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

He Wenliang said, "I want to get some money back. I can't let my mother worry about it."

He couldn't say in person that he couldn't let his mother lose face for money.

He Wenyan was even more embarrassed. He wanted to borrow money but had no place to go.

He went to his mother to ask for the account book, and picked out the accounts for several months when his wife was the housekeeper, and also looked at the accounts for the last two months after his wife fell ill.

Ashamed!

My mother said that my wife spent a lot of money on medical treatment, but over the years, my mother spent more on snacks than on medicine.

He remembered that he had told his wife many times that his mother would treat him like her own daughter.

How does a mother treat her own daughter?

As soon as he heard that his sister was sick, he hurriedly asked his wife to prepare some supplements and bring some silver, because when his daughter-in-law fell ill, she was unwilling to spend money on medicine.

Even when his father-in-law scolded him, he was still a little unconvinced. What had she done to his wife? He was not unfaithful, nor did he favor concubines over his wife. He trusted his wife with the entire household and never asked about her every other day.

I feel that my father-in-law was right to scold me. As the head of the family, his family has become like this.

He Wenyan closed the account book and worried about the money.

It's a good thing to have an uncle who doesn't ask you to borrow money. But the Yue family? You'll lose face if you open your mouth.

Asking colleagues for a loan? That would be even more ridiculous.

It’s better to borrow money at high interest first, and then pay it back when my third brother gets the money plus the salary he will receive soon.

He Wenyan had just returned from borrowing money, and Mo Yuanji found out about it on the same day.

It was also a coincidence that the godfather of the person He Wenyan went to borrow was a eunuch in the palace. He had once seen Mo Yuanji drinking tea with his godfather, so he thought about it and decided to tell his godfather.

Mo Yuanji's face darkened as he sneered, "What a filial son! To honor his mother, he's willing to push his entire family to the brink of ruin? He's borrowing money from a high-interest lender for just a couple of hundred taels of silver. He's got a lot of guts!"

He turned and instructed his wife, "Send someone to the He family in the capital, bringing only gifts, no money. Tell Jingyi not to give a single cent. If she feels sorry for her grandmother and her father, then we have taught her in vain, and she will be the same as her mother."

Old Madam Mo hurriedly arranged for her trusted maid to take a carriage to the capital. Turning around, she saw her husband was still angry and advised, "What are you going to do with your son-in-law who has a mother like that?"

"What should he do? Doesn't he know his mother's character? He is the eldest son and the head of the family. Can he let his mother do everything she wants? What kind of man doesn't care about the inner house? He is pretending to be confused and escaping! He thinks that his wife can deal with his mother. If he handles it well, it's his good wife. If he doesn't, it's his wife's responsibility. He is still a filial son!

"I really regret that I shouldn't have married my daughter to him. Eunuch Liang had advised me not to give all my connections to my son-in-law. I thought that Eunuch Liang was a lonely man and didn't understand the family relationships. If my daughter was doing well, how could he not support her family and help his brothers?

"My son-in-law's mother knew there was something delicious at home and was thinking of her brothers from her mother's family, but my daughter..."

He shook his head.

He knew that his two sons were not good enough for the imperial examinations, so he chose He Wenyan for his daughter. It was also an investment in a sense.

How much manpower, financial resources and material resources did his son-in-law have to spend, both openly and secretly, to achieve the fifth rank?

But the old lady of the He family thought that her son was capable, and her son-in-law also thought that it was his own ability, and even her daughter thought so.

So the prosperity of his He family has nothing to do with his Mo family?

The son-in-law's mother looked as if the Mo family was inferior to the He family.

He understood what Eunuch Liang had said before: a good son-in-law, one who respects his relatives and supports his brothers.

Only when your own son is well, will he belong to the Mo family.

Mo Yuanji had understood this deeply a long time ago, so he had asked his wife to subsidize his daughter less over the years. In the past, when his daughter came back to her parents' home, she acted superior in front of her two brothers' wives, as if the man she married was very capable and looked down on her brothers' wives who were incompetent.

Mo Yuanji was like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain, and he only regretted that there was no medicine for regret in the world.

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got with myself and my own daughter, but I also felt heartbroken that she was so sick.

He sighed deeply and said, "Tell Dazhi to keep an eye on his daughter's shop. He Wenyan can't pay back the money, and with the interest compounding, how can he pay back the debt? If Jingyi's mother finds out, she will definitely sell the shop secretly. Then have Dazhi find someone to buy it quietly."

He has been an official in the capital for many years. Although he is only a seventh-rank official, he is not a useless waste.

The dowry shop I chose for my daughter has a good location and any business done there will be profitable.

"If our daughter secretly sells the shop to supplement the He family's deficit without telling us, then we've ruined her. She can do whatever she wants in the future. As long as she's alive and doesn't leave Shanluo and his family with a stepmother, that's all that matters."

Old Mrs. Mo shed tears. She understood what her husband meant. Her daughter sold such a good shop for her son-in-law, but was too proud to tell her parents about it and didn't even mention selling the shop to her brother.

She felt sorry for her daughter, but she also had to consider her son and the whole family.

That night, no one in the Mo family expected that He Wenyan’s third brother He Wenliang would come. Not only did he come, but he also brought gifts and supplements.

Mo Yuanji was entertaining his nephew in the front hall. He Wenliang had been here with his son-in-law. After meeting this man, he felt regretful and thought that it would be better if his son-in-law looked like his younger brother.

He Wenliang was trying to make up for what his mother had done and also to do things for his brother. Who made him have such a stubborn older brother?

The eldest sister-in-law was picked up by her parents' home, and the eldest brother followed her empty-handed.

When he heard this, he really wanted to smear shit on his brother's face.

Mad.

So he managed to borrow money, but instead of giving it to his mother, he went to the Mo family first.

His mother and eldest brother didn't think the He family owed their current success to the Mo family, but He Wenliang disagreed. He thought his mother was senile and his eldest brother was either too foolish or too conceited to admit that the Mo family had paved the way for him.

Silly and stubborn.

He Wenliang kept smiling apologetically, calling everyone "uncle" and "aunt" all the time. He not only brought gifts to the two elders of the Mo family, but also to everyone in the Mo family, including the children. He also bought some expensive supplements for his sister-in-law, including a pound of high-quality bird's nest.

Mo Yuanji was as hospitable as before and insisted on inviting He Wenliang to dinner at his home, with his two sons accompanying him.

"I know your mother misses Jingyi's mother. Go back and tell her not to worry. Jingyi's mother fainted the night she came back. After she woke up, her mother stayed with her the whole time. Her two younger siblings cooked different kinds of food for her every day.

"The children are also very good. Brother Kun is studying with me, and Yinhua is learning to cook from her aunt, saying that she wants to honor her mother."

He Wenliang blushed and said sincerely, "Please, uncle."

Mo Yuanji said with tears in his eyes, "Nephew, don't say that. She is my own daughter. If I don't feel sorry for her, who will? I have discussed it with your aunt. If it doesn't work out, I will move back to Beijing. It's closer and Jingyi's mother can come back to her parents' home from time to time to recuperate."

This statement sounded like a slap in the face to the He family. Does the He family's daughter-in-law have to go back to her parents' home to recover her health?

He Wenliang could only smile apologetically.