The third son's wife is always causing trouble. She's pregnant and should be resting at home, but she insists on going everywhere. She's only two months away from giving birth, and she's already gone back to her hometown.
They're all in the capital; there's hardly anyone left in their hometowns, so if anything happens, there's no one to help them.
The third brother, a grown man, is bound to be careless sometimes. What if he doesn't take good care of her, a pregnant woman?
Especially regarding food, she's been on the road for so long that she definitely hasn't had a chance to eat properly. I don't understand why a pregnant woman would deliberately put herself through such suffering. As an elder, I really can't comprehend it.
Most importantly, it seems that the third son's wife plans to do business wherever she goes. Every time she writes a letter, the content is related to business, which is really speechless.
Now her family is not short of money, and their wealth is enough to support the next generation. I really don't know why she is still working so hard.
"They just won't stop! Don't they even know they're pregnant? Why can't they wait until after the baby is born? Why do they have to do this now!"
Sun grumbled and cursed, but the heartache and worry on her face betrayed her true thoughts.
Lianhua hadn't expected Aunt Jiu Niang to be so capable. She had just made such a big deal in Qianzhou, and now she had another idea for Changzhou.
Moreover, this was entirely for the benefit of the people of Changzhou; there was no consideration for whether it would make money, and the intention was simply to do some good deeds.
"Grandma, don't be angry. Aunt Jiu Niang is doing a good thing! She must have gone to Changzhou and seen that the people there were not doing well, so she wanted to help them. Although she can't help everyone, she can help a small number of people get rich first."
Lianhua smiled and took Sun's arm to comfort her, and Yu and the others also chimed in, but Sun's mood was still not very good.
It's one thing for the second child's family to go on a long trip, but at least they had a baby and the baby was old enough to travel far before they went, and they brought quite a few people with them, so at least their safety could be guaranteed.
But the actions of the third son's family were not quite right. The three of them, plus the baby in her belly, just went like that, without any attendants or anyone to protect them. Not only was there no one to take care of them on the way, but you can imagine how much suffering the pregnant woman must have endured.
If it were someone else who caused this, she could have helped scold them a bit, but it was the pregnant woman who brought it on herself, so there's really no one to talk to!
"Why should I be angry? I'd be too busy having her bothering me every day to have any peace and quiet!"
Sun rolled her eyes, looking smug.
Lianhua and Madam Yu exchanged a glance, their faces showing understanding.
I was promoted by Aunt Jiu Niang herself, and when Aunt Jiu Niang left, she instructed me to cultivate more useful talents. During this time, Lotus has been doing these things, providing Aunt Jiu Niang with reliable talents at any time, so arranging for people to go there is not difficult, it just requires some further arrangements.
Thinking that things in Changzhou couldn't be delayed, and that it would take a long time to get there from here, she said to Madam Yu and Madam Sun, "Grandma, Mother, I'll go arrange the manpower first."
Since getting engaged to Lei Zi, she has started calling Lu Laoda and Yu Shi's parents by their names, and she's gotten used to it now.
"Okay, go ahead and get busy."
Yu waved her hand, telling Lianhua and Leizi to go about their business, while she chatted with Sun.
“Mother, if you’re really worried, why don’t we go to Changzhou with the trainees this time? It’s been years since I’ve been back to my hometown, and I really miss it. I want to see how Changzhou is now.”
Yu clung to Sun's arm, her gesture somewhat coquettish.
During this period, she stopped going to the restaurant so often, handing over the business to her subordinates and only occasionally going there herself. She no longer treated herself like a beast of burden.
Especially now that the second and third wives have gone out, only the eldest wife's family is at home with the two elders. They can't just ignore everything, so recently she has been accompanying Mrs. Sun to the teahouse to listen to storytelling, which is quite interesting.
"What would I go there for! That third son's wife wanted to go out herself, so she should suffer a bit. Otherwise, she won't know how good things are at home!"
Sun snorted coldly, looking like she didn't want to pay any attention to her.
Yu was amused by her words and said, "Mother, please don't say that. My third sister-in-law's trip wasn't really for fun. It was all for the court and the people of Beiyan! You don't know, they've done a lot of good things for the court and the people along the way. They send a letter to the palace every few days. Don't you know that?"
To avoid attracting attention, sometimes Lu Baichuan's letters to the emperor were delivered to the Lu family, and then by Madam Sun and Madam Yu to the palace for the empress, who in turn gave them to the emperor. So they knew that the letters must be about matters of the court.
On the surface, Lu Baichuan was on temporary leave, but in reality, he did more than he did when he was in the court.
Previously, the emperor was wary of their family and deliberately made things difficult for them at banquets. The Lu family was not without anger, but emperors have always acted this way, so they just needed to do their own thing.
Furthermore, since the emperor later humbled himself and spoke those words to Lu Baichuan, those barriers no longer existed. Therefore, Madam Sun and Madam Yu maintained a good relationship with the empress to facilitate the transmission of messages.
Sun was silent for a moment, then looked up at Yu and said, "Why do you suddenly want to go back to your hometown? If you want to go, then pack your things and go. I'll ask the old man if he's going too."
After saying that, he got up with a sullen face and walked towards his own yard.
Yu: ...
She couldn't help but laugh out loud. It's true that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Her own old lady is becoming more and more adorable!
"Alright, alright, I'll go pack my things right away. But should we tell my third brother and the others that we're going back first?"
She chased after her and asked, but Mrs. Sun replied irritably, "Why would I tell them when I'm going back to my hometown? Don't I have the right to make my own decisions?"
Mrs. Yu smiled broadly: "Alright, alright, then we won't tell them."
When Jiang Jiuniang received Lianhua's reply, she was sitting under a tree enjoying the cool air, learning from Zhang Saozi how to make tiger-head shoes for children.
Originally, she never wanted to try such a thing, but life in the countryside was so boring. Every day she either chatted and listened to gossip or slept in the house. When she saw that Sister Zhang was making little shoes for her unborn child, she suddenly became interested and followed suit.
After failing 108 times, she finally threw the needle and thread back into the small basket.
"Forget it, I'm not learning this. I'm just not cut out for this!"
Aunt Zhang laughed happily: "It's alright, I'll make it for the child, you can play over there!"
Just then, Gou'er ran back from outside, excitedly saying, "Mommy, Sister Lotus has sent a letter!"
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