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

He Wenyan had occasionally told his wife a few times before, "Thank you for your hard work" or "Thank you for your injustice."

Those were just polite words. I didn't feel that the lady was wronged or that she was working too hard.

Now he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

For the first time, I feel guilty towards my wife.

Seeing that his wife hadn't said anything, he sighed and got up to go to the study.

After a while, Aunt Luo came in and said cautiously that the lady asked her to come and help the master pack up.

He Wenyan ordered the preparation of bedding and change of clothes.

When the lady first married into the He family, she only brought two maids with her as dowry. One was Madam Liao, and the other married the manager of the dowry shop.

He had no intention of taking a maid as his concubine. His first concubine was a maidservant given to him by his mother when his wife was pregnant with their eldest son. She was Aunt Luo.

Concubine Song was given to him by his superior when he was promoted to the sixth rank. At that time, Doctor Wu was not yet in office.

Aunt Sun was a maid that my second sister brought back from her husband's family, saying that she wanted to show her filial piety to her mother.

He felt strange at the time, why his second sister was so willing to do so?

Second sister’s in-laws are eager for her to go back to her parents’ home to get something, so how could they bear to let her bring back a living person?

I have the indentures.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at the living person. He looked quite good, so I took another look.

Then his mother insisted that he liked the maid and wanted to send her to his room.

My mother told the lady that he was embarrassed to bring it up, and that since he was already a sixth-rank official, it was nothing wrong to have more concubines.

The lady drank the tea offered by Aunt Sun.

He explained to his wife that in order to show that he had no intention of taking another concubine, he had not entered Aunt Sun's room for a year.

His mother scolded his wife for being jealous, and he didn't want to make things difficult for his wife, so he slept with Aunt Sun.

In fact, I was a little happy in my heart. Aunt Sun was gentle and lovely, spoke in a sweet voice, and her whole body was soft.

Later he found out that this Aunt Sun was given to his second sister by his second sister's mother-in-law. One time, his second sister brought a maid back to her parents' home and told her brother-in-law that he had taken a fancy to the maid.

The second brother-in-law wanted to curry favor with him, so he must have asked the second sister to be brought back to the He family as soon as possible.

He didn't ask his mother, but he knew that she must know about this. Just like his third brother said, his mother was afraid that her son-in-law would favor his concubine over his wife, but she accused her daughter-in-law of being jealous and unvirtuous.

He Wenyan couldn't think any further. The more he thought about it, the angrier and more furious he became.

Although they were his own sister and mother, he was fooled by the two women.

Early the next morning, He Wenyan left quickly, not caring that his wife did not come out to see him off.

Mo Chenxi breathed a sigh of relief after He Wenyan left.

Although the two of them did not live in the same room, she felt uncomfortable and upset with him around. She could not do anything well and could not think about anything. She just waited for He Wenyan to leave quickly.

After he left, I could do whatever I wanted.

He Shanluo went to see his father off. He felt sorry for his father who was demoted at this age and had to go to another place.

He discussed with his eldest sister yesterday whether he should ask his grandfather to help find someone so that his father could return to Beijing without so much trouble.

My eldest sister asked me why I don’t feel sorry for my mother.

He said that he also felt sorry for his mother, but after all, his mother was at home, not working hard outside, and the family would depend on his father in the future.

He Jingyi couldn't help but tell her mother.

Mo Chenxi thought, no wonder it is said that sons find it difficult to empathize with their mothers and can only empathize with their fathers, because they are of the same sex and will think about things from each other's perspective.

Anyway, it wasn't her child, so she had no reason to be sad. She just thought that the wife he would marry in the future would be unlucky.

But fortunately, I have a good mother-in-law.

Next, Mo Chenxi not only has to consider the restaurant's dishes, but also the marriage of this fake son.

Marrying someone of higher status is impossible, marrying someone of lower status is difficult, and marrying someone of lower status is even more difficult. If you marry someone of lower status, the family will be afraid that their daughter will suffer after marrying into the family.

Mo Chenxi asked He Shanluo to go to Donglin Academy to deliver some things to He Shanqiao. He also bought some snacks from Wufangzhai. If he couldn't finish them, he could give them to his classmates as a favor.

He Shanluo was asked to tell Shanqiao to go back to her parents' home to meet her father on the day when the college was closed.

My father, who valued talent, was delighted to hear that He Shanqiao had been admitted to Donglin Academy. He said that he would meet someone who was not a son-in-law of the He family, and that perhaps He Shanqiao could take on the responsibility of supporting the entire He family. This would also be beneficial for his grandchildren, as they all had the surname He and were from the same clan.

At the He family, Mrs. Jiang was not at home, and He Wenyan went to Tongzhou again. The atmosphere in the whole family was better than before.

Bao still helped He Jingyi with housework, and she was very happy about it.

Fan is going to give birth this month, and Mo Chenxi has left everything to Bao, including finding a midwife. She doesn't take care of anything anyway, and if there are any problems, she will be accused of having bad intentions.

She was planning to go to the farm, and her eldest brother said that the Wang family's farm was also being rebuilt.

It seems that Brother Wang is really interested in building houses.

Before she left, Mrs. Zhao came and said that the Zhao family was holding a banquet the day after tomorrow and invited her.

"I just came over because I had something I wanted to tell you."

Mo Chenxi thought she was going to talk about He Wenyan's demotion, but unexpectedly she was talking about Shanluo's marriage.

"My mother-in-law knows the mother of Cao, the Minister of Works. Cao has an eldest daughter who is about the same age as your Shanluo."

Mo Chenxi asked, "Didn't they hear that Shanluo's father was demoted?"

Mrs. Zhao said, "Of course they don't know this. It's precisely because they were demoted that the Cao family dared to speak out."

Mo Chenxi didn't understand what this meant. The daughter of the head official was marrying a clerk, and He Wenyan was no longer a clerk. Marrying the son of the head official was considered a match made in heaven.

Is there something wrong with the daughter of the Cao family? Madam Zhao said, "The eldest granddaughter of the Cao family was born to the original wife, and the concubine of Cao Master Cao gave birth to another child."

Mo Chenxi asked again: "Could it be that the concubine is vicious?"

Mrs. Zhao said, "That's not true. I haven't told you this before, and I can't say anything about other people's affairs. The concubine and I have the same last name, so we feel close, so we hang out more often.

"It's said that being a stepmother is difficult. Master Cao and his mother were afraid that a concubine would harm the children born to the original wife, so both mother and son were wary of concubines.

"You said your own children all got bumped and bruised, and you'd get angry and hit them a few times, but if the concubine didn't take good care of her and got bumped, it means she was deliberately malicious. If the concubine doesn't care, you say she only treats your own children well and is indifferent to the original wife's children."

Mrs. Zhao said bitterly, "In the future, I will never let my daughter become someone else's concubine."

Mo Chenxi listened to her talk, all of which were about complaining about the concubine, and couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "How is the Cao family's granddaughter herself?"

"He grew up with his grandmother, and he has no major problems. He's quite well-educated and well-mannered. But his temperament is a bit overbearing, according to his concubine. Jingyi from your family seems to know someone, you can ask her."

"Is it the old lady of the Cao family who has taken a fancy to our Shanluo?"

Madam Zhao smiled sheepishly and said, "Actually, the old lady of the Cao family wanted to ask my mother-in-law for help in finding a marriage for her granddaughter. She's been so picky about her granddaughter that she's almost seventeen. She thinks there's nothing wrong with her granddaughter, but she's also criticized because she's a motherless woman with no one to raise her. Madam Cao isn't picky about family background or the person, but first and foremost, she wants a good mother-in-law. She said her granddaughter lost her mother when she was young, and if she meets a mother-in-law who makes things difficult for her daughter-in-law, her life will be too miserable."

After hearing this, Mo Chenxi first developed a favorable impression of the old lady of the Cao family. She did not ignore the granddaughter born to her original daughter-in-law just because her son remarried and had grandchildren.

When choosing a partner, the first thing to do is to choose the mother-in-law. Any parent who plans for their daughter would think so.

I am an exception. It's not that my parents haven't thought about this problem. In my mother's words, I was fooled by your mother-in-law at the beginning. Also, the He family didn't realize how stupid they were before. There is only one sister-in-law in the family, and she doesn't go back to her parents' home often after getting married.

He Wenyan also had an older sister, born out of wedlock, who died when she was five or six years old.