Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

Xie Cheng'an was very angry. Things over there were in a state of chaos, and his family was still in unrest. If these things got to the higher-ups, how could he be valued?

"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, please come in and sit down." Although Xie Cheng'an was angry, he did not show it on his face. He still politely bowed to the two of them.

"No need for that. We are going to take Wei'er back to Liuzhou today. You don't have to say anything else. After all, my Gu family is not worthy of a top scholar like you." Su said angrily.

Gu Xunwei gently patted her mother's arm. Although her eyes were red, she still shook her head slightly at her, "Mother..."

When Su saw Gu Xunwei like this, she knew what her daughter was thinking. She probably didn't want to divorce Xie Cheng'an, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Gu Ziyu had been a businessman for decades, so he naturally knew how to maneuver. Although he still looked unhappy, he patted Xie Chengan on the shoulder and asked, "Let's go, let me see what you can say to fool us."

Qian's expression relaxed a little, but she still asked Li Ma to go find Mr. Xie immediately, as today's events were unlikely to end well.

When they sat in the main room, Xie Chengan spoke first, "I'm sorry to have worried my father-in-law and mother-in-law. The appointment documents just came down these two days, and there are a lot of things to deal with. I have no time to take care of it. I should have informed you in advance."

He brought up the topic recently, and although he was apologizing, his tone was condescending, like an official talking to a businessman.

Yes, among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, the status of merchants is really low, and these scholars’ contempt for merchants is engraved in their bones.

"Gu Qiongsi is also one of us who grew up with us. Because of her carelessness, her parents are still kneeling in the ancestral hall of our Gu family. I hope that such a concubine will not cause any trouble to you if she marries into your Xie family."

Because Su knew Wei'er's feelings, her tone of voice softened a little, but it was still inevitably sarcastic.

"Thank you, mother-in-law, for your reminder. I will take good care of Aunt Gu and let her stay in the backyard."

"I heard that the Xie family bought a new house and used up all the money from Wei'er's dowry. Is that true?" Seeing that Xie Cheng'an was so shameless, Gu Ziyu had to ask what he had heard.

He and his wife have spoiled their daughter since she was a child. There are no concubines in the family, so naturally she doesn't know the secrets of the backyard. She has only been married for a few days, but she has already spent all the money. How can this continue for a long time?

"This..., it was Wei'er who took a fancy to that house and decided to buy it. I should have stopped her at the time. But not all of Wei'er's dowry was used. Mother also took some money."

Xie Cheng'an avoided the main point. He had just seen the look between Gu Xunwei and her mother and knew that she would definitely not be willing to divorce him, so all his father-in-law and mother-in-law needed was an explanation.

"Yes, yes, I also took silver." Qian said as she asked Nanny Li to pour tea for them.

Su and his companions had been traveling fast for a long distance and were thirsty, but as soon as they picked up the tea and looked at it, they no longer had the desire to drink it.

Gu Xunwei had arranged for Chenxiang to go to her room in advance, and brought back some Mingqian Longjing tea and a set of tea cups to make tea for her parents again, and the two of them drank it.

When Xie Chengan and his son saw this, they felt extremely uncomfortable. The room was full of the fragrance of tea, but tea was only brewed for the two of them, but they didn't have any.

"Wei'er, how much did the new house cost?" Su looked at Gu Xunwei while blowing the tea.

"The total is two thousand one hundred taels, and my mother-in-law paid six hundred taels." Gu Xunwei lowered her head and replied in a low voice.

Su was so angry that her chest hurt. Why would Wei'er be so open-hearted to Xie Cheng'an when he did such a thing?

Seeing her mother like this, Gu Xunwei quickly stood up and explained to her parents, "Don't worry, mother. All this money was loaned to the public school. IOUs have been made for all of it. It will all be returned in the future."

Xie Cheng'an naturally didn't know about such a thing, and Old Madam Xie had never thought about returning it to Gu Xunwei in the future, so she never mentioned it to Xie Cheng'an, but now she gave Xie Cheng'an an excuse.

"Yes, mother-in-law, when I have made a name for myself in the officialdom, I will return all this money to Wei'er." Xie Cheng'an nodded in agreement.

Su and Gu Ziyu looked at each other and stopped talking about the dowry.

The relationship between the two sides also eased a little. Seeing that it was time for dinner, Xie Cheng'an hurriedly arranged for Shuangrui to prepare meals, but was rejected by Gu Ziyu.

"We will go to the shop to take a look today. If there is no problem, we will leave tonight. I just hope that you can treat Wei'er well in the future. Otherwise, we can take Wei'er back at any time." After Gu Ziyu finished speaking, he did not give Xie Cheng'an a chance to express himself and walked out the door first.

Su also pulled Gu Xunwei out the door, "Wei'er, come with us. After we look at the shop, the three of us will have a meal together. Mother will be going back to Liuzhou soon."

Gu Xunwei nodded without hesitation, without even glancing at Xie Chengan, and got on the Gu family's carriage parked in front of the Xie family's gate with Su.

The Gu family's carriage was relatively spacious, and the three of them didn't feel cramped at all.

Xie Cheng'an and Qian were completely ignored, and they were naturally extremely unhappy, but they couldn't care less about so many things now.

Xie Cheng'an frowned and asked his mother, "What is this? How can she let Gongzhong write her an IOU? If such a thing were known to outsiders, how would they look upon our Xie family?"

Qian's chest was choked with anger. How could this also become her problem? "This is just a stopgap measure. Otherwise, where will we get the money we urgently need? Wei'er didn't want outsiders to know that the Xie family used the dowry of the new daughter-in-law, so she came up with this idea to avoid giving people a reason to criticize her."

"Mother is confused. The Xie family used the new daughter-in-law's dowry to give rise to gossip. Wouldn't it be the same if we borrow the daughter-in-law's dowry?" Xie Cheng'an became annoyed again when he heard this.

Qian had nothing to say, and naturally it was not pleasant to hear, but what else could she do? Even if she was thick-skinned, she couldn't possibly tell Gu Xunwei to just take it from her dowry and not bother writing an IOU.

But now, she didn't want to have the chance to explain to Xie Cheng'an. She knew that her son was busy with official affairs these past two days and it might not be going well. She didn't want to really offend him, so she had to change the subject.

"Mother knows about this. You haven't visited the child for two days. As a father, you should give the child a name."