Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Heir
Wu Lixia was a little embarrassed, and she twisted for a long time before she said to Wen Hui: "Earlier, my wife chatted with me, saying that for my future, it is better to have a child as an heir."
Chen Wenhui held the hand of her master Wu Lixia and said, "Master, what do you think?" If you don't want to pass by, just follow me, and I will support you for the rest of your life. ”
Wu Lixia smiled gently and said: "I naturally live with the girl for a lifetime, and in the future, the girl will be married, and I will follow you." But what happens when I die? Sometimes I think about this question too. My cousin-in-law told me about it. I've always been hesitant, but now that my wife says it, I'm thinking about having a child, so that I'll have someone to pay tribute to me in a hundred years, and the cigarettes will continue. Besides, if I still can't support myself like before, I naturally don't think about the future. Now, you also know, you let me open this wedding shop, and now I can make a lot of money, even if I close my door now, I can be a small rich man. In the future, to whom will I give this money after a hundred years? I'm going to tell you, hehe, you have a hundred, a thousand times more money than me, where can you use this. In the future, when you leave the cabinet, get married, and have children, you will naturally be a girl from a wealthy family, young master, where do you use my money? So, I thought about it, it's better to have a child. ”
Chen Wenhui thought about it for a while, the ancients still attached great importance to things after death, which was different from her thoughts. Chen Wenhui still comes from the thoughts of her previous life, living in the present, where can she care about the afterlife. Besides, having been educated in atheism for decades in a previous life, where would you believe in the afterlife? But on second thought, isn't I an example, how did I cross it? I can't explain what happened to me, so how can I arbitrarily say that there are no gods and no ghosts? Thinking of this, Chen Wenhui said, "Master." You're right to think so. I support you all, especially your cousin-in-law, Mrs. Shui, she, I know. Competent, kind, and very wise, and since she told you that, and my mother told you that, I thought that might be what should be done. ”
Wu Lixia smiled.
Chen Wenhui said: "But, master, have you thought about your stepchild, do you want a boy or a girl? It is a descendant from a relative of her husband's family. Or is it from a relative in the mother's family, or is it an orphan? ”
Wu Lixia said: "I haven't thought about this at all. However, if I were asked to find it from my husband's house, I would be reluctant. Although most of the cases that come to me are from my husband's house, I think about it. My husband's family treats me like that, and my husband doesn't have any affection, and he is really angry to this day, so I will never take stepchildren from my husband's family. As for orphans, it's not good, I don't know the roots. I'm afraid that there will be trouble in the future, so I want to look for it from my mother's side. You know my mother's family, it used to be just an ordinary family, and later, my only brother became the head of Lord Chen. has been following Lord Chen, Qingyun has risen to the top, and he is already an official of the fourth grade, and he can be regarded as a glorious ancestor, although he has many children in his family. But they are already eunuch girls, young masters, where can they follow me, a widowed aunt? In this way, you can only choose from distant relatives. ”
Chen Wenhui nodded, the Wu family has become bigger and bigger in recent years because of Wu Dashan's officials, and now the family is also prosperous, and it can be regarded as a big family in Deqing.
Wu Lixia said: "Actually, I don't know much about the family's situation, but my mother and sister-in-law Shui know more. So I asked them. My mother had just followed my eldest brother to the capital for some time, and when she heard that I had thought about stepchildren, she was very happy, and my cousin-in-law and I thought carefully and found me two children. ”
Chen Wenhui smiled: "It's still two, what kind of situation?" ”
Wu Lixia said: "My mother and my cousin-in-law said that the situation of these two children is also pitiful. Their father is a distant cousin of mine, and they are all about to be out of the fifth suit. This cousin's family conditions are average, but the family still has twenty or thirty acres of land, which is enough to eat. This cousin's wife gave birth to a boy and a girl, the older boy and the younger girl. Later, my cousin-in-law went, and my cousin remarried another, and they treated each other well at first. The cousin was relieved and handed over to the new sister-in-law to discipline. Later, the new sister-in-law gave birth to two children in three consecutive years, and now their family has four children, both male and female, plus the previous two, they already have six children. The new sister-in-law was pregnant again, and the cousin had no way, so he wanted to send the child out, but the new sister-in-law refused, saying that she wanted to send it out and send the two big ones before. However, this child is already old, how can anyone be willing to ask for it? The new sister-in-law hated, so she tortured the two children every day, and the people in the clan couldn't see it, but it was a matter of the next room, and it was not easy to discipline, so she could only secretly help the two children. If it weren't for the help of the clansmen, I'm afraid those two children would have been tortured to death. My mother said, "Well, I will adopt these two children, they are both old, the boy is already ten years old, and the girl is eight years old, and I don't have to bother, and besides, it is better to accumulate virtue and do good than to be tortured to death by my stepmother." ”
Chen Wenhui clenched her fists: "There is really such a bad stepmother in this world, it's really annoying, I can't wait to arrest this kind of person and kill it, it's true." Master, you just adopt these two children, it is regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good, if you don't adopt, since I know about this matter, I can't ignore it, no matter what, I have to think of ways to save these two children. ”
Wu Lixia smiled: "You are still a child yourself, how can you save them?" ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Aren't they just short of money anyway? I either bought it, or hired it, gave them money, and got the children out first, and then I couldn't be tortured anymore anyway. ”
Wu Lixia said: "Hui'er is kind-hearted. I just like that. I also feel sorry for these two poor children. Originally, I wanted to take a younger child, with me since I was a child, and I could have feelings, but now when I hear this, I feel sorry for the child, and I hate my cousin and sister-in-law. Anyway, I don't care about money, and it's no problem to raise two children. I'll just adopt these two children at once. What if they were good boys in the future? I'm not going to adopt anymore. What if they are in love with their father, in love with their biological mother, and have no relationship with me? I thought I would save them and find a younger child to adopt later. It's just that it won't take many years to raise these two children, and the boy will marry a daughter-in-law, and the girl will pay a dowry, and I can still afford this. ”
Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "The master is right to think so. We are not short of this money either, and it doesn't matter if we adopt two more. Since it's decided, the master will hurry up and do it. The child is still in Deqing, right? ”
Wu Lixia said: "I thought I would discuss with you before making a decision, and since you agreed, I began to prepare." I've always lived in the house, and if I had my own children, I would have to buy a small house. You tell me? ”
Chen Wenhui knows that in the master's heart, she is her child, so if there is anything, even if she doesn't discuss it with her mother, she has to discuss it with her, where can it be her turn to be an apprentice in charge of the affairs of her stepchildren, but the master still relies on his own opinions. In the future, I must treat my master with more filial piety.
Chen Wenhui said to the master: "This is easy to do, my housekeeper Chen is looking for a small house for Aunt Hu, just talk to him, let him find one for you." Actually, the master's cousin can also handle this matter, but after all, our family occupies an official position, and it is still easier to handle things in the capital. Leave it to Butler Chen. Master, you just have to prepare the silver. The house in this capital is very expensive. ”
Wu Lixia said: "This cousin also told me that the houses in the capital are very expensive, especially the houses in the inner city. However, I thought about it, I am still not afraid of spending money, find one closer to the house, and it will be more convenient for me to go home every day. Anyway, if you don't spend the money there, why should you put it there? ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Well, I agree with the master's idea, otherwise I bought this small house for you, and I bought it near our house." ”
Wu Lixia hurriedly shook her hand and said, "I don't have a big house, just a small house with two entrances." How much can it cost? Ten thousand taels of silver is enough. I can have this income from this shop for a year. I don't need you to spend money on me. I can't spend all my own money. ”
Chen Wenhui said: "Look, my painting teacher, I also spent 100,000 taels of silver on him, you have followed me for so many years, taught me martial arts, and took care of my life, I haven't bought you a house, I can't get over it in my heart, so let's not delay it with me, I will buy you this small house, it won't cost much, it can be regarded as a piece of my mind, and the master will accept it with peace of mind." The money you have in your hand is used to buy some land, shops, etc., to collect rent, so that you can feed the children of your family. Now it's different from before, in the past, the master ate and lived in the house, and he didn't have to spend money. Naturally, money can be saved. Now, if you have to raise children, you have to hire nannies, maids, mothers-in-law, housekeepers, and subordinates, but this is to feed a lot of people? Of course, it would be nice to have more income. You can't sit back and eat empty. As for the annual income of the shop, it must be saved, either to buy a property, or to put it in the bank, and in the future it will be kept for the marriage of his son and daughter. That's pretty quick to say. ”
Wu Lixia thought about it, and knew that Chen Wenhui didn't care about this money. And what Chen Wenhui said has always been very far-sighted and reasonable, anyway, she doesn't understand this business, life, and other things, and there is nothing wrong with listening to Wenhui's guarantee.
Wu Lixia nodded and said, "Then it's all up to you." ”
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The computer is broken, it's really inconvenient. It's hard to code words.