Chapter 171 - Chapter 171: Chapter 171: She is not as good as Wei Qingruo in her mothers heart_l (1/2)

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: She is not as good as Wei Qingruo in her mother’s heart_l

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“Good.” Wei Ruo took the gift list and looked it over.

The gifts prepared by Madam Yun were not expensive, but they were appropriate for their status.

Too expensive would be inappropriate. Wei Mingting was a martial officer who had just been promoted a couple of years ago, and his salary was not large. The Wei family did not have many extra assets. If they gave too expensive gifts, they would cause others to question where the Wei Residence got its money.

“I think these are well prepared. The gifts for the prefecture’s office should not be expensive, but appropriate and given with good intentions,” said Wei Ruo before giving the gift list back to Madam Yun.

Madam Yun nodded in approval. This was also a kind of test for her elder daughter.

She wanted to see Wei Ruo’s handling and response capabilities in this aspect. Her daughter’s response gave her great satisfaction.

“Ruoruo has a point. The gifts aren’t expensive. They are just ordinary farm products and seafood. But I put a lot of thought into them. Even if the Military Prefecture went all out, they wouldn’t have caught Madam Yuan’s eye,” she said.

Shortly afterwards, Wei Qingwan arrived.

“Mother, sister.”

Wei Qingwan greeted Madam Yun and Wei Ruo upon entering the room, polite and docile in demeanor.

Wei Ruo was not surprised to see Wei Qingwan. She guessed that Madam Yun would insist that Wei Qingwan should accompany them to the prefecture’s office.

After Wei Qingwan entered the room, Madam Yun glanced at Wei Ruo. It was only after seeing that Wei Ruo had no reaction that she felt relieved.

Soon after, Madam Yun handed the gift list to Wei Qingwan for her opinion. “Wanwan, help mother look at this gift list and see if there’s anything else we need to add.”

After meticulously looking at the list, Wei Qingwan raised her head to look at Madam Yun, but didn’t speak.

“If you have something to say, just say it. There are no outsiders here,” Madam Yun said.

“I think these gifts are a bit too ordinary… I have some concerns…” Wei Qingwan said timidly.

She didn’t dare to say the whole sentence, for fear of making Madam Yun unhappy.

Madam Yun’s face fell. She then turned to look at Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo remained silent, pretending to have heard nothing.

Whatever Wei Qingwan thought had nothing to do with her. She didn’t want, or bother, to comment.

Wei Qingwan turned uneasy at Madam Yun’s gaze.

“Mother, did I say something wrong?” Wei Qingwan asked cautiously.

“Wanwan, there are certain things that you should learn from your sister. I thought that since you help me with household chores every day, you would understand more about giving gifts than your sister,” replied Madam Yun.

Wei Qingwan had clearly disappointed Madam Yun. Madam Yun had assumed that Wei Ruo, who was always busy farming, would not be aware of such stuff and that Wei Qingwan would have learnt something since she spends much of her time with her.

However, the result was quite the opposite.

Wei Qingwan was startled, and then turned to look at Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo still remained silent, oblivious of the conversation between Madam Yun and Wei Qingwan.

Madam Yun didn’t say anything more, but it was clear from her expression that she was much more pleased with Wei Ruo today.

Subsequently, Madam Yun left with both of them. On the way to the prefecture’s office, she repeatedly reminded Wei Qingwan: