Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 25: Tricking Xiao Lao Er into raising pigs
Wen Qingwan saw that her father-in-law the Marquis was smiling on the surface, but she was cursing him in her heart.

[Although I have no ability, I never hide it, and I will never pretend to be a big shot. ]

[My wife died, and I was very sad, but they pushed all the responsibility onto me, and my father-in-law just walked away.]

[From then on, the young emperor hated me because his beloved woman had no family in the capital.]

[The emperor did not dare to favor a concubine who had no support from her natal family, and he only gave her the title of Defei, who was a lowly concubine.]

[If the emperor is really stronger than me, why doesn't he make his beloved woman a concubine? ]

[His favorite fifth prince has been extremely smart since he was young, but he still hides his incompetence and does not show off in front of others.]

[The noble families are very strict about rules, and the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children is clear. No one dares to cross the line, not even the emperor.]

[The emperor felt guilty about his beloved woman and son, so he took his anger out on me, and all the dignitaries in the capital hated me.]

[Humph! I am not afraid of those who wear shoes even though I am barefoot. I specialize in seducing the daughters of the first-rank ministers.]

[I have a bunch of women and children in my backyard, all of whom are related by blood to the powerful officials in the court. ]

[The old emperor can do nothing about it no matter how much he hates me. This time he made Jin'er the Marquis of Weiwu, presumably to pave the way for the fifth prince. It's a pity that Jin'er is lame! ]

"Jin'er, you will go to court starting tomorrow. Will you blame your father?" Marquis Cheng'en cursed his eldest son in his heart and then asked worriedly.

"No wonder." Although Xiao Jin was not very enthusiastic about the Marquis, he was willing to die for his little girl.

Although he was lame, no one dared to ridicule him to his face. Anyone who ridiculed him to his face would be beaten down by him.

He didn't want to be like the Fifth Prince's cousin, who endured everything. Such a glorious man would just swallow the unfair treatment with a smile.

Wen Qingwan learned a lot from her father-in-law's heart, and now she understood what she couldn't understand in her previous life.

It turns out that the Fifth Prince has the Emperor as his backer. He is the Emperor's favorite son. No wonder he could fight with the Crown Prince to the end.

No wonder the Emperor gave Xiao Jin the treatment of a Marquis but did not put him on the list. Isn't this secretly preparing to help the Fifth Prince in his bid for the throne?

In the previous life, Xiao Jin and the Fifth Prince didn’t know why they failed!
"Everyone sit down and have breakfast." Wen Qingwan's smile became gentler and more sincere.

Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion just thought that she was happy that the Crown Prince inherited the title of Marquis, and they were also very excited in their hearts.

Everyone looked at the delicious breakfast on the table and had no thoughts at all. All that was left in their eyes were the shredded chicken porridge, meat buns, and soft white flour steamed buns.

Wen Qingwan had arranged breakfast last night. She stood and said loudly, "One bowl of porridge per person, two meat buns per person, and enough steamed buns to keep you full."

The Marquis' Mansion had been living on coarse food for many years and only had two meals a day. When everyone saw such a rich breakfast, they began to wolf it down as soon as Wen Qingwan finished speaking.

There was no special arrangement for Wen Qingwan's table. It was not because she had had enough of the delicacies from land and sea in her previous life, but because she did not want to give Old Madam Xiao and the old marquis a bargain.

Because there are a lot of food to buy in her Merit Mall, which she has never heard of, such as grilled squid, grilled gluten, stinky tofu, McNuggets, hamburgers...

She currently does not have any extra merit points to try, and hopes to earn some merit points today.

By the time Wen Qingwan finished her breakfast leisurely, everyone was full and waiting for her to assign them work.

"Brothers and sisters who want to study should stand on the right side of this lady, and those who don't want to study should stand on the left side."

With a loud noise, two pairs of people stood up.

On the left hand side, there are the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, and two girls about twelve years old.

"Are you sure you don't want to study?" Wen Qingwan asked again.

"Sister-in-law, we are no longer old enough to go to school and we can't concentrate on studying." The 18-year-old fourth child said embarrassedly.

"Well, since you are determined not to study, I will start assigning tasks."

"Okay, sister-in-law, please go ahead." Although the second brother spoke in a nonchalant manner, he stood straight.

"We have five farms in our mansion. I want to use one farm to grow food, one to raise pigs, one to raise chickens, one to raise cattle, and one to raise rabbits." "…"

"You, the five of you, each of you will be in charge of a farm. Jinque, you make five lots, one for farming, one for raising pigs, one for raising cattle, one for raising chickens, and one for raising rabbits."

"Sister-in-law, you want us to raise pigs?" The second brother asked in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

He wanted to continue to persuade Wen Qingwan, "Sister-in-law, I can earn money to buy pork for everyone to eat."

He really didn't dare to stand on the side of studying, because if he failed the exam, he would be expelled from the family tree.

How could that be possible? The current Marquis Weiwu is no longer the same as the previously shaky Marquis Cheng’en.

He had a girl he had admired for a long time, but her parents would never agree to her marrying into the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion.

The girl was also infatuated. She had been an adult for two years, but she was unwilling to be betrothed and was stubborn with her parents.

Now that he has benefited from his elder brother's influence, he should be qualified to propose marriage!

If he drew the pig-raising lot, how could a pig farmer have the nerve to go to the Shangshu Mansion to propose marriage?

"To earn money to support the family, we must solve the fundamental problem of food. Why can't our mansion learn to be self-sufficient?"

"Sister-in-law, I'd like to raise cattle. The book says that taking a bath with milk is good for the skin. My eighth brother will definitely raise the cattle strong."

A young man who was so thin that he was just a skeleton covered with skin stepped forward and said.

"What's your name? How old are you?" Wen Qingwan asked the boy who was only eleven or twelve years old.

The young man said timidly: "To answer your question, my name is Xiao Ligong, and I am sixteen years old."

"Well, you performed very well. I'll give you an extra chicken leg for lunch." As soon as Wen Qingwan finished speaking, all the young men in the mansion glared at Xiao Ligong.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"You guys drew lots."

Wen Qingwan had just finished speaking when she saw Lao Ba rushing over like a firecracker and grabbing a small piece of paper, "Ah! Why am I raising rabbits?"

"Oh my God! Ah! I really drew the lottery to raise pigs!" Xiao Libo made the sound of a groundhog.

His screams resounded through the sky, showing that he was extremely dissatisfied with pig farming.

"Second brother, why are you against raising pigs?" As the head of the family, Wen Qingwan had to show concern for her younger siblings on the surface.

In fact, she was also curious. The second brother had not opposed making money at the beginning, so why couldn't he accept raising pigs?

"I, I also want to marry a noble lady, so I don't want to raise pigs." The second brother said a little uncomfortably.

"Which girl do you want to marry? Sister-in-law will ask the matchmaker to propose marriage later."

"Her family background is quite high, her parents won't agree to it."

"Isn't our mansion of high status? Could she be a princess?" asked the eight-year-old Xiao Lixia with a pout.

"..."

Madam Xiao, the old marquis, and the sensible teenagers all looked at Xiao Lixia in silence.

"Second brother, think about it, if she doesn't mind you raising pigs, then you will definitely be very happy in the future."

Wen Qingwan sincerely fooled Xiao Libo because a voice sounded in her mind.

[Host, come on, you have successfully tricked the second brother into raising pigs, there will be a surprise you can't imagine~]

(End of this chapter)