Chapter 56: The Legacy of Disaster (Part 2)

  Mrs. Chen was stunned, her smile also unnatural, glanced at Ronghua, who stood aside and didn't speak.

  Mu Ge couldn't help but retort to Ma Dao Po, "My young mistress doesn't lack this, she just gave away a string of them the other day." Mu Ge had been inquiring about Ma Dao Po's affairs these past few days and didn't have a good impression of this old nun who pretended to be mysterious and eerie. She was afraid that Ma Dao Po would harbor malicious intentions towards her own young mistress, so now that Ma Dao Po was offering something, she naturally didn't want her mistress to accept it.

  Rong Hua let Mu Jin go and speak, while he stood aside and looked at Ma Dao's face. He saw Ma Dao's eyes rise with a hint of disdain, her pupils turned to show half of the white of her eyes, and the smile on her lips deepened in mockery, showing contempt.

  "Miss, are you going back to the courtyard to pack your things?" Chen's mother broke the deadlock, her arm stretched out in front of her, subtly pushing Madam Ma's hand aside.

  Ronghua smiled and said, "The things have all been moved over by the girls, leaving only these personal items for Jinxiu and Muxi to tidy up," she paused, then pulled Chen Mama aside, "I was just about to go find Mama and discuss some matters with her. Since my side is a suite of rooms, Ninth Sister and Tenth Sister are squeezed into one room, I thought, since I have an extra room here that's not being used, why not let Tenth Sister move over temporarily and live with me."

  Madam Chen smiled and said: "Miss Ba is indeed a meticulous person. When she was collecting the dowry, she didn't think of this point. However, Miss should go and tell Madame about this matter."

  Ronghua smiled and said, "Still have to tell mom first, I don't understand what's going on inside either."

  Seeing Eighth Miss behave like this, Chen Mama's smile became even more radiant. "In the next two days, our estate will be busy cleaning up and preparing for the Winter Solstice ancestor worship ceremony. Unfortunately, many places were either damaged by fire or looted by thieves, so there are a lot of repairs to be done around the estate. We don't have enough manpower at the moment. Originally, we planned to temporarily make do for a few days and wait until after the ancestor worship ceremony to arrange for people to clean up the houses for the young ladies to live in. Eighth Miss has helped us resolve a big problem like this; some people are still unwilling to let others move into their homes!"

  The two ladies of the second house did not want to live with the tenth lady, first because of the rumors in the yard, and second because those two ladies were originally from one family, eating and traveling together, unknowingly excluding others. Although Sixth Lady Yan Hua temporarily moved to Old Lady's place, she had long since made it clear that her house was too cluttered to accommodate anyone else.

  Rong Hua had gotten along with the tenth miss since their past lives, and now she was also willing to get close to her. The tenth miss was even more grateful for Rong Hua's lifesaving grace, and the two people unknowingly became enthusiastic about each other. It was said that Rong Hua was going to move to a suite courtyard, and the tenth miss also had the idea of going together.

  Ma Dao stood beside and eavesdropped on Rong Hua and Chen Mama's conversation, then asked straightforwardly: "Where is Eighth Miss going to move to?"

  Madam Chen despised Ma Dao's wife for being shameless and talkative, but now the mistress believed in Ma Dao's wife, so she didn't dare say much, just perfunctorily saying: "Nothing, a suite of houses on the west side of the garden."

  Ma Dao Po seriously used her fingers to calculate for a while, shaking her head and asking, "Is there still empty space over there?"

  Many people don't understand what Ma Dao Ba means.

  "Anyway, it's a good piece of land," she said. When no one responded, she continued, "I'll go tell the mistress."

  But after hearing her for a few sentences, she became arrogant and thought to herself that even though she had been by the mistress's side for so long, she still hadn't achieved this level of status. Chen Mama glanced at Ma Dao Po with a slanted gaze, a smile on her face but no warmth in her eyes, "The mistress is still waiting."

  Ma Dao Po then put away the Buddhist beads in her hand and looked at Eighth Miss, muttering softly, "It's just a matter of time."

  Rong Hua's heart sank suddenly.

  When Chen's mother led Ma Dao's wife far away, Mu Ge finally spat and said, "What a thing, one look is not a good person. Miss doesn't have to care about her."

  Ronghua smiled wryly and now he couldn't ignore her anymore.

  Yao Hua came to Ma Dao's place, and Ma Dao was delighted to see her, looking at her as if she were a fish on the chopping board. If Yao Hua wasn't mistaken, Ma Dao was going to use her hand against her... This hurdle, how would she be able to get through it?

  Ronghua and Jinxia, Mugun returned to the house, the tenth lady was directing the maids to clean up the furniture in the house, Ronghua stepped forward and said: "Hard work, sister."

  Jiang Huadong's face suddenly turned red, "I'm idle and have nothing to do. I just don't know if the things are placed properly."

  Rong Hua smiled and said: "Suitable, even better than I thought."

  Two people sat down, and Jinghua asked again, "Have you seen my mother?"

  Rong Hua nodded, "I've seen him."

  Jinghua's expression seemed somewhat dazed, her eyes wandering aimlessly, "Is mother all right?!"

  Jinghua just went to see San Shu this morning, why is she asking about San Shu again? Ronghua knew what Jinghua was thinking, she wanted to know how San Shu and San Bo would handle her matter.

  Rong Hua cautiously comforted Jing Hua, "Third Aunt's complexion is very good, and she also asked me to take good care of my sister. She said that she treats you like her own daughter." Liao Shi's expression didn't seem like she would neglect Jing Hua.

  Jinghua finally had a smile, "My mother is very good to me." She had thought before that her father was weak and wouldn't help her get anything, if her mother Liao didn't step in... but the result was better than she expected.

  Jinxiu picked up the things that Ronghua had on her and went forward to say to Ronghua, "I'll go borrow some needles and threads from Yaqin."

  Ya Qin is in the big mistress's house.

  Ronghua nodded in understanding, "Go!" She said, leading Jinghua into the inner room to tidy up.

  Jinghua picked up the book that Ronghua usually read in her free time, flipped through it casually, and found a thin mint leaf between the pages. She pinched the mint leaf in her hand, looked at Ronghua for half a day, "Eighth sister, I want to say something, don't take it to heart, but I always feel that you are somewhat similar to Fifth Sister."

  Ronghua was taken aback.

  " You are just like your fifth sister, treating people with great kindness and also liking to read books," she said, raising the book in her hand. "I remember that your fifth sister also liked to put mint leaves between the pages of a book."

  Mint leaves. She casually put them in, afraid that someone would associate them with the fifth young lady's elegance, and several times wanted to take out the leaves and throw them away, but couldn't bear to do so, and today they were seen by Jinghua.

  It's probably a kind of fate, I didn't get to be close to this tenth sister in the previous life, and now I have another chance in this life.

  Rong Hua reached out and pulled Xing Hua over, the two of them sat together. Rong Hua smiled and said: "Third Aunt mentioned that person who saved you."

  Jinghua's face immediately turned red when Ronghua said that out of the blue.

  Ronghua smiled meaningfully, and indeed she had guessed it.

  Jinghua deliberately put on a stern face, "You're just using me for entertainment. Didn't someone also save you that night?"

  Wu Mu Hou. Rong Hua was taken aback for a moment, and in her heart, she secretly hoped that the person she met that night would be someone trustworthy to entrust her life to, but what about herself? What kind of person did she meet that night?

  After a while, it seemed like there were people talking outside the house. Rong Hua and Jing Hua listened quietly.

  The outsider said: "So it was here."

  Ronghua heard it and knew it was Yanhua's voice.

  Yan Hua was living well in the old lady's house, how could she suddenly come to this side. Rong Hua was thinking, Jin Xiu had already lifted the curtain and entered the room.

  Jinxiu's face didn't look good, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she had a lot on her mind.

  Rong Hua raised her face and asked, "What's wrong?"

  Jinxiu didn't say much, just saying: "That Ma Dao's wife came over here to take a look around, but it's unknown what she wants to do."

  Jinghua didn't know what kind of person Ma Dao Po was, but hearing the commotion outside, she wanted to pull Ronghua out to take a look.

  "Oh, it's here! What a coincidence, Eighth Sister just moved in." Yanhua's voice grew louder.

  Ronghua went to the window and took a look, even if she didn't come out of the house, it wouldn't be quiet. Thinking so in her heart, she followed Jinghua's footsteps, lifted the curtain and walked outside.

  Ma Dao Po stood in the courtyard, looking around and pointing here and there. Yan Hua supported Si Niang in one side to watch. Especially Yan Hua, when she saw Rong Hua, a sly smile appeared on her face, "Ba Mei quickly come over."

  Ronghua Station passed by, Yan Hua warmly said: "Eighth sister, this time you are living in a treasure land."

  Ma Dao Po also clasped her hands together and said with a serious expression, "I've always said that Eighth Miss is a person of destiny."

  Yan Hua's smile became even more radiant after Ma Dao Po spoke, and she turned her head to continue talking to Ma Dao Po. "I've heard that the San Sheng An is extremely efficacious, I've always wanted to donate more incense oil money," she said as she pulled Four Madam's arm into hers, leaning in close and being very affectionate, her eyes glancing at Four Madam's belly. Then she stuffed a large gold ingot from her hand into Ma Dao Po's hand, "You must bless us abundantly."

  Madam Ma's face showed joy, and she immediately recited a Buddhist phrase.

  Rong Hua saw everything in his eyes.

  Especially the triumphant smile of Yunhua towards her.

  Where did Yanhua get so much money? Looking at Si Niang's appearance, she was wearing a red butterfly embroidered jacket, with a high hair bun, and her whole person was dressed up in a bright and moving manner. From head to toe, she was staring at Yanhua with those sparkling eyes, but Yanhua was more concerned about Si Niang's belly and didn't notice the way Si Niang was looking at her.

  The whole compound is talking about Fourth Aunt having a pregnancy.

  She remembered that when the concubines in the mansion were pregnant, they all handled it with care, afraid of making any moves that might provoke the first wife. But the fourth concubine seemed to be someone who didn't care about anything and wasn't afraid of anything.

  A woman who had been cautious for decades suddenly became unrestrained.

  Ma Dao Po finally left the yard, but Yan Hua and Liu Niang did not follow her. Rong Hua was about to enter the house with Jing Hua when Yan Hua leaned in close and whispered: "Does Eighth Sister know? Mother wants to choose a place to build a family temple."

  Went to grandma's house for dinner tonight.

  It's quite late now, I just finished fighting for a chapter.

  Haha, the new year has passed, everything should be back to normal now. No more excuses for being lazy!

  So sleepy, finally can go to bed and sleep.