Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 68

Wen Peifeng had been so busy in the morning, his face was pale from the cold, and his nose was red. He no longer had his usual youthful and mature appearance.

Mrs. Wang turned her back and snickered, then turned around and went to the kitchen to grab a handful of peanuts she had just bought the day before and stuffed it into her hands. She also made a bowl of sugar water for him and the old mama.

“There’s nothing good at home. Seeing that you’re cold, eat and drink this.”

Wen Peifeng got up to meet her and thanked her.

“You’re welcome, you’re welcome, sit down and talk.”

He didn’t expect Mrs. Wang’s hand to be so strong. His shoulder felt a little numb when she pressed it, and the surprised embarrassment flashed across his face.

After drinking a bowl of hot sugar water and warming up his hands and feet, Wen Peifeng let out a long breath and talked about his intentions, “Yesterday, the little lady passed by our shop and happened to know that our family wanted to hire a cook. I recommended that she go to the mansion with me, but there was a little unpleasantness in the middle. Afterward, the old man liked the little lady’s porridge very much, and immediately told me to invite her over. So I came here early in the morning. “

Mrs. Wang specifically didn’t ask Gu Yin about the day, so she didn’t know what happened.

She knew that her daughter-in-law could make up her own mind, so she didn’t help to agree or refuse. She just told Wen Peifeng and the old mama to sit for a while, and went into the room to ask Gu Yin.

When Gu Yin was in the room, she heard Mrs. Wang talking to people on the patio, but in that era, she had just taken a bath and wrapped her hair, so she couldn’t go out. She could only put her ears against the wall and listen. .

When Mrs. Wang came in, she saw her head wrapped like a dumpling, lying on the wall, looking very funny.

She said, “What kind of weird posture did you learn?”

Gu Yin stepped back from the wall and said with a smile, “It sounds like Shopkeeper Wen from Daxing is here. What did he say?”

“Usually, you and that young shopkeeper’s relationship is old-fashioned, but today it’s lively!” Mrs. Wang succinctly relayed Wen Peifeng’s words, and then asked, “What was the unpleasantness? Did you suffer? Why didn’t you come back to tell me the grievance? If you were really wronged, don’t go, no matter how high he pays, we won’t suffer!”

“A month’s wage is 12 taels of silver…”

Mrs. Wang smacked her mouth, “My dear! So many!”

But soon she still had a painful expression on her face, “Long life, long life, long life, how can this money be earned all at once? Anyway, the innocent people of our family would not be sold as the servants of those big families!”

Seeing that Mrs. Wang was so distressed, Gu Yin said seriously, “I’m not joking, the so-called unpleasantness is a misunderstanding. Yesterday, the old man scolded the second master of that house, and Shopkeeper Wen took me over and happened to hear it. The second master felt ashamed, so he drove me away without letting me see the old man.”

Gu Yin did not mention that the old man was the one they met in front of the stage.

First of all, she thought that since the other party specially invited her regardless of the past, it must be that he didn’t care about it. Second, she heard Mrs. Zhao talk about the Wen family, but she didn’t listen carefully at that time. Yet, she heard that the Wen family was very remarkable, and it was the family that the Wang family wanted to cling to. She saw the plaque of the Wen family, and it should be the family that she mentioned.

Her mother-in-law was amazed but she couldn’t stand it. If she told her that the man she labelled crazy was Old Master Wen, it might scare her.

“The second master of that family has lost face in front of you, so you can’t go…”

“Don’t worry about that, mother. Since I’m going to cook for the old man, I don’t need to worry about the second master. Otherwise, if he as a son harassed the people invited by his father for no reason, that would be embarrassing. Besides, as you said, we are not servants. I can do this job if I can, but if I can’t, I will come back immediately. Anyway, I am idle.”

During that period of time, Mrs. Wang had gradually become accustomed to obeying Gu Yin’s words. Her words were justified and honest, so Mrs. Wang nodded and went out to agree. Because it was already halfway through the morning, and Gu Yin had just taken a bath and could not go in the wind, she agreed to let her go to work at Wen’s house the next day.

After the agreement, Mrs. Wang sent Wen Peifeng out.

Wen Peifeng and the old mama walked to the alley to take a carriage. When he turned around, he saw a shadow but he didn’t see anything when he looked closely.

He sneered, thinking that he was probably too tired. It was freezing cold, how could there be a child with little clothes hanging around outside?