Chapter 1115 Extra: Tang Ma's Daily Life (1)
Chapter 1115 Extra: Tang Ma's Daily Life (1)
Zheng Qiao'er was in high spirits because of the good news. She also looked at Tang Chuyu with a little more favor. "My dear husband, please look! Your son has sent a letter. It's great news! Hong Que is pregnant!"
Tang Chuyu was overjoyed upon hearing this. He quickly took the letter and read it through. "This kid has made it big! Hahaha, the ancestors of my Tang family have appeared!"
"Forget it!" Zheng Qiao'er poured cold water on him. "If your Tang family's ancestors had been capable of doing something practical, they wouldn't have allowed your father to lord it over you for so many years!"
Tang Chuyu smiled awkwardly, "It's all in the past. Even our ancestors had their naps."
Zheng Qiao'er clasped her hands together and looked up to the sky. "Listen carefully, ancestors! I'll let you down before, but today you must keep your eyes wide open and bless my daughter-in-law to have a smooth birth and a baby. From now on, there will be three animals on the altar, and plenty of incense! Otherwise... well!"
Tang Chuyu couldn't help laughing, "Madam, why is this threatening?"
Zheng Qiaoer covered her mouth with her hand and whispered, "If you don't say that, your ancestors won't work hard."
The couple was joking around when the doorman came to announce, "Mrs. Huang is here."
Zheng Qiao'er didn't react for a moment, "Which Madam Huang?"
As soon as the words fell, a sharp voice rang out, "You don't know who Madam Huang is. You can't turn away Ma Chuyang's mother! I'm your relative in the Duke of Huguo's Mansion!"
"Aha!" Zheng Qiao'er hurried out, beaming. "Fang Fei, I thought you were some Madam Huang. You've just married into the Huang family, and I'm still not used to it." Her eyes swept over her rosy cheeks. "Look at your rosy face, it's full of spring. Isn't it sweet?"
Qin Fangfei was so embarrassed that she pinched her, "You're still talking nonsense in front of Lord Tang!"
Zheng Qiaoer pulled her sleeves and laughed, "What are you afraid of? My husband is a wooden stake. He doesn't understand."
Tang Chuyu: "..."
The scary thing is, he actually understood.
Lord Tang's face was momentarily uncomfortable. He was a very serious person outside, and it was only a matter of time before his wife would sell him out. He immediately said goodbye to Qin Fangfei and fled.
Zheng Qiaoer hurriedly pulled Qin Fangfei into the house, "You've come just in time. I have good news to share with you."
"I have it too, I have it too!" Qin Fangfei was beaming with joy.
Zheng Qiao'er was stunned, "Shuang'er is pregnant too?"
Qin Fangfei was stunned. "Ah? Hongque is pregnant too?"
The two women looked at each other, their eyes curved with smiles. "Haha, happy news! Double happiness!"
Zheng Qiao'er thought it through in an instant, "Fang Fei, we're not outsiders. For the sake of the children, let's take Hong Que and Shuang'er to the Duke's Mansion to take care of the pregnancy. Let Madam Meng watch over them the whole time, and make sure nothing goes wrong. Is that okay with you?"
Qin Fangfei readily agreed, "Why not? Shuang'er is blessed to have a mother like you who thinks of her all the time. I'll let her go back to her parents' home and take care of her. She shouldn't stay with that naughty boy of mine in the army anymore."
Zheng Qiaoer nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I have to take Hongque back too."
She felt that all the good things in the world were taken by her family, and she was extremely grateful. She thought that maybe her ancestors had really woken up and started to bless their descendants?
As soon as the two mothers made the decision, Tang Xinghe and Ma Chuyang personally sent their pregnant wives home, and two sedan chairs went straight to the Duke of Huguo's mansion.
Madam Meng arrived shortly afterwards, with a deep frown between her brows like a trench, as if she was about to fight a tough battle.
After all, although these two are newlyweds, they are actually very old and this is their first child.
In fact, all parties had made plans to prevent them from giving birth, but now that the child was here, it was a happy event, but also a great enemy.
However, after three months, the two pregnant women were fine except for the occasional vomiting in the morning.
Eat well, sleep well, and feel good.
Both mothers issued orders that any son who dared to make his daughter-in-law unhappy should get out immediately.
Hong Que secretly poked Chi Shuang's waist and asked, "Does this count as a mother's status due to her son?"
Just as Chi Shuang's dimples appeared, Zheng Qiao'er reached out and tapped Hong Que's forehead. "Nonsense! Even if you can't get pregnant or have children, you're still a hundred times more precious to me than that naughty boy!"
Qin Fangfei was unwilling to be left behind. "I second the motion! I second the motion! If Shuang'er loses even a strand of hair, I'll twist off that naughty monkey's skull and use it as a ladle!"
Tang Xinghe and Ma Chuyang put their arms around each other's shoulders and laughed bitterly, "So we are the ones who were picked up."
The whole room erupted in laughter, shaking the young swallows from their nests on the beams so hard that they fluttered their feathers and chirped, "Gui! Gui! Gui!"
That day, Ma Chuyang really made Chi Shuang cry.
Because he quietly built a three-story house with a green-tiled hip roof, across the street from the Duke of Huguo's mansion.
Although the house is not big, it is elegantly built and is located on Yu'an Street, where every inch of land is valuable.
Ma Chuyang emptied his private purse but still lacked a thousand taels, so he had to bite the bullet and borrow some from his wealthy mother.
The title deed was signed only in the name of "Chi Shuang", and became his private property.
Most importantly, the small ancestral hall in the house had two shrines. The left shrine held a sandalwood tablet with black gold calligraphy, dedicated to Chi Shuang's biological parents. The right shrine held a longevity tablet inscribed with "the spirit tablet of my late brother Chi Yue."
Chi Shuang looked at this and cried until her eyes turned red.
Doesn’t she have money to buy a house?
That’s not the case. Chi Shuang is a rich man now.
In addition to the dowry given to her by her godmother Zheng Qiaoer, she also received the book "Qingqing Xianhua" written by her mother. Booksellers reprinted the book edition after edition, and money flowed into her hands.
She had no shortage of money or a house. She was touched that Ma Chuyang could do this for her.
What a heartfelt gesture! Which wife can openly offer the tablets of her parents and younger brother from her natal family in her husband's family?
This was a complete break of eight hundred years of ancestral rules. But Ma Chuyang did it anyway... Just for this sentiment, Chi Shuang felt that this man could be with her for life.
Ma Chuyang coaxed, "Grandfather, please stop crying, okay? If Madam Huang sees this, she'll come and twist my ears again."
When Chi Shuang heard the name "Mrs. Huang," she couldn't help but burst out laughing, tears still streaming down her cheeks, a rare display of girlish delicacy. "That's all your fault. You did these things secretly to make me cry."
"Are you happy then?" The wind and frost did not leave many traces on Ma Chuyang's face, especially his eyes which were still dark, bright and sincere.
Chi Shuang nodded heavily, and before she finished her "joyful" sound, she had already thrown herself into his arms, her ten fingers tightly gripping his waist and back.
Ma Chuyang laughed in a huff, "Be gentle, my husband's badge is about to embed itself into my bones." But his palm pressed the back of her head even deeper, "How about giving you another happy gift?"
Chi Shuang raised her head from his arms, her eyes filled with stars. "Anything else?"
Ma Chuyang rubbed her wet eyelashes with his fingertips and whispered, "Then you have to promise not to cry."
Chi Shuang's heart pounded. She reached out to trace his brow bone, then suddenly went off topic. "Husband, I just realized how beautiful you are today."
Ma Chuyang gritted his teeth, a hint of pride between his teeth, "I've always been good-looking, you know you found a treasure?"
Chi Shuang smiled and nodded obediently, "Yes, I found a treasure." Her fingertips entwined with the black hair at the back of his head, "What other gift does my husband want to give me?"
Ma Chuyang's eyes sparkled. He suddenly leaned forward, his nose half an inch away from her lips. "Madam, guess..."
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