Hearing Xu’s words Huang Yu’s body stiffened, and her hand that was splitting the threads paused, pursing her lips.
Xu pretended to be unaware of what she had said in the restaurant and asked with a smile, “No thoughts?”
Huang Yu took a deep breath. She knew that Madam meant well, but she had long since made up her mind that she would not marry in this life, “Madam, I’m sorry, I, I don’t want to marry anyone else.”
As if not expecting her to say such a thing, Xu gave a start and the smile on her face receded, “Why?”
Huang Yu clenched her hands unconsciously, her voice hard, “I was once betrothed, I thought that was the best, but then ……”
The thought of the Lu family’s ruthlessness made her body tremble, and it was only during the time she was lying in bed that she realized that the Lu family had not fallen in love with her, but had thought that her grandfather had befriended a nobleman and wanted to use him to climb up the ladder with him.
Xu looked at her pained expression and could not bear it, but if she did not help her untie this knot, the girl would never get out of it, so she could only pretend not to know and asked, “What happened afterwards?”
Huang Yu didn’t hide anything and told her what the Lu family had done afterwards.
Xu listened quietly as she finished, patting her shoulder wordlessly and waiting for her to calm down before saying, “Because of people like that, you don’t believe that anyone would be sincere and honest with you?”
Huang Yu did not speak.
She could make dim sum, she could read and write, and she could do no better than the girls in the countryside. Although she didn’t think she was a young lady, she was still better than the average country girl, so when the Lu family came to her door to propose marriage, she was happy, she thought she should marry someone like that, but reality slapped her hard, she was just a country girl, she shouldn’t have had such a high heart, and everything that happened was a punishment for her.
“Actually it may not be a good thing that you’ve been through this.”
Xu’s voice was warm and soft as she advised earnestly, “If you wait until you are married before you find out the true nature of the Lu family, it will all be too late. Now is a good time for you to sharpen your eyes and choose a new husband, find one who genuinely likes you and loves you, and stop saying that you will never marry anyone. A lifetime is a long time. You can still rely on your elders when they are alive, but who will you rely on when they are gone? What family will tolerate a woman who has never been married in her life? Instead of finding a way out for yourself when the time comes, you might as well pick one now. Don’t worry, this time both Auntie and Yue’er will be your gatekeeper, if he’s not good, Auntie will find you another one.”
“Auntie, I ……”
Xu gently patted her shoulder, “Just think of it as giving a face to auntie mother, meet someone first, if you don’t think it’s suitable, no need to force yourself.”
……
Huang Gao and his wife went to Song Wan Yue’s courtyard and first apologized, “We have already sent a letter to the proprietor, we have to go some time later, we really don’t feel at ease in this situation of Yu’er.”
“No harm, you guys just stay with her for some more time.”
The yellow cake daughter-in-law was very worried, “I can’t believe we didn’t know that Yu’er had such thoughts, if only we had known, if only we had known ……”
Even if they had known they wouldn’t have known what to do.
Song Wan Yue told them to sit down and said that Xu was going to give Huang Yu a match, “Master Jin has already sent a letter, in a few days his grandson will arrive, when the time comes you will also follow.”
The Huangcao couple looked at each other, their eyes flashed with surprise at the same time, but then they got worried, “Yu’er she ……”
“My mother has come forward, Miss Huang Yu should not refuse, you two can wait without fear.”
……
The couple was in the house, so Xu and Song Lin stayed in the county, and Song Wangyue took Huang Yu back, not mentioning anything about Xu’s marriage proposal for her.
“The workshop opens the day after tomorrow, and many raw materials will be delivered tomorrow, so I need to go over and take a look.”
“Can I go with you?” Huang Yu asked eagerly.
She had originally planned to stay with Song Wangyue, she could not be a maid and work in the workshop, no one knew her here and no one would chew on her behind her back.
“It’s not open yet, so naturally you can. When it opens later, you can’t enter freely, there are rules in the workshop.”
When she returned home, knowing that she was Huang Yu, Grandma Song felt sorry for her and stayed with her for a while, talking to her and preparing a large table for her.
The following day, after breakfast, Song Shen drove Song Wan Yue and Huang Yu to the workshop in a horse-drawn carriage.
She knew from her grandparents that Song Wangyue’s business was very big, but she did not expect it to be so big, as the workshop was as big as their village.
“Is this, is this all of it?”
“All of them. But not all of them are used, there are still some vacant ones, so we’ll build them first and use them later when we have other businesses.”
Huang Yu couldn’t help but smack her lips, how much silver would it cost to build such an area of workshops, to think that there were still vacant ones, Miss Song was too rich.
“Let’s go, it hasn’t opened yet today, I can show you around.”
Huang Yu followed her inside and was struck by the fact that it was paved with green bricks, better than the roads leading to the county town.
“Song, Miss Song, you’re so capable.”
She had been to the Lu family once and thought that they were really rich and had tidied up the mansion really well, but now it seemed that she was the frog at the bottom of the well, the Lu family’s wealth was not even half of Miss Song’s, no, it was not even one tenth.
“It’s just opportunity.”
Huang Yu knew she was being modest, one had to have that opportunity too.
Song Wangyue led her into the workshop.
Several carriages stopped at the workshop’s gate, and Zhang Zhuan got off the first one, seeing Song Shen at the door, he immediately smiled and went over, “Sir Song, I’ve kept you waiting.”
“We have just arrived too.”
As he spoke, Song Shen glanced towards his carriage, and the curtain that had just been lifted was immediately lowered.
Zhang Zhuan followed suit and glanced back, smiling as he explained, “It’s my cousin, he knows I’m coming over to make a delivery today and followed me over for a look. Don’t worry, I know the rules and won’t let him in.”
Song Shen withdrew his gaze and moved his body out of the way.
Zhang Zhuan also stepped aside, and the several carriages following behind them delivering herbs drove in, Song Shen turned to follow, and Zhang Zhuan also followed.
The carriage stopped in front of the door of the storehouse, the driver unloaded the herbs, Song Shen sampled some, there were no problems, and let them move in.
At the entrance of the workshop, the curtain of the carriage was lifted again, and the teenager looked in blatantly, looking at the endless brick road and the countless workshops, with a cold look in his eyes.
Although he was the son of a concubine of the State Duke’s family, he was more distinguished than the first son of a normal family, and many people were fawning over him when he went out. If it wasn’t for her, his father wouldn’t have died and the State Duke’s house wouldn’t have collapsed, and he would still be the noble son who was hailed everywhere he went, instead of the way he is now, hiding his head and not even daring to leave the house.