After the Republic of China

Chapter 1041 Chaos in Peking
Master Jiyuan of Daming Temple holds an important position in the party and his whereabouts remain a mystery.

Luo Congbai, his apprentice, was also unable to find out the whereabouts of his master.

Therefore, it is unpredictable whether he can come to Shanghai to attend the wedding.

Therefore, Luo Shao and the others stopped arguing about it.

When she arrived at the small study, Shao Yunshi directly called her grandfather.

The old man’s study in the Shao Mansion in Peking.

Shao Diyuan, the youngest brother of the Shao family, is studying obediently with his grandfather.

In the living room next door, the Bai mother and daughter were doing needlework with distressed looks on their faces.

Perhaps she was getting impatient, so she threw away her needle and thread and pouted, "Mom, I don't want to do this anymore. I want to go out and play."

The Shao family of Peking has established various rules and etiquette since old man Shao brought his family here.

The internal affairs were managed by Mrs. Shao, Niu, so she had no choice but to ask the second wife, Bai, to go out for social events, which would be a joke. After all, since the old man arrived, the people he socialized with were not simple figures.

The external affairs were taken over by Butler Xiao Zhang and Butler Lao Zhang.

Therefore, the Bai mother and daughter were like wild horses with a bridle, unable to run wild.

Not only that, Old Madam Shao also set rules for the second young lady, Shao Xiuxue, telling her that she must not miss out on anything a lady should learn, especially needlework.

As Mr. Shao said, this child needs to control his temper.

As for Bai, both Mr. Shao and his wife hated her because their son refused to remarry.

Therefore, not only do we have to follow the rules with her, but our interactions with her parents’ family are also restricted.

At first, Bai resisted, but unfortunately, her identity meant she was no match for Madam Shao, who was rich, prestigious and powerful.

Bai is now a little frightened.

At this moment, her daughter suddenly attacked. She was frightened and looked into the inner room. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't shout. If the old man in the room hears you, you will be in trouble."

Bai Xiuxue was probably afraid of her grandmother's methods, and said aggrievedly: "We can't always stay at home and do these useless things. I want to go to my uncle's house to play."

The Bai family and the Shao family are from two different social classes. Therefore, the Bai family lives a life of singing and dancing, while the Shao family is low-key and introverted, and even lives in a somewhat feudal patriarchal way.

"It's not that easy to go to my uncle's house to play." Bai also wanted to go back to her parents' home.

Shao Xiuxue glanced at her mother impatiently, "Mom is timid. You didn't dare to say anything when your aunt came to pick you up last time."

Ever since the scandal in Yangzhou that year, Bai had lost her status in front of her mother-in-law.

Now, all the relatives from her old family came to Beijing at once. Once they arrived, she was deprived of her last housekeeper rights, and the extra income was gone.

If a person has no money, he can't shake.

On the one hand, she was still thinking about the family property, so she didn't dare to show her teeth.

Now, seeing her daughter anxious, she felt distressed and anxious as well, but she was not angry at her daughter's complaints.

Shao Xiuxue knew that what she said was a bit too much, but when she saw her mother lowering her head and not responding, she became angry again.

"Mom, please think of a solution quickly. I really don't want to go on like this. Look, my finger is almost pierced." Perhaps it was really painful, Shao Xiuxue's eyes turned red.

When Mrs. Bai saw this, she felt even more distressed and hurriedly pulled her daughter's hand and began to rub it.

Shao Xiuxue was impatient and pulled her hand away, angrily saying, "What's the point of rubbing now? Why don't you find a way to make me stop doing this?"

After saying this, she angrily threw the embroidery frame away.

Her attitude did hurt Bai a little. Bai, with a fierce face, stopped her daughter and said, "Can you be more obedient? Things are different now than before. Don't let your grandmother catch you and cut off your pocket money."

"Pocket money, that little money, what can you do with it?" Shao Xiuxue sneered, "I'm not short of pocket money now, but I need to find a good family to marry into. I'm really tired of this family."

After hearing this, Mrs. Bai did not scold her daughter. She also hoped that her daughter could find a good family to marry into.

But since the parents-in-law came, all the boys my daughter dated before have almost disappeared.

"Xue'er, has Yan Quan been looking for you recently?" Bai was still optimistic about Yan Quan, who had already joined the business department.

Shao Xiuxue pouted, "I found it, so what?"

What is this? Bai was worried, "What's wrong? The Yan family is not bad, you should pay attention to it."

Shao Xiuxue snorted coldly, "The Yan family is nobody's business. The Qiao family is the old-established family. Mom, have you figured it out?"

"The Qiao family, it's the Qiao family again. Didn't I tell you? Don't even think about this family. It won't work." Bai said angrily.

How could Shao Xiuxue admit it? "Why can't I just think about it? As long as the old man is willing to come forward, this marriage can be completed immediately, right?"

Bai was a little stunned after hearing this, "Things are not as simple as you think. From what I heard from your father, Mrs. Qiao only wants to raise you as the second wife."

"Second wife?" Shao Xiuxue was dumbfounded. "Why? Didn't the Qiao family decide that damn girl Shao Yunshi would be the principal wife? How come I became the second wife after all?"

Bai couldn't bear to hear Shao Yunshi mentioned, and she spat directly: "Don't mention that person who was driven to death. Anyway, that's what your father said, so don't worry about the Qiao family."

"Why?!" Shao Xiuxue exploded.

The sound was so sharp that knocking sounds were immediately heard from the inner room.

Bai quickly suppressed her daughter and whispered, "Don't be angry. The Qiao family is not a very important family. I think the Yan family is pretty good."

"Mom!" Shao Xiuxue shouted angrily.

Bai was just about to persuade him when the phone in the old man's study suddenly rang.

The mother and daughter were startled, looked at each other hurriedly, then stood up and quietly went to the study door.

The old man in the study has already picked up the phone.

When he heard it was his eldest granddaughter calling, he was so happy that his laughter was almost deafening.

Shao Diyuan sat at the desk and secretly glanced at his grandfather. He had never seen his grandfather so happy since the family came to Peking.

He is getting older and older, and has read many books of sages with his grandfather. He knows the concepts of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and hierarchy, and he looks down on his own parents.

Moreover, he felt some inexplicable guilt and respect for his eldest sister.

Now, when I heard that it was my eldest sister calling, I pricked up my ears and paid attention.

The old man had no time to observe his grandson at the moment. He was listening to his eldest granddaughter's report on recent developments.

The mother and daughter who were eavesdropping outside the door also heard the old man's laughter and curled their lips together.

The door of Mrs. Shao's room was also opened a crack.

In the inner room, Madam Shao lowered her eyes and said sinisterly, "What's going on? Is that demon causing trouble again?"

Mother Suo was patting her back. Hearing this, she paused and said, "That doesn't sound like Second Grandma's laughter."

Ou Xiang turned around just in time and said, "It was the old man's laughter."

"Old man?!" Mrs. Shao and Mother Suo were both stunned. They were old and their hearing was not very good.

Ou Xiang closed the door stealthily, "The Second Madam and the Second Miss are lying at the door of the old man's study and eavesdropping."