Wei Yanyan stormed out of Fushou Hall.
Madam Shi, however, didn't even lift her eyelids and slowly spoke to her son.
"Women, if you don't keep her under control from the beginning, you'll be in for a lot of trouble later."
"Look at you, you even got taken advantage of when you went back to your wife's parents' house."
"If you ask me, those kinds of shameful things are all about who's shameless."
"As long as you're shameless and unafraid of being ugly, you can be even more shameless than them."
"Don't even mention 100,000 taels of silver, you can even make 100,000 taels of silver back."
"First, coax your new wife to settle the household's debts."
"Although He Qiuniang is not very useful, she is still a money tree after all."
"Don't make things awkward, try to coax her as much as possible."
"Mother, you seem to be unusually friendly to He Qiuniang today," Shi Mianzhi said, somewhat surprised.
You should know that his mother usually looked down on He Qiu Niang, who came from a merchant family.
Why would I speak up for her today?
"Ahem..." Old Madam Shi coughed awkwardly.
She did want to be harsh on He Qiuniang.
But the incident of stealing someone's sweaty clothes last time is still there, isn't it?
She wasn't sure if He Qiuniang knew about this.
He didn't dare to treat her as harshly as he used to.
"Don't you know that I'm the kindest and most compassionate old woman?"
Madam Shi gave her son a disapproving look.
He continued, "Wei Yanyan's baby cannot be kept. You decide what to do."
"It would be best to use someone else to do the dirty work and reap the benefits without giving others a reason to criticize us."
"Yes, son knows."
...
In the end, Wei Yanyan still used her dowry money to fill the hole in the Shi family's finances.
This infuriated her so much that she immediately cut back on all the expenses of the Shi family.
Apart from the staff in her own courtyard, the staff and monthly wages in other places were halved.
Her actions caused widespread discontent throughout the Shi family.
Chunhua returned at noon carrying a food box.
Upon hearing the sound, Shi Yu cheered happily on her small bed.
Oh, time to eat! Time to eat!
[Meat, meat, I want to eat meat.]
[Mommy, please pick me up quickly!]
[Sucking...]
Shi Yu craved meat, and drool dripped down the corner of his mouth.
He Qiuniang smiled and stepped forward, picking Shi Yu up from the small bed.
"You little rascal, you always get so excited at mealtimes."
"Your teeth haven't even grown in yet, it's a long way from when you can eat meat."
"I don't need to eat it, I can just look at it."
But when He Qiuniang sat down with Shi Yu in her arms, she wanted to cry.
[Waaaaah...]
My succulents, my succulents are gone!
Radish, cabbage, and pickled vegetables.
[YuYu doesn't want to eat grass, YuYu wants to eat meat, waaaaah...]
Shi Yu felt stifled and wronged.
Her bright, dark eyes were now wet, and her little mouth was clenched, full of accusation.
Upon seeing this, Chunhua felt extremely distressed and immediately stepped forward to explain.
"Madam, the new madam has reduced the expenses."
"Now, apart from the old lady's Fushou Hall and the new lady's courtyard, the entire mansion is filled with dishes like this."
She owes money, she cuts back on expenses, so she cuts corners on my meals?
Shi Yu was furious.
[Mother, let's not eat this grass. Let's take the money and go out for a Manchu Han Imperial Feast.]
Shi Yu thought she was really too smart.
They have no money to suffer, but her mother has money, so why should she suffer with her?
Now that He Qiuniang is wealthy, she naturally won't mistreat herself and her daughter as she used to.
She went along with Shi Yu's suggestion.
"Chunhua, take out some silver later and give 500 taels to each of the three young masters and the eldest young lady."
“Each servant who served him was given two taels of silver.”
"Let them take good care of the young master and young lady."
"Take these radishes, cabbages, and pickled vegetables away."
"Take some more silver and order some food from Tianxianglou."
“I’m still in my postpartum period, so I won’t be frugal with them.”
“What you say is absolutely right, Madam. I’ll go and do it right away.” Chunhua quickly cleared away the vegetarian dishes on the table.
He then instructed the servants in the courtyard to order a table of food from Tianxiang Restaurant for 100 taels of silver and bring it back.
[Sucking...]
It smells so good!
Humans really know how to enjoy life.
Stewed pigeon, braised lion's head meatballs, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, Kung Pao chicken, Dongpo pork...
They all smell so good, I want to eat them all!
When will I finally grow up?!
My daughter is so adorable!
Looking at her little girl whom she had longed for but could not have, He Qiuniang's heart was almost melted.
"Yuyu, you're still too young to eat these things, they'll upset your stomach and cause a tummy ache."
"But don't worry, Mother will eat a little of everything and let you taste it."
He Qiuniang's words only made Shi Yu more heartbroken.
Is my mother showing off that he's an adult and has a mouth to eat?
I'll grow up quickly too, and I'm sure I can eat even more than you.
Is it edible?
He Qiuniang was amused once again by her youngest daughter's thought process.
Beside her, Chunhua served He Qiuniang a bowl of stewed pigeon soup that was tender and flavorful.
"Madam, please have some drink, don't go hungry."
He Qiuniang nodded slightly, picked up the spoon but hadn't put it in her mouth yet when a strong force suddenly came from the side.
"Snap!"
A spoonful of soup landed entirely on Shi Yu's face.
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