Not to ntion the forthright Gu Tong, just speaking of the Bai family’s eldest daughter, Bai Yingqing, at least, Ding Suzhu had never seen her drink in her impressions.
"On regular days outside, there’s no need to touch alcohol, but when the occasion calls for it with true companions, you should indeed drink."
Who says a lady of the house must always be dignified and restrained, and pretend not to like drinking?
Sotis, drinking and speaking freely is indeed a very carefree and delightful affair.
Ding Suzhu laughed heartily, surprisingly with much reflection, and said, "Miss Bai is completely different from what I imagined. It’s truly eye-opening to see her today."
Often, people are such that, without true interaction, you have no idea what kind of person they really are. You can only learn from others’ words, which are ultimately unreliable.
Only with genuine understanding can one appreciate that if people are destined, they will always et and interact.
"Madam is also quite different from the rumors," Bai Yingqing said sowhat cautiously, yet it was indeed a complint.
Different indeed...
Ding Suzhu gave a bitter smile.
She, the party involved, knows best what the outside world says, yet even so, she still bears it without explaining, naturally for many reasons.
Fortunately, Bai Yingqing was also sensible, and thus didn’t pursue the matter further, much less touch Ding Suzhu’s wounds.
As they spoke, the dishes and liquor were served, and the three surrounded the hot pot, feeling the liveliness and warmth.
Ding Suzhu felt a bit irritated, poured a full cup of sake, and drank it all in one go, saying, "Actually, I know that the Madam Ding portrayed by the outsiders is a woman who does all kinds of evil, sches for her husband’s property, is unfilial to her mother-in-law, mistreats her sister, and is a gossip, everyone hates to death..."
The alcohol was consud sowhat quickly, and as she spoke, Ding Suzhu’s words carried a strong alcohol scent, giving a slightly sour taste.
Gu Tong and Bai Yingqing didn’t interrupt her; they acknowledged there was truth in her words. In their heart, they knew Madam Ding saw them as friends, wanting to confide little-known things to them, otherwise, she wouldn’t have started this way.
Sotis, as an observer, just listening is enough; there’s no need to comnt excessively.
"But who knows, the entire company and empire of Ma Zongyu was founded with my hands-on guidance, hahaha. In the past, my family was poor, living in a village. We had three siblings, I was the eldest; back then, to let my younger brother go to school, I was married off to Ma Zongyu for a thousand yuan, which I still vividly rember."
"A thousand yuan..." Bai Yingqing was sowhat tongue-tied. As a young lady, she never lived a poor person’s life and didn’t understand how a thousand yuan could put a whole family in a bind, forcing them to marry off their daughter.
"Considering that period, in rural areas, a thousand yuan already counted as a pretty large sum." Gu Tong rembered that Li Yan’s foster mother was a rural woman who often gossiped about family trivialities, all sowhat heard of.
"So that’s how it was." Bai Yingqing seed to comprehend, refrained from saying more, and sympathetically asked, "And then?"
Ding Suzhu supported her chin with one hand and continued filling her glass with the other, saying, "When I first married Ma Zongyu, he was a factory worker earning a stable salary, living quite well, and we were quite happy.
However, later the machines were introduced into the factories, workers without special skills began to be laid off, and he was forced to lose his job. Since then, he was quite troubled, our relationship had issues, and with so drinking, he’d vent his anger on , either hitting or cursing."
User Comments
0 comments from readers