Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 157 I have raised it for several years

157 I have been raising it for more than ten years

You make more clothes and jewelry for your niece than for your own daughter. How can you expect your own daughter to be happy?

As for the fact that she used her dowry to support her two brothers and gave them two thousand taels of silver every year, I won’t say anything about it. Anyway, it was not my money that was spent.

But I know that her dowry has been almost replenished, and it is basically gone. Don't tell me how I know this, it's because on the day when Zhenzhu got engaged, I mentioned the matter of Zhenzhu's dowry, and she let it slip.

I won’t talk about all that. The key point is that Jin’er’s mother brought all her nephews and nieces from her mother’s side to the Marquis’ Mansion, setting a bad example for the Marquis’ Mansion.

The following daughters-in-law all followed her example. Even the third daughter-in-law who was not in the Marquis's mansion asked her family members to send all their children to the Marquis's mansion. I couldn't say anything.

If the children were more sensible and did not cause trouble, it would be fine. Not long ago, the children of the eldest son Jingyuan's wife's family and the children of the third son's wife's family had a fight in the clan school.

One hit his head and the other broke his leg. Instead of looking for the cause among their own families or disciplining their children, they came to me and cried. I was so annoyed that I finally asked Butler Pei to give them money to pay for the medical expenses.

What kind of thing is this? I gave them free food and lodging in my mansion, and they are now grudges against me for the food and lodging. I still owe them money? How can I not be angry?

But they are all my daughter-in-law's family members, so who can go? Do you think this is caused by Jin'er's mother bringing her family's children?

I am weak and unfit to be the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion. Not only can I not manage the household, but I have also caused a lot of trouble. The other day, I had the nerve to come and beg for mercy, to let the child of Han Laoer's family come back. Who else should I scold if not her?

But it was useless for me to scold her. Saying that I would give her a divorce letter on behalf of Jingyang was just to scare her. Could I do it? Not to mention that I gave her a divorce letter, Jingyang would come back to fight me. For Jiner's sake, I couldn't do this. I couldn't let others say behind Jiner's back that she had a divorced mother. But the more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

Let me talk about another thing. You mentioned Zhenzhu's marriage. On the day of the wedding, few people in the Marquis' Mansion knew about it. I had warned the maids who were brought there, but within three days, Jin'er's aunt-in-law arranged for people to go to the Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion. How could she be so well-informed?

Wasn't it that girl Qingge who said it when she got home? Maybe Qingge didn't mean it and just said it casually when she got home. But what does this prove? It proves that there are no secrets in our Marquis' Mansion.

If I put the brewery in the public house, she would talk about it when she goes back, and the two brothers of the Han family would see that it is profitable again, and go to Jin'er's mother to cry and complain. She has no dowry anymore, and her mind is confused. Should she take over the brewery?

I don't care if she uses her own dowry to support her parents' family. It doesn't matter if she doesn't have money to give Pearl a dowry. I will give it to her. But if she uses the money from the Marquis's Mansion to support her parents' family, I won't agree.

The Han family has so many children, it's a bottomless pit. It doesn't make sense for our mansion to pay for the betrothal gifts and dowries of the Han family's grandchildren."

Old Madam Pei opened up and didn't treat Hua Lei as an outsider. She spoke out everything in her heart. It can be seen that she has been angry recently.

"Jin'er's mother is not good enough, and Jingyuan's wife is not good enough either. But she is in good health and can do things. She can complete 60% to 70% of what I ask her to do.

But I can't possibly tell her everything. When it comes to her own affairs, she becomes short-sighted and can only see the land in front of her.

Look at what she has taught these kids. Rong Yu is only half a year younger than Jin Er, but his academic performance is not bad at all. If he is not good at academic performance, it is a brain problem, and there is nothing we can do about it. But if you work hard and learn martial arts, even if you can't be like his grandfather and his father, right? Then you can find a similar job in Shangjing City to make a living, right?

But Jingyuan's wife felt sorry for him and couldn't bear to see him suffer, so she didn't let him study hard. You see, he is neither good at literature nor martial arts now, and it will be difficult for him to succeed in the future.

The same goes for Feicui, who is the same age as Zhenzhu. Not to mention that she is not as good-looking as Zhenzhu, but who would like her timid look? The last time she went on a date with Zhenzhu, she didn’t like her. After she came back, she hid in the house and cried a few times. What else did she do?

I had reminded her of the matter of having several children for a long time, but she just didn't appreciate it and thought I was deliberately torturing her and the children. Alas, people who don't know really think that I, the mother-in-law, was torturing my illegitimate son and daughter-in-law.

People with such short-sightedness can only see the present. Now she is in charge of the family. Look, how has she managed this mansion? If I hadn't been watching from behind, this mansion would have been turned upside down.

Let her take care of the winery again? Even if she wants to, she doesn't have the energy to do so." Madam Pei sighed.

Hua Lei looked at Old Madam Pei and didn't respond. She didn't dare to say anything, and it was not easy to say it.

Madam Pei took a sip of tea and continued, "The two elder ones are not good enough, and the third brother and his wife are not in the Marquis' Mansion, so there is no need to talk about them.

The fourth son's wife seems okay, Rong Jue and Lin Lang are also well-educated, but I can't just ignore the big families and hand over the winery to her alone, right? That would be deliberately creating conflicts between them. Similarly, I won't think about the fifth and sixth sons' wives."

Madam Pei looked at Hualei and said as if she had made up her mind, "So I will put this winery under Jin'er's name. None of them should care about it. I will manage it myself. If I can't take it anymore, Lei'er, you will be in charge."

"Ah, I'll take care of it. That won't do. Grandma Pei, don't tell me whether I'm willing or not. Even if I'm willing, I won't do it." Hua Lei was shocked.

"It's all right. Although you've only lived in the mansion for a short time, I can see that you are a promising person, smart, willing to endure hardships, and open-minded.

Let's not talk about Baihua Manor. You always say that you made money by chance. Look at Yuanying Manor. Others have left it there for several years and have no idea what to do. You have only taken over for more than three months and have made a big change in the manor. "

Madam Pei put down the teacup in her hand and said, "So, I say, Lei'er, you can do it."

"Grandma Pei, I haven't earned any money from the farm yet, and the money I spent hasn't been recovered yet." Hua Lei said honestly.

"I know, but once your chickens, ducks, geese and pigs are ready for slaughter, all you have left is to count the money." Old Madam Pei smiled, "By then, this wooden box really won't be able to hold all of them." Old Madam Pei patted the wooden box on the table.