Three days later, Bai Zeyu set off for Shanghai, accompanied by Master Bai.
The Bai family was able to survive for so many years because of the foresight of the Bai family.
When the Qing dynasty was about to perish, Master Bai saw this and decisively let his son leave the imperial court and return to his hometown.
This time, the establishment of the Republic of China, but Master Bai always felt uneasy, so he decisively chose to go to Shanghai with his son.
It was just that Master Bai and Bai Zeyu didn't expect that a major event would happen at home a few days after they set off. If they knew, they wouldn't have left.
Madam Bai almost fainted from anger. Fortunately, the maidservants around her were good. One poured tea, one coaxed Madam Bai, and one immediately went to find the young miss.
She drove out the matchmaker who came to help Zhan Yunfei propose marriage and poured several cups of herbal tea, but she still couldn't suppress the anger in her heart.
"Wei Mengxian, how can you bully people too much? Your trash son dares to think about my Ya 'er, dream on –"
After calming down, Madam Bai decided to teach Wei Mengxian and Zhan Yunfei a lesson this time.
Originally, she thought that since her Ya 'er was fine, it would be a good deed. However, some people were looking for trouble, so she would help them.
Wei Mengxian was also very angry after learning from the matchmaker that the Bai family rejected the marriage. In her opinion, her son was so outstanding, and the Bai family really had no vision.
In fact, what Madam Bai didn't know was that for so long, Zhan Zuwang and Wei Mengxian actually didn't know that Zhan Yunfei hurt Siya. Therefore, when Wei Mengxian finally remembered that her son was already twenty years old and was about to get married, she found Zhan Zuwang to discuss it.
Although Zhan Zuwang had spoiled him all these years, of his two sons, only Zhan Yunfei was his favorite.
In the hearts of Zhan Zuwang and Wei Mengxian, their Yunfei was very good at that time. Naturally, only the best woman was worthy of their Yunfei.
The young miss of the Bai family, Bai Siya, was the number one beauty in Tong City. She was noble and elegant, generous and dignified, literate, and had a good family background. Therefore, when the two of them wanted to propose marriage to Yunfei, the first thing they thought of was the Bai family.
From their point of view, Yunfei and the young lady of the Bai House were a perfect match for each other. Thus, they found a matchmaker and had her propose marriage to the Bai House.
Pin Hui only found out about this when the matchmaker returned to the Zhan family for a chat. When she found out that Wei Mengxian had actually set her sights on Miss Bai, she laughed so hard that she almost rolled off her stool.
She had heard Yun Xiang talk about what happened back then. She also knew how much the Bai Family loved Miss Bai all these years. If Miss Bai hadn't taken a fancy to Yun Xiang, the Bai Family wouldn't have helped the mother and son so much. She also benefited from Yun Xiang.
Now, Wei Mengxian actually wanted her idiotic son to marry Miss Bai. She was courting death!
Sure enough, a day later, everyone in Tong City knew about the "love story" between the eldest young master of the Zhan family and the daughter of the Zhan family's housekeeper.
This Miss Ji was Young Master Zhan's "little shadow". The two of them were "childhood sweethearts" and "childhood sweethearts". They stuck together every day and were unclear. She was afraid that what should have happened had already happened!
For a time, Young Master Zhan's romantic gossip became the most popular topic in Tong City.
Wei Mengxian didn't take the Bai Family's refusal to marry to heart.
In her opinion, the Bai Family didn't have good taste. If she found a better one for her son, they would regret it in the future.
But when she made up her mind and carefully chose another young lady and asked the matchmaker to come, she was still rejected.
Wei Mengxian didn't give up and chose a few more, but none of them agreed to marry her Yunfei. Only then did Wei Mengxian realize that something was wrong. She asked someone to go out and ask around. After hearing the gossip about Yunfei, Wei Mengxian rolled her eyes and almost fainted.
After waking up, Wei Mengxian almost cried to death.
She pitied Yunfei. Now that he had such a reputation, how could he talk about marriage in the future!
Thinking of the female lead in the gossip, Ji Tianhong, Wei Mengxian wanted to kill her, but she knew that she couldn't because she still had to use Ji Tianhong to control Chief Steward Ji to help Yunfei.
She knew her son. Her Yunfei was good at studying, but his business was really bad, so she had to find a helper for Yunfei.
She had always known Ji Tianhong's feelings for Yunfei, so she let Ji Tianhong chase after Yunfei and even treated Ji Tianhong so well.
Originally, she wanted Yunfei to take Ji Tianhong as a concubine in the future. This way, for her daughter's sake, Chief Steward Ji would wholeheartedly help Yunfei. But she didn't expect that such a rumor would spread now. What was her Yunfei going to do?
Two years later, after the rumor about Zhan Yunfei slowly passed, Wei Mengxian arranged a marriage for Zhan Yunfei from another place.
It was the daughter of the dean of an academy. It sounded very noble, but it was only noble.
Now it was the Republic of China. There were so many schools outside. Who would go to the academy to study eight-legged essay?
After Siya received the news that Zhan Yunfei had been engaged, she immediately sent a letter to Mammy Xia, asking her to find an opportunity to get Wei Mengxian to find Zhan Zuwang to separate Zhan Yunfei and Yunxiang.
She wanted to take this opportunity to let Yunxiang get rid of those brainless people in the Zhan Family. At the same time, she wanted to break Yunxiang's obsession.
After Pinhui learned Siya's meaning from Mammy Xia, she thought about it and agreed.
Over the years, she had held the stewardship of the Zhan Family. She had earned a lot. If she could really use this opportunity to make herself realize Zhan Zuwang's character and cut off that thought, at the same time, get rid of those brainless people, it would be a good thing.
Wei Mengxian heard about the separation of the family when she was strolling in the garden. She kept it in mind. After going back, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was a good idea. As long as the family was separated, everything in the family would belong to Yunfei. At that time, those two bitches over there would no longer be an eyesore in her eyes.
Thinking of this, Wei Mengxian finally couldn't help but find Zhan Zuwang to talk about the separation of the family.
Zhan Zuwang was a conservative and traditional person. When he heard Wei Mengxian talk about the separation of the family, he was a little angry. But Wei Mengxian was crying and saying that it was all for Yunfei, which made Zhan Zuwang feel a little unbearable.
After a few days, Zhan Zuwang finally agreed. However, it wasn't a separation of the family, but a division of property.
Wei Mengxian also knew Zhan Zuwang. She was already very satisfied with this result.
In the ancestral hall, Yun Xiang silently took his share of the family property. The corner of his mouth hooked up into a mocking smile.
Ten percent of the Zhan Family's property, including the betrothal gift for his marriage in the future, he was a bastard son. This was not bad, right?
Forget it, so be it! What was there to be stubborn about? He was just a bastard son, a bastard son similar to a servant.
Wei Mengxian was satisfied. Although she gave ten percent of the family property to that bastard, he didn't need the Zhan Family to pay the betrothal gift for his marriage in the future. She had always been gentle and loving, so she had to care about this bastard son.
Unfortunately, she couldn't drive them out now. She could only give Yun Xiang a remote courtyard to live in. Unfortunately, she couldn't send Pinhui to a remote courtyard as well.
Soon, it was the day of Zhan Yunfei's wedding.
If it was before, Zhan Yunfei wasn't married at the age of 22, it would definitely be a big problem. Fortunately, it was now the Republic of China. Although some conservative people would gossip, the guests today were still polite.
Ji Tianhong hid at the side and looked at the newlyweds in their wedding attire with tears in her eyes. Her heart was in so much pain that she wanted to die, but she kept telling herself not to cry because today was the wedding day of her most beloved Young Master. Tears — — were inauspicious.
After all, Shen Yinghua was the daughter of the dean of the academy. She was literate and could talk about poetry with Zhan Yunfei. Therefore, after the marriage, the two had a very sweet time.
However, after Pinhui handed over the housekeeping power, Shen Yinghua always had to deal with the housework every day, so she couldn't accompany Zhan Yunfei from time to time. At this time, the little shadow of Zhan Yunfei appeared and filled this gap.
However, this had nothing to do with Yun Xiang.
After the separation, Yun Xiang was busy taking care of his share of the property every day. Fortunately, he had never been ignorant of worldly affairs. After being busy for a while, he was familiar with the ways of various shops.
Yun Xiang now only had 10% of the Zhan family's property in his hands. In the future, if he wanted to marry Siya, he would have to pay for the betrothal gifts.
He was well aware of the Bai Family's strength. Even if he were to give away all of his assets, the Bai Family wouldn't even bat an eyelid. Therefore, for the sake of his beloved woman, Yun Xiang was now so busy that his feet didn't even touch the ground.
Pinhui gave all the money she had earned when she was the housekeeper to Yun Xiang. Yun Xiang knew that in such a small place like Tong City, he couldn't earn enough money for his wife by relying on these few shops, so he partnered with Bai Zeyu to open a textile factory in Shanghai. At the same time, he also bought several shops in Shanghai.
Pinhui was distressed that her son was so tired every day, but she was just a concubine. She only had a little monthly salary on weekdays. How could she help Yun Xiang? The money she had earned when she was the housekeeper had already been given to Yun Xiang.
Seeing that Zhan Yunfei, the young master who didn't know anything, could get such a big property of the Zhan family without doing anything, while her own Yun Xiang was so busy. Every day, he had to stay up until midnight just looking at the account books, which made her distressed.
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