The Young Master of the Coal Miner

Chapter 55

The morning sun shines on the unmelted ice and snow outside the window, and reflects on the transparent glass windows, making the room bright.

The light penetrated into the red gauze, leaving a light pink afterglow on the wedding bed.

He Wenyan opened his eyes in a trance, he was resting on Xue Lin's arms, raised his body and looked around, this is his wedding room.

The alcohol from last night hadn't completely dissipated, and Young Master He was still groggy. He gently pushed Boss Xue beside him, and called out, "A Lin, it's time to get up. I'm going to serve tea to grandma today."

Xue Lin stayed up late last night to take care of the little alcoholic He Wenyan.

Hearing the call in his sleep, Xue Lin half-opened his eyes. When he saw He Wenyan, a smile subconsciously appeared on his face. He took Young Master He into his arms again and wrapped him tightly in the quilt.

Boss Xue kissed Young Master He's forehead naturally, and whispered in his ear: "Let the servant talk to grandma. Let's sleep for a while."

He Wenyan wanted to struggle at first, but the body temperature beside him was too warm, and sleepiness took over his mind again.

In the main hall, Mrs. Xue did not wait for He Wenyan's daughter-in-law tea, but waited for Xue Lin's servant to report.

"Go back to the old lady, the master and husband went to bed late last night. They haven't woken up yet."

Hearing this, the old lady didn't respond yet, but Aunt Guo excitedly put eye drops on the old lady Xue.

"This young master of the He family is too unruly. Whose family's new daughter-in-law doesn't wake up until mid-sun? This has missed the time to serve you tea."

But he didn't want her words to make the old lady unhappy.

"It's not a big deal for the newlyweds to be late." Mrs. Xue gave Aunt Guo a displeased look.

It's just a cup of daughter-in-law's tea, but she hopes that Xue Lin and Wen Yan can give birth to a child as soon as possible, so that this old woman can hold a great-grandson in her lifetime.

But when she thought that the abbot of Pilu Temple criticized Xue Lin for having no children, old lady Xue's heart and brows were tangled together.

Seeing old lady Xue frowning, Aunt Guo thought that her words had touched the old lady's heart, and she was about to add fuel to the flames.

But old lady Xue stretched out her hand to call for the housekeeper, and said: "I heard that the He family set up a porridge stall yesterday, so let's also set up a porridge stall to give out porridge and do good deeds."

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It was already noon when Xue Lin and He Wenyan left the bedroom door.

The servants have arranged the meals in the dining room, and the whole family is waiting for the newlyweds to eat.

Xue Lin led He Wenyan to the table and sat down, and Aunt Guo said quietly: "Young Master He is really impressive! Let the elders in the whole room wait for you."

"I was the one who went to bed late last night, so I let Ah Yan stay with me." Even though Boss Xue is half a bastard, he could hear Aunt Guo's aim at He Wenyan, and immediately choked up for his daughter-in-law.

With Xue Lin's support, He Wenyan did not panic. He glanced at the woman who had just made things difficult for him, and turned to Xue Lin, "A Lin, who is this?"

"It's just a distant relative who borrowed from my house."

Boss Xue didn't look at Aunt Guo directly, nor did he introduce her identity to He Wenyan in detail, and his tone was extremely cold.

Distant relatives?Doesn't sound like an important elder.

He Wenyan didn't speak, and glanced lightly at the few people on the table, with a faint smile on his face, but no one could find his fault.

Aunt Guo's face darkened suddenly, Xue Lin was trying to keep her from coming down in front of everyone.

"Old lady, look at what Xue Lin said..."

Aunt Guo couldn't hold back anymore, and wanted to pull Mrs. Xue to support herself.

"Okay, what are you fussing about with the younger generation?" Mrs. Xue frowned and waved her hands casually, obviously not wanting to care about this matter.

No matter how you put it, this person is close or distant. Lin'er is the grandson of Mrs. Xue, and Aunt Guo is just a distant niece of her natal family.

Indeed, as Xue Lin said, it was just a distant relative.

Which of the two is more important, Mrs. Xue doesn't need to compare, she is very clear in her heart.

"Okay, okay, let's eat quickly. The two of them didn't eat in the morning, and they are probably going to be hungry right now."

The old lady Xue waved to Xue Lin and He Wenyan, signaling them to sit beside her.

Master He sat obediently beside the old lady, but Boss Xue didn't want to be separated by his grandmother, so he insisted on sitting next to He Wenyan.

The old lady Xue didn't mind either, she looked at the tired young couple with a satisfied smile on her face.

Seeing that He Wenyan was a little cautious at the dinner table, Mrs. Xue took his hand, pointed at the dishes on the table with the other hand, and said seriously: "Look, is there any dish you like on the table? If not, Just tell grandma what you like to eat, and let the kitchen make it for you next time."

He Wenyan nodded, and there was an extra chopstick dish in the bowl.

"Don't worry, grandma, I'll bring food to Ah Yan." Xue Lin picked He Wenyan's favorite food and put it in his bowl.

"Hey, why don't you pick up some food with chopsticks for grandma?" Mrs. Xue joked as she watched her grandson skillfully pick up food.

He Wenyan blushed and raised his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and sent it to the old lady's bowl: "Grandma, I'll pick it up for you."

"Hey, good." Mrs. Xue was so happy that she could see her teeth but not her eyes.

At the dinner table, the family of three talked and laughed, and Aunt Guo and Xiufang seemed very out of place.

"The old lady doesn't like to eat fatty meat." Seeing that He Wenyan was holding a piece of fat meat, Xiufang said deliberately.

The originally harmonious atmosphere was instantly broken.

Upon hearing this, Young Master He stared blankly at the pretty girl in front of him, then turned to look at the old lady Xue beside him, and said tentatively, "Grandma, how about..."

"Who said I don't like fatty meat?" Mrs. Xue picked up the fat meat in the bowl with a smile on her face, and naturally put it into her mouth, chewing slowly.

"The man's appetite is always changing."

The scene in front of her was like a sharp sword, stabbing Xiufang's eyes, but she stared stupidly as if she had been stabbed, unable to look away.

The old lady Xue saved He Wenyan's face by doing this, but put her face on the ground and trampled on it.

Everyone happily finished the lunch, and no one noticed the embarrassment on Xiufang's face.

After the meal, Boss Xue led Master He to offer tea to Mrs. Xue.

He Wenyan took the tea bowl from the servant and handed it to the old lady Xue who was sitting in the main seat. The old lady sipped the tea with a smile on her face, feeling that today's Biluochun was extraordinarily sweet.

"Grandma has been looking forward to your cup of daughter-in-law tea for half a year."

The old lady Xue stuffed a bulging red envelope into He Wenyan's hand, which was the change fee she had prepared long ago.

"Thank you grandma."

But when the eyes of several people turned to Xiufang and Aunt Guo who were standing aside, the atmosphere became a little delicate.

Xue Lin just said at the dinner table that the two are just distant relatives, and He Wenyan didn't know how to address them.

But the etiquette that should be done cannot be missed, He Wenyan asked Hong Ling to take a pair of pearl earrings from the dowry.

This was originally what Mrs. He Wenyan was planning to use as a reward for the servants. The pearls on it were just the most common freshwater pearls in Suzhou.

Hongling handed the pair of earrings to Xiufang, and He Wenyan explained: "I didn't know there were other female relatives in the family, so I didn't prepare an extra gift for the girl."

"I see that the jewelry on the girl is really simple." Young Master He simply looked at the girl's clothes in front of him, and said lightly: "These pair of freshwater pearl earrings are originally for rewarding people, and they are not worth much. , if the girl doesn't mind, then accept it."

To give her something that was a reward for a servant?

Xiufang's face turned pale suddenly, and her hands hidden by her side tightly grasped the hem of her clothes.

But Mrs. Xue and Xue Lin didn't think there was anything wrong. Seeing that she didn't move, the old lady frowned and reproached her: "Xiufang, why don't you thank your cousin?"

Hearing Mrs. Xue's urging voice, Xiufang stiffly took the pair of pearl earrings from Hong Ling's hand, fixed her eyes on He Wenyan, gritted her back teeth and said, "Thank you cousin."

Seeing that Xiufang had accepted the gift, Mrs. Xue nodded in satisfaction.

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After the meal, He Wenyan took Hong Ling and Bi Liu back to the room to organize the dowry, mainly to organize the clothes brought from the He family into the closet.

Halfway through tidying things up, the girl Hong Ling sneaked out, Bi Liu thought she was going out to hide from laziness, and didn't care.

After a while, Hong Ling happily ran back to the room.

"Young Master, guess what I found out?" Hong Ling moved closer to He Wenyan, and beckoned to Bi Liu, signaling her to come closer as well.

He Wenyan smiled, thinking she had discovered something novel.

"I just went to the daughter-in-law of the housekeeper of the Xue family and asked about the two distant relatives of the Xue family."

Hong Ling's small face was wrinkled, and she muttered: "During lunch, I saw that those two were deliberately embarrassing the young master."

"The housekeeper's daughter-in-law said that these two are just distant relatives from the old lady Xue's natal family. The old lady saw that her mother and daughter were really pitiful, so she let them rely on Xue's house."

"That Miss Xiufang usually follows Mrs. Xue and does the work of serving people in the old lady's room. It is said that she is quite liked by the old lady."

"However, it's ridiculous that such distant relatives who are far away dare to show their elders' genealogy in front of you, the head of the house, young master!"

In just a short while, this clever little girl had a lot of words out of the mouth of the housekeeper's daughter-in-law.

Bi Liu pondered for a moment, and said to He Wenyan: "Master, you don't have to be too polite to these two people, just treat them as servants of the Xue family."

You must know that the servants who serve are also discerning.

If Young Master He treated those two people too politely, the servants would feel that the mistress was too weak to be bullied.

Once he is underestimated by his subordinates, it will be useless for He Wenyan to speak to his subordinates.

Therefore, the first thing He Wenyan does when he marries into Xue's family is to establish his prestige.

"The Xue family just moved to Jinning City a few years ago, and I heard that the servants at home were hired later, and they don't have any children." Bi Liu reminded again.

The implication of Bi Liu's words is that as long as Young Master He controls the financial power of the Xue family, the servants of this family will look up to him.

It is not difficult for He Wenyan to obtain the housekeeping rights of the Xue family, all he needs to do is talk to Xue Lin.

It's just that he is busy with curing diseases and saving lives and drug research and development, so he can't watch and manage the family affairs anytime and anywhere.

Seeing that the young master was troubled by this matter, Bi Liu volunteered and said: "Master, the younger one can take care of the housework for the young master. Madam taught me when she was at home."

He Wenyan was a little surprised, he didn't expect his mother to choose all the people who would manage the housework for him.

"Master, what is this?"

Hong Ling was flipping through a dowry wooden box, took out a booklet with a bright red cover, and asked curiously.

Her hand was about to open the book to find out, but Young Master He shouted: "Put it down!"

The little girl trembled in fright, and the booklet in her hand fell to the ground in an instant, opening her "chest" for everyone to see.

The author says:

【The scene of the death of the society】

Young Master He: Listen to my sophistry...