"You have worked hard for most of your life. Now that your daughter-in-law is married, you should have a good rest." Aunt Wang said very understandingly. As a neighbor, she knew very well about Wu Shichu's hard work. Han Ji knew this as his son.
"My health is not up to par. I hope my son and daughter-in-law won't dislike me for not being able to work." Wu Shichu said with a wry smile, and began to prepare reasons in advance for his future "recuperation" life.
"How could it be? Han Ji is a filial and good boy. It's too late to feel sorry for you as a mother. How can he dislike you for not being able to work? Just wait for him to pass the exam to become a scholar, to be successful, and to be successful, so that you can be regarded as an ancestor!" Aunt Wang said enviously.
"Thanks to your kind words, I will wait for him to succeed." Wu Shichu said with a smile.
She and Aunt Wang talked about other things.
And at the Han family, in the couple's new house, after a heart-to-heart talk, Zhang Luoyi nestled in Han Ji's arms and suggested, "Husband, why don't we buy a mother-in-law to come back and do housework?"
Han Ji looked embarrassed: "Our family's conditions cannot afford a mother-in-law..."
Zhang Luoyi gritted her teeth and said, "I have it. The dowry money my mother gave me at the bottom of the box is one hundred taels. I can buy a capable mother-in-law with a dozen taels of silver."
"But... isn't this too luxurious? Our family has never used servants." Han Ji said hesitantly.
"I haven't used it before. It doesn't matter if I start using it now. Anyway, when you win the Jinshi and are awarded an official, it is impossible not to use servants. We are just doing it earlier." Zhang Luoyi tried her best to convince her husband that she didn't want to use it anymore. I used my delicate hands to cook, feed chickens and ducks, and turned into a yellow-faced woman from exhaustion.
"But that's your dowry money. How can I use your dowry money?" Han Ji was already shaken, but he still had concerns. After all, it would be looked down upon for a wife to use dowry money to supplement her husband's family just after they got married.
"Oh, sir, I'm already yours, what difference do I have between you and me? I am willing to use my dowry money to improve my family's life. If you feel bad about it, when you become successful in the future, you can pay back the money several times or more than ten times. Can you give it to me?" Zhang Luoyi saw his wavering and immediately stepped up her efforts to persuade him.
Han Ji pondered for a while, and then he agreed: "Okay, I have wronged you, madam. I will return the money to you a thousand times in the future, and I will never let you suffer any losses..."
"Ms. sir, I'm not aggrieved at all." Seeing that he finally agreed, Zhang Luoyi was so happy that she couldn't help hugging him and kissing him. Han Ji immediately kissed him back...
So when Wu Shichu returned home from a stroll in the village, she heard Han Ji and Zhang Luoyi telling her that they wanted to buy a wife to come back to work.
Of course Wu Shichu would not object. Anyway, she was not the one providing the money, and she was also one of the beneficiaries, so she said to them both with a gentle and loving look: "It's up to you to decide on this matter. Now in this family, you are the only one." You are the backbone, and you will be in charge of everything from now on."
"Mom, what are you talking about? You are the backbone of this family. Without you, where would I be?" Han Jiyi said righteously, "My son and my wife are still young and don't understand anything. They still have to learn how to behave. , Mom, aren’t you afraid that we’ll mess it up?”
"No, you have been mature and steady since you were a child. Now that you have a family, you are more mature and rational. What should I worry about if I leave the family to you? As for your wife, she was carefully raised by a wealthy family in the town. Girl, you are well-educated and virtuous, so managing the household will definitely not be a problem. In short, I can rest assured that I will leave the household to you." Wu Shichu praised both of them.
As long as this mess can be thrown out, Wu Shichu is willing to praise them dozens of times.
She manages the household affairs, to put it nicely, she is the head of the family, and she makes all the decisions. However, taking care of a poor and strapped family is very painful: you have to rack your brains to make money and take care of the family through all kinds of hardships. It is all difficult work.
Wu Shichu was not the original owner, and he was willing to endure all these hardships for Han Ji.
After being praised by Wu Shichu, Han Ji and Zhang Luoyi suddenly felt infinite pride in their hearts. They felt that they could really take charge of a family, as if they could see how prosperous and prosperous the family would be under their management in the future. Ye Mao...
Therefore, with the intention of both parties, Wu Shichu successfully transferred the responsibilities on his shoulders and became the hands-off shopkeeper who didn't care about everything.
Today's meal was still cooked by Han Ji and Zhang Luoyi, and it was still unpalatable, but Wu Shichu ate it without changing her expression. She had eaten even the most unpalatable food, and these burnt and yellowed meals she Don't take it seriously at all.
But when Zhang Luoyi and Han Ji saw this, they felt that they had to hurry up to buy the mother-in-law, otherwise they would starve to death.
So the next day, Han Ji told Wu Shichu that he would go to the town college and take Zhang Luoyi back to the Yue family so that the Yue family could help find an honest and capable mother-in-law to come back and work.
Of course Wu Shichu had no objections and was very supportive.
Han Ji sent Zhang Luoyi back to the Zhang family. After chatting with the Zhang family for a while, he returned to the college.
As soon as Han Ji left, Zhang's mother took Zhang Luoyi's hand and looked at her face carefully. After looking at her for a while, she frowned: "What's wrong with you? When you came back two days ago, your face was still rosy. Why am I so pale today, as if I haven’t had enough to eat?”
"I really didn't have enough to eat." Zhang Luoyi said with a sigh.
"What? Is it your mother-in-law who is teasing you?!" When Mother Zhang heard this, her eyes widened in anger, "Then I'm going to come and ask her why she has the nerve to treat my daughter badly!"
Zhang Luoyi shook her head quickly: "No, it's none of my mother-in-law's business. It's because my mother-in-law has been ill in the past two days and can't cook. I can only learn to cook with my husband, but the result is that it is not cooked well and tastes bad. If I can’t eat, won’t I become hungry and lose weight?”
When Zhang's mother heard what she said, she was stunned and asked: "Is this why you are so hungry?"
"Yes..." Zhang Luoyi replied with a blush. She also knew that this reason was a bit outrageous, and then said aggrievedly, "Have I never cooked before? Don't you know when I cook at our house? pass?"
Mother Zhang suddenly choked, and after a while she said helplessly: "My good daughter, now that you are married, you are different from when you were in your mother's family. When you were not married, mother and your father could pamper you and not let you do anything. A little work; but after you get married, you can no longer do nothing as before, otherwise your husband and mother-in-law will have objections, so you should learn to do it in the future. Your mother is not willing to let you suffer, but this is not the case. As for the solution, who asked you to marry into a poor family?"
