Chapter 236 You Misjudged Him
Hearing their conversation aside, Lvliu signed in her heart.
Her lady was smart, how come she could be that stupid in this matter? It was obvious that they were making fun of her.
With her lady's status and family background, even if she couldn't marry to a wealthy and influential clan, she could easily find her perfect match. Why did she have to humiliate herself?
Lvliu thought for a while, and then suddenly walked out from behind Guo Lingyi, bowed low to Liu Cuihua and Su Jiuyue, and said apologetically, "Sorry, my lady has been sicked these days and her mind is not clear, so she said these things. Please don't take it personally."
Guo Lingyi frowned. "Lvliu! What are you talking about? When do you get a say in it?"
However, Lvliu ignored her words and just dragged her arm and pulled her into the academy.
Guo Lingyi was furious, but she was not as strong as Lvliu, so she had to shout while being dragged, "Lvliu! How dare you offend me! I will get rid of you and sell you to another family today!
Hearing her words, Lvliu was obviously scared and trembled, but soon she grasped Guo Lingyi's wrist again.
"My lady, just come with me! If things get worse, even if you don't sell me, master will do it. That old lady of the Wu family is obviously giving you a hard time, they don't deserve you at all, why are you so stubborn? It would make a lot of sense if Wu Xiyuan likes you. But the truth is, none of their family likes you. If you marry to that family, your life will be ruined!"
Liu Cuihua stood still with her arms crossed. She could vaguely hear them talking.
She chuckled. "The maid is quite clever, but the lady is not."
Su Jiuyue thought so. Guo Lingyi had such good cards, but she played it poorly.
If it was escalated, it would be possible that no man would want Miss Guo.
"Mom, you will not allow Miss Guo to be your daughter-in-law, won't you?" Although Su Jiuyue knew the answer, she felt a bit uneasy.
Liu Cuihua lowered her head and looked into Su Jiuyue's eyes, who was nervous like a deer, making Liu Cuihua softhearted.
Liu Cuihua believed that a good daughter-in-law should be like Su Jiuyue, who was lovable, cute, and considerate.
If Guo Lingyi was her daughter-in-law, they wouldn't live a single peaceful day.
Her second daughter-in-law was not easy-going, if Guo Lingyi married to their family, it would definitely cause a chaos.
Liu Cuihua stretched out her big hand and straightened the curtain cap on Su Jiuyue's head, then said softly, "A good wife should be virtuous. If a family has a good wife, the lives of three generations will be glorious. But if a wife is a homewrecker, then the family will be destroyed soon."
As she spoke, she did nothing to hide her disgust for Guo Lingyi. "Although Miss Guo is from a scholarly family, she is not a virtuous woman. She can't even compete with your sister-in-law! Your sister-in-law may not have perfect personality, but she knows exactly what to do and what not to do. She has her own judgement. But Miss Guo doesn't have a bottom line. Such person should be looked down upon."
Su Jiuyue nodded in hearty agreement. It was not that she thought she was so excellent and way out of Wu Xiyuan's league.
But if Wu Xiyuan married Guo Lingyi, his bright future would be ruined.
At the same time, she also found that the way her mother-in-law talked to her was nothing like how she treated Guo Lingyi.
It seemed that her mother-in-law had been treating her well. All these days, Liu Cuihua had never talked to her in a loud voice and was always gentle.
So, she could assume that her mother-in-law was satisfied with her.
Suddenly, she stretched out her hand and shook Liu Cuihua's hand slightly. "Mom, I can cultivate one-seventh acre of land and grind a bag of flour a day, and I can make breakfast before 5 o'clock in the morning."
She said it with caution, and Liu Cuihua suddenly laughed.
"Silly girl, I would never let you do these things. I just said that deliberately so that she can back off. If I let you do these works, I will be a bad mother-in-law. I don't want to be called like that."
Su Jiuyue smiled. "Mom, you are so nice."
Liu Cuihua patted Su Jiuyue's back with another hand. "Like Xiyuan, I am happy to have you in our family."
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Lvliu dragged Guo Lingyi all the way into the yard, and the quarrel between the two finally reached master Guo's ears.
Master Guo was furious, because such thing was a disgrace to his family and would ruin his reputation.
He smashed a teacup and an inkstone and swore that he would send Guo Lingyi to the nunnery for tonsure and cultivation.
It also startled the old Mrs. Guo. She came to Mr. Guo's study with her crutch, trembling.
Seeing that her dear granddaughter was kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down her face, Mrs. Guo held her and then looked at her son.
"What are you doing? She is your daughter. How can you treat her like this?"
Master Guo's face was dark with rage. "Ask her what she had done! No man in Yongzhou City dares to marry her now! It's better for her to become a nun and save trouble, so that she won't make a fool of herself anymore!"
The old Mrs. Guo surely knew what had happened. But to her, if Guo Lingyi couldn't find a husband in Yongcheng City, she could always go to another city. How could her son send Lingyi away to be a nun? Her dear granddaughter could never bear the impoverished life of a nun.
"We can further discuss it later. Lingyi is still young and not in a hurry to get married."
After she calmed her son down, she turned her head to look at Guo Lingyi. "Lingyi, why did you do this? You know that he has a wife, why did you still meddle with them? Do you really want to be his concubine?"
Guo Lingyi shook her head. "Grandma, you don't know it. I really like him!"
As she spoke, she cried sadly and covered the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, looking pitiful.
"I just want to marry the man I like. Am I wrong? Why do all of you treat me like this? It's like the whole world goes against me. You want me to become a nun? Why don't I just kill myself?"
Hearing what she said, the old Mrs. Guo felt both angry and worried.
"What are you talking about? If you are dead, what should I do?! You want to know if you are wrong? Let me tell you, you are wrong because you misjudged him! There are countless men in the world, why do you have to choose a married one? It will make some senses if he also likes you, but he didn't even want to look at you! Why bother like this!"