novelhk Chapter 143 I Feel Someone Outside
Chapter 143 I Feel Someone Outside
Mayfair?
How come she is back after just a few days?
Jiang's heart skipped a beat.
"Is there something wrong? Go back and check it out."
The old lady spoke, and Jiang didn't ask any more questions. She hurried back to Shi'an Courtyard. When she entered the room, she saw Ling Feier sitting beside the couch, seemingly wiping tears.
"Fei'er, what's going on?"
After sending the maid away, Jiang took her aside to ask for details.
When Jiang heard that she had another conflict with her son-in-law and that this time they even got physical, she was overwhelmed.
They have been married for less than a month, how many times has this happened?
"Mother, it seems like there really is someone outside."
"Since the return banquet, he rarely came into my room. He said he was busy every day and even dressed up before going out. I had vaguely smelled a fragrance on him before, but he refused to admit it. He said that it was the maid who rubbed against him and that there was something wrong with my nose."
"I didn't make a fuss with him. I just wanted to keep a close eye on him so that there wouldn't be any scandals over taking concubines at this time."
"He came back drunk yesterday, and I picked up this handkerchief when I was sorting out his clothes. It's crudely made and obviously not something used in the mansion. It has a familiar scent, and you can see that it has signs of use. It's obvious that he has been carrying it for more than a day or two."
"I reminded him twice this morning, and he got impatient. He said that it was our Ling family that embarrassed him, and he scolded me and pushed me."
Rolling up her sleeves, she showed Jiang the bruises on her arms. Her heart felt like it was being stabbed.
"I went to my mother-in-law to tell her, but she didn't care. When I told her again, she blamed me for not being able to control my man, saying that men are bound to go to brothels when they are out socializing. She also said that I was too busy and urged me to have a baby."
"Woo woo, who am I going to give birth to if he doesn't even come home?"
"Mom, we just got married, how am I going to live in the future?"
Thinking about how she had to endure bullying and scolding every day or follow the whole family to serve this and take care of that, because she was the youngest and had the lowest seniority, she often had to do all the work of taking care of the old lady herself and sharing the worries of her husband and mother-in-law. She also had to give money to bribe the servants and do favors. Ling Feier felt very aggrieved.
But in that big compound, she felt like an outsider and had no one to talk to.
Instead, there are often a lot of aunts, nieces and other relatives who appear out of nowhere and come to her house to eat and take things. As a result, she is now afraid to even wear nice jewelry, because if she does, someone might take it away.
It seems that it is not the case that the Marquis's Mansion treated her harshly. When she had nothing to do, she would just stay in her room all day and no one would come to look for her.
No one said anything when she went out or went back to her parents' home. At most, they would murmur a few words behind her back. If Bao Yanqing had been nicer to her, all this would have been fine.
But now——
She felt like she was trapped in a cage, where each day seemed like an eternity with no end in sight.
Ling Feier regretted getting married and felt very empty inside.
There is something more important that she is embarrassed to say. In fact, she had some physical intimacy with Bao Yanqing before marriage, although it did not reach the final step. Now that Ling Yuyao's incident happened, he would use this matter to poke her in the back whenever they disagreed. Once, they had a quarrel in bed, and he directly called her shameless, saying that the women in their family were all pretending, and he even hit her.
However, he apologized to her afterwards, saying that he made a mistake because he married her because he was isolated, pointed out, and under great pressure.
Even though it happened only once, she felt like a thorn in her heart.
She always thought he liked her, but lately she has become more and more suspicious.
Thinking of this, Ling Feier's tears started to fall again. The dream of love seemed to be a flash in the pan, and the reality caught her off guard.
Although the Marquis' Mansion had its ups and downs, Ling Feier had been brought up in pampering and had never experienced such a huge gap between heaven and earth. She could not bear it. Jiang, who had been planning this all along, was also in great turmoil.
She thought about the arrangements for the return banquet, and couldn't help wondering if all these bad luck were related to that unlucky incident. She couldn't help but blame the old lady and Ling Yuyao in her heart.
But on second thought, she was glad that her daughter was married, otherwise, with this scandal, her marriage would have become a problem.
Therefore, Jiang was furious, but she didn't dare to show anything on her face, and she tried to persuade him kindly:
"Okay, your teeth still bite your tongue. It's normal to have some friction when you just got married. There's a saying that goes, beating is love and scolding is love. If there's no beating or scolding, there's no love."
"Everyone has bad moods and impulsive times. Some things should not be taken too seriously."
"There's still a long way to go, so don't jump to conclusions..."
Just when she was thinking about how to teach her some tips on how to handle men and deal with people, a breeze blew by, and Jiang's eyes unconsciously fell on the cotton handkerchief on the table.
What a familiar smell, why does it feel like I have smelled it somewhere before?
She reached out her hand and took the handkerchief.
The beige cotton handkerchief with hidden pattern is not woven densely and is a bit wrinkled. It does not look like a good material, but it feels soft and comfortable. When folded, it is not see-through. It is obviously made of sweat-absorbent cotton material and is a very practical handkerchief.
This solid color cotton handkerchief is suitable for both men and women.
After looking back and forth several times, she still couldn't remember where she had seen it. She was afraid that her daughter would find out and cause trouble for her life, so Jiang didn't think about it anymore. She comforted Ling Fei'er and prepared to take her to the old lady's courtyard, and she didn't forget to remind her:
"I'll prepare some supplements later. You can tell them that you're worried about the old lady coming back to see your grandmother. It won't sound good if the news gets out that a newly-wed always goes back to her parents' home."
"Well, I'll ask your father to tell your uncle that your grandmother misses you and asks you to learn some manners here. I'll ask him to come pick you up in two days."
Jiang arranged everything for the follow-up, and Ling Feier didn't say anything else.
……
Chunmiao, who had been hanging around outside and paying attention to the movements of various courtyards and Hua Shuolei, quickly sent the news of his cousin's departure back to Yuxiu Courtyard. Upon hearing this, Mu Lianzhi just smiled.
That night, Master Bao came, and it was said that he brought gifts with him. He drank with the people from the first house until midnight and had a very pleasant conversation. He took Ling Feier back home early the next morning.
Soon, Hua Shuolei asked someone to deliver three thousand taels of silver notes. I heard that she had pawned a lot of jewelry and was sick. The silver notes were sent to the old lady's yard, and the old lady told her to go and claim them.
How could Mu Lianzhi not know what the two of them meant by this? Hua Shuolei was probably badly cheated and was deliberately making things difficult for her. The old lady was simply attracted by the money and wanted her to be filial to her on her own initiative.
She did not pretend to be ignorant or to be petty. She took one thousand taels for herself, left one thousand taels for the old lady, and as the year was coming to an end, she proposed to give the remaining one thousand taels as an annual pension to all the servants in the mansion.
In short, every bit of benefit is good, and you can't shirk it nor let others take all the credit.
As for whether she gets it or not, no one can blame her, she will never lose out.
In the end, the old lady was almost mad to death, and the money had to be given, but Mu Lianzhi got all the fame and gratitude——