But what he didn't know was that the first time Lian Niang came to the manor to shelter from the rain was an accident, and the second time was intentional.
It was because when she came for the first time, Mrs. Shen Er learned from their conversation that she was a widow, and thought that her life must not be easy, so when she left, she gave her a lot of things.
When she came the second time, she also gave her a lot of things. In order to avoid embarrassing her, Mrs. Shen did not give them to her in person, but asked the servants to give them to her when she left.
Thus, this caused a misunderstanding. Lian Niang thought that this thing was given by Mr. Shen Er, the head of the family.
Because every time I came to hide from the rain, Mr. Shen was at home, and he would accompany me and chat with me politely.
Later, in order to take care of her, the villagers arranged for her to clean the Mother and Child Mountain Bodhisattva Temple, and gave her some silver subsidies every month.
The two met at the foot of the mountain several times and talked a few times, which deepened the misunderstanding between them. They both mistakenly thought that the other was interested in them.
Mr. Shen treated Lian Niang as his confidant, but Lian Niang treated Mr. Shen as a cash cow. As a widow, no one would marry her, and she didn't dare to hope for anything. She just thought that if there was someone who was willing to support her life and would not force her or ruin her reputation, it would be a blessing from God.
Mr. Shen was very generous and although he admired her, he never did anything excessive. It was much better than just right there. So she always created some opportunities to meet him and said some words to please Mr. Shen.
But after getting to know her for a long time, she found that Mr. Shen only treated her as a confidant and talked to her about everything, but never considered the difficulties of her life. Even after Mrs. Shen left, he gradually began to complain about the difficulties of being a housekeeper.
When she realized that this man was just treating her as a spiritual support, she began to distance herself from him.
After all, relying on men is unreliable, and you have to rely on yourself. It would be more practical to make a few more pairs of shoes and embroider a few more handkerchiefs.
In the eyes of Mr. Shen, Lian Niang was also a secular woman, who had unclear dealings with the villagers for the job of cleaning the Bodhisattva Temple.
After all, I was wrong!
When he came to his senses, he began to regret it and thought about going back to the city to pick up Second Madam Shen, but he was worried about leaving the old man alone in the countryside, so he begged the old man to go back to the city with him and stay in the Shen Mansion for a few days, under the pretext of waiting for the birth of the baby in his eldest sister-in-law's belly.
Therefore, when he saw the happy scene of his eldest brother's family, he became even more annoyed. Why did he and his wife end up living apart?
What made him even more upset was that Shen Lao San came back very quickly, but he came back alone.
"Uncle, my aunt said that since it's the Shen family's family dinner, she, an outsider, won't be attending. She wants you to eat and drink well. If you want to go back to stay at night, please send her a message in advance so she can make your bed!"
Shen Lao San's words made his face even uglier.
But he considered himself a scholar, so he forced himself to smile. "Forget it, don't worry about her. Your aunt's temper has become increasingly strange in the past two years, and her words have become increasingly unreasonable. What's the point of calling her an outsider? Since she married into the Shen family, she is a member of the Shen family..."
Mr. Shen shook his head. This second son had become too pedantic due to his excessive reading. He was too obsessed with face. He didn't want to persuade him anymore and just let him figure it out slowly on his own.
Shen Changfu thought more about it. The old man had returned home, and the second master of the Shen family had also returned. The whole family was celebrating the Lantern Festival in the Shen Mansion, but the wife of the second room was alone in the mansion. If outsiders knew about this, who knows what rumors would spread.
He smiled and patted Shen Changgui's shoulder, "Second brother, this woman needs to be coaxed, don't be so pretentious, go back in person, pick up your sister-in-law and my nephew, and let's have a reunion dinner together..."
Shen Chaonan also found a way out for him, "Second Uncle, you haven't been back to the house since you came back, right? It's just right to go back. Dinner will start when you and your aunt come."
They were all surnamed Shen, and the eyes of men from three generations, old, middle-aged and young, encouraged Master Shen to give up his meaningless face.
He said a little embarrassedly, "Then I'll go back to the mansion and be back soon."
But they had been gone for only a cup of tea when his servant came back with a message, telling the old master and the eldest master not to wait for them to eat, and that they would not come today but would visit tomorrow!
Seeing that the melon that was in her hands had slipped away again, Madam Shen had no choice but to send Nanny Wang to ask the servants who served the old master during the meal, and she pieced together a general idea.
When she rested at night, she deliberately asked Shen Changfu to follow her back to her room.
Ever since she found out she was pregnant, she had sent the man to her concubine's room and focused on taking good care of her own baby. Occasionally, when Mr. Shen wanted to stay overnight, she would find various excuses to ask him to leave in the name of the fetus.
After listening to the opinions of my three daughters-in-law today, I changed my mind.
She lay on her side on the bed, and instructed Master Shen to get some pillows, putting one in front of her stomach and one behind her waist. When she was completely comfortable, she ordered again, "Master, bring me some fruit."
Nanny Wang had already retreated to the door, and they were the only two in the room. Shen Changfu did not mind the trouble and turned around to pick up an apple from the table and handed it to them.
Madam Shen raised her eyebrows and said, "Master, please peel it for me."
peel?
Shen Changfu stared at the apple in his hand for two seconds. He didn't know how to do it either!
"king……"
He opened his mouth and wanted to call Nanny Wang outside the door to come in, but Madam Shen interrupted him before he could say a word.
"Master, your daughter wants to eat the apple peeled by her father."
Shen Changfu opened his mouth, but finally sat down at the table, picked up the fruit knife, and slowly began to peel the fruit.
Because he was afraid of cutting his hands, he cut them very seriously. Mrs. Shen looked at his unfamiliar look and began to reflect that this man should not be spoiled too much and should be ordered around.
She gave birth to his children, endured the pain of pregnancy for ten months, and suffered the hardship of raising the children, but let him act like a boss to other women.
No matter how you think about it, you feel aggrieved.
I don't know what he was thinking at the time, but he listened to his sister-in-law and brought a concubine home. Once this started, he was asked to find another one.
It turns out that while he was enjoying the happiness of having many wives, I still foolishly felt guilty and thought that I couldn't make him suffer.
This time, she will learn from her three daughters-in-law.
After Shen Changfu peeled the apple, she asked him to cut it into small pieces and put them on a plate. Then she started eating it in small bites.
She woke up in the middle of the night and felt a little hungry, so she woke up Shen Changfu again and asked him to get her some snacks.
After several nights of this, Shen Changfu couldn't help but sigh, "Is pregnancy always this hard for women?"
Madam Shen curled her lips and said, "Master, this is only one-third. When I was pregnant with the three Dong'er brothers, I was even more annoyed than this!"
When talking about the time when she was pregnant with and gave birth to her third child, Mrs. Shen still remembers it vividly. She really went through the gates of hell and came back.
Therefore, for this pregnancy, she had already found doctors, midwives and others in advance, and she also did exercises for pregnant women with her three daughters-in-law every day, hoping that this time the birth would be smooth.
However, when the day came for the birth, something went wrong.
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