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Chapter 695: Chapter 700 Bad Idea_1
"Wife, you are so good to me." Tan Zhenghong stole a kiss on Qiao Duo’er’s face, he was almost moved to death by his own wife.
"Glad you know, now go cook!"
Tan Zhenghong immediately scrambled up and hurried to the kitchen to help.
For lunch, Qiao Duo’er made noodle soup with fish and stir-fried La Ba tofu with meat, spicy chicken, and green vegetables.
Chen Yiling, being pregnant, needed to ensure proper nutrition.
"That Jiang’s Clan is really despicable, blocking the door at Erhu’s house and saying that if Chao Lian doesn’t give her money, she can’t live on. Lucky I was there."
Chen Yiling chattered about her glorious deeds of the day while eating.
It wasn’t that she had forgotten the rule about ’no talking while eating and no talking while sleeping,’ she just couldn’t hold it in.
She just couldn’t understand how such a good girl like Chao Lian could end up with such an unreasonable stepmother and a weak father?
If it were her, she would have been enraged long ago!
Qiao Duo took the opportunity to say, "Did you come up with some bad idea?"
"How is it a bad idea? Didn’t you say before that we should find a way to make Sun Erhu poor?"
Chen Yiling felt very indignant; she was the great benefactor of Sun Erhu and Chao Lian. If not for her, who knows how long they would have been blocked?
How did it get connected to a bad idea?
Qiao Duo raised an eyebrow: "Well, aren’t you going to spill it? I’m dying of curiosity."
"I said Chao Lian ruined my dress and she should compensate me with One Hundred Taels of Silver," Chen Yiling said cheerfully.
"You’re just determined to drive your Lord Qin to his grave."
Qiao Duo felt a bit of schadenfreude because Lord Qin would soon realize he married a woman who is not only unreasonable but also a pest.
This is the power of gossip.
"That dress is made of the finest silk from Jiangnan, embroidered with gold thread by the best Embroidery Lady. How could it not be worth One Hundred Taels? I even think I quoted too little!"
In reality, she was seriously spouting nonsense; her most expensive dress cost just Ten Taels of Silver.
Before she got married, her mother was thrifty and never lived in luxury.
After marrying Lord Qin, she cared even less about these luxuries, because Lord Qin came from a poor family, and she needed to save some money.
But she was the Lady of the County, what could Jiang’s Clan do to her?
And with Jiang’s Clan’s level of discernment, they couldn’t tell real from fake anyway.
"That One Hundred Taels really was too little, you should have said One Thousand Taels, then all the money Chao Lian and Erhu would earn in their lifetime would be yours."
Qiao Duo fully agreed, that way Jiang’s Clan would never dare to come knocking.
"Humph, I’m not talking about it anymore!"
Chen Yiling gave Qiao Duo a white look, knowing full well she was being mocked.
Qiao Duo quickly admitted her mistake: "I was wrong, please continue."
"Then in front of Jiang’s Clan, I moved out all the valuable items from Erhu’s house, but anyone with eyes could see that all those items together weren’t worth One Hundred Taels, so I told them to move things from Jiang’s Clan’s house. She turned pale with fear, kept saying Chao Lian was not her daughter, and said she would never go to Chao Lian’s house again."
Chen Yiling recounted the events with a flourish.
Especially when she thought of the look on Jiang’s Clan’s face—wishful of not recognizing Chao Lian—she wanted to laugh.
At that time, many people were saying Jiang’s Clan was no good.
Of course, there were also those who said she was heartless, but she pretended not to hear them.
Qiao Duo hurriedly reminded: "Take it easy, don’t scare my godson."
Chen Yiling calmed down her excitement before saying, "I’m done talking, let’s eat."
Acting requires physical effort, and she was starving.
Tan Zhenghong had been all ears the whole time, and knowing that his brother was out of trouble, he felt relieved too.
Erhu and Chao Lian both had tough lives; it was time for them to turn the corner.
