Chapter 522 Professional Worker
Two more days passed.
When Lian Hengruo came to visit, Aunt Tang would also come with him.
When Aunt Tang saw Tong Huaqiong, she bowed down.
"Thank you for your kindness. Please get up quickly." Tong Huaqiong helped Aunt Tang up, gave her a seat, and served her tea.
Aunt Tang said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Tong. Ruo'er told me everything. If you hadn't gotten the news and knew about Gu Ruinian and Lian Cheng's plan, my Ruo'er wouldn't have gotten away so easily."
Aunt Tang took Gu Taohua's hand again and praised and thanked her repeatedly.
Thinking of the dangerous situation that day, when Lian Cheng, Gu Ruinian and Hua Shi had to deal with Lian Hengruo alone, Aunt Tang felt a wave of fear.
"This box of pearls is for Taohua to wear and play with." Aunt Tang pushed a bucket of pearls to Gu Taohua, "These are the pearls cultivated by Ruo'er at Taihu Lake. Not only can they be worn, but they can also be ground into powder for facial application or internal consumption. They are the best for beauty."
Each of these dazzling and full pearls is a fine product at first glance.
Gu Taohua was embarrassed to accept it.
Tong Huaqiong said: "Since it is a gift from an elder, you should accept it."
Tong Huaqiong thought that it was worthy of the Lian family. Most people would not be willing to grind such fine pearls into powder for facial application or internal consumption.
Gu Taohua accepted it only after receiving Tong Huaqiong's order.
Tong Huaqiong looked up at Aunt Tang while drinking tea, feeling secretly puzzled.
how to say?
Aunt Tang was very different from the one I saw at the Lian family. At that time, Aunt Tang had the demeanor of a good wife.
Today, Aunt Tang dressed up and looked both charming and dazzling.
She looks a bit like Su Daji played by Fu Yiwei in later generations.
Seeing Tong Huaqiong constantly observing her, Aunt Tang chuckled and did not speak as gently as the Lian family.
"Manager Tong, you see I am dressed differently today, right? I'll tell you the truth. As a concubine, I have to abide by the duties of a concubine. The master likes pure white jasmine flowers, so I dress like a pure white jasmine flower. But who likes to dress like someone who is in mourning? I naturally like this kind of gorgeous dress. After leaving the Lian family, I want to be myself again."
Aunt Tang speaks quickly.
Tong Huaqiong and her daughter went into business together and helped her daughter a lot, so there was nothing she couldn't say.
Tong Huaqiong almost spit out water. Is Aunt Tang so straightforward?
According to modern terminology, Aunt Tang is a professional worker. She treats Mr. Lian as her boss. She works according to her boss's requirements at work and returns to her own life after get off work without any emotional investment.
No wonder Hua couldn't beat her. She wasn't interested in the inner palace at all. She had career pursuits.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but give Aunt Tang a thumbs up.
Lian Hengruo was used to his aunt's private face and smiled at Tong Huaqiong.
Aunt Tang's initiative to reveal her true nature immediately brought her closer to Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong asked, "Is Second Young Master Lian okay?"
After being hit by Lian Hengruo, he couldn't recover at all. Tong Huaqiong just wanted to find out how bad the second son of Lian was.
Aunt Tang said, "He will most likely be an idiot in the future. But that's good, at least he won't cause trouble to others."
She deserves it. She has plotted against her daughter time and time again, and she has suffered at her hands time and time again. Even the root of her trouble has been cut off, but she still hasn't learned her lesson. Now even her brain is broken. It's finally time for her to stop.
"Without your and Taohua's help, my Ruo'er wouldn't have been able to escape so smoothly." Aunt Tang thanked Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua again, and then said, "Of course, my mother and I are not vegetarians. Ruo'er and I have torn off a large piece of meat from our home this time."
Tong Huaqiong said with a smile: "Since we have been plotted against, we can't let it be in vain."
Aunt Tang nodded, she meant the same thing.
Otherwise, how could it be said that she and Tong Huaqiong got along so well?
She was a concubine and her daughter was born out of wedlock. She was targeted by Hua and the three legitimate sons from birth, and she was unwilling to accept this.
Just because she was born in a lowly family, she could only be a concubine? Just because her daughter was a concubine, she could only be cannon fodder for the legitimate son?
Why?
This is how the mother and daughter took every step carefully and took control of the Lian family's pearl farm.
This was not enough, as there was still the market for pearls that had not been captured. Therefore, Lian Hengruo took a different approach and cooperated with Tong Huaqiong to open a pearl stall in Jufulai.
The Lian family's pearl business has always been controlled by the eldest son of the Lian family. Relying on the pearls cultivated by Lian Hengruo, he has made a fortune and even wants to take away Lian Hengruo's pearl farm.
Even if it was the Second Young Master Lian who plotted against Lian Hengruo this time, the eldest son of the Lian family might not be unaware of it. Regardless of whether he was behind the scenes fanning the flames or not, Aunt Tang was certain that he was an accomplice.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for his wife Tang to run to Hua's yard with a group of people.
However, they made a wrong idea. Lian Hengruo not only withdrew completely, but was also the biggest beneficiary of this incident.
Tong Huaqiong asked: "Heng Ruo has suffered such a great injustice this time, I believe that Master Lian will definitely compensate Heng Ruo."
Aunt Tang was beaming with joy and said, "Of course. I'm not afraid to tell you that Ruo'er has taken over half of the Lian family's pearl market this time, and the management of the Lian family's inner house has been given to me. To be honest, I don't want the management right at all. It's really boring to manage such a small piece of land."
Not only that, Master Lian had originally placed high hopes on his eldest daughter-in-law, Tang, and wanted to hand over the housekeeping power of the inner house to Tang next year. However, Tang's performance in this "catching an adulterer" incident was not much better than that of Hua.
However, the performances of Aunt Tang and Lian Hengruo were very impressive. Not only did they get themselves out of the situation to preserve the reputation of the Lian family, they also made the Zheng family grateful to the Lian family.
Lian Hengruo got the pearl business he wanted and also interrupted the marriage proposal with the Zheng family without bloodshed.
More importantly, Master Lian believed that the internal strife was caused by his arrangement of a marriage for Lian Hengruo. In order to avoid chaos in the family, he suspended the marriage arrangement for Lian Hengruo and would wait a few years before resuming the arrangement.
Even Master Lian had selfish motives in this move.
On the one hand, by keeping Lian Hengruo for a few more years, she can stabilize the family business and wait until the eldest brother is truly independent, and then let Lian Hengruo hand over the pearl business to the eldest brother; secondly, by temporarily putting Lian Hengruo's marriage on hold, she will let the eldest brother think that the family is going to find a son-in-law for Lian Hengruo, which will make him feel a sense of crisis and force him to establish himself early.
Even though the old man loves his daughter, he loves his sons more, even though they are all useless.
Aunt Tang and Lian Hengruo and her daughter knew exactly what he was thinking.
Aunt Tang made a scene in front of Master Lian, saying that Lian Hengruo's marriage proposal had not been going well, and people outside were talking about her not being able to get married. What would she do if she became an old maid in the future? Even if she stayed at home and her nephew was filial to her, she was still a woman after all. Master Lian was persuaded by the pillow talk and felt guilty, so he gave Lian Hengruo a few more shops.
"You want my daughter to pave the way for his son? No way." Aunt Tang said with a sneer.
Aunt Tang and Tong Huaqiong seemed to hit it off right away. Aunt Tang held Tong Huaqiong's hand and confided her thoughts to her.
"Has Taohua arranged a marriage?" asked Aunt Tang.
Tong Huaqiong was afraid that Aunt Tang, who had nothing to do in the inner house, would like to urge marriage and childbearing for Gu Taohua, so she quickly rejected it: "No, I want to keep her for a few more years, even if she doesn't get married in the future, it's okay, as long as she has money and a shop in her hands, I'm not afraid."
Aunt Tang said, "I also hope this is the case for my daughter Ruo'er, but her marriage is not decided by me."
That's why the mother and daughter planned and schemed.
Otherwise, you will have to pave the way for the men in the Lian family.