The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 516: A Survival Guide for Women in the Old Republic of China (55)

After hearing what her daughter said, Wu Wenyue took the notebook and looked at it, then teased, "Well, it's really pretty, but you don't like studying, so what's the point of buying this notebook? It's just a waste of money!"

"Oh, Mom, how can you say that! Although I have no interest in studying, it doesn't mean that I don't know how to appreciate good things." Cao Lianxin retorted.

"Okay, okay, you're right!" Wu Wenyue said with a smile, her face full of doting, "You're already eleven years old, just hang out in school for now! Anyway, you can only be so happy now. It won't be so easy when you get married in the future."

"But I think school is the most annoying place." Cao Lianxin curled her lips, seeming very dissatisfied with what her mother said.

Just as the mother and daughter were chatting excitedly, a man suddenly walked out from behind them - it was Cao Lianxin's brother Cao Shixun. He took the notebook from Wu Wenyue without saying a word.

"Brother, what are you doing? That's my notebook!" Cao Lianxin watched her brother take the notebook away, feeling very anxious.

However, Cao Shixun seemed not to hear it and just opened the notebook and looked through it carefully.

When he turned to the last page, his expression suddenly became extremely grim, and then he tore off the last sheet of paper in the notebook without hesitation.

Cao Shixun held the paper tightly in his hand and asked in a grim tone, "Who gave you this book?"

"What do you mean you gave me? I bought it, okay?" Cao Lianxin wanted to take the notebook back, but seeing her brother Cao Shixun's increasingly serious expression, she could only tell the truth, "It belongs to a classmate of mine. I like it, so I took it.

No, I bought it and I paid for it."

"You stole your cousin's notebook, right?" Cao Shixun still had some thoughts in his mind. This was not something Su Xiangran gave away voluntarily.

"It's not Su Xiangran!" Cao Lianxin screamed back, "I don't want her stuff no matter how good it is. It's just for one classmate in the class."

Unlike Cao Shixun, Cao Lianxin extremely dislikes Su Xiangran, not only because her academic performance is better than hers, but also because her father Cao Ce treats Su Xiangran better than herself.

As the daughter of Governor Cao, Cao Lianxin had never fired a gun or ridden a horse!

But when Su Xiangran said "I want to learn", Cao Ce took her to the military camp and personally taught her spear and horsemanship whenever he had time.

At first, Cao Lianxin also tried to learn these things to please her father Cao Ce.

However, she had no talent in this area, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not compare to Su Xiangran. Later, she fell off her horse one day.

Cao Lianxin could not forget the disappointed look her father gave her, so she simply stopped learning.

Without saying a word, Cao Shixun threw the notebook back to Cao Lianxin and went back to his room.

He looked at the paper with blessing words written on it in his hand and felt powerless.

The expressions of emotion or joy that he had expected Su Xiangran to have when she saw these words were no longer there, because she simply didn't like the things he gave her.

Wu Wenyue certainly didn't know what her son was thinking, but she didn't come over to care about Cao Shixun. In her opinion, there was nothing good about being associated with people from the Su family.

Perhaps in Wu Wenyue's mind, only the Su family's properties are useful, and she doesn't like anything else.

But it doesn’t matter, their Cao family will soon get rid of the influence of the Su family.

Wu Wenyue has already picked out her marriage partner, which is the Xie family, a very prestigious capitalist family in Hai City.

The Xie family has a daughter named Xie Wanru. Although she is not Mrs. Xie’s biological daughter, she has been raised by Xie Zongyao, the head of the Xie family, since she was a child.

Xie Wanru's mother was a female student that Xie Zongyao met when he was studying abroad, but no one knows her specific identity.

She has been with Xie Zongyao since she was born and was raised by a foreign nanny.

Before Xie Zongyao went abroad to study, his family had already married him a wife, but as he had accepted new ideas, he went abroad before consummating the marriage with her.

He was gone for several years. When he came back, Xie Zongyao was accompanied by his daughter Xie Wanru. It is said that Xie Wanru was less than six years old at that time, but she could already speak fluent English.

Xie Zongyao valued his daughter very much. Even after returning to China, he still sent her to a school for foreigners, where many students spoke English.

Even at the Xie family in Hai City, Xie Zongyao tried his best to speak English to his daughter.

Even the two sons Xie Zongyao later had with his wife did not receive such favor.

Xie Zongyao once said that in the future more than half of the Xie family's property would be given to his daughter as a dowry.

Mrs. Xie also has a lot of opinions about Xie Zongyao.

But Xie Zongyao's parents had passed away while he was abroad, so there was no one who could discipline this man.

In addition, Xie Zongyao is very capable, and many elders in the family have to live by his wishes, so naturally no one will stand up to oppose any of his opinions.

In fact, these people also know very well that it is hard to say whether Xie Zongyao will really give half of his property to Xie Wanru. There is no need to offend people who should not be offended for uncertain things.

As for Mrs. Xie's thoughts, it doesn't seem to be that important.