Chapter 135: The Whereabouts Of The Brocade Pouch
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Miss Bai was so poor that she only had money left. She could smash all the men in Lotus Flower Town with one ingot. Therefore, when she shouted the thousand taels, she really took out ten banknotes worth a hundred taels from her bag.
Guo Dayou and his wife collapsed to the ground in fear when they saw the stack of white banknotes. When had they ever seen so many banknotes at their age?
The richest family they knew was the Luo Family. Not to mention the daughter of the Luo Family, even their rich brother-in-law was not so generous.
Guo Dayou and Du Jinhua were so frightened that their legs went weak. They did not notice that the Yu family’s faces were filled with even more bewitched expressions than theirs.
The couple wanted to say that this was not true, but with the banknotes and person in front of them, they had no choice but to believe it.!!
It seemed unlikely that the Yu family had deliberately found someone to put on an act in order to reject this marriage. After all, Guo Dayou and Du Jinhua had come up with the idea at the last minute. If the Yu family did not receive the news in advance, where could they find a beautiful girl? Where could they borrow a thousand taels of silver?
The only possibility was that… the daughter of a rich family had really taken a fancy to Yu Feng, this poor kid!
Du Jinhua felt as if she had been struck by lightning. What did this girl like about Yu Feng? That face?!
Yu Feng’s looks were considered outstanding in the surrounding villages. He was also hardworking and willing to suffer. Du Jinhua did not look down on him because of his conditions, but because the Yu family was poor. So she looked down on the Yu family’s son.
However, Yu Feng suddenly became popular. When Du Jinhua looked at him again, she felt that he was pleasing to the eye. As the saying went, it would not be good if one did not snatch fat meat.
However, no matter how pleasing it was to the eyes of Du Jinhua, it was useless. Even if Guo Xianyue didn’t have a scandal like Wang Mazi, she couldn’t compare to this girl with both wealth and looks.
Others spent a lot of money for a beauty. In Yu Feng’s case, the other party had spent a lot of money for a beautiful man.
Du Jinhua crawled under the table dejectedly and said to Guo Dayou, who was still paralyzed there, “Can our daughter only marry Wang Mazi?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Mazi came to visit.
Wang Mazi had been loitering around the Yu Family’s residence for a long time. He had mustered a lot of courage to take this step.
He clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and shouted in the direction of the central room, “Gu, Gu, Gu… Guo! You, you, you… listen… Alright! I… I won’t marry… your daughter! I have someone I like! I… I won’t marry anyone else!”
With that, he ran out of the Yu residence without looking back, leaving Guo Dayou and his wife dumbfounded.
Du Jinhua’s jaw almost dropped. Even Wang Mazi didn’t want her daughter? There was nothing more shocking than this. Why did an old and poor bachelor like Wang Mazi look down on her daughter? Why?!
Du Jinhua’s blood surged and her breathing quickened. In no time, she fainted from anger. His wife had fainted. Guo Dayou was alone and could not make a sound. He immediately lost his arrogance.
In the afternoon, Guo Dayou packed his things and left with his wife and children. The more arrogant he was when he came, the more dejected he was when he left.
The house was finally quiet. Yu Wan cleaned the table and invited Bai Tang to sit down. “Why are you here?”
“If I didn’t come, wouldn’t your brother have to marry someone else?” Bai Tang glared at her and returned to the topic. “I came to look for you.”
Upon hearing this, what else did Uncle and Aunt not understand? This girl’s acting was so real. For a moment, they really thought that their son had secretly agreed to marry her.
This girl was too bold. Wasn’t she afraid that her reputation would be ruined if word got out? But on second thought, she had never introduced herself from the beginning to the end. Even if the Guo family wanted to slander her, they had nowhere to go.
Uncle, Yu Feng, and Yu Song had gone to the Bai Manor to cook before and had seen Bai Tang. However, Aunt did not know which family this girl came from.
Yu Wan introduced, “Aunt, this is the daughter of White Jade Restaurant, Miss Bai. This is my aunt.”
“Hello, Auntie Yu.” Bai Tang greeted her politely.
“Aye!” Aunt was unsmiling and had a straight face whether she was happy or not. However, when Bai Tang called her “Auntie”, the corners of her lips curled up. She sized Bai Tang up and the more she looked at her, the more she liked her. If only this girl was really her daughter-in-law…
Aunt pinched herself. What was she thinking? She was the daughter of the dignified White Jade Restaurant. How could they, a peasant family, get close to her?
However, this girl had helped her son a lot. She had to thank her later.
Bai Tang was here to look for Yu Wan. After the Yu family greeted her, they went to do their own things and left the central room to the two of them.
Yu Feng held Little Zhenzhen’s hand and walked out.
Little Zhenzhen stared at Bai Tang without moving.
Bai Tang waved at her and Little Zhenzhen pulled her brother over. Bai Tang took out a piece of candy from her purse and removed the candy wrapper. “Here.”
Little Zhenzhen looked up at her brother.
Yu Feng nodded.
Little Zhenzhen accepted it.
“Say thank you,” Yu Wan said.
Little Zhenzhen looked at Bai Tang. “Thank you.”
“Who are you thanking?” Bai Tang teased her with a smile.
Little Zhenzhen looked at her brother, then at Bai Tang. “Sister-in-law.”
Bai Tang, who was speechless: “…”
I-I-I didn’t teach you that! Yu Feng, whose face was flushed red, carried his sister away as if he was escaping. Little Zhenzhen was calmly eating candy in his arms. “Sweet.”
… .
Children’s words carried no harm. Bai Tang naturally wouldn’t take a three-year-old child seriously. However, when she thought of Yu Feng’s flustered appearance, she raised her eyebrows strangely. Wasn’t she the one who should be embarrassed? He was a grown man yet he couldn’t take a joke.
Yu Wan naturally understood why her brother was running away, but there was no need to make this clear in front of Miss Bai.
“Aiya, I almost forgot about business.” Bai Tang patted her head and took out something from her wide sleeve. “I found it on the bed in the White Jade Restaurant’s room. It’s yours, right?”
Yu Wan took it and took a look. It was a light purple brocade bag.
Yu Wan did not remember having such a thing. Just as she was about to shake her head, she heard Bai Tang say, “Granny Zheng tidied up the room for me and this was shook out under the blanket. She discovered it before the New Year. Unfortunately, I only went to the White Jade Restaurant today. Other than me, only you, Yan Ruyu, and Young Master Yan have entered that room. Quickly take a look and see if it’s yours. If it’s not yours, it should be theirs.”
With that said, Yu Wan remembered. After leaving the dilapidated temple, she went to the White Jade Restaurant and carried the three little lads out of the basket. She placed them on Bai Tang’s bed to rest.
“Why didn’t you look for the things you dropped?” Bai Tang muttered.
Yu Wan thought to herself, She didn’t look for it because she didn’t know that she had dropped something, and Yan Ruyu and Yan Jiuchao didn’t look for it because they didn’t drop anything at all.
It seemed that this brocade pouch was hers. To be precise, Yu Zigui had “given” it to her!
Yu Zigui probably never expected that the thing he had been searching so hard for would end up on Bai Tang’s bed.
Very good, she wanted to see what was in the brocade pouch that had caused her so much trouble.