Chapter 45
Xie really wanted to show off her mother-in-law's majesty in front of Chen Jiao, but Chen Jiao didn't like that. If this was a real life, Chen Jiao might have tolerated Xie more for the sake of long-term harmony, or worked hard to improve the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. But this was just her previous life. She was able to leave after getting Yu Jingyao's wholeheartedness. Since that's the case, why did Chen Jiao waste energy to please a mother-in-law who is not worthy of her favor?
When Yu Jingyao was out, Xie wanted to control Chen Jiao, but he pretended not to hear the sarcasm of Chen Jiao. Xie used the rules to suppress her, such as asking her to save money in the morning and evening, and Chen Jiao pretended to be dizzy. The mother-in-law of the powerful and noble family rarely asked her daughter-in-law to save money in the morning and evening. Xie didn't even manage the upbringing of her two daughters strictly. OK, when she got to her daughter-in-law, she suddenly became strict with her family rules?
It would be strange if Chen Jiao is willing to be obedient, she would be dizzy as soon as she should.
Of course, Xie didn't believe that his daughter-in-law was really dizzy. After many times, Xie ran to his son to complain: "I just asked her to serve me a bowl of tea, and she lay on the ground. She was so delicate. She just didn't want to be filial to me! Look at what kind of wife you married, you have to piss me to death, right?"
Yu Jingyao has been busy with business outside for a day. Wouldn’t he be tired after calculating?
Chen Jiao never vomited bitter water in front of him. Now her mother is making trouble and slandering. Yu Jingyao rubbed her forehead and said, "Mom wants to drink tea. I told the maid to just say, "We spend money to raise so many maids, but I don't need it. Wouldn't it be in vain? Jiaojiao is weak, so instead of letting her do maid's work, it's better to let her save energy and stay to serve me."
Xie slapped the table and stared at his son and said, "What do you mean? It turns out that I am a mother-in-law and can't help her?"
Yu Jingyao raised his head and asked tiredly, "What do you want to call Jiaojiao?"
Xie pursed his lips and snorted: "Mrs. Wu's daughter-in-law cooks soup for Mrs. Wu to drink every day. Your wife has married her and has never made a meal for me."
Yu Jingyao knew all the wives that Xie had come and go with each other, and even knew what happened at the other party’s family. He immediately replied: “The Wu family’s medicinal materials shop had just taken a lawsuit recently and paid a lot of money. The family could not afford the cook, so they let their daughter-in-law cook. Our family is a wealthy family in Yangzhou. The cook does not have to ask the cook to do laundry and cook. It makes people laugh at it if it is spread. Those who don’t know think that their mother is deliberately bullying her daughter-in-law.”
The reason for cooking was blocked. Xie's eyes turned and continued: "Mrs. Guo's daughter-in-law is very filial and copied a Buddhist scripture for Mrs. Guo every day..."
Yu Jingyao smiled and held the tea bowl and said, "Mrs. Guo is sick every few days, but it can be seen that her daughter-in-law copied Buddhist scriptures and it doesn't work. My mother donates money for incense and oil to the temple every year. Our family is free of illness and disaster. It's enough."
Xie wanted to say something else, Yu Jingyao turned his left shoulder and stood up and said, "The shoulder is a little sore. Mom will rest first. I will go back to the room and let Jiaojiao rub it for me so that she won't have nothing to do in the room."
Xie was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
Yu Jingyao was familiar with the door and the road was around the backyard, and the maids were all staying outside. In the east room, Fugui was lying lazily on the ground, Chen Jiao sat on the couch, lowering her head to embroider something.
Yu Jingyao leaned over and found that she was embroidering sachets, royal blue satin, like a man's use.
Yu Jingyao lay beside him, holding his head with one hand and touching the satin with the other, asking knowingly: "Who did you embroider it for?"
The eldest and second girls of the Yu family have left. In the whole house, except for the servants, there are two men, Yu Jingyao and Xie Jin.
"The fourth sister praised me for being good at needlework. I did some embroidery work and sold it to the shop for money." Chen Jiao said deliberately.
Yu Jingyao sneered: "You are the girl, no one can buy it even if you put it in the shop."
"That's it, then I won't embroider." Chen Jiao threw the half-embedded sachet into the sewing basket.
When Yu Jingyao saw it, he stuffed the sachet back into her hand, and looked at her and smiled.
Chen Jiao glared at him.
Seeing her blushing face and calm eyebrows, Yu Jingyao couldn't help but mention the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: "Is mother calling you again today?"
Chen Jiao said truthfully: "Mom asked me to make tea. I made a pot of tea. Mom thought it was hot, and I made another pot of tea. Mom didn't think it was too hot enough. I think I wouldn't be satisfied no matter how many times I made my mother. Instead of making my mother angry again and again, I was so tactful that I didn't have to stand there to get in my eyes."
The same thing, Xie deliberately concealed his mistake and said it out loud. Yu Jingyao was very annoyed when he heard that tone. Now Chen Jiao was whispering softly, with a little joking meaning, Yu Jingyao was like listening to a story and wanted to laugh.
After thinking about it, Yu Jingyao sighed: "Mom is not particularly bad. She is in a hurry to hold her grandson. The old man says that women have big butts and can give birth to them. You..." After looking at Chen Jiao, Yu Jingyao smiled and said: "You are not old enough. Mom is worried that she can't hold her grandson. Naturally, she will dislike you. One day you get pregnant, I promise she will treat you as a Bodhisattva."
Chen Jiao and Xie had been having sex for several days and could see that Xie was the kind of person who wanted to write everything on her face. She seemed to have to worry about her, but she used easy-to-cope methods. Such people were very annoying, but they would not be scared. However, the third girl Yu Lan looked at her with a gloomy and panic.
"Aren't you in a hurry to have a son?" Chen Jiao looked at Yu Jingyao curiously. This man was already twenty-seven years old and had no children. It's not that Xie was anxious.
Yu Jingyao said, "Why aren't you in a hurry? I'm not feeding you every day."
Chen Jiao blushed by his swear words and turned her head and said, "Then why don't you marry someone... you can give birth to a good family."
Yu Jingyao looked at her blushing face, reached out to snatch her needle and thread, then threw the person on the couch, and kissed him and said, "I think you are like a good parent."
While his son was hanging out with the vixen's daughter-in-law, Xie returned to Yong'an Hall with a calm face.
Yu Lan was waiting in the room. When her mother returned, she asked with concern: "What do you say, brother?"
Xie said angrily: "I forgot my mother after marrying my wife. I'm talking about your elder brother. My heart has long been on his side!"
Yu Lan held the handkerchief in his hand and lowered his eyes and said, "Mom, my sister-in-law is so weak, and I guess the offspring will not go very smoothly. My elder brother is so old. Since he has married a real wife, it is better for my mother to arrange some healthy concubines for my elder brother as soon as possible. With such a big family business, we need to have more children and more blessings. We can't just rely on my sister-in-law."
Xie's eyes lit up, thinking that his daughter's words made sense. Moreover, there were more women in his son's house, so his son gave Chen Jiao less favor!
Thinking of doing it, the next day, as soon as Yu Jingyao left the house, Xie sent Madam Li beside her to contact Yazi.
Soon, Renyazi took more than ten beautiful innocent girls to the front of Xie in one breath, all of whom were big butts!
Xie looked like a row of little hens who could lay eggs, smiling and circled around these girls several times. Xie specially picked two girls with fair skin, beautiful face, almond eyes and peach cheeks. One was named pomegranate and the other was called Lianzi. They were all good names with many sons and blessings, which shows how eager Xie was to be.
"Take it down and train it well." Xie ordered.
The two concubines who were waiting to be selected were taken down by Mama Li.
In the evening, Yu Jingyao came back and was invited by Xie to Yong'an Hall first.
Xie did not complain about his daughter-in-law today, but only asked his son with concern: "You said your shoulders were sore yesterday, are you getting better now?"
Yu Jingyao looked at his mother and said nothing, "It's okay, it's so bad."
Xie said with a serious expression: "This problem can be big or small, and I can't be negligent. Today, my mother specially bought two girls who know how to massage. Take it over and use it. Your wife is sick and will definitely not have the strength to pinch it, and it doesn't work." After that, Xie called "Madam Li" outside.
Madam Li immediately brought pomegranate and lotus seeds in. The two girls looked like Chen Jiao, and then changed into a white dress. She was really pitiful. It was just that Chen Jiao came to see Yu Jingyao for the first time, and she didn't even look at him with half of her eyes. The two girls were afraid that Yu Jingyao would not notice their beauty and frequently looked at Yu Jingyao.
Yu Jingyao looked at the two girls briefly and asked Madam Li to take them down first.
When the person left, Yu Jingyao asked his mother expressionlessly: "What does this mean?"
Xie did not go around with his son and said bluntly: "I told them to serve you. If you like it, please take the house first. When there is good news in their stomachs, you will be able to turn it into a concubine. Jingyao, you are not young anymore, and your wife is like that. Don't just think about yourself, at least you understand your mother's heart in a hurry to hold her grandson."
Yu Jingyao sneered and said without hesitation: "It seems that my mother treats her son as a breeding pig, and she will just pull a few women and sons to come over?"
This was so ugly, and Xie said angrily: "I'm not for your own good!"
Yu Jingyao suddenly stood up and said with a dark face: "My son has already started a family and started a business. You don't have to worry about my house anymore. The third and fourth sisters are not young anymore. My mother is so idle. It's better to think about the two sisters and find two good sisters as soon as possible."
After saying that, Yu Jingyao left without looking back.
Xie was so angry that he grabbed the tea bowl and threw it out.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Yu Lan came at some point. When she saw a tea bowl of broken porcelain and tea leaves on the ground, she asked in shock.
Xie wanted to cry, so he took out a veil to wipe his eyes: "Your brother is fascinated by her and refuses to accept the two maids I chose."
Yu Lan gritted her teeth and was inexplicably jealous. The elder brother was not as good as Chen Jiao when he treated her.
"Don't cry, what did you say, brother?" Yu Lan sat next to his mother and asked while comforting her.
Xie said with red eyes: "He doesn't allow me to care about him, let me concentrate on taking care of you sisters and husbands."
Yu Lan was angry at first, then became confused, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "I, I have Xie Jin, how can I use my mother to choose?"
Seeing Xie's daughter who was eager to marry Xie Jin, Xie recalled what her son said before, saying that if Xie Jin lost his reputation, the marriage would be ruined...
The results will be announced in a few days, right?
Now, Xie was really in the mood to deal with his son and daughter-in-law, so he burned incense and worshipped Buddha that night, begging the Bodhisattva to bless Xie Jin to successfully pass the imperial examination.
In the front yard, Yu Jingyao was upset by his own mother. He didn't bother Chen Jiao for the first time tonight and lay on the bed early.
Chen Jiao came back from bathing and saw him frowning, and said strangely: "What are you worried about?"
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was not good at all, so how dare Yu Jingyao tell her that her mother was going to stuff someone into his room?
But Yu Jingyao wanted to know if Chen Jiao would be jealous.
With his eyebrows stretched, Yu Jingyao turned around and said frivolously: "Today someone wants to do business with me, and he chose two beauties to please me. As for me, I don't want to do each other's business, and I also want those two beauties, so I'm worried."
Chen Jiao heard this and said sarcastically: "This is simple. It just happened that my mother bought two beauties today. I don't know what to do. You might as well go and have a look first. If you think my mother's beauties are better, you just want my mother's business, and you don't have to take over the business there."
Xie bought people with great fanfare, and Chen Jiao is not a blind man and deaf man, so there is no news at all.
"Do you know everything?" Yu Jingyao smiled and sat up.
Chen Jiao lowered her head and said nothing.
Yu Jingyao tilted his head to look at her and asked with a smile: "Why, are you afraid I will take them?"
Chen Jiao glanced at him and said bitterly: "What's the use of being afraid of? As you are, if you don't accept it today, you will also accept it sooner or later."
I have to say that Chen Jiaoru's appearance when she was sick today was a little sad, as if she was really depressed and worried.
Yu Jingyao was very helpful, so he hugged Chen Jiao in his arms and said while kissing him: "If I were such a lustful person, my children would have already been in groups."
Chen Jiao curled her lips: "You don't have one at home, but who knows how many there are outside?"
This is sour, but Yu Jingyao loves listening to it very much. He pinched her ear and said, "There is a little beauty hidden outside."
Chen Jiao's eyes turned and she looked at him scrutinizedly.
Yu Jingyao smiled, held up her face and said, "It's just that the little beauty is unwilling to be a concubine, so she forced me to marry her."
Chen Jiao glared at him, but the corners of her mouth curled up.
Yu Jingyao suddenly felt in the mood again when he looked at her pretty look.
In the next three days, Xie did not cause trouble for Chen Jiao, and Chen Jiao was so happy that she was free.
On the fourth day, the imperial court issued the list in the autumn trial.
Chapter completed!