Lin's mother exchanged a glance with her husband. Lin's mother gritted her teeth and accepted the silver. The main reason was that she could not forget the disdain she had received yesterday when she asked someone to propose marriage for her son, and they had looked down on them for being too poor.
"I'm sorry, son. I'll keep this silver and your younger brother will remember your kindness for a lifetime," Lin's mother said sincerely. Su Dan Novel Network.
"As long as you are well, I will be at ease." This was Wu Caiwei's heartfelt wish. From the conversation just now, she could feel that this couple was very kind. Otherwise, in a situation where no one was wealthy, they would not have picked up a baby girl and brought her home to raise her until now.
Of course, they also had some selfish thoughts, which were only natural. After all, with so many children, they couldn't just focus on Lin Lan.
As the Lin couple thought about their daughter leaving, they quickly took out all the good things in the house and prepared a sumptuous lunch.
Lin Ju and Lin Mei, the two daughters of the Lin family who were married, also rushed back when they heard the news. They were not married far away, and the sisters had a very good relationship. They reminisced about their childhood together.
Originally, the Lin couple wanted to call Lin Chu back, who was learning carpentry in town, but Wu Caiwei felt that she would return and there was no need to make a big fuss, so it was eventually dropped.
The next day, she waved goodbye to the place and relatives she had grown up with for so many years and embarked on a carriage to the capital, hundreds of miles away.
With the memory of the original host, she knew that the嬷嬷 who came to pick her up did not have a high status in the mansion, which showed that Madam Bai really disliked her.
However, Wu Caiwei didn't care. After all, the original host did not demand filial piety from her mother. If others disliked her, she was too lazy to bother.
In her previous life, the original host came from the countryside and had never seen good things, nor had she ever been served. It was inevitable that she was timid and fearful, which made everyone in the Bai family laugh a lot.
This time it was Wu Caiwei's turn. What kind of demeanor had she not seen? She was calm and composed from beginning to end. This made Liu嬷嬷, who came to pick her up, look at her with admiration. She felt that some people were born different from others. Even though she had been living among the people for so many years, she had the demeanor of a young lady brought up with family heritage, dignified and generous.
As a result, they did not dare to underestimate her along the way and took meticulous care of her.
After a dusty journey of nearly ten days, they finally arrived in the capital, and the carriage stopped at the back gate of the Bai mansion. No one came to greet her.
Wu Caiwei, who had adapted well, didn't care about this at all. In fact, the original host didn't care either. After all, she was a girl who grew up in the countryside and didn't understand these twists and turns, so she didn't notice anything amiss.
She followed Liu嬷嬷 to a secluded courtyard. There were only four or five rooms in the courtyard, and the decoration inside was very simple.
As in her previous life, three maids and a wet nurse came soon after. If one observed carefully, these maids also had a bit of a petty air. It was not for other reasons, but because they had just been bought into the mansion a few days ago.
To others, it might be inconvenient to have servants who were not born in the family, but for Wu Caiwei, these people had no vested interests behind them. Especially a maid named Qiu Yan, who was loyal to the original host in her previous life.
So she directly chose her as her personal maid. When her name was called, Qiu Yan involuntarily looked up at her mistress to confirm if she was hallucinating. But seeing Wu Caiwei's encouraging eyes, she was tearful and quickly knelt to thank her. At this moment, she vowed to be loyal to her mistress.
Qiu Yan was the illegitimate daughter of a merchant family in the south. She was born of a noble family, but her family was different from others. Her father's fortune depended on her legitimate mother. Therefore, he obeyed his legitimate mother's every word. Her own mother was originally a maid beside her legitimate mother. Because of her father's drunkenness, she was born, and from then on, she and her mother became thorns in the side of the legitimate mother.
All the dirty and heavy work in the mansion fell on the mother and daughter. Anyone could step on them. A while ago, her biological mother passed away, and her legitimate mother directly sold her.
This was why Wu Caiwei's encouraging glance made her so grateful, as she had grown up being suppressed and ridiculed, and rarely experienced the feeling of being affirmed.
The next day, Wu Caiwei slept until late in the morning. When it was almost noon, someone informed her that there was a family banquet.
Wu Caiwei slowly got up, sat on the chair, and let the hairdresser comb her hair. She chose a dress of moderate style and slowly walked towards the main courtyard.
As soon as she reached the door, she heard Madam Bai complaining to Master Bai, "Logically speaking, she is our own daughter, and I shouldn't speak ill of her behind her back. But this child grew up in the countryside since she was young, and her nature has already been formed and cannot be changed. She didn't even come to pay her respects this morning. We and the two children waited for her for so long."
"She has just returned and is not used to many things. As a mother, you should be more tolerant and teach her." Master Bai did not take this matter to heart. After all, he knew what the living conditions were like in the countryside. He was even prepared to hire a good嬷嬷 for his daughter to teach her etiquette. He did not ask her to learn much, just that she would not make a fool of herself when she went out.
"That's for sure, after all, she's my daughter." Hearing that her husband did not blame her, she quickly changed the subject, as saying more would arouse his suspicion.
At this time, Wu Caiwei slowly walked in and, upon seeing Master Bai, quickly saluted.
"You must be Father. May I ask who the others are, as we are meeting for the first time?" Wu Caiwei said generously.
"Oh? Didn't you see your mother yesterday?" Master Bai raised his eyebrows. It was understandable that the child didn't see him on the first day of her arrival, but shouldn't she have met her mother? After all, she was her own daughter.
"I was feeling a little unwell yesterday, and I thought you would be back today, so I'd meet you all together." Madam Bai quickly made an excuse for herself when she heard that things were going wrong.
Having lived together for so long, Master Bai could distinguish whether Madam Nian was telling the truth or not, but he did not want to expose her in front of so many children.
However, Wu Caiwei did not give her any face and continued, "This is the first time I've seen such a large mansion. This will be my home from now on, but I don't even know which way the main gate opens. You must take me around the main gate another day, so I don't get lost when I go out. After all, I can't always enter through the back door." Wu Caiwei looked at Master Bai with the air of a curious baby.
"Did anyone pick you up when you arrived at the mansion yesterday?" Master Bai's eyes widened. He felt that his wife was muddled. It was understandable that the main gate was not opened when her own daughter returned home for the first time, but she even went through the back door.
"Do I need someone to pick me up? I can just walk there myself, can't I?" Wu Caiwei looked at him in surprise.
Madam Bai felt that this daughter was here to curse her. No wonder she didn't like her. This was the first meeting, and she had already complained about her several times.