"Now that the Wang Family's young miss is holding up a household all by herself, her hardships have finally brought sweet rewards..." When the young shop assistant at the cloth store finished speaking, the more emotive women were wiping away their tears with handkerchiefs.
They couldn't stop praising the young lady as a truly good girl, and felt obliged to buy even more because of her.
Lady Qian felt as though she had fallen into an ice cellar, these words were clearly about her own family and sister-in-law, weren't they?
She couldn't bear to listen any longer and hurried back.
After hearing Lady Qian's recount, Wang Yongan immediately understood the meaning behind Zhang Pengju's words.
He was being accused of selfishly selling the family's property deeds without caring if his relatives lived or died, whereas now his family had turned their fortunes around and even become wealthy.
Meanwhile, he had lost his position as an adviser and his days were getting worse by the moment.