When Sun Yannan returned to her courtyard, she saw Shi Wei waiting for her. Seeing her sister-in-law coming back, Shi Wei said, "Sister-in-law, I will not marry into the Yan family anymore."
Seeing Shi Wei's listless dejection, Sun Yannan asked, "Have you truly made up your mind, or have you suffered a setback?"
Shi Wei said, "All of them. Let my grandmother, mother, and sister-in-law discuss my marriage. I have no opinion on when to marry or who to marry. I will work hard to live a good life after I get married."
Sun Yannan was completely confused after hearing this. He just felt that Shi Wei's current condition seemed a little strange, but since she gave up marrying into the Yan family, it was also a good thing. As for other things, they could be dealt with slowly. Maybe there were still some knots in her heart, which would be untied over time. There was no need to rush the marriage.
Thinking of this, Sun Yannan smiled and said, "Okay, then you can go and tell Grandmother that we will return to the Yan family first. But I can't completely ignore my own marriage. If my sister-in-law finds a suitable one, she will definitely ask you first."
After Shi Wei left, Sun Yanan remembered that her father-in-law Shi Chongwen had just proposed to adopt the orphan.
When adopting a child, do you only take care of the child's food, clothing and other expenses, or do you also need to establish a clan temple, change the family tree, change the name and surname, and allow the child to participate in the distribution and inheritance of the family business in the future?
So everyone looked at Shi Zhongwen, waiting for him to finish his words. He seemed to know that if it was the second case, this would not be so easy.
He said, "There's no need to go through the trouble of opening a clan temple. Just adjust the monthly allowance, food, clothing, housing and transportation to Yue'er's standards.
There's no need to open a separate courtyard for him right now. Let him stay with me first. After a year, when he's familiar with the ups and downs of the mansion and understands the rules, I can open a separate courtyard for him, closer to mine, and that'll be all."
Since this was the case, no one said much. Old Madam Shi was still immersed in the joy of having twins. Raising an orphan, especially the orphan of a teacher who worked with Shi Zhongwen in the academy, was also a good deed. So the matter was settled.
Just thinking about the look in the child's eyes just now, Sun Yanan always felt a chill on his back.
Peng Jing also had the same doubts. Although Shi Chongwen was no longer the same person she remembered, she was still familiar with some of Shi Chongwen's little movements after all, as they had been sleeping together for several years. For example, when he was lying or nervous, he would rub his index finger and thumb constantly.
So which part of what he just said was a lie? Or all of it?
Peng Jing and Sun Yanan sent people to the child's hometown, Dengjia Village, and confirmed the child's birth, height, appearance, and even the mole under his brow.
He went to the academy after his biological father Deng Yaozu passed away in the past two years, and his appearance has not changed much.
The child lived in the front yard. He was very well-behaved and quiet. Sometimes the timidity in his eyes, as if he was living under someone else's roof, made people feel sympathetic.
Maybe I'm thinking too much.
After the Shi family politely declined the Yan family's proposal, the young master of the Yan family left Pingchang County, claiming he was going to travel the vast landscape of the region. It's said that before the Shi family declined, the Yan family wouldn't let him go, presumably believing that if the Shi family agreed, the Yan family would force him to marry.
Shi Wei heard about it and came to Sun Yannan: "I also want to travel around the country."
Sun Yannan asked, "Do you want to follow in the footsteps of the young master of the Yan family and travel to the ends of the earth together?"
Shi Wei said, "No, he goes his way and I go mine. I just think his method is good.
My grandmother and mother wouldn't let me, so my sister-in-law went to talk to them on my behalf."
Sun Yannan said, "Once you learn how to ride a horse, I'll help you talk."
Shi Wei found the Lu family and studied there for half a year.
She came back to see Sun Yannan, who said, "It's not safe for a girl like you to travel alone. I'm entrusting you to the Lu family's traveling merchant cavalry. Each time you join a cavalry, you'll take a different route and see different scenery."
So Shi Wei traveled with a horse team. When she returned home half a year later, the twin boys and girls born by Sun Yanan were already a hundred days old.
The two little guys were so cute, like two magnets, attracting Madam Shi and Peng Jing to run to Sun Yanan's yard three times a day.
Even Shi Chongwen, who had nothing to do with them and had always lived in the front yard, couldn't help but hug this pink ball and then that pink ball when he saw them for the first time.
Sun Yanan has taken over half of the Shi family's business, and Mrs. Shi has further delegated power.
Three months later, when the two little kids were half a year old, Shi Wei set out again with the Lu family's cavalry.
More than half a year later, not long after Shi Wei returned home, the Lu family came to propose marriage.
Sun Yannan asked Shi Wei, and Shi Wei said that she would listen to the arrangements at home. Sun Yannan then said, "Sister-in-law feels that the Lu family's assets are a little small, not as good as the Sui family in Shazhou County."
Shi Wei said anxiously, "Sister-in-law, why are you like this? Even if it's first come first served, wasn't it the Lu family who proposed first?"
When she found out that it was Sun Yanan teasing her, she left after saying, "Don't ask for too much betrothal gift."
When Shi Yue saw this, he couldn't help but say, "What a betrayal!"
By the time Shi Wei's wedding was complete, Sun Yannan had taken over the entire Shi family. Old Mrs. Shi really began to drink tea, chat, and tease her great-grandson.
Mrs. Lu no longer cared about things. The two old ladies often went together. Mrs. Shi said, "That old lady said that when she was young, she led a horse team to open the way. She did not wear the same clothes or buy the same hairpins as her handkerchief friend.
Now that I'm old, I can't afford to be embarrassed if I'm asked to dress like her and go out for tea. "
A few days later, Sun Yanan saw two old ladies dressed alike. Old Lady Shi looked unhappy, and Old Lady Lu was greeting people everywhere, fearing that others would not see their attire.
Sun Yannan suppressed his laughter and told the carriage to take a detour.
The smile on Sun Yannan's face faded only when Xiaotian came to her to report something.
Xiaotian said, "Madam, the granary keeper Gan Lin's wife was having a very dangerous birth at first, and couldn't give birth for a long time. But she recovered later, and both mother and child are safe.
The midwife said she was terrified. The situation was very similar to the birth of Deng Yaozu's wife at the academy more than ten years ago. However, the Deng family's wife was not as lucky as the Gan family's wife. The child was born with a purple complexion and died soon after. The Deng family's wife also passed away later.
Sun Yannan was surprised and asked, "So Deng Yaozu's child died at birth?"
"Yes, it was the same matchmaker who delivered the baby. Because both mother and child died, she was deeply impressed."
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