Chapter 200: Sun Shi is going to be a wicked mother-in-law

The sun was about to set.

The sky was hazy.

Quyuan Street.

The stall under the cloth shed by the roadside was burning a honeycomb coal stove, and white steam was rising from the pot on the stove.

After Xu Minghua and Xu Zaiduan, father and son, arrived at the street entrance with their personal guards, everyone pulled on the reins to slow the horses down.

Seeing this group of people, the women and commoners wearing cotton clothes and setting up stalls bowed and saluted one after another.

Most of these were old acquaintances of the Marquis's personal guards. Some were women whose husbands had died in battle and had to raise children, some were old people whose sons had died in battle and had no one to support them, so they set up stalls on the street to support themselves, and there were also orphans whose fathers had died in battle and whose mothers had remarried, leaving them with no one, so they helped out at the stalls by serving bowls and wiping tables to earn a meal.

The customers were also mostly neighbors of the Marquis's residence.

With the Marquis's residence's protection, the ruffians and street bullies of Bianjing didn't dare to bully them.

The soldiers of the Street Department also took good care of them. They didn't have much wealth, but they were well-fed and clothed.

During the New Year, the Marquis's residence also bestowed comfort gifts, such as the cotton-padded clothes they wore to keep out the cold.

Of course, if you bullied the market and ganged up to bully people, ruining the Xu family's reputation, the military law in the Marquis's residence was not to be trifled with; they would be punished on the street.

The group of people didn't enter the main gate when they encountered three Sun family carriages. Looking at the sign on the carriages, Xu Minghua and his son looked at each other.

Behind Xu Hou and his son,

Ye Fang, who was riding on his horse, threw a string of copper coins to the boy by the roadside and said: "Chu Zhan, later take a portion of fried fish and stir-fried chicken and rabbit from Uncle Shu's stall and send it in."

"Brother Ye, did you lose the competition again?"

"Go, go, go, it's for me to eat!"

The half-grown boy Chu Zhan looked at the scar-faced personal guard Hu Ma, who had a smug look on his face, and understood in his heart:

"Got it, brother."

Mistress's courtyard,

dinner was not yet ready.

Xu Zaijing, who had been doing schoolwork until he was dizzy, sat blankly on the chair in the hall, his eyes full of thoughts. Even when his second sister gave him a wink, he didn't see it. Only when he heard his father and brother enter the door did Xu Zaijing hurriedly stand up.

Xu Minghua took off his outer cloak, washed his hands and face under the service of a maid, and after wiping his face, Xu Minghua wiped his hands again and looked at Sun Shi, whose face didn't look good, and asked:

"The Sun family sisters-in-law came? Why didn't you keep them for dinner?"

"They were full of anger."

"Ah?"

Anmei, who was to the side, wanted to speak, but feeling her mother's gaze, she lowered her head.

Everyone took their seats.

Sun Shi looked at her three sons again.

Zaiduan looked at her with some confusion, just like his father.

Zaizhang sat on the chair with a joyful expression, looking at Hualan wholeheartedly, not noticing his mother's face at all. Only when Hualan bowed to Sun Shi with a look of shame did Zaizhang receive a white-eyed look from his mother.

As for the youngest son, he had an annoyed expression, muttering to himself: "This problem-solving idea of Brother Yu, why didn't I think of it! Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Hearing this, Sun Shi nodded with relief.

And the cat beside Anmei looked at Xu Zaijing with confusion: Meow?

"Mistress, dinner is ready."

Sun Shi took a deep breath and said:

"Let's eat!"

During the meal, except for Xu Zaijing, who was immersed in the wonderful problem-solving and eating selflessly, everyone else felt that Sun Shi was in a bad mood.

Hualan was even more restless, having eaten only a few mouthfuls.

After Xu Zaijing finished his meal and bowed to his father and mother, he walked to the door, took the cloak from Qingcao's hand, took the opportunity to glance at Qingcao, and helplessly pointed to the corner of his mouth again.

Qingcao touched it embarrassedly, and then stuffed a grain of rice back into her mouth.

Afterwards, the master and servant returned to the small courtyard.

After Zaiduan and Xie Shi finished eating, they also said goodbye to their parents and left the front hall.

"Hualan, shall we go back too?"

Hearing this, Hualan shook her head and said: "Husband, you go back first, I have something to say to Mother-in-law."

"Then, I'll wait for you in the courtyard."

Hualan forced a smile.

Xu Minghua said: "Mistress, you and Hua'er chat, I'll go over first."

Hualan watched her father-in-law nod and leave, and hurriedly bowed.

Sun Shi looked at Hualan and said: "Sit."

After the Xu family maids quickly tidied up the dining table, Sun Shi waved her hand.

Soon, there were only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the room.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Hualan stood up from the chair:

"Mother-in-law, this daughter-in-law did not urge my husband to study and make progress, this daughter-in-law..."

As she spoke, Hualan was about to kneel down, but was pulled up by Sun Shi: "You child, what are you doing!"

"Mother-in-law, I did not urge my husband to make progress, I..."

"Pfft! What kind of nonsense are you spouting, child? It is that wicked obstacle, the third son! It is because he himself does not study well and does not discipline himself; what does it have to do with you?"

Hualan just wanted to speak, but Sun Shi continued:

"Why, he is a man, he can't do his own job of studying attentively, and I should blame my daughter-in-law instead?"

"But, husband, he treats me..."

Sun Shi said with a smile in her eyes: "Does Hua'er think your mother-in-law is so narrow-minded? Seeing my own son put his wife in his heart, am I afraid that I, as a mother-in-law, will be jealous of you?"

Hualan looked at Sun Shi embarrassedly and didn't speak.

Sun Shi said earnestly:

"In this world, we women must follow our fathers before marriage, our husbands after marriage, and our sons after our husbands die. Sanlang is the king of this family, you, a young girl, what can you do? Force him to make progress? If you force him too hard, maybe this man will go find another woman."

"Do you want me and your father to whip him into shape?"

Hualan nodded.

Sun Shi looked at Hualan kindly, her eyes full of smiles: "Hua'er, you can do this, I, as a mother-in-law, am very grateful."

Seeing Hualan looking somewhat happy, Sun Shi continued: "But you stayed to talk today, if your father and I punish him tonight or tomorrow, wouldn't it ruin the affection between you two?"

Hualan lowered her head; how could she not have thought of that?

Sun Shi stroked Hualan's shoulder and said: "Good child! Let me handle this matter."

Hualan raised her head: "Ah?"

Looking at Hualan's appearance, Sun Shi said with a smile:

"From now on, you come every day to 'stand by the rules'! Let you drag down my son so he doesn't make progress!"

"I, this wicked mother-in-law, won't punish my son, I'll punish my daughter-in-law!"

"He loves you so much, how could he not make progress?"

Hualan looked at Sun Shi's smile.

Her mother-in-law was going to be the villain herself, to clear Sheng Hualan out of it. For some reason, Hualan suddenly felt a sourness in her nose: "Mother-in-law, Mother!"

"Silly child, what are you crying for? When he was a child, I even beat him, it's fine!"

Patting Hualan, who was lying on her shoulder, Sun Shi said: "However, it's not bad that you're crying."

Hualan raised her head, looking at Sun Shi with teary, confused eyes.

"This way, you don't have to act like you were cried by your mother-in-law when you go back."

Hearing Sun Shi's words, Hualan broke into laughter through her tears.

Sun Shi said with a smile: "Don't wipe your tears, just go back like this."

Hualan bowed solemnly to Sun Shi and turned to leave.

In the bedroom,

Sun Shi walked in with a smile full of relief.

Xu Minghua put down the military book in his hand and looked over: "Yo, what's this? You were in a bad mood just now, why are you all smiles now?"

Sun Shi rolled her eyes at him: "Go away."

After changing into her pajamas, Xu Minghua helped her fix her hair.

After extinguishing the lamp,

"Madam, what exactly made you unhappy?"

Xu Minghua asked ingratiatingly.

"Hmph!"

Sun Shi turned her back to him in a huff.

"Madam?"

Sun Shi covered the mouth of Xu Hou who was trying to kiss her.

"That nephew of ours from the Zhu family, he has great ability."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

After finishing what her natal sister-in-law had said, Sun Shi said:

"... Calculated this way, he had the child during the mourning period!"

Xu Minghua sat up from the bed all of a sudden: "This! That shouldn't be! What does Tiger's wife plan to do?"

Sun Shi continued: "If that woman is a good one, then take her as a concubine. If she has improper intentions, then find a human trafficker and sell her thousands of miles away."

Xu Minghua's mood also became bad; he sat down and sighed, then lay back down.

"By the way, tomorrow I'm going to be a wicked mother-in-law."

"What are you doing again?"

Xu Minghua asked in a huff.

"It's all because of that wretch Sanlang..."

After listening to his wife finish, Xu Minghua pondered for a moment and said: "The family education of Cousin Sheng is still..."

Before he could finish, Sun Shi said:

"Pfft! Pampering the concubine and destroying the wife? Hualan is such a generous and sensible child, besides Aunt, who else in the Sheng family could teach her?"

Xu Minghua: "This, is what Aunt taught not the Sheng family education?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 201 =====