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  "After lecturing for half a day, Qi Wu's wife finally waved her hand with an air of unfinished business. 'Remember what I said today, as the legitimate wife of Yu'er, you must think of him in everything. Alright, since your body hasn't recovered yet, don't bother coming these few days. Once you've recuperated, hurry up and give birth to a grandson for me.'"

  Hua Ru Chu's eyes were slightly red as she nodded and bowed her body, "Yes, I remember everything. Dismissed."

  Looking at her like that, Qi Shen's heart was not happy, as if she had bullied her. Isn't it normal for a mother-in-law to scold? Thinking back to when she first married into the family, there wasn't such a good situation now. Each house only managed their own small days and didn't need to deal with those messy things. It's truly being in blessings without knowing the blessings.

  As she stepped out of the courtyard, Hua Ru turned her head to look at the gate that seemed to be gaping like a bloody mouth. Her weak expression disappeared, replaced by a face full of mockery, and for the first time, she revealed her true nature in a place outside of her usual territory.

  Seeing the situation now, Yun Shu's original anger has all turned into worry. She can't help but think that it would be better to just follow her nature and at least she wouldn't be belittled so openly and secretly. Qi Wu Shi also wouldn't dare say such excessive words.

  "Let's go."

  Hua Ru quickly left with a red face, if she stayed here any longer, she was really worried that she wouldn't be able to hold back from doing something.

  In her two lifetimes, she had never been scolded like this before. In this life, her family treated her as a precious gem, and in the previous life, living in such a complex big household, no one had ever reprimanded her like that either.

  For the first time, she felt that choosing to play weak was a good option. If she played as a violent woman, at most she would just get penalized, but she didn't have to suffer this kind of humiliation.

  "I regret it a bit."

  Yun Shu bit her lip, not daring to speak up, always living a difficult life. If she didn't get married, people would gossip and point fingers, saying she was an old maid, and her parents would be looked down upon. But if she did get married, how many people in this world could truly say they were happy after marriage? The wealthy families fought for power and favor, the humble households suffered in silence, and if she encountered a husband with a violent temper, she might even get beaten. Whenever there was some extra money on hand, men would go to those brothels. Yun Shu had seen too many such men when she dressed as one and walked among them, and her heart couldn't help but feel disappointed. She made up her mind that for the rest of her life, she would follow him closely by his side, not getting involved in romantic entanglements.

  But what she has seen and heard in recent days makes her think that the uncle will be a good match, although the uncle also has concubines, but the uncle's character is not bad, he will treat her well, if she makes a decision now...

  The two of them returned to the small courtyard in silence, and the little girl at the door hurriedly greeted them. While explaining the origin of the mud on her clothes, "Qi'an brought people to deliver the two kinds of mosquito-repelling plants you wanted, and Qiu Zhen is directing them to plant it."

  Hua Ru nodded slightly and walked a few steps inside, where the lush greenery that had already been planted caught her eye and improved her mood somewhat.

  She had always thought she had fully integrated into this world, always thought she could play the role well, always thought she was a completely qualified Southerner. However, after all, the essential difference in her soul still made her lack the servile nature deep down inside, and she couldn't bring herself to look at something so lowly, to the point of being reduced to dust.

  If given a platform, she won't be inferior to any man.

  Her elite education in her previous life gave her enough capital to be proud of.

  But she is not Tao Jia, she doesn't have such big ambitions or desire for power. She doesn't even have the idea of controlling the family. Originally, she just wanted to rely on her brain to make a fortune quietly and live a better life, save some capital for her child so that he can be independent from the Qi family and not be bound by the Qi family's interests, and not get entangled in their struggles for power.

  This is an idea that any mother would have even if she didn't live two lifetimes, for the sake of her children, a mother is always willing to give up everything and think of every possible way.

  But she still overestimated herself. If she can't even withstand this little bit of anger, how will she survive the next year? Not having a child after being married for a year is a serious crime in her mother-in-law's eyes.

  It's almost imaginable that such scolding will only increase, and even harsher words will be spoken. If she wants to live a good life and let her child have a father, all of this is something she must endure, it's necessary.

  Taking a deep breath, Hua Ru continued walking forward.

  Qiu Jian saw that Lian was busy gesturing to everyone to stop first, and quickly walked over. Qi An had brought two potted plants, saying "You see if this kind of plant can be grown without jumping characters."

  Hua Ru Chu just took a rough glance and nodded, "Alright, let's do it the same way as before in the Hua family courtyard. As long as it's clean and refreshing, that's fine."

  Feeling a bit down, Qiu Jing secretly took a glance at Yun Shu and said, "Yes, I'll obey."

  Qian An then had the opportunity to come forward and ask for peace, Hua Ru initially waved his hand lazily, "Alright, continue with your busy work, I'll go back to my room to rest, don't disturb me unless it's something important, Yun Shu, once things are done, reward Qian An and the others well."

  "Yes."

  Huahua went into the house, and Qiujian asked in a low voice, "Yunshu sister?"

  Yun Shu's eyes flickered to the corner, and she saw Qi An standing beside her. Her heart skipped a beat as she lowered her voice to a level that Qi An could definitely hear, saying, "I was scolded for half a day, and those words were really unpleasant. I've experienced this kind of anger before, but I couldn't get angry, so I had to endure it. How can my mood be good?"

  No wonder her complexion wasn't looking good, Autumn carefully analyzed it and after seeing Qi An, she understood Yun Shu's intention. She pinched the handkerchief to wipe the corner of her eye and said: "When we were daughters in the Huahousehold, we were treasured, who would have suffered from others' temper? And being the mother of the eldest young master, one could only endure. Yun Shu sister, my heart aches."

  "I'm heartbroken too, but we can't help it. The sin of disobeying our elders can't be shouldered."

  "I'm going to the kitchen to make some refreshing dishes, Yun Shu sister, can you help me keep an eye on things here?"

  "Go ahead."

  Hua Ru didn't pretend to be a sentimental person, she wouldn't use not eating to attract others' attention, after locking herself in the room for a while and figuring things out, she came out, but her spirit was still not as good as usual, and she ate less than one bowl of rice.

  After a noon break, Hua Ruochu went to the side room where three kinds of colored clays were piled up separately: purple mud, red mud and green mud.

  Relying on the memory of having seen it before, Hua Ruochu carefully distinguished that this was indeed the best raw material for making purple sand teapots. Qi You asked him how much mud he had, and many purple sand teapots represented a lot of money!

  However, it's unrealistic for her to make a purple sand pot without any tools. She has only played with ceramic craftsmanship before, and what she made was not good-looking at all, but just didn't leak water. As for aesthetics, there is really none.

  "Is this the soil you wanted? No, it's not jumping characters." Yun Shu also squatted down and grabbed a handful to examine it closely in her hand. She usually handled silver more often, but handling soil was a first for her.

  "It should be, but..." However, Hua Ru Chu didn't say it out loud, but in her heart, she was puzzled. These types of mud were not easy to obtain. The purple mud was a layer sandwiched between the Jia Ni mine layer, the green mud was a layer sandwiched within the Zi Sha mud, and the red mud was at the bottom of the Nen mud and the mine layer, all extremely rare. Yet now, so many had been sent to her, and they weren't even sent together with the Jia Ni mine material. Where was the Jia Ni?

  She originally thought she would see a large pile of ore.

  "Qiu, you several people each take a color and put it outside to dry, use a pad to hold it. Yun Shu, go send a message to Ma Bo, let him come find me some skilled craftsmen who are good at making ceramics."

  "Yes, I'll go right away."

  Brushing off the mud on her hands, Hua Ru stood up, but today's events had dampened even her excitement at seeing the mud, it was really disheartening.

  At this time, Wu Shi, who had been staying at home for several days, was pondering the news she had just received. Green Willow and she, as well as Duan Shi, all had the same day to visit their families, but now they were allowed to see them again after only a month? Just because she was ill could she break the rules?

  Dai has always been strict and rule-abiding, how could this be? Could it be that... in Dai's heart, Lvyu is indeed different from others? Just because she served her for a few more years, does that mean she should be treated specially in everything?

  "Xiao Er, are you sure it was Green Willow's mother and sister-in-law who came?"

  "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."

  "This is really strange, I might as well pretend to be ill tomorrow and let Mother take a look at me, this trick isn't only hers."

  Xiao Er bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, wondering if she should say another message that she had unintentionally heard, but the news was really scary, and she had only heard it from others, what if it was false...

  Wu was just about to order her to bring some pastries when she saw her expression, and suddenly felt strange, "Xiao Er, what's wrong with you?"

  The masters all asked, Xiao'er didn't dare to hide it anymore. To prevent the wall from having ears, she leaned in a bit and whispered: "Master, I heard some news that said Eldest Madam's illness this time has ruined her body, and in the future, she won't be able to conceive children. The slave doesn't know if this news is true or false, and didn't dare tell you."

  "Wu was incredulous, his eyes wide with surprise, 'Is this possible? Where did you hear that?'"

  "Yesterday, I went to the steward's place to get the time, and unintentionally heard it, but by then it was already late at night, so I didn't see clearly who said it."

  Upon hearing this news, Wu couldn't sit still and paced back and forth in the room. After a while, she picked up the shoe sole from the basket on the table and said "Come with me to the Segments' place."

  "Yes."

  Duan had been thinking a lot these past few days, but still hadn't made up his mind about what he wanted to do.

  Hearing that Yatou had come to report that Wu Shi had arrived, he hastily got up to welcome her.

  "Is Wu here?"

  "Haven't been out of the house for a few days, came here to get some fresh air, unwelcome?"

  "Will you? Neither of these two are good, I wish they would come and sit more often." Led Wu to the table and sat down, Duan again ordered the maid to make tea.

  "No need for such politeness, have a seat."

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