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

Old Madam Mo whispered to her daughter in the room, "I don't think you can recover well here. Your mother-in-law is the housekeeper, and she's not willing to spend money. I just told her to take you back to your parents' home to rest for two months and come back before the New Year."

Mo Chenxi asked, "Will she agree?"

"If it were in the past, she would definitely not agree, but now your mother-in-law is more than happy to do so. However, she suggested that Jingyi stay, saying that Jingyi is old enough to learn housekeeping from her.

"Bah! What can you learn from her? I know she's holding Jingyi hostage to make you worry, and my Mo family can't just sit there and do nothing.

"Your father said that anything that can cost a little money is not a big deal. First of all, you have to take care of yourself. You can't let the child be without a mother."

As she spoke, Mrs. Mo started crying again. She was afraid that her daughter would be too stubborn and refuse to leave.

In the past, she saw her daughter working day and night, and suggested that she go back to her parents' home, even if it was just to rest for a month. Unfortunately, her daughter was worried about the He family and insisted on staying. Now, she is just a skeleton, with only skin left.

Old Madam Mo cried and said, "You know what it's like for a child to live under a stepmother. Just for the sake of the children, listen to me and go back with me to recuperate. From now on, let the He family do whatever they want. Just take care of you and the children."

She thought it would take some effort to persuade her daughter, but unexpectedly her daughter just said yes.

Mo Chenxi was eager to return to the Mo family, otherwise, with the food at the He family, there was no way she could take care of herself!

When Mrs. Mo heard her daughter's agreement, she hurriedly told Mother Liao to pack up her things, in case her daughter changed her mind. She was also afraid that her son-in-law would come back and stop her, and the child's father would say that her son-in-law was too concerned about his reputation and was suffering. It would be better for his mother to be a little selfish sometimes.

"Just pack up a bit. We have everything we need at home. We can buy whatever we need. Bring Brother Kun and Yinhua with you this time. I've already told your mother-in-law that I'll definitely feed them until they're plump and healthy. Your father is also a Jinshi (imperial scholar). Isn't he incapable of teaching a little kid?"

Because Old Madam Jiang agreed, they quickly packed up and got on the Mo family's carriage to leave the city.

Mo Chenxi's older brother Mo Xinzhi was waiting outside the city. Old Mrs. Mo told her daughter that the reason she didn't let her son into the He family was because she was afraid that if she happened to meet her two younger brothers-in-law at home, she would have to entertain them and waste time.

She whispered, "I gave Yinhua twenty taels of silver, and as soon as we entered the house, I had her give ten taels to your mother-in-law. Your money-obsessed mother-in-law knew Yinhua couldn't have only ten taels on her. I also hinted that I would send people to check on Yinhua from time to time. Your mother-in-law, for this tiny profit, is desperate for you to return to your parents' home and save the He family some food."

Mo Chenxi just smiled. She was not familiar with the Mo family when she first came here. It was not like at home. Because she was sick, He Wenyan had little contact with her. Her brother-in-law and sisters-in-law lived in the next room and would not notice anything unusual about her.

But when she returns to her parents' home, her parents and brothers will inevitably discover the differences between her and her original self after spending some time with her.

Fortunately, she was recuperating from illness and could speak less. She also took this opportunity to learn more about her original body and the Mo family situation.

As of now, and as Mrs. Mo said just now, the original body was very strong-willed and loved her husband, and it was difficult for her to change the situation of the He family by herself, so the ending was that she was exhausted to death.

The Mo family's ancestral home is located in Huai County, just outside the capital. It's over a hundred miles away from the capital, and it takes five or six hours, or ten hours, to get there by carriage. No wonder the original owner didn't want to stay at her parents' home for a long time. It wasn't because she disliked it, but because she was worried about her family because it was too far away.

When we arrived at Mojiazhuang, we found that most of the people living there had the surname Mo, and they were all relatives.

Mo Chenxi thought that the Mo family would be a very large manor, after all, his father had been an official in the capital. Unexpectedly, the Mo family was just a mansion, which was larger than an ordinary mansion and several times larger than the He family's residence.

Someone greeted them at the door. When they saw the carriage stopped, they hurried forward, helped everyone down one by one, and shouted to Mo Chenxi, "Big Sister."

Mo Chenxi knew that this was his second brother Mo Xinrong. The Mo family only had legitimate children and no illegitimate children. When his father was in the capital, he had two concubines, but they were not allowed to have children. After he resigned from his official position and returned to the countryside, he wanted to buy a house for the two concubines to adopt an orphan, but the two concubines were unwilling and said they wanted to follow the master and the mistress back to the countryside.

When Mo Chenxi learned this information, he praised the two concubines for being smart. They had been with the man for more than ten years and were living a poor life. Their son was not their own, so who knew whether they would provide for their old age or abuse them when they were old.

It would be better for them to follow the master and his wife. When they are old, the legitimate son will not ignore them.

One of the aunts even sacrificed her life to save Mo Chenxi's second brother, Mo Xinrong. When Mo Xinrong was a child, he was naughty and fell into a well. It was that aunt who went into the well to rescue him.

There is no conspiracy theory. The concubine was following Mrs. Mo at the time, helping her master rush over. Mrs. Mo, as his mother, was so scared that her legs went weak. The concubine risked her life and went down the well rope herself to save Mo Xinrong.

After that, she treated Mo Xinrong differently, and Mo Xinrong treated her differently, and Old Mrs. Mo did it with her eyes open and closed.

Not all concubines are bad people. Most of them are honest and the mistress of the house will not treat them badly, unless they take advantage of the man's favor to cause trouble, then the mistress of the house will have to take some measures.

A group of people entered the house, and Mo Chenxi followed Old Lady Mo to the main room, where they saw a slightly plump old man with a long beard sitting in the seat of honor.

Mo Chenxi knew that this was her original father, Mo Yuanji. She respectfully stepped forward to greet him. Mo Yuanji said, "You're glad to be back. Don't be so polite. Go downstairs with your mother to rest. The house has been tidied. Don't think about anything else when you get home. Let your mother spend some time with you."

He spoke gently and had a kind face, but when he saw Mo Chenxi, his eyes showed heartache.

Mo Chenxi's heart ached, his nose felt sore, and he choked with sobs, "Yes, father."

As Mrs. Mo helped her daughter out, Mo Chenxi could hear her father sighing slightly. She knew that the two old men in the Mo family really loved their daughter. This was probably one of the reasons why He Wenyan was concerned about his father-in-law.

We entered a courtyard next to the main courtyard. It was clean and there was a brazier in the house.

Mrs. Mo helped her daughter lie down on the bed and covered her with a blanket. "It's been a bumpy ride, you should rest well. Look at your mother-in-law, she's reluctant to use more braziers for you. My hands are frozen after staying there for a while. How can you stand it like this?"

As she spoke, tears began to fall again.

Mo Chenxi comforted him, "Only my room and my mother-in-law's room have braziers. No one else has one."

Old Mrs. Mo knew that her daughter didn't like others saying anything bad about the He family, so she could only swallow her dissatisfaction.

"Lie down for a while, drink some porridge and then go to sleep. I've told your two sisters-in-law to keep the younger one away from coming here, and tell them to stop coming here too. Come and talk when you're better."

Mo Chenxi nodded and waited for her mother to leave the room. She closed her eyes and fell asleep in a short while. She heard her mother's voice in a daze, but she couldn't open her eyes and kept sleeping.