Lady Zhu also felt uplifted, wearing silk clothes and feeling herself the matron of the family.
Lady Chen had also changed into a silken dress, but her heart was far from joyous. The sources of the silk in the shop were from the Qian family, and the shop had been started with Qian Wanxiu's dowry. It didn't even count as belonging to the second branch of the family, let alone their main branch! That damned old woman had been completely taken in by Lady Qian, her heart leaning all towards the second branch, her eyes seeing only Dalang who was still studying, and no one else from their main branch! They didn't realize that the silk shop was just for show, in actuality owned by others, and even if it made money, they couldn't spend it!
But the villagers all envied them; their family's blue brick and tile house stood strong, also splendid enough to last another ten or twenty years without issues. Now Pei Zongli had renovated and enlarged their courtyard, making it even more imposing.
