When Wei Changying returned to Taifu's Mansion, Mrs. Su wanted to ask about Song Yuwang's condition: "How is Sikong? Is it more serious?"
"Replying to my mother, Doctor Ji said that my uncle has worked too hard and needs to rest for a while." Wei Changying left a word unsaid - Ji Qubing's original words were that Song Yuwang's illness was mostly heart disease.
Judging from the looks on the faces of the three brothers and sisters of the Song family, this heartache is most likely related to Song Yuwang's deceased wife. It has been many years since the woman who was both aunt and cousin went away. Song Yuwang is not an ordinary person, and she still can't get rid of her... Coupled with the tradition of the Song family in the south of the Yangtze River, the three brothers and sisters of the Song family are helpless. There is no other way.
With Song Yuwang's status and power, he was so indulged in the memory of his deceased wife that he couldn't help but make some people underestimate him. Wei Changying felt that there was no need for him, a junior, to talk about his elder's love affairs. Anyway, it was impossible for everyone outside to know about the calligraphy and painting that Song Yu was looking at in the study.
Mrs. Su sighed and said: "Sikong Chengcheng works hard for the country every day. It is really hard." After asking a few more questions, she said, "Guang'er is here with me. Since you are back, I should take it back to you. But I Seeing as you are busy with family affairs now, you often have to run around outside, so I don't think you have much time to see him, so why don't you just leave him here so that your servants won't neglect him when you are not paying attention. A child can’t tell you, and no one will know if he’s been mistreated.”
Wei Changying was startled and realized that her mother-in-law wanted to hold Shen Shuguang in the upper room and raise her. Less than a year after her marriage, her husband went to the frontier to kill the enemy. If nothing unexpected happened, he returned only three years later. Now that she had a son and was a mother for the first time, she was naturally reluctant to leave him in every possible way. Although he knew that not agreeing would offend his mother-in-law, he still subconsciously said: "Guang'er is still young now and often cries. My wife is afraid of disturbing her mother."
Mrs. Su said: "What does this have to do with it? Is there any child who doesn't cry? Feng'er and his brothers and sisters, as well as Shu Jing and Shu Ming, which one of them did I not watch grow up? I feel sad when my own children cry. How can I dislike it?”
He also said meaningfully, "Your two sisters-in-law have been housekeepers for many years, and they have both merit and hard work. They have taken a lot of care for this house in the past ten years! Now that you are here, you should take their place." , tell them to take a rest, right? But you are so young, and you are so tired now that you are taking care of this family's affairs. How can you still have the energy to take good care of Guang'er now that Feng'er is far away in Xiliang? , if Guang'er is in Jintongyuan, you are the only one who can rely on him as a mother. You don't have time to take care of him. If you ask the servants to be negligent and harm him, do you think it will be too late to regret it? Why don't you leave me here? His direct grandmother, how can she not let you and Feng'er take good care of him? "
Wei Changying sighed in his heart, knowing that Mrs. Su meant what she said, and if she didn't agree, she would be disrespectful. He hurriedly said: "How can my daughter-in-law think that my mother doesn't like Guang'er? You can tell just by looking at the brothers and sisters at home. Mother is so good at raising children. It is also his blessing that mother can raise Guang'er herself. She feels ashamed that she has never done anything for her mother since she entered the family. Now she even needs her mother to help raise her children. , I really feel ashamed of my mother.”
Seeing that she agreed, Mrs. Su smiled and said kindly: "You gave birth to Guang'er less than a year after you entered the house. Isn't this considered sharing your worries and filial piety? Good boy, don't think too much, as a mother It's all right for you to help me. You're tired from running around all day. You should go back and take a rest. You have to deal with household chores tomorrow!"
Wei Changying resigned with a forced smile.
Back at Jintong Courtyard, Huang and others were a little surprised when they saw that Shen Shuguang did not come back with Wei Changying, so they reminded him: "The young lady just went out before, and the madam sent someone to carry the young master over. This Is the young master still at the madam’s place?”
Wei Changying couldn't help but feel depressed. After entering the room, he said: "Mother said that I am busy with housework now and I will definitely not be able to take care of Guang'er. I want to keep Guang'er under her knees."
Wan's face showed a trace of disappointment when she heard this. She was an honest person and would not fight for power even if she didn't love. Before Wei Changying came to visit, Wanshi was responsible for Shen Zangfeng in charge of those who served him closely. The self-defense chief Ying came in and brought a large number of dowries, especially from the Huang family and the He family. Each one was as capable as the other. Now she has long been as idle as a noble.
Speaking of it, Wan was still in her prime. People who were used to it would inevitably find it difficult to rest, and she was too embarrassed to argue with Huang and He. Shen Shuguang's birth was finally expected, and Wei Changying had to take over the housekeeping duties after confinement. The Huang family and the He family had to help her. Shen Shuguang was naturally taken care of by the Wan family. Looking at this young master almost with a keen eye, I felt extremely fulfilled. Now that Mrs. Su has taken Shen Shuguang over to raise her, it is impossible for Mrs. Wan to follow her to the upper room, and she will inevitably lose her job again.
The Huang family and the He family were not as disappointed as the Wan family. Firstly, they all had things to deal with, and secondly, they felt that this was not a bad thing, so they persuaded Wei Changying: "Why should the young lady be worried about this? Madam said In fact, there is nothing wrong. The young lady is only taking over half of the housework now. If the eldest young lady and the second young lady completely let go, the young lady will definitely be much busier than now. Our young master is so young and no one will keep an eye on him. It won’t work.”
Huang added: "Of course, my maid is not saying that Sister Wan is not careful enough, it is because the young master is too young, and Sister Wan is a soft-hearted person. If there are such cunning people among the servants, they will take stock of Sister Wan's good nature. Son, what should I do if I treat the young master harshly while the young lady is not paying attention?"
Wan couldn't help but said: "This shouldn't happen, I've been staring at them!"
Mrs. Huang said with a smile: "Sister Wan, you won't do anything wrong when you stare at it, but as you can reassure the madam and the young madam, you are the only one in our yard. You see, Sister He and I are both You have to help the young lady to escape, and there will always be times when you can’t take care of her alone, right? "
Wan thought for a moment that the person she was replacing was not qualified enough to reassure Mrs. Su and Chief Wei, so she could only nod.
"So it is most appropriate for the young master to be raised by the madam. All the young gentlemen are raised by the madam. Look at the young gentlemen in our family. Which one of them would not praise each other when they go out? It can be seen that the madam is the best at teaching the young master." Huang Shi turned to the Chief of Guard Ying and said, "With the madam watching over the young master in person, the young madam is relieved and can handle household affairs without any worries. What do you think, young madam?"
Wei Changying sighed: "Auntie, how can I not know what you are talking about? It's just... I am only a child like Guang'er now. I am very indebted for being able to hug him when I am usually busy. Now I have to raise him to the upper room. It’s hard to avoid feeling a little reluctant.”
Huang said with a smile: "It is inevitable for the young lady to feel like this. However, do you think that the young master was only raised to the upper room and not taken to another house? Doesn't the young master go to the upper room to pay his respects every day?" Madam is just taking care of the young master for you. If you want to visit him when you have free time, will Madam stop you?"
He also said: "Young Madam has just started to run the family, so she is inevitably in a hurry. Once Young Madam has taken care of all the things, she will naturally be free. At that time, Madam may simply send the young master back. What’s up?”
Wei Changying thought that his mother-in-law loved her grandson so much, and now he proposed to keep Shen Shuguang in the upper room to raise him. Firstly, he could handle the family affairs without any worries; secondly, he also liked his grandson. What if after raising him for some time, the relationship becomes deeper and deeper, and even if I find time to raise my son myself, my mother-in-law is reluctant to give him back to me, what should I do
But now that Shen Shuguang has hugged her, she has just begun to take care of the whole family. Who knows how long it will take to free up this time? She could only sigh secretly and comfort herself: Mrs. Su would never treat Shen Shuguang badly. As long as her son was good, the others would just live in confusion.
That night she fell asleep gloomily.
The next day when she arrived at the upper room to say hello, Mrs. Su didn't take Shen Shuguang out, but just mentioned to Mrs. Liu: "Ming'er has been a little weak in his homework these days. Maybe the people around him can't control him and make him want to play. You should pay more attention to it. After all, your children are more important. If you are too busy with household chores, let Chang Ying share some of the burden with you."
Mrs. Liu hurriedly apologized: "My wife is really ashamed. The last time the four younger siblings served tea, Ming'er was already naughty. My wife didn't supervise him until she got back. I didn't expect him to be naughty again, but my wife didn't know! What a shame!" Only after the mother reminded her did she realize that her daughter-in-law must discipline him well when she returns so that he won't slack off again." She then thanked Wei Changying with a smile on her face for sharing her burden.
Wei Changying answered humbly, and said that he was young, so he had to ask his sister-in-law for advice on many things, and he asked Mrs. Liu for her unstinting advice.
Mrs. Su was very satisfied with the harmonious and considerate scene between the sisters-in-law - she also knew that Mrs. Liu's words may not all come from the sincerity, and the second daughter-in-law Duanmu Yanyu might also be making calculations in her heart at this moment. However, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Mrs. Su encouraged them with a few words and then sent them away.
After leaving the upper room, Duanmu Yanyu said that Miss Shen Shuyue, the third grandson, had been coughing for the past two days and had an appointment with the doctor. She was not at ease and wanted to go back early to watch. She said goodbye to the two of them and left first.
Mrs. Liu invited Wei Changying to the Xinyi Pavilion so that she could hand over some of the matters at hand to her. On the way, the two of them were chatting, and Mrs. Liu said, "I heard that Guang'er is being raised by his mother now?"
"Yes, I'm really ashamed to say it. Since I entered the house, I have never shared my mother's worries, let alone shown any filial piety. Now I always trouble my mother." Wei Changying said this, but he felt a little defensive in his heart: Grandson Young Master Shen Shuming was raised in a big house, and his grandparents never mentioned taking him in to raise him.
Although this is because Shen Xuan and his wife still had several young children under their knees at that time - the 8th son Shen Lianheng, who is 12 years old this year, is only three years older than the eldest nephew Shen Shuming, and the brothers and sisters above Shen Lianheng Shen Shuming was not very old when he was born. Shen Xuan and his wife cannot spare any money to raise another grandchild.
However, as the eldest grandson, Shen Shuming was not personally raised by his grandparents. Instead, his cousin Shen Shuguang was taken to the upper room and raised under her knees by his grandmother after only a few months. Although Wei Changying did not want to separate from his son, maybe Liu felt that Do you still feel that your son has been wronged
So Wei Changying said again: "This is why I am not as good as my elder sister-in-law. If I were half as capable as my elder sister-in-law, I don't think my mother would worry about me because the housekeeper neglected to take care of Guang'er."
Mrs. Liu smiled and said: "How can you compare with me as a housekeeper now? I just entered the house at that time. My brothers and sisters are still young and have few things to do. I have already followed the rules passed down by my mother. Just follow the instructions. Now, not only are my brothers and sisters grown up, but I also have a bunch of nephews and nieces. The family is big and the business is big, so there are naturally more things to do. If it were me who just came in now, I would be like you. "It's hard."
Wei Changying felt relieved when he heard her words were kind and said with a smile: "I would definitely not be as good as your elder sister-in-law when I was there. To be honest, before I left the cabinet, my mother-in-law had been teaching me to I’ll learn more from you, sister-in-law, and she’ll be relieved if I can learn a little bit from you.”
Mrs. Liu raised her sleeves to cover her face and said with a smile: "Oh, third brother and sister, please don't say such things to insult me. Your mother is the daughter of the Song family in the south of the Yangtze River. Starting from your grandmother, Mrs. Song, to your direct cousin Song Zaishui, the daughters of the Song family are known to be very well-behaved! They are also among the best in the family... How can I behave like this in front of your father-in-law and your grandmother? "
In this way, they were humbled by each other. When they arrived at the Xinyi Pavilion, Mrs. Liu took her to the small study room where she usually dealt with things. Unexpectedly, the two of them arrived on the corridor in front of the small study. Before they entered, the door of the small study opened first. Shen Zangli and Miss Sun Shen Shujing walked out together, followed by two servants, both of whom had some books in their hands.
When they bumped into each other like this, both sides were stunned, and Shen Shujing rushed up to greet her aunt.
Wei Changying hurriedly told her not to be polite. He also thanked Shen Zang and called him big brother.
Shen Zangli's face was a little pale. He glanced at his younger siblings and looked away. He made a fist and put it to his lips, coughed twice and said, "Three younger siblings, there is no need to be polite."
Mrs. Liu saw that his face turned red when he coughed, and hesitated to speak. Finally, she finally said: "You haven't been well these past two days, why are you up? You didn't put on more clothes when you came out."
Shen Zangli explained a little out of breath: "I was lying on the couch boringly. I thought of the few books I had read before, so I asked my servant to look for me. But I couldn't find it, so I called Jing'er, and Jing'er I looked for a few books but found nothing. I didn’t know when you would be back, so I just came over by myself.”
Shen Shujing said hurriedly: "Mom, it's because the daughter was careless and forgot to remind her father to put on a robe before coming out."
Because Chief Wei Ying was there, Mrs. Liu didn't say much, just said: "Hurry up and help your father back to the house." (To be continued)