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

Old Mrs. Cao cried, thinking that Madam Xiaojie was comforting her.

"Don't hide it from me. I know everything. Yue'e is injured and can't have children anymore. I can't delay my grandson-in-law."

Mo Chenxi gritted her teeth and said, "Who is talking nonsense? It's not true! Grandma Yu comes every two or three days and says she'll have to wait two or three years before getting pregnant. Grandma Cao, I know what Shanluo's grandmother told you. She was trying to find an excuse to stuff someone into Shanluo's room. I refused, and she called Shanluo over again. She scolded Shanluo for not listening to her and called him disobedient and unfilial. Shanluo's father also went over and told her to stop interfering in these matters. I didn't expect her to tell you nonsense again."

Seeing Madam Xiaojie shaking with anger, Old Lady Cao hurriedly said, "It's all my fault for believing what she said. Don't be angry, I won't believe anything she says again. I finally understand why you're living away from home. Nothing good can come of her presence."

Mo Chenxi took several deep breaths. She had done so much for her daughter-in-law, and she also had to let her daughter-in-law's family know how difficult it was for her.

"It's not that I, as a daughter-in-law, have to argue with my mother-in-law. I've been keeping a close eye on Yue'e for the past month. No one else is allowed in except me and a few people in front of me. I'm afraid Yue'e will hear something bad and get upset. Even so, she still brought the story to you.

"My family used to put up with it for me, never saying a single bad thing. They always thought they were right and that anyone who married into the He family would have to endure her anger. I just couldn't take it anymore, so I moved out."

Old Mrs. Cao gently patted Madam Xiaojie's hand. She regretted it. How could she believe the old woman's nonsense?

"I know everything. Not to mention you, I wish Yue'e and her husband would live with you after they move out. No matter what others say, I just want Yue'e to live a normal life. If anyone listens to her words from time to time, can Yue'e recover?"

Old Lady Cao made up her mind that once her granddaughter was two months old, she would let her live with Madam Xiaojie. No matter what people outside said, her grandson-in-law would never pass the imperial examination or become an official, so there was no need to worry about his reputation.

After she returned, she called her son and daughter-in-law in and started cursing at Old Mrs. Jiang.

"That old woman, why didn't she just die earlier? She's still torturing her own children and grandchildren? She angered her own son to the point of paralysis, and now she wants to torment her grandson again? What's wrong with Yue'e giving birth to a daughter? Didn't she grow up with a daughter? She didn't give birth to a daughter herself? Madam Xiaojie hasn't said anything yet, and she's so panicked that she's trying to put someone around Yue'e's husband! Yue'e hasn't even finished her confinement, and Madam Xiaojie is staring at her mother-in-law like she's watching a thief. If word gets to Yue'e, will she be left with nothing?"

Mrs. Cao was still not satisfied after scolding her son, so she said to her son, "Yue'e is your eldest daughter, and you have younger sisters who are still unmarried. I'm telling you, you can't just ignore her. Your grandson-in-law's father is a loser who only knows how to curry favor with his mother by using his wife and children. If you're such a loser, I won't let you wear mourning even after I die!"

Master Cao shuddered inwardly. Even if his mother was angry with him all his life, she had never said such harsh words.

This showed that the old man in the He family had really pissed off his mother. He said solemnly, "Don't worry, mother. I'll go talk to my son-in-law's father."

Mrs. Cao was worried that her husband would hit someone again, so she said, "My son-in-law's father is in poor health now..."

Manager Cao glanced at his wife and said, "I'm not stupid. My son-in-law's father is now half-crippled. If I take action, it would seem I am in the wrong."

Seeing her mother-in-law's dark face, Mrs. Cao quickly said to her husband, "Didn't I remind you?"

If this happened in the past, her mother-in-law would definitely scold her, saying that she shouldn't worry about him if she wasn't her daughter.

Although Yue'e is not her biological daughter, they have been getting along well with each other over the past year. Besides, they are both daughters of the Cao family, so she is eager for her husband to step forward. When her own daughter gets married in the future, the mother-in-law will ask her husband to step forward if there is anything wrong.

Fortunately, the old woman in the He family was not Yue'e's mother-in-law. Thinking of this, Madam Cao sympathized with Madam Xiaojie. No wonder she became ill due to anger.

Master Cao did not delay and went to the He family the next day to meet He Wenyan directly.

He also helped He Wenyan into the room with a smile on his face. The gifts he brought were two pots of flowers, which were relatively expensive flowers he had bought from somewhere else on the spur of the moment.

"My dear in-laws, I see that you are doing much better than before. This is the right thing to do. You can't be idle. You need to be more active. If you need anything, let Shanluo go to the Cao family and tell them."

He Wenyan knew that Master Cao came not only to visit him, but it must be related to what his mother did yesterday.

The Cao family already knew about it, so he couldn't pretend to be confused. He first apologized: "My dear relatives, I'm sorry, my mother is old and confused..."

Cao Zhushi interrupted him and said, "Don't say that. Who doesn't hope that their elders live well? My mother is older than your mother, but she does things clearly. Since my in-laws mentioned this, I will say it directly. Your family is not honest. You can make my mother so angry that you said that if I don't make the decision for my daughter, you won't let me wear mourning when my mother dies! You say that your mother is old and confused, but aren't you forcing me to be an unfilial son? My mother is not confused. She can say it and do it."

He Wenyan was so ashamed that he had nothing to say.

"I just can't understand why your He family likes to take concubines so much? This is not my opinion. Look, you have three concubines, and I only have one. That was one year when my wife was sick, and she proposed one. My mother didn't say that she would force someone into my house.

"Your He family likes to take concubines, so why marry a wife? Oh, you use the wife's money to support a room full of concubines and illegitimate children. I have never seen such a family tradition."

He Wenyan was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into. This was the first time someone accused him of spending his wife's money.

Master Cao is not the kind of person who would shut up just because someone is embarrassed. He was disgusted by He Wenyan in the first place.

"If my mother hadn't always said Madam Xiaojie was a good mother-in-law, I really wouldn't have married my daughter to me. I'm just confused. If you despise your daughter so much, why bother marrying a wife? Wouldn't it be enough to marry a man? Don't take concubines or husbands. How happy would it be to have a house full of men at home?"

He looked at He Wenyan's face flushed with shame, and sneered in his heart, "If I don't hit you, don't you have any shame? I don't have the good temper of the Mo family. I will not swallow my anger for your face."

"In order to fill her grandson's room with people, your mother said nonsense that my daughter would not have children. This was what your mother said to my mother herself."

He Wenyan didn't know about this yet and looked up in surprise.

"How about this, we can talk it over. Since you despise my daughter for giving birth to a girl, I'll take her back after she's two months pregnant, and your He family can marry someone who's easy to bear. But I have to make it clear that I'll take my granddaughter back too. I'm afraid I won't live long in your He family."

He Wenyan quickly said, "My mother has gone mad..."

Cao, the head of the family, interrupted him again, "Whether your mother is crazy is your business as a son, but my daughter can't let her be driven crazy to death. I asked the old woman who treated my daughter, and she said that it's okay for my daughter to raise her for a year or two and have a few more children. My family of Cao won't hold you back from having a grandchild, and you shouldn't hold me back from having a grandson. Let's talk it over. I know people outside call me Cao the barbarian, but I'm a reasonable person and I definitely won't make things difficult for you."