Chapter 504 Who doesn’t want to join in the fun?

Chapter 504 Who doesn’t want to join in the fun?

Prefect Yao did not ask any further questions.

Tong Huaqiong invited Magistrate Yao to have tea, but he declined. Lian Hengruo then brought the black pearl that Magistrate Yao had just touched and gave it to him.

Lian Hengruo had heard that Prefect Yao cared about the people's livelihood and often went to the fields, and once thought that this was a character setting set up by Prefect Yao.

This time, I saw with my own eyes that Magistrate Yao was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and I also heard with my own ears that he went to inspect the corn and cotton fields in Qinghe Bay, so my impression of him changed.

"You just told me about black pearls, which really opened my eyes. I can't take your pearls for nothing. My grandmother likes pearls, and she has never seen black pearls. I will buy this pearl to honor her. How much is it?" said Magistrate Yao.

Lian Hengruo insisted on giving it to him, so Tong Huaqiong said to him, "If you don't accept Lord Yao's money, he won't want the pearls, and that would dampen his desire to honor his grandmother."

Lian Hengruo had no choice but to make an offer.

When Magistrate Yao felt his pocket, he felt embarrassed because he didn't have any money.

The attendants were not around either.

Tong Huaqiong wanted to lend it to him, but she didn't have any money with her.

Lian Hengruo said generously, "Governor Yao, you can take the pearl. I'll pay you back next time you see me."

After saying that, he pushed the pearl box into the hands of Governor Yao.

She had to go to the provincial capital anyway, so there would be only advantages and no disadvantages in hooking up with Prefect Yao.

It would be unreasonable to refuse the money now that it was in his hands, so Prefect Yao had no choice but to accept it. He thought that Aunt Tong had a shop in the city anyway, so he would ask Aunt Tong's shop assistant in the city to bring it to him when the time came.

"Aunt Tong, are you looking for me?" Lian Hengruo asked Tong Huaqiong after Prefect Yao said goodbye.

Her pearl stall quickly gained fame thanks to the flow of people at Jufulai, and business has been good in the past two days.

She no longer felt any pain about giving Tong Huaqiong the 40% profit.

Opening a shop outside requires rent, and the customer flow cannot be compared with Jufulai, and it will also attract the attention of the eldest brother.

She plans to carry out the blind box activity that Tong Huaqiong mentioned in a few days.

Tong Huaqiong saw that Lian Hengruo was in a good mood, and cursed Lian's second son Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua in her heart.

"I have something to tell you."

Lian Hengruo saw that Tong Huaqiong had a serious face, so he invited Tong Huaqiong to the ear room in the shop.

"Are you discussing marriage with the second young master Zheng?" Tong Huaqiong asked bluntly.

Lian Hengruo's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that Tong Huaqiong has a grudge against the Zheng family?

Yes, the widow of the eldest son of the Zheng family is from Qinghe Bay. Could it be that she has a grudge against Xu Zaohua’s family?

It is very normal for country people to fight and make enemies over water and land.

Lian Hengruo said: "Yes, but I refused."

She didn't want Tong Huaqiong to misunderstand her relationship with the Zheng family.

She didn't like the second son of the Zheng family, and she didn't want to marry into the Zheng family.

Lian Hengruo's eyes dimmed. It was true that she had refused, but her father and stepmother still wanted her to get married.

These days she has been trying to find a way to make them give up this idea.

As soon as Tong Huaqiong saw the look in Lian Hengruo's eyes, she knew that what Lian Hengruo said was true.

So the matter of Gu Ruinian, Xu Zaohua and the second master Lian's meeting was revealed.

"I suspect they are coming for you," said Tong Huaqiong.

Lian Hengruo's eyes suddenly turned fierce.

The clever Miss Lian Er immediately understood what they were going to do.

It would be fine if the second brother was plotting against her, but the brothers and sisters were plotting against each other anyway, and they were both holding back their rage and would make sure the other side would never be able to turn over once they got the chance.

But who are Gu Ruinian and Xu Zaohua? One of them wanted to become her husband without even saying a word to her; the other wanted to kill her when her marriage with the Zheng family hadn't even started.

Is it because her aura has been too weak recently that irrelevant people want to take a bite of her?

Then they made a wrong decision.

Lian Hengruo said to Tong Huaqiong: "Thank you, Aunt Tong, for telling me this. Now that I know this, they will not be able to succeed."

My stepmother’s birthday is in two days, and the invitations to the party have been sent out, so the Zheng family naturally received them as well.

Lian Hengruo suspected that they would take advantage of the birthday party to attack her.

In that case, she wouldn't mind sending a bomb to her stepmother's birthday party.

"Aunt Tong, my stepmother's birthday is in two days. I would like to invite you and Taohua to go to my house to watch a play." Lian Hengruo said with a smile.

Who doesn't want to join in the fun?

Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua, the mother and daughter, are the kind of people who can't walk when they see a hustle and bustle, not to mention the birthday banquet of the Lian family's stepmother, the food must be delicious.

Go, you must go.

Tong Huaqiong agreed with a smile.

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Two days later, the birthday party of the Lian family mistress was held as scheduled.

All the wives and daughters of prominent families in Pingchuan County received invitations, and Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua were invited by Lian Hengruo.

Lian family mistress Hua was surprised to see the two unfamiliar faces.

Before Hua asked Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua which families they came from, County Magistrate Liu's mother, Han, appeared and enthusiastically took Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua's arms.

Jufulai is now well-known in Pingchuan. Han thought that Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua were invited by Hua, while Hua thought that the two were Han's relatives who followed Han.

Since she was a guest, she had to give face to County Magistrate Liu.

Birthday banquets in wealthy families were always lively. Tong Huaqiong and her friends were first invited to the pavilion in the garden to admire the flowers and watch a play. After the play, they talked for a while before setting up the table for dinner.

This kind of banquet was boring for people who were used to attending banquets, but Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua found it very novel and were very interested in both listening to the opera and eating at the banquet.

Tong Huaqiong and Xu Zaohua met at the table.

When enemies meet in such situations, they are particularly jealous of each other. Xu Zaohua wanted to say a few words to Tong Huaqiong, but when she saw Han, she didn't dare to open her mouth.

She comforted herself that she came to the banquet not to have a verbal fight with Tong Da Jiao, but to create a famous scene of catching an adulterer.

Xu Zaohua looked at Lian Hengruo who was chatting and laughing with Gu Taohua, with a sneer on her lips. "I'll let you feel proud first, but soon you'll be in big trouble."

Xu Zaohua's expression caught Tong Huaqiong's eyes.

Gu Taohua suddenly raised her wine glass and sat down in front of Xu Zaohua, saying, "Zaohua, you are here. Look at what you are wearing on your head, no wonder everyone in our village envies you. Your family always says that you are lucky, you have a son, you don't have to serve a man, you can do whatever you want, and today I see that it is indeed true."

"Come, I'll toast you a glass of wine. After all, we are sisters who grew up together in Qinghe Bay. You can't look down on me just because you are the eldest lady of the Zheng family now."

Xu Zaohua was furious.

Her family members had said that her life was easier with a son instead of a man, but could she say that openly?

If her parents-in-law get wind of this, they will not let her off.

But she didn't dare to get angry with Gu Taohua in front of so many ladies, so she had to drink the wine that Gu Taohua handed to her.

If she doesn’t drink it, word will spread tomorrow that she has forgotten her origins.

Although she wished that everyone in Pingchuan would forget that she came from Qinghe Bay.

Xu Zaohua's eyes turned. If she knew that Gu Taohua was coming, she would have plotted against Gu Taohua as well, and plotted against the Second Young Master Lian.

Didn’t Gu Taohua say that her life as a widow without a man was good?

Then let Gu Taohua taste what it feels like to have a man but be a widow.