My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

"Mei'er, don't worry. She can't have children. Without Xingcheng, she has no other choice! Just wait for a while, she will naturally bow down to you and beg you to give her the son again."

After Mrs. Lu’s persuasion failed, she left angrily with Aunt Mei.

Wen Qiqi felt refreshed. Ever since Lu Xingcheng was adopted by her, she had been tutoring him in his homework, reading and calligraphy all day long, and it was very hard work.

This is secondary. The biggest pressure is running around for the adopted son's future.

The Lu family does not have a high status in Kyoto. Wen Qiqi paved the way for Lu Xingcheng's studies and career, all thanks to the glory of her mother's family.

The last time I went back to my mother's home, she was not very happy.

She criticized Qiqi for using the connections accumulated by her father and brothers when they were alive for Lu Xingcheng. On the surface, people were giving face to Wen Qiqi, but in fact, she was the daughter of the Wen family, and she would have to repay the favor to the Wen family in the future.

Fortunately, she was the favored one in the Wen family, and her mother couldn't stand it and was helpless if she acted like a spoiled child.

"Madam, you don't want the eldest young master anymore. Have you thought it through? I see that the old lady and Aunt Mei's faces are green!"

Die Jiu's heart leaped with joy, it was such a great day!

It’s just that she was worried about her wife.

However, if the lady was childless, she would not be willing to talk about it like the old lady did and remind her all the time.

Wen Qiqi smiled, looked at Die Jiu and asked, "Isn't it good to be relaxed like this? Why should I, Wen Qiqi, raise a child for someone else? Even if I have no children for my whole life, so what? Will I lose my head because of this? Being alive is better than anything else. As for those gossips, I don't care at all now."

In her previous life, she was extremely afraid of not being able to produce anything.

So he adopted Aunt Mei's son and treated Aunt Mei as his benefactor and sister.

She felt guilty, so she agreed to every request from her husband's family!

In the end, what a miserable end she had?

This is just what it means to kill the donkey after it has done its job, right?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Wen Qiqi picked up a pen and wrote a letter, asking Die Jiu to deliver it to her mother's home.

The letter clearly stated that Lu Xingcheng was no longer his son, so that he would not do as he did before and would immediately bring up the Wen family to show off his status whenever he needed to climb up the social ladder!

Now that my mother's family knows the truth, they will certainly not suffer this loss in vain.

After Die Jiu left, the room became quiet.

She also looked around her bedroom carefully...

Everything is still the same as it was three years ago, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as minimalist.

And all this was because Old Madam Lu said that the Lu family was a scholarly family, and since she was married into the Lu family as the principal wife, she had to learn to save money, focus on raising her adopted son, and help her husband. The house decoration and food, clothing and other expenses should be simpler, which would have a more scholarly atmosphere.

She actually believed this bullshit in her previous life.

So the luxurious dowry items were put away. Of course, some of them were favored by Old Madam Lu and were used as decorations to improve appearance.

There were also some more valuable ones that were collected by Aunt Mei to be used for Xingcheng and her husband's future careers.

As for the four maids, eight loyal servants, two coachmen and five gardeners that she brought with her when she married into the Lu family, they were all arranged to do odd jobs for the Lu mansion. The only one left with her was Die Jiu.

"Mind, wish, dream."

She went to the back garden of the Lu Mansion alone, where the Lu Mansion grew vegetables.

The three girls who used to be inseparable from him were now covered in dirt and filth from diving and fertilizing.

"lady!"

Seeing the lady coming to see them, the three maids were extremely excited.

"This is not a place for the lady..."

"If you can come, why can't I? When you married me, you were supposed to take care of my daily life, but you were ordered to do rough work. This is what men and women do..."

Seeing those girls who were only fifteen or sixteen years old, with their white and tender hands covered with dirt, she was furious.

"Go back with me!"

"But the old lady..."

The maids didn't dare to leave. Two years ago, the old lady had lost her temper with the lady because of the work they did on duty!

That was the first time that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a quarrel, and it was finally resolved when the lady knelt down and served tea.

"You are the girls I brought as a dowry, so naturally I have the final say."

"You have the final say? Sister-in-law, what you said is not in line with our Lu family. What's yours and mine? Since they are here, they are all Lu family girls! Just do whatever you tell them to do!"

A girl wearing a green skirt and a pink jacket came over and stood in front of Wen Qiqi.

This girl was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but her figure was extremely plump.

She looked as strong as if she had given birth to a child, her eyes were bright, her words were powerful, and she stood in front of Wen Qiqi with a proud look on her face.

"Sheng Shi."

"Sister-in-law, I am the one who manages and arranges all the maids in the Wen family. Do you have any opinions about me? Today you think this is not right, and tomorrow you think that is not right? But I think everything I arranged is good."

Sheng Shi is the only unmarried daughter of Mrs. Lu. She has a boyish temperament and even her husband has to give her some respect at home.

She also had some skills. The Lu family had more than fifty servants, and she was in charge of the staff and accounts by herself, and she also had to check the annual harvest and rent of the Lu family's fertile fields.

The Lu family is petty.

On the surface, it was the daughter-in-law Wen Qiqi who was in charge of the household, but in reality, all the money had to go through Lu Shengshi's hands.

Lu Shengshi has the final say on whether the people below stay or leave.

Wen Qiqi only has the title of housekeeper and a ledger of annual income and expenditure, but the real power is in the hands of Lu Shengshi.

But one thing is that the Lu family does not have enough money, so Lu Shengshi has to ask her, the eldest sister-in-law, for help.

Wen Qiqi has been afraid of her ever since she got married, and whatever she says is what she does.

"Your opinion is a bit serious. Sheng Shi, I am your sister-in-law. If you have an opinion, why do you talk to me in such a tone... Tsk tsk, could it be that I did something wrong and you have an opinion about me?"

Some people like to question others, so why give them answers?

Just question it back directly.

Lu Shengshi's eyes widened and he was speechless.

"I have no problem with you..."

My sister-in-law is the daughter of the Wen family. She married into the family with a generous dowry. As an unmarried sister-in-law, she dared not speak out even if she had any opinions.

"Okay, I'll take my people away."

"This won't work!"

Lu Shengshi stepped forward to stop them: "They have to work just like these old women. Fertilizing and watering. Otherwise, who will take care of these vegetables!"

"The Lu family has more than 50 servants. Can't they even arrange for someone to take care of the vegetable garden? When I came here just now, I saw a few women eating melon seeds under the wall on the east side of the garden..."

Those old women were gossiping about the fact that she didn't want the eldest young master.

She said she would cry and beg Aunt Mei in the future...

She heard it clearly!

Lu Shengshi was about to retort, but Wen Qiqi continued, "Mother always said that you are the best at employing people. The Lu family has quite a few servants, so can't you find enough people to grow some vegetables? Haha, then Sister Shengshi should consider whether she has the ability to manage everything."

After saying that, Wen Qiqi looked at the girls behind her.

"Go back with me!"

She was so strong that she just took her people away like that.

Lu Shengshi was so angry that her eyes almost fell to the ground. She first scolded those lazy old women, and then ran to complain to Madam Lu.

"She has no children, so she must be feeling awkward and panicky. Just pity her. Let her take those people back! Your brother hasn't been to her room for several years... She is really pitiful."

Old Madam Lu was so angry that her heart ached, and she could only find excuses to comfort Lu Shengshi.

When Wen Qiqi, Ruyi, Xinyi and Mengyi walked into the house, she suddenly turned pale and felt dizzy. Then she felt nauseous and picked up a basin of water to vomit...

"Madam, madam, I'm afraid she's angry because of us! It's so hot out there, I'm afraid she's got a heat stroke!"

The maids finally returned to their master and were heartbroken to see her vomiting like this.

Taking the handkerchief from Xinyi's hand, Wen Qiqi wiped the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were full of doubts...

"Master. Are you feeling better?"

"No, it seems... I still want to vomit..."

After vomiting for a long time, she had no strength left in her body. She could only lie weakly on the bed, looking at the drapes and bead curtains with her eyes locked.

"This disgusting feeling... is so familiar! That's right, I vomited like this when I had morning sickness that time!"

Thinking of this, she was scared to death!

Ever since her child's miscarriage, her husband and she had grown less emotional and they had not slept together for several years.

At first, he would come over to comfort her because Qiqi was not in good health and they never slept together. Later, he often went to Mei Yi Niang and the third wife's place, and later the fourth wife came...