Tie Kui's Extra Story (137)

These days when Ma was sick, Niuniu was taking care of her. Seeing Niuniu lose weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, Mama Hua felt very distressed.

On this day, Mother Hua persuaded Niuniu for a long time before letting Niuniu go to rest. Then, she said to the muddle-headed Mrs. Ma: "Grandma, uncle obviously regards Tang as a treasure. Once you have troubles, uncle will definitely correct Tang. Grandma, if you want Tang to be righted, then the mansion will There is no place for the eldest young master and the eldest girl to stand."

Madam Ma finally raised his head after hearing this.

As long as there is a reaction, Mother Hua continued: "Grandma, you are the main wife. Even if Mrs. Tang is in charge of the family, she has to respectfully treat you as a concubine when she sees you." As long as Mrs. Ma is still alive, Mrs. Tang Shi will never surpass her in this life.

Mama Hua knelt on the ground and said to Ma Shi: "Grandma, for the sake of the young master and the young lady, you have to live well!" Given how much Master Hou attaches importance to the young master, even if Ma Shi died of illness, it would not have much impact on him. But for Niu Niu, the impact is huge. With this child's disposition, Ma Shi's death will definitely turn the world upside down. If she is rejected by the uncle, she will not be the one who suffers.

These words finally touched Ma Shi. Her husband doesn't want her anymore, but she still has children to take care of.

With the desire to survive, the body quickly improved. Niuniu couldn't help being overjoyed by this.

When Tang's maid heard that Ma was able to get out of bed, she said regretfully: "It's a pity." It would be great if Ma died of illness!

There was no fluctuation on Tang's face, and he said: "Daming has laws and regulations, and concubines cannot be righted." The second wife is a noble concubine, but after all, she is still a concubine. Therefore, she will never be able to wear bright red clothes in her life. Unless, her children can earn her a royal life in the future.

Thinking of this, Tang couldn't help touching his lower abdomen: "Don't say such things in the future. People need to be content. Compared with marrying and going to the Xiao family to watch over the family, life now is already very good."

The maid was very sad for Tang. As far as her girl's character and appearance are concerned, she is more than enough to be a married couple. As a result, by mistake, he made a second room for someone.

What happened in Tongcheng was reported back to the capital not long after. It's not that Xiao Shi and Zeng Chenfu are interested in paying attention to Fang Hui's family, but that the attendant who came back to deliver the good news mentioned it while drinking with others.

After Zeng Chenfu found out about this, she said to Ning Zhan, "No matter how bad the sister-in-law is, she is also her first wife. She is so sick that my daughter doesn't even go to see her, is that too cruel?"

Ning Zhan asked back: "Then what do you mean, you won't be cruel if you go to see your sister-in-law at Niu Niu's request?"

Zeng Chenfu was rarely choked.

Ning Zhan said: "Fu'er, what you sow will reap the fruit. You can't just forget what Ma Shi has done just because she is pitiful now. She has fallen into this situation, and she is to blame for it. Daddy is the most respectful of rules. As long as she is more reliable, with my father's temperament, I won't let my eldest brother marry the second wife." Low family background is not a problem, the third grandmother in Dingyuan uncle's mansion is still a girl from a tenant family. But she married into Uncle Dingyuan's mansion, and got along well with her in-laws as well.

Zeng Chenfu said: "I just look at Brother Zhuang and feel that this kid is a bit pitiful."

"In the capital, how many adults let their children stay with their grandparents. If you want to say that, these children are very pitiful?" After speaking, Ning Zhan said with a smile: "I think your baby is probably a girl. "

Zeng Chenfu looked suspicious.

Ning Zhan said: "When you were pregnant with Brother Hang, your pregnancy was the same as usual. But after you were pregnant with this child, you became sentimental."

Under normal circumstances, Zeng Chenfu would never show Tang's face. But she just did it.

Rubbing her belly, Zeng Chenfu said: "If it's a girl, we have to teach her better." If the girl is not taught well, my family can tolerate it. But outsiders don't have such a high tolerance. At that time, this day will be as bitter as soaking in yellow lotus.

Ning Zhan nodded, and then said: "Brother and I have separated, we don't care about their family affairs."

"I'll just say it."

Ning Zhan smiled and said: "If you really feel sorry for Brother Zhuang, you should pay more attention to him on weekdays." Ma Shi's temper actually hurt her two children.

In the September exam, Meng Guangwu failed again. Meng Shangshu said before that if he failed again, he would have to go back to his hometown, so when he heard that he failed, Meng Guangwu fainted.

When he woke up, he only saw Aunt Li, the concubine. Meng Guangwu leaned against the head of the bed and asked, "Where's grandma?"

Aunt Li said softly: "Grandma stayed with Grandpa for a long time and didn't eat anything. The concubine persuaded her for a long time before Grandma went out to eat."

Only then did Meng Guangwu feel more at ease.

Seeing Mrs. Chen, Meng Guangwu asked Aunt Li to go down: "I failed the exam, and I may have to go back to my hometown in a short time. You pack up your things so that you don't have to be in a hurry."

Chen said: "When you recover from illness, we will take the children to beg the old man. I believe that the old man will let us stay."

"What do you want to stay here for? The old man said that he won't help me study anymore." When he said this, Meng Guangwu looked sad.

Mrs. Chen also didn't want Meng Guangwu to study anymore. He was almost thirty years old and hadn't earned a penny. The wife and children are all supported by the family, but any man who wants face is embarrassed to continue the exam. Of course, even if you want to continue the exam, you must first find a job that can support your family. But seeing Meng Guangwu's appearance, he didn't think so.

"The old man won't let you go to school, so please ask him to find you a job in the yamen."

Meng Guangwu couldn't bear this face.

Chen said: "Master Wu, where is the school at home better than the one in Beijing? Besides, I plan to send Yan'er to study in a girls' school next year."

Meng Guangwu looked at the calm-faced Chen family, and felt a sudden shock in his heart: "What if my grandfather insists on asking me to go back to my hometown instead of arranging errands for me?"

"No. For the future of Ah Wei and the others, grandfather will definitely let you stay."

It's a pity that things backfired, Meng Guangwu and Chen Shi took their children to beg Meng Shangshu, but he didn't let him stay.

However, Meng Shangshu told Meng Guangwu that he had found a vacancy for him to teach Yu, and that place was more than three hundred miles away from their hometown.

For this result, Meng Guangwu was not only not happy, but very sad. This shows that Meng Shangshu had predicted that he would not pass the exam, if not, he would not have found a job for him early.

Chen's face was also heavy.

Back in the bedroom, Mrs. Chen dismissed all the servants around her, and then said to Meng Guangwu, "Fifth Lord, I will stay in the capital with my child, so I won't go to work with you."

Meng Guangwu was so shocked, he never thought that Mrs. Chen would not want to go with him: "Is it really because of Ah Wei and the others? Or is it because of something else?"

Geng's original slander cast a heavy shadow on Chen, so she couldn't help thinking about Meng Guangwu's words.

Chen asked with a sullen face, "I don't know what Fifth Master said?"

Meng Guangwu sneered: "Is it because of the child that you don't want to take the post with me? I think you are reluctant to part with those two shops?" Since opening the shop, Chen's attitude towards him has become more and more indifferent. The relationship between husband and wife is not as good as before.

Seeing that it wasn't what she thought, Chen's expression also softened: "I opened the shop for the children too. With money in hand, we can buy a decent betrothal gift and dowry when Awei and the others get married in the future."

Meng Guangwu felt very uncomfortable: "So, in your heart, money is more important than my husband?"

Mrs. Chen didn't know why Meng Guangwu was competing with her on this matter, but she didn't say that the reason for making money was for the children and the family, she just said: "Before I opened the shop, Yan'er wanted to eat a candied fruit from Baiweizhai, so she only wanted to eat it." You can only eat it at Sansao's." Baiweizhai's pastries and preserves are very delicious, and the price is naturally not cheap. A box of candied fruit that weighs less than half a catty costs five taels of silver. At that time, Chen's dowry property only earned about 200 taels of interest a year, so how could he be willing to buy such a thing.

Meng Guangwu understood the meaning of Chen's words: "I will work as a servant in the future, can I earn money to support my family?"

Mrs. Chen did some calculations: "Jiao Yu's salary for one year is only about one hundred taels of silver, plus other miscellaneous things, it can be up to two hundred taels. Ah Wei and his three brothers and sisters go to school, and every year they don't pay less than one hundred taels of silver for Shuxiu." "When children study, pens, ink, paper and inkstones are a huge expense. In addition, the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money, so what is the use of two hundred taels of silver. Not to mention, Meng Guangwu still has to support the Gunn family.

And the mother and son live in the capital, except for the expenses of the small kitchen, which she pays for herself, and everything else is paid out of business. She can save the annual profits of the two shops.

Knowing that Mrs. Chen didn't plan to go to work with Meng Guangwu, Ruhui said: "Money can be earned gradually in the future, but if there is a problem between the husband and wife, it will not be easy to remedy it in the future."

Chen said: "Sister-in-law three, the child's future is more important to me than the store." As for Meng Guangwu, it really doesn't matter to her.

After hearing this, Ruhui knew that the Chen family no longer took Meng Guangwu to heart.

Chen changed the subject and said, "Sister-in-law three, I have saved some money, but I don't know whether to buy a shop or land?" Two shops are enough for her to keep busy, and she can't open a third one.

Ruhui smiled and said, "It's not something you can buy just because you want it." It's not that the owner who needs money urgently will not sell the shop and property at all, and it depends on luck if you want to buy it.

A few days later, Meng Guangwu took his concubine Aunt Li to a foreign post.

Two months later, Mrs. Chen got a message from Aunt Li, saying that Mrs. Geng had passed away. As soon as he got there, Gunn acted like an old lady.

Knowing that Geng's defected to Meng Guangwu, Chen was very glad that he did not follow. It's too embarrassing to bring the child back to Beijing within two months of going there.

The Chen family did not deliberately conceal the news, and soon everyone in the Meng family knew about it.

Meng Ranxi knew that she was a little annoyed: "Fifth brother is really confused. It is enough to give pension money every year, why take her to the post? No, I have to tell my grandfather about this."

As a result, Meng Shangshu didn't care about it at all: "He wants to be a filial son, let him be!" Meng Guangwu didn't care about his own future, so why should he bother.

Meng Ranxi sighed and put the matter aside.