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

The next day, He Wenyan came back from the yamen and curiously asked Mo Chenxi if he knew that the shop that was sold had been opened as a snack shop.

Mo Chenxi said, "I found out yesterday. My second sister came back and asked me to find a way to contact the new owner of the shop and buy some snacks for her mother-in-law's family. I said I didn't know the new owner and asked him to ask about it when he came back. My second sister left unhappy. My mother asked me to send someone to the shop to order snacks today, but the owner said that all the snacks for the past ten days were booked, and my mother was not happy either."

Mo Chenxi said apologetically, "Master, it's not like before. The shop is no longer mine, and I don't know the new owner. If my second sister wants to keep accounts in the shop in the future and the new owner doesn't want to, I can't say anything."

He Wenyan knew his second sister's character. She would often go to the shop to get some rouge and powder. He always told his wife that it was not easy for her to live in her husband's family. We, as her eldest brother and sister-in-law, could help her with her beauty, so that she would have an easier time in her husband's family.

But the shop was no longer his wife's, and it was because of him that the shop was sold. He could turn a blind eye when his second sister shamelessly returned to her parents' home to get something. But he couldn't bring himself to ask his wife to contact the new owner for his second sister's in-laws.

He pretended to be calm and said, "If she wants to honor her in-laws, she should find a way herself."

Mo Chenxi said yes. He Wenyan hesitated for a long time before saying, "Mom will send someone to make a reservation tomorrow. We'll book whichever date we can."

Mo Chenxi still said okay.

Sons and sons-in-law are different. If the father-in-law treats the son-in-law badly, he will bear a grudge for the rest of his life. But no matter how much his own mother scolds him or torments him, in the end, he still feels sorry for her.

But the same applies to a daughter and her mother-in-law, except that the son-in-law does not have to support his parents-in-law, but the daughter-in-law cannot escape.

The next day was He Wenyan's day off, so Mo Chenxi asked the maidservant next to Old Madam Jiang to queue up for reservations. She only bought some of the dim sum available in the store, saying that the reservations for the new dim sum had been sold out before the New Year, and the store would be closed for renovations after the New Year.

He Wenyan was surprised that the business was so good, and he looked at his wife with a look of pity.

Mo Chenxi smiled and said, "It's said that business depends on who does it. If I open a pastry shop without a recipe, I will lose money."

He Wenyan pondered, wondering who was behind this deal? If he really wanted to be the first in the capital, he would have to have someone behind him to protect him.

Yesterday in the yamen, he heard Doctor Wu say that Jiang Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Works seemed to be inquiring about this shop, and it seemed that he was going to take action against that shop.

Madam just said that if you don’t have a good prescription, you will have to pay compensation. Even if the He family has a good prescription, they will not be able to keep it if there is no one behind it.

In the past, the shop only sold mid- and low-end rouge and powder, and no one was interested in it. After all, he was a Yuwailang, and ordinary people did not dare to take advantage of it.

The couple sat there, each thinking about their own things. The maid at the door came back and told them to go through. She whispered, "Second Aunt is back."

Mo Chenxi sneered. She had never come to visit her original owner when he was sick, but she kept going back to her parents' home for dim sum. Could it be that she wanted her parents' home to open a dim sum shop specifically for her?

The couple went to the old lady's place and saw that He's eyes were red and there was a slap mark on her face. Old Lady Jiang looked furious.

Mo Chenxi was shocked. Was she beaten by her in-laws because she didn't buy snacks for them?

Isn’t He’s in-laws family better than He’s family?

He Wenyan angrily asked, "Did your brother-in-law beat you?"

He sobbed and shook her head, "No."

After saying that, he glared at Mo Chenxi.

Mo Chenxi was puzzled. Why was she glaring at him after he provoked her? Could it be that her family, the Mo family, had beaten him?

He stopped crying and said through gritted teeth, "Today I sent someone to buy snacks. The boss said to make a reservation, so I sent someone to take the money and make a reservation."

She said this with such confidence, as if she was giving the dim sum shop some face by paying for the reservation.

"The people who went there said that all the dim sum they had reserved were sold out, and they wouldn't be available before the New Year. My sister-in-law was sarcastically saying that the shop used to belong to the He family, and the new owner couldn't even give a little face? She also said that my brother was just a clerk, and that was nothing special. I was so angry that I went to the dim sum shop."

Mo Chenxi thought that she was so angry that she started fighting with her sister-in-law.

Madam Jiang said from the side: "You should go and see who they are. Even the court officials don't care about them?"

Chenxi looked at He Wenyan, and without any expression, he looked embarrassed.

He was still indignant and said, "When I went there, I asked to buy some dim sum, especially the new ones. The dim sum seller said that they only had what was on the shelf and that other dim sum would have to wait until after the New Year. I said, 'Do you know who I am? Your shop used to belong to my brother, the He family.' The man said that he heard from the broker that this shop was a dowry given by the He family's daughter-in-law, and that the transaction with us was handled by the daughter-in-law. No one from the He family showed up. Could it be that the He family's daughter-in-law was secretly selling her in-laws' shop? If that's the case, she's going to file a complaint with the government."

Seeing her eldest brother's face darken, He quickly explained, "Isn't it all for your sake? A businessman is so lawless. I explained that the shop was my eldest sister-in-law's dowry, and then he groveled and said that even if he didn't respect my brother, it wouldn't be wrong to order a copy for me since my eldest sister-in-law was the original owner. It's not like I didn't pay the money, but that person came up and slapped me."

She sobbed and cried, saying to He Wenyan, "Brother, you can't let others slap you in the face like this. I was bullied by a businessman because of you. I vented my anger for my mother's family and I defended my mother's family. If you don't stand up for me, how can I hold my head up in my husband's family?"

Old Madam Jiang was actually crying beside her. "Wen Yan, this is the reputation of the He family. If you tell anyone about this, how will you hold your head high among your colleagues in the government office?"

Someone at the door answered, "It really makes Big Brother lose his head. Second Sister has brought shame to our He family!"

Mo Chenxi looked back and saw He Wenliang standing at the door, his face showing shame, indignation and anger.

The colors on the face are almost colorful.

When He saw that it was the third brother, she stood up with her eyes wide open. "How do you talk to your sister like that? How have I embarrassed my eldest brother? I know you look down on me and despise your brother-in-law for not even being able to pass the imperial examination. Isn't this the family my mother's family chose for me? Aren't you embarrassing my eldest brother? If you have the ability, you can also pass the imperial examination and become a fifth-rank official?"

After saying that, he leaned on Madam Jiang's shoulder and burst into tears. "They say a married woman has the support of her brothers from her natal family. This is my good brother! Mother, you have to make the decision for me, otherwise I won't be able to live!"

He Wenliang said bitterly, "If you have the guts to make such a scene at your husband's house, why do you always get provoked to go to your mother's house to make a scene? When you go back to your mother's house to make a scene, your mother will pamper you and tolerate you, but you go out and act arrogantly. You embarrassed your brother last time, and now you want to embarrass the He family and make me lose face in front of my boss!"