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Chapter 189 Dad, let’s not have a younger brother, okay? (Please subscribe)

Yuan Wenshao knew that King Yan was preparing to rebel. It was normal for the Five Cities Military and Horse Department to have changes. However, Chang Wu was also promoted, which surprised him.

Could it be that he wanted to involve Chang Wu and drag him into the water?
After all, if King Yan rebels, even if he succeeds, he will not be able to escape the reputation of treason. If he wants to secure the throne, he cannot kill people wantonly. Instead, he will find ways to win over the ministers to support him.

And Changwu is his wife's cousin, if he is involved, it will also have an impact on him.

But no matter what, Chang Wu's position in the Central City Military and Horse Department has become higher, which is a good thing for him.

Yuan Wenshao pondered for a long time and said: "Changwu, please continue to pay attention to the movements of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. If there is anything abnormal, notify me immediately. In addition, find ways to bribe your soldiers, and be sure to reach them at the critical moment. They will all obey your orders. I will ask someone to prepare some banknotes for you later. If you don’t have enough, come and get it from me."

"Brother-in-law, is something big going to happen?"

Although Chang Wu was young and had not been in the army for a long time, Yuan Wenshao's arrangement made him feel something was wrong.

"I don't know yet. Just do as I say. Don't worry, I won't harm you." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Ok!"

Chang Wu still trusted Yuan Wenshao. Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, he nodded heavily.

"Okay, relax, the sky won't fall. Come on, let's go have a meal. Hua Lan specially asked you to stay for dinner, and specially cooked." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"No, brother-in-law, please tell eldest sister. My wife and I told you that we would go back for dinner." Chang Wu scratched his head in embarrassment.

Yuan Wenshao said with a straight face: "Speaking of this, I have to say a few words to you. You asked your wife to come over to the house to have fun or talk to Hualan. Why are you always bored at home?"

"Brother-in-law, I know that my second grandmother and my cousins ​​don't like my mother-in-law, so they didn't let her come over," Chang Wu said.

"Aunt Kang is Aunt Kang. What does it have to do with your wife? Besides, once your wife walks in, she will be a member of the Sheng family. Don't think too much." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Yes, I'll let her move around a lot later." Chang Wu said with a smile.

"That's right. We are all relatives. We walk around and talk on weekdays. By the way, speaking of your mother-in-law, does she often go to your place?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

Based on his understanding of Aunt Kang, it would be strange for such a rich son-in-law to not visit her often.

Mentioning this, Chang Wu said a little unnaturally: "I haven't been here a few times."

"Tell the truth." Yuan Wenshao knew from the look on his face that he was not telling the truth and glared at him.

"Brother-in-law, I am telling the truth. Since my wife and I returned to Bianjing, my mother-in-law has only come three times in total. But...but..."

"Why do men hesitate when speaking?"

"Every time she comes to visit, she talks about how difficult her family is, and asks for a lot of money from me. I don't have much money left from Youyang." Chang Wu gritted his teeth and said.

Although Kang Yuner was born to Aunt Kang, she didn't inherit any of Aunt Kang's bad habits.

On the contrary, he is kind and gentle, keeps his home in order, and serves Chang Wu very attentively.

To paraphrase Sheng Hong’s words, good bamboo shoots emerge from bad bamboo.

Chang Wu was very satisfied with this lady.

However, this mother-in-law left him speechless.

Every time I come to my house and chat, I start to cry about my poverty. What I say is really sad to the listeners and brings tears to the listeners.

Changwu also learned some things about the Kang family from Kang Yun'er's mouth. He knew that the Kang family's life was indeed difficult, and that it was also necessary to be filial to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, so he gave him 1000 taels of silver for the first time.

As a result, something happened at this time. It was only the beginning of February, and he had calculated everything. It had been less than two months since the couple returned to Bianjing. Aunt Kang came to his door three times and took away 5000 taels of silver from his hand.

You know, the Sheng family has not been separated yet. When they came back from Youyang this time, Sheng Wei knew that the official needed to take care of things, welcome and send things, so he gave Chang Wu 6000 taels of silver.

6000 taels was already a lot, but Chang Wu and his wife only bought some things for the new house and bought a few servants, and Aunt Kang took away the rest.

Although Chang Wu had a salary, he was only a ninth-grade official before. With that salary in Bianjing, a city with high consumption, it would be impossible to support the couple and a large number of servants.

Now his family is almost unable to open the pot. He wants to ask his family for it, but he is afraid that his family will have objections to Kang Yuner after they know the situation.

I was too embarrassed to ask the Sheng family and Yuan Wenshao to borrow money.

He didn't let Kang Yun'er move around, and he knew that no one in the Sheng family liked Aunt Kang except Mrs. Wang.

Secondly, it’s because I have no money, so I have to prepare some gifts when I go around. They are too shabby and too expensive to buy.

Yuan Wenshao said speechlessly: "Don't you know how to refuse?"

Later generations say that it is said that the wife helps her mother's family with money.

This was the first time he had seen a son-in-law who was so filial to his mother-in-law that he bankrupted himself.

"5000 taels." Chang Wu said.

Yuan Wenshao: "..."

He didn't know what to say. He was stunned for a while and then said: "I will ask someone to get you 1 taels of silver notes later. You keep 2000 taels for yourself, and use the rest to win over your soldiers and inquire." For news.”

"Brother-in-law, if this is not possible, how can I ask for your money?" Chang Wu shook his head quickly.

"Just take it, and in the worst case, you can give it back to me later. But you have to be careful this time, don't give it all to your mother-in-law so stupidly. Next time your mother-in-law comes to visit and she cries that she is poor, don't give her any money. In a big way, I asked people to buy more rice, grains, oil, noodles, fruits and vegetables and send them over to see if she would be embarrassed to come to the house next time." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Is that bad?"

"What's wrong, your mother-in-law... just do as I say."

Yuan Wenshao originally wanted to tell Chang Wu about Aunt Kang's personality, but he hesitated but did not say anything.

After all, Aunt Kang is Chang Wu's mother-in-law, so what she said was so unflattering, and Chang Wu's face didn't look good either.

"Oh." Chang Wu nodded.

Yuan Wenshao asked Zhang An to go to the accounting office and get 1 taels of silver notes, gave them to Chang Wu, and sent him out and back to the inner courtyard.

"Where is Chang Wu?" Hua Lan asked with some confusion when she saw him coming back alone.

"gone back."

"Why are you back? Didn't you ask you to keep him for dinner?"

"You don't know that your aunt went to Changwu every three days to cry out for her poverty. In just a short time, she asked for 5000 taels of silver from Changwu. Changwu's family was almost in trouble because of her," Yuan Wenshao said.

"Auntie is going too far. No, I will go back to my mother tomorrow and ask her to talk about my aunt." Hua Lan said with an ugly face.

The old lady helped arrange this marriage, and the Kang family is still a relative of the second wife. If this continues, the old lady and the second wife will not be able to see the elder brother.

"Forget it, it's hard for my mother-in-law to talk about this kind of thing. I have warned Changwu that this kind of thing should not happen in the future." Yuan Wenshao said.

Hua Lan was a little puzzled and said, "Let me just say that today is the Gu family's thank you party. She has new clothes and new jewelry. She spent a long time getting the money from Chang Wu."

"Okay, calm down." Yuan Wenshao consoled him.

Speaking of which, although his father-in-law and mother-in-law are a bit unremarkable, Sheng Hong is a man of face and is worried about being accused of clinging to powerful people and relying on his uncle. He has never been asked to do anything in these years, even on his side. Stop it.

Mrs. Wang loves her daughter very much. Not to mention asking for money, every time she comes to see Hualan, she brings a bunch of things. "I...vomit..."

Just as Hua Lan was about to speak, he suddenly felt a little nauseous and started retching.

"What's wrong, are you okay?" Yuan Wenshao quickly smoothed her back and asked with concern.

After Hualan recovered, she looked at Yuan Wenshao excitedly, her eyes red.

"Madam, please don't cry. If you don't feel well, I'll send for a doctor right now." Yuan Wenshao said anxiously.

"Guan...Guanren, do you think I'm pregnant?" Hua Lan's excited voice was trembling, and her eyes were filled with excitement and a hint of doubt.

Yuan Wenshao was stunned and said happily: "Madam, when you say so, it is really possible."

"Come here, please inform Zhang An and ask him to bring a doctor back as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Chunhua responded and hurried away.

"Madam, I will help you go back to your room and lie down to rest." Yuan Wenshao said.

"Officer, this is not confirmed yet, don't be so careful, what if you make a mistake." Seeing Yuan Wenshao so happy, Hua Lan was worried that he made a mistake and made his happiness in vain.

"It's okay. Even if you're not pregnant, we just have to work harder in the future. If you don't feel well now, you have to see a doctor."

Yuan Wenshao carefully helped Hua Lan back to her room, let her lie down on the bed, and sat on the edge of the bed talking to her.

Although he has a daughter, Yuan Wenshao still wants to have a son.

It's not that he favors sons over daughters. After all, in ancient times, there were no restrictions on the number of children he could have, so he naturally wanted to have both children.

Moreover, it is impossible for a daughter to inherit the title. If he does not have a son, the title cannot be inherited by his son-in-law or grandson after his death, but will be taken back by the court.

Having a son will not only inherit the family business, but also give Sister Wen someone to rely on when they are gone.

Seeing Yuan Wenshao's excitement, Hua Lan became more and more worried.

After giving birth to Sister Wen, she had not been able to get pregnant for so many years. Yuan Wenshao had always been calm and not in a hurry.

However, now seeing Yuan Wenshao's excited look, she knew that it was not that Yuan Wenshao didn't want a son, nor was he in a hurry, but he just wanted to consider her emotions and didn't show them.

Yuan Wenshao saw something wrong with Hua Lan's expression, and knew that he was too happy and put pressure on Hua Lan. He quickly comforted: "Madam, don't worry, even if you are not pregnant, we are still young and there is no rush. And you have always been in good health. , suddenly retching, it is most likely that she is pregnant."

"But... yuck..."

Just as Hua Lan was about to speak, he felt nauseous again and started retching.

Yuan Wenshao smoothed her back, waited for her to calm down, and said, "It's nothing to worry about. See if your situation now is exactly the same as when Sister Huaiwen was a child."

Hua Lan touched her flat belly and said worriedly: "But what if she is still a daughter?"

"My daughter is great. I like my daughter. Look how well-behaved Sister Wen is." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

Hualan: "..."

She really didn't know why Sister Wen was so good. She was so doted on by Yuan Wenshao that she was almost lawless.

"By the way, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot about Sister Wen. Qiuyue, go and ask Sister Wen to come over for dinner." Hua Lan said.

"Yes." Qiuyue responded and went to call someone in Sister Wen's courtyard.

"Officer, Sister Wen will be here soon. You go to have dinner with her first." Hua Lan said.

"Why don't you eat first? The doctor will be here by the time you finish eating." Yuan Wenshao said.

"I have no appetite now. You and Sister Wen should eat first." Hua Lan shook his head.

Not sure if she was really pregnant, she just couldn't eat it.

"If you don't want to eat, I won't eat either. Let the servants serve Sister Wen and eat first." Yuan Wenshao said.

While Hua Lan was moved, she couldn't help but give Yuan Wenshao a rollicking look. She pushed herself up and said, "Let's eat first."

"Slow down." Yuan Wenshao quickly stepped forward to help her.

"Guardian, don't be so careful, I'm not that delicate." Hua Lan said.

"That won't work. You have to be extremely careful now." Yuan Wenshao said.

Hua Lan had no choice but to be supported by Yuan Wenshao and came to the main hall.

"Daddy!"

As soon as the two sat down, Sister Wen ran in in a hurry.

"Look what you look like? Why do girls run around? How do you learn the usual rules?" Hua Lan scolded.

Sister Wen looked at Yuan Wenshao aggrievedly. Usually when her mother spoke to her, Yuan Wenshao would speak up for her.

"Sister Wen, your mother is feeling a little unwell today. Please don't make her angry." Yuan Wenshao said.

It is said that pregnant women have bad tempers, but he did not dare to speak for Sister Wen.

"Mom, are you sick?"

After hearing this, Sister Wen trotted to Hua Lan and looked at her with concern.

Hua Lan looked at her daughter's concerned little eyes, and her anger disappeared instantly. She said softly: "Mom is fine, she is just a little uncomfortable. She will be fine in a while."

"Haha, Sister Wen, your mother is pregnant with a younger brother, and you will soon be a sister." Yuan Wenshao said with a smile.

"Brother?" Sister Wen was stunned. There was no happy expression on her face, but she started crying: "I don't want a younger brother, I don't want a younger brother."

Yuan Wenshao: "..."

He also thought that Sister Wen would be very happy when she heard that she was going to have a younger brother, saying that she would take care of him and so on.

Unexpectedly, Sister Wen actually started crying.

Yuan Wenshao picked up Sister Wen, let her sit on his lap, and asked: "Sister Wen, if you don't cry, tell Daddy why you don't want a younger brother?"

Sister Wen leaned on her father's arms aggrievedly and sobbed: "Yunqi has a younger brother. Yunqi said that after having a younger brother, her father only likes her younger brother and not her. And her younger brother is old and bad. Always bullying her. Dad, let’s not have a younger brother, okay?”

After saying that, Sister Wen raised her head and looked at Yuan Wenshao pitifully.

"Who is this Yun Qi?" Yuan Wenshao asked.

"He is my good friend in the academy."

Speaking of Yun Qi, Sister Wen missed her little sister a little and asked, "Dad, when can I go back to school?"

(End of this chapter)