Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 5.1

Chapter 5.1
Shen Qingqing’s grandpa, Shen Qushenge, was very strict and disciplined.
Shen Qushenge was born in the countryside. His dad passed away when he was still young. His mother couldn’t read or write, but she worked hard to earn money so Shen Qushenge could go to school. When Shen Qushenge was eighteen, he passed the imperial examination, and his mother let him marry his cousin, who was surnamed Du.
Du Shi was beautiful, but like most of the women in the village, she had never read a book. Shen Qushenge was happily married to Du Shi and never had any wandering thoughts, even though she had nothing in common to talk about with him. Three years later, Shen Qushenge went back to Beijing to take another test. While he was in Tongzhou, he saved a wealthy businessman from an accident.
Wealthy businessman Mr. Song noticed that Shen Qushenge was very skilled and intelligent, and she definitely stood out from the rest. He quickly decided to arrange for his daughter to marry Shen Qushenge. With life-saving grace ahead of him, Mr. Song didn’t mind letting his daughter become Shen Qushenge’s concubine. However, Shen Qushenge didn’t want a generous reward and refused to agree to anything. Mr. Song thought for a while, put aside the marriage for the time being, and just dragged Shen Qushenge to his home as a guest.
So, after meeting Mr. Song’s beloved daughter in the Song family, Shen Qushenge felt lustful for the only time in his life. The song’s appearance caused quite a stir. Shen Qushenge couldn’t resist the temptation and decided to take the Song family’s daughter as his concubine.
Although the concubine Song was very beautiful and talented, Mr. Shen was very strict with himself, so he made a rule. He would visit his wife and concubine ten times each month, and he would rest alone for the other ten days. So it would not lead to any dispute between the wife and the concubine.
However, even with this, Du, the first wife, was still very unhappy and caused problems for concubine Song everywhere.
[TL: I’ll address the wife as Mrs. Du and the concubine, who is Shen Qingqing’s grandmother, as Mrs. Song, so it won’t confuse readers.]
Mrs. Song did not want to waste time entangled with Mrs. Du. Seeing Mrs. Du’s life was in straitened circumstances, Mrs. Song proposed that as long as Mrs. Du kept her distance from her and the two of them got along well, Mrs. Song would give Mrs. Du one hundred taels of silver every year.
[TL: Usually, it refers to the Chinese tael, which is a component of the Chinese currency and weight system used in ancient China.]
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Du Shi was taken aback. One hundred taels of silver were beyond her; she had never even touched 10.
So, which was more significant, her husband or one hundred taels of silver a year?
Du Shi quickly picked silver without any doubts.
Mr. Shen was able to focus on his job because he had a happy family and a peaceful backyard. His job went well, and he was getting promoted.
When the eldest son, Shen Tingkai, reached the age of getting married, Mr. Shen was already a fourth-rank Beijing official. Just when Mr. Shen was preparing to find a good eldest daughter-in-law who was gentle, knowledgeable, and reasonable, he met Xia Juren, a classmate and friend from more than ten years ago. Xia Ju’s family was also very poor; otherwise, he and Shen Qu would not have cherished each other back then. Now that they had reunited after a long separation, one had a prosperous official career, and the other was still rushing to take the exam. It was really sad.
At the end of spring, Mr. Shen asked Xia Juren to come over and sit at his house. They talked about their kids getting married while enjoying some wine. Xia Juren was very happy and asked the Shen family if they could marry his daughter.
Mr.Shen had always looked up to Xia Juren for his skills and knowledge. He thought that Xia Juren’s daughter must be a good girl because she was taught by him. So, he happily agreed.
At that time, Mrs. Du had already died from being sick. Shen Tingkai listened to his father and got married. And after that, Mr. Shen also became known for being honest and not caring about being poor or rich.
Shen Qushenge was happy because he had a good daughter-in-law, and people thought highly of him.
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