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Chapter 739: Chapter 744: Shallow Eyelids_1
Granny Liu had just arrived home when Ruo Lan approached her eagerly.
"Aunt, how did it go?" asked Ruo Lan with anticipation.
Taking advantage of Qiao Duo’er and Tan Zhenghong being busy in town, she had already completed the preparations.
The evidence was found, which was that many people knew Tan Zhenghong had gotten drunk one night and returned home very late.
Many people supported her, believing that since Tan Zhenghong had taken her body and gotten her pregnant, he should take responsibility for her.
"I told you to stay put in your room, and yet you come out here making a spectacle of yourself!"
Granny Liu glared at Ruo Lan, her heart filled with anger.
If it weren’t for Ruo Lan claiming that she could get at least a few taels of silver by going there, she wouldn’t have been chased away.
This time her reputation had been completely tarnished!
Now, not to mention being provided for as mother and child, they flatly denied the child was his!
She had thought Ruo Lan was honest but had caused such a fuss only a few days after arriving at Big Willow Village.
It only made her feel sorrier for her foolish son, who still pined for Ruo Lan.
Thinking this, Granny Liu grew even angrier, feeling that she should chase this girl out!
"Aunt, I was momentarily foolish, please don’t be angry. It’s not necessarily a bad thing," Ruo Lan quickly tried to appease with a smile.
Granny Liu said disdainfully, "A good thing? You shameless hussy, getting pregnant without being married, who in the village doesn’t laugh at you? Let me tell you, don’t expect me to support you and your bastard child!"
She had kept Ruo Lan initially because of her good looks, nice behind, and ability to earn silver.
But until now, it had all been a case of her ending up paying instead! 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
"Just as long as Brother Zheng Hong is willing to marry me, I will leave the bride price for you. With the silver, you could even arrange a marriage for cousin with a girl from town."
"Though I’ve stayed in Mansion City, I was still just a servant; how could I be worthy of cousin?"
As Ruo Lan soothed her in this manner, Granny Liu felt much more comfortable.
She believed her own son was the best, deserving even the daughters of wealthy families.
Once he brought a Golden Phoenix home, life would be better for the entire family.
Perhaps she too could live a life dressed in silk and satins, wearing gold and silver, with maids at her beck and call.
Granny Liu lowered her voice, "You’ve seen much of the world, tell me, how much bride price could a family like the Tans give for taking a concubine?"
"Aunt, the Tan Family just doesn’t like to show off. They actually have more silver than a landlord’s family – if not a hundred, then surely around fifty taels," said Ruo Lan casually. She needed to keep her shallow-eyed aunt on her side.
There were some matters she couldn’t handle herself and needed to rely heavily on her aunt.
As for the Tans’ wealth, she believed it was no less than two thousand taels, and it was only increasing.
Once she married into the family, she was confident that everything the Tans owned would end up in her hands.
Then Granny Liu would have no choice but to beg on her knees, and Ruo Lan could repay all the humiliations she had suffered.
"How is that possible?"
Granny Liu exclaimed in shock before quickly covering her mouth. How could the Tans have so much silver?
Ruo Lan said patiently, "You don’t know this. When I went to town, I saw that they have opened a store in the county city. Wealthy ladies and misses frequent it, and even a little spill from their fingers would be enough for us for a lifetime!"
And what she saw might not even be all of the Tan’s assets.
Granny Liu’s eyes lit up instantly,
With an affectionate tone, Ruo Lan held Granny Liu’s arm and said, "Aunt, please help me. You are more important to me than my own mother. Once I marry into a good life, I will never forget about you."
