Chapter 184
Lu Xueying walked into the room, swept her gaze around, and immediately withdrew it.
"Hello, sister-in-law. I am your eldest sister-in-law," Lu Xueying introduced herself.
Ye Yunniang recognized Lu Xueying.
In the Jiang family garden, she had stood in the corner holding Jiang Tingjun as a wet nurse.
At that time, Lu Xueying, as the eldest madam of the Jiang family, walked into the garden domineeringly and reprimanded Jin Huifang for stepping out of line and disrespecting her second sister-in-law.
Seeing Ye Yunniang space out, Lu Xueying felt dissatisfied in her heart, but on the surface, she revealed a perfectly appropriate smile.
"Sister-in-law?"
Ye Yunniang snapped back to reality. "Eldest sister-in-law, please take a seat."
Ye Yunniang's body felt weak, and she did not get up from the bed.
In Lu Xueying's eyes, this was Ye Yunniang trying to show her dominance.
Since she needed a favor, she had to endure it.
Lu Xueying slowly sat down, her posture very elegant.
"Sister-in-law,"
"Eldest sister-in-law, just call me Yunniang," Ye Yunniang interrupted Lu Xueying.
Hearing Lu Xueying call her sister-in-law would remind Ye Yunniang of Zhuang Meixue.
Thinking of Zhuang Meixue would remind her of Jin Huifang, which would put Ye Yunniang in a bad mood.
Lu Xueying smoothly changed her words, "Yunniang."
Ye Yunniang hummed in acknowledgment. "Eldest sister-in-law, please have some tea."
"Alright." Lu Xueying took the tea handed over by Qiushuang and took a sip.
"A delicate and elegant fragrance, this is top-grade Biluochun." Lu Xueying's favorite tea was Biluochun, and she couldn't help but take another sip.
"If you like it, eldest sister-in-law, please drink more." Ye Yunniang didn't understand tea, nor did she like drinking it.
To Ye Yunniang, tea wasn't as good at quenching thirst as plain boiled water.
"I've made a fool of myself. I spent many years at the border and haven't had Biluochun. Having it suddenly, I couldn't control myself." Lu Xueying put down her teacup.
"What are you saying, eldest sister-in-law? We are a family, how could I mind?"
Hearing this, the smile on Lu Xueying's face grew a bit more genuine.
"When I was coming here, I told Big Brother Mingzhe. The bride Mingzhe married looks like a gentle person just from her face."
Ye Yunniang thought: She probably wants to say that my personality is soft and easy to manipulate.
While thinking this, Ye Yunniang listened to Lu Xueying's praises.
The more Ye Yunniang listened, the more she admired her. Lu Xueying was so good at talking, and none of the words she used to praise her were repeated.
She spoke very gently, making people feel comfortable listening to her, without the slightest bit of awkwardness.
Ye Yunniang thought to herself that she was also a woman who liked hearing nice words.
Say more.
She should also learn and use it to praise Jiang Mingzhe next time.
Lu Xueying had been observing Ye Yunniang. Seeing her expression soften a lot towards her, she changed the subject.
"Yunniang, I have a presumptuous request."
"You don't need to be polite, eldest sister-in-law. Just say whatever you need."
Lu Xueying then said that she wanted her two sons, Jiang Tingfeng and Jiang Tingze, to work in Jiang Mingzhe's shop.
When Jiang Mingde's family returned to Jiang City, Old Master Jiang hired a doctor to check the pulses of the whole family.
As the head of the family, Jiang Mingde didn't have many health problems.
However, Jiang Tingfeng and Jiang Tingze's bodies were severely depleted. If they weren't carefully nourished, their lifespans might be affected.
At the border, Jiang Mingde couldn't accept the fact that he was demoted. He spent his days in a daze, ignoring everything.
As the eldest son, Jiang Tingfeng stood up and, along with Jiang Tingze, took on the heavy responsibility of supporting the family.
From the doctor, they learned that the two sons wouldn't live long because of the hardships at the border.
Lu Xueying regretted it. She hated Jiang Mingde in her heart, but she blamed herself even more.
She wanted her sons to live well, and she knew that the only person she could beg was Jiang Mingzhe.
Even knowing that Jiang Mingzhe didn't like the first branch of the family, she still brazenly came. She just hoped that Jiang Mingzhe could give his two nephews a hand.
As a mother, Ye Yunniang understood Lu Xueying's feelings.
"I won't hide it from you, eldest sister-in-law. I never ask about my husband's business affairs." When Ye Yunniang said this, a layer of shadow fell over Lu Xueying's face.
"Feng'er and Ze'er going to the shop to work is just to do labor. It's not to snatch the shop."
Lu Xueying thought Ye Yunniang was worried that Jiang Tingfeng and Jiang Tingze were entering the shop to snatch the family property. She hurriedly explained that she just wanted her two sons to have a job to make money and support their wives and children.
Snatch the family property?
Ye Yunniang had truly never worried about that.
The properties in Jiang Mingzhe's hands had all been handed over to Li Ping.
Once something reached Li Ping's hands, without his agreement, no one could even think about taking a single cent.
"Eldest sister-in-law, I can talk to my husband about it." Ye Yunniang didn't guarantee anything more.
This was enough. Lu Xueying left feeling very grateful.
Qiushuang saw Lu Xueying out.
Ye Yunniang lay on the bed. Before leaving, Lu Xueying had guaranteed Ye Yunniang that she would keep a close eye on Old Master Jiang and his wife, preventing them from causing trouble for Jiang Mingzhe.
If Lu Xueying could truly control Old Master Jiang and his wife.
Giving Jiang Tingfeng and Jiang Tingze a job wasn't impossible.
Thinking and thinking, she thought of Li An again.
She wondered where An'an was now. Was he suffering?
Li An, who was being thought of by Ye Yunniang, was staring coldly at Zhou Yunluo.
"You bullied little aunt again."
"I didn't," Zhou Yunluo retorted.
"You didn't? Then what's with the scar on little aunt's face?"
"That, that is, is," Zhou Yunluo was at a loss for words, wanting to say it wasn't her.
But she was the one who took her out, and her sister getting injured was because she didn't take good care of her.
"Little aunt is still young and can't even speak clearly. Whatever you want to play, don't use her as an excuse." After saying this, Li An left.
"What do you mean by that? Are you saying I led my sister astray?" Zhou Yunluo wasn't having it; she couldn't accept being falsely accused.
It was clearly Cai Shuyi herself who said she wanted to see the horses.
Inside the room, Cai Shuyi lay beside Cai Damei, telling her about riding the big horse today.
"Mother, the horse was so tall and big. Brother Mo is amazing; he managed to control the crazy horse all at once. He even took me horseback riding... Mother, when will you wake up and play with me?" Cai Shuyi sniffled as she spoke, crying on Cai Damei's chest.
She missed her mother, she missed her so much.
Li An, who had reached the door, heard the crying and felt terrible. He once again blamed himself for being soft-hearted and believing Chunyao's words.
Looking at the scar removal cream in his hand, Li An pushed the door open.
"Little aunt, I'm coming in."
Cai Shuyi looked toward the door with teary eyes.
"An'an, I didn't want to cry."
"I know, the tears didn't listen to you, little aunt, and ran out on their own." Li An walked to the bed, took out a handkerchief, and wiped her tears.
"An'an, will mother still wake up?"
"She will. Grandma loves you so much, she wouldn't bear to leave you and leave mother behind." Li An put away the handkerchief, unscrewed the box, and applied the scar removal cream for Cai Shuyi.
"It hurts~"
"I'll be gentler." Li An gently applied it for Cai Shuyi.
Bao Min walked in, saw Li An touching Cai Shuyi's face, and his face hardened.
"What are you doing?"
"Little aunt's face is injured, I'm applying scar removal cream for her," Li An explained.
"Shushu is injured? Who hurt her?" Bao Min took large strides over, turned Cai Shuyi's face, and inspected the injury on her face.
A finger-long scar was on Cai Shuyi's face.
"Go ask your good sister," Li An said bluntly.
"I already said, I just wanted to make my sister happy. I didn't expect the horse to get stimulated either. Besides, to save her, brother even killed my horse." Zhou Yunluo felt very wronged.