A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 021

For a moment, the two of them didn’t know how to answer.

Wei Ruo continued to help the two of them analyze, earnestly urging them to relax:

“Look on the bright side of everything and think differently. Mother said that the two of us are equally important. Since we are the same, it doesn’t matter who is older and who is younger. Who suffers losses? And Qingwan has also achieved what you requested that day. So there is no need for either of you to be sad.”

Yun Shi and Wei Qingwan were both choked, and their words were all spoken by themselves and Wei Ruo only repeated them.

Wei Ruo said to Wei Qingwan again: “Actually, the first time you saw me, you called me sister. I think you also recognize me as your elder sister deep in your heart, so I think you must be looking forward to me being your elder sister.”

“Yes……yes……sister is right……” Wei Qingwan responded a little reluctantly.

Wei Ruo had already talked to this point, and even if Wei Qingwan’s tears were in her eyes, they couldn’t fall down.

Then Wei Ruo handed a handkerchief to Wei Qingwan: “Wipe your tears.”

Wei Qingwan took the handkerchief handed to her by Wei Ruo and held it in her hand, but didn’t dare to use it.

It was clean, but the material was a bit rough and had been washed until it turned white. No one knew how long it had been used.

After everything that Wei Ruo said, Yun Shi and Wei Qingwan stopped their tears. Then Yun Shi spoke to them for a little longer before letting them go back to rest.

After Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan left, the eldest maid, Cuiping, presented a gift list to Yun Shi.

Along with Wei Ruo’s elder’s reply, there were also some gifts from the family’s elder to Wei Ruo.

The letter said it is to compensate Wei Ruo for the hardships she had suffered these years.

Upon receiving the item list, Yun Shi thought of Wei Qingwan who had just cried unbearably. Then Yun Shi made the decision after thinking for a while, divided the gifts into two parts; one was sent to Wei Ruo’s Tingsong Garden, and the other was sent to Wei Qingwan’s Wangmei Garden.

She also gave special instructions to Cuiping to tell them that their family’s elder had given it to both of them, without mentioning the reason for it.

Cuiping did as she was instructed, and not long after, Wei Ruo’s Tingsong Garden and Wei Qingwan’s Wangmei Garden both received two large boxes of gifts.

Cuiping followed Yun Shi’s instruction and simply said that it was a gift from the family’s elder to his granddaughter, without saying much else.

And not long after, Wei Ruo received several large wooden boxes sent by Yun Shi.

The box was quite big and heavy. But when opened, there were mostly copper wares*, which occupied a considerable amount of space, but were not that valuable.

*Copper wares were called “gold” in ancient times. It is an alloy of red copper and other chemical elements such as tin and lead. The copper wares that have just been cast are golden, but because the unearthed bronze has been lost due to time loss, it turns turquoise after rusting and is called bronze.

According to Wei Ruo’s instructions, Xiumei put the gifts into Wei Ruo’s room one by one to show her respect for the family’s elders.

When arranging things, Xiumei was curious: “Miss, didn’t you say that our family is an incredible family; a family of meritorious service, the one that is very powerful. So why do I think these things are not as good as your own, Miss?”

“Because everything cannot be seen only on the surface. In the eyes of the He family, the Wei family is unattainable, but in reality, only by being in it can one know how rich and noble they are. The so-called meritorious family cannot always be prosperous and prominent; no matter how rich the family is, there will be times when it will fall.”

“En.” Xiumei nodded.

“So we need to have a long-term perspective, and do not worry about the limited resources and wealth in the Colonel’s Mansion. There is a wider world outside, and more wealth is waiting for me.” Wei Ruo said.

“Yes! Miss is right!” Xiumei, who had been under the influence of Wei Ruo for so many years, had already fully accepted Wei Ruo’s idea of self-improvement and self-reliance.