MTL - My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

Chapter 59 Good Habits

 After walking out of the door, he muttered something quietly.

 “The real murderer.”

 Next time, if the general comes back, let Sister Cherry take care of him.

As for small things like running errands in the kitchen, she can just do it!

 In the side room, Shang Ji struggled for a long time.

 At first, he planned to wash his hands and change clothes.

However, as soon as he took off his coat and put it casually on the clothes rail, he saw some dust falling thinly underneath.

 It is incompatible with the cleanliness of the entire ear room.

 So, he had to take off all his inner clothes and wash them up and down with a handkerchief.

 Then put on clean clothes and shoes and socks.

 Perhaps there are spices in the cabinet where the clothes are kept, so there is a faint fragrance on the clothes.

 It's just this kind of fragrance that Shang Ji can accept.

 It is not strong and smells quite refreshing.

He raised his hand and smelled it carefully. It seemed to be the scent of bamboo after the rain.

 When I went out and returned to the main room, the food happened to be on the table.

Du Jingyi glanced at her husband up and down, and he looked much cleaner now than before.

　　So I hurriedly boasted.

"General, you have such a good habit. When you come back, you can wash up and have a clean meal, which will make you feel more comfortable. Next time, I will ask them to prepare more hot water in the ear room. If you need to rinse or something, it will be convenient."

"Um."

 Shang Ji answered in a strange way.

When he thought about his past habit of falling asleep after returning from the military camp, he admitted it without blushing or panic.

The couple sat in front of the Eight Immortals Table, looking at the table full of food. They were really hungry.

Du Jingyi was okay, after all, he was the one who had breakfast.

 But the physical strength that Shang Ji consumes every day naturally requires a large amount of food to replenish it.

 So, Du Jingyi ate slowly and leisurely, and although Shang Ji was fast, he did not gobble it up. Overall, he was very calm.

The maid Yingtao was waiting on the side, adding some food to the general and the young lady from time to time.

The couple in Xitang Courtyard ate with gusto.

 On the other hand, there was a little trouble in Baotao Courtyard in Beiyuan.

The third wife’s grandchildren, Erlang’s daughter-in-law and Sanlang’s daughter-in-law, were sitting together and discussing.

"Second sister-in-law, I heard that an eminent monk came to Pingliang Temple. In order to welcome him into the temple, His Majesty even specially gilded the Buddha statues in the temple. Shouldn't our Duke's office also add some good things like this? Money for incense? This way, the Buddha can bless and protect the children of our third wife?"

The person who spoke was Sanlang's wife. She looked rich and gentle, and spoke softly.

It’s just that both words and deeds can be used to get the glory of the Duke’s mansion, and they will try their best to be stained with it.

 This news has not yet been announced to the outside world. The reason why she knew it was entirely because her natal father was a minor official in the Ministry of Rites, so he was more or less well-informed.

 After learning the news, she originally did not intend to say it. But looking at the third house these days has been too unpleasant, so I came up with this idea.

  At the end of the day, the money will not come out of the pockets of their third wife.

 It is of course the best thing to be able to do it without paying any money and still have your name on it.

 But she wanted to think about such a good thing, but couldn't do it, so she had to come to her second sister-in-law to discuss it.

After all, she is quite popular in front of her grandmother and the three old ladies, and it is always better for the three old ladies to take action than for people like them, nieces and nephews, to ask Mrs. Wei of Yunjin Court.

It's a pity that she was very good at planning, but she was ridiculed by Erlang's wife who heard this, and said with a cold snort.

"What about our Duke's Mansion? Look at everyone in the courtyard who treats us in the third room as the masters of the Duke's Mansion. The ones in Yunjin Courtyard are protected by uncles, the ones in Dongyuan are protected by Liu Lang, and the fifth room doesn't even know I burned some incense, and I have been living smoothly these past few days. However, in our house, the husband is incompetent, and the son and son do not work hard. We, the two-room wife, are here, scratching and swissing to live our lives. Do you still want to add money for incense? I don’t have such spare money.”

 Erlang's wife spoke in such a sinister manner, which made her already somewhat mean face even more ugly.

After saying this angrily, she picked up a cup of tea and drank it.

Tea was meant to be enjoyed, but now it was just a tool to cool down the fire for her.

Sanlang's wife saw it and couldn't say much.

 Having no choice but to wipe the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, he looked a little embarrassed.

I thought to myself that I was stupid, how could I forget what happened there, and to say this in a hurry at this time, wasn't this an intention to make my second sister-in-law angry?

So, he also drank a small cup of tea quietly and stopped talking actively.

After a little while, Erlang’s wife probably realized what she was doing.

Faithless to say anything else, these three younger siblings still had some help from their mother's family, otherwise they wouldn't have given Sanlang a job in the Ministry of Rites.

　　It would not be a good thing for my room if they were annoyed and did not interact with each other, so I softened my tone and said.

“The children are incompetent and make the three younger siblings laugh.”

Hearing her opening her mouth, Sanlang's wife hurriedly said in relief.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The second sister-in-law is also angry about the children, but when she is angry, she still has to take care of her own body. Otherwise, won't it make her even more upset?"

Erlang's wife sighed after hearing this and pretended to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

 Then he cried and said.

"Your second brother is not a talented person to begin with, but now he and his two children are imitating his father. You don't know how much effort we put into sending these children to the Zhen family's private school to learn their skills. .”

"Unexpectedly, the two of them don't study hard, but they still cause trouble all day long. Now the master is so angry that he returned the shuxiu I just handed in the day before yesterday. And he threatened not to accept it again. The two of them have entered the hall."

"Tell me, if you are not good at literature or martial arts, is it possible that you will continue to follow the old path of business in the future? Isn't this just trying to make people laugh?"

　　In any case, they are also children from the Duke's palace. Even if they have no status, they always have two relatives of powerful people.

 Let them go into business, isn’t this just a slap in the face?

 Besides, even literacy is so difficult nowadays, and those who only know how to walk around with cats and dogs may not be successful even in business.

Thinking of this, Erlang's wife looked even more melancholy and heartbroken. She didn't know what to do with her two sons.

After hearing these words, Sanlang's wife also sighed.

How could she not know the second sister-in-law's difficulties? She herself has children, so of course she understands the pros and cons.

 Families like them who live in the Duke's mansion now seem to have some advantages.

 But if the third old man, the grandfather, dies, then the people from the same sect will also be "invited" out.

 (End of this chapter)