Chapter 206: High branches are hard to climb

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Jing accompanied Mo Yi back to her parents' home.

Concubine Tian's parents were not in the capital, and today, her brother brought his family to visit the palace. Therefore, little Miss Qianqian was unable to go out with them.

Concubine Feng said that she would have relatives coming to visit Shao Ge'er. In fact, she just didn't want Shao Ge'er to go to the Mo family.

Li Jing planned to take Xiangxiang with him, as this was also her in-laws' home.

But Mo Yi knew that Xiang Xiang was sensitive and a little arrogant. The Mo family must be a big family today, and it must be very chaotic. She would definitely not be able to adapt if she went there, and she would have a stern face, which would embarrass everyone.

"Xiangxiang, do you want your father to go to the Mo family, or do you want to go back to the Zhou family to play with your ninth aunt?" Mo Yi asked quietly.

"I want to go find Auntie Nine!" Li Xiangling said without hesitation, and then asked, "But what about my father..."

"I'll go talk to him."

After talking to Li Jing, he was a little dissatisfied, "She has never been to the Mo family, this is against the rules."

But Mo Yi poked him and said softly, "There must be a lot of people at my house today, and the place is small. Xiangxiang is not familiar with the Mo family, and she will be very nervous when she goes there and is surrounded by everyone. Let's choose a day that is not a holiday and take her there so that she can get used to it slowly. Let's send Xiangxiang to Zhou's house first, and then pick her up later."

Li Jing said calmly, "It's up to you."

The Mo family was indeed very lively, even the aunt from Tongzhou came with her family. It was a big family, even the grandchildren came with them.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, when people received New Year gifts from the Mohists, they would reciprocate.

This year is very different, her family has become rich!

Just now, I had a private chat with Wang for a long time...I was glad that I didn't do anything stupid at the beginning.

At this time, Xu Ke and Mo Wen arrived.

Wang couldn't stop smiling when she saw the couple who looked like two people standing beside each other.

She said to Mo Ruhai, "Master, please chat with your son-in-law first. I will go talk to Wenwen."

He immediately pulled Mo Wen and went back to his room. "Oh, a few days ago, the Xu family sent quite a few gifts! Food and daily necessities, all are top quality. They are so polite! Our return gift is really not good enough. Your uncle even added a couplet."

She pushed Mo Wen to sit down and looked her up and down. "Wow, this hairpin is so beautiful! It must be very expensive. The clothes are beautiful too... Oh, my daughter!" She wanted to ask her daughter why she was still pregnant, but she didn't dare...

"Uncle's handwriting is really good!" Mo Wen sat steadily and drank a sip of tea. "It's pasted on the yards of my great-grandmother and mother-in-law. It's the New Year's gift, which was personally added by my husband..." There was a gentle smile on her face.

"Your son-in-law is so kind to you! How is everything?"

"Don't worry, my daughter is fine."

Wang looked at Mo Wen, still bright and calm. But... her arrogance seemed to have diminished a little. But being married was definitely different from being at home.

"Mother's knowledge is limited, and I don't know what to teach you. But in this backyard, mother-in-law and son are the most important. In my opinion, Xu Ke is a man who cares about face and abides by rules. As long as you can get the attention of both mothers-in-law, he will treat you well!"

"Yes." Mo Wen responded softly, but he was thinking in his heart: Why would my mother say this? Did she see something?

Thinking back on these days...her relationship with Xu Ke wasn't good, but it wasn't bad either.

Normally... newlyweds, although not necessarily in a sweet relationship, a normal young man should always have passionate and frequent sex, right?

But he...

After consummating the marriage, the two of them didn't do that much...

It will happen again after a while, depending on the mood.

One day, I didn’t know why, but I wanted to do that thing so badly that I went to him…

And he actually hid away silently.

Reject yourself!

I was so embarrassed at that time that I wanted to crawl into the crack of the bed.

She couldn't control her emotions at all, but didn't want to cry in front of him, so she got out of bed and went to the inner room.

He sat in front of the bathing stool for a long time, holding his face, wearing only a single piece of clothing.

Her whole body was cold, and Xu Ke came over and looked at her with extremely cold eyes.

He said, "I am very tired and need to rest. If we disturb each other, no, I will set up a bed in the study."

Mo Wen immediately thought of her parents. She was stunned with fear and almost collapsed to the ground. Tears flowed to her mouth. She asked him desperately, choking with sobs, "You, you want to separate from me?"

Maybe because she looked too pitiful, Xu Ke sighed: "I really need to have a good rest. There is still a day to go tomorrow. Today... let's not talk about it, let's sleep." After that, he turned and walked out.

Mo Wen quickly wiped her tears and followed out. Xu Ke was already lying down.

That night, Mo Wen didn't sleep and didn't even dare to turn over... Was she going to follow in her parents' footsteps?

But...when my father did something that my mother didn't like, she would quarrel with him and still gave birth to five of us!

And I can only lie here, not even daring to cry.

Is this high branch so difficult to climb?

The next morning, Xu Ke left. She was in a state of panic all day long...

But when Xu Ke returned home in the evening, he gave her a very valuable hairpin, the same one she was wearing on her head.

He said sincerely: "Yesterday, I was in a bad mood and shouldn't have treated you like that. Please don't blame me, my lady."

Although, he did make amends.

Although, the two of them had sex afterwards.

Although, his attitude towards me was still so gentle and generous...

But the underlying premise is: she does not interfere, does not talk too much, and does not make demands.

This made Mo Wen even more panicked, and he became more determined to hold on to Madam Xu's thighs tighter.

He began to learn Buddhist rituals, chanting and copying Buddhist scriptures with Old Lady Xu.

Seeing that she was so calm at such a young age, Old Lady Xu was very happy and was willing to teach her.

After worshiping the Buddha, he told her about the ways of the world, the affairs of the court, and household financial management.

Valuable items are also given away casually.

This made the two sisters-in-law above her angry and jealous, and they wanted to make trouble for her, but were stopped by Madam Xu.

"Both mothers-in-law treat their daughter very well. My daughter has learned a lot from the old ladies. She also has some new ideas about dowry. Mother, it seems that Mo Yi is better than her in this regard.

Fortunately, I asked her for the account book. When the old lady talked about this, she was very satisfied to see that her daughter knew all about it. She also said that after she studied for a while, she would let me see the property under her name!

"Amitabha!" Wang smiled with her teeth showing. "The old lady is really a living Bodhisattva! Daughter! You have finally grasped the root of the problem! Let me tell you, even though men pretend to be nice... in fact, they are all snobbish! What they like most is a woman who can bring him benefits!"

"Good Wenwen, that old lady has quite a lot of assets. If I give you some, Xu Ke won't dare to look down on you anymore!"

"He won't look down on his daughter..." Mo Wen smiled: He will just ignore me.

"Mom, aren't you and Dad going to Xu's house tomorrow? Mo Yi and the prince are going."

"Mother really wants to go! But, it's not as good to get along with in-laws like this as with ordinary relatives. Your father said: Just be polite and considerate on weekdays, don't be too warm. I'm afraid that if we get to know each other too much, if we say or do something impolite, it will directly affect you, and then the gain will outweigh the loss. We plan to go to the Liang family tomorrow. We've made an appointment with your aunt..."

"Are we going to Jing'an Marquis's Mansion?"

"No, we're going to the Liang family. We're all commoners, and we're very nervous to go to the Marquis' Mansion to meet those noble ladies. We'll go when Liang You holds the banquet to receive the title."

As the mother and daughter were talking, the maid called out from outside: "Madam, the prince is back with our princess!"

"Hey, Wenwen, come here quickly!" Wang pulled Mo Wen out of the door.

"Don't be fooled by men pretending to be nice... In fact, they are all snobbish! What they like most is a woman who can bring him benefits!"

————Does anyone feel the same?

"In-laws, it's better to visit with ordinary relatives and friends. Your father said: Just be polite and considerate on weekdays, don't be too warm. I'm afraid that if we get to know each other too much, if we say or do something impolite, it will directly affect you, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."

————Does anyone feel the same?

Oh, my dears, I have said such wise words, the next chapter may be late...

Hehe, my head is really full of mush and I can’t write anything crude.