bookrandom Chapter 1014: Always Believe in Queen Mother Huizheng
Chapter 1014: Always Believe in Queen Mother Huizheng
Tang Chujun reached out to wipe away the tears on Shi Anrou's face and said softly, "The grudges of the previous generation have nothing to do with you children. Since you called me 'mother', from now on you will be my daughter just like Xia'er. And..."
She smiled and pulled Yao Sheng over. "You have to call her mother. She is one of our family members. We are no different."
Shi Anrou timidly stepped forward and called out "Mother", looking very well-behaved.
Yao Sheng's eyebrows relaxed and she responded with a smile. She had obviously prepared a gift for the meeting and took out an exquisite brocade box from her sleeve.
A butterfly jade hairpin lay quietly in the brocade box, as white as jade and soft to the touch.
The butterfly on the hairpin is exquisitely carved, with its wings slightly raised, as thin as a cicada's wings, as if it is about to flutter and fly away. The butterfly body is dotted with tiny tourmalines, which emit a light blue-green halo as the angle changes.
Yao Sheng smiled as he picked up the jade hairpin with his fingertips and inserted it diagonally into An Rou's hair.
The tourmaline on the jade hairpin flashed in the sunlight, just like a butterfly fluttering its wings gently at the side of the hair.
This means a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.
Shi Anrou received gifts from two mothers, she treasured them very much, her eyes and brows were filled with unconcealable joy.
This was the first time she had received a gift with ease. She didn't have to think about who was acting according to her mood, guess the gift giver's thoughts, or worry about whether the etiquette was appropriate. It was simply the comfort of being cherished by someone.
In her past and present lives, what she longed for and thought about was nothing more than the simple joy she has now.
In fact, Shi Anxia also prepared a gift for her.
"Sister An Rou," Shi An Xia said with a straight face and a sly light in her eyes, "Starting tomorrow, you will follow your sister-in-law and learn how to read and manage accounts for two hours every day."
She deliberately dragged out her tone, "If you don't know, just ask more questions, don't try to be lazy..." She suddenly moved closer, scaring Shi Anrou, "I'll come to check at any time."
Shi Anrou's face suddenly turned bitter.
She had always been sleepy when she saw books, and now her eyelids began to feel heavy just by imagining those densely packed numbers. She heard that there would be random checks, and she shuddered for no reason.
Shi Anxia finally burst out laughing when she saw this.
She took out a few paper deeds with a faint scent of ink from her sleeves and waved them in front of Shi Anrou's eyes. "Here, take them. This is the real gift I want to give you."
Shi Anrou didn't dare to take it, but couldn't help being curious, so she leaned over to see, "What is it?"
"Wenquan Manor." Shi Anxia stuffed the contract into her hands without further ado, "It's just connected to the manor I sold you for 1,800 taels."
The hot spring has been excavated and preparations are almost complete. It can be used to make money by the end of the year.
Shi Anrou was stunned. One thousand eight hundred taels! That was a fight that happened so long ago.
That was when they had just been reborn, and they were suspicious of each other and competing with each other.
No, how could it be considered a competition? The weight was a one-sided prank by Queen Dowager Hyejeong.
Memories came flooding back unexpectedly.
Shi Anxia's eyebrows curved with laughter, while Shi Anrou drooped her eyes.
Shi Anrou's face instantly fell, she twisted the corner of her clothes with her fingers, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito, "But, but... I have already pawned the manor... "
This loser! Shi Anxia raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and slowly flipped open one of the contracts and waved it in front of her eyes, "Isn't it here?"
“How, how…” Shi Anrou widened her eyes.
"You pawned it in my husband's pawnshop, so you pawned it in my hands, right?" Shi Anxia said gently, "Here, I picked these farms specifically for you. I promised to protect you, so I have to give you something solid to rely on."
In fact, even if Shi Anrou didn't save Tang Chujun this time, Shi Anxia, thinking of the kindness in her previous life, also planned to find an opportunity to give these farms to her.
After all, repaying a favor with money is better than just empty talk.
Shi Anxia looked at Shi Anrou's dazed expression, with a hint of tenderness in her eyes.
She once again solemnly pressed the contract into her palm and said, "I'm not giving you these to repay a favor with property. Gold, silver, and jewelry will eventually run out, and only the skills and property in your hands are the foundation of your life."
Forcing her to learn accounting was not to turn her into a penny-pinching businessman, but to make her understand that even if it was her own business, if she couldn't even read the account book, she would be cheated by her subordinates one day.
Shi Anrou has been living in a cloudless state these past few days, always feeling like she is having a beautiful dream from which she never wants to wake up.
Sometimes she woke up in the middle of the night and was afraid to go back to sleep. She would pull the soft flesh on her body hard until it turned blue and painful, only then would she be sure that she was not dreaming.
She was so scared, afraid that after waking up from the dream she would still be shivering in some dark and damp corner.
Anyone could bully and abuse her, and even if someone sold her, she would not dare to resist and could only run away.
It was at this moment that I suddenly landed steadily on the ground from the clouds. I stepped firmly on the ground and looked up. The sky was so blue, the clouds were so white, and the wind was so warm.
Shang Xie! I believe in the girl Shi Anrou and will always believe in the Empress Dowager Huizheng!
When the lamps were close together, the fires reflected each other. She felt real warmth, because what Queen Dowager Huizheng gave her was the capital to settle down and make a living.
The next day, Shi Anrou obediently went to Wei Cailing's courtyard to learn how to do accounting. Strangely enough, the numbers that used to make her eyelids heavy now turned into white silver coins jumping on the account book, which made her more energetic the more she looked at them.
Moreover, she not only learned how to manage accounts, but also learned how to manage the household.
Because the Heguo Mansion was undergoing a thundering reorganization at this time.
Those who were suspicious were either sent to remote villages or sold out of the mansion. There were also a few servants who colluded with outsiders and were tied up and sent to the authorities for investigation as a warning to others.
New people were brought in to every part of the mansion, and new rules were set. Wei Cailing personally drafted new house rules, ordered people to copy several copies, and posted them in conspicuous places in each courtyard.
"From now on," she said, standing in the corridor, her eyes sweeping over the servants standing in the courtyard with their heads bowed, "anyone who betrays his family will be punished according to the family rules, and will not be forgiven lightly."
Everyone was silent, even their breathing was lightened. The entire Duke's Mansion was in a state of solemnity, and the already strict family tradition was now even more strictly enforced and orderly.
Shi Anrou was watching from the side, and suddenly remembered that this Duke's wife had been killed early in her previous life by the Shi family.
It was her aunt who committed the evil that forced the mother and daughter of the Wei family to death.
She couldn't help but be stunned by the thought.
Although they were both reborn, the Empress Dowager saved so many lives and did so many great things that brought honor to the family and had a far-reaching impact.
What about her?
Tsk, she ruined her virginity, lost her child, and became infertile from now on.
Who can blame this?
She was so obsessed with it that she sat in the corridor and thought about the past. If she had to do it again, what would she do?
She thought that she would stay away from the Prince of Jin, cling to the Queen Mother Huizheng, and then be a little tail, help save people, and do what she can.
Well, let’s do it… As she thought about it, she smiled.
"Sister An Rou, what are you laughing at?" Wei Cailing, who was busy, looked up at her.
Shi Anrou waved her hands, "Hehe, nothing to laugh at." She suddenly remembered something and asked, "I remember my sister-in-law has a little sister, right?"