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

Mrs. Zhao came to pick up Mo Chenxi. Neither of them brought their daughter. Mrs. Zhao also had four children. The first three were sons, and the youngest daughter was eight years old.

When we arrived at the Peng family’s door, there were several maids waiting there.

Before they got off the carriage, two maids came forward to open the curtains, and attentively helped Madam Zhao and Mo Chenxi get off the carriage, then bowed respectfully.

"I pay my respects to Madam Zhao and Madam He."

Mrs. Zhao gave the two people a reward, a silver coin each. The silver coin is a thin piece of silver that can be cut into triangles at random, commonly known as a silver coin.

When you go out for a social event, you can't always bring a bunch of copper coins to reward the host's servants.

Therefore, the servants in each mansion loved to be treated to meals by their masters, as they could get a lot of reward money.

Mo Chenxi also gave some reward money. Like Lin Daiyu when she first entered the Jia Mansion, she was careful at every step, always attentive, cautious, and followed Mrs. Zhao closely.

We went in through the side door and followed the nanny in. There was a winding corridor leading directly to the inner house.

As soon as I entered, I heard laughter and joy.

They came early, but there were others who came earlier than them.

After walking a few steps inside, a lady in her early thirties came towards me with a smile. I knew it was the hostess, Mrs. Peng.

"Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. He, please come in."

Mo Chenxi followed Madam Zhao in bowing. Madam Peng took Madam Zhao's hand and said, "I haven't seen you for half a year. I heard you went to another province."

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Peng had met at a banquet at someone else's house and knew each other, but they had no close contact. It was also her first time attending a banquet at the Peng family, and she felt nervous and restrained.

Seeing that Mrs. Peng was so friendly to her, she was a little excited and her voice was trembling.

Madam Peng took Mo Chenxi's hand again and said, "This must be Madam He, don't be polite now that you're here. My mother-in-law heard that you were coming and wanted to see you. She said that she had eaten the dried vegetables your father gave her, but she didn't thank him in person."

Mo Chenxi knew that Mrs. Peng said this to let outsiders know that her coming had nothing to do with He Wenyan, but was a favor to her father from her natal family.

Mrs. Peng took them to a pavilion in the garden. Several old ladies were talking around a table. When they saw them coming, they looked at them curiously.

Mrs. Peng introduced the two of them. Mrs. Peng smiled and said, "Are you Mo Dianshu's daughter? You look festive, just like your father."

She had never seen Mo Dianshu. Her husband said that Mo Dianshu looked like Maitreya Buddha when he smiled. Although Mo was not fat, his eyes curved when he smiled, so she probably looked like her father.

Mo Chenxi saluted, "Thank you for the compliment, old lady. My mother also said that I look like my father. My father said that daughters who look like their fathers are blessed, and that daughters are like their parents' little cotton-padded jackets, and they are caring."

In ancient times, there was no saying to describe a daughter as her parents' little cotton-padded jacket, so when Mo Chenxi said that, several old ladies laughed.

One of the old ladies even took a look at the gold hairpin on Mo Chenxi's head.

Madam Peng smiled and said, "Your father is right. Aren't daughters the little cotton-padded jackets of their parents? My father told my grandmother that parents who love their daughters are the ones who truly love their children. How many years can a daughter stay in her parents' home? That's why we should cherish her with extra care."

The other old ladies echoed.

Mrs. Peng said to her daughter-in-law, "Take them over there and sit. It's boring to listen to us old guys talk."

After the people left, an old lady asked, "Whose daughter-in-law is this? She's a talker."

Madam Peng said, "It seems her husband is a clerk, and is close to Doctor Zhao's wife. I heard from my daughter-in-law that she is Mo Dianshu's daughter, so I was curious and asked her to come and see."

She told the story of Mo Dianshu sending dried vegetables as a joke, so that these people would not think that the reason for inviting Mo was because of her husband.

Madam Zhao glanced at Mo Chenxi secretly. No wonder she hinted that she should bring Mo Chenxi along, because of her father.

Her mother-in-law and she guessed for a long time at home and thought that He Wenyan was going to be promoted.

The table that Mrs. Peng took them to was occupied by women of similar rank to their husbands. One of the ladies was surprised to see Mo Chenxi.

Mo Chenxi didn't know anyone and nodded and smiled at everyone. She also noticed the surprised lady. When Mrs. Zhao called her Mrs. Wu, she realized that she was the wife of He Wenyan's boss, Doctor Wu.

Mrs. Zhao brought her here and introduced her to everyone, and everyone was very polite.

Mrs. Wu sat close to her and found an opportunity to ask, "Why have you lost so much weight? When I saw you coming from a distance, I was wondering who looked so much like Mrs. He. I never thought it was you."

What she didn't expect was to meet Mrs. Mo at the Peng family banquet.

In the past, it was her husband who asked her to invite the female relatives of his subordinates so that she would have the opportunity to meet her.

Mo Chenxi replied: "I was sick for half a year, and it took the past two months for me to get better."

Mrs. Wu learned about Mrs. He's illness from her husband who came home and told her that Mr. He might remarry, meaning that his wife was critically ill.

Mrs. Wu disliked Mrs. He and deliberately avoided associating with the women in the He family. She did not understand Mrs. Mo's situation, so she only felt sympathy and relief that Mrs. Mo was able to survive and the children would not have a stepmother.

She knew that Mr. He had sent Madam Jiang back to her hometown, and guessed that Mrs. Mo's illness was related to Madam Jiang, and she sympathized with Mrs. Mo.

Mo Chenxi also sympathized with Madam Wu. During the month she traveled through time, He Wenyan had asked her for money, saying that Doctor Wu was taking a concubine to entertain guests.

How frustrated would the mistress of the house feel if her husband took a concubine and entertained guests outside?

The two of them sympathized with each other and spoke kindly to each other, saying nothing more than to think more about themselves and let go of everything else. Only when they were healthy could they take care of themselves and have children.

This was the topic that women loved to hear the most, and everyone joined in the conversation.

Mo Chenxi felt that someone was looking at her from a distance. Upon closer inspection, she saw that it was Concubine Jiang's sister-in-law, Madam Jiang.

She pretended not to see it and turned her head away. She didn't want to deal with such a person.

But you don't want to deal with it, and they come over.

"Isn't this Madam He?"

Mo Chenxi stood up, "Mrs. Jiang."

"When I asked you the day before yesterday, you said you hadn't received the invitation. It would have been nice if you had told me earlier. It would have been nice if we could have come together."

Mo Chenxi didn't want to explain, but just smiled and said, "Thank you very much."

Madam Zhao said from the side: "I invited Sister Mo to come with me."

Concubine Jiang noticed the gold hairpin on Mo Chenxi's head and thought that she had bought it at the jewelry store that day. She secretly hated the store for not giving it to her even though she had gone there first.

She smiled and said, "The gold hairpin that Madam He is wearing was bought that day, right? It looks extraordinary."

Everyone looked at the golden hairpin on Mo Chenxi's head.

Mo Chenxi wondered how Madam Jiang married into the Jiang family?

His face was full of jealousy, and he was afraid that others wouldn't notice it.

She still smiled faintly, "It was given to me by my mother. It's the only one I can wear outside."

Madam Jiang wanted to say a few more words to Mo Chenxi, but when she saw the golden hairpin flash, she stopped talking, said a few words to others and left.

She saw that the gold hairpin looked like royal weaving, and Concubine Jiang gave her daughter some jewelry with the royal weaving logo.

Go back and ask your husband how the Mo family is related to the royal family.

That's not right. If there was a connection, Mo Dianshu wouldn't have never been promoted to the eighth rank in his entire life, and He Wenyan would only have reached the fifth rank.