My wife wants a divorce; if she ruins my life, I'll leave.

The group chatted for a while, and then more and more people arrived in the garden. Several young wives, all of whom were close friends from their childhood, came to visit. Princess Pingyang, impatient with their conversation, pulled Li Furong aside to complain, and then took Song Tian and Song Xi to play elsewhere.

The unmarried girls were playing by the lake not far away, which could be seen by looking up, so Meng Ruohua felt at ease letting them go.

Although they weren't afraid of Song Tian causing trouble, she was, after all, a guest, and it wouldn't look good if things got too out of hand.

Li Furong pulled her to the other side, "I told you to take that piece of fabric last time, but you wouldn't. You wanted me to store it for you for so long."

When we investigated Manager Li's shop earlier, we found that the manager who sold the old goods to, Manager Wang, was from the Marquis of Wu'an's household. After the Marquis of Wu'an relinquished his military power, the emperor, due to his suspicion, did not allow his sons to stand out too much. In order to give them some work, the Marquis of Wu'an's household started doing business.

After more than ten years of operation, the Marquis of Wu'an's family had become one of the wealthiest merchants in the capital. They donated 70% of their profits to the national treasury every year, so their life in the mansion was not extravagant, and they also received the emperor's secret support.

Meng Ruohua smiled and said, "Since Manager Wang paid the money, it's naturally yours. There's no reason for you to take it back."

She asked Li Furong for help, so naturally she couldn't do it for nothing. She sold it to her family at a low price as a way of repaying the favor.

"Our Marquis of Wu'an's mansion is short of your thousand or eight hundred taels of silver?" Li Furong raised an eyebrow and said disdainfully, "If you treat me like an older sister, take your things, or I'll break off all ties with you!"

"Fine, let's break up then! But tell me how many days it will last? I won't agree to anything longer!"

These close girlfriends are all playful and mischievous, and they can break off their friendship at the slightest disagreement.

Before they got married, they would make this joke, and then when the time came, they would make plans to make up. Since they had made up, they would inevitably have fun and get together. Therefore, the mothers of the families would laugh at them for finding an excuse to go out and play.

"Five days. If they don't take them away in five days, I'll come knocking on their door!"

Meng Ruohua smiled and pulled her to get down to business. "A while ago, I impulsively sent someone to the Northwest to buy some hides to sell. I don't want to open my own shop, that's too much trouble. So I was thinking of asking if your shop is still accepting orders?"

She initially planned to open a shop, but later found that opening a fur shop would require hiring several tailors and embroiderers to make clothes, as well as purchasing fabrics to match them, which was quite troublesome. It would be better to sell to ready-made clothing shops. Although she would earn less, it would save her a lot of trouble.

Even if the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion doesn't accept it, there are still many cloth shops in the capital. Moreover, ten thousand taels of silver seems like a lot, but in reality, it won't buy many good hides. There are so many high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital that there's no worry about selling them; it's just a matter of spending a little more time.

“Of course we’ll take them! Bring as many as you want.” Li Furong said, “My family owns several fur shops, and every year we worry about not having enough good fur. The furs we bring from the Northwest aren’t enough to sell.”

Meng Ruohua had only taken this idea after hearing something similar from the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an. At the time, she had also said that the Meng family was best suited to trade furs in the Northwest; with General Meng around, who would dare bully them!

This is why everyone knows that the furs from the Northwest are of high quality, but not many people in the capital go to buy them. The people there are known for their fierce nature, and there are bandits and highwaymen along the way. It's a place where a fight can break out at the drop of a hat.

Although Yang Sanli said he wouldn't act under Meng Xin's name, he was marked by the Meng family, so anyone who knew him would give him some face.

Meng Ruohua knew she was using her father's reputation, but was it really good that a great general who only wanted to protect his country and had no desires had no weaknesses or flaws?

She had read a lot of storybooks and history books during this period, and vaguely understood some of the principles.

Hearing that Marquis Wu'an would make the acquisition, he felt relieved and waited for Uncle Yang to return before informing the people of Marquis Wu'an's residence.

After chatting for a short while, Madam Li and Mother Meng arrived together, and they were very happy to see them. After marriage, no matter how considerate the husband's family is, it is not appropriate to always return to one's parents' home.

Because her nephew had caught a cold, her sister-in-law stayed home to take care of him. Meng's mother came alone. She wanted to give her daughter a few words of advice, but she didn't want to say it in front of everyone.

Meng Ruohua secretly tugged at Li Furong's sleeve and said, "I need to go see Song Tian and Song Xi. Are you coming?"

If she stayed too long, Mencius' mother might not be able to stand it anymore; she didn't want to hear her mother talk about having children.

Li Furong nodded in agreement; she didn't want to hear her mother telling her to follow the rules.

They found Song Tian and Song Xi in a small plum grove. Before they even got close, they heard Qin Man's arrogant voice: "All red, I thought someone had hung lanterns here, but it was you!" She glanced at them sideways, "You're quite polite, knowing to dress festively."

Song Tian, ​​mindful of her status, refused to step forward and glanced at her sideways, saying, "You know better than someone else. Knowing it's someone else's special day, you can't be too plain; it wouldn't look good."

Song Xi tried to stop her, but failed. Then Song Tian continued, "You clearly haven't read many books, yet you like to compose poems and essays. What kind of refined scholar are you pretending to be? Do you think wearing plum blossoms makes you proud and resilient? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

Today, Qin Man is wearing a moon-white gown embroidered with plum blossoms.

Meng Ruohua's lips curled slightly. Song Tian never thought before she spoke, even when she was being sarcastic. She knew all too well how to hit people's sore spots. Qin Man, on the other hand, loved poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and was very proud of her talent. Whenever she attended a banquet, she would try to compose a few poems.

"You!" Qin Man pointed at Song Tian and glared at her angrily, "I don't know if people will laugh at me to death, but I do know that I can make someone shake off whatever is on their head with just a slight movement." She pretended to hold her head and hummed, "Yun'er, quickly hold my head, it's so heavy I can't even lift it up."

Perhaps seeing Meng Ruohua walking this way, Wang Yirou, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, quickly separated the two of them, saying, "Man'er, the young ladies from the Hanlin family say they want to compose poems and paint. Go and take a look."

Then, smiling at Song Tian and Song Xi, he said, "Sister Song, let's go to the lake to feed the fish. I had the little maid bring some new fish food."

Meng Ruohua approached, pretended to scold Song Tian a couple of times, and then said apologetically, "Sister Rou, you go ahead and do your work. I will keep the two of them in check."

Wang Yirou knew that Meng Ruohua and Li Furong were good friends of her sister-in-law and were both cheerful and easygoing, so she didn't stand on ceremony with them. She repeatedly instructed the maid next to her to take good care of them, then excused herself and left.

Meng Ruohua tapped Song Tian's nose, "You, you never want to suffer a loss with that mouth again."

Song Tian proudly raised her chin and said, "Didn't my sister-in-law say that if you're bullied, you should fight back? I didn't hit anyone, but I said a few words back."

Li Furong glanced at her with a half-smile. Was Meng Ruohua the type to fight back directly? She had only learned how to use a sack as a weapon from her eldest brother in the Meng family. It was Li Furong who would fight back directly!

Song Xi noticed Li Furong's expression very keenly and began to think.

The more she saw and heard, the less she understood her second sister-in-law. Today, at the banquet at the Wang family's residence, she met several sisters, most of whom were daughters of military officers or noble families. Without exception, they all liked Meng Ruohua very much, and it was because of Meng Ruohua that they became acquainted with her.

The second sister-in-law they spoke of was cheerful, straightforward, talkative, playful, and the most patient in taking care of her younger sisters; while the second sister-in-law in the mansion never took an extra step or said an extra word, and only recently had she started to take care of them.

Considering Li Furong's smile, Song Xi felt that her second sister-in-law's words were probably not true!