Blossom in Adversity

C43. Family.

Chapter 43: Family

"Miss, we also have a house for sale..."

Yes, there was another house for sale. Even though Chen Chong didn't dare to exceed the regulations by buying only a two-entry house, the location was quite good and it should fetch around eight or nine hundred taels. With the current frugal expenses of the Hua family, it should be enough to sustain them until she recouped the costs.

"Chen Liang, you take care of this."

Although Chen Liang had guessed the young lady's intentions, he couldn't help but ask one more question when actually instructed, "Does the young lady mean to buy all twenty-five shops?"

"Yes, buy them all."

With a confirmed answer, Chen Liang didn't say anything further and left respectfully.

From Xu Jie, Zuo Fei, Liu Yueming to Chen Liang, Hua Zhi felt that the Hua family indeed needed quite a few competent people, which was one of the strengths of a noble family.

Liu Xiang entered the room quickly, and if Chen Liang hadn't stepped aside, the two would have collided. "Miss, the Old Matriarch from the Zhu family is here."

Hua Zhi raised an eyebrow, and the slight annoyance in her heart dispersed. "Did she go to my mother's courtyard or my grandmother's courtyard?"

"No, she's coming here and will be here soon."

Hua Zhi was genuinely surprised this time and hurriedly got up to greet her. At a time like this, someone willing to visit was truly a close relative.

Before they even reached the courtyard, Hua Zhi saw the Old Matriarch Zhu enter through the gate with great momentum.

"Zhi'er greets grandmother, may grandmother be well."

The Old Matriarch Zhu quickly helped her up a few steps, appraising this child who had never shown any difference to her before.

There was indeed a difference now. Her eyes exuded sharpness, and her expression no longer had that passive and non-assertive look but instead had a hint of determination.

Perhaps this was the authentic version of herself, a side she had carefully concealed during her sheltered upbringing. But now, life’s challenges had compelled her to unveil her true nature, revealing the hidden depths of strength she had always possessed.

Holding her arm affectionately, the Old Matriarch Zhu suppressed a sigh in her heart and the two of them entered the room together.

After serving tea, Ying Chun led the maidservants out.

Glancing around the room, the Old Matriarch Zhu asked softly, "Is this where you conduct your affairs?"

Hua Zhi didn't need to ask her grandmother knew something, so she nodded in agreement.

"Your mother can't handle matters. You've worked hard."

"You don't need to feel guilty for not teaching my mother well." Hua Zhi smiled lightly. "Everyone has their own destiny. My mother is fortunate enough not to worry about trivial matters."

"Yes, her good fortune." Protected by her parents and older brothers in her maiden family, and then pampered by her husband in her in-laws' family without facing any hardships, and now with her husband's support gone, she immediately had a capable daughter to take on the responsibility for her.

She had everything that all women in the world desired. If that wasn't good fortune, then what was?

The Old Matriarch Zhu sighed in her heart once again, feeling sorry for her granddaughter.