"Tao'er, what's wrong?"
Wen Tao was in a bad mood: "Sister, if daddy marries someone else, will he no longer want us?"
"How could it be? You are the eldest son of the Wen family and father's biological son. How could he not want you?"
"oh."
Wen Xi knew that someone must be whispering in his ear: "Tell sister, who told you what?"
Wen Tao shook his head, looked at Wen Xi steadily and said, "Tao'er also has an eldest sister."
Wen Xi held his hand tightly: "Of course!"
Taking Wen Tao to the front hall, many people from the village came to congratulate them with gifts. The people in the village couldn't give away anything expensive, most of them were cloth and meat. Mrs. Liu didn't mind it either, and greeted them with a smile. Welcome in the door.
"Hey, sister-in-law of the Wen family, it's my first time to come to your house after it's finished. It's so grand!"
"Yes, yes! Now that Wen Kang of your family has married such a young daughter-in-law, in the future, the heirs of your Wen family will not have to worry!"
"You are so lucky!"
"I'm so jealous of us."
"Look at what you're wearing, it's satin! Look at us, we're still reluctant to change the material from ten years ago!"
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Soon, Mrs. Liu was lost in the adulation of everyone, and she greeted everyone to sit down with her face glowing.
Wen Danian was sitting inside. Someone came to congratulate him, but he only chatted perfunctorily, obviously not in a good mood.
Wen Xi took Wen Tao to sit on the small swing, and she had a great time pushing Wen Tao.
Even when Mr. Liu saw it, he pretended not to see it.
The second day after Wen Xi came back, she asked Chen Xin to put the swing back on. Mrs. Liu didn't say anything openly when she saw this, but she didn't care if he said bad things about her behind her back.
After a while, I heard the sound of gongs and drums outside.
"The bride is coming in!" the matchmaker shouted, and the bride stepped off the sedan with the support of the maid next to her, and was led by Wen Kang across the brazier and all the way to the main hall.
Wen Danian and Liu were already sitting on the main seats, waiting for the two newcomers to worship heaven and earth.
This ceremony was completed after bowing to heaven and earth, and the two officially became husband and wife.
The girl from the Li family married into the Wen family as she wished and became the envy of others.
Early the next morning, Wenxi was woken up by a servant: "Girl, it's time to get up, the new lady is still waiting to serve tea."
Serve tea?
What kind of tea do you want to serve?
When Wen Xi came to the front hall, he saw Wen Danian and Mr. Liu sitting at the main seat, while Wen Kang and Ms. Li were sitting on the left. Seeing the shy look on Ms. Li's face, yesterday's wedding ceremony must have been unforgettable.
At this time Wen Tao was also led over by a servant.
Ms. Liu smiled and said, "Xi'er Tao'er, why don't you kneel down quickly and serve tea to your mother?"
Mrs. Li also looked over. She looked very gentle on the surface, but in fact she became extremely dissatisfied after knowing that it was Wen Xi who put the swing back again. She felt that her rights as the mistress of the Wen family had been challenged.
Wen Xi could see the coldness in her eyes at a glance, and said with a smile: "Since Mrs. Li is the step-mother, how can she make Tao'er and I kneel down and serve tea?"
Li's? Don't you even know how to call Sheng Niang?
The smile on Li's face faded a lot: "Xi'er, since I have married into the Wen family, I am your elder."
"That's right! In terms of seniority, you are naturally much higher than me, but in terms of status, I'm afraid you're still far behind me and Tao'er!" Wen Xi took Wen Tao's hand and gave it to Wen Da Nian and Liu met the ceremony, saluted Wen Kang again, and then sat directly on Wen Danian's right hand: "Since our Wen family is going to start to pay attention to the things in the town and county, then I will give Wen Kang Please give me a good introduction to my bride. After all, you have never been out of the village and you haven’t read any books, so you probably don’t understand many things.”
Wen Xi dusted off the non-existent dust on his body and said with a smile: "Although my mother, Lin, was divorced, she is my father's first wife and his legitimate wife. Her children will naturally be the legitimate children of the Wen family. Even if When we were divorced, we also had the status of legitimate wives, so Tao'er and I are still the legitimate sons and daughters of this family. You are the step-in-law who came later. Even if you are the wife, you are one level lower than me and Tao'er. You The same is true for our children." She said to Wen Danian: "Grandpa, am I right?"
Wen Danian nodded in agreement.
When Mrs. Li heard this, she suddenly lost her composure. If she married in, her status would be higher than those of the maids and servants. In the future, her children would also have the lowest status among the masters of the Wen family.
This was completely different from what she had originally thought.
As for who will be in charge of money in the future, it seems even more impossible.
"Xi'er, how can you talk like that?" Before Li could turn her back, Liu said loudly: "When will it be your turn to have the final say in the Wen family? Your grandfather and I are still alive!"
"But my grandfather just agreed with what I said!"
Mrs. Liu became speechless upon hearing this, looked at her hatefully and said nothing.
Mrs. Li pulled Wenkang's sleeve and handed it over with a small look in her eyes.
Wenkang couldn't stand Li's coquettishness, so he had to say to Wen Xi: "Xi'er, we don't do the things in the city. When Li comes in, he is an elder. You have to respect him no matter what."
Haha, as expected, men are all the same. They were still obsessed with Mrs. Lin before, but now after just one night, they are immersed in the new gentle land.
"It's not that I want to talk about the things in the city, it's that the bride wants to set rules for me and Tao'er. Since we have rules, let's talk about them!"
Wen Kang has always been a person without a backbone. When his daughter said this, he stopped talking.
Li was secretly annoyed, but didn't dare to show it. She was thinking about how to fight Wen Xi in the future.
Just when she was thinking of a way, Wen Xi gave her another heavy blow.
"I discussed it with my grandfather a few days ago. If Tao'er went to study with me in the town, I would remove the money I paid for Tao'er's husband each month from my account. The monthly money for the maids and servants at home would be directly deducted from my account. I will give my family ten taels of silver every month as expenses in the shop, and I will have this money sent to my grandfather every month."
When Li Yu heard this, his eyes darkened. How could the Wen family be like this?
Actually let a woman take charge of the house.
"Xi'er, shouldn't the money in this family be managed by the elders in the family? How come it's at your disposal?"
Wen Xi looked at her in surprise and said, "Didn't grandma tell you before we came in? Our family has always been like this!"
"Xi'er earned all the money at home, and Xi'er also bought this house. Naturally, she has the final say." Wen Danian took a sip of strong tea and said unhurriedly: "Besides, twelve taels a month The silver is enough for our expenses, most families in this village cannot earn more than ten taels of silver throughout the year."
Wen Xi looked at Li Yu's dejected look, and his anger at being woken up early subsided a little.
Li Yu tightened the handkerchief, feeling disappointed.
I also promised to give my mother-in-law ten taels and twenty taels every month! What should I do now?
