Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 5.2

Chapter 5.2

[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.]

Since joining the Shen family, Mrs. Song has admired Shen Qushenge a lot.

Shen Qushenge didn’t like to show off, so she kept her gold and silver jewellery stored away and didn’t wear makeup.

Shen Qushenge wanted his wives and concubines to get along and not fight for his attention, so she didn’t cause any trouble.

In terms of raising children, Mrs. Song did not agree with her husband’s approach. Shen Qushenge didn’t like the big fish and meat in the kitchen, so Mrs. Song secretly opened a small stove for her two sons. Shen Qushenge taught the children to be upright and unyielding, like him. Mrs. Song privately warned her two sons to be flexible in their behaviour and never go all the way to the end.

Mrs. Song asked Shen Qushengesfor a favour for the first time after the first son of the family, Shen Tingkai, got married. She wanted to arrange marriages for her own sons.

Shen Qushenge dotted Mrs. Song, but when the husband’s authority was challenged, Shen Qushenge was very upset and gave Mrs. Song a strong scolding.

[TL: Mrs. Song was a concubine, so according to ancient Chinese society rules, she didn’t have any rights to interfere with her own children’s marriages or anything.]

However, Mrs. Song sneered three times and pushed Shen Qushenge out of the door with her own hands, threatening that if Shen Qushenge didn’t agree, then he would never enter her house again.

Shen Qushenge was very surprised and confused.

Mrs. Du had died, and now only Mrs. Song was left in Shen Qushenge’s backyard. Master Shen didn’t want to find a new woman. He kept to himself and didn’t want to start a new relationship. After three months of not making any progress, Shen Qushenge couldn’t handle it anymore. The night with his face, he knocked on Song’s door. It was precisely because of this incident that the second and third masters married the wives of famous families, respectively.

Furthermore, after this happened, Mrs. Song became the only person in the Shen family who was not scared of Shen Qushenge. A couple of years ago, Shen Qushenge didn’t want to go to Song’s room every day, so he asked Mrs. Song to come live with him in his main house. They would eat and sleep together there. But Mrs.Song didn’t want to move because she thought the old man’s things were old and not nice. She kept using her own money to live well and eat whatever she liked.

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Shen Qingqing took her little brother to Mrs. Song’s backyard.

When they arrived there, Nanny Li, next to Mrs. Song, was already waiting in the yard. Nanny Li was happy to see the sister and brother. Nanny Li happily slapped her thigh, turned to face her, and shouted to the upper room, “Madam, come out quickly! The seventh girl and the fourth young master are here to see you!”

[TL: There are totally 7 girls and 4 boys in the Shen family, so that’s why Shen Qingqing is addressed as the seventh girl and Shen Wang as the fourth young master.

“Mommy, I haven’t been with you for three years. Why do you look younger and younger?” Shen Qingqing asked with a sweet voice as she came into the yard.

Nanny Li’s face lit up with a big smile. She smiled at the pretty girl and then looked at the young man.

“Hey, fourth young master, do you remember me, the old slave?” Nanny Li playfully asked Shen Wang as she crouched down. ”

Shen Wang was just three years old when he last left Beijing. He didn’t remember and shook his head foolishly.

Shen Qingqing showed her little brother how to say “This is Mommy Li “.

While they were talking, a person showed up at the front door of the hall. Shen Qingqing looked up and saw her grandmother, who had not seen her for three years, standing in front of her, looking at her with love.

“Grandma…” Shen Qingqing ran to her grandma and left her brother behind.

Mrs. Song hugged her little granddaughter with a smile.

“Grandma, I really miss you a lot.” Shen Qingqing looked up with happiness in her eyes when they saw each other again after a long time apart.

Mrs. Song gently touched her granddaughter’s mouth and said in a worried way, “Please speak quietly so that your grandfather doesn’t hear you. Otherwise, he would scold you, telling you that you don’t know the rules.”

Shen Qingqing curled her lips. “He’s not at home.”

Mrs. Song just smiled and pointed her finger. She praised softly, “When you grow up, you will be even more beautiful than your mother when she was young.”

“Prettier than your mother? How about you when you were young?” Shen Qingqing asked delicately.

Mrs. Song pretended to remember for a moment and then shook her head: “It’s not even close to me.”

Shen Qingqing laughed, but when she looked at her grandmother, who was over fifty but still very elegant, she could definitely see the contrast. ‘My grandmother must have been very pretty over twenty years ago, and I can also picture my old-fashioned grandfather not following the rules.’

“Sister, I also want to recognise my grandmother.”

Shen Qingqing’s thoughts were broken down by her brother’s words, which filled with a little anger.

Mrs. Song had already released him and stooped down to hug her grandson, saying, “Wang Wang, you have returned at last.” Mrs. Song gave the boy a kiss on the face.

Shen Wang had a big smile on his face.

Have a nice day!