Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Xie Chengan ran to the backyard angrily, where Qian and Gu Qiongsi were struggling to take care of their crying son.

"Oh, son, you're finally here..." Qian was about to complain to Xie Chengan when she saw her son looking at her with a cold face.

"Mother, my son just went to the housekeeper to withdraw money, but the housekeeper said that he had no more money. I wonder if you know about this?" His words were full of complaints, blaming his mother for not informing Gu Xunwei in advance.

"My son needs money these days to run around. Without money, do you want him to be a minor official of the seventh rank for the rest of his life?"

The more he spoke, the more unfriendly his tone became, and his voice was full of blame. While blaming Gu Xunwei, he also blamed his mother.

Qian had a hard time saying anything. Gu Xunwei had already told her that all the money she could get from her dowry had been taken out. Even the income from the shop this month had been taken out. There was really no money left.

We can only wait until next month to see the shop’s profits.

It was impossible for her to let Gu Xunwei sell the dowry she brought with her as soon as she married into the Xie family.

If this gets out, Xie Chengan and the Xie family will lose all their reputation.

So she had no choice but to hand the child to Li Ma Ma and asked her to carry him to the west wing. Then she said to Xie Chengan,

"Brother An, our newly purchased house cost more than two thousand taels of silver, all of which was contributed by Wei'er, and a lot of my mother's own money was also used up, which is why we are so tight on money now. It should be better next month."

"What's the point of me, a minor official of the seventh rank, living in such a nice house? I really don't know how your housekeeper manages it?" Xie Cheng'an complained in a low voice, then left with a flick of his sleeves.

Since his family couldn't afford the money, he had to borrow some from outside temporarily.

However, Qian still heard what Xie Cheng'an said before he left, and the grievances in her heart suddenly surged out. She had told him about this when she decided on the house, but she didn't know at that time that he would be a seventh-rank official. Now it has become her decision alone.

At this moment, Gu Xunwei finished her work outside and came back with her maid.

When Qian saw her smiling and greeting her, she immediately became furious. "You have been away from home all day. What have you been busy with? The house is about to be turned upside down..."

Gu Xunwei restrained the smile on her face, and the crying of a child in the west wing also sounded at the right time.

"Mother, my daughter-in-law has been looking for someone to repair the roof and wall of the new house these two days. She has not dared to slack off for a single day. How come I am not home for the whole day?" Gu Xunwei was not to be outdone and immediately retorted with a neither soft nor hard tone.

"Besides, there's just one more child in the family, why is there such a fuss? Auntie can take care of the child, why are you so anxious, mother?"

After Gu Xunwei finished speaking, her expression turned grim. She was already exhausted after a busy day, and she didn't expect to have to listen to all this nonsense when she came back.

Of course, she knew in her heart that Xie Rui was not easy to take care of. In her previous life, when she first brought Xie Rui to her side, he would make trouble every night before going to bed. Later, she found out that he was prone to bloating, so she really rubbed his belly without taking off her clothes, and it was not until he was over three years old that he got better.

Qian's expression froze. "What do you mean by 'another child'? You have never given birth to a child, so you don't know how difficult it is to raise one. I said two things to you, and you said three things back to me. Is this how your Gu family educates people?"

"I have the upbringing of the Gu family, so there's no need for Mrs. Xie to interfere." An angry voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard gate.

The two of them quickly turned around and saw Gu Xunwei's parents standing at the door.

They must have heard about what happened in the capital in Liuzhou and rushed here regardless of anything.

I didn't expect to hear Qian humiliating her own daughter before I even entered the door. No one would feel good about it.

Gu Ziyu had a bad look on his face, but he still strictly abided by the rule that outsiders were not allowed to enter the backyard. He just stood outside the hanging flower gate and stared coldly at Madam Xie.

Madam Su walked in, her tone even harsher than Gu Ziyu's words just now, "Brother An took a concubine just a few days after his marriage, and had an affair without a matchmaker, got pregnant before marriage, and shamelessly ran away. I wonder how your Xie family has the nerve to criticize the upbringing of my Gu family?"

Qian knew that she had said something careless just now and they had heard it, but their words also made her facial muscles tremble uncomfortably, but she still quickly apologized with an apologetic look on her face.

"Oh, I didn't know you two were coming today, and Wei'er didn't inform me in advance. I made a fool of myself by letting you guys see me. Wei'er and I just... had an occasional argument. Please don't take it to heart. Come in, please."

"No need. We came here to see Wei'er. As for the Xie family, we have no plan to meet them." After Su said this, she pulled Gu Xunwei and was about to walk out.

"My dear relatives, what are you talking about? There's no reason to make the relationship so awkward because of a few words spoken in anger." Qian's face was embarrassed and her tone became heavy.

When she went to the Gu family to propose marriage on behalf of her son, her son was not yet the top scholar. Now that her son's status has changed, the Gu family still has such a tough attitude, which really makes her angry.

Don't think that you have the right to act wildly in their top scholar's mansion just because you have a few bucks.

"A word spoken in anger? What did you say when you came to my house to propose marriage? You would treat my Wei'er well, and this is how you treat Wei'er. You knew that bitch was pregnant, yet you still came to my house to propose marriage. What were you thinking?" Su's tone became much louder, and a lot of people gathered in front of the Xie family's door to watch the excitement.

"This..., in-laws, we really didn't know at the time. Alas, it was all because of An Ge's confusion that he made such a mistake. Madam Gu, please don't take it to heart. Besides, it's common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Madam Gu, please don't keep harping on this matter."

Seeing that more and more people were gathering at the door, Qian tried her best to distance herself from the matter and made everyone think that it was the Gu family who came here to make trouble.

Su was not a person who would let it go. "You didn't know. When we proposed marriage, you said you didn't know that she was three months pregnant. But when we got married, she was already eight or nine months pregnant. How could you not know? Even if this matter is brought to the attention of the government, it was your Xie family who shamelessly cheated in marriage first. How dare you say that we are holding on to this matter now?"

After she finished speaking, she ignored the dissuasion of Old Lady Xie and Nanny Li, and pulled Gu Xunwei's arm to walk out the door, but she saw Xie Chengan, who had gone out earlier, hurried back and was pushing through the crowd at the door to walk in.

As he walked in, he shouted to Shuangrui, "Close the door."

Then, the gate of Xie's courtyard was quickly closed, blocking people's inquiring gazes, but it could not dispel everyone's gossiping hearts. People still gathered outside the door of Xie's house, listening carefully to the noisy sounds coming from inside.