My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Liu Sisi was also confused at the moment, and habitually comforted Zhao: "Sister, don't panic. The adopted daughter is just a name that sounds good. What's the truth? Can the Lan family still treat Fourth Grandma as their own daughter?"

"How can it compare to our Zhao family? You are the eldest granddaughter of the Zhao family. Grandfather, grandmother, uncle and aunt are all proud of you! If anything happens to you, we will definitely not ignore you!"

After much persuasion, Zhao was finally persuaded to stop crying.

Then she reminded Zhao: "Sister, don't worry about this for now. Why don't you ask your cousin-in-law to find out why the Lan family adopted Fourth Grandma as their adopted daughter? Otherwise, if your cousin-in-law comes back and asks you about it, and you don't know, won't you have to ask him to find out again? That would only delay things, wouldn't it?"

When Zhao heard this, her eyes lit up and she held Liu Sisi's hand: "Sisi, you reminded me! Your brother-in-law will definitely ask about it when he comes back. I have to ask you to find out clearly."

While ordering people to inquire, he kept muttering, "It's a good thing I brought you here to live with me, Sisi. Having you by my side to remind me is more thoughtful than me being alone."

Liu Sisi smiled embarrassedly: "Sisi can help my sister and brother-in-law to share the worries, that's great! But sister, please don't tell my brother-in-law, lest he thinks Sisi is meddling."

Zhao said hurriedly, "You are only thinking about me and your brother-in-law. How can you be considered meddling? I will definitely tell your brother-in-law and make him remember your favor!"

Liu Sisi just smiled and stopped refusing.

When Fu Zhiming came back in the evening, he frowned when he heard the news.

If it was true that the Lan family adopted the fourth brother's daughter as an adopted daughter, then the fourth brother's only weakness, that his wife's family was of humble origin, would no longer exist.

In the end, my grandfather still favored the fourth son. When he arranged such a marriage for the fourth son, he even gloated over it.

Even though he seems partial to her on ordinary days, at the critical moment, he only finds this kind of marriage for her, which shows that he doesn't take it seriously.

Who would believe that nonsense about horoscopes being compatible?

Now that I think about it, this eight-character saying does seem to make some sense.

Otherwise, since the fourth brother's family came into his life, things have been getting better and better for him. It can be seen that he married a good daughter-in-law, who is a lucky charm for her husband.

It’s a pity that I married Zhao, my wife, who didn’t bring me any good luck at all.

Thinking of this, Fu Zhiming's face darkened.

Seeing Fu Zhiming's expression was off, Zhao quickly told him what she had heard: "I've already inquired about it. It was Third Aunt who proposed it. She wanted to give Fourth Brother's wife a good family background. She begged Minister Lan for a long time, and only agreed today after returning home."

Fu Zhiming actually looked at Zhao for a second longer. It was rare that she actually knew to inquire more about the whole story today. Unlike before, she was like a hammer, moving only when pushed.

Is this enlightenment?

After thinking for a moment, he praised her, "It's a good thing you thought to ask around today. Otherwise, everyone else in the mansion would know, and we would be the only ones kept in the dark."

Zhao Shi received this compliment from Fu Zhiming, and a smile immediately spread across her face: "This is all thanks to——"

Just as the words "cousin Sisi" were about to come out of Zhao's mouth, she paused for some reason.

Then he swallowed the words and said vaguely, "Thanks for thinking a little harder today. In the past, I was too honest and didn't have as many thoughts as other people in the mansion. Now I understand that in this mansion, husband and wife are the only one. For the sake of the Third Master, for Brother Lun, and for our little family, I have to pay more attention to it."

Fu Zhiming nodded repeatedly after hearing these words. "It's great that you think this way! A husband's honor brings glory to his wife, and they are of the same blood. Only when I'm well can you and Brother Lun be well! You have to pay more attention to the affairs of this mansion in the future."

Zhao quickly agreed, and the atmosphere between the couple became unusually harmonious.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Fu Zhiming said that he wanted to stay overnight.

Zhao was overjoyed and quickly asked someone to fetch water and help her wash up.

It was a rare occasion for the couple to have sex, and Zhao was drowsy while lying in Fu Zhiming's arms.

Fu Zhiming suddenly spoke up, "Old Fourth's daughter has become the adopted daughter of the Lan family. After you come back, you should spend more time with her and find out if there are any other reasons besides raising her status."

Zhao's sleepiness was suddenly awakened. She rubbed her eyes and quickly agreed.

After pondering for a moment, Fu Zhiming sighed again and said, "In the end, we just don't have enough manpower."

He lowered his head to look at Zhao: "You have been helping the housekeeper for so long, and you haven't bribed one or two more people?"

Zhao said aggrievedly, "Third Master, you know that my eldest sister-in-law has always been wary of us. She has assigned me tiring and low-paying jobs. We have limited money, and everyone is clinging to my eldest brother and sister-in-law, so why would they care about us?"

"I barely managed to hire two cleaning girls outside the second gate, but they're still useless now."

Fu Zhiming sat up irritably and thought for a moment, "My eldest sister-in-law is pregnant now. Everyone in the family is hoping for a boy and treats her like an ancestor. I suspect it won't be long before my eldest sister-in-law will focus on her pregnancy and her duties will have to be divided up again."

"I'll ask my aunt to ask the master to find you two lucrative jobs—"

When Zhao heard this, her eyes lit up and she sat up as well: "Master, will you agree?"

Fu Zhiming sneered, "Now everyone is hoping that the baby in eldest sister-in-law's belly is a boy. If it really is a boy, the mansion will belong to the eldest brother and his family in the future. We can only get a limited share. Take this opportunity to beg the master, cry poor in front of him, and talk about how pitiful it is to be divided out in the future."

"No matter how much the master favors the eldest son, I am also his son, and Brother Lun is also his eldest grandson. For our sake, he will still agree to this little thing. Otherwise, when the time comes, the eldest son will inherit the mansion, and the illegitimate son will starve to death."

Zhao nodded repeatedly: "That's right, big brother and the others eat the meat, at least leave some soup for us! We are all the master's sons, they have the title and the family property, what's wrong with us getting a little more oil and water?"

The couple had a tacit understanding at this time.

After some discussion, they fell into a deep sleep.

Liu Sisi in the next yard tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

I simply got up, opened the window, and saw that the lights in the yard next door seemed to be still on, and I could faintly hear people talking and walking.

The night watch girl woke up with a start and hurriedly stood up and asked, "Cousin, would you like some water?"

Liu Sisi waved her hand, signaling the girl on night watch to step aside.

I listened carefully to the noise next door, but I couldn't hear clearly through the door.

I couldn't help but push open the door and walked into the yard, then I heard the laughter of the little girl next door, and the old woman saying something like "...boil water...Third Master, Third Madam..."

Liu Sisi's little face suddenly turned pale, her teeth bit her lips, and her eyes looked sadly at the yard next door. For a long time, tears rolled down her face.