The road to wealth of a peasant widow

During the Chinese New Year, Chen Cuiwuyuan felt a little sad. This was the last year her daughter would spend at home. Next year, she would be busy taking care of the affairs of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion.

Therefore, this year she intentionally let Suisui follow Qin Ruzhi to take care of the household affairs, which could be considered as an early internship.

In fact, Suisui was not unfamiliar with these things. Even without the guidance of her sister-in-law, she could handle them well, which made Qin Ruozhi praise her in front of Chen Cui and made her feel less worried.

However, another happy event happened during the New Year, which distracted Chen Cui a little.

Princess Fuyou is pregnant!

Chen Cui had never urged any of her daughters-in-law about matters related to offspring, nor had she ever put pressure on them. Her sons could not take concubines, and children could only come from her daughters-in-law's bellies. They were all in good health, and having children was only a matter of time, so why rush!

Especially for the third daughter-in-law who had always been in poor health, she would not urge her. Even though Doctor Qian said that the princess's health had been almost recovered and there would be no problem with conception, she did not mention the matter of offspring.

Instead, he secretly told his son to focus on the princess's health and not to mention the matter of offspring, so as to make the princess feel happy.

Princess Fuyou Li Wanqing has always taken good care of her body and has strong willpower, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to hold on after drinking so many weird medicines, and she would not get pregnant when her body was not fully ready.

The fact that she can get pregnant now naturally means that she has the conditions to get pregnant and that's why she wants it.

In fact, she had not been interested in children before. She didn't even know how long she could live, so she didn't dare to think about having children.

It was only after she got married, when she saw the three lovely little nephews at the Liu family and the happiness of her sisters-in-law taking care of the children, that she began to think about having a child.

She did not tell Changfu about this idea, because he seemed to not care about the child at all. He even said that considering her body, they did not want the child and would just adopt one from her eldest or second brother's family in the future.

Princess Fuyou disagreed. It was not like she couldn't have children. What was the point of adopting one? Would all her huge fortune be given to the child of Brother Changfu in the future? She definitely didn't want to do that!

So, after consulting Dr. Qian, she took good care of herself for two months and got pregnant.

Chen Cui calculated that the expected date of delivery is the end of August next year. The weather is not so hot now, so it will be cool and comfortable during the confinement period.

Nowadays, no matter how noble a woman's status is, it is always not comfortable to spend the month after childbirth. You cannot take a bath or wash your hair, for sure. It is a big deal if you can just wipe your body. If you give birth in the middle of summer, it will be really hard.

The mother is weak and cannot use ice. She cannot take a bath or wash her hair for a whole month in hot weather. The confinement room cannot be well ventilated. It’s tiring just to think about it.

Thinking about the pregnancy period and the due date, Chen Cui began to worry about what would happen after Sui Sui became pregnant. She wanted to remind Sui Sui that if she got pregnant, she should choose a good day and not give birth on a hot day. She would rather give birth in winter than in summer.

Of course, spring or autumn is best, when the temperature is just right for both adults and children.

Before her daughter got married, Chen Cui even started to worry about her confinement and her life after marriage. She often couldn't sleep at night because of thinking about it, and she looked visibly haggard.

When Doctor Qian came to take Sui Sui's pulse, he saw Chen Cui's complexion and couldn't help but reach out his hand to take her pulse as well.

"Madam, have you recently been suffering from insomnia, excessive worry, depression, headaches, sore waist, lower abdominal distension, difficulty urinating, and irregular menstruation?"

Chen Cui was surprised. She would not have known that there were so many problems with her body. She thought they were just caused by worrying about her daughter's marriage and poor sleep. Was she sick?

"Doctor Qian, what's wrong with me?"

"If I'm right, this is because you're about to have your period. The symptoms shouldn't be this obvious, but because you've been worrying about your wedding, the symptoms have worsened, so this is happening. I'll prescribe some medicine for you, but you need to relax."

Chen Cui was speechless. She was suffering from menopausal syndrome. It turned out that she was about to enter menopause.

Although she had experienced menopause in modern times, she was free from worries at that time. She traveled around, saw the sights, ate and had fun, and that helped her relieve her stress.

But now she has three sons, one daughter, three grandchildren, and her most beloved little daughter is about to get married. There are many things to worry about, and it is difficult not to think too much.

However, since the doctor had given the instructions, she could only follow them and try her best to control her emotions and not let herself fall into anxiety.

Fortunately, the day for Suisui’s wedding soon arrived.

In mid-March, the weather had begun to warm up. Suisui put on the dress that the embroiderer had spent several months carefully making, lay on Changping's back, said goodbye to her relatives in tears, and left home.

As soon as the bride-picking party left, Chen Cui could no longer control her emotions. She left the guests to her daughter-in-law to receive and she hid away and cried.

Perhaps because she had really reached menopause, she became more and more moody, often crying uncontrollably, worrying about things that had not yet happened and worrying about the future of her children.

After Suisui returned home, she summoned her son and daughter-in-law and formally announced the division of the family business.

Apart from the big house they lived in now, all other property was divided into five parts. Suisui's share was taken away as dowry, the remaining three sons each got one share, and the last share was Chen Cui's own, to be divided up when she was dying.

Each son got about the same amount, including land, shops, houses, and cash. Among them, the houses they were allocated were all very close to the mansion they were currently living in, in order to make it convenient for them to move around after the division of the family business.

The three brothers knew that their mother had made up her mind and had no choice but to accept the decision. When the three daughters-in-law heard the news, they were shocked but couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

Although the family lives in harmony and has no conflicts, as a woman, who doesn’t want to have a small home where she can be the master and be the mistress of her own home!

Only Qin Ruozhi felt somewhat uneasy, fearing that her mother-in-law wanted to separate the family now because she had not done well enough.

Chen Cui comforted her and said that she had thought of this decision a long time ago. As the tree grows bigger, it branches out; as people grow older, they separate their families. This family will be divided sooner or later, and it is better to divide it sooner rather than later.

They are not ordinary people. Just to save a few taxes, they insist on keeping their sons together instead of dividing the family into households. Living together does not mean they will be united, and dividing the family does not mean they will be alienated. In this case, it is better to separate them early to avoid conflicts in the future.