At the Wei family.
Father Wei and Mother Wei received the New Year’s gift from their second son. Looking through it, there were cloth, dried seafood, pastries and candies, handmade soap candles…
Wei Wu looked at all the high-quality goods, and her eyes were full of envy.
Father Wei and Mother Wei were very shocked, “This, this is a product of Baizhen Luo.” There is also the symbol of Baizhen Luo printed on the packaging.
They all know Baizhen Luo, because they have been to Baizhen Luo, and bought candies and snacks for their grandchildren from Baizhen Luo, but they just can’t afford to buy too many of it.
Mother Wei had a bold guess, “Could Baizhen Luo be a shop opened by the second child?”
Wei Wu’s eyes widened…
The silent Wei Liang said, “It should be so. Although the new products in the grocery store are far inferior to the quality of Baizhen Luo’s products, the products in Baizhen Luo are of the same type as the products in the Wei family’s grocery store. I should have guessed it before, but I just don’t want to think about it.”
The Wei family relies on the Wei Family’s grocery store to get goods, and their income more than doubles every month. They have silver taels in their hands, and they wanted to go to Baizhen Luo to buy New Year gifts for the main household and to their in-laws, but they couldn’t afford them.
The price of Baizhen Luo’s products is so high and most of them are almost out of stock… If it truly were Wei Cheng’s store then how much money was he earning?
Father Wei said with emotion, “The second child has become successful.”
Mother Wei regretted as she also said, “…the second child, we can’t rely on him. If the second child’s property had been halved with us then we would be able to feel proud in front of the main household. That house would not be as rich as our family.”
Such a good opportunity was missed.
“If it weren’t for your short-sightedness- you insisted on separating the second child, and now, the second child’s property is not under our name.” Father Wei pointed at Mother Wei and blamed her.
Mother Wei said angrily, “I’m to blame for everything, aren’t I? If you didn’t agree with this matter, would I dare to separate the second child?! It’s because you hate the second child and feet that he humiliates you, making you unable to raise your head in front of the big room. When you lost face in front of your mother and was scolded by the elders, I proposed to separate the second son and you immediately agreed!”
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Father Wei and Mother Wei accused each other and quarreled while Wei Liang sighed silently, he had to admit that he was inferior to his younger brother.
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“You have a way-”
Father Wei and Mother Wei stopped arguing immediately, Wei Liang looked up as his eyes flashed with anticipation, Wei Dabao just cared about eating and the family property was not something he could eat.
Wei Wu said, “Didn’t the second brother have no child so far? We are still all family and it looks like it is difficult for the second brother to conceive. It has been almost a year since the two got married, and there is no good news coming from the second brother and his wife. The second brother is a man, how can he not want a son?! We can find a concubine for the second brother, and if the concubine is in our hands then once the concubine gives birth to a son, she can be promoted as an equal wife, then we can have our share of the second brother’s property in the future.”
“This method is good!”
Father Wei and Mother Wei’s eyes lit up. The succession of the family is a major event, and if the ger is not able to give birth then as parents, it is only natural for them to arrange a concubine for their son.
Mother Wei still hesitated, “Husband, if the second child disagrees with taking a concubine, we cannot interfere as we can’t force him to take a concubine.”
Wei Wu disapproved, “Father and mother, think about it, the second younger brother would want to marry more beautiful women when he becomes rich, and besides, which man would not want to have three wives and four concubines, so find a beautiful, gentle and considerate concubine for second younger brother and his heart will be moved.” From now on, he would have no time for that ger, Wei Wu thought in jealousy.
Mother Wei and Father Wei thought about it and realized that she was right.
Mother Wei asked anxiously, “Which girl should I introduce to my second child? It’s not easy to control if they come from outside.”
Wei Wu said with a smile, “Mother, you forgot, my natal cousin is a beautiful and gentle woman. Although she was born in the countryside, she was raised in a small family and has been educated. She has a gentle and generous personality and she is also my cousin. When the time comes, if there is an agreement between the two families, then the second brother’s property will be acquired.”
Mother Wei had a little impression of the girl and knew that she was a nice girl, she said with a smile, “After the Lunar New Year, bring her to meet with me and if we are satisfied, you can show her to the second child.”
“Okay! I will listen to Mother!”
Once the other households of the Wei family received their gifts, each one reacted differently.
Ever since Third Uncle Wei went to his nephew Wei Cheng’s house to participate in the housewarming banquet, he has been paying attention to his nephew, the Wei Family’s grocery store, the sauces, and Xian Manju, he knows all about it.
Looking at the annual gift from his nephew, he vaguely realized that the gift had the symbol of Baizhen Luo printed on it. He has been a shopkeeper in the inner city for so many years, he thought of the recent new products in the grocery store and realized how far his nephew had come.
In Fourth Uncle Wei’s memory, Wei Cheng is poor, although they have heard from others that this poor nephew went to Tai Fu Luo, they thought that this nephew of theirs was dull, so he doesn’t care how much he can achieve when he got into Tai Fu Luo.
Fourth Uncle Wei frowned and thought deeply about his nephew’s gift of several boxes of Baizhen Luo’s sweets and cakes and other New Year gifts.
Fourth Aunt Wei said, “Okay, don’t think too much about it. Your nephew may know someone in Tai Fu Luo, and he bought it based on his relationship. He must not be the one who opened the store.”
Fourth Uncle Wei reprimanded her, “What do you know? A few boxes cost a lot of silver taels and it’s so hard to buy things in Baizhen Luo now. I went to buy them as gifts for others, but I still couldn’t buy even a few. Wei Cheng can give them to our whole family, to my third brother’s house, my second brother’s house, and my eldest brother’s house all have them all, and it’s not less than fifteen or sixteen boxes.”
Fourth Aunt Wei, “This, this…”
These few boxes must be worth quite the amount of taels.
Fourth Uncle Wei pondered, “My nephew is at Tai Fu Luo and works in Tai Fu Luo. He should be in a very high position, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to buy Baizhen Luo products.”
If this is the case, he can rely on his nephew to establish a relationship with Tai Fu Luo…
He has to think about this.
At the main Wei household.
Wei Cheng gave more annual presents to his parents than to his second and third uncles, and the New Year gift to Wei Zhai was similar to that of his second and third uncles but there were two more isinglass, which were for his grandfather and grandmother.
First Aunt Wei knew of the goods as she followed Mrs. Wang’s family in and out and met with many wives of merchants. She often drank tea and enjoyed flower-watching together, they also went shopping at Baizhen Luo together. How could she not know that the New Year’s gift that Wei Cheng gave was from Baizhen Luo?!
Those two boxes of isinglass were dozens of taels a box, and they were still out of stock, and the wives of several merchants she knows say they couldn’t buy them. She had seen isinglass before at Mrs. Wang’s.
Mrs. Wang’s family was so rich that they could only buy one or two boxes. Wei Cheng sent two boxes as a New Year’s gift, and Aunt Wei wanted them after seeing them.
No matter how much Aunt Wei wanted them, the gifts were named as the things meant for the old man and the old lady, she would not dare to show her boldness.
First Uncle Wei didn’t care about these things, he didn’t think there was anything special after looking at them, he just saw the quality of the New Year’s gift and thought that this nephew made a lot of money and could afford such a high-quality New Year’s gift.
“This nephew is quite thoughtful. Didn’t the family send the annual gifts to relatives? If they didn’t, the son of the second brother’s family…”
“Wei Cheng.”
First Uncle Wei didn’t even remember the name of this nephew so the housekeeper reminded him, First Uncle Wei nodded and said, “Give him more annual gifts.”
“Give the old man and the old lady their New Year’s gift, the housekeeper is responsible for sending it over”
“Yes! Master!”
Aunt Wei was still thinking about how to replace the isinglass: “…”
A sneer flashed in Wen Lanzhi’s eyes next to him.
She didn’t tell the Wei family that she had a Baizhen Lou VIP card and that the card would give priority to buying Baizhen Luo products. After she knew the purpose of that card, she wanted to give it to her natal family.
Her family seemed to realize that she was not doing well in Wei’s house, and many good things were withdrawn from the New Year’s gift that was originally given, and the New Year’s gift given was not the same as in previous years.
After being questioned by her family, she chose to tell her parents.
Her older brothers wanted to settle accounts with the Wei family, but their parents stopped them. She had already married into the Wei family and married Wei Jihui, so if the Wei family gave Wei Jihui a concubine, there would be no way to stop it.
Not to mention the Wei family, her father, and elder brothers all took concubines, so she had no reason to stop the Wei family from taking concubines.
Wei Jihui asked her to marry her and said that he would devote himself to her, but he never promised not to take concubines.
Thank You for the new chapter (๑´ლ`๑)♡
Thanks for the chapter!
Personally, I don’t understand why they gave gifts to the Wei Family. Hasn’t the family been separated??
I really love this story. There are face slapping left and right in almost each chapter. Wholesome! Thanks for the update 😍
Wei Cheng seems to want his family’s attention. Could be a way to protect himself 🤷🏽♀️