Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 17. Respect for elders
The topic was changed, and at this moment, the housekeeper came up with food.

Today's family dinner is extra rich because of Gu Baijiang.

Youxi duck, seven-star fish ball soup, soft-boiled croaker, dragon-body and phoenix-tail shrimp, clear-boiled whole chicken, vinegar-braised pork slices, braised white mushrooms, stir-fried black goat, crispy braised meat, and a variety of pastries, this is several levels higher in quality.

Moreover, there are several cuisines included in it, which seems that there is a chef in the kitchen. It means that the three of them are the ones who have to prepare the meals every day.

Compared to the two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes delivered to the hospital every day, it seems too perfunctory.

That's not right. She had set the rules in the main courtyard before, but she didn't see her eating these dishes at the old lady's place. The hierarchy in this mansion is really...

Bai Suihe had been here for so long, and it was rare for her to see so many dishes. They looked delicious and tasty. When the two old people started eating, she immediately joined in.

But Xu Huizhen glared at her several times. Why was Bai so tactless today? She didn't even know how to set the rules.

Even if she knew that Gu Baijiang was here, this rule would not be established, but Bai's behavior still made her furious. She felt that because of Bai, everything went wrong for her today.

Bai Suihe didn't care about all this. She felt that the kitchen had been too perfunctory towards their third room before. If they had shown half of her cooking skills, she wouldn't have to let Chunxiang and the others go out to the restaurant to get food every day.

Of course, the way she ate attracted the attention of the Gu family, but when they thought about the fact that she was pregnant, they got used to it, as if she would eat more when she was pregnant.

As for whether the kitchen sent more food to the third room, that was not something they could control.

Gu Baijiang didn't stay long after finishing his meal and went to the study with his two sons. The old lady wanted to follow but was dissuaded by a look.

Bai Suihe was just thinking of finding an excuse to leave, but was stopped by the old lady and asked to stay with her, along with the other two wives.

"Liu, you also know the temperament of your maternal grandparents, the mansion should find a way to arrange this money.

Their masters don't care about the affairs of the mansion when they are outside. If there is a real quarrel, it will be difficult for us women to deal with it."

Liu Yun looked at her two younger siblings, feeling very embarrassed. "Mother, I really can't make the decision on this. The most I can do is give ten taels of silver. Any more than that would be really difficult for me."

Xu Yulan, "Mother, I will also give you ten taels."

Bai Suihe, "...Mother, then..."

"Mrs. Bai, Mother knows you're filial, so you'll have to make up the remaining two hundred taels." The old lady said before Bai Suihe could speak, "I'll have Madam Zhou go get it later."

Playing this trick on her, is this shameless and just trying to pass the buck?
Bai Suihe, "How dare the daughter-in-law go over the eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, let's put it this way, the daughter-in-law will pay eight taels."

"Bai, did you not hear what I said clearly?"

Bai Suihe opened his eyes wide, "There are distinctions between the high and the low, and order of seniority. A daughter-in-law dare not violate etiquette. If this gets out, I don't know how outsiders will react."

"There are only a few of us here, who would tell others?" Xu Yulan was furious. How could she bear it when she saw the duck that was in her grasp flew away?

"Second sister-in-law, no matter whether this matter will spread or not, I respect my mother and two sisters-in-law in my heart and dare not overstep the line in the slightest." Bai Suihe remained unmoved. She felt a little sad about the eight taels of silver. If she threw it into the water, she could hear the sound, and if she gave it to them, she would be scolded.

"I'll ask Chunmei to bring it over later. My health is getting worse and worse, and my legs are a little weak. I, your daughter-in-law, will take my leave now." Bai Suihe was sure that Gu Baijiang was in the mansion now, and even if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had some ideas, they would not dare to go too far.

Sure enough, they all held their breath and watched her leave. Bai Suihe couldn't help but chuckle as she walked out. If it weren't for the fact that there was still some time before the house was searched, she would have pretended to be sick to the end.

"Bastard," an angry curse came from behind, accompanied by the sound of a teacup falling to the ground.

"I'll gather some more money here, Yulan, you can take 50 taels of silver back tomorrow." "But..."

"If it's not enough, let them find a way themselves. Back then, the Gu family only spent a few dozen taels to build their ancestral hall. Can the Xu family build one that's more magnificent than the Gu family's?"

The old lady looked at Xu Yulan with some dissatisfaction. She was old, but not confused. How could she not know what Xu Yulan wanted to do?

Xu Yulan didn't dare to say anything else. After all, she felt a little guilty. She decided to just let the matter go for now.

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Bai Suihe returned to her own courtyard, but did not rest immediately. Instead, she strolled slowly in the backyard. She had already eaten some food before, and since it was a good meal today, she ate a few more bites to digest it.

Feeling the fetal movement in her belly, Bai Suihe let the two maids go down and cultivate a relationship with her daughter.

"Mom, are you unhappy?" The baby sensed Bai Suihe's emotions, "But what's wrong with that?"

"Mom is fine," hearing the child's worried voice, Bai Suihe remembered that her best friend had mentioned before that a mother's mood during pregnancy would affect the fetus. She quickly cleared her mind and hoped that the child would be cheerful and bright in the future.

"I met your grandfather today. He looked so respectable. I never thought he would embezzle military pay."

Bai Suihe had read the book and knew that Gu Baijiang was taking the blame for the Third Prince, but he was not really innocent. He was indeed involved in the corruption.

However, she did not read the book very carefully. She only knew that the money she embezzled eventually became Gu Antong's stepping stone, allowing her to successfully enter the third prince's backyard, help the third prince with strategies, and fight against other princes on equal terms.

It seems that the silver was not found during the house search, so where was it kept?
The life of the entire Gu family has always been very low-key, giving outsiders the illusion that the Gu family father and son are honest and fair, and live a poor life.

"Baby doesn't know either," the baby felt that he couldn't help his mother today, and his voice sounded a little aggrieved.

"It's okay. I just feel a little sad. You can't judge a person by his appearance. It's not unfair that the entire Gu family was implicated and exiled." Bai Suihe thought that the records in the book were rather vague, but the heroine's eyes lit up when she entered the warehouse, and she spent a whole night asking the third prince's men to move them, which shows how many people there were.

"It's such a pity that such a huge fortune ended up being used as a wedding dress for the Third Prince."

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fifth day

Early in the morning, magpies were calling on the branches. Bai Suihe had not yet gotten up, but people outside the yard had already started to get busy.

Mrs. Bai came to the house today, and Dongmei and the others were more concerned about her than Bai Suihe.

Early in the morning, he instructed the maid outside the yard to start cleaning and rearranging the flowers, and also went to the kitchen to give a few more instructions.

When Bai Suihe got up, the two good maids had already prepared everything. "Mother shouldn't come to the house so early."

This statement was obviously a bit embarrassing. Just after finishing breakfast, Bai Suihe heard news from the front yard that Madam Bai had entered the mansion.

Now I am heading to the main courtyard to pay a visit to the old lady first.

Bai Suihe tidied her clothes and hurriedly took the maid to the main courtyard. This time, everyone in the main courtyard was in high spirits.

(End of this chapter)