In the middle of October, only after Fu Ninghui had dressed up in red makeup and carried a bridal sedan to the Qin family did the Fu family finally have some peace. Since Xu Mingwei wanted to be filial, and they were not allowed to drink wedding wine in either place, she only allowed Wan Rong to gift gifts to each of them. She replied Fu Ninghui in accordance to the form of etiquette, and was the one who personally picked it, to make up for the blessings that she couldn't get herself.
When Fu Ninghui went out of the door, Lady Wang would often sigh. These children were all in debt from their past life, and when she was at home, she would resent her. Xu Mingwei had gone there a few times, and heard her reminiscing about the past. She repeated the same words four or five times, and her ears seemed to be able to hear the old cocoon, and she couldn't help but suspect if she was suffering from senile dementia.
Since it was for her own good as well as his, Xu Mingwei had heard about the past a few times. He found an opportunity to urge Lady Wang to erase his cards. After calling out Lady Jiao s with the same wedding cards, after only two and a half days of fighting, Wang Shi's habit of remembering the past had changed.
Mrs Wang calculated that Xu Mingwei's filial piety was almost gone. She spent a day searching for the account book, keys, and silver coins in the house to settle with her. Even if they were to officially hand the money over to her, she would make Lady Zhan and Lady Jiao extremely jealous. The former secretly hated herself for being tormented by his mother-in-law for so many years, without merit and without hard work. In the end, she didn't get anything, but his sister-in-law had easily cut him off. The latter was envious of the steward and hated him for not letting go of her sister-in-law's hand despite all these years of love. The officials also had a share of their work. After so many years, apart from the rules, she was the only one who had seen such things. It would be better to split up and live her own life.
However, regardless of what the people from the Fu Clan thought, Xu Mingwei naturally did not have the reason to send out the money they sent to him. Within five days, she had managed all the properties of the Fu Family. She had initially thought that the Fu Family was just a military general with only three generations of history. Compared to the Xu Family, their foundations were not that rich. Xu Mingwei was shocked when she got the list out. There were no less than ten shops that had thousands of gold coins per year. The manors outside the capital were also filled with hundreds of acres of land. Coupled with the banknotes on the banks, they were also a rich family.
At night, when Fu Heng returned home, he heard what Xu Mingwei said. It made Fu Heng feel funny.
"Since grandpa's generation, there has been a family training that is not suitable for extravagance and waste. This really makes you feel shabby. I didn't expect that there would be such property in the family, right?"
Xu Mingwei's face reddened. She really thought that she had been married off. It was not that the Fu Clan was poor, but rather that the Fu Clan was not so particular about food, clothing, and housing as compared to the Xu Clan. This gave her the illusion that the Fu Clan was merely a middle-class family, while Fu Hongbo was also a government official.
"Have you forgotten how our grandpa started his business? He had come to the capital together with the Great Ancestor. Just the things that we got from looting are not enough to carry around. " Fu Heng moved closer to her ear and said, "When I was young, I heard from my grandfather that there were still a few boxes of good things that he stole from the palace, so it was not easy to get rid of them. He just buried them somewhere else and only told them to the next Patriarch when the time comes. Just listen carefully and don't speak of this to the outside. Even if it's your mother, you can't say it. "
Xu Mingwei thought, my mother would only look down on your little things and nodded in response, "I know how powerful you are. If that's the case, then the Second Branch and the three rooms probably don't know anything about these things, right? "
Fu Heng laughed, "The three rooms s all live in one place, and there are no words from the branch family, do you know what is so tense about?"
Xu Mingwei said, "I think it might not be so. I have been listening to the noises at home for the past few days, it seems that Second Aunt is encouraging Third Aunt to share her piece of news."
Fu Heng was startled, and asked: "Where did you hear that?"
"Don't worry about that. There are so many people in the family, there will always be someone who wants to speak secretly." Originally, I didn't want to talk about it with you, but since this matter has been brought up, I should let you know earlier. I should take advantage of this chance to talk to Father, lest you bring it up again in the future and be caught off guard. "
Fu Heng said coldly, "The food and drinks are good, the silver used in my family were mostly earned by my father, they still have some shortcomings, and are looking forward to splitting up."
Xu Mingwei laughed when she heard it, previously she said that the majority of families were owned by her grandfather, but now that she said that it was part of a family, she actually said that it was because Fu Hongbo earned it. But when she thought about it carefully, the reason why Fu Heng thought that way wasn't unreasonable. In Fu Hongbo's generation, he was the only one with an official status. It was not clear how many businesses the Old Master of the Fu Clan had built up previously, but Fu Hongbo and the Wang Clan had been the ones to manage it on such a scale for so many years.
"People's hearts are always unfair. Something hasn't happened yet on the left and right. Why do you have to get angry over this?" Xu Mingwei advised, and thought about how Fu Ninghui did not come back home after getting married, and asked, "Let's not talk about that, I was too busy reading for Big Sister Lan, so I forgot to ask you a question. Married three days, so why did you not come back? Or did I just live in the courtyard and not see it? "
Fu Heng sighed, "Speaking of which, she was asking for it. Maybe it was because he had been confined for a long time and his body was lazy, he had been busy getting married that day and had been sick for a few days and had not gotten any better. He had only sent someone to report his illness, saying that he would only come to visit after he had recovered. I went to see his the other day, and he was sick, but he didn't look like he couldn't get up. He was still thinking about us, so he refused to come back to the door. I was afraid that my mother would be hurt, so I hid the truth from her. You need to remember not to tell anyone when you see your mother tomorrow. "
Xu Mingwei sighed, and said: "Ning Hui has such a stubborn personality, I can only bear with it, why must you suffer!"
Fu Heng stroked the top of her head, "She had this kind of personality since he was young. He only knew how to turn back after he crashed into the south wall and felt pain from it. Don't bother about her. In the past, she had offended you many times, and it was only because of your magnanimity that I didn't bother with her. I have always thought of you as a good person in my heart. "
Towards the end of November, the weather got colder and colder, but Fu Ninghui still did not come back to see him. Mrs Wang had guessed the reason herself, and gradually gave up. Everyone was afraid that they would make her sad, so they didn't mention Fu Ninghui's name in front of her.
When it came to the end of the year, Xu Mingwei also got busy. She recovered from it in one day, but suddenly remembered that she had washed up again in September, and there had been no more since. Her heart thumped, and she immediately called for Wan Rong. As they thought about it, they remembered that from September to mid-October, mourning was forbidden in the house, and there were many foreign affairs. The soup had never been cooked once, so they remembered the times when they were in mourning. Xu Mingwei knew that something bad was going to happen the moment she thought about it. Didn't Fu Heng stay in his room for the greater part of a day the day Big Sister Lan decided to act?
If there really was a child, then it would not be scary, but the scariest thing was that the other two did not know that they were still stuck in the taboo in the third month. Xu Mingwei even drank ten bowls of Avoiding Soup! What if there was something wrong with the child in her womb? What would she do if she couldn't even give birth to her child?
Wan Rong became anxious and said, "This servant will go call a doctor to take a look!"
Xu Mingwei was still able to keep her cool, and instructed, "After inviting the people, we can only go to Mr. Fang to ask for his pulse, and all of these will work, then come to me. Remember to invite Dr. Hu whose family has been treating Mr. Fang all this time to keep a firm mouth. Even if there's anything, he won't go out and say it. "
Wan Rong set her heart down a little and nodded, "This servant understands. "Then the servant will go. Grandmother should not walk around too much at home. You should just sit there and wait."
Xu Mingwei wanted to laugh when she heard this. She didn't know when this would happen, but she would be back and forth everyday. No matter how pampered she was, it was impossible for her to make it in time. What troubled her was another matter. If Fu Heng knew that she was going to drink the Soup Dumplings later on … That's right, last time when he came back from Sister Lan's house, he had personally promised her that he wouldn't take her child for granted.
Although he said that, Xu Mingwei's heart was really troubled. He couldn't sit still in the room, he was very agitated. The snowball and the rice ball were originally sunbathing in the yard, but after hearing her footsteps, they seemed to have sensed something and jumped onto the windowsill, tilting their heads to watch her movements.
Xu Mingwei hadn't noticed it yet, but when she turned around and saw the appearance of the two white snowball s, she couldn't help but laugh. She rubbed her head with one hand and was so angry that both cats turned their backs to him, not willing to pay any attention to her.
When Fu Heng returned, he saw them in such a state. He smiled and asked, "What did you do to them?"
"You little thing, you have a strong temperament. You were just able to rub your head a few times, and you're already unwilling." Xu Mingwei replied, thinking that it was really not the right time for him to come back, and probing further, "Why are you back so early today?"
Fu Heng took off her robe and took the robe that she gave to him, then changed it himself, and said, "An emergency occurred at the Marquis' Mansion, the original plan was not able to be completed, and everyone was no longer in the mood. The sky is cold again, so everyone returned home early."
Xu Mingwei's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Are you Liu Shi Ge Si?"