Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

Mo Chenxi leaned on the beauty couch feeling lonely and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Two old women were picking up fallen leaves.

It was just autumn and a gentle breeze was blowing.

She listened to the two maids talking in low voices.

"Hasn't this month's salary been paid yet? I'm waiting to use it."

"Who says it's not? I'm also looking forward to buying things for my grandson. Our wife is the head of the household and this kind of thing never happens. She sends the money on the due date without delay."

Another woman whispered, "Master went out today, and the driver was not in the stable. Master couldn't wait to go out and hire a carriage, and when Madam fell ill, everything went haywire."

The maid next to her leaned over and said, "Even so, the old lady is still arranging a banquet. It's not a must-have guest. The old lady's family members come to eat and even take things. Now let's see how the third wife will deal with it. Alas! In the past, it was the lady who found ways to subsidize the Jiang family, but the third wife will not use her own money to subsidize the Jiang family."

Mo Chenxi listened to the old woman's intermittent words, which were all about the chaos in the mansion after the original body fell ill.

She has been here for a month and has been taking Chinese medicine for a month.

During this month, she also figured out the situation in the mansion.

As a middle-level manager in the modern catering industry, the primary focus is to understand the situation in all aspects, especially the work of the people in each position.

Mo Chenxi is thirty years old and unmarried. Her original identity is He Mo, who is thirty-five years old. Her husband He Wenyan is a member of the Ministry of Personnel. They have two sons and two daughters. The eldest son is seventeen years old and the youngest is only nine years old.

There are three concubines in the mansion, concubine Luo, concubine Song and concubine Sun, and they have five illegitimate children.

My mother-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, had two sons and a daughter. He Wenyan was the eldest son, He Wenliang was the second son, but ranked third. The second son in the middle was a concubine's son, He Wenpu.

As long as the parents did not divide the family, Mrs. Mo, as the eldest son and daughter-in-law, had to be filial to her mother-in-law, take care of the inner house, serve her husband, raise her own children, and take care of her illegitimate children.

There are also second and third rooms. In addition to the brother-in-law and sister-in-law, each room has a concubine and illegitimate children, as well as servants with different duties.

In modern times, a mother-in-law, a husband, and two children at most live in a three-bedroom apartment, or the mother-in-law does not live with them. They all complain of being tired and wish they could travel back to ancient times and lie down like a mistress.

Mrs. Mo was the original wife. There were more than a dozen servants in her courtyard, but she couldn't lie down because she was exhausted.

In modern times, Mo Chenxi was nervous and anxious, and died suddenly after working overtime for several days. When he woke up, he was He Mo.

The He family is a model of ancient literati families. There are no major events that happen out of the ordinary, but every family has trivial matters.

No need to stay up late or work overtime, she was ready to lie down.

During this month, she drank Chinese medicine every day to regulate her body. When the sun came out, she would go for a walk in the yard, and her maid would massage her legs and shoulders. It was not bad to live like this.

Apart from the fact that her third brother's wife would send people to bother her from time to time.

Just when I thought of this, the third room came again.

"Madam, our wife would like to ask you, Madam, if the old lady is hosting a dinner the day after tomorrow, should she invite the chef from Zuixianlou or the chef who came to greet the guests?"

Mo Chenxi said, “Let your wife make the decision herself.”

She knew what Fan meant. Hiring the chef from Zuixianlou was more expensive than hiring the one for welcoming guests. The old lady was fond of showing off and did not use her private money to subsidize the family. After a month, there was little money left from the public treasury for food. Fan did not want to subsidize the family herself, so she came to ask her.

If she said she was inviting guests, the old lady would be unhappy. If she said she was inviting people from Zuixianlou, Fan would go along with it and let her send someone to invite them, and she would pay the money later.

How could she not see through these little tricks?

After working in modern society for so many years, what haven’t you seen?

It is absolutely impossible to treat her as the former He Mo and let her be a scapegoat.

The maid brought the medicine and Mo Chenxi took it and drank it in one breath.

At this time, He Wenyan walked in and she frowned.

Her original husband was the template of an ancient macho man, but there are many such men in modern times, just like her modern father.

He married a wife to have children, so filial piety should be outsourced to his wife. The salary is given to his wife, but he only asks for half of the salary, and the other half is spent on his parents, which is still not enough. In the end, he still asks: Where did you spend my money?

He doesn't care about his own children, but runs away when his brother's children have something to do. He says work is hard, but he doesn't think it's hard just squatting on the roadside watching people play chess after work. He doesn't do any housework at all, and even complains that the food is not delicious and the house is a mess.

Mo Chenxi swore that she would never marry a man like her father, but she didn't expect that her original husband He Wenyan was such a man.

He Wenyan saw his wife lying down after taking the medicine, and asked with concern, "How do you feel about taking the medicine these days? If not, try another doctor."

Mo Chenxi said: "It's okay, there's no need to change doctors. Chinese medicine is not a miracle cure. It doesn't say that it will be cured after drinking it."

She knew what He Wenyan was going to say next and waited to listen.

He Wenyan sat on the edge of the bed, looking relieved. "That's good. I see you're in better spirits than before. Well, you're almost ready now. Help your sister-in-law with the family banquet the day after tomorrow. Mother said you're more careful than them, and she's worried that something might go wrong at the banquet and embarrass her..."

Mo Chenxi listened to his rare nagging, just to get his wife to continue working hard for his He family. Perhaps the old lady said something in front of him, otherwise he would not condescend to speak softly in front of his wife.

This is because my daughter-in-law is sick.

If he wasn't sick, he would just give the order directly and say that he was doing it for your own good.

He Wenyan looked at his wife, who was in a daze and didn't listen to him at all, and said unhappily: "I am doing this for your own good. If mother is happy, it is your filial piety as a daughter-in-law. A harmonious family is the foundation of everything. Mother has worked hard for this family for so many years. Isn't it our duty as the younger generation to make her happy?

"I know you've worked hard before and are ill now. This banquet is hosted by your sister-in-law. It's her first time doing this. If you give her a thumbs up, she'll be grateful to you, and mother will be happy to see you..."

Mo Chenxi looked at He Wenyan indifferently. Modern fathers also demanded the same of their mothers. Their mother had devoted herself for decades, but in the end, she was labeled as selfish and had not made any contribution to her husband's family. It was a label that was put on her by her father himself.

She thought, how could she lie down with such a person?

Are you going to lie down and listen to these murderous words for your original self?

Isn't it the concubine's and the illegitimate child's troubles that make you upset? This is the person closest to you, the one you will spend your whole life with, who makes you feel suffocated.

Let modern women who want to lie down come here and try out the feeling.

Mo Chenxi gave a bitter smile. His original self probably didn't want to live this kind of life, or he couldn't bear the pressure and collapsed.

He Wenyan saw the mockery and sneer on his wife's face, and he immediately stood up and said with a stern face, "I humbled myself in front of Mother for you, and now I humble myself again to make you feel comfortable. What husband is like me? Don't be so arrogant..."

He was about to teach her a lesson when he saw his wife stagger a few times and fall backwards on the bed with her head tilted to one side.

He Wenyan was so frightened that he quickly wiped his nose and turned around and shouted, "Go call a doctor!"

The He family did not have the means to hire a doctor at home, so they could only go to the pharmacy outside and call Dr. Zhang, who had been taking the wife's pulse, to come over.

After giving her an acupuncture injection, Doctor Zhang saw that Madam He had woken up and said unhappily, "I told you to rest and not worry about anything else. Without you, everyone can have food to eat. They won't starve to death."

His wife had treated Mrs. He for leukorrhea and knew some of the He family's affairs. This time, Mrs. He almost died, and his wife said it was because of exhaustion.

Doctor Zhang sees many patients and understands what his daughter-in-law said. The eldest daughter-in-law in the eldest son's family is always tired, and this is true in every family.

He Wenyan initially thought his wife was pretending, and felt a little embarrassed. He explained, "My wife's health is not good. Since she fell ill, I haven't let her worry about anything. She has been recuperating."

Mo Chenxi closed her eyes and thought that the man only knew how to talk. Could the person who asked her to get up and take charge just now be a ghost?