Tong Cheng'er felt it was all only right: "Second sister-in-law, you're too kind."
Shu Yu: "Fine, I won't stand on ceremony with you."
Tong Cheng'er smiled and said, "That's more like it. By the way, Second Sister-in-law, Mother said you probably haven't eaten since this morning. I asked the kitchen to prepare some food for you."
Shu Yu did feel a bit hungry, so she didn't refuse.
"Thank you for your help, little sister."
Tong Cheng'er felt relieved when she heard Shu Yu talk about her younger sister. Now that Shu Yu had entered their family, she would be one of them.
"Second sister-in-law, you're too kind."
Tong Cheng'er said to Ru Lan, "Go to the kitchen and bring over the food I ordered."
Rulan smiled and replied "Yes," then went out to serve the food.
While waiting for the meal, Tong Cheng'er told Shu Yu about the situation in the mansion: "There aren't many masters in our mansion. Even with my second sister-in-law, there are only seven or eight. Mother is very lenient about paying respects to us. We can just have breakfast with Mother from time to time. Only when there is a big happy event in the family will the whole family gather together for lunch or dinner."
"Furthermore, Mother doesn't interfere with matters in Second Brother's room, so Second Sister-in-law can make her own decisions about all matters, big and small, in Second Brother's room without having to ask Mother for permission."
"Also, our family's ancestor set a rule that a man can only take a concubine if he is forty years old and has no children. So, Second Sister-in-law, you can keep an eye on Second Brother. If he does something wrong in this regard, just tell Mother, and Mother will punish him severely."
"..."
Tong Cheng'er talked on and on, not for any other reason than hoping that her second brother and sister-in-law could live in harmony.
However, the reason why the topic of taking a concubine came up was because when Tong Cheng'er came in, she saw two maids in the courtyard who were quite good-looking and liked to dress up.
Tong Cheng'er remembered what her mother had once said: when Manchu women marry off their daughters, they are afraid that their husbands will favor concubines and neglect their wives. Therefore, they will find several good-looking maids to accompany them as part of the dowry. If needed in the future, they can be given to their husbands to have their faces painted. Those two maids were probably meant to be used for that purpose.
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