Chapter 23 Ordered to take concubines
Yang Qiuchi patted his head, looking painful: "Why can't I remember anything!"
Feng Xiaoxue had already put the rice in the pot and was adding firewood to the stove. When she saw Yang Qiuchi slapping her head, she hurried over and grabbed Yang Qiuchi's hand: "Husband, you were scared after being swept away by the strange wind, and you forgot everything. It will get better slowly." Although that was the case, I hoped that my husband would not remember the past food, drink, bets and beatings of his wife.
Yang's mother also said, "Yes, don't worry, my child, I will recall it slowly, and I will remember it in the future." She said this, but what Yang's mother thought was that her son used all the valuable things in the family as a sell, and she got the money to gamble, so she would not let herself worry at all. Today, her son came back like a different person. She was not only filial and obedient, but also gave herself so much money at once. Yang's mother also hoped that her child would not remember the things she had in the past. It would be great to be a good child like this.
Yang Qiuchi pulled Feng Xiaoxue and asked her to sit down. Feng Xiaoxue knew that the shocking dark spot on his face was on his left face, so he sat obediently on Yang Qiuchi's left side. In this way, his husband could not see the dark spots on his face.
Sure enough, when the dark spots were not visible, Feng Xiaoxue looked very handsome. A ripples of tenderness arose in Yang Qiuchi's heart. He gently hugged Feng Xiaoxue's slender waist and asked in a low voice: "Xiaoxue, my mother said we have been married for four years, why can't you get pregnant?"
When Feng Xiaoxue mentioned this, her expression dimmed and she shook her head gently.
Yang's mother said, "Oh! I have found several doctors to see it, and I have taken a big basket of medicine. I have worshipped all the temples and Bodhisattvas around me, but there is no news. What will our Yang family do in the future! Alas!"
Feng Xiaoxue raised her eyes slightly and looked at Yang's mother, lowered her head and said softly: "Mom, haven't we agreed to take a concubine for our husband when we have money and pass on the Yang family's family?"
Taking a concubine?! Yang Qiuchi was shocked all over. Taking a concubine? Thinking of the understanding, obedient and handsome appearance of the concubine in the movies and TV series, and the passionate and hot scenes of the hot and panting and singing of the orioles, my heart was immediately surging.
"Oh~!" Yang's mother sighed and said, "That's what we say, but how can we have that much money?"
Yang Qiuchi tried his best to calm down his mind, pretended to be indifferent, and said, "Mom, why do you have to take a concubine? Wouldn't we just go and adopt one?"
"Nonsense!" Yang's mother glared at her eyes, "What are you saying? Can you adopt Xu casually? After all, she is someone else's child, not the blood of our Yang family, and it is not the incense of Zhenzong. Only if there is no way can it be like that!" After a pause, she continued, "You are not unable to have children! That year, you had an affair with the maid of the He family, and she was pregnant with your child for three months!"
Ah? I have such a trick? Yang Qiuchi was very surprised. It seems that the Yang Fu he replaced was really not simple. He even hooked up with his family's maid and made his stomach bigger. It's amazing! Yang Qiuchi asked, "Why didn't she give birth to us? Then we have descendants?"
"This is all fate!" Yang's mother recalled the past and felt a little sad, "You can't remember it. Mom tells you that we had no money to redeem this woman at that time. Not only did the He family refuse to give in, but they deliberately made it difficult for the woman, which made them desperate, and committed suicide by jumping into a well and burying them in the back mountain... Alas! One corpse is two lives!"
"How much money do they want? We can borrow it!" Yang Qiuchi said angrily.
Yang's mother looked at Yang Qiuchi and said with heartache: "I wish you had this heart at that time."
"What happened to me then?"
"Oh! Forget it, it's been over the years, don't mention it."
"Mom, tell me!"
Yang's mother thought about it and told her son that it would be better. Then she continued, "At that time, you didn't care about other girls at all. You had to secretly spend all the money you borrowed from your family to redeem her. How could you still have relatives willing to lend us money?" After that, she raised her sleeves and wiped her tears.
Yang Qiuchi lowered his head, looking painful: "Mom, did you really have that kind of person before? I will definitely learn well in the future and will not hurt your old man's heart again."
"That's good! That's good!" Yang's mother trembled and said with tears in her eyes.
Yang Qiuchi thought for a while and asked, "Mom, how much does it cost to take a concubine?"
When Feng Xiaoxue heard Yang Qiuchi talk about this, she lowered her head with a sad expression.
Yang Qiuchi knew in his heart that this little woman was jealous. Although Yang Fu was not good to her, she was her husband after all. The husband wanted to take a concubine. No matter how generous his wife was, she felt a little uncomfortable. Yang Qiuchi hugged Feng Xiaoxue's slender waist and tightened her hands, and gently touched Feng Xiaoxue's head with her head.
Feng Xiaoxue turned her face slightly, looked at Yang Qiuchi, forced a smile, and lowered her head again.
Yang's mother said, "The daughter is different, the price of taking concubines is different. The He family asked for 300 taels at that time because they were a poor girl and deliberately made things difficult for us. If they were to take an ordinary woman, they would not be able to use so much." Yang's mother sighed again, "It's hard these days, and there are so many children in the family that can't support them. It's enough to find a good family to live a good life. Such a woman doesn't have much money, but at least she has to pay fifty or sixty taels."
Fifty or sixty taels? That is 50,000 yuan or 60,000 yuan. It is not expensive to withdraw a little wife. I asked again: "50,000 yuan or 60,000 yuan, no, can you marry a yellow girl for fifty or sixty taels of silver?"
"What dream do you have?" Yang's mother smiled, "It would be nice to marry a little widow for fifty or sixty taels, or it would be too ugly, just like you only spent fifty taels of betrothal gifts for Xiaoxue back then."
Yang Qiuchi felt Feng Xiaoxue's body tremble slightly. Knowing that Yang's mother's words hurt her, she said, "It is a blessing for our family to marry Xiaoxue. Xiaoxue is so gentle and sensible, and diligent, and spending 500 taels is worth it!"
When Feng Xiaoxue heard Yang Qiuchi's words, she raised her head and looked at him gratefully.
At this time, a gurgling sound came from the rice pot. Feng Xiaoxue gently broke free from Yang Qiuchi's hug: "The rice is on!" After that, she stood up and went to the stove, opened the lid, took a spatula and flipped it in the pot, while busy listening to them with her ears.
Yang's mother also realized that her words were a little inappropriate, so she agreed and said, "That's right! Xiaoxue is very filial. It is indeed our blessing to marry her. Unfortunately..."
Yang Qiuchi knew that Yang's mother was going to talk about Feng Xiaoxue's inability to have children, so he quickly changed the topic: "Mom! Can't you not take a concubine?"
"Of course not!" Yang's mother said with a stern face, "You forgot that we went back to our hometown to visit your father's grave on Qingming Festival last year. Because you have not had any descendants for so many years, the old master of the Yang family will not let you go to the ancestral hall to worship your ancestors! Old master of Yang also said, if you don't have a son, don't expect to go to the Yang family's ancestral hall in the future!"
"Is it that serious? How can we force others to have a son like this? They are bullying me and can't give birth to them? I'll give him ten of them immediately to show them!" Yang Qiuchi said pretending to be angrily, but in fact he was so happy that he was so happy.
That's right, which man doesn't want to have three wives and four concubines, but he just doesn't say it out loud. Now the order from the ancestor of the Yang family is just a huge excuse. Yanfu seems to be a pity. Yang Qiuchi smiled in his stomach, but he dared not show it on his face, and he looked helpless.
Chapter completed!