Rebirth with my ex-husband

Chapter 89

The New Year is approaching, and the house is filled with joy.

Su Yun is in charge of all affairs, big and small, in the mansion.

Mrs. Gu has much more free time this year. She is no longer as busy as in previous years when she couldn't even have a sip of water.

This year, I just needed to check whether there were any mistakes in what my daughter-in-law did. However, after checking, not only were there no mistakes, but I couldn't find any errors at all. It didn't seem like it was her first time to be the head of the family.

Her daughter-in-law is so capable, she does better than she did in the first two years after she married into the Marquis's Mansion.

Mrs. Gu already liked her daughter-in-law, and she was very capable, so she naturally praised her. Su Yun even felt a little embarrassed by the praise.

She was not so skilled at the beginning. It took her several years of experience to become so skilled, so she always feels guilty when people praise her.

When she first started working as a housekeeper, she was not as calm and skilled as she is now. At that time, she could hardly sleep for whole nights, for fear that she would make mistakes and be laughed at by others.

But looking back now, those efforts were not in vain. Without the efforts back then, I would not be so relaxed today.

Although it is easy, there are still many chores to do.

In the evening, she took these chores back home to do.

At 12:00 p.m., Gu Shixing, who was sitting on the couch, looked up at his wife who was still checking the accounts. He put down the book in his hand and walked forward.

Feeling the person next to him, Su Yun put down his pen, looked at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Shixing glanced at the account book and asked, "What kind of account book is this?"

Su Yunying: "This is the account book of the shop and farm under your name. I was too busy before and didn't have time to calculate it. Now I have to calculate it before the New Year, and then distribute dividends to the shopkeeper and the manager of the farm."

As she spoke, she reached out and patted her shoulders, which were a little sore from lowering her head.

Seeing this, Gu Shixing put his slightly cool hands on her shoulders and neck, but she didn't feel cold through her clothes.

He kneaded it with moderate force and asked, "But is this place sore?"

Su Yun closed her eyes slightly in comfort: "That's it."

Ever since she got a rash from eating snow lotus that day, and after staying in the house for a few days, Gu Shixing became more and more considerate, so considerate that Su Yun sometimes gradually became lazy and thought it was fine to do nothing and just wait for him to serve her.

But it was just a thought. As the wife of the Crown Prince of the Marquis of Zhongyi's Mansion, she had no idea how many people were watching her, waiting for her to make a mistake.

Another reason why she couldn't make mistakes was that when others wronged her, she could refute them with full confidence. Just like when Aunt Gu arrogantly lectured her that day, she also had full confidence to refute her.

Thinking of Third Aunt Gu, Su Yun sighed and said, "A few days ago, Third Aunt and I had an argument in the corridor, and my mother also scolded her. I heard that she became ill after that day. People in the mansion are talking about it. Some people vaguely said that they thought I went too far."

Although Gu Shixing was not present and was not in the mansion, he heard everything from Xia Ke and knew what his third aunt had said to Ayun.

After hearing these words, Gu Shixing felt that he owed her even more.

Now that Ah Yun had married into the Marquis's mansion in a glamorous manner, she was still looked down upon by the Second and Third Aunts. In her previous life, the Second and Third Aunts would have treated her even more excessively.

"She is sick, so what? As an elder, you have no manners of an elder. Do you want you to bow down to her?" After a pause, he frowned and said, "As for the servants' gossip, I will ask the housekeeper to send them back to the house."

Su Yun heard this and chuckled, "That's not necessary. Some people think I've gone too far, and some people speak up for me. And those who think I've gone too far are instigated by the people in the third room."

At this point, Su Yun stopped smiling, her mind cleared up: "Aunt San is such a proud and strong-willed person. She was completely humiliated by what my mother and I said that day. How could she not be upset? Even if she knows she was wrong, she won't bow her head. Now she wants me to give her a way out."

"The step is for those who know the times and are reasonable, not for those who know they are wrong but still refuse to give in."

Hearing this, Su Yun held his hand, looked up at him, and asked with a smile, "You are so supportive of me, aren't you afraid that I will become enemies with your second and third aunts?"

Gu Shixing bent down and pecked her on the lips, a smile on his lips: "Then I'll stand on your side."

Su Yun smiled and said, "You just say nice things to please me." She lowered her head and smiled for a while before she let out a breath and said, "No matter what happens in the future, I will never let myself down."

He hugged her from behind, gently rubbed her loose soft long hair, and whispered softly: "Don't feel wronged anymore."

*

On the night of the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, Aunt Gu finally came out of her room and came to Qinglan Garden.

The arrogant and strong-willed person will eventually bow his head.

"I admit that I have always been prejudiced against you, so I misunderstood you that day. Please forgive me." Aunt Gu had no expression on her face, and she no longer had the arrogance of the past, but she also had no apology and was still rather cold.

Su Yun was silent for a moment, then said, "I guess the county lady didn't come here today to apologize sincerely. The county lady doesn't need my forgiveness. She just came here to go through the motions and let others know that the county lady has apologized."

The word "County Princess" separated the two people.

When Aunt Gu heard this, her eyes became a little darker.

After a while, Aunt Gu San still had a cold expression on her face: "Whatever you think, I am here to apologize today. From now on..." She paused before continuing: "Let's not interfere with each other. Just keep to ourselves."

As he said this, he looked at the maid beside him.

The maid understood, brought the box forward and opened it.

In the box was a set of pearl head ornaments. The head ornaments were exquisite, and the pearls were round and full, and it was obvious that they were not chosen for the purpose of making an apology.

Su Yun just glanced at it, then looked at Aunt Gu: "If I don't accept it, I will be known as narrow-minded."

Aunt Gu saw that she was willing to accept it and didn't want to stay any longer. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Su Yun suddenly said calmly, "But I still don't want to accept it."

Aunt Gu was a little surprised for a moment, but she quickly recovered. She frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Su Yun stepped forward, closed the box of the headdress, and looked up to meet the gaze of Aunt Gu.

He said calmly, "Since it is said that people should keep to themselves, it is enough to just keep it to themselves. Besides, the county lady is not sincerely apologizing, so why should I accept this nominal apology to annoy myself?"

At the end of the conversation, Su Yun added: "I don't want to accept this gift. The next time the county lady falsely accuses me, if I refute it, others will think I am unreasonable."

Aunt Gu looked at her in silence for a long while. She seemed to be holding back a breath, feeling very uncomfortable, but she finally nodded: "Okay, if you don't want to accept it, then fine. I won't force you."

After leaving and exiting the yard, Aunt Gu looked back in the direction of Qinglan Garden and let out a long sigh.

That day, the eldest sister-in-law said something that was correct - Su would be more honorable than her in the future.

She still has the status of an elder now, but she really does not have the confidence to confront the Su family head-on in the future. But even so, she will not do anything to humble herself.

She came here today because she had wronged her, so she came to apologize. Since she didn't accept it, then forget it.

*

Aunt Gu's visit did not have any impact on Su Yun.

Speaking of Second Aunt Gu, until New Year's Eve, Second Uncle Gu had not gone to pick her up.

Not only that, he also sent a message to the Mo family, the family of Second Aunt Gu, that since he had sent Mrs. Mo home, she should not be sent back. Even if she was sent back, she would not be allowed to enter the house.

Su Yun heard this from her mother-in-law and asked in surprise, "Did Second Uncle really say that?"

Madam Gu nodded and said, "Your second uncle is an honest official. What he fears most is this kind of deceiving his superiors and hiding the truth from his subordinates. That second brother's wife did indeed annoy him, but he only said this to the Mo family."

Su Yun was an intelligent man, and when he heard this, he understood what it meant.

"Time reveals a person's true character. If Second Aunt lives in her mother's house for a while longer, she will naturally see what kind of people those people are."

Any good family would not stay with a girl who married out for nearly twenty years and take seven or eight hundred taels of silver from her every year.

Madam Gu shook her head and said, "This is not enough. We need to use some stronger medicine."

Su Yun looked puzzled: "What kind of strong medicine?"

Mrs. Gu smiled mysteriously at her daughter-in-law and said, "You will know around the Lantern Festival."

Su Yun didn't understand at first, but after the Lantern Festival, she understood what her mother-in-law meant.

A few days ago, someone from the Mo Mansion came saying that Second Aunt Gu was seriously ill and that the daily medicine cost dozens of taels of silver. The Mo Mansion was not well-off and was unable to bear the burden, so they asked Second Uncle Gu to take his wife back home for the sake of their twenty years of marriage.

But Second Uncle Gu simply ordered everyone in the Mo Mansion to be driven out.

After a few days, I heard that Second Aunt Gu could no longer hold on and needed the priceless century-old ginseng as a medicine to save her life.

That ginseng cost more than a thousand taels of silver, and the Mo family was so scared that they drove the man out of the house overnight. The servants who were taken away from the mansion by Aunt Gu could only carry the man back to the mansion, crying and knocking on the door.

Uncle Gu finally brought the person back home and called a doctor.

After Second Aunt Gu was brought back, Su Yun, her mother-in-law, and Gu Shixing all went to visit her.

Second Aunt Gu looked pale and had lost a lot of weight. Her eyes were gray. When she saw her children and husband, tears streamed down her face.

After leaving the courtyard, I heard the old woman who had returned to her parents' home with Aunt Gu crying, "The Mo family is simply an ungrateful wolves. We were well fed and well-drinked in the first few days after returning. But when they heard that Second Master would not bring Madam back, they started to look at her badly, and their words were full of sarcasm. It's a pity that Madam has been so good to them over the years."

Wiping away her tears, she continued, "Although the ginseng is worth a thousand taels, over the past ten or twenty years, my lady has given them more than a thousand taels!? When they heard that they had to spend so much money, they ignored my lady's health and drove me and my servants out on this snowy day."

Madam Gu looked at her daughter-in-law, then looked back at her mother-in-law and shook her head, saying, "People who are short-sighted will never achieve much."

Even though my second brother's wife was divorced, her children are still in the Marquis' Mansion. But the Mo family is really reluctant to part with the money, so they did it so ruthlessly. In the future, they really can't even think about having any relationship with the Marquis' Mansion.

After coming out of the second house's yard, Su Yun asked Gu Shixing to go back first while she walked with her mother-in-law.

After Gu Shixing returned, Su Yun stayed beside her mother-in-law and asked in a low voice, "Mother, how did you know that Second Aunt would send me back during the Lantern Festival?"

Madam Gu asked the servants behind her to go to the back, and when they were a little further away, she said bluntly, "Second Uncle Xing'er secretly found the maid next to Second Sister-in-law and asked her to put some anesthetic in Second Sister-in-law's food every day. After Second Sister-in-law eats it, her hands and feet will gradually become weak, and she has to lie on the couch all day, and her complexion is naturally not much better."

Su Yun was inevitably shocked. After a breath, he asked, "But the doctor can tell what's going on by taking my pulse, right?"

Madam Gu smiled and said, "The doctor was found by that woman and has been bribed a long time ago. Besides, Uncle Xing'er has also had people keep an eye on the Mo family. If they want to find a doctor, Uncle Xing'er will also find a way to bribe the doctor."

"In the past few days, I feel that the time is almost right. If I use more anesthetic, it will make my second brother's wife look like she will not live long. In this way, the true face of the Mo family will be exposed."

At the end of the conversation, Mrs. Gu said to her daughter-in-law, "Don't tell anyone else about this. Let your second aunt remain in the dark. It's better for her not to know."

Su Yun nodded: "My daughter-in-law understands."

Madam Gu sighed again, "It's not that we can't help my family, but the Mo family is not worth it. If they hadn't kicked them out today and had spent a thousand taels of silver to buy ginseng, then in the future my second brother and his wife would have used their abilities to help my family, and we wouldn't be able to say anything. But in the end, the Mo family is still too selfish."

He sighed and said, "After this incident, I hope she will understand that you can't keep an ungrateful person."

Su Yun recalled the look on Second Aunt Gu's face in the room just now, and knew that she had become disillusioned and desperate with her natal family. Even if she was asked to go back to her natal family to visit again, she estimated that she would feel disgusted.

After Second Aunt Gu came back, after four or five days of recuperation, the person who was originally terminally ill miraculously recovered.

People who don’t know say that the Marquis’ Mansion has good feng shui, while the Mo family has bad feng shui.

When the Mo family heard that Second Aunt Gu had recovered from her illness, they wanted to get her back on track, so they brought a lot of supplements to her house, saying they were there to visit her.

When someone came to report, Su Yun and her mother-in-law happened to enter Aunt Gu's room.

When Aunt Gu, who was drinking the medicine, heard that it was her two nephews from her mother's side, as well as her younger brother and sister-in-law, her face suddenly darkened and she said in a cold voice, "No, tell them to get out."

After the servant passed the message, Second Aunt Gu looked at Madam Gu and Su Yun who had entered the room, and hurriedly got off the bed. She bowed to Madam Gu with great regret, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong before."

After saying that, she stood up and bowed slightly to Su Yun: "Niece-in-law, I apologize for offending you before."

Su Yun didn't say anything, so Madam Gu asked her to sit down and said, "It's good that you know your mistakes. Treat your children well in the future. No matter what, you should focus on them first. Don't treat your children unfairly because of those outsiders."

When Aunt Gu heard this, her eyes gradually turned red. She lowered her head and wiped away her tears. Thinking of the cold stares she had received at her parents' house over the past month, and the days since she returned, when her children had stayed by her side without taking off their clothes, she felt filled with remorse.

Madam Gu and Su Yun came just to take a look at Second Aunt Gu out of consideration, and now that they had seen her, they left.

After leaving the courtyard of the second house, Madam Gu did not mention Aunt Gu again, but talked about other things: "I heard from Xing'er that this year, I don't need to go back to Lingnan with his father to worship the ancestors. He wants to go back with you and meet his uncles and aunts in Lingchuan, Lingnan."

Su Yun nodded: "My husband told me that he wanted to take me back."

In her previous life, Su Yun had never been to Lingchuan. She was probably afraid, afraid of having to endure new rumors, so in her previous life, when Gu Shixing mentioned it twice, she always found an excuse to refuse.

Madam Gu nodded: "It's only the 17th of the first lunar month, so it's still in time to go back on the 20th of next month. This month is a good time to make more preparations."

At this point, he added, "The relatives in Lingchuan are not like the two aunts in this mansion. They are all very easy to get along with, and you don't have to stay in Lingchuan for a few days, so just relax."

Although Su Yun nodded and said "OK", she was not nervous at all. She had experienced many things and had matured a lot. Even if she went to a strange place again, she could handle it calmly.