Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: “Zhenzhu is right. There is a difference between men and women. It’s not good for you to meet like this. You wait here, I will come out as  soon as I finish talking to Zhenzhu.”

Bai Dabao had no choice but to nod his head and watched his mother get inside. He felt bored and cold. He walked for a long time a bit earlier, which warmed his body. But now, he was just standing and felt cold again.

Bai Dabao looked around and saw that the garden not far away was very beautiful, so he thought it would be stupid if he just stands in here. It’s better to take advantage of this opportunity to walk around in the garden to warm up.

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As soon as Mrs. Liu entered the room, she saw Bai Zhenzhu wearing gorgeous clothes and full of hairpins. She looked really different from before. She now looked like a young lady.

Mrs. Liu smiled and said: “It seems the saying is true. People rely on clothing, Buddhas rely on gold. Now that you dressed up like this, you really look like a different person.”

Bai Zhenzhu frowned and looked at her. She was very unhappy. There were so many people in this room, but she said she doesn’t look like a lady before?

Bai Zhenzhu waved her hands to the maidservants: “You all go outside. My niang and I have something to say.”

The maidservants saw the look in Mrs. Liu’s face when she entered. None of them didn’t know her intention. When she just entered, her eyeballs almost pop out while staring at the gold ornaments on their lady’s head.

When the door was closed, Mrs. Liu immediately jumped next to Bai Zhenzhu. Then, she stretched out her hand, pulled out the gold hairpin on her head, and weighed it in her hand: “It’s quite heavy. It must be tiring to put it on your head.”

Mrs. Liu squeezed the hairpin tightly in her hand. Now that it was in her hand, naturally, there is no reason to return it.

Bai Zhenzhu looked at her with disgust: “If you like it, then take it. You come to me today, is there  something?”

Mrs. Liu sat down beside her and smiled: “Zhenzhu, although our family has food and drink now, we don’t have any single copper coin on our body. We can’t live like this for the rest of our lives, right? Xiaofeng still has to study, and Dabao needs to get married. We want to go out from time to time. All these things cost money.”

In the end, she was just asking for money.

Bai Zhenzhu didn’t want to care about her, but she had to. Looking at her greedy face, she felt very uncomfortable. If her parents were here, she would definitely not make such a request to her. After all, she just entered this mansion. She hasn’t stood firm yet, but she will ask for money? If people learned about this, what would they think about her?

“What? What aren’t you speaking?” Mrs. Liu’s face turned cold.

Bai Zhenzhu sighed inside her heart, got up, and walked towards the dressing table. She opened a box inlaid with treasures and took out two silver ingots. One ingot cost 10 silver coins. This was just given to her just now. They said it was her pocket money.

Bai Zhenzhu handed the 20 silver coins to Mrs. Liu: “Here.”

Mrs. Liu took the money, but she didn’t felt happy: “Just this? Bai Zhenzhu, don’t you know that all the things in the capital are expensive? Do you think this money will be enough? It’s not even enough to buy a brush and paper.”

Bai Zhenzhu replied: “I know that this is not much, but I just entered this mansion. I only have this money. Do you really think Houye will treat me as his own daughter?”

Mrs. Liu pointed her finger to what she was wearing on her body and what she wore on her head, then exclaimed: “Those things you are wearing worth hundreds of silvers, right? But you’re saying he doesn’t treat you like his own daughter? If he doesn’t treat you like that, will he spend so much money on you?”

Bai Zhenzhu grabbed her wrist: “Keep your voice down. Don’t let other people hear you.” There were many maidservants outside.

 

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