Chapter 98

The days in the first month of the year are not happy.

It’s not even half as interesting as staying up all night to celebrate the New Year.

Young people don't like to visit relatives, especially in this feudal era. The so-called "verbal care" from the elders makes Xu Shuhe uncomfortable.

I don’t know the people, and the thing they say most is, have a baby, have a baby, you and Sanlang should have a baby as soon as possible.

Secondly, Xu Shuhe was told to be filial to Feng.

It was obvious that these people had a good relationship with Feng, and after hearing what Feng said, they came to teach her a lesson.

There are some other annoying things, but I won’t mention them.

It's annoying anyway.

It was on the second day of the Chinese New Year that I went back to my mother's home with Chen Zhi, and only then did I find a day of peace with my mother.

The Chen family also has a daughter, so Chen Yurong also came back on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

She is very happy now, pregnant and with her husband by her side. Although Liang Jingzhou holds a low official position, he is still a world apart from merchants like the Chen family. In particular, the Hanlin Academy in the capital is a place of integrity and has a good reputation, so he still has a lot of face in the Yue family.

Xu Shuhe could only say that fortunately she was going back to her parents' home and did not have to stay in the mansion to receive this aunt.

Otherwise, she would be worried that this confused elder sister-in-law was too proud and was showing off in front of her.

I’m afraid something bad might happen.

In fact, when Chen Yurong came back this time, Feng really gave her several bowls of love potion again.

It was said that Chen Zhi was corrupted by Xu Shuhe, who forced Chen Huaiqian to give him one-tenth of the family's shares. He also hired someone to deceive and induce Chen Jin to develop the bad habit of gambling, causing him to owe a large gambling debt.

She also said that she was no longer allowed to be the housekeeper. Although she had some free time, she was very tight on money because she had taken 8,000 taels of silver to pay off Chen Jin's debts. However, Chen Zhi and Xu Shuhe were wearing gold and silver jewelry, and her pockets were full. It would have been fine if she was not filial to her, but Chen Zhi was coaxed by Xu Shuhe and used all the good things to show his filial piety to Xu Shuhe's mother.

So when Chen Yurong left the Chen family, she was full of anger. After getting on the carriage, she angrily mentioned these things to her husband.

On the contrary, Liang Jingzhou, after listening to her, not only did not get angry with her, but asked her something.

"If my third sister-in-law is really as stingy as my mother-in-law said, why did she send us such excellent gifts at the Liang family, and why are they so thoughtful and detailed?"

"She must be trying to curry favor with you. After all, you are an official." Chen Yurong curled her lips.

Liang Jingzhou smiled and said, "I am just a copyist in the Imperial Academy. I don't have any real power. Why should she curry favor with me? Besides, if she really wanted to curry favor with me, she should give me gold, silver, pearls and jade instead of the good things we can use in our daily life, such as clothes for our unborn child."

These words made Chen Yurong hesitate for a moment, but she continued immediately.

"I've seen Xu before, she's very smooth, I'm afraid she's just pretending."

"If you are so tactful, why do you leave such a big handle for everyone to show disrespect and unfilial to the elders?" Liang Jingzhou continued to ask, and then said, "Mother-in-law said that she was treated harshly. You were just at her place. Does it show that there is any shortage of money in the house? If I am not mistaken, the material of the clothes on mother-in-law is not bad, but the color is plain."

Hearing this, Chen Yurong raised her hand and touched her belly, then frowned and whispered, "Could it be that mother is lying to me?"

"Everyone likes to complain sometimes." Liang Jingzhou did not deny it, his eyes also fell on Chen Yurong's belly, "But today you and I came here, besides complaining to you, did your mother-in-law care much about your pregnancy? Did she carefully prepare things for our unborn child? It seems that she only gave our daughter a little New Year's money."

At this point, Liang Jingzhou sighed softly, "My wife, I don't mean to say bad things about my mother-in-law, but if she really cared about you, why wouldn't she ask you about anything and just complain to you? It's obvious that she wants you to stand up for her, but think about it carefully. Your father-in-law has never been partial to anyone for many years. If he is partial to anyone, he values ​​your fourth brother who is studying the most. Why would he give shares to your third brother for no reason? And you know your second brother's temper. Hasn't he done enough bad things himself?"

These words left Chen Yurong speechless.

The anger in her heart had long dissipated by now, and she was thinking about what her husband said. "In my opinion, if the third brother had continued to study, he would probably not be worse than the fourth brother now. Unfortunately, he fell ill for a year or two just after he passed the examination. After such a delay, my mother-in-law asked him to learn business and no longer mentioned studying. What a pity." Liang Jingzhou said lightly.

When he said this, a dark light flashed in his eyes.

No matter how dumb Chen Yurong was, she suddenly thought of something at this moment. She pursed her lips and said no more.

At that time, in Wanshuangzhai of the Chen family, Feng was drinking tea calmly.

There was no trace of the pitiful look he had when he was complaining to Chen Yurong.

"After all, it's the eldest girl who cares about the lady." Yutao, who was serving beside her, said in a low voice.

Feng lowered her eyes, "Yes, but she is still a married woman. Today I see that she is living so well, I think it is all thanks to her son-in-law."

"My son-in-law is an official in the court now. Naturally, our fourth young master will be the same after he passes the imperial examination. Who knows, his career in the future will be even smoother than my son-in-law's. By then, he will marry a noble lady and earn an imperial edict for you. By that time, you will have the final say in this mansion!" Yutao flattered.

These words made Feng happy, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Well, now it's enough to have Yurong to help me deal with Xu. After all, Yurong is now an official's wife. How dare Xu act rashly?"

As soon as the busy New Year is over, she will find an opportunity to find Chen Yurong and help her to dampen Xu Shuhe's enthusiasm.

As she thought this, the coldness in Feng's eyes grew even stronger.

However, Xu Shuhe doesn't care much about these things.

She just wanted to get through the first month of the new year quickly and not have to see those damn Chen relatives every day.

As long as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passes, you will have peace and quiet.

Of course, there are also people who like the Chinese New Year.

For example, the second child, Chen Jin.

During the New Year holidays, he inevitably received some gifts and had some money in his hands. In addition, he behaved well during the period before the New Year, so his family relaxed their control over him. Now Li Mingzhu does keep an eye on him, but there are so many social interactions during the New Year holidays that Li Mingzhu doesn't have time to keep an eye on him all the time.

This allows him to have some free time to relax and unwind.

But the money in his hands was not as much as before, which made Chen Jin very uncomfortable.

At this time, passing by a gambling house, he happened to see two smiling men coming out of it, laughing and saying that they had made a lot of money today and were going to have a good time.

Chen Jin couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his empty wallet.

My mind began to waver.

Let's go gamble. He only has these few dollars in his hand. If he loses everything, he will stop. If he wins, he will use the money to have some fun. He won't be greedy for more.

In the end, greed prevailed.

However, Chen Jin was "smart" for once. He did not go to the gambling house where he lost 10,000 taels, but changed to another one.

I was thinking to myself, the casino’s trick is to let the first comer win a few times, and then when he gets addicted and starts playing big, they will make him lose.

He knew this very well, so he only earned the first few handfuls of silver and never wanted more.

Just take it and go.