bayedsolid Chapter 242 Wanyu Cried
Chapter 242 Wanyu Cried
Chapter 242 Wanyu cried
After receiving the jade pendant, Wanyu returned to her courtyard and realized that the old lady had entrusted the Zhang family mansion to her and Zhang Jinxuan. The usually fearless Wanyu burst into tears, and no amount of persuasion from her maids could calm her down.
When Zhang Jinxuan returned home, the maids told him that the old lady had given Wanyu a jade pendant. Wanyu took the pendant back to the courtyard and cried. She cried for a long time in her room until she finally fell asleep.
"A jade pendant? The one that's entirely green, the one the old lady always wears? The family's keepsake?" Zhang Jinxuan knew how to grasp the key points and directly identified the reason for Wanyu's tears.
"Yes, the old lady took the jade pendant off her neck and put it directly around the princess's neck. Then she said a lot of roundabout things and asked the princess to leave, saying that she wanted to talk to the eldest young mistress," Wanyu's maid told the truth.
Zhang Jinxuan shook his head with a wry smile. The first Zhang family rule is that the family can divide when four generations live together. The second Zhang family rule is that the family cannot divide when the head of the family is not the eldest son.
When Zhang Hongbin's son was born, Zhang Jinxuan had already suggested separating the family property. Unfortunately, the old lady said that she preferred the whole family to live together and didn't want to see her grandchildren separate and live independently before she passed away.
Wanyu had told him privately more than once that they would separate the family after the old lady passed away, and that she didn't care about the Zhang family's money and would have no objection to leaving with nothing.
Now, Wanyu is trapped by the old lady. The token of the Zhang family's head is placed around the neck of Wanyu, the fifth young mistress. This family cannot be divided.
In this lifetime, the couple could only live in the Zhang family mansion and spend their lives with Zhang Hongbin and others. Not to mention Wanyu, even Zhang Jinxuan himself wanted to scream a few times.
Zhang Jinxuan quietly entered the room and found that Wanyu was not only awake but also looking up at the ceiling with her big eyes blinking. "Wanyu," Zhang Jinxuan called softly, feeling a pang of heartache, looking at Wanyu's slightly red nose.
"Brother Xuan, you're back! Grandma bullied me, waaaaah!" Wan Yu's emotions, which had just calmed down, surged again upon seeing Zhang Jinxuan.
Zhang Jinxuan sat down on the edge of the bed, gently wiping away Wanyu's tears, and comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright. Grandmother only puts you in charge because she values you and knows you're capable."
Wanyu sniffled, her voice trembling with tears, and said, "But we agreed that we would live separately from each other in the future, and now we can't separate."
Zhang Jinxuan pulled Wanyu into his arms and teased, "From now on, besides Grandmother, Father, and Mother, if any other master in the manor dares to speak ill of you behind your back, you'll be punished according to family rules."
Wan Yu's eyes lit up, and she looked up at Zhang Jinxuan: "Really?" Zhang Jinxuan nodded: "Yes, you are the head of the family, and you have the right to administer family law to anyone in the mansion."
Wan Yu smiled through her tears: "Since that's the case, I'll reluctantly accept this jade pendant, but you have to help me."
Zhang Jinxuan poked Wanyu's forehead with his finger: "Of course." Wanyu and her husband were having a heart-to-heart talk in the room.
Qiao Shi was sulking in her room when Zhang Hongbin returned. She angrily said, "It's all your fault! Grandmother gave the family heirloom to Wanyu!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongbin was embarrassed. The old lady clearly knew that, apart from the fifth son who didn't want it, he, the second son, the third son, and the fourth son all wanted the family heirloom. Why did she give the family heirloom to her fifth brother's wife?
Blame him? Why blame him? Does he have the right to influence the old lady's thoughts? Is there a rule that family heirlooms cannot be passed down to anyone but the eldest son?
The madman, at "Yi Chang Pavilion," picked a fight with Wan Yu. The jade pendant bypassed the eldest son's family and went directly to the fifth son's family. Satisfied, he stopped picking fights with Wan Yu.
Having doted on Qiao Shi for over a decade, Zhang Hongbin would never say a harsh word to her, no matter how bad his mood was. His thoughts and words were completely different.
He said in a gentle tone, "The fifth brother knows how to make money, and he's in charge of the household so we don't lack money."
The same scene played out in the room of Zhang Zhiwen and his wife, and in the rooms of several illegitimate sons. That night, apart from the old lady, the other masters of the Zhang family were discussing the token of the head of the family in their rooms.
At the Princess's residence, Wen Yuxia received a message from Wen Yunhai: the white beans planted in the vegetable garden had sprouted tender shoots. Excitedly, she took Bei Yi and rode out of the capital to Baijia Village to see the bean sprouts.
When Wen Yuxia arrived at the vegetable garden in Baijia Village, the tender green leaves shone with vitality in the sunlight. She squatted down and examined them carefully.
She counted them one by one, her eyes filled with surprise. "All the white beans have sprouted." She had counted the white beans she had given to Wen Yunhai, and there were exactly one hundred of them.
"Princess, should we report the matter of the large white beans?" Wen Yunhai asked. He and Wen Yuxia had initially decided not to report it for the time being, fearing that the white beans wouldn't sprout.
“Report it,” Wen Yuxia nodded slightly. Wen Yunhai was an employee of the Agricultural Department. After the new grains had taken root, he should report it to the Agricultural Department so that the old fogies there would know that he had worked hard and hadn’t been lazy.
"Big brother, wanna go up the mountain?" Wen Yunhe's voice came from outside the courtyard. He had been on duty last night and was off today. The four Wen brothers planned to go up the mountain to check on things.
Passing by Wen Yunhai's house, Wen Yunhe casually called out, and Wen Yunhai smiled at Wen Yunxia: "Want to go?"
"go".
On the mountain path, they saw several wild plum trees. Looking at the green fruit on the trees, Wen Yunhe chuckled, "Zhu'er loves plums the most."
Wen Yuxia casually remarked, "These wild plums don't grow very big, they're very sour and a bit astringent, they're not tasty at all," pausing slightly.
Wen Yuxia continued, "Zhu'er likes to eat them, you can try grafting them onto cherry or apricot branches. The grafted wild plums will not only be big but also very sweet."
Wen Yunhe nodded seriously, taking the grafting matter to heart. His daughter Zhuzhu's favorite fruit was plum, and there were two plum trees planted in his yard.
As they walked into the woods, talking, the sounds of insects and birds filled the quiet forest even before they entered.
After entering the woods, Wen Yunhe and the others dispersed to search for prey. Wen Yuxia and Bei Yi followed leisurely behind them. As soon as they stepped into the woods, they heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes behind them.
The two stopped simultaneously. Bei turned around to look at the bushes behind him, picked up a stick, and walked back, occasionally tapping the bushes in front of him with the stick.
The swishing sound was coming from here, but there was nothing there! Could I have misheard? Bei Yi questioned his own hearing and turned to look at Wen Yuxia.
"Watch out!" Wen Yuxia saw the bushes behind Bei Yi move and quickly warned him.