Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Chapter 414: Chapter 414: What Nonsense is Her Mother Up to Now Chu Mansion’s Main Hall

Lord Chu and Lady Chu leisurely sipped their tea, awaiting news—yes, they had sent someone to follow their son.

Before long, the house servant they had dispatched returned, ”My lord, my lady.”

”Speak.”

”The young master indeed went to Xiangxiang Cloth Shop, stayed for less than an hour, and afterwards went straight to the Academy. There, because someone spoke ill of Miss Wang, the young master got into a physical altercation.”

Lord Chu waved his hand dismissively, ”You may go.”

”Yes.” The house servant obediently retreated.

Chu Huan was startled upon hearing this; she couldn’t have imagined her parents would actually send someone to tail her brother. She felt a bit uneasy—she wondered if she might be followed when she left home, too.

”Father, mother, are you really doing this tracking thing? This isn’t going to be a regular activity, is it?”

Lady Chu’s gaze flickered briefly, but she replied with composure, ”How could that be? Just this one time. We mainly wanted to see your brother’s reaction. It seems he truly has taken a fancy to that Miss Wang, even daring to fight for her.”

”...” She would have to be more cautious in the future; her mother’s look clearly said she was bluffing.

Lady Chu turned to Lord Chu and announced, ”My lord, I’m going to the county tomorrow.”

”What for?”

With a coy glance, Lady Chu responded, ”To meet my future daughter-in-law.”

”...” Chu Huan was utterly dumbfounded; her mother was up to some kind of mischief again.

As expected, on the following day, Lady Chu left the house dressed in beggar’s clothes—that’s right, she wanted to put her future daughter-in-law to the test.

Lady Chu got off the carriage not far from Xiangxiang Cloth Shop, and once everything was ready, she approached the entrance of the shop.

She imitated a beggar’s manner, peering inside as if wishing to enter yet hesitating, lingering at the doorstep.

A young shop assistant inside noticed the beggar at the door and opened it.

”Auntie, may I ask if you’re looking for someone here since you’ve been peering inside for a while?”

”...” Was her disguise seen through, exposing her?

She shook her head, ”No.”

”Then are you looking to buy some cloth?” the young assistant continued to inquire patiently.

”I have no silver.”

”Auntie, I understand. Please wait for me.” The young assistant said before going back inside the shop, only to return a short while later with a pancake in hand, which he offered to Lady Chu, ”Auntie, are you hungry? Here!”

Lady Chu accepted the pancake somewhat sheepishly, saying, ”Thank you, for not despising me for being a beggar.”

The young assistant said with a smile, ”Our Shopkeeper says to treat everyone equally. We shouldn’t disdain someone just because they’re a beggar. Who knows, maybe the beggar of today could become successful tomorrow.”

After hearing this, Lady Chu smiled contentedly; if her future daughter-in-law could teach a shop assistant to be this considerate, she must be a decent person herself.

”Auntie, please eat here while I get back to work,” said the shop assistant before returning inside.

Lady Chu sat at the entrance of the cloth shop, eating the pancake. Before long, she saw a carriage approach and stop in front of Xiangxiang Cloth Shop.

A young lady descended from the carriage—was this her future daughter-in-law? She was even more beautiful than her portrait.

Seeing her daughter-in-law enter, she grew nervous. Now disguised as a beggar, she felt she should act embarrassed to stay here, so she hurriedly stood up, but in her haste, she slipped.

Wang Xiangxiang had just approached and noticed a beggar at the door of her shop who looked about to fall. Without a second thought, she rushed forward to steady the woman.

”Auntie, are you alright—did you hurt your foot?”