After rebirth, I seduced the abstinent Marquis and became the white moonlight

Chapter 88: Receive the Dowry and Give the Son (Overhaul)

The Yue family's face of flattering the weak and putting down the powerful was almost hitting Shen Ning's face. Shen Ning felt even more strange. A sixth-rank lieutenant...

Don’t they know that her husband is a first-rank general?
With this curiosity, Shen Ning asked inconspicuously: "Grandpa, have you received the letters that my mother sent back every month over the years?"

Zhong Shiheng nodded repeatedly and was about to speak when he suddenly felt something was wrong: "Every month? Isn't it one letter a year?"

What Shen Ning said was certainly true. Zhong Shiheng looked at He, his face slightly unhappy: "What's going on?"

He Qiuxia's eyes dodged, she picked up the teacup and took a sip: "How should I know? The sky is high and the road is long, it might be lost. Besides, what can be written in her letter home? It doesn't make any difference whether I read it or not."

Anyone with a discerning eye would know that this was just a perfunctory response. It was definitely lost, but it was not necessarily lost on the way.

He Qiuxia really refreshed Shen Ning's cognition. How could a mother be so partial and could not even tolerate a letter from her daughter?

It was not easy for Zhong Wanqing to live in the Shen family, and Shen Hong was even more reluctant to let her write letters home, so she hid and wrote secretly every time.

Shen Ning still remembers how Zhong Wanqing stayed up late into the night to write a letter home, carefully considering every word.

It's not that Zhong Shiheng couldn't guess what He Qiuxia had done, but today in front of so many people, he couldn't do anything to ruin her performance. He just gave her a warning look and then vaguely passed it off.

At this point, Shen Ning and Shen Jie looked at each other and knew that they would not stay in this place for long. Since their grandmother did not like their mother, she would naturally not be very nice to them, and there would be chaos in the future.

However, they really need a place to stay right now, so they can only stay there first and make plans later.

After a simple dinner, Shen Ning and his group went to pack their luggage.

Mrs. Yue still remembered being scolded by He Qiulian. She had originally wanted to establish her authority in front of Shen Ning and the others, but now that her face had been rubbed off, she couldn't get over it and ran directly to Mrs. He's room and cried:
"Mom, you don't want our family to live. Zhong Ren and Zhong Jie haven't married yet, and Zhong Ling has had such a mess. I'm so upset."

"Now that such a large family has arrived, how much money will be spent on food and drink every day? We have worked hard this year, but in the end we are just making wedding clothes for others. If it were you, I would just give all the wealth of the Zhong family to them."

Although Mrs. He is old and has a head full of white hair, she is still in good health.

She took advantage of the time when Yue was crying to close the doors and windows tightly, turned around and poked her forehead, and cursed her fiercely: "Are you stupid? You only care about the things under your nose."

Yue staggered two steps after being pushed by the old lady. She covered her painful forehead and said, "Ouch, mother, why did you push me?"

The old lady looked at her with disdain and said, "When can you be smarter?"

Even though the old lady scolded Yue so much, in fact, she was the daughter-in-law she loved the most, because she gave birth to two grandsons for the Zhong family.

Yue also understood this principle very well, and quickly asked the old lady for advice: "Mom, please speak frankly, I really don't understand."

The old lady sighed, sat on a stool, pointed at the table and said, "How much is the meal worth? Have you ever calculated how much these people are worth?"

Yue frowned, scratched her head, and hesitated to speak. Finally, she said, "Mom, you want to sell these people? The old man can't agree to that."

After hearing this, the old lady rolled her eyes and gave her a big roll of the eyes, angrily scolding: "You are really stupid if I say you are stupid." After that, she pulled Yue to her side and lowered her voice and said: "Let's talk about those two foreign girls named Qi Yue. Did you see them?"

Yue nodded: "I saw it. He said he was helpless and followed Shen Ning to seek refuge with us."

The old lady pointed at Yue and said, "Girl, why don't you at least arrange the marriage of Zhong Ren and Zhong Jie? She is an orphan without a family, and if she gets married, you can still control her."

After hearing this, Yue suddenly realized something, and thinking of Qi Yue's pretty face, she slapped her thigh. Yes, why didn't she think of that.

Yue's face turned from cloudy to sunny, and she immediately smiled like a flower: "Mother, you are still smart."

The old lady looked as if she was still asking, and continued, "The other outsider, Pei Zhuo, is so big and strong, he must be a good worker, working in the yard and outside, planting crops and trees, he is the equivalent of three people."

"And Shen Ning, she's divorced, so she'll have to remarry. She's childless, pretty, and can get less dowry. Then you can give your other son a make-up gift, and you can just find another wife for him."

"As for Shen Jie, he has some knowledge, so he can be a teacher. If not, he can be a half-laborer. At worst, he is handsome, so he can be a son-in-law to other families. The woman should give him some money."

After hearing what the old lady said, Yue's eyes lit up. In her mind, the image of Shen Ning and his group changed from poor relatives begging for money to popular ones.

She quickly massaged the old lady's legs and back: "Mother, you are right. Mother is wise. If I can learn even one tenth of what you have done, it will be enough."

The old lady hummed with great satisfaction: "You don't have to tell me that."

Speaking of the children in the eldest house, the old lady suddenly remembered something: "By the way, how is Ling'er's situation going? There are no loopholes, right?"

Half of the time had passed, and Yue's initial worries had long since vanished. She said cheerfully, "Everything is going according to plan. It's okay. In another ten days or half a month, we can get it back, and this matter will be over."

The old lady nodded, looking very secretive: "We need to keep a close eye on him now. Gu Ting is a good talent, we need to keep him in our hands."

Yue responded: "Don't worry, mother, your daughter-in-law knows what's going on."

Seeing that the problems of her son and daughter were about to be solved, the eldest wife was overjoyed, but the second wife's room was in a state of despair.

Zhong Shouyi and Dou Chunhui sat on both sides of the round table, listening to the busy bells and flutes in the inner room, and the couple looked at each other in silence.

There is a story behind the names of the Zhong family's children. It was Grandpa Zhong who decided on the names, which were based on the order of "renjiediling" (people and spirits), but when it came to the third child in the eldest wife's family, he thought that "zhongdi" (Zhongdi) sounded like "farming" and was not nice, so he snatched the word "ling" (Ling).

The second wife, who only gave birth to a daughter, naturally could not compete with the first wife, as they did not have the ability to do so.

After Zhong Di cleaned up, his mother Dou couldn't help but her eyes became red again.

Zhong Shouyi's face also looked unhappy, and he didn't even dare to look at Zhong Di, as if he had done something wrong.

Zhong Di dressed simply, put on a cloak, and prepared to go out: "Dad, Mom, I'm leaving first."

(End of this chapter)