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

Mo Chenxi asked his children to go back at the door and not let them meet any guests.

She went in alone and first told Madam Jiang that she was back.

Then say hello to Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang.

She wanted to see how to introduce guests to her.

Madam Jiang had no embarrassment on her face. She introduced her to the guests with a smile, "This is my eldest daughter-in-law. She's weak, so I asked her to go to the farm to recuperate for a few days."

Mo Chenxi bowed slightly to the guest without addressing him.

Madam Jiang then introduced the guest, "This is your uncle's fellow townsman, surnamed Tao. He came to Beijing on business and came to visit me. That girl is the Tao family. You should call her sister."

Mo Chenxi thought, as expected, she found a sister.

She saluted the Tao couple, bowed slightly, and smiled at Miss Tao.

Who called her sister? Is her sister so worthless?

Madam Jiang said kindly to Mrs. Mo, "I wanted to send you a message saying that there were guests at home, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon. We're hosting guests for dinner tonight, and you must be tired. Go and rest. You don't need to come. Let your third sister-in-law take care of dinner."

What a kind and gentle mother-in-law.

Mrs. Mo knew why Madam Jiang said this to the guests. Perhaps she was using her illness as an excuse to let He Wenyan take a concubine.

Judging from the way that family is dressed, they are either poor or from a business family.

She joked to the Mo family's parents that maybe Madam Jiang would give He Wenyan a second wife who was a merchant, and it seemed like she was right.

The person that Uncle Jiang brought with him was the candidate that Old Madam Jiang had entrusted Uncle Jiang to look for when she returned to her parents' home a few years ago.

Mo Chenxi left the room and sneered.

Old Madam Jiang had already made this idea.

She wanted to see whether He Wenyan acquiesced. If so, she would make the He family happy.

She couldn't stay in the He family. Just like her father said, they couldn't divorce, so they divided the property and lived apart, taking the children with them.

Since Madam Jiang asked her to rest and didn't even let her prepare dinner, she probably wouldn't let her eat with the guests either.

He Jingyi looked at her mother with worry in her eyes.

"Don't think too much. Wait until your father comes back and tell you what to say."

He Jingyi took a deep breath. If it was really as she guessed, she would definitely speak for her mother.

He Wenyan came back from court, met the guests and went to the main room. He asked curiously, "Why did my uncle bring guests to our house? And a female relative with him."

Mo Chenxi smiled calmly, "He said he came to the capital for business and wanted to pay his respects to mother. Mother kindly invited him to stay for dinner."

He Wenyan nodded without thinking much about it. His uncle had brought fellow villagers here before and sometimes asked him for help in solving problems.

He thought that he brought the young women here this time to ask his mother to arrange a marriage for them in Beijing.

Mo Chenxi apologized and said, "Mother understands that I am tired after returning from out of town, so she asked my third brother and sister-in-law to prepare dinner. My husband will go to entertain the guests later. Please apologize for me."

He Wenyan agreed.

When guests come to your home, if the hostess does not come out to greet them, it will make others feel neglected.

He felt that his mother was sensible. His wife needed to rest after returning, and there was no need for her to force herself to entertain the guests from his uncle's family.

He spoke for his mother, "Mom, you're right. I can't let you take care of everything. If you're not at home, won't my uncle and the others have to eat?"

At this point, he added, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming back so I could pick you up."

"Don't bother. You have a lot of things to do in the government office. It's not good to take too many days off."

He Wenyan was very satisfied. His wife was well-educated and his mother was sensible. It would be great if they could all be like this in the future.

This is what it means to have a harmonious family and everything will be prosperous.

Mo Chenxi observed He Wenyan and felt that he did not know what Madam Jiang was planning. He Wenyan did not show any guilt and just treated the visitor as an ordinary guest.

She thought again, was she being too suspicious?

Old Madam Jiang didn't find a second wife for her son. She was considerate to her just to show that she was a good mother-in-law in front of outsiders?

Never mind, let’s wait until after dinner.

He Wenyan was having dinner with the guests and found it strange that his mother did not invite his second and third brothers to come. Not only did she not invite his second and third brothers to come, but she also sat at the same table with the guest couple and their daughter.

He Wenyan felt awkward.

He had never eaten at the same table with a strange woman.

Old Madam Jiang greeted the guests warmly. Sitting on her left was her sister-in-law, followed by Mother Tao, and next to Mother Tao was Miss Tao.

Sitting on the left is Uncle Jiang, followed by Father Tao, and next to Father Tao is He Wenyan.

Madam Jiang and her brothers asked everyone to sit down, and this was the situation after they sat down.

When He Wenyan saw that the person sitting next to him was Miss Tao, he immediately stood up and said, "I just remembered that I have something to do at the government office. I'll leave first."

He left quickly without even saying hello to his uncle and the guests.

Madam Jiang was embarrassed. Uncle Jiang laughed and explained, "I'm not praising my nephew. The government office can't do without him. I came here before the New Year and had just had a glass of wine when the government sent someone to look for my nephew. My nephew's wife is not in good health, so my sister feels sorry for him."

Tao's father and mother's expressions finally eased. Even though they were businessmen, they felt uncomfortable about embarrassing them in front of them.

Miss Tao lowered her head, and Aunt Jiang invited her to eat, and kept praising how good He Wenyan was, and how her nephew's wife was unlucky and too weak to support the family.

It just so happened that Mo Chenxi's health gave people the impression that he was not in good health. He was thin, in poor spirits, and had a pale face.

He Wenyan left the guest room and went straight to the study. He sent someone to find his third brother to ask what was going on.

My third brother is not at home.

It would be inconvenient for him to go to his wife's place, so how could he explain that he had no guests to accompany him?

He hoped it wasn't what he guessed, that his mother wouldn't do such a thing.

His wife's health has not recovered yet, and he has a concubine who is pregnant. Wouldn't it cause trouble for his wife if he were to take a concubine at this time?

My mother wouldn't be that unkind.

He Wenyan hoped that he was wrong.

After the guests left, Mrs. Jiang sent someone to call her son, He Wenyan, over. He also wanted to know what his mother's intentions were.

When Madam Jiang saw her son come in, she said with a dark face, "Are you going to embarrass your mother like this? How embarrassing it would be for her in front of the guests?"

He Wenyan sat down and poured a cup of tea for his mother. "My son was reckless, but how could he sit at the same table with an unmarried woman? What would Jingyi's mother think if this got out?"

"What does she think? I'm not dead yet. Don't you want to think about how your mother feels? You always think about Madam Mo. As a mother, I worry about you and this family so much, and in the end, you think about her?"

Mrs. Jiang became angrier and angrier as she spoke, and slammed the teacup down on the table.

"Don't worry about her thinking. Isn't it because you're not feeling well that you need to rest? Mother will find you a second wife, the same as today's Miss Tao. The Tao family is rich and powerful. After you marry in, you won't need Mrs. Mo's housekeeper. Let her rest well. It will also save you from sleeping in the study every night, thinking I don't know that she is sick and staggering, and she still dominates you. My family will pray for the best to marry a daughter-in-law like this!"

He Wenyan was surprised and looked at his mother in disbelief.

The country people don’t know what the second house is, but doesn’t my mother know?

The He family has an unremarkable background. He is a fifth-rank official, and he married a merchant girl as his second wife for money. How can he hold his head up in public?