wives and concubines

When the fourth and fifth wives went to pay their respects in the morning, the fourth lady was joking in front of Mrs. Tai.

"Mother, look at Third Brother these few days, he is really happy to see everyone."

Chunge's response has been very good these days, and there is no situation where she can't eat or drink. Mrs. Tai feels happy, and she rarely smiles when she faces Mrs. Fifth.

"Whoever says no, such a happy event, whoever falls on the head will be happy."

The Fifth Madam still harbored a hint of jealousy when she said this.

In this world, not everyone is lucky enough to have three children at once.

But the fifth lady saw that Mrs. Tai, who had always had a bad face towards her, was also smiling this time, and she immediately felt that Chunge's blessing was not bad.Thinking that she had given birth to a son a long time ago, she let go of all grievances.

What are you afraid of, I already have a son.Besides, no matter how many three children are born in the third room, in short, the title will not fall to one's master or son, so what's the use of worrying about it.

If it was born by a younger brother or sister, think about it. If the other party has many children at once, I can't persuade myself, but she is still a sister-in-law...

It's useless to think about it.

It was rare for the fifth lady to be shrewd, so she climbed up and said, "Yes, mother, I will go back to my mother's house. My mother also said that my sister-in-laws should come and visit the third sister-in-law, so that I can get some good luck and go back." Tentatively With Mrs. Tai.

Mrs. Tai took back all the joy on her face and picked up the teacup.

The Fourth Madam and the Fifth Madam have been living an unhappy life, neither of them is convinced by the other, and they both think that the other is an idiot.

However, since the fourth lady got the prescription of Chunge Xianglu, she was afraid that the fifth lady would feel uncomfortable, so she made excuses and wanted to divide half of the shop she bought, so she often put up with it recently, and her relationship with the fifth lady was not good. Also passable.

Seeing Mrs. Tai's uneasy expression, and Mrs. Fifth's frightened look, she hurriedly laughed beside her, "Mother, look at the fragrant pears produced by Zhuangzi this year. They are really big, sweet, juicy, and delicious. But that's all."

I personally picked a big pear for Mrs. Tai, peeled it there, put it on a plate, and brought it over.

Mrs. Tai took her eyes away from Mrs. Fifth in a very face-saving way, picked up a piece of pear, took a bite, and praised: "It's really good."

Hearing what Mrs. Tai said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Tai chewed the pears slowly, and then said to Mrs. Fifth: "I know the situation of your sisters-in-law. But although your third sister-in-law's birth is a blessing from heaven, after all, she said that she should rest well. According to me Look, let's wait another two months to see how your third sister-in-law is doing before seeing outsiders."

The Fifth Madam was frightened by the Tai Madam earlier, so she didn't respond for a while.

Mrs. Tai's complexion immediately became ugly, she snorted and said, "You are not happy!"

The fourth lady anxiously tugged on the fifth lady's sleeve beside her.

The fifth lady came to her senses and hurriedly argued, "No, mother, you can do whatever you want." She also timidly glanced at Mrs. Tai from the corner of her eye, for fear that Mrs. Tai would be angry.

Mrs. Tai was very annoyed, and she couldn't embarrass Mrs. Fifth anymore, so she dealt with it casually and sent the two of them off.

After the fifth madam and the fourth madam had left, Madam Li persuaded the grand dame with earnest words, "I'm not talking about you, but don't be too biased towards your daughters-in-law. Even if you like one in your heart and don't like the other, face to face You have to have a bowl of water to keep it level. The Fourth Madam is okay, she is finally a concubine, and everyone knows in their hearts that the Fifth Madam is your direct daughter-in-law. If you give her shame in front of the Fourth Madam, I am afraid that in the future Fifth Master is also feeling uncomfortable."

Mrs. Tai was being waited on and rubbed pearl powder on her face. By chance, she saw from the bronze mirror that her complexion really improved a lot, and even the wrinkles disappeared a little. She said cheerfully as if she hadn't heard Mama Li's words: "Look, Does my complexion look much better? Sure enough, what the old three said is true. For a person of my age, it is good to use pure pearl powder to smear it. I can’t add those lead powders in the future, which makes my face prickly. , can’t sleep at night.”

like a child...

Facing Mrs. Li who talked about him like this, Mama Li couldn't laugh or cry.

It's been so many years, and it was like this when I was still in the boudoir. Whenever I encountered something I was not happy to talk about, I would find some heretics to chat with me.

In a trance, Mama Li also felt that she had returned to the days when she was young.

But thinking about what was in his heart, he still couldn't help but said: "At least you should listen to my words of persuasion."

Mrs. Tai was unwilling to stand up now.

When people are getting old, they feel sleepy after sitting for a while. Mrs. Tai moved to the bed and said, "They are all children born to me. The palms and backs of the hands are also fleshy. How can I not feel pain, not to mention how many times I gave birth to the fifth child." It’s difficult, you don’t know it, and you almost put your life in it. At that time, the master just happened to…” A trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, and his tone became sad, “At that time, the master was drunk and dragged a maid to bed I was afraid that I would not let this child live, and he kept it from me. It took four months to tell me. I couldn’t stand it. I really didn’t expect it. I just got a concubine out of me. I didn't want to bear him at first. When I married him, he said he wouldn't take concubines. He took a concubine, that's because I was jealous, if he promised himself that he couldn't keep it, then he wouldn't keep his word! But when I found out that I had a fifth child, what else could I do..."

Thinking of the most painful days, Mrs. Tai burst into tears. After so many years, she never felt resentment.

"He knelt down and begged me to forgive him. He was the one who refused to take a concubine for many years, but in the end I was in vain for many years. My father-in-law and mother-in-law picked on me, and the whole Li family blamed me. He later stabbed me I was stabbed, and because I had Lao Wu, I didn't want him to transfer his anger towards me to Lao Wu in the future, so I endured the blood and tears. He said that he would let Aunt Feng be a maid for the rest of his life, and said that in the future I will never go into Aunt Feng's house again. I thought that the fourth child was born with the same age as the fifth child, so they must play together and meet each other day and night. In case Aunt Feng got bad intentions because of this, she urged the fourth child to marry her. Five hands down, and it will be too late for me to regret it. For this, I asked Aunt Feng to raise my identity, and took the fourth child to my side to raise the fourth child. You think I would like to see the child the fourth child... In the end, I had a dystocia for three days and three nights The child who was born, the child who was brought up with humiliation and tears, turned into a playboy, how willing you are to ask me!" When he said this, his voice was already hoarse.