Chapter 84 Isn’t it because he is old and doesn’t take a bath?
"Cui Ping? A Ping?" Only then did Mr. Cui remember his illegitimate son.
"That's him." Cui Si smiled, "Brother Cui Ping has always been considerate. In the past two years, my third brother has handed over many of the second house's affairs to him.
He also has a good relationship with Ah Hao. Father, if you want to adopt someone for your fifth uncle, Brother Cui Ping is the most suitable."
Mr. Cui thought about it for a moment and felt that it was a good idea.
"No, no." Song Rou disagreed again, "Cui Ping is just a concubine's son, how can he become a legitimate son? If... if you must adopt him, Wu Lang is the most suitable..."
Cui Si's face turned cold upon hearing this. "You don't want to give your son to someone else for adoption, so you're targeting my mother? Do you think she'd agree?"
"Why, are you bullying her because she's not in this world and can't speak?"
Song Rou's face turned pale, her eyes turned red, and then tears fell.
He looked as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Cui Si was really fed up with her: "If you can't stand seeing others do well, if you give birth to a son, then give your son away for adoption.
Otherwise, don't care whether he is a legitimate son or a bastard's son.
If my grandmother and father agree, my elder brother Cui Ping agrees, Ah Hao agrees, and my third and fifth brothers and I all agree, then the matter can be settled."
"But I don't agree."
"Then you can give birth to a son and adopt him out. Otherwise, you can adopt out your ninth brother, and we have no objection."
Cui Si felt strange.
According to Song Rou's personality, she only has her husband and children in her eyes. It is understandable that she does not agree to give her child away for adoption, but it is a bit wrong that she also disagrees with Cui Ping's adoption.
"Why don't you agree to Brother Cui Ping's adoption?"
"I...I..."
"Why?" Cui Si raised her eyebrows and squinted her eyes slightly to look at Song Rou, as if she could see through her completely.
Song Rou was so frightened by her eyes that she almost knelt down, and hurriedly said: "If Cui Ping becomes the legitimate son, then won't the Cui family's private property be divided with him? I... I..."
private property?
Cui Si remembered this.
The Cui family has family property, which is not distributed among the family members. Instead, after the accounts are reconciled at the end of each year, some of it is given to the family members according to their status and merits. It is considered the common assets of the family.
But in addition to these, there is also private property.
Although the second wife was not as good at business as the third wife, she had accumulated a lot over two generations. Every time a legitimate son got married, she would give him a portion of the private property to subsidize his daily expenses and support his wife and children.
The more people there are, the less they get; the fewer people there are, the more they get.
Moreover, only legitimate sons can score points, and illegitimate sons are not eligible.
Cui Si looked at Song Rou and smiled: "What do you want with those private properties? Before you married in, didn't you say that you wanted to marry my father just because you liked him, just for him as a person?"
Isn’t it because he is old and doesn’t take a bath?
"Why, now you're eyeing the second wife's private property? Could it be that everything you said before was a lie?"
"No, no!" Song Rou immediately shook her head and denied it. "I'm not thinking about the Cui family's private property. It's... it's my mother who said that if I give birth to another son, I can get more. I... I..."
She just wanted her son to get more of the private property!
Master Cui: “…”
Cui Si was also speechless. She had thought that she had some great abilities, but she didn't expect that she was so short-sighted and only cared about that little piece of land.
Even if there was one less Cui Ping, even if she could have two sons, how much more would that be?
Even if Cui Changyou doesn't get married and has no son, this share still has to be divided among four people, okay?
Cui Si looked at Master Cui Er and said, "Third brother had this plan before. He thought it would be most appropriate for Brother Cui Ping to be adopted by Fifth Uncle. Please discuss this matter with Third brother when he returns."
"As for your affairs as a couple, you can resolve them yourselves."
After saying this, Cui Si turned around and left. She really didn't want to stay there for a moment.
When it was almost nightfall, Old Mrs. Xu came back from outside and heard about the couple's quarrel. When she learned that Cui Si had gone to mediate, she called her over and asked her the reason.
Cui Si talked about the matter and mentioned Cui Ping's matter.
Old Madam Xu frowned and pondered for a long time. She said nothing good or bad, but only said to Cui Jing: "Your third brother is a good man. He misses your fifth uncle and his brothers and wants him to have the status of a 'legitimate child'."
"It's just that changing a concubine's daughter to a legitimate wife is always a bit inappropriate. Ah Hao's case is an exception. Although the clan doesn't recognize it, her parents have worshipped heaven and earth. Even if Cui doesn't recognize her, she is still a concubine. If Cui does, she can still be a legitimate wife."
"Speaking of which, if Song gave birth to a son, it would be most appropriate to adopt him under the name of your fifth uncle."
"You're saying the same thing as my father. He felt that since he already had three legitimate sons, losing one wouldn't be a big deal. After all, he grew up under his wing, so at most he would call him uncle instead of father."
"But this stepmother is different. Even if she gave birth to sons, she only had two."
"I still think Third Brother's suggestion is the best. Otherwise, you can wait for Younger Uncle. Maybe he'll get married and have ten or eight children. Then you can let him adopt one of them to Fifth Uncle."
Uncle, I'm sorry. For the sake of family harmony, hahaha, please bear with me.
"Ten or eight!" Old Mrs. Xu was furious when she heard this. "If he could just settle down and marry a wife and have one child, I would be thankful."
Cui Si thought about how Cui Changyou had been going through a lot of trouble these days, and she almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
She was afraid that Cui Changyou would be beaten by his mother's crutches, so she didn't dare to say anything more. She just advised Mrs. Xu:
"He believes in fate. Maybe when the time comes, it will come naturally. Just don't worry."
After dealing with the troubles at home and comforting the old lady, Cui Si took Cui Hao to the Jiang family in the early morning of April 18th.
When Cui Yao waited and waited but no one showed up, he sent someone to ask her, only to find out that she had gone out early in the morning.
And I got this reply: My wife said that she had promised Fifth Lady that she would go when she was free, but she has something to do today and has to go to the Jiang family, so she is not free, so we can only go next time.
Cui Yao was so angry that his breathing rose and fell several times. He tried to hold it back, but in the end he couldn't hold it back any longer:
"Cui Si, Cui Si, who do you think you are? How dare you insult me? You are so shameless!"
If Cui Jing had not been appreciated by the King of Northern Yan, how could she have sent an invitation to Cui Si?
She's just a woman who's going to marry a poor boy, so what's the point of inviting her?
"Go, go find her at the Jiang family. If she doesn't come today, don't even think about me sending her invitations again in the future."
"Also, bring Cui Hao here too. If she wants to come, let her come!"
“I want to see what kind of ability she has to win the favor of the King of Beiyan and grant her marriage to General Shen!”
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