Chapter 028: After sending the birthday cake

 back to the General's Mansion, Ruan Ruan still didn't know that his family was being targeted again.

  Late at night and before

  going to bed, she saw that the merit gold in the system was still about 10,000 yuan before she could be upgraded to level four. She felt anxious and wanted to scratch it.

  It seems that she has to sell something, anyway, she has five Taoist charms that she picked up for free.

  ...

  The weather at the end of April was neither hot nor cold. Ruan Ruan was wearing a thin shank and drinking goat's milk while playing.

  Shen Zhiqing was waiting for her. After resting for a day and night, he walked out of his yard today and walked around the general's mansion.

  Shen Zhiyu had nothing to do, so he teased Ruan Ruan with toys such as rattles and grass crickets.

  "Madam, Mrs. Tan from Tan Mansion is here." Aunt Zhou walked up to Cheng Yurong in small steps. She didn't know if Madam wanted to see guests. After all, there were too many things happening in the mansion during this time.

  Putting down the freshly brewed scented tea in her hand, Cheng Yurong raised her head and said, "Invite her in!" She hasn't seen a visitor for a long time. Now that the situation in the house is much more stable, it's time to keep in touch with some officials with whom she has good relationships.

  Shen Zhiyu and Shen Zhiqing left the garden together and came to Qingzhu Garden to chat.

  The two brothers Shen Zhijie and Shen Zhicheng went to the academy. Shen Zhiqing could only find Shen Zhiyu to find out about his sister and the Hou Mansion.

  He had only been in contact with his sister for a few days, and he really only knew a little bit about her.

  ...

  The flowers are blooming in the garden, and the fragrance is fragrant.

  Several little maids picked three baskets of colorful flowers and gave them to some Ruan Ruan to play with, while the rest were made for Madam.

  "Old sister..." A lady in a dark green skirt walked into the garden, and Cheng Yurong called out, with a hint of grievance in her voice.

  "What brought you here today? Aren't you here to prepare a haircut gift for your eldest daughter?" Cheng Yurong joked to make the atmosphere less cold.

  She helped Mrs. Tan sit down. This was her close friend, whom she had known for thirty years.

  "I would rather stay at home and get ready. There are too many things to do, and I can't even handle them.

  You don't know how bad my mother-in-law is to me. My husband-in-law is the second oldest child and is not allowed to be pampered. Everything good and expensive in the house is given away to the big room."

  My eldest daughter's hairpin gift, my husband had no money to pay for it, so he paid for it with my dowry." Mrs.

  Tan's eyes were red and she took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

  Cheng Yurong didn't say anything, just poured a cup of scented tea and handed it over. Her friend was here to complain and talk.

  "It's okay to spend my dowry, but that old guy didn't allow me to give my eldest daughter a hair extension gift because she was afraid that I would waste her son's money. In fact, she was worried that my daughter would overshadow the eldest daughter's youngest daughter and hair extension gift.

  Who is this? The daughters I gave birth to are all beautiful and well-educated. My eldest daughter and my third daughter are jealous of me, and their daughters are neither ugly nor willful."

  Mrs. Tan kept gushing, tears falling down her cheeks . .

  Cheng Yurong grasped the key point of the words and said with a serious face: "What if we don't do anything? Outsiders are not allowed to see your daughter clearly. In a few days, I will bring an expensive gift to your daughter to save her face."

  "Old sister, you still treat me the best. Well, the little sisters in the past thought that I had a litter of daughters and that my husband's family was not good to me. If my husband hadn't treated me well, I don't know if I would be alive today."

  Mrs. Tan burst into tears.

  "What nonsense are you talking about? You have to live a good life and enjoy happiness in the future." Cheng Yurong patted her back and kept comforting her.

  "To be honest, elder sister, I don't have much left from my dowry. I'm going to buy a hairpin gift for my eldest daughter this time. I'm afraid I won't have the money to buy for my second, third, fourth, and fifth children in the future."

  "How could it be? I remember your dowry back then. But it's Shili Hongzhuang."     Cheng Yurong was shocked, but thinking of her own shrunken dowry, for a moment, she didn't know who to pity.

  "Over the years, my father-in-law's salary has been used to support his wife, and he wants to be a filial son.

  My children and I eat and drink with our own dowry. In addition, I want to have a son and often seek medical advice. This is another reason. It's a big expense."

  Speaking of her foolish and filial husband, Mrs. Tan didn't want to live anymore.

  It was her fault that she had taken a fancy to his skin. Otherwise, as the third young lady of the Hou family, there would be no need for her to marry into the Tan family.

  With her identity, appearance and figure, she is qualified to enter the palace and become a concubine.

  "You are confused. How can you take medicine randomly? Fortunately, Qing'er and Ling'er are all healthy. Children are destined by fate. If you force yourself to get something, you will lose it. Just relax, you will definitely get pregnant again and give birth to Lin'er."

  Cheng Yurong frowned. He raised his eyebrows and poked Mrs. Tan's forehead hard.

  Ruan Ruan listened to the gossip with relish in the cradle while playing with a red flower.

  The sun shines on my body, making me feel warm and comfortable.

  "I hope! Old sister, I really don't know how long I can hold on. My husband's family is so bullying. This morning I found that the dresses worn by Ying'er and Hairili were torn. I spent a hundred taels of silver to find a master to do it. "

  Mrs. Tan covered her face and cried bitterly. She had no money to buy another dress for her eldest daughter. What her husband's family cut into pieces was not the dress, but her heart, which was already riddled with holes.

  Cheng Yurong's face turned cold, and her voice was filled with a bit of hatred: "That's unreasonable! That's not the way to bully someone, Xiao Shu, I'll help you out with this tone.

  I've watched Yinger grow up since she was a child, and I treat her like a It hurts my daughter."

  "Sister, you have helped us a lot over the years.

  Why bother you every time? ."

  [Mom, you don't have much in your private warehouse. Are you sure you really want to help? ]

  Ruan Ruan gave a timely reminder.

  Cheng Yurong's straight back suddenly became a little shorter.

  "Xiao Shu, do you remember that when I was a child, I climbed up to the rockery for fun and encountered a poisonous snake. You hugged me and escaped the disaster.

  And you were bitten on the calf. Fortunately, you met a famous doctor who knew how to detoxify snakes. Otherwise..."

  "It's been thirty years since you mentioned it, and you've never paid back any favors. I know you love Ying'er Qing'er and the others, but I also know a little about your family's situation. How dare I ask you to pay for it?"

  Tan Tan . The lady sighed and decided not to do the hair extension ceremony. If the eldest brother did the hair extension ceremony, there would be no one who would not do it for the second, third, fourth and fifth sons.

  She must treat everyone equally and protect her five daughters.

  After hearing Cheng Yurong's explanation, Ruan Ruan felt a little more guilty towards Mrs. Tan.

  [Mom, I have a flowing dress, it's very, very beautiful. I can't give my sister a shabby birthday gift, so I'll give my sister a three-layered strawberry birthday cake and a box of cookies.

  This is the only one. If you put it on the banquet, you must not make them envious and jealous. ]

  She plans to empty out the novice gift bag and buy another weird gift for the eldest sister of the Tan family?

  Cheng Yurong overheard her daughter's thoughts and her eyes lit up.

  That flowing dress must be very beautiful!

  The three-layer strawberry birthday cake is also delicious!

  And what cookies.

  "Xiao Shu, Ying'er's dress is wrapped on my body. Tomorrow I will make cakes for Ying'er. It tastes very good. I guarantee that everyone who eats it will like it."