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

It's Chinese New Year and every household is busy. Mo Chenxi is preparing gifts. Old Madam Jiang suggests that the third son, He Wenliang, accompany her to the Jiang family to deliver the gifts.

She kept saying that her daughter was married and had a daughter-in-law, and she would spend the second day of the New Year at the He family. She took this opportunity to go back to her parents' home. Who knows if she will have the chance to go back to her parents' home in the future.

Mo Chenxi thought her mother-in-law wanted her to subsidize the Jiang family, so she didn't respond when she heard it.

Everyone in the He family thought so. He Wenyan told his third brother that the little private money their mother had could be given to whoever they wanted.

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, He Wenliang sent his mother back to his uncle's house.

The Jiang family lives in Pingqiu County, not far from the capital, about fifty or sixty miles away, closer than the Mo family, and a day's round trip is enough.

When Mrs. Jiang saw her brother, she winked at him, and Uncle Jiang asked her son to take her nephew out for a walk and buy some return gifts.

After his nephew left, Uncle Jiang asked, "What happened? My eldest nephew's wife hasn't come back yet? As the eldest daughter-in-law, why doesn't she come back to prepare for the New Year?"

Old Madam Jiang talked about recent events, including the sale of her daughter-in-law's shop, but she didn't mention her daughter causing trouble in the shop.

"Mrs. Mo has been living at her parents' house for a while, and she's become a completely different person. Maybe it was her parents who instigated this. Half of the servants were fired, and now she's counting the money to spend. This makes me feel so depressed."

Mrs. Jiang beat her chest as she spoke, and Aunt Jiang quickly brought her a cup of tea.

"Will my elder sister have to live her life according to her daughter-in-law's mood?"

Madam Jiang took a sip of tea and put the cup down on the table. "Is she wishful thinking? I came here this time just to ask you to find a second wife for Wen Yan."

She told me what she had heard: a family found a merchant's daughter as a second wife for their son. She was adorned with gold and silver, and had three carriages and five sedan chairs at home. It was so luxurious.

Uncle Jiang and his wife looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

I was just feeling sorry that Mo’s shop was sold, as I’ll have to spend money to buy rouge and powder from now on.

After hearing the idea proposed by the eldest sister, Uncle Jiang and his wife were very happy. Since the eldest sister's life had improved, they also benefited from it.

What's more, if the candidate they find can not only benefit from the He family in the future, but the business will also have to reward them.

"Don't worry, big sister. I will look for one carefully. There are many businessmen in Pingqiu County, and there are also businessmen in the capital. It's a pity that big sister said it a little late. If you said it earlier, wouldn't we be able to live comfortably these days?"

Madam Jiang said bitterly, "I see that Mrs. Mo's family also helped Wen Yan in the past. I am a person who remembers gratitude, but Mrs. Mo can't take advantage of this little favor and ignore her mother-in-law. It's also because I am kind-hearted. If it were someone else, they would have given my son a second wife long ago. If she doesn't have the ability to manage the household, then she should just eat vegetarian food and pray to Buddha to make room for someone else!"

Aunt Jiang echoed, "Isn't it? Mrs. Mo is so ungrateful for having such a good life. She's only been able to tolerate my eldest sister for so many years because of her mother-in-law. The last time we went to my eldest sister's house, she said she was ill and wouldn't see guests, and she didn't even offer to prepare any gifts for us. She's the daughter of a Jinshi scholar, but she's not as worldly-wise as our young lady from a scholar's family."

"That's because my eldest sister has a good temper and a kind heart. If it were me, I would ask her to set the rules every day, first to discipline her temper and let her know how to be a good wife."

Uncle Jiang added fuel to the fire, "If it weren't for the fact that she gave birth to two sons for my nephew, he should divorce her! My nephew is now a fifth-rank official. If he were to find another wife, which family wouldn't be better than the Mo family?"

When Mrs. Jiang saw that her brother was on her side, she felt that her idea was even better and regretted not thinking of it earlier.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you. Don't let anyone know yet, and don't be too anxious. You have to choose a good candidate. She should be from a family with a large business and several generations of business experience. She should also be capable and strong, and it would be best if she could own a few shops. As for the inner house, she should also be able to support herself and have good health. At the very least, she should be able to have many children. That way, the Mo family will have no complaints in the future."

Uncle Jiang and his wife said in unison, "Big sister, you're very thoughtful. I'll take advantage of the New Year when all the merchants are back to do business and look for someone to buy something."

He Wenliang was sent out by his mother. He thought his mother was just complaining to his uncle. After returning, he had dinner at his uncle's house and saw his mother smiling and talking to his uncle about some interesting things that happened when she was not married and was living in her parents' home.

He thought his mother was complaining, and he felt relieved.

This time, the gift was a holiday gift prepared by his eldest sister-in-law. He Wenliang saw that his mother didn't buy anything else, so he guessed that she gave the money to his uncle while he was away. Just like his eldest brother said, it's okay to spend a little money to make his mother happy.

Mo Chenxi didn't know that Madam Jiang was going to find her a sister, so she was very busy during this festival.

She didn't understand the ancient festival etiquette, and Mother Liao sent her back to the farm, so she had no choice but to bring up the second wife, Mrs. Bao, and ask her for help.

Bao didn't suspect anything and thought her sister-in-law was sick because her health had not recovered well.

As long as her housekeeper doesn't have to pay her, she's happy to be a helper.

No matter what her sister-in-law asked, she answered truthfully. She wanted to learn more skills from her sister-in-law so that when the family separated sooner or later, she would be able to manage the business on her own.

Mo Chenxi was concerned about the dim sum shop. Mother Liao would tell her about the situation every day while delivering things to the mansion. The business was better than she had expected. The most important thing was that it was the Chinese New Year. Chinese people were willing to spend money during the New Year and other festivals. They would buy things that they would not buy at other times.

She also went to the He family's village. It was indeed not big and there was not much she could do except feed the pigs.

Forget about raising chickens; they take up too much space.

Anyway, the chickens sold by other companies only eat grass and don’t have any chicken feed additives.

Mo Chenxi was planning to raise pigs. First of all, he had to give people who went to the farm something to do so that they couldn't just eat for free.

Second, she wanted to make smoked meat, but not on this farm.

Just then, He Shankun and He Yinhua came back and didn't mention anything about having snacks at the Mo family. It was the two elders of the Mo family who had instructed them to do so.

On the second day of the New Year, Mo Chenxi's family of six took a horse carriage back to Mojiazhuang. The eldest son, He Shanluo, had to return to the academy on New Year's Eve because the academy was closed.

Students in ancient times had a much harder life than students today. There were no winter or summer vacations. Except for taking leave due to illness or family illness, they only had a few days of rest during the Chinese New Year.

Mo Chenxi saw that he squinted his eyes when looking at things, which was a typical case of myopia and astigmatism. He had to find a way to make him pay attention to his eyes, even if it was just doing eye exercises three times a day. Regardless of whether it would be effective, at least it should give his eyes a rest.

There were six people in a carriage and the journey was long. The youngest Yinhua was sleepy, so Mo Chenxi had to hold her.

Mo Chenxi's legs, arms, waist and back ached. She had only one idea in mind: to earn enough money to build herself a custom-made carriage. She didn't want it to be luxurious, but only spacious and comfortable.

In ancient times, horse-drawn carriages were bumpy. Some people nowadays say that riding a tractor is so bumpy that your heart is about to jump out. But riding in a horse-drawn carriage here is so bumpy that all your internal organs are about to jump out.

No wonder women in ancient times did not travel far. If they sat in a carriage during their menstrual period, butterflies would appear under their buttocks.