Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 434 - 303 The Truth About Being Unkind to Son and Daughter-in-law_3

Chapter 434: Chapter 303 The Truth About Being Unkind to Son and Daughter-in-law_3

Not only do I have to provide 100 silver taels, but also three gold pieces. Hongji doesn’t even know how to discuss this matter with Mrs. Li.

But this matter is going to take place in a few days. Father mentioned the gift exchange on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and bringing the person into our home on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

There are only a few days left to prepare, and his wife as the mistress of their own household is completely unaware. How will she manage to send ten tables’ worth of gifts?

As a man, he will certainly have to entrust this matter to his wife. Purchasing and arranging have always been her duties.

Just as he left his father’s room, with a mind full of worries and walking, he noticed a quick-moving small silhouette.

More than one, actually— it was the most mischievous and lively, his two youngest daughters.

Hongji knew that the two little girls were definitely eavesdropping by their father’s door but he didn’t have time to deal with that now. He had to go back and prepare what to say to his wife.

Hongji returned to his room full of worries. His wife opened her mouth as if to speak, but no words came out immediately. Instead, she had the maid prepare footbath water for him and, in silence, he washed his face and feet.

Mrs. Li had always been puzzled as to why her husband wanted to talk about something so secretly, not allowing her or anyone else in the family to hear, so mysterious!

Mrs. Li did not rush to speak. After her husband had washed his feet, she brought him a dry towel to wipe his feet dry, the whole process so gentle and understanding!

After the maid carried out the footbath water and helped her husband to take off his coat, she then extinguished the main light, leaving only a small lamp burning. There was a baby in the room who might need to get up at night, so they left the small lamp on for convenience in case anything was needed.

This was no longer the scene from years ago when he was reprimanded for keeping a light on at night over a trivial amount of money. Now that he was in charge and had money, things felt different, comfortable!

Hongji, silent and in the tender care of his wife, lay down in bed. His wife would have to tend to the baby at night, and as a man, he was supposed to sleep outside, but he still chose to sleep inside.

If it were as simple as taking the son to pee at night, he would have done it, and not let his wife bear the hardship continuously.

But the child was still breastfeeding, something he could not replace.

The son could eat some supplementary foods during the day and only occasionally got up at night. After a full feed, he’d mostly sleep until dawn.

But his wife believed the child was still young and needed to be fed milk once in the middle of the night.

Sheep’s milk would only be added to his diet during the daytime.

Mrs. Li lay back down in bed, quiet and not sleeping, but she knew her husband wasn’t talking yet. By his breathing, she could tell he wasn’t asleep yet.

"Wife, our home is going to welcome a newcomer! Ah...!"

Hearing her husband’s words and the sigh in his voice, Mrs. Li didn’t understand the underlying meaning and turned to look at her husband in the dim light.

But she sensitively felt something, her heart trembling as she nervously guessed, Could her parents-in-law be adding a concubine for her husband?

Generation after generation had only one son, and "one grandson is not enough," as always mentioned by her parents-in-law.

Looking at her husband lying in bed with only his face exposed outside the blanket—his handsome face, tall figure, and the fact that he hadn’t aged much over the past two years thanks to good food and drink. He looked much younger and more outstanding than other men his age.

He was even more charming than some younger men, a charm that combined money and capability.

There would certainly be many young women willing to become his concubine. Just by marrying into this household, they wouldn’t have to work, and many would be willing, especially in villages where many can barely fill their stomachs.

Some have elder brothers who couldn’t afford to marry, using their sisters to become concubines for others, or even trading wives.

Lost in his sighs, Hongji failed to notice his wife’s expression.

Perhaps his words weren’t clear enough and led to his wife’s misunderstanding.

In her anxiety, Mrs. Li couldn’t voice her objection to her husband taking a concubine. She could only respond with "Mm," her voice trailing off, her mood sinking.

They had endured such hardships in the past, and just as their lives were getting better, another problem arose. As a peasant woman, she was unwilling to share her husband with others.

She knew that the expression on Fu Jun’s face was one of unwillingness, but how many men took a concubine and didn’t touch her?

Hongji only heard his wife’s "Mm" and no further words, but he continued to talk to himself:

"My father, I don’t know how, without my mother’s agreement, has decided to take a concubine, my cousin!"

"Ah...!"

"Wife, you don’t need to be shocked. My cousin is already 19 or 20 years old, and she still hasn’t married off. Others disdain her for her laziness!"

Hongji was not a gossipy person, but he still felt the need to explain his mother’s family affairs to his wife.

Mrs. Li, now that she understood, realized that her earlier unhappiness was all a misunderstanding.

She sat up and, looking down at her husband who was still asleep, gossiped:

"Is it the daughter from your maternal uncle’s family?"

"Right, they have two sons and a daughter. The daughter is in the middle, and there’s also a younger son who hasn’t married yet!"