flstandardbreds Chapter 154: Being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings
Chapter 154: Being in the midst of blessings and not knowing the blessings
After dinner,
Zhao Li saw Ye Ze off and passed through the hanging flower gate. Ye Ze stopped in front of the screen wall, still thinking about how to start the conversation.
Zhao Li was the first to ask, "Does my husband have something to tell me?"
"Well," Ye Ze took Zhao Li's hand, which was soft and smooth, with slender fingers. Ye Ze couldn't help but pinch and rub it. Zhao Li's ears turned slightly red. She was worried that he would say something indecent, and then she heard Ye Ze ask: "Li'er, what do you think of your sister-in-law?"
"Very good, what's wrong?" Zhao Li breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little surprised. Why did her husband suddenly ask about her sister-in-law?
Ye Ze: "I know she's a nice person, I mean...if you're the eldest brother, why don't you like her?!"
Zhao Li: “…”
"My eldest brother just doesn't know how to appreciate the blessings he has. My eldest sister-in-law is so good to him... Does he think that no matter what my eldest sister-in-law does, it's her right?" Zhao Li pouted in dissatisfaction.
Although she had not been with Chu for a long time, the fact that she could marry into the impoverished Mu family, take care of Shen attentively, and come here regardless of everything was enough to prove that she truly liked Mu Xingchen.
Ye Ze clapped his hands, "Right! Big brother just doesn't know how lucky he is! I have an idea for them to reconcile. I need you to go and talk to Big Sister-in-law."
Zhao Li: “???”
"you listen to me......"
Listening to Ye Ze's plan, Zhao Li's eyes widened, "Is this feasible?"
"How do you know if you don't try? I'll leave it to you to persuade the sister-in-law."
"Well, I'll listen to my husband."
......
A few days passed in a flash, and just as Ye Ze expected, Mu Xingchen didn't listen to his words at all, or he didn't want to face the Chu family at all.
Then we can only implement the second plan.
At noon that day, Ye Ze found Mu Xingchen and invited him to drink. Mu Xingchen looked at him with a hard-to-tell look, "Why didn't I know you were so fussy before? You're like my mother."
Mu Xingchen sighed and said, "No need to drink. You don't understand my affairs. They can't be explained in a few words. You'd better worry less. You'll age quickly."
Ye Ze: "I have already persuaded you. I really only came to you today to drink. I know there is a tavern in the city that sells good wine, so I specially invite you to try it."
"Really?"
"Really! I also called my second brother and the others."
"That's right! How can a grown man meddle in women's affairs? Let's go!"
Ye Ze: Well, if I don’t call them, who will help me carry you?
It is worth going a long way to drink good wine, so a few people rode to a restaurant in the city and asked for a private room.
Mu Xingchen looked at the decoration of the restaurant and said with a sigh, "You've made a fortune? How can you bear to invite us to drink in a place like this? There are still empty seats in the lobby, why did you order a private room?"
Ye Ze: "Even if I'm not rich, I can still afford it. The private room is quiet. We brothers haven't gathered together for a long time. Let's go."
"This is the first time my brother-in-law invites us to drink, so of course we have to go to a big restaurant!"
"That's right, today we brothers won't go home until we're drunk!"
"Hey! Why are you interrupting your fifth brother?" Several people went upstairs chatting and laughing.
The waiter carried an ice basin and followed the guests into the private room. He placed the basin on the wooden rack in front of the window, and left after the guests had ordered their food and drinks.
While waiting, Ye Ze got up and opened the window. A gentle breeze blew into the room, making it very cool. From here, he could just see the streets and alleys outside. Occasionally, people would walk hurriedly on the empty streets.
Mu Xingchen and a few others were talking about the military training in the barracks. It was really hard work for the soldiers to train in such a hot day. Some of them couldn't even eat the hot lunch.
Ye Ze frowned, "Then why change the training ground?"
Mu Xingchen and the others turned to look at Ye Ze, "How do we change it?"
Ye Ze came over and sat down in his seat, saying, "You can go to the forest to practice. There are trees and shade there, so it will be much cooler. Or you can practice with weapons in the morning and evening when it's cool, and then go to the forest to practice with weights when it's hot."
"Hey? That's a good idea. Why do we have to run with weights in the morning and then train in the hot sun?"
"That makes sense. I'll do as you say later. My soldiers are not made of iron anyway!"
Ye Ze nodded. A general who can think of the soldiers is a good general. He said, "I will try to get some mung beans and honeysuckle, so that each soldier can drink a bowl of mung bean soup at noon to relieve the summer heat."
Mu Xingchen's eyes lit up: "That's great! I will mention this to my father and ask him to allocate funds to you. Brothers should settle accounts clearly, and I will not let you suffer a loss in terms of money."
Ye Ze smiled and did not refuse. Now that he was General Mu's son-in-law, rebellion had become his own family affair, so he naturally had to be more attentive. As for silver, he had plenty of it. If General Mu needed it, he didn't mind taking out some of the gold and silver in the cave for the rebels.
As they were talking, the waiter knocked on the door and came in, placing the food and drinks they had ordered on the table one by one.
Xu Wu looked at the small wine glass in front of him and asked the waiter to replace it with a large bowl in dissatisfaction, "It's more exciting to drink in big gulps. This small cup is not enough for me to finish it in one gulp."
Upon hearing this, the waiter quickly took the wine glasses away and replaced them with wine bowls.
With Xu Wu around, Ye Ze didn't need to persuade Mu Xingchen to drink, and soon he fell drunk.
*
In the Mu family, in Chu's room,
As time went by, Chu became more and more nervous, "Li'er, will Xingchen be angry with me if we deceive him like this?"
"How can this be called cheating?" Zhao Li advised, "Do you want to continue living with Big Brother like this? You are husband and wife! Remember to talk to him properly and don't get upset."
"But..."
Just when Chu was about to say something else, there was a knock on the door.
Zhao Li hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go open the door."
The door of the room opened, and Ye Ze and Xu Wu carried the drunk Mu Xingchen to the bed in the inner room. "My brother is drunk, please help take care of him, sister-in-law." After Ye Ze said this, he looked at his wife again, and the two of them left the room without staying any longer.
Zhao Li: "Well, I'll go make some soup to sober you up. I'll leave Big Brother to you."
Chu: "...Okay."
Zhao Li did not forget to help close the door before going out.
Looking at the man who was unconscious on the bed, Chu herself couldn't remember how long it had been since they had been together in such a peaceful manner. Perhaps he would only not look at her in a bad way when he was asleep.
Chu smiled helplessly. She had thought that their relationship would remain deadlocked. She had never expected that her mother-in-law would ask her younger sister and others to help her. So she would talk to him straight today. If he was still like this... she would ask him for a letter of divorce and let him go free as soon as possible. It would be good for both of them.
Having made up her mind, Chu went outside to get some warm water, came into the room, wet the handkerchief, sat down beside the bed, and gently wiped the sweat from the man's forehead.
Mu Xingchen was in a daze, and he only felt a faint fragrance floating into his nose. A woman's figure appeared in front of him. He tried hard to open his eyes to see the woman's appearance clearly, but his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and he couldn't open them.
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