【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Qi Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he knelt on the ground without saying a word, "The boy is terrified."

"You should be scared!" Yun Xi threw the teacup on the table and scolded.

Qi Jing prostrated himself on the ground in deep respect, without saying a word. Little Cao glanced at her stepmother and knelt on the ground in bewilderment.

"Do you think no one knows what you've done? Which official's influence is behind the pirates in the east? Who does this official work for? How dare a small family like ours, the Qi family, take sides? Aren't you afraid that the storm will overturn your little boat?" Yun Xi questioned him, "Has my Qi family ever treated you badly? You're a concubine's son, and you've enjoyed the life of a legitimate son for more than ten years, forgetting your own birth? In other families, regardless of whether you were willing to be replaced or not, you would have been kicked out long ago. Why does my tolerance make you think you can get away with it?"

Qi Jing's eyes were red, and he said in a muffled voice, "But what did I do wrong? I was just a child back then."

"Does it matter what you did wrong? What matters is that you are the beneficiary. Do you know how many concubines your father has? You are the only one who has been recognized by the Qi family. Your biological mother deceived my husband, and my husband committed a crime in exchange for my child. They are all guilty, and you are not innocent either!" Yun Xi narrowed her eyes and said cruelly, "The Qi family raised you with grace, and your father cultivated you. How dare you drag the Qi family on board without permission? Don't blame me for being ruthless."

Behind the pirates on the eastern sea stood the South City Military Commander, and behind the Military Commander stood the Seventh Prince. Now that the Crown Prince had been established, his position was secure. If Qi Jing joined the pirates, wouldn't that be like joining the Seventh Prince? In the struggle for the throne, how could a small merchant from the Qi family dare to take sides? In the end, he would probably have no idea how he would end up.

Qi Jing and his wife were expelled from the Qi family. Qi Jing left the house with nothing, and only his wife took out her dowry. When this happened, many people were puzzled. Why?

"I was saying that the old lady of the Qi family is not that magnanimous. Qi Jing separated her from her biological daughter for more than ten years. How could she be so magnanimous as to forgive him?"

"How can Qi Jing have the final say over a child like him? There might be other hidden reasons behind the child swap."

"Yes, I've raised it for at least ten years. I have feelings for a dog, let alone a human."

"What are you talking about? Can humans be compared to dogs?"

"Does it matter whether there's a hidden secret or not? The fact is that Qi Jing, a concubine's son, has enjoyed the treatment of a legitimate son for over ten years, while a legitimate daughter has suffered the hardships of a concubine's daughter for over a decade. I feel bad for this fake, and I wonder what his biological child will think?"

"Yes, that's the truth."

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Apart from the fact that the children of the Qi family have restored their original ranking, Qi Jing's departure has little impact on the Qi family.

Yun Xi ignored the storm outside. When the system told her that Qi Jing was not simply doing business with the bandits, but had taken refuge with the Seventh Prince, she could no longer keep him. If the Seventh Prince failed in his bid for the throne, at least three of the Qi family would be exterminated. If he succeeded, all the benefits would go to Qi Jing. So why would the Qi family do this? There was no pit in their brains.

When Qi Xian came back from inspecting the store, his mother had already driven Qi Jing away, which made him quite puzzled.

Yun Xi patiently explained the pros and cons of the matter to him. Qi Xian fell silent after listening to her. After a long pause, he managed to utter, "Old Five is confused."

"It doesn't matter whether he is confused or not. Whatever he does after he is expelled from the clan has nothing to do with the Qi family. If he wants to find someone to suppress the Qi family, mother also has a way. You don't have to worry. Just pay more attention to safety." Yun Xi comforted.

"Okay, mother, I will remember this."

In spring, the season when all things come back to life, the south city presents a different scene. No drop of rain has fallen since the beginning of winter until February, which makes the farmers who are doing spring plowing frown. Should they sow the seeds?

If we don’t plant seeds, what if it rains soon? But what if it never rains?

Yun Xi was busy opening a shop. The drought started in November last year and will last for eighteen months until April next year. The imperial court will send people to provide disaster relief, so the drought has little impact on whether she opens the shop or not.

The previous Zhuyan Pavilion was in Dongcheng, and this time Zhuyan Pavilion is planning to open in Xicheng. The process is the same as the previous store. The second store will open soon after the first practice. This time, the daily supply of soap for both stores is more, 40 pieces per day for each store, and other products are still supplied in unlimited quantities.

A pig is slaughtered and delivered every day from the farm outside the city. A fat pig produces about seven pounds of pork fat, plus the three pounds delivered by the butcher stall. The daily output of soap is 160 pieces, but only 80 pieces are sold every day. The extra production is prepared for emergencies.

Now the two shops have an income of about eighty taels a day, and almost two thousand four hundred taels a month, which is not much different from the Qi family's silk business. It is really a huge profit.

On the sixth day of the second month, Qi Yue got married. The betrothal gifts sent by the Yang family amounted to nearly three thousand taels, and were carried to the Yang family together with the dowry given by the Qi family.

In the same month, the second son, the future son-in-law of the Cheng family, and the future son-in-law of the Chen family all had to prepare for the county examination. There were three examinations to take the examination for a scholar: the county examination, the prefectural examination, and the academy examination. If you passed the prefectural examination, you would become a tongsheng. Tongsheng was not a title, but just a starting point on the road to the imperial examination. Only after passing the academy examination could you become a shengyuan, that is, a scholar. Only a scholar would be eligible to take the examination for a juren.

Once you become a scholar, you don't have to perform labor service, and you can also exempt one able-bodied man in your family. Secondly, scholars can be exempted from taxes, which can save a lot of money. There are also other benefits, such as scholars don't have to kneel when meeting officials, and defendants will not be tortured, etc.

Therefore, if Qi Yu could become a scholar, his family could directly save more than a thousand taels of taxes and dozens of taels of corvee labor expenses, and the Qi family could directly change their status from merchants to scholars.

The county examination consisted of five consecutive sessions, each lasting one day. The weather was still cold in February, so Yun Xi prepared furs and dry food for Qi Yu and sent him to the examination hall. The examination required five people to provide guarantees, and a scholar was also needed as a guarantor. Fortunately, such a person was easy to find.

After Qi Yu entered the examination room, Yun Xi went home and came to pick him up in the afternoon. Five days later, the county examination was over. No one in the family asked about the results, and the servants were much more relaxed when doing things.

It was not until the county examination results were announced and Qi Yu ranked tenth that the atmosphere in the Qi family became relaxed. The first stop on the road to the imperial examination was successfully passed.

After a month's rest, it was time for the fifth child to get married. The Qi family held another banquet, and the fifth child married the young master of the Guan family. After returning to her parents' home three days later, the fifth child asked her three brothers to follow her and watch the Guan family divide the family.

Qi Xian and the other two naturally had no objection. The young master of the Guan family was favored by the master of the Guan family, so the division of the family property was relatively fair. In the end, they got 80,000 taels of silver, a three-story house, a shop and some jewelry. They gave a part to his stepmother, and there was still a lot left. After the division, the young couple quickly moved away.

Qi Xian came back and said that the master of the Guan family was very good to the young master of the Guan family.

How could it not be good? It is said that the young master of the Guan family was born to the most beloved concubine of the Guan family master. The concubine died when the Guan family master loved her the most. Because of her love for the concubine, she was extremely kind to the youngest son.

System: "The young master of the Guan family is honored by his mother."

Yun Xi almost laughed out loud. That's right. He didn't love his wife who had been with him through all the ups and downs, but only loved his concubine who had been with him for a while. People's emotions were really strange.