Sweet Beauty Chapter 22: Children of the original spouse

Old Mrs. Bai has a lot of eyeliner in the third room. Although the matter of Lan Ma was suppressed by Second Master Bai, the old Mrs. Bai who should know also knows about it.

She is only worried that Chen thinks that this incident is from her handwriting, blowing pillow wind in her son's place, and alienating the mother-son relationship between herself and her second son.

She didn't like that the second son valued the Chen family too much. If Chen family really gave birth to a son this time, wouldn't the second son value her more?

There was another person in Bai's residence who heard the news and felt uneasy and very uncomfortable, but it was the eldest daughter-in-law of the second master Bai, Mrs. Li, the wife of Bai Yanzhang.

Li also comes from a scholarly family. Her father used to be a colleague of Mrs. Bai and editor of the Hanlin Academy. She doesn't look very good-looking but can be called elegant and dignified, but her temperament is gentle and virtuous, so it's not like she is uncomfortable. Others have some kind of scheming minds.

Although they get along very little, Mrs. Chen is generous and gives her and her daughter a lot of gifts every year. Because her sister-in-law Bai Jingyu never said anything bad about her stepmother, she gave her and her stepmother a lot of gifts. Not disgusted, as for what kind of business woman, she doesn't care, as long as she gets along well, not the kind of rude and unreasonable, it is better than those step-grandmothers who pretend to be lofty and actually want to swallow the family property.

Li's discomfort is because she has been married to the Bai family for four years, but she has only given birth to a daughter, Sister Zhu. After that, her stomach has never moved.

Now I hear that my mother-in-law is pregnant, and I feel uncomfortable and stressed.

Bai Jingyu, the eldest daughter of Bai Er's eldest daughter, was very thoughtful. She saw her sister-in-law's expression was sad when she heard that her stepmother was pregnant, so she went to her room to comfort her that day.

After chatting for a while, Bai Jingyu cut to the point and said, "Sister-in-law, in fact, it's a good thing that my mother is pregnant. First, our second family has a weak heir, and your mother is pregnant, so you can be less stressed, don't worry too much. I'm in a hurry. Second, my mother has been infertile for many years. I heard that my mother's health is not very good, but now I can have a good doctor to look after it. Sister-in-law, your body is completely fine, so you don't have to worry about it."

"When your mother comes back, you can still ask her about the miracle doctor, and see if I can help you too. Although sister-in-law, you are healthy and young, there must be nothing wrong with you, but you can add more to your brother earlier. A child is always a good thing."

Li's eyes lit up after hearing Bai Jingyu's soft words of persuasion. Her father-in-law wrote that her mother-in-law had to rely on a divine doctor for her pregnancy. Don't have to worry and worry every day because of the problem of not being able to conceive?

She took her sister-in-law's hand and said gratefully: "My sister is right, and I would like to thank my sister for her point, so I don't have to get into the horns. My mother is pregnant, although she is far away, there is nothing missing from her. We should also prepare something to send over, which is also our heart."

Bai Jingyu nodded, glad that her sister-in-law was not that narrow-minded, and she was very relieved.

She hopes that her eldest brother and sister-in-law can get along well with her stepmother in the future, instead of being provoked by others, intriguing with her stepmother, fighting against each other, and then her father and stepmother will have a gap, but at the same time, she may be disappointed with her brother and let others take advantage of it .

Because she knew that being able to get along well with her stepmother would be good for her eldest brother and not bad. Those who provoked it were just out of their own selfishness.

At the time, my grandmother looked at my sister-in-law because she was soft, docile, and generous, not strong.

At first, Bai Jingyu was worried, for fear that her sister-in-law would be too weak to be bullied, or would be easily manipulated and provoked, causing chaos in their three rooms.

But later, I found that my worries were unnecessary, and I also discovered the benefits of this sister-in-law.

Of course my grandmother was very satisfied.

For example, in the past few years, the things my father sent back to the mansion was to indicate that it was given to them in this room, and it also passed the hands of my grandmother first. If it really got to them, at most the remaining half was good. . If you have a bad temperament and care about it, even if you don't dare to rebel against your grandmother on the surface, you're afraid that you will break your silver teeth and stir up a lot of right and wrong.

But my sister-in-law really didn't care at all, she was still calm and docile, and she didn't have any resentment or dissatisfaction.

But when others provoked the relationship between my sister-in-law and my stepmother, my sister-in-law didn't answer, but she still lived her life quietly and calmly, ignoring other people's provocations.

Bai Jingyu was relieved.

Actually, Bai Jingyu was raised by her grandmother, Mrs. Bai, and lived in the same yard with several cousins. She was no less provoked than her sister-in-law, and even from childhood to adulthood, some people instilled her intentionally or unintentionally. None of the stepmothers in the world are good, and her father often favors his younger sister Yunyun.

She used to be jealous of her younger sister. She also served with her father.

But she went to Shu when she was six years old and only came back when she was eleven. Compared with her cold and controlling grandmother, her stern and sad aunt, and her thoughtful third aunt, she felt lenient in her heart. Cheerful stepmother Chen's feelings are much deeper.

Although the Bai family is a scholarly family, the sisters in the family have asked the teacher to teach her, and it is actually her.

When she was in the middle of Shu, her poems, books, chess, calligraphy and painting were all taught by a special teacher like her younger sister Jingshu. The clothes she wore on her head were different throughout the year, and they were the same in Shu. Everything is complete, not bad at all.

But when I returned to Beijing, my grandmother said that she wanted to let her see others and nurture her well, but it was just for her to learn embroidery etiquette and rules with a nanny with her sisters.

After she came back, her stepmother still brought her clothes and jewelry for the four seasons every year, but these first came to her grandmother, and finally she was given only one or two pieces. It's just a few sets of clothes made by the same public servants in the house as the cousins.

She didn't understand at first, how could she endure such grievances, but she cried with her grandmother vaguely once, but she was reprimanded by her grandmother, saying that she was spoiled by her stepmother, so she didn't know how to love sisters. Being virtuous and submissive, she actually learned the extravagance and selfishness of a businesswoman, and then she really let the mammy "bring up" for a long time before she was "respectful".

Because of this, my brother touched her head, sighed for a while, and only asked her to endure and obey. Although she was not convinced, what else could she do other than to endure and obey?

It's not that she doesn't envy her younger sister Jingshu. She used to be dissatisfied with why her father let her go back to Beijing. If it were her younger sister, her father and stepmother would definitely be reluctant, but... who made her not her stepmother? My biological daughter...

But she will not be provoked by others. She has gradually understood the intentions of those people over the past few years. If she is provoked, she will really be able to understand their intentions.

At this time, Mrs. Li, who had listened to Bai Jingyu's consolation, was also emotional and felt lucky. She married into the Bai family. Fortunately, she married into the second room. Her parents-in-law were both in Shu. She is generous and doesn't seem to be difficult to get along with. The young ladies of the family are actually the best sister to get along with. Although she has a deep mind, she has no bad intentions. She is easy-going and considerate. Doing more for herself has made her suffer a lot less censure.

The other two rooms have many people with complicated thoughts. The eldest aunt and the third aunt can't say they are bad people, but they have their own temperaments, and they are not easy to get along with. Moreover, the two rooms have no private property. It's like everyone is fighting for the private room of the old lady and the old lady. It's really uncomfortable to be married to those two rooms.

I have been married for four years without a child. If I were in those two rooms, I'm afraid my mother-in-law would kill me.

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At the end of the year, Mr. Bai Er finally returned to Beijing without any trouble.

Old Mrs. Bai greeted her son back to the house with a smile on her face. She just waited for her son to bring the boxes and boxes of goods back to the yard of the second room. The next day, she sent two boxes of gifts to the upper room. The grandfather's, and the gifts from the other rooms were also sent by his son directly, and the old lady Bai's face was vaguely unsightly.

The Bai family is headed by Mrs. Bai. In the past, the things that the second room sent back every year, no matter who it was for, had to pass through her hands before being distributed.

This has long been a habit she has formed for more than ten years, or it is her absolute authority in the Bai family.

Actually, the second room is quite good, because it is far away from Shu, so many things can't be controlled. The son and grandson of the long room who are working as servants have to pay their monthly salary, and the third son is free to stay at home. Now, apart from the dowries of several daughters-in-law and granddaughter-in-law, the long and third rooms are also not allowed to have private property.

This was naturally not the case when the Bai family was still a big family in the south of the Yangtze River a few decades ago, but in the decades of war, all the ancestral property of the Bai family disappeared in the war, and the old man and his wife took their young sons to flee. When he came to Beijing to make a living, his family was difficult at that time, and Mrs. Bai was not engaged in production, but was supported by Mrs. Bai's perseverance and vigour. At that time, Mrs. Bai developed the habit of taking over the financial power of the family alone.

Tell me about the gift that Mr. Bai Er sent to the upper room, and when Mrs. Bai opened the two boxes, she saw that there were only ordinary medicinal materials and clothing and other things inside. Then she looked at the red seal of filial piety from her son Shangjing, and opened the inside. However, when he only had one thousand taels of silver, his face immediately turned ugly.

This is not a star and a half from previous years. She originally thought that this time her son came to Beijing with his family and sold the property there, and the things he brought back should be very rich.

Old Madam Bai asked in a deep voice, "Zhongqian, I heard you say that this time you went back to Beijing to seek a job in Beijing, and you won't be returning to Shu, so how is your business arranged?" /

Master Bai Er said respectfully: "Mother, this time back to Beijing to report on work, my son is really planning to find a job in Beijing, and the property there has been cleaned up. Even the house he lives in has also been sold, and now Ah Ning and Shu'er lives in the Yue family."