After the fireworks were set off, Yingbao took Wuyang and Wei Zhan home.
But Fan Zhi tried his best to go with them.
Yang had no choice but to let the wet nurse carry Fanzhi and go back with his seventh brother's wife.
Watching a large group of maids escorting the princess away, Yang felt a little lost.
Wu Lang pulled his wife and whispered, "It's okay. Qi Lang and his sister-in-law will take care of him. Fan Zhi won't make a fuss."
Yang was not worried about her son, but she felt a little jealous. Her son actually abandoned his mother for a playmate, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Oh, Fifth Brother's Sister, you are really willing to give up."
Cao walked up to the two of them and joked, "In order to please your seventh brother's wife, you actually gave your son away to live with a servant's child."
Yang frowned, "Sister-in-law, please be careful with your words. How can children playing together be called flattery?"
Wu Lang was also very unhappy, but he was afraid that his wife and sister-in-law would quarrel here, so he took his wife and left.
When Cao saw them leaving, she sneered and turned back.
When she returned to her yard, she saw that her husband had not come back yet. She became angry and ordered her maid to look for him.
Other couples went back to their rooms in pairs, but he just had a few drinks and left, without even watching the fireworks. No one knew what he was doing.
...
No words were spoken that night.
The next day, Yingbao woke up early and was about to get up, but Wei Zhan hugged her waist.
"Lie down for a while." He buried his face in his wife's neck and said softly, "It's nothing anyway. You don't need to go to pay respects to your parents."
Yingbao had no choice but to lie down, and said angrily: "Today is the first day of the new year, we should go to pay New Year's greetings early. It only comes once a year, so don't be late."
"It will be fine in a moment. It won't be too late." Wei Zhan pulled the quilt over to cover both of them.
As a result, when the two got up, washed, and took their two children to Wei's house, their brothers and sisters were already there, waiting for them to eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls.
The head of the Wei family didn't say anything, he just smiled and asked them to sit down.
"Let the kitchen start making dumplings." The head of the Wei family ordered the servants.
The servant responded and quickly ran to the kitchen.
Madam Wang had Wuyang and Fanzhi brought to her side, and sat on the big kang to play. She then handed the cloud cake to their mouths and said, "Come, have a bite, and you will rise step by step."
The two children opened their mouths and ate.
Fanzhi even taught Wuyang how to speak seriously: "Gao Gao."
Wuyang squinted his eyes and imitated: "Gao Gao." After saying that, he proudly pulled Yingbao's sleeve, asking for praise.
Yingbao patted their heads and said, "What smart kids."
The two babies were satisfied and continued to play the talking game.
Yingbao looked at them for a while and thought that she should buy them some educational toys.
Games like tangram, Kongming lock, nine linked rings, etc., although they play these too early, who can tell how talented the children are
"Seventh Aunt." A teenage girl walked up to Yingbao and said with a smile, "Can I live with you?"
"Why do you want to live with me?" Yingbao was curious.
She recognized the child as Cao's daughter Yuzhu.
Yuzhu's eyes flickered and she said, "I, I want to be your daughter."
Yingbao was stunned, but Madam Wang frowned and said calmly, "Yuzhu, dinner is almost ready, go find your mother."
Yuzhu was somewhat indignant, but she did not dare to disobey her grandmother, so she had to leave the main house.
Madam Wang turned to Ying Bao and said, "If anyone else behaves in a way that doesn't make sense, just chase them away."
She had no good feelings towards the children born to these concubines, especially the illegitimate children born to her husband's childhood sweetheart.
When he was poisoned by the chronic poison, all signs pointed to the first and second concubines, as well as their illegitimate children. However, Old Dog Wei said that they were kind and innocent, and refused to hand them over to the authorities.
Finally, the two concubines were sent to the Wei family temple to practice, and Lao Gou provided them with good food and drink every month.
Therefore, Mrs. Wang completely gave up on the head of the Wei family.
If it weren't for the fact that her son was still young and needed her protection, and she didn't want to give away the Wei family business that she had worked so hard to build, Wang Jin would have divorced Wei Shixian at that time.
At this moment, the concubine's granddaughter dared to come and disgust her, and Wang wanted to slap her.
Ten-year-old Yuzhu wants to be the daughter of eighteen-year-old Yingbao. It's amazing that she could think of this.
After dinner, Yingbao took Wuyang and Fanzhi back home, while Wei Zhan was kept by the head of the Wei family to talk.
The head of the Wei family called his seventh son to his yard to chat about family matters.
After chatting about business for a while, the head of the Wei family changed the subject and said to Wei Zhan: "Qilang, you are now a second-rank official. Your status is not ordinary. You need to have trusted people around you to help you."
Wei Zhan looked at his father and said, "Father, just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to beat around the bush."
The head of the Wei family coughed lightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Your second brother has read a lot of books, and he also helped the family run a shop before. He is proficient in all 72 trades. It is better to let him work by your side, which is worse than hiring outsiders."
Wei Zhan: "Dad, I don't need my second brother's help. It would be a waste of his talent if he followed me."
The head of the Wei family glared at his seventh son in dissatisfaction: "What do you mean by wasting your talents? I see you running around all day long. It will be easier if someone takes your place."
Wei Zhan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Dad, no one who works for me gets paid. Ask my second brother if he's willing?"
"He has to agree even if he doesn't want to!" Wei Jiazhu said sternly.
In fact, among his adult sons, the head of the Wei family values Dalang and Erlang more.
Not only because they were born to the woman who had grown up with him, but also because they were his eldest and second sons whom he had raised with great affection.
As for the increasing number of children, the head of the Wei family was too busy to take care of them all.
Therefore, if Qilang could support one of his two brothers to become an official, the head of the Wei family would be quite pleased.
Wei Zhan certainly knew what his father meant, but his father might not know that although he seemed to be a second-rank official, he had no real power and it was impossible for him to appoint his brother to any official position.
If it was a low-ranking clerk, perhaps it would be possible, but why would my eldest and second brothers become clerks who only earned two or three strings of cash a month
"Dad, if there's nothing else, I'll go back." Wei Zhan stood up and walked out of the house without looking back. He did not turn back even though his father called him from behind.
He walked through the Moon Gate and suddenly met a woman who seemed to be a relative of his eldest sister-in-law.
The woman didn't give way and was about to bump into him stupidly.
Wei Zhan dodged it with a misstep.
"I greet the general." The woman was not giving up and turned to bow to Wei Zhan.
Wei Zhan didn't even bat an eyelid and just walked away.
He had been taught all kinds of conspiracies and tricks by his mother since he was a child, and he had been on the march and fought for many years. What kind of people had he not seen? He knew what the woman was up to with just this trick, even with his eyes closed.
Wei Zhan strode out of the Wei residence and finally let out a long sigh of relief.
My wife’s princess mansion is still better. It’s comfortable for me to live there.
As for Cao Qingqing, she met Wei Zhan by chance with great enthusiasm, but Wei Zhan ignored her, which immediately brought her self-confidence to the bottom.
She suddenly regretted following her sister here.
After all, I am an innocent girl. It is really shameful to behave like this.
Cao Qingqing was disheartened and ashamed, wishing she could crawl into a hole in the ground.
At this moment, she suddenly hated her sister.
If she hadn't tried hard to lobby her parents, how could they have encouraged her to become someone's concubine
Now, someone is rubbing her face under their feet. How can she face people in the future
Cao Qingqing lowered her head and gently wiped away her tears.
"Sister Qingqing, what happened to you?" Wei Wenbo appeared in front of Cao Qingqing without knowing when, and asked with concern: "Who bullied you?"