At this moment, the two of them seemed like a pair of best friends, complaining about the crapness in their lives.
"Isn't that right?! Aunt Xiuyun entered the mansion when she was six years old. If I want to marry her, I have more than ten years to decide. Why am I hesitating? Am I, Cui Fengying, going to beg and plead to marry into the Qi family? Although the Queen Mother arranged the marriage, it's not like she didn't ask before. She could have declined politely! With his reputation, do you think I can force him to do anything? What a joke!"
The two of them looked at each other and actually smiled in a humorous way.
"Madam, from now on, when I can tell my story, I will tell it to you! These people are totally nonsense!" Wen Yu said coldly with a mocking look on his face.
Madam Qi nodded. This girl is just what I like. "I'll prepare a pot of good wine and make fun of them! But my concubine Xiuyun is not an ordinary person! I don't understand it either: Tan is always pretentious and twisted. She thinks she is very profound, but her mind is there! Very superficial! How could she have such a relative? She is really a beauty...
But in terms of looks... she is much worse than Madam Hu. She is not as good as you either! But... every move she makes has a certain charm, she is extremely elegant and graceful. She is so beautiful that I can't explain it... I always feel that she is either a relative of the Tan family, or someone the Tan family has brought in to win over people..."
"But she was only five or six years old when she entered the mansion, which is too early." Wen Yu helped analyze.
"Yeah, I don't understand either... Let me continue: I gave birth to Qi Xiao, and two months later, Aunt Xiuyun gave birth to Qi Hua..."
Madam Qi was stunned for a while before she continued, "Mrs. Tan said that she loves these two grandsons very much, so much so that she wants to take them to her own yard to raise them. She also claimed that the two little brothers would grow up together and have a good relationship. She also said that I should have a good rest!
Of course I didn't want to, but at that time, I was still a new daughter-in-law, and I was shy. My husband was always busy outside, so we had very little time to meet. This time he came to me and said: You should sympathize with your mother's good intentions, otherwise it would be unfilial..." It was at this moment that she finally realized, how did things turn out like this?
"I had no choice but to let them take it away. I always thought that I would find a chance to get it back."
But how can I get it back?
When Qi Xiao understood things a little, Madam Qi discovered...
"Hehe...How old is Qi Xiao? I called him over and talked to him. He turned and ran away, hiding behind the old lady. Finally, it was said outside that I was dissatisfied with the Tan family and always took it out on my son..."
If she continued like this, she would become a joke. She thought of a way to coax her husband and gave birth to Qi Wu again.
“This time, mother-in-law wanted to do the same thing and take Xiaowu away as well.
But it just so happened that my father-in-law went to Xining and my husband went to Shaanxi... I also changed from a shy new daughter-in-law to a resentful woman. It will not be easy for Tan to control me again! "
Madam Qi protected the yard like an iron barrel, even asking her own family to show up, and turned a deaf ear to the rumors outside.
After trying every possible means to raise funds without success, Tan wrote to her father-in-law and husband to complain.
Mrs. Qi burned the letter from her husband without even reading it.
As a result, she got such a handsome, capable and caring son.
Thinking of Qi Wu, a smile appeared on Mrs. Qi's lips.
"When Xiaowu just started to understand things, my mother-in-law tried her best to win him over and even asked Qi Xiao to bring Xiaowu to her. I really had no choice but to grit my teeth and send Xiaowu out of Beijing to study and get away from that mess."
Time passed quickly and it was time for the sons in the family to get engaged.
As expected, no one asked for his opinion. It was all decided by Tan.
"…The Xu family of Ping An Earl is in decline, the sons are useless, and the women are of poor quality. Xu Minghui is vulgar in appearance and shallow in character. I know that she met Qi Xiao under the arrangement of Tan. But I have no evidence! Qi Xiao is a hero, and Xu Minghui is weak and admires him. He took the initiative to ask to marry her.
So what if I disagree? Tan's family makes the decision! The two of them are actually very happy and in love, but they are still dissatisfied with me and think that I look down on Xu Minghui...
Oh, I really despise her! And then, my reputation as an evil mother-in-law also spread far and wide. "
Speaking of this, Mrs. Qi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Let’s not talk about the wife of the old lady’s grandson Qi Yue, let’s just talk about Wang, the wife of Qi Hua, who was born to Aunt Xiuyun... Family background, talent, rules, dowry, which one can Xu Minghui compare to?
"Now, Madam Tan has passed the household expenses to Xu Minghui, bypassing me. She is in charge of the family's food, drink, and toilet, and can get some money from it. She feels that the grandmother loves her the most, and doesn't even take me, her own mother-in-law, seriously!"
Qi Xiao was actually very happy too!
The elite troops of the Qi family army are in the hands of the Marquis, with Qi Youduan and Qi Yue assisting in their management.
This property in my hometown is also in the hands of the Marquis.
Qi Youyi, with Qi Xiao, ran around everywhere. They went wherever there was work to do, and spent most of their time in Shaanxi. When they were done with their work and returned to the capital, they should be able to bring back some, right? Oh, what a tiring life! "
Even an "outsider" like me can see clearly: my parents-in-law value Qi Youduan and Qi Yue.
Qi Youyi loves Qi Hua, the son of Aunt Xiuyun, the most.
Qi Xiao is the eldest son and grandson, seemingly in control of the Qi family, but what does he have? !
Mrs. Qi kept muttering to herself, venting her dissatisfaction.
"Wen Yu, the Qi family didn't give my Xiaowu anything! The Cui family took care of his study at the Qin family and hired a martial arts master! All the expenses were paid by me as a mother! Xiaowu said that he didn't care about anything in the Qi family. If he wanted something, he had to earn it himself! This is the son I brought up!"
Madam Qi had a proud expression: Those brought up by Cui Fengying herself are the most promising! "Madam is really admirable! After listening for so long, this old lady of the Tan family has arranged her life very clearly: the property will be given to her niece from her mother's family. The power will be given to her biological children and grandchildren..."
"Isn't it?" Madam Qi clapped her hands! "She likes to beat around the bush on weekdays. Even for a small matter, she has to spend a lot of time in advance. She is so tired... But isn't it just that little thing that she wants? I, Cui Fengying, don't care about it at all."
"I asked you to come here today because I wanted to tell you in advance that the old woman had originally planned Xiaowu's marriage. It's so disgusting, I won't say more to you. Before I came back this time, I slapped her face hard!"
"How did you fight?" Wen Yu asked, looking very excited.
"Haha... I spread the word that I had a dream. I dreamed of Madam Zhao - my mother-in-law! She said: I didn't sleep well! Then, I cried and complained that I was unfilial and had never served my mother-in-law, nor had I visited her grave in person. I didn't even know how tall the grass on her grave was."
She spoke with tears in her eyes, which reminded people of...
That's right! The current Madam Qi is the step-wife, and she has an original wife before! Oh, why does the wife have to think about this? Why doesn't Qi Youyi, her biological son, think about it?
Hey! The grace of raising a child is greater than the grace of giving birth to a child!
People in the capital really talked about it for a few rounds, and even though Tan was usually very thick-skinned, he was embarrassed.
For so many years, she had been doing well in the Qi family, showing off her power and prestige. She was very popular among the noble ladies in the capital. I'm afraid she had forgotten that she was just a concubine with no family background...
This is something that I haven't encountered in many years. I was so angry that I actually fell ill.
But she would never let anyone laugh at her, and she smiled and praised the eldest daughter-in-law: She is well-behaved and a good and filial daughter-in-law! Haha...
"Then, I wrote a letter to the Marquis, saying that I would go back to my hometown to repair the ancestral tomb, hold a ritual for my mother-in-law, and repair the house. It would cost a lot of money, and I had to pay from my hometown property."
"My father-in-law may have been forced by me and agreed in a letter. So, I took Xiaowu and Xiaosi back home and took control of the family property."
"Just now, Wen Yu wanted to tell you, why don't you want the Qi family's assets? If you want to give it away, it can be donated during disasters. This is a good idea, but you can't think of it with your ambition. Who gave you the idea?" Wen Yu looked very mischievous.
“Hehehe…” Madam Qi loved her look like this: “It’s a good friend of Xiaowu. Xiaowu is just relaying it. In fact, he doesn’t care about it.”
"This is a great idea!"
Madam Qi was a little embarrassed. "In fact, the big families in Beijing will have more and darker things than ordinary families. I personally selected you, so I have to be responsible for you. I told you this so that you can have a bottom line in your heart. I have arranged a marriage for Xiaowu, and that old woman will definitely continue to be a demon! But, with Xiaowu and I here, you don't have to be afraid!"
"Madam, although Wen Yu only heard what you said, she can understand that if you don't value friendship, you wouldn't be so sad..."
These words made Madam Qi feel emotional. If she had not given birth to Qi Xiao before she figured things out... she would have asked for a divorce and left long ago!
Her family would not despise her. Traveling around, painting the world, how could it be so frustrating? But she gave birth, she was leaving, what should Qi Xiao do? "You found the key to the problem in a flash! Now, let me tell you about my family background..."
Hehe, Wen Yu is going to get some benefits. The twenty-four filial mother-in-law is very generous.