"Mother is so stingy. Why not hire a sedan chair to go into town?" Haode said, frowning. She wasn't fully awake yet, and as she took the toothbrush her older sister handed her, she complained, "It would be both convenient and respectable!"
Lady Li glanced helplessly at her fourth daughter but did not reply.
After all, you don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household! I've already sold all the land and houses in my hometown, and the things in this car are all the property my mother and her three children currently possess!
Unlike her daughters, she was counting on these assets to establish herself in the capital and to provide dowries for her four daughters. How could she dare to spend them recklessly?!
"Ugh! You guys are so noisy!" The conversation of the girls woke up the cute girl with pigtails, Leshan, who sat up straight while muttering complaints.
"Ouch! You stepped on me!" Fourth Sister complained as she brushed her teeth, looking at Fifth Sister who had gotten up.
Le Shan remained silent, instead shaking her head and looking at her fourth sister, Hao De, with a smug expression.
"Oh dear! Stop it, stop it, stop it!" Li Niangzi was even more speechless when she saw her daughters playing around together again as soon as they woke up.
However, she was experienced in dealing with this kind of situation, so she quickly waved to her fifth daughter, Haode, and gestured for her to sit between herself and her eldest daughter, Shouhua.
"Your hair is still a bit oily, hurry up!" She combed Le Shan's hair while complaining about the sedan chair carriers they had encountered earlier.
"Don't even mention those damned bastards!"
"Dreaming in broad daylight!"
"You're asking for 120 coins right off the bat!"
"One hundred and twenty coins!"
"When you get to your second sister's house, you can ride in the sedan chair as much as you want!"
After hearing what Li Niangzi said, the sisters, who had been bickering and making noise, finally quieted down. They were all happily imagining what it would be like to ride in a sedan chair after arriving at their second sister's husband's house!
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Chapter 90: Li Niangzi Faces Difficulties! She Recognizes Wang Yingxue!
When the eldest sister, Shouhua, saw this scene, she couldn't help but smile slightly. Then, she looked up and met the eyes of her mother, Li Niangzi.
There's no way around it! My three unmarried sisters are just so innocent and adorable! They're instantly satisfied with the slightest favor!
But that's fine! This way, it saves my mother and me, two women, from having to deal with these three unruly girls!
When Li Niangzi saw the look in her eldest daughter Shouhua's eyes, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, he thought to himself that it was fortunate that his eldest daughter could help him. If he had to deal with these little devils by himself, it would have been a real disaster!
However, she was also quite impressed. Her eldest daughter, Shouhua, was beautiful and had a good temperament. She was a well-known virtuous wife in the surrounding villages!
The result was simply bad luck!
She had just gotten married, and before they even had a wedding night, her eldest son-in-law died! Shouhua, left widowed, stayed at her parents' home for a while, but eventually, unable to bear the cold stares and ridicule, she returned to her husband's side.
"Hmph! Those clueless good-for-nothings!" Li Niangzi was even more furious when she thought of the faces of her eldest daughter's in-laws! Putting everything else aside, just based on Shouhua's character and appearance, she would be a rare find even in the capital!
So what if she's been married once? So what if she's a widow now? I refuse to believe that in this prestigious capital city, there isn't a single man with the discerning eye to see that Shouhua is a treasure of a virtuous wife!
When Third Sister Kang Ning saw that Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister had finally stopped making trouble, she turned around, lifted the curtain, and secretly peeked outside.
Looking at the bustling streets and the constant flow of pedestrians and vehicles, she couldn't help but sigh.
"No wonder everyone says that Bianjing is the most magnificent city in the world!"
“The shops along this street even have colorful arches in front of them!”
"There are also several ladies wearing flowers in their hair standing in the pavilion!"
Upon hearing Third Sister Kang Ning's words, Fourth and Fifth Brothers couldn't sit still any longer and quickly crowded around her. The three pretty and youthful faces squeezed together in front of the narrow curtains, peering out together.
Although the eldest sister, Shouhua, was also a little curious, she merely craned her neck to peek twice, maintaining her dignified posture throughout!
"Third sister, look, there's someone dressed so elegantly over there!" Fifth Sister Leshan said excitedly, pointing in the distance.
"Isn't it amazing!" Third Sister Kang Ning said happily as she fanned herself with her fan.
The clever girl naturally understood that the capital was full of nobles and dignitaries, and it was not surprising to see any kind of high-ranking officials or nobles on the streets.
"Yes!" Fifth Sister Le Shan, being the youngest, was already overjoyed at the sight of this new world and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Can we wear these too in the future?"
"Then ask Mother!" Kang Ning naturally couldn't just agree so easily, so she gave her fifth sister a subtle wink and said.
"Once we settle down in the capital, I'll find you all good families!" Lady Li nodded with a smile as she looked at her beautiful daughters. "Then I'll have no regrets!"
Her eldest daughter, Shouhua, sitting next to her, smiled gently after hearing her mother's words.
Because he knew all too well what his mother had been worrying about all these years...
When the three younger sisters, Kangning, Haode, and Leshan, heard their mother's words and saw the expression on their eldest sister's face, they also became a little embarrassed!
After all, in their eyes at this moment, being able to go to the capital to get married was a hundred or a thousand times better than staying in their small hometown to get married!
What kind of men will she meet in the capital? And what kind of happy marriage will she find?
The three women were now quite uneasy, wondering if the Moon God was truly good to them. Before that man appeared, they had no idea!
When Aunt Shouhua saw the expressions on her three younger sisters' faces, she knew what they were thinking and couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. Wasn't she the same way back then?
But things didn't go as planned. She wanted to be a good wife and mother, but she didn't even have the chance!
Now that she is a widow, what hope is there for the rest of her life?
At this moment, Shouhua's only thought was to help her mother marry off her three younger sisters properly and find them happiness in the future.
That would make her completely satisfied!
……
Inside Wei Tingyu's carriage, he was currently sitting cross-legged, idly meditating, with his arm around Dou Zhao's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Wang Yingxue and her daughter Dou Ming leaned against the window, curiously peeking out through the curtains.
"Mom! It's so lively today! There are so many people on the street!" Dou Ming had been taught since childhood to be a good girl who rarely left the mansion, so she rarely had the opportunity to go out. Seeing so many people and such a lively scene, her face was filled with excitement!
"Yes!" Wang Yingxue looked at her daughter's genuinely happy expression and couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
What was I thinking back then? Keeping such a bright and cheerful little girl locked up in the yard for so many years! Looking back now, I realize how much of a failure I was as a mother!
Fortunately, after Dou Ming entered the Marquis's mansion, Wei Tingyu was not so strict with his wives and concubines. She could go shopping and play with her other sisters at any time!
In that sense, Wei Tingyu is also atoning for her sins of being an incompetent mother all these years!
"Mom! There's an oxcart too!" At that moment, Dou Ming, who was staring intently at the world with his bright eyes, suddenly pointed into the distance excitedly as if he had discovered a new continent and said, "I thought there were only horse-drawn carriages and donkey carts!"
“There aren’t that many horses in the countryside! There are more oxen! So many country folk travel to the city by oxcart!” Wang Yingxue nodded with a smile, then looked in the direction her daughter was pointing.
In a lane facing the street, an oxcart was parked in front of the main gate of a grand courtyard, and several women were getting off the cart one after another.
Judging from this, they must be poor relatives from the countryside visiting or seeking refuge in the city. Such things are not uncommon in wealthy families.
Wang Yingxue had only glanced at it before preparing to lower the curtain, but suddenly her pupils contracted violently!
Because she clearly saw that the back of the woman who had just gotten off the bus looked so familiar, it seemed to be her very good friend from back then!
Then, recalling that Li Niangzi had sent a letter to the mansion saying that she was coming to the capital to seek refuge with her second son-in-law and wanted to meet her but had missed it, Wang Yingxue suddenly realized what had happened.
"Stop the car!" she shouted instinctively to the driver, then turned and bowed to Wei Tingyu, who had just opened his eyes, saying, "My lord, I just saw that sister I haven't seen in so long!"
"Is that the Lady Li who came to the capital to seek refuge with her son-in-law?" Wei Tingyu perked up immediately upon hearing this.
You can see me even if I just flash by on the street? The system must have some rules governing this world!
The main characters from these different worlds, who have merged into this world, will all find themselves drawn to you.
"Yes!" Wang Yingxue quickly nodded and said, "Please give me some time, my lord, I'd like to go down and catch up with her!"
It's only natural that Wang Yingxue was so excited to finally see her sisters again after so many years.
Not to mention that Wei Tingyu knew that the world of Five Blessings was irreversibly approaching him, from a purely human perspective, he would not refuse Wang Yingxue's request.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Wang Yingxue was overjoyed when she saw Wei Tingyu nod.
"Then I'll take the carriage in the back and go back with my three sisters!" Dou Zhao blinked, gave Wei Tingyu a slight bow, and said, "After all, we don't know Mother's old friends, so we won't cause any trouble here!"
……
"What a pity! Our master and mistress have gone to the countryside to escape the summer heat!" In front of the Fan residence, a middle-aged woman dressed as an old servant said to the Li family's servant with an indescribable smile.
At this moment, Li Niangzi had already stood to the side, and her daughters also got off the oxcart one after another.
Contrary to her expectations, the main gate did not open wide, and the entire Fan family did not come out to welcome her and her daughters.
The cold, vermilion gate remained tightly shut, and the gatekeeper stared blankly in his direction.
At this moment, Li Niangzi already had a vague sense of unease in her heart. Things seemed to be quite different from what she had originally expected!
"Please inform your eldest son that his mother-in-law and her family have come all the way from the Eastern Capital to visit relatives!"
The old servant woman from the Li family naturally sensed that something was wrong, but for now, she could only bite the bullet and continue speaking.
But at this moment, her tone was less like asking the other party to pass on a message and more like pleading and begging!
After all, she knew that if she couldn't get into the Fan family's door this time, the entire Li family wouldn't know how to establish themselves in the capital.
"Young Master..." The maidservant from the Fan family rolled her eyes and said, "Young Master has gone to meet some friends!"
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, not only was the servant woman from the Li family stunned, but even Lady Li, who was standing not far behind her, frowned. The servant woman from the Fan family had her disdain written all over her face.
Is it still necessary for me to continue this entanglement? But if I just turn around and leave, how will I and my four daughters establish ourselves in the capital?
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