Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 81: Narrow-minded, can't stand others doing well

While eating snacks, Wen Qingwan lamented that Wen Mingzhu was too stubborn and self-willed. She had been competitive since she was a child.

When she was two years old, she relied on the love of her father Wen and the Charm of All People System to make everyone in the Wen family run around in circles.

Ever since Wen Qingwan was old enough to understand, Wen Mingzhu has been yelling at her and trying to drag her into the mud.

Unfortunately, Wen Mingzhu didn't like studying and had no real skills. Before she was six years old, she could still bully her with her arrogance like a violent storm.

But after she was six years old, Wen Mingzhu could only bully her in the Wen mansion, and outside, Wen Mingzhu had to rely on herself to help her.

For example, noble ladies in the capital city would often hold flower-viewing banquets, and the most common game at these banquets was the Flying Flowers Game.

Feihualing is not only a game, but also a test of the ladies' poetry and temperament.

If there are those who are not talented and well-educated and cannot keep up the good work, they will be exposed; or if there are those who do not read seriously and say some strange words under nervousness, they will also be screened out.

Although Wen Mingzhu had many famous poems in her mind, unfortunately they were always inconsistent and would be eliminated after just a few rounds.

She was quite self-aware. Every time she showed off for a round or two, she would tell everyone, "I'm not interested in this game. Let my sister take my place."

Every time facing the shameless Wen Mingzhu, Wen Qingwan wanted to tell everyone that Wen Mingzhu would be exposed in the next round.

But she didn't dare say it out loud, because the Wen family members were watching her covetously, and they would be intimidated if she said anything bad about Wen Mingzhu.

Her own mother and brothers might strangle her to death in public, so she could only vent all her grievances by reciting poems with the young ladies from aristocratic families.

Some of the noble ladies were really knowledgeable, and for a moment her competitive spirit came up, and she talked to everyone one after another.

Soon after, she and the most talented woman in Shangjing were the only two people left on the field still reciting poems, and they were evenly matched.

For a moment, everyone around held their breath and looked at them. Wen Qingwan was still young at that time, so she wouldn't be able to match them in the end.

But she was already very capable, and Mrs. Wen would always tell everyone with a smile whenever that happened.

"My eldest daughter is not very talented and knowledgeable. She is not as good as Zhu'er by a long shot. If Zhu'er didn't change her clothes, she would definitely win."

Wen Qingwan was extremely sad about her mother's words, but she could do nothing about it, because she was at the bottom of the food chain in the Wen family!
At this time, Wen Qingwan was looking at the rain outside the window, thinking that she was now the mistress at the top of the Xiao family's food chain.

She couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling extremely comfortable. It turned out that being away from Wen Mingzhu was the happiest thing.

Wen Mingzhu has been like a blooming rose since she was a child, always with an arrogance that looks down on everything.

She has a pair of big watery eyes, and her eyes always reveal a unique sense of superiority.

Although every move she made to bully her was filled with a strong sense of arrogance, Wen Qingwan was truly not afraid of her.

If it weren't for Father Wen, Madam Wen and several of their sons protecting Wen Mingzhu, Wen Qingwan could have knocked her down in minutes.

Wen Qingwan didn’t know where her sense of superiority came from before, but now she knows, she came from a thousand years later.

However, Wen Mingzhu, who came from a thousand years later, has never done anything beneficial to the family since childhood.

She had come up with several ideas for the eldest brother of the Wen family, but all of them ended in failure. At the beginning, Wen Mingzhu sounded very reasonable.

For example, a new restaurant that made a lot of money opened in the capital, and the eight-year-old Wen Mingzhu was jealous.

She would instigate the eldest brother of the Wen family to open a restaurant opposite the other family and steal their business.

Wen Qingwan originally thought that Wen Mingzhu would come up with some special dishes to crush the other party. This made her excited and expectant, and she couldn't help but pay close attention to them.

Unexpectedly, Wen Mingzhu actually came up with the idea of ​​offering free tastings and discounts in an attempt to overshadow her rival in reputation.

Upon hearing the news, eight-year-old Wen Qingwan was dumbfounded, but her father and sixteen-year-old brother believed Wen Mingzhu.

At the beginning, quite a few people did come into the eldest brother of the Wen family's restaurant to try the food for free, and the restaurant opposite suddenly lost all its business.

The Wen family father and son both smiled and praised Wen Mingzhu as a child prodigy and a business genius at home.

While praising Wen Mingzhu, he also viciously belittled Wen Qingwan, saying that she was useless.

These people...are they probably sick in the brain?!

Wen Qingwan thought so, but she didn't dare say it out loud. If she did, she would be beaten, and it would hurt a lot!

Who doesn’t like free tasting? Later, more and more people came to try it.

But they only eat the free sample dish, or the discounted dish plus a bowl of rice.

Wen Qingwan was wondering at that time, can Brother Wen’s restaurant make money?
Sure enough, before long, Brother Wen's restaurant consumed countless amounts of money.

Having lost all his money, Brother Wen had no choice but to ask his parents for money to fill the hole, and finally closed the restaurant in tears.

People who could eat delicious food every day without spending any money were filled with anger when they saw this restaurant suddenly close.

Some people found out that the restaurant was opened by the eldest son of the Wen family, so they gathered together and ran to the gate of the Wen family to cause trouble.

Father Wen saw many vicious people coming to his house to cause trouble, including his colleagues, so he went to file a complaint with the emperor.

Afterwards, not only was Wen's father scolded by the emperor in the court, he was also suspended from his post, fined, and confined to his house.

The reason is that he is narrow-minded and cannot stand others doing well. He would rather lose money than stop others from getting rich.

If the emperor doesn't punish such a villain, who else should he punish?
Father Wen was very depressed, and he would inevitably vent his anger on the culprit when he got home. However, the restaurant was opened by Elder Brother Wen, and it was Wen Mingzhu who proposed it.

Father Wen was reluctant to punish Wen Mingzhu, and even less willing to punish Brother Wen, because the eldest grandson of the Wen family was the apple of Old Madam Wen's eye.

So Father Wen used the family rules to punish Wen Qingwan, saying that she made noises while eating...

Such strange disasters were commonplace for Wen Qingwan, and they ended only after she married into the Eastern Palace.

But after Wen Qingwan entered the East Palace, it was another torture, and the memories were all tears...

"Madam, you have been sitting for the whole morning. Why don't you lie down for a while before eating?" Jinlan asked softly.

"This recliner can be used for leaning. I just want to watch the rain outside the window!" Wen Qingwan said nonsense.

Only then did she realize that she shouldn't be sitting too straight!
"Madam, you said it's raining so hard, are the Marquis and his men on their way or taking a rest?
"..."

Wen Qingwan looked at Jinlan speechlessly. She had finally forgotten about Xiao Jin temporarily. This...

"Who knows? He should be on his way! I'd better go inside and lie down for a while. Call me when it's time to eat."

Wen Qingwan yawned delicately as she spoke, stood up from the rocking chair, stretched lazily, and walked towards the bedroom.

"Okay, madam, you take a rest." Jinlan nodded hurriedly. She saw that the madam had not read a book the whole morning, and she must be missing the marquis!
(End of this chapter)