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

He Wenliang heard the last words of his elder brother scolding his nephew, how can you hold your head up in the Yue family.

This is the eldest brother's true feelings.

The eldest brother studied hard since he was young and carried the hopes of the He family on his shoulders.

He still remembered the night when his eldest brother passed the imperial examination. He drank several glasses of wine, burned incense for his father, and cried bitterly, saying that he could finally stand up straight and live his life as a man.

Only then did he understand what his eldest brother meant. His eldest brother's father-in-law was a Jinshi (a scholar in the imperial examination), and in terms of fame and honor, his eldest brother could hold his head high in his father-in-law's family. Also, his eldest sister-in-law had used her dowry to subsidize the He family for so many years, and his eldest brother felt guilty and inferior.

But the eldest brother did not expect that either he would get promoted or become rich after winning the exam. The place where the eldest brother worked was a government office with little income, and he had no other income except salary.

The eldest brother also has the idea and means to make extra money, so the He family has always relied on the eldest sister-in-law for subsidies. What's more, the mother spends money recklessly and is not frugal. She also subsidizes the uncle's family, and the second sister goes back to her parents' home from time to time to ask for things.

So the eldest brother always felt ashamed in his father-in-law's house, but he was powerless to do anything.

The eldest brother is different from the shameless Gao family. If the He family has money, the eldest brother would rather spend money on the Mo family and would not want to be inferior to his father-in-law's family.

The Mo family's bad luck this time will make the eldest brother uncomfortable again.

He Wenliang thought that if it were him, he would also feel uncomfortable, but he would not be like his elder brother, who received the favor of his father-in-law's family, wanted to maintain his own noble pride, but had to bow his head to his father-in-law's family because of reality, and felt uncomfortable.

If you are not as good as others, you are not as good as others. If you receive favors from others, you should remember the favors and find ways to repay them. If you avoid it and pretend you don't know, can you solve the problem? Will outsiders not know?

That time, the words that the second sister's mother-in-law said while pointing at the eldest brother's nose tore open the pain in the eldest brother's heart.

Do you really think outsiders don’t know?

That's why the Gao family followed suit and shamelessly asked the second sister to use her mother's money for subsidies. They learned this from the He family.

No matter how clearly He Wenliang saw it, he would not tell it to his eldest brother. What he said before was enough to embarrass his eldest brother because of his mother and second sister.

He felt sorry for his eldest brother. The He family relied on his eldest brother and his wife. He didn't want his eldest brother and his wife to drift further and further apart. He couldn't do what the old lady of the Gao family did and hit his eldest brother's heart hard again.

He Wenyan went to his wife's room that night. It was not because they were newlyweds after a long separation, but because his wife was sick, he was not so shameless.

He first asked about his wife's condition with great concern, and then talked about his son's apprenticeship.

Mo Chenxi said, "I made the decision. I was worried that the master would scold Shan Luo. After all, the Wang family is a merchant family and they would feel that taking Mr. Nie as their master is an insult to the He family."

He Wenyan did not make any excuses. If he had thought so at the beginning.

Mo Chenxi continued, "I didn't think about the Wang family's status at the time. I was thinking about Mr. Nie. It was a blessing for Shanluo to be his disciple."

He Wenyan nodded and said, "Third brother said that Mr. Nie is very talented. It is indeed a blessing for him to have Shanluo as his only disciple. However, he should not be proud of this. He should study hard and pass the imperial examination to achieve honors. Only then can he live up to his master."

Mo Chenxi said, "As long as Shanluo tries his best, it will be fine. If Mr. Nie wants to accept a disciple who can pass the imperial examination, he will not accept Shanluo. Shanqiao has more hope than Shanluo."

He Wenyan stopped talking. Indeed, Shanqiao's qualifications were much better than Shanluo's, and even the youngest son Shankun was better than the eldest son.

He remembered what he wanted to ask and asked, "Have you always known that Wang Dongjia is the Queen Mother's cousin?"

Mo Chenxi was surprised and said, "No one else knew, so how could I know? I initially thought that the Wang family was a relative of Mrs. Liao Wu. The Wang family is a well-known surname, with many officials and ordinary people bearing the surname Wang. Who would have thought that it was the Empress Dowager's family? My father has always treated him as a businessman. He is grateful for his help and treats him sincerely."

He Wenyan thought that what his wife meant by helping out was lending money to the Mo family.

"That time, I fainted at the door of the Yingkelai Inn. Everyone was afraid and didn't dare approach. My father carried me on his back, and Madam Zhao supported me. Boss Wang happened to be passing by and sent me to the clinic in his carriage. Later, Madam Zhao went to the farm to see me and recognized the man from the neighboring farm as the one who saved me. My father went to thank him in person, and that's how we started to interact.

"Mrs. Wang came to the capital, and her sister had trouble acclimatizing to the climate there. My mother gave her a secret recipe and helped Mrs. Wang take care of the Wang family's youngest daughter. Mrs. Wang is grateful to my parents. Seeing that I was not feeling well, they often gave me tonic medicine. I am also grateful that the Wang family never looked down on my family, nor did they shy away from me like others did. Not only did they treat me like a normal person, they also took me to banquets and treated me like a sister."

He Wenyan was upset. His wife didn't mention him at all, but every sentence she said was about him.

He consulted a shaman because outsiders said that the wife of the host Wang was possessed by his wife. He looked down on the host Wang and tactfully told his children not to get too close to the host Wang.

He was worried that his father-in-law's family was being cheated by the businessman and went to warn them.

He thought to himself that if he had been the first to contact the Wang family, he would not have had the same luck as his father-in-law's family today, because he was the one who missed the opportunity.

But he was not wrong to be cautious.

"I'm just worried that my father-in-law might be deceived because he doesn't know the right people. They are so secretive and won't reveal their identities. As a foreign businessman, it wouldn't hurt to be cautious."

Mo Chenxi said: "Master is right."

In fact, she thought it would be good for He Wenyan to be more cautious, but Wang Dongjia never took advantage of the Mo family. Instead, it was the Mo family that took advantage of him.

The most important thing was that they had initially thought he was a member of Mrs. Xue's maternal family, so they weren't so wary. He Wenyan didn't understand the situation, and it was the ancient view of the literati, farmers, merchants, and artisans that looked down on merchants. That was because everyone looked down on them, not just him.

So his point is correct.

He Wenyan thought his wife was mocking him by saying this, and he felt not only bored but also uncomfortable.

"You haven't fully recovered yet, and you've made your second brother and sister-in-law work hard again during the New Year. I originally wanted to take Shanluo to visit Mr. Nie on the fifth day of the New Year, but Shanluo said that Mr. Nie's brother-in-law was injured and it would be bad not to visit him. I will take Shanluo there tomorrow."

Mo Chenxi said yes, but didn't take the initiative to say that she prepared a gift.

This time was just like the last time when he took He Wenyan to the Xue family for a banquet. As the head of the family, it would be unjustifiable for He Wenyan not to go to the Nie family when he returned to the capital. It would be disrespectful to the Nie family.

Even if the Wang and Nie families understood what was going on, outsiders would think that Shanluo had no manners and the He family had no manners.

If the man in charge of the family does not show up, it is disrespectful to others.

This is what happened when He Wenyan came back. He went to the Mo family again. He did not mention the Wang family's affairs. He only said that he was very happy to have Mr. Nie as his teacher in Shanluo, and thanked his father-in-law and his family for their care.

Mo Yuanji was concerned about his son-in-law's learning of flower planting and asked many questions in this regard. Seeing that his son-in-law answered them very clearly, he thought that his son-in-law had finally become more pragmatic and realized that it was men who had to support the family.

He still recognized his son-in-law's hard work and his fearlessness of hardship, which was also an advantage. However, his in-laws only taught him to achieve fame and fortune, but did not teach him to support the family. He also had a foolish mother, which made his son-in-law a proud man who didn't know the difference between grains and was lazy.