Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 135 General Fan's Son-in-Law
"Daddy is thinking about how to thank Old Madam Xiao and your Uncle Xiao. Nannan, come and sit next to Daddy."

General Fan unconsciously lowered his voice in front of his daughter, and there was a hint of tenderness on the face of this iron-blooded man.

His mother had been comparing herself with Old Madam Xiao all her life, and it was his first time seeing Old Madam Xiao up close, so naturally he would compare them.

By the way, I thought about the past. His mother spent her whole life reminiscing about the feelings of her youth.

She complained to her father all day long about how she was a useless young man and how she was not happy.

When he saw Old Madam Xiao like this, he knew that she either didn't know about the past between his mother and her husband, or she never cared about it.

"Don't be polite, Third Brother of the Fan Family. My grandchildren are all useless. It is my duty to help Miss Fan."

Old Madam Xiao said with a smile, she knew that the person in front of her was the son of her husband's beloved woman.

Although her family background was not high, she was not born in a small family, but it was much lower than that of a noble family.

The children of ordinary officials naturally would not know the love, hatred and emotions between the young men and women of wealthy families.

But her husband was the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion when he was young, like the lonely snow on the high hill and the bright moon hanging in the blue sky.

He is the man that all the daughters of officials in the capital city want to marry, and she is no exception, but there is a huge difference between them.

The thought of getting married was just in her mind. When she was young, she practiced music, chess, calligraphy and painting for him, hoping that one day she could be closer to him.

Suddenly one day something happened in the Xiao Mansion. The prince's fiancée came to break off the engagement, and the young ladies from the noble families in the capital also backed off.

These daughters of officials from humble families were fighting for her place, but she stood out among them all.

How could she not know about her husband?

It can be said that she knew everything about him before she got married.

She married the man of her dreams, her heart was filled with happiness and gratitude, and naturally she served him like an ancestor and took great care of him.

Although the Marquis's mansion was in decline, she still carefully cared for every plant and tree in the mansion, keeping everything clean and tidy.

Even though he did nothing but drink and act crazy every day, she always smiled, took care of him with a happy face, and did her best to arrange the housework.

It was as if all this was done for him alone, hoping that he would feel satisfied and at ease when he saw that everything in the mansion was in order.

Whenever night fell, she always wanted to fall asleep in his arms, but his favorite thing was to have a baby to carry on the Xiao family's bloodline.

Apart from giving birth, he liked to look at the night sky the rest of the time, staying up all night and never hugging her to sleep.

But her heart was full of love and cherishment for him. Even though he was so decadent that it was unsightly, he was still the most beautiful scenery in her life.

Her devotion to him was selfless. She gave him everything, just wanting him to feel her deepest love.

It's a pity that her heart is for the bright moon, but the bright moon is shining on the ditch, and he never looks at her straight in the eye.

Even if he is separated from the woman he loves, he still thinks about her, misses her, and feels sad. So let him look at her from afar!

After ten years of hard work, she finally understood that as long as a woman does her best, what belongs to her cannot be taken away by others, and what does not belong to her cannot be taken away by force.

She was once a talented and beautiful woman famous in the capital, but unfortunately, after ten years she became an old woman of 25 years old.

She sighed to herself in the mirror: at the end of a relationship, it is often the one who loves the most who withdraws first.

It’s not that she didn’t love him anymore, but the more she loved him, the more painful it became… So she focused on her children and no longer took care of him meticulously. Within two years, he died of alcoholism!

Before he died, he held her hand and said affectionately that he had been obsessed with hatred for half his life, but had never truly loved herself.

He had never loved her properly. In fact, he had fallen in love with her many years ago, but he didn't even know it.

When he found out, his health had deteriorated and it was beyond repair. He said that even if he went to hell he would pray for her to be happy for the rest of her life.

He also hoped that she would help him and his son restore the glory of the Xiao family and look at the man she had been infatuated with for more than 20 years.

She knew he was not lying. When a dying man is about to die, his words are good. He really had never loved himself well, otherwise he would not drink every day.

She spent twenty years of her life loving him madly. Although she was madly infatuated, she did not feel angry, resentful or hateful, just because she truly loved him.

She held his hand and promised him that she would definitely bring her son back to the glory of the Xiao family, and if her son was not capable, she would rely on her grandson.

Seeing that she was so decisive, he was so happy that he wanted to hold her hand tightly. Unfortunately, he was too weak to do so. However, he died with a smile on his face.

And she!
She didn't do what she said at the time, and since then she learned to love herself well.

Her family was not wealthy and her dowry was not much. She raised four children alone and sold the shop and valuable calligraphy and paintings accumulated by the Xiao family for generations.

Not only did she maintain the superficial glory of the Marquis' Mansion, but she and her two sons also did not have to suffer any hardship. After all, the Xiao Mansion had a solid financial background.

Both of the pampered daughters married into prominent families, not because the daughters were so outstanding, but because their mothers-in-law admired their father.

Women always like to love the whole family, so her two daughters lived well at the beginning and deliberately distanced themselves from her and her children.

However, nothing lasts forever. The younger daughter's in-laws fell into poverty within a few years, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was completely broken.

She has been gloating in her heart for a long time, making you look down on your own mother!

She thought she was not a good person, and perhaps could be called selfish, but she lived a good life, at least not as awkward as the old woman from the Fan family.

She had learned to be selfish and had to watch her several daughters-in-law die of old age. It was not that she didn't give them some advice, but it was of no use.

No one guided her back then, she woke up on her own, so she has to rely on herself for everything.

God was very kind to her, allowing her to marry a precious granddaughter-in-law who was very knowledgeable at a young age and never did anything by herself.

He made good arrangements for the Xiao family's grandchildren, brought them along for the good food and drinks, and made them extremely obedient.

This is Wan'er's ability, and she feels inferior to her. Madam Xiao thought so much, but it actually only took a blink of an eye.

"Sister-in-law, the chef prepared five flavors of crayfish tonight. The portions are large and we can eat them without worry. Hehe... who is this?"

Xiao Libo rushed into the hall and started talking nonstop. Seeing that his sister-in-law had been hinting at him to look at General Fan with her eyes, he touched the back of his head and asked.

"Second Brother Xiao, this is my father." When Fan Shiba heard that there were five flavors of crayfish to eat, she looked at Xiao Lao Er happily.

When General Fan saw his daughter smile happily when she saw Young Master Xiao Er, he regarded Xiao Er as his son-in-law.

The young man in front of him had dark skin, not as handsome as the young masters of the Fan Mansion.

But his facial features are regular and angular, and he looks much better than the men in the northwest.