The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

Chapter 453: Reborn Person Meets Old Friend

Secondly, Gu Jingzhe will come back from the city to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

It's true, Gu Jingzhe had been in the provincial capital for nearly two months, and Tong Huaqiong missed her youngest son very much. When she suddenly heard that he was coming back, she killed chickens and ducks like all old mothers and prepared some of Gu Jingzhe's favorite dishes.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, there were still many people coming and going, and gifts were given to the Huang family, the Liu family, the Zhao family and other relatives. The highlight was the Lu family in the city. The Lu family was the in-laws this year, so the gifts were naturally not light. Tong Huaqiong carefully prepared a gift box and asked Gu Dahan to take it to Gu Dashu's place in the city. He found Gu Jingzhe from Wanliu Academy, and the three brothers gave gifts to the Lu family together.

This was also the first time that Gu Jingzhe gave gifts to Yue's family after the marriage proposal.

The city has a three-day holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival, and Gu Jingzhe returns to Qinghe Bay on the first day of the festival.

Lu Zhaozhao also came with Gu Jingzhe.

Tong Huaqiong sighed that Mr. Lu was indeed quite open-minded and was willing to let Lu Zhaozhao follow her fiancé to celebrate the festival at her future mother-in-law's home.

Lu Zhaozhao likes to come to Tong Huaqiong's house to celebrate the holidays. Since the Lu family has few people, she longs for the lively atmosphere of the Gu family being together.

In her previous life, Lu Zhaozhao was too greedy for this bit of warmth and would satisfy Tong Dajiao and others no matter how excessive their requests were.

But in this life, Tong Huaqiong is her mother-in-law, and the Gu family gives her only liveliness and warmth, but no wind, frost, or ice.

As soon as Lu Zhaozhao jumped off the carriage, she called out "Aunt Tong". Tong Huaqiong went up to her and held the hand of the bright girl.

Gossip spreads quickly in the countryside. As soon as the carriage that Gu Jingzhe was riding in entered the village, the villagers rushed to tell each other that Gu Jingzhe had brought his fiancée home from the city.

The entrance to Tong Huaqiong's house was instantly crowded with people.

It’s just like a blind date in later generations.

"Jingzhe, this is your wife, she's so pretty. The girls in the city are fairer than our country girls."

Lu Zhaozhao had been to Qinghe Bay twice before, and many villagers were familiar with her. The person who asked this question at this time was deliberately trying to see Gu Jingzhe's reaction.

Gu Jingzhe, who was always calm, was too embarrassed to answer the question.

"Of course. Don't you see what kind of family they come from? They are imperial merchants. Do you understand imperial merchants? They are big merchants who purchase things for the emperor. They have pearl powder used by the empress in the palace. How can they not be fair?"

Country people speak directly and don't avoid people. They just say whatever they want to say.

Staring at Lu Zhaozhao's glowing white face, he praised her.

Amid the undisguised discussions of the crowd, a blush appeared on Lu Zhaozhao's fair face.

"Jingzhe is so lucky. He has such a beautiful wife and a brother-in-law who is the top scholar." Someone sighed.

"Jingzhe is not bad either. He is the first in the exam. Maybe he will be the top scholar in the future." Someone praised Jingzhe.

Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao were surrounded and couldn't move at all.

Tong Huaqiong was afraid that Lu Zhaozhao would be shy so she chased them away, but the villagers were in high spirits and couldn't chase them away at all.

At this time, Lu Zhaozhao smiled and asked the maid Ruoxue to take out candies, melon seeds and cakes from the carriage and distribute them to the old ladies and young wives who were watching.

Lu Zhaozhao even personally grabbed some candies and scattered them to the children who were surrounding her.

Because of Lu Zhaozhao's generous behavior, everyone felt that they should not continue to make fun of her. Not only did they give way to her, they also began to praise Lu Zhaozhao for her magnanimity.

Tong Huaqiong and Lu Zhaozhao smiled at each other.

Lu Zhaozhao has already been appointed by Mr. Lu as the successor to the business empire. He has been doing business outside these days, so today's onlookers are just a small scene.

Tong Huaqiong took Lu Zhaozhao's hand and went into the upper room.

"You must be tired. Take a rest." Tong Huaqiong said.

Although there were horse-drawn carriages from the city to Qinghe Bay, the roads in that era were all dirt roads, and the carriages were bumpy when running. In addition, the weather was hot, so riding in the carriage was inevitably painful.

"It's okay, not very tiring." Lu Zhaozhao said.

Lu Zhaozhao's maid Ruoxue wrung out a handkerchief and handed it to Lu Zhaozhao to wipe his sweat.

Tong Pandi brought a plate of washed cherries and placed it in front of Lu Zhaozhao.

"Thank you, cousin."

Lu Zhaozhao learned about Tong Pandidi from Gu Jingzhe, and was full of sympathy and admiration for her decision to divorce with two children.

Tong Huaqiong discovered that Tong Pandidi's eyes were filled with a complex mixture of gratitude, relief, joy, sadness, etc. when he looked at Lu Zhaozhao.

She guessed that Tong Pandi, as a reborn person, must have seen Lu Zhaozhao in his previous life.

After all, in his previous life, Tong Da Jiao wanted to show off that he had married a beautiful, rich and white daughter-in-law. So after Lu Zhaozhao and Gu Jingzhe got married, he took Lu Zhaozhao to her parents' home in Heilongtan to show off and held a banquet.

At that time, Tong Pandi, like Tong Dajiao, was still a treasure of her mother's family. If her aunt invited her to a dinner, she would definitely go.

It's hard not to see Lu Zhaozhao.

"Cousin, this is a gift for the two children."

Lu Zhaozhao asked Ruoxue to bring two boxes and a package. She opened two of the boxes and found a longevity lock and a gold necklace inlaid with jade.

It looks very valuable at first glance.

He opened the package again, and inside was a piece of lake blue satin with a silver sheen, and said, "This is for my cousin."

Tong Pandi choked up.

Lu Zhaozhao was still as kind and enthusiastic as she remembered.

Especially the gold necklace inlaid with jade, which was the gift that Lu Zhaozhao gave to Duoer in the previous life.

But later it fell into the hands of Wu Musheng's adopted son.

Tong Pandi said: "This is too expensive."

Lu Zhaozhao smiled and said, "These are all things from my shop. I didn't spend any money on them. If my cousin doesn't accept them, it means she thinks the gift is not good."

Tong Pandi wiped her tears and quickly said, "No, no, that's not what I meant."

After saying that, he looked at his aunt Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong said: "Zhao Zhao is sincere, since it is given to you and the two children, you should accept it."

Tong Pandi accepted the gift.

"Zhao Zhao, what do you want to eat? I'll cook." Tong Pandi asked Lu Zhaozhao.

Lu Zhaozhao thought for a moment and said, "I'm not very hungry, anything is fine."

After saying that, he asked Ruoxue to go to the kitchen to help Tong Pandidi pick vegetables.

Tong Huaqiong looked at Ruoxue's figure and suddenly thought whether she should also hire a maid to make fire and cook.

Since Tong Pandidi came to the family, she has taken on a lot of housework.

He Chao hired a cook and a maid to do housework for Hong, and Hong persuaded Tong Huaqiong to hire a few people.

Tong Huaqiong disagreed.

It's still the same reason. Tong Huaqiong, who has been baptized by modern civilization, feels deep down that there is no difference between maids and servants in this era.

But now she did consider hiring someone to do the housework.

Housework is one thing, but we should also hire a maid to take care of Gu Taohua.

After all, Taohua often travels outside and needs someone to take care of her life closely.

This is equivalent to a secretary in later generations.

It's time to change her mindset. As long as she doesn't treat maids and old women as slaves, they are not slaves.

Lu Zhaozhao saw Tong Huaqiong looking at Ruoxue and asked nervously, "Aunt Tong, should I not bring the maid here?"

The first two times Lu Zhaozhao came to Qinghe Bay, she did not bring a maid with her because she felt that people in the country did not like to serve others.

In addition, Tong Huaqiong had no servants at home, so she followed the local customs and did not allow maids or old women to follow her.

This time, because they were engaged, Mr. Lu insisted that she bring Ruoxue with her.

Now she was worried that Aunt Tong would think she was being spoiled by bringing the maid with her.

Tong Huaqiong knew that Lu Zhaozhao was overthinking it, so she quickly said, "No, I saw that Ruoxue worked efficiently and was loyal to you, so I wanted to hire a maid to come home."

Hearing Tong Huaqiong say this, Lu Zhaozhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"I heard that you went to Suzhou and Hangzhou with your grandfather a few days ago."

Soon, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law began to talk about business.

When Lu Zhaozhao heard Tong Huaqiong asking about going to Suzhou and Hangzhou, she was so happy that her face beamed with joy and she told Tong Huaqiong about her experiences in Suzhou and Hangzhou.