Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 186: 184: Mid-Autumn Temple Fair: People Rounder as the Moon Shines Brighter (Part 1)

Yesterday, there was also a ruckus in the old house all night long.

Di Ruoning’s mind was not at ease, and with her failure to plot against Liu Sisi, she fell sick; naturally, she vented her anger on the people around her.

The one who bore the brunt of it was naturally Ms. Ma, the servant they had bought.

Yuan Mengbai spent half the night rambling with Elderly Mr. Di in the main room. When he saw that it was getting late, he finally headed towards his room.

Unexpectedly, just as he reached the doorway, he saw Ms. Ma running out of the room in tears.

“What’s the matter? Who upset you?”

Yuan Mengbai hurriedly stopped her.

Ms. Ma looked at him and quickly wiped the tears from her face: “Old Master! Madam…”

As she spoke, her tears streamed down again!

“Did Madam bully you again?” Yuan Mengbai was also helpless.

His use of the word “again” was because this kind of incident had happened more than once or twice already!

Just as Ms. Ma was about to speak, an angry voice came from inside the room: “What’s going on? Are you 41-year-olds still trying to act like a little girl tattling?”

As her words fell, a figure suddenly appeared at the doorway; if it wasn’t Di Ruoning, who else could it be?

Di Ruoning leaned against the doorway and coldly stared at the two people, as if she wanted to kill them with her eyes.

Ms. Ma dared not say any more, quickly wiping away her tears and running away.

Yuan Mengbai tried to call out but didn’t know what else to say, so he sighed, walked to Di Ruoning’s side.

“Ruo Ning, you really need to change your temper. Although Ms. Ma was bought by us, she is still human. Scolding her to the point of crying is not right. I think…”

“Oh! Yuan Mengbai, are you planning to defend her or what?”

Di Ruoning had no intention of being tactful at all.

She stretched out a finger and tapped Yuan Mengbai’s chest: “Don’t forget, everything in your home, food, clothing, and expenses are all given by me, Di Ruoning! What do you think you are? Daring to speak to me like this?”

“I! … Ruo Ning, I’m just saying this for your own good, do you really need to speak so aggressively?” Yuan Mengbai was also angry and couldn’t help but question her.

“Hehe! It seems you’re getting bolder now.”

Di Ruoning chuckled a couple of times, her face full of laziness: “If you, Yuan Mengbai, really have the ability, either go out and earn some money for me, or properly serve me. Maybe, if I think your performance is good enough, I don’t mind giving you a few extra taels of silver to spend! Yawn—I’m so sleepy.”

Without waiting for Yuan Mengbai to respond, she went straight back into the room.

“You? You! You…”

Yuan Mengbai was so angry that he clenched and unclenched his fists, looking extremely furious. In the end, he still couldn’t bring himself to barge into the room and have a heated argument with her.

Instead, he quietly turned around and walked silently to the other end.

On the right wing, a figure naturally saw the whole scene without missing a beat.

Waiting for Yuan Mengbai to leave, she quickly sneaked into Di Ruoning’s room and immediately showed an ingratiating smile.

“Little Sister, hehe… Little Sister, you haven’t slept yet.”

It was obvious that she was just trying to make small talk!

Di Ruoning glanced up at her, then buried her head and continued to disassemble the hairpin on her head.

“What’s going on, Second Sister-in-law? I just gave you a hairpin a few days ago, and you’re back again today. Did you run out of money from selling the hairpin?”

“No, how could that be? Hehehe…”

The visitor, Ms. Wang, mulled over her words several times in her heart before she finally spoke.

“Little Sister! Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, do you…have any plans for that day?”

Di Ruoning let go of the last hairpin, picked up the wooden comb on the dressing table, and gently combed through her beautiful hair.

“Aiya… Second Sister-in-law, someone mentioned something the other day, what was it? My memory is so bad that I’ve forgotten.”

Her speech was light, and the wooden comb in her hand was combing through her long hair haphazardly. Through the bronze mirror in front of her, she examined the feasibility of what Wang had said.

These words really made Ms. Wang anxious!

“Oh, my! I’m saying, Little Sister, tomorrow is the 15th of August. That person still hasn’t conceived yet, isn’t it necessary to go to the Goddess of Mercy’s temple to burn incense and kowtow? Since that’s the case, our plan has a good chance of working. Rest assured, I brought this for you.”

As Ms. Wang spoke, she hurriedly stuffed something into Di Ruoning’s arms and then stepped back with a silly smile.

“What’s this?”

Di Ruoning took it and examined it for a long time, but couldn’t figure it out.

Ms. Wang glanced at the darkness outside, and carefully whispered in her ear, then nodded affirmatively, before continuing in a low voice.

“Hmm, if this thing really works, everything you deserve will definitely not be less than what you get.”

Di Ruoning nodded as she listened.

“Also, Second Sister-in-law, you should also make some preparations. Tomorrow, let’s go up the mountain together. I haven’t been to a temple fair for many years. I should go to the temple fair to pray for blessings for the child in my stomach.”

Di Ruoning said, directly putting the object into her arms.

Ms. Wang winced in pain but had to force a smile: “Alright, let’s go together tomorrow.”

She lingered and was reluctant to leave, her eyes staring straight at the jewelry box in front of Di Ruoning.

Di Ruoning’s eyes flashed a contemptuous look, and after picking through the box, she picked up a pair of small ear studs and handed them to Ms. Wang.

“Here, you take it and exchange it for some silver. Go home early and get some rest. You must rest well.”

As Di Ruoning spoke, she had already taken the jewelry box and went inside.

“Thank you, Little Sister. Little Sister is so generous and beautiful. You are really a different class of person compared to me, a countryside old woman…”

Ms. Wang’s face immediately brightened, and a torrent of praise spewed out.

However, when she took a closer look at the object in her hand and found it to be just a pair of ear studs, her expression changed instantly, and her smile disappeared. She hurried to catch up, but the gaze cast by Di Ruoning frightened her, and she shrank back involuntarily, before reluctantly taking her leave.

“Well… It’s getting late, so I should go back…”

Ms. Wang left the room reluctantly, looking at the ear studs in her hand, and couldn’t help but spit out, “Pah! Stingy, just this little thing, I’ve lost big today!”

On the other side, Di Ruoning also had a contemptuous look on her face: “As expected, she’s a dog that can’t be fed enough! However, I wonder if this thing actually works.”

Di Ruoning curiously took out the object, played with it in her hand for a while, and then lay down.

It seemed as if she had just blinked, and the sky was already bright!