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

Old Madam Jiang was offended by her son's words. She said "you" but stopped talking. She was just angry.

She hoped that her son would bring his daughter-in-law back, and when the time came, his daughter-in-law would go to her dowry shop to get the money. She would then hand over the account to her daughter-in-law, and she would not care about anything else in the future, and would continue to let her live a life of food and drink.

But after her son went to the Mo family, he started to argue with her about everything. Every time he asked her son for money, she would scold him. He was disobedient and unfilial before she had done anything. Maybe the Mo family had said something to him.

She said, "It's almost the end of the year. Doesn't the government pay double salaries every year? Could you tell me so that I can collect it first?"

He Wenyan had long planned to keep his salary for paying off his debts, and since the due date had not yet arrived, he had no nerve to ask for money first.

He said angrily: "I don't run the government office. How can I give you the money just because I ask for it first?"

He Wenliang knew what his mother meant. There was no money in the account. He asked, "Did you spend all the money you brought back last time?"

He Wenyan suddenly looked up at his mother. Madam Jiang said awkwardly, "Madam Yang next door is celebrating her birthday. You said we're neighbors, so we often visit each other. I spent five taels of silver. Your uncle came to Beijing to buy some books, but he didn't bring enough money, so I gave him some."

He Wenyan almost fainted. His uncle never brought enough money when he came to the capital, but he never saw him return it after taking it.

It would be fine at other times, but at this critical moment he went to borrow money from a high-interest loan, and his mother gave his uncle money without limit.

Seeing her son's pale face, Madam Jiang said in a low voice, "You only have this one uncle. He came all the way here, how could I not lend a hand? Don't forget, when you were little, it was your uncle who taught you to read and write."

He Wenyan chuckled coldly, "My uncle only hugged me once and taught me a lesson, but he was drunk and didn't suffocate me to death. Mother has been nagging me since I was a child. Does she want me to worship my uncle like an ancestor?"

If his mother had said these words in the past, he would never refute her. He even told his third brother that filial piety should always be followed and that as long as his mother is happy, that's all that matters.

But now he was so anxious that he wanted to rob money on the street. It was the end of the year and there was a lot of work in the government office. Usually, his wife took care of everything at home. He never worried about the issue of money. Sometimes when his wife complained about her uncle's family, he would scold her.

Now my family can barely make ends meet. My mother is extravagant. She spent five taels of money on gifts for other people's birthdays, and I don't know how much she gave to my uncle. She also asked them to prepare gifts for his birthday, even though it's not a big birthday. Every year, she asks them to come to our house to give gifts under the pretext of celebrating his birthday.

So He Wenyan acted out of character and didn't say anything nice.

Seeing her son talking back at her like that, Madam Jiang slapped her thigh while sitting on a chair. "Oh, I can't live any longer! I'm not even old enough to be paralyzed in bed and unable to move, and my son treats me like this! I've been busy taking care of this big family, but what have I gained? Every old lady enjoys a peaceful life and receives respect from their sons and daughters-in-law, yet I have to endure your anger while I take care of everything for you!"

"Go ahead and strangle your mother with a rope and send my body back to the Jiang family. I'm an unfilial son, but I still have brothers. Let them bury me in front of my parents. Dad, Mom, I'm an unfilial daughter. I raised a bastard son who can't bring honor to you and even humiliates you. Oh, Mom, what's the point of living after raising a son like this? I'm coming to accompany you right now."

As she spoke, she stood up, lowered her head and rushed towards the wall. He Wenyan and his brother knew that their mother was lying to scare them, but they couldn't just stand there and do nothing. They both rushed forward, hugged their mother, and knelt down again.

Old Madam Jiang cried and made a fuss for a while, and only when she saw that she had caught her two sons did she sit down, panting. This trick was something she learned from her mother-in-law. She had never used it before because everything went so smoothly for her.

She cried and said, "I can't take care of this family anymore. You can do whatever you want."

She heard from her son that her daughter-in-law would not come back until the New Year, but every year when the twelfth lunar month comes, it is a time to spend money, with various festival gifts and social engagements.

The Mo family was very cunning. They brought their daughter to Nian just to make things difficult for the He family.

Humph! The He family's current status depends on his son, not his daughter-in-law or the Mo family!

"Go tell the Mo family that if Jingyi's mother doesn't come back, tell them I told you to take a second wife in to help with the housework. There are many merchants out there who are eager to send their daughters to them. Let's see if the Mo family is in a hurry."

He Wenliang said: "Sister-in-law is still sick. If she gets better, won't she be in a hurry to come back?"

"When she left, I saw she was fine. I don't know what she was up to. Did she think she could control your eldest brother this way? Isn't she a patient? Marrying a second wife is also a help to her. If she doesn't marry a concubine and make people laugh, she can have two children. If the child is born, it will be a legitimate son. Then it will be her family surnamed Mo who will be anxious."

The more Mrs. Jiang thought about it, the angrier she became. She had originally thought that after her daughter-in-law left, she could do whatever she wanted and spend money however she wanted. But who knew that her daughter-in-law would only leave behind that little money, and she would use it everywhere?

Ever since she sent someone to her daughter-in-law's shop to ask for money last time, but the shop was closed and she didn't get it, her daughter-in-law has become her enemy.

The son is also useless. He always cares about her spending money on his uncle's family. That is his uncle, his only uncle. He can marry another uncle if his daughter-in-law is gone. If she has the ability, the Mo family will never let her daughter-in-law come back.

I'll marry a merchant girl to my son.

She had heard from Old Lady Yang that someone had married a merchant's daughter to her son as a second wife, and that all those nice things were given to her as if they were free. The betrothal gift for her youngest son's marriage was all prepared with the money given by the merchant.

The more Mrs. Jiang spoke, the brighter her eyes became. She felt that it was a good idea for her son to marry a second wife. It just so happened that her daughter-in-law was in poor health, which was a good reason.

She couldn't tell her son about this now. She would ask her brother to find out later and bring the person in when the time came. Mrs. Mo would have no choice but to do so.

With a young girl in her twenties right before her, Mrs. Mo, who was almost like a skull, was no match for her. Perhaps her son would be tempted too.

He Wenyan thought his mother was just speaking in anger. He stood up and poured her a cup of tea, saying, "Mom, it's my son's fault for being unfilial and incompetent. If you're tired, let the second wife take care of it first, and then hand it over to Jingyi's mother when she comes back."

Old Madam Jiang would never let her concubine's son and his wife interfere before, but now she is eager for it.

He Wenpu's wife, Bao, took the bill reluctantly. There was still less than ten taels of silver on the account. She wanted to cry, so what should she do?

I heard that my sister-in-law just came back before the New Year. Her scalp is numb and her legs are weak. How can she manage this family?

He Wenpu had no choice but to take out the private money he had saved and give it to his wife, but wrote on the account that it was a subsidy from his second wife, to see if his eldest brother would pay him back in the future. Fortunately, his eldest sister-in-law would be back before the New Year, and if she let their second wife take care of it for a year, he would also let his wife go back to her parents' home.