?

"Sister Gao, Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu's love for their daughter is really touching, and their experience is also unbearable." Qiao Jianer said.

"There are so many sufferings in this world. You are so young, don't think about it." Gao Shuying waved her hand.

"Come, sister will eat with you."

In the end, there were still a lot of dishes left, so Qiao Jianer packed them up and took them back for Da Meng to eat.

Da Meng had not returned to the inn yet. Half an hour passed, and it was already afternoon when he came back, sweating profusely.

"After asking around for a long time, I finally found one for sale. It's three blocks away and the location is pretty good."

"Even so, there were still several people trying to rob me of the shop. I had to pay an extra thirty taels of silver before I was able to take it over."

Qiao Jianer took the packed dishes to the kitchen to heat them up.

"Yuezhou City has a large flow of people, so it doesn't matter if it's not the best location, as long as I can get it."

"Brother Da Meng, try this. This is the food I brought back from the biggest and best restaurant. I met Sister Gao and ate with her."

Da Meng was also very hungry, so he sat down and ate with big mouthfuls, while raising his hand to hand the house deed and land deed to Qiao Jianer.

"We'll go home tomorrow," said Qiao Lianer.

All she was thinking about was that matter, and she really had no time to care about anything else.

Moreover, she is not 100% sure now and needs to get confirmation from the two elders of the Qiao family.

"Is it done?" asked Dameng.

"All right."

"So fast, sister is really awesome." Da Meng said as he freed his hand and gave her a thumbs up.

In the remaining half day, Qiao Jianer was shopping again.

Yuezhou is such a big city, with so many new things and good stuff. A short time in the morning is not enough to buy them all. Now I can finally let go and buy as much as I want.

I bought ten sets of ready-made clothes for each person in the family, three hundred kilograms of delicious snacks, a bag of handicrafts, a set of beautiful headwear for each woman, and ornaments for every room.

Da Meng discovered that the things Camel had put in the stable seemed to be much less than what Qiao Jianer had bought, but he was tactful enough not to ask.

I rode home quickly and just in time for dinner.

While everyone was in the kitchen, Qiao Jianer took the things out of the space and put them in the hall, piling them up into a small hill.

"Yuezhou City is really big, dozens of times bigger than our county town." During the meal, Da Meng told everyone about this outing in vivid detail.

“If you have the chance, everyone should go and take a look.”

Qiao Jian'er was secretly observing the two elders of the Qiao family and Qiao Yunni.