Chapter 369: Sure enough, there is something to ask for

Chapter 369: Sure enough, there is something to ask for

"Yes, I was the matchmaker."

Nie Mingyuan's eyes lit up.

Tong Huaqiong took another sip of tea and said slowly, "The marriage between the Huang and Lu families cannot be entirely attributed to me as a matchmaker. In the end, it is all God's will."

Seeing that Tong Huaqiong was not opposed to talking about this, Nie Mingyuan said, "Although the Huang and Lu families are both merchants, merchants are different from each other. The Lu family is a royal merchant after all, and it really surprised me that they are willing to marry into the Huang family. Mother-in-law, how did you get to know the Lu family? I heard that the master of the Lu family is difficult to deal with."

Tong Huaqiong said: "I went to the capital to open a shop, and the Lu family came to my shop to buy cakes. The old man of the Lu family said that my cakes were delicious, so we got to know each other."

Nie Mingyuan found it unbelievable.

If the Lu family is so easy to make friends with, then all the merchants in Ningcheng can be made friends with them.

But what my mother-in-law said doesn't seem to be false.

Nie Mingyuan was a little envious of his mother-in-law's luck.

Tong Huaqiong asked back: "My dear son-in-law keeps mentioning the Lu family. Is there something he wants to ask of the Lu family?"

Nie Mingyuan was secretly delighted, he was waiting for this sentence.

"Mother-in-law, I won't hide it from you. Mr. Lu is very capable. He owns a large merchant ship and has opened up a route to Southeast Asia. I heard that porcelain is very popular in Southeast Asia, and it is not a problem for him to make a thousand taels from a trip to the sea. I happen to be in the porcelain business, and have always wanted to make friends with Mr. Lu, but he doesn't think highly of small traders like me. Since Mr. Lu thinks highly of my mother-in-law, could you help me get to know Mr. Lu?" Nie Mingyuan said.

It was almost the same as Tong Huaqiong guessed. Nie Mingyuan came to wish her a happy new year and wanted to get close to the Lu family.

Tong Huaqiong hesitated and wanted to refuse directly, but he was embarrassed by Gu Baishuang's face.

After all, Gu Baishuang has nothing to say about the Gu family.

Seeing that Tong Huaqiong didn't say anything, Nie Mingyuan frequently winked at Gu Baishuang.

Gu Baishuang also wanted Tong Huaqiong to act as a match. Now that her stepmother has become a better person and her husband is willing to interact with the Gu family, Gu Baishuang is happy. She hopes that everyone can resolve their grudges in the future and interact with each other as harmonious relatives.

Gu Baishuang, who had been silent the whole time, said, "You are so anxious to ask me to help you with the matchmaking, and you are wasting my favor. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

When Tong Huaqiong heard this, she realized that Gu Baishuang was performing a duet with Nie Mingyuan.

After hearing what Gu Baishuang said, Nie Mingyuan smiled and said, "If my mother-in-law can help me, so that my porcelain can be sold on Mr. Lu's cargo ship to Southeast Asia, I will give her 20% of the money every time. Of course, this is my idea, but it depends on whether my mother-in-law is willing. If the help fails, then it's my bad luck, and I won't blame you for anything."

Nie Mingyuan thought that Tong Huaqiong's silence just now was due to not telling her the profit sharing clearly.

His mother-in-law really loves to take advantage of others.

Gu Baishuang said, "Mother, what do you think?"

Tong Huaqiong looked at Gu Baishuang, suddenly smiled, and said, "Bai Shuang, what percentage of your family's business do you own?"

Gu Baishuang was stunned. She had never thought about this question.

In fact, since she married into the Nie family, she has never had to worry about food and clothing, and she has never gotten involved in Nie Mingyuan's business.

Even though Nie Xiaofeng was already this old, she didn't know the details of the family business, nor did she know how much money the family had.

When a woman gets married, she follows her husband wherever he goes. What belongs to Nie Mingyuan is hers. Is there any need to distinguish between you and me between husband and wife?

Tong Huaqiong noticed that when Gu Baishuang was in a daze, Nie Mingyuan looked obviously unnatural.

In her previous life, Gu Baishuang didn't realize that Nie Mingyuan had been on guard against her from the beginning until she arrived at Nie Mingyuan's funeral hall.

Not only was he on guard against her, but he was also on guard against the son she gave birth to.

In the previous life, she was eaten up completely.

She married into the Nie family and took care of the whole family, arranged a marriage for her stepson, and tried her best to protect her two daughters-in-law. Even if she had no merits, she had worked hard, and Nie Mingyuan shouldn't have plotted against her.

Tong Huaqiong, who had only met her a few times, could guess how her daughter-in-law treated her, how her stepson treated her, and how her life was in the Nie family. She didn't believe that Nie Mingyuan didn't know.

He knew the truth in his mind, but he just chose to pretend not to see it.

Or to go further, Nie Mingyuan just condoned it deliberately.

Nie Mingyuan said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, look at what you said, mine is Xiaofeng's mother, how can I be short of her?"

Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "When you mentioned the Lu family, I suddenly remembered something I heard the last time I visited the Lu family. It was a fellow villager of Mr. Lu, also a big businessman. The mother of this big businessman was the second wife. She lived in harmony with the father all her life, but the father suddenly passed away one day. Before the father passed away, he gave all the family property to the son born to the first wife. The big businessman and his mother were left with nothing and were driven out of the house by their stepbrother and the clan in front of the mourning hall."

Nie Mingyuan and Gu Baishuang's faces changed drastically when they heard this.

Nie Mingyuan obviously had something to hide.

Gu Baishuang's two step-sons' wives, Sun and Zhang, looked at each other.

It would be great if the father-in-law was like the father in this story. Their men followed their father-in-law to do business and were scolded by him as useless. Why did Xiaofeng do nothing but study and not do well in his studies?

My father-in-law is much older than my step-mother-in-law, and the two of them are always afraid that Gu Baishuang will whisper in Nie Mingyuan's ear, and most of the family property will end up in Nie Xiaofeng's hands in the future.

They were also afraid that after their father-in-law died, Gu Baishuang would hold the family property, and they would have to rely on currying favor with their step-mother-in-law to make a living.

It’s heartwarming just thinking about it.

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "I thought too much about this story and asked a few more questions. My dear son-in-law, don't worry about it."

Tong Huaqiong glanced at Gu Baishuang. This story was the ending of Gu Baishuang's previous life.

Nie Mingyuan wiped his sweat and said, "There are such things in the world. This... this is too unkind of a person..."

Tong Huaqiong said: "Who says it's not true?"

It would be good even if these words could scare Nie Mingyuan a little.

Having said that, Nie Mingyuan couldn't ask Tong Huaqiong to act as a matchmaker for the Lu family anymore.

The group of people sat down and drank a lot of tea. Soon, Tong Pandi, with the help of Hong and Gu Taohua, prepared a table of dishes.

Except for Nie Xiaofeng, no one enjoyed the meal.

Nie Xiaofeng was impressed by Su Chengmin's kung fu and wanted to become sworn brothers with Su Chengmin. He even said that he would not go to the private school in the town anymore and would go to Qinghewan Private School to study and practice kung fu with Su Chengmin.

Gu Baishuang said he was making a fuss. The private school in Qinghewan was full of kids taking classes, so what was he doing in there?

Nie Mingyuan was silent at the dinner table. He was still thinking about how to get Tong Huaqiong to help him make connections.

I've been thinking about it but I still have no clue.

He didn't understand why Tong Huaqiong was talking about the big businessman's experience for no reason.

Are you here to beat him up?

impossible.

Tong Huaqiong has always been mean to her stepdaughter Gu Baishuang. She is afraid that Gu Baishuang will be plotted to death by her, and she will not allow the Gu family to stand up for her.

After dinner, except Nie Xiaofeng who was reluctant to go back, the rest of the Nie family wanted to return to town early.

"Sister..."

When the Nie family said goodbye and were about to get on the carriage, Chen Sufen spoke to Gu Baishuang in a stammering voice.

Gu Baishuang asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Chen Sufen whispered, "Sister, come to my room for a moment. I have something to tell you."

Gu Baishuang followed Chen Sufen into the house.

Nie Mingyuan and his two daughters-in-law thought that Chen Sufen had some grievances in her heart and wanted to confide them to Gu Baishuang.

After all, Gu Dahan had an illegitimate child, which made her feel depressed just thinking about it, so it was normal for her to confide in her elder sister-in-law.

No one doubted that it was Tong Huaqiong who asked Chen Sufen to call Gu Baishuang into the house.