Chapter 29: Her parents-in-law urged her to have a baby, very urgently
Before the old general put his hand into his arms, he heard his daughter-in-law calling him "Dad".
He immediately looked at his daughter-in-law tremblingly.
Oh my, he is finally an old man with a daughter-in-law. The word "Dad" really touched his heart and made him so happy that he didn't know what to do.
Looking at the teacup his daughter-in-law handed to him, he laughed heartily, "Wait a minute, Dad will give you the money for changing your name first, then you can drink your tea!"
Shen Yuanwei was helpless, "Dad, Mom has already given a lot..."
The old general was very proud. "She gave it to you with her heart, and Daddy also prepared it for you. Look, Daddy is no worse than Mommy!"
He refused to take Shen Yuanwei's teacup, but took out a stack of land deeds from his arms and placed them on the mat where Shen Yuanwei was kneeling.
"These are some fields that my father bought. Some are near the capital, and some are near the border. You should keep them well and don't lose them. The shop will suffer losses, but the rent from the fields will be enough to support you for a lifetime."
Shen Yuanwei was flattered.
"Dad, this is too expensive. I..."
The old general looked at her with a smile.
"What's so valuable about this? Ling Zhao is our only child. Since you don't dislike Ling Zhao and are willing to marry him, the Xiao family's things should be given to you. When you are familiar with our family inside and out, your mother will slowly hand over everything in the family to you."
Shen Yuanwei suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
She only likes to spend money and doesn't like to manage accounts. Managing accounts is so tiring.
But inheriting the family business is a sign of her parents' trust and love for her, so how could she refuse?
She could only thank them, "Thank you for your kindness, Dad. Please have some tea first, and we can talk about those things later."
The old general nodded yes, took the teacup, opened the lid, tilted his head back and drank the tea in one gulp.
The old lady sipped her tea and glanced sideways at her husband with amusement.
He only needed to take a sip, but he drank it all. How happy was this old man?
The old lady smiled and held Shen Yuanwei's arm. "Dad and mom have already had their tea. Good boy, get up quickly."
Shen Yuanwei's left arm was held by the old lady. When she was about to stand up, Xiao Lingzhao held her right arm and helped her up.
She looked up at Xiao Lingzhao.
Xiao Lingzhao curled his lips gently and whispered in her ear, "Thank you for accepting me and my parents."
Shen Yuanwei raised her eyebrows.
What is there to thank her for?
Now that you're married, isn't it your duty to change your ways?
Besides, she was given so much silver.
Shen Yuanwei glanced at the treasure on the mat again and again. Xiao Lingzhao followed her gaze and immediately understood what she meant.
There was smile in his eyes and eyebrows.
Yuan Wei, who loves money, is also very cute.
"Dad, Mom, since this is for my Yuan Wei, I will keep it for her."
As he spoke, he bent down and collected all the gold ingots, silver bills and deeds on the cushion. He did not hand them over to the guards, but put them in his arms.
How could he let the guards help him carry his wife's things? He had to carry them himself.
Shen Yuanwei was very satisfied with his performance.
The old general and his wife were both amused and confused.
Their son has plenty of money, and he doesn't even care about his own money. He helps his wife get these little things, and he acts like he's carrying some priceless treasure. It's really...
The old lady shook her head in amusement and motioned for her son and daughter-in-law to sit down and talk.
Shen Yuanwei looked at the empty flower hall and asked curiously, "Mom, don't we have any other relatives? How come there is not a single relative?"
The old lady said gently, "Yes, but they are all at the border."
The old general nodded, "Your grandfather married your grandmother when he was stationed in the north, so your grandmother's relatives are all in the north. As for your mother, I met your mother when I was stationed in the south, so your uncles and aunts are also in the south. As for the Xiao family, there are not many people left. Our Xiao family has been generals for generations, and many of them died on the battlefield. There are not many children who survived."
The old lady smiled and said, "You got married in a hurry yesterday and didn't have time to inform your uncle and aunt. I just wrote to them last night and told them not to rush over. When you two are free, you can go and pay your respects to the elders."
The old general glanced at his son and daughter-in-law secretly, and said, "Or they can wait until your child is born and then rush to the capital to attend the full moon banquet."
As soon as the old general finished speaking, the old lady turned around and twisted his arm fiercely, staring at him and said, "Do you know how to speak? How can you talk about this right after getting married? Isn't this putting pressure on your daughter-in-law?"
The old lady turned her head and looked at Shen Yuanwei, smiling again, "Yuanwei, don't listen to your father's nonsense. We are not in a hurry. As long as you two have a good relationship, there is no rush to have children. It's okay to have another one in three to five years, seven to eight years. We will be satisfied if we can see our grandchildren born before we die."
The old general covered his twisted arm and looked at his wife with grievance.
Humph, Madam is only fifty-seven this year, so of course she still has seven or eight years to live, but he is already sixty-one, so he may not live to that age...
He just wanted to see his grandson born before he died. He had lost six children, and Ling Zhao was the only one left in the Xiao family. He just wanted to see someone to carry on the Xiao family...
The old general didn't want his daughter-in-law to misunderstand him, so he told Shen Yuanwei.
"Don't worry, daughter-in-law. Daddy is really not forcing you to have children. Daddy just wants you to know how I want to hold my grandchildren. After all, Daddy is old and I don't know how many years I have left to live..."
He sighed, "Although I will be happy even in the underworld if you bring the children to my grave and tell me after I die, I will be happier if you can hug my grandchildren while you are still alive and spend a year or two with them."
Shen Yuanwei looked at the old general who spoke softly.
She felt a little ashamed as she had just drunk a full bowl of contraceptive soup.
It is a very simple wish for a white-haired old woman in her sixties to have grandchildren, but she really doesn't want to have them now.
She lived to her twenties in modern times, but when she traveled to the Great Yong Dynasty, the ball of light made her body return to the state of eighteen years old. It was too early to have a child at this age, and it would be very harmful to the body.
She was totally not ready to have a baby.
Xiao Lingzhao glanced sideways at his wife.
Of course he has to deal with the pressure from his parents. How can he just sit there and watch while his wife, who is not familiar with his parents, has to deal with it?
Xiao Lingzhao reached out and held Shen Yuanwei's fingers in his palm, then looked up and told his parents.
"Dad, let's talk about having a baby in a year or two."
"You also know that I have been ill for a whole year, and I have taken countless medicines during this period. It is said that medicine is three-quarters poisonous. No one knows how much poison is left in my body now. If I give birth to a child now, I am afraid that Yuan Wei will miscarry during pregnancy. Even if she can give birth, I am afraid that the child will be born weak, which will harm the child for life."
"I want to wait a year or two until the toxins in my body are almost eliminated, and then discuss having a child with Yuan Wei."
He looked at the old general with a smile.
"Dad, you do want a grandson, but you want a plump, healthy grandson who can support the family. You don't want a sickly grandson who can't even draw a bow and arrow, right?"
The old general was stunned.
It seems to make sense.
Although he would not mind if his son and daughter-in-law gave him a sickly grandson, if he had a choice, he still wanted a healthy and capable grandson.
He didn't want his daughter-in-law to bring her grandson to visit his grave in the future, and for her grandson to cry and point at his grave and curse him:
It was you, Xiao Zhen, this old man who killed me. If you hadn't forced my mother to give birth to me when my father was not in good health, how could I be in such a terrible sickly state? It's all your fault, you old man. It's better for you to die. If you didn't die, I would have beaten you to death!
Thinking of that scene, the old general shuddered.
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