Birthday Gifts

"Tch, Second Sister, you're definitely taking advantage of someone you know well." Fourth Concubine had predicted everything.

The Second Concubine glared at her angrily, "Who was talking to you?"

The Third Concubine brewed a large pot of medicine to prevent colds and distributed it to everyone, but it was mostly given to the elderly and children.

After the porridge was cooked, Gu Wanning, along with her aunts and Er Ya, began to distribute it to the people.

"What's wrong with you?" The Second Concubine's eyes blazed as she pointed at a man. "You just received him, why are you here again?"

The man walked away sheepishly.

The Second Concubine, hands on her hips, said, "Let me tell you, don't try to play tricks on me. Don't think you can fool my sharp eyes. If you do this again, I'll have you punished."

"Slow down, be careful, don't burn yourself." The First Concubine bent over to serve porridge to a child who looked about five or six years old, her eyes full of pity.

Seeing this, Qin Lie thought to himself, "She really is my woman; she's pleasing to the eye no matter how I look at her."

As she bent over like that, her chest seemed to be overflowing, drawing the attention of the men around her.

Qin Lie's face immediately turned ugly. He stood in front of his First Concubine, wishing he could create several clones to surround First Concubine completely, not letting anyone see even a hair on her head.

Gu Wanning saw Gu Wanqing.

Gu Wanqing's complexion was not good; she was very pale, and her lips were covered in bright red lipstick.

She never liked using rouge or face powder, so this lipstick was somewhat of a cover-up, clearly an attempt to hide her poor complexion.

However, both sides were very busy, and she didn't have time for idle chatter.

Around noon, a conflict broke out at a soup kitchen not far away, with many disaster victims crowding forward.

Seeing this, Qin Lie ordered his men to protect the women of the Marquis's Residence, and then led a group of people over himself.

"Scatter, all of you scatter!" Qin Lie shoved the crowd aside.

He was strong; he grabbed people by the collar like they were chicks and tossed them to either side.

The First Concubine was so nervous that she gripped Jiaoniang's hand so tightly it hurt.

The further they went, the denser the crowds of disaster victims became, making it more difficult for Qin Lie to clear the way. Moreover, some of the victims were so enraged that they wanted to gang up on Qin Lie.

The guards behind Qin Lie drew their swords, but Qin Lie stopped them. Then the group continued to pull the disaster victims out with their bare hands.

The First Concubine pain seeing fists raining down on Qin Lie, but she had no right to help him.

Moreover, she knew that if she went, she would only become a burden to Qin Lie, just like in her previous life.

She's a useless woman.

Fortunately, Xu Weibei arrived with his men and helped resolve the crisis.

"It was the Sima family's soup kitchen. Some fool was swaggering around, spitting into the soup, which angered the disaster victims." Xu Weibei came over and said succinctly to Gu Wanning, "Were you frightened?"

"I'm fine, it's just..." Gu Wanning looked at her First Concubine.

The First Concubine was taking care of Qin Lie on her orders.

Qin Lie was sitting on the steps behind, occasionally gasping for breath, as if he was in pain all over.

His First Concubine lifted his arm, but he said it hurt and wouldn't let her move it.

His First Concubine touched his shoulder, and he cried out in pain.

Asking him to move his knee is impossible; it hurts.

Xu Weibei:???

So this is the kind of shameless creature you are.

But seeing his First Concubine's concerned eyes, and the pain she felt as if she wanted to take her place, Xu Weibei seemed to understand something.

Previously, First Concubine had always looked down on Qin Lie.

Today's attitude has undergone a dramatic change, and there are likely two Central Plains.

One was that they had personally witnessed Qin Lie's bravery and meticulousness.

If Qin Lie hadn't rushed forward immediately, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, Qin Lie, with his deep understanding of human nature, did not draw his sword, thus preventing the conflict from escalating further.

The second reason might be to feign injury and gain sympathy?

It seems that this is the most important reason.

Women seem to respond better to gentle persuasion than force.

Xu Weibei felt that he had truly understood.

He just hasn't had a suitable opportunity to put it into practice yet, so he'll wait and see.

In the following days, the women of the Marquis's Residence's household came every day to distribute porridge, and also brought a lot of old clothes for the children who were barely clothed.

The First Concubine turned into rabbit eyes from staying up so long trying to alter the coat to make it smaller.

Children are always more likely to cause us heartache.

Qin Lie, who was "seriously injured," would tilt his head and smile with a lovesick expression every time he watched his First Concubine take care of the children.

He seemed to see his and her future life.

Even that dimwit of Fourth Concubine couldn't see anything amiss, and said to Gu Wanning, "Qin Lie is a toad trying to eat swan meat! Bah!"

"Sometimes, even swans might want a change of pace," Gu Wanning said quietly.

It's clearly a case of mutual affection, so why be coy?

Life is so short, who knows who will still be alive tomorrow!

Enjoying life while you can is the way to go.

Now is their best time; who knows, they might end up like these disaster victims in the future...

The porridge stall at the Marquis's Residence's residence will continue operating until the Lunar New Year, so Gu Wanning is very busy every day.

After a long day, I feel completely exhausted when I get home, and all I want to do is collapse into bed and sleep.

So she forgot to go to Baoji to settle the money.

As the manager of Baoji reviewed the year's accounts with Xu Weibei, he said with some difficulty, "My Marquis, what do you think about the amount of money that should be given to the madam...?"

"If you don't give it to us, just say you have no money and keep dragging it out. We're closing down this year anyway, so we're not touching any cash," Xu Weibei said.

It's impossible to give them silver.

That wasn't money; it was the wings that allowed Gu Wanning to leave.

"Yes," the shopkeeper reluctantly agreed, thinking to himself that this bad guy was the only one he could do.

I wonder what his wife is thinking about him.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need you to do..."

Chapter 128 Birthday Gift

Gu Wanning's birthday is coming up soon, Xu Weibei wants to give her some gifts.

Yes, some.

He discussed this issue with Gao Lan.