Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 480: The eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family (2)

Fu Huaiying knew that Chu Yuexiang was eyeing her power over the household.

Chu Yuexiang was the daughter of a fourth-rank official, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

Her father's rank was the lowest among the fathers of her three daughters-in-law. Even Fu Huaiying's father was a third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War.

Chu Yuexiang's marriage into the Marquis's Mansion was considered a high marriage, but this marriage was arranged by the deceased old Marquis, and her husband Zhao Lan also respected her very much.

She had been married for six years and had given birth to two sons and a daughter for her husband, so she was quite proud of herself.

This is why she wants and dares to fight for the right to manage the household expenses.

Chu Yuexiang seems gentle but is actually shrewd.

She is intelligent, observant, and very confident in her own abilities.

She always felt that she was no worse than Fu Huaiying, and her mother-in-law should hand over the household chores to her.

The same was true in the previous life.

It’s just that the original owner kept a tight control over the household affairs, and even the old lady could hardly find any fault.

Until the original owner died, she did not get the power of household management. The old lady handed over the household management to the third wife Liu Shuyu, which almost made Chu Yuexiang angry to death.

Since she wants it so much, just give it to her.

It is really easy to control the internal affairs of the family. If you are not careful, you can offend everyone.

She would never do such a thankless task.

Just as Fu Huaiying guessed, after chatting about family matters for a while, the old lady brought up the real important matter of the day.

"Now that the mourning period is over, it's time to bring up Ying'er's marriage again." The old lady fiddled with the beads in her hand. "By the beginning of the new year, Ying'er will be seventeen. Her marriage can't be delayed any longer."

Chu Yuexiang felt a little indignant when Xiaoqi was mentioned.

Because of the mourning period, her youngest son Zhao Yinzhou did not have a big full moon celebration, and the family just had a simple meal.

The old marquis passed away two years ago, and she was pregnant with her youngest son at that time.

If she were in charge of the household chores, even if she couldn't hold a grand banquet, she couldn't just have a simple meal and get by with it.

Liu Shuyu said, "The flowers seem to be blooming better than usual this year. It looks like I'll have to attend a few flower viewing banquets this year."

The old lady nodded and looked at Fu Huaiying: "Shall we hold one for Ying'er this year as well?"

Say Ying'er, Ying'er is here.

"Mother!"

Before anyone saw it, they heard the oriole-like voice floating in from outside the house, and then a girl as bright as a winter jasmine trotted in.

This is the old lady’s beloved youngest daughter, Zhao Ying.

Zhao Ying lives up to her name. She was born when the spring forsythia bloomed, and her appearance is as bright and sunny as the forsythia.

The old lady had a daughter before she gave birth to her, but she died a few days after birth.

Therefore, the old lady loved this youngest daughter very much, and poured all her love on her as she did for the previous one.

Seeing her little daughter, the old lady's face immediately lit up with smiles: "Look at how old you are, yet you're still jumping around like a child. Be careful not to fall!"

"Mother! I made an appointment with the third young lady of the Su family to go shopping at the Embroidered Clothing Pavilion today. I heard they have a lot of new and beautiful summer clothes."

The old lady said angrily, "Your dresses wouldn't fit in several boxes!"

"We are discussing your future marriage! You can't be so reckless after you get married."

When talking about getting married, two blushes appeared on Zhao Ying's face.

"Mother!"

Chu Yuexiang smiled and said, "Ying'er is already old enough to get married. If I were the old lady, I would not want to let such a beautiful daughter get married off."

After getting married, you can no longer be as carefree as when you were a girl.

The old lady was reluctant to let her go, but how could a woman not get married?

You can only carefully choose a good husband for your marriage.

Fu Huaiying didn't say a word during this period.

After Zhao Ying left, she took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and said, "Mother, my migraines have been much worse recently. The doctor said I shouldn't overwork myself."

"How about letting my second sister-in-law host the flower viewing banquet for Sister Ying'er?"

"I've heard for a long time that my second sister-in-law was quite good at accounting when she was still waiting to be married. She even helped my mother-in-law with the housework. She was very sensible."

Everyone in the mansion knew about Fu Huaiying's migraine.

Chu Yuexiang once made a fuss about this matter, but was blocked by the original owner.

Seeing that Fu Huaiying said so himself, the old lady had no objection and asked Fu Huaiying to temporarily hand over the household affairs to Chu Yuexiang.

When Chu Yuexiang walked out of the old lady's Jing'an Courtyard, she was still a little dazed.

Did she just get the household funds like that?

At this time, Fu Huaiying passed by Chu Yuexiang, raised a smiling face, and said softly: "Second sister-in-law, it's my fault that I am not in good health. I have worked hard for you during this period."

Chu Yuexiang was so happy that she couldn't wait to say: "It's not hard at all! Sister-in-law, your health is the most important thing. Just focus on taking care of yourself and don't worry about the rest."

Fu Huaiying smiled and left with Hongxiu.

After returning to her own courtyard, Hongxiu finally spoke: "Madam, is your headache so severe? You even handed over the housekeeping power."

Fu Huaiying smiled slightly: "Isn't it enough to just enjoy the good life without doing anything?"

Just treat this period of time as a vacation for yourself, and you can avoid a disaster.

...

In the previous life, Zhao Ying’s engagement banquet was organized by the original owner.

Only after experiencing it did I realize that this is a thankless task.

Zhao Ying was not satisfied if he spent too little money, and the old lady was not satisfied if he spent too much money and it exceeded the advance payment.

The essence of it is to spend little money to achieve big things.

I don’t know if Chu Yuexiang has this method.

If there was, Fu Huaiying would not be stingy. After all, she had already made up her mind to divorce Marquis Dingbei, and it had nothing to do with her who would take over the inheritance in the end.

After breakfast, Fu Huaiying and Hongxiu went to the warehouse together to check and count her dowry again.

Although she was a concubine's daughter and was a concubine, she was married into a marquis's mansion after all, and the dowry given by her father and stepmother was quite generous.

Fu Huaiying wrote down the several shops his father gave him and prepared to go out and take a look in the afternoon.

After the divorce, these shops will be her lifeline.

When she returned to her Hexiang Courtyard, Chu Yuexiang was already waiting there.

"Sister-in-law."

Fu Huaiying smiled and said, "Second brother and sister-in-law, have you been waiting for a long time? Wait a moment, I'll ask Hongxiu to get it."

After receiving the order, Hongxiu went to get the pair of cards.

At this time, Fu Huaiying's other maid Hongling brought tea and placed it next to Chu Yuexiang.

Fu Huaiying glanced at the tea beside her, then smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, managing the household is not an easy task. If you encounter any difficulties, you can always come to me."

"That's natural. My sister-in-law is very good at managing the household. I must learn more from her."

Chu Yuexiang's words sounded nice, but she didn't mean it in her heart.

She felt that with her own abilities, she could definitely do better than Fu Huaiying.

At this time, Hongxiu also brought over the pair of cards. Before Hongling could react to what happened, Chu Yuexiang happily left with the pair of cards.