Chapter 185 The Third Day Return to the Bride's Home

Chapter 185 The Third Day Return to the Bride's Home

The house had three courtyards, an adjoining courtyard, and a garden. Xie Wanniang only bought two old women to be responsible for cleaning and sweeping.

Her stinginess in employing servants and her generosity in hiring guards are two completely opposite extremes.

Of course, this is also largely due to the fact that she did not have as high requirements for the cleanliness of the house as the other members of the Chang family.

For the Chang family, including Chang Yao, cleaning every corner of the house spotless every morning is something they've become accustomed to and take for granted.

But Xie Wanniang felt that there was no need to be so diligent in wiping the furniture, cleaning and even washing the floor.

All she needed were the two old women responsible for sweeping, who would take turns cleaning the unused yard every week.

As for the courtyards that are inhabited, then of course whoever lives there is responsible for cleaning them.

The guards, Xiao Yang, A Tai, and Xiao Mei naturally had no objections. After all, they were either hired by Xie Wan Niang with generous monthly wages and spent most of their time eating for free, or they were living in Xie Wan Niang and Jiang Yuan's house, being carefully trained by Xie Wan Niang while eating for free. They would welcome Xie Wan Niang with open arms if she could give them something to do.

The guards even planned to take on the cleaning and repair work in other areas of the house. If Xie Wanniang hadn't insisted, she wouldn't have needed to buy those two old women in the first place.

The only person whose efforts and rewards matched was Haitang, Xie Wanniang's trusted maid, who was also Xie Wanniang's biggest fan and would never question her mistress.

After strolling around the garden with Jiang Yuan for a while, Xie Wanniang took him to other parts of the house.

Starting from the garden, the two walked through all the areas of the inner courtyard. Seeing that it was already noon, Xie Wanniang, reminded by Jiang Yuan, went back to the main courtyard with him for lunch.

The digestive exercise was very effective; Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan both ate heartily at lunchtime.

The young couple sat on two chairs close together, one serving food to the other and the other adding soup to the other's bowl. The air seemed to be filled with pink bubbles because of their actions.

Xie Wanniang, who never imagined she had this gentle and tender side in both her past and present lives, felt that sometimes one really shouldn't judge their own personality too early.

Take herself as an example. Before meeting Jiang Yuan, she never believed that anyone would do anything for a stranger without any ulterior motive.

In her view, most efforts in this world are actually aimed at obtaining a reward.

Not only others, but she herself was the same.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with it; in fact, she thought it was fair.

Jiang Yuan was different. He saved her to prevent her from falling into the hands of a scoundrel like Wang Sanhu. He sought medical treatment for her and took her in to live in his home, but only out of sympathy.

Later, he developed feelings for her, but he only gave to her without ever taking advantage of her kindness or demanding that she "repay him with her body."

She agreed to marry Jiang Yuan not because she wanted to repay a debt of gratitude, but because she also had feelings for him.

She coveted everything Jiang Yuan had and wanted to rightfully possess him.

Back then, she was still self-centered and her thinking was more rational than emotional. Unlike now, she has completely changed her ways and is now enjoying herself with Jiang Yuan.

This is so different from her usual self!

After lunch filled with emotion and joy, Xie Wanniang watched Haitang and the others clear away the dishes while holding the perfectly warm tea that Jiang Yuan had handed her. She secretly found reasons for her change of heart—it wasn't that she lacked willpower, but rather that Jiang Yuan was someone she liked in every way.

Whether she is soft or hard depends on who she is dealing with and what she is facing.

A man like Jiang Yuan, who offers his whole heart to her, is completely open and devoted to her, is someone she finds incredibly difficult to raise her voice or put on a cold face.

Sweet days, like happy days, always make one feel that time flies by.

It felt like only a blink of an eye, and time had quickly moved on to the day Xie Wanniang returned home after three days.

As planned, Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan had breakfast and checked the gifts they had prepared in advance to make sure they matched the gift list perfectly. Then they took a carriage to Xie Wanniang's clothing shop.

After arriving in Yi County, Xie Daoheng quietly moved into Xie Wanniang's shop. Before Xie Wanniang got married, the father and daughter had a rare period of good time together.

He has been out for long enough, so once today is over and all the procedures are completed, Xie Daoheng will set off to return to Tang County.

This was something he had already discussed with Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan, so the two of them not only had to come here today to go through the homecoming ceremony, but also had to come again tomorrow to see Xie Daoheng off.

Xie Daoheng didn't say they couldn't go back and forth, because he knew that even if he did, Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan would never listen.

Just as he had said many times before, he told Xie Wanniang not to prepare too many gifts for him, and not to arrange for guards to accompany him when he returned to his hometown, but Xie Wanniang never listened.

She wasn't even willing to feign compliance; she always tried to reason with him directly, even though she could never get through to him.

The father and daughter each held their own opinions, and neither could convince the other. In the end, Xie Wanniang completely ignored Xie Daoheng's opinions. She bought whatever she wanted, regardless of whether Xie Daoheng tried to stop her. When she wanted to arrange manpower, she ultimately followed her own wishes and arranged more than ten people.

Since she was spending her own money and sending out guards she paid for herself, Xie Daoheng couldn't stop her at all.

Xie Daoheng had long been aware of her stubbornness, but now that Xie Wanniang was independent in every aspect, she made fewer compromises and concessions when facing Xie Daoheng, which made her stubbornness even more obvious.

Unlike parents who are controlling and always want to be emperors in front of their children, Xie Daoheng did not demand that his children be subservient and obedient to him.

As long as they don't go astray, he has always been understanding and tolerant of his children on matters that don't involve major issues or are not black and white.

Xie Wanniang really liked Xie Daoheng's open-mindedness and tolerance. She was either indifferent to her parents whom she had never met in her previous life, or she disliked them, or she felt helpless and resentful towards her biological parents in this life. Only Xie Daoheng and Madam Hu showed her what kind of parents were truly qualified.

Well, although Hu's maternal love wasn't directed at her, that didn't stop Xie Wanniang from classifying her as a qualified parent because of her performance in raising her children.