Zhutian: Since I was a child, I have been happy to be a father

Seeing that her beloved youngest son had made some progress in his thinking, Mrs. Liang was pleasantly surprised, but also a little worried. She wanted to talk to him more and say some personal words:
"Han'er, I still think that Chun Ge is a bad girl. We should not indulge her, lest she cause trouble."

Chen Tao took a sip of tea and said with a smile:
"Hasn't mother already found a good wife for me? She must be a virtuous and capable person. When she comes home, I will teach her to fight the spring boat."

Madam Liang said angrily, "Just now I said that you have made progress, why are you saying such foolish things now? Why did mother bother to find you a wife? Just to let her come home and fight with Chun Ge, and disturb the peace of the family in the future?"

Chen Tao looked ashamed, nodded and said, "Mother taught me that although I have learned a little, I am still young and inexperienced, and I still need your guidance. When my daughter-in-law gets married, she will also be in charge of her. This way, I don't have to worry too much and can just be filial."

Mrs. Liang was very happy to hear the previous words. As a mother, who doesn't want her son to value her? But the last sentence made her very nervous.

What do you mean by being devoted to filial piety? It's obvious that you are just devoted to eating, drinking and having fun!

This rebellious son does nothing but rely on his mother to clean up his mess? He is already eighteen years old, how can he be so self-indulgent!

Mrs. Liang had a stern face and was just about to teach her son a lesson when Chen Tao handed her a bowl of delicious porridge and wanted to feed her.

But she changed her mind and thought that it was good for her youngest son to be so filial. He had no share in the title anyway, so it was only natural for her to worry about him more on a daily basis and there was no need to force him to make progress.

It's amazing to see how loving the mother is to the son.

It would be surprising indeed.

In the eyes of outsiders like Sheng Minglan, Mrs. Liang is a noble and indifferent lady, but this is completely different when facing her youngest son. Her face is often full of doting, which is quite a contrast.

It was just like how Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang treated Jia Baoyu, or even worse.

Sheng Minglan's adoptive father was bewitched by the maid arranged by Molan's mother, and the child conceived during the national mourning period was aborted after the child was exposed.

Sheng Hong, the son, didn't even dare to fart and completely obeyed the arrangements of his mother and his wife.

As for Chun Ge? Liang Han kept him. Mrs. Liang could only find him a wife, Minglan, whom she had seen at the party before, hoping that she could suppress Chun Ge, the devil, instead of insisting that Chun Ge abort the child.

And Molan, whom she looked down upon, actually nodded after being threatened by Old Lady Sheng and Liang Han agreed.

Note that the key point is that Liang Han feels that he loves Chun Ge the most, and it doesn't matter whether he marries Minglan or Molan, so this marriage was possible.

Otherwise, Mrs. Liang would not easily bow to Old Lady Sheng.

Isn't this the same as letting Liang Han make his own decision? The parents' orders and the matchmaker's words are no longer valid? She's spoiling him too much.

Jia Baoyu did not dare to disobey Mrs. Wang.

But Liang Han can make Mrs. Liang compromise.

Even at the end of the book, his room was filled with competition for beauty, as if he were living in a country of women, and Mrs. Liang and other elders just let him do what he wanted.

Whatever the case, they said they had no sons, and each of the five golden flowers married down, but this did not prevent Liang Han from living a fairy-like life. Besides, what was so strange about a daughter marrying down?
Didn’t the male protagonist Gu Tingye, the second legitimate son of Ningyuan Marquis Gu Yankai, also marry Sheng Minglan, a concubine’s daughter?

There are only so many powerful people, and Gu Tingye's position has been occupied by her. Doesn't that mean there is a woman with a higher status than her who marries down?

Where there is high, there is low!

This is not surprising at all.

After eating half a bowl of porridge, Mrs. Liang no longer asked her son to feed her and continued to talk about serious matters. She just listened to the family rules of not talking while eating or sleeping.

When Granny Liu visited the Grand View Garden for the second time and was laughed at by a bunch of people, was this rule followed?
Madam Liang said solemnly, "You have heard the rumors spread by the Sheng family. What do you think? I have met that Molan. Her character is not good, not as good as her sister Minglan. I don't want her, so I have never responded."

The Sheng family spread the rumor in order to get the Liang family to come and propose marriage.

After all, Mrs. Liang had already said before that she was interested in Minglan. So now that Liang Han was carrying Molan into the car in public, wouldn't it be natural for Molan to take his place?

But there was no movement from the Liang family.

The Sheng family was extremely anxious because of this.

Aunt Lin and her daughter Sheng Molan are particularly anxious, and Sheng Molan is even more jealous of Minglan.

Mrs. Liang was a good mother-in-law. The fact that she didn't mind letting her son marry a concubine was very important to them.

But the problem is that Mrs. Liang cares more about her daughter-in-law's character and looks down on Sheng Molan, so she ignores it.

Sheng Molan and her mother are indeed not that good.

There is nothing wrong with striving to marry higher up, but if you are too calculating, it will not give a good impression.

They have no self-awareness and just love to make trouble. They are bad and stupid. After all, they are villains!
That's why the mother and daughter used this method to intercept, without considering what they would do if Mrs. Liang disagreed or even blamed them. She was so brainless, obviously her intelligence was lowered.

Otherwise, the time-traveling girl who couldn't decide who to marry would have to marry Liang Han, a playboy, and wouldn't be able to marry Gu Tingye, an innocent man who was much older than her and had also been a womanizer.

After marriage, Gu Tingye is still devoted to her!

And she also gave Gu Tingye a ridiculous evaluation: "He looks unruly, but he is a law-abiding person at heart."

Therefore, persuading technicians to become good people is not just a man's privilege. Women are also willing to persuade bad men to turn over a new leaf, and they may even be more wishful than men.

There are no parents above them, and after marriage, they are loyal to each other, hand over their property, and live in separate houses. Is this a fictional history? Is this an ancient romance? It's clearly science fiction.

The real Gu Tingye died after marrying Sheng Minglan, and was replaced by a Terminator robot, who was very obedient and no longer indulged in other women.

Chen Tao nodded and said, "My mother is so kind and compassionate, but she doesn't like me. I guess she is not a good match for me, and I don't want her. My parents' orders and the matchmaker's words are the key to marriage. My mother can make the decision for me."

Madam Liang was very satisfied, but she couldn't help complaining, "Make the decision for you? I told you to drive Chun Ge away, did you listen? I am worried about you."

As he spoke, he began to wipe away his tears.

No matter how noble a woman is, she cannot remain noble in front of her doting son.

Chen Tao handed her a handkerchief and said with a smile:
"I didn't listen before, but I listen now. You have to give me some time to grow up! I have thought a lot recently and understood a lot. I know that mother treats me best and would never harm me. So of course I have to listen to her words of instruction."

Mrs. Liang was completely appeased. She hugged him and sobbed and cried, feeling happy and relieved.

After the meal, Chen Tao took the fifty taels of silver she gave him, rode out on horseback, and went out to see the world.

He was an excellent rider and even understood cavalry combat techniques. He was also very good at using all kinds of cold weapons. He could be said to be proficient in all eighteen martial arts.

The historical records say that Xiang Yu easily killed dozens or even hundreds of enemy soldiers, which may be an exaggeration. But if it were Chen Tao, the number could be doubled.

He is fully capable of wearing three layers of armor, carrying a hundred-pound mace, and killing all day long.

After his physique reaches the maximum level, he can get a set of grappling hooks with ropes, and sneak into the palace without anyone noticing, and achieve magical achievements such as defiling the imperial palace.

These are the skills he had learned and mastered during his long life of traveling.

Obviously, he was eager to try.

***
Brothel.

In short, only high-end entertainment venues can be considered brothels; low-end brothels or private brothels do not count.

But just like the so-called book houses, which were the most upscale in the foreign lands, they were gradually abused by the lower-class brothels. In fact, being too high-end and too tempting is really not good.

What's the point of earning money if not making money?
After all, there are very few people who can afford to go to a really high-end brothel and are willing to patiently sit down to have tea, unless they are a really talented and beautiful superstar.

Even so, very few of those famous prostitutes could marry into wealthy families, and even if they did, they might not necessarily have a good ending.

Li Xiangjun is famous enough, right? She was bullied to death a few years after marrying into the Hou family.

Sheng Minglan, who is said to be beautiful but has a pair of pig's feet, and Man Niang, one of her opponents, can also be considered typical examples.

Therefore, Chen Tao considered that it might not be good for her to come to his side in the future without a famous prostitute as a rival, so he went to Yingchunlou to scout the place first.

It's all for her, otherwise Chen Tao wouldn't have come.

"Sir, this way please."

Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. Liang Han's food, clothing and daily necessities were all very good. The eunuch in Yingchun Courtyard naturally saw through this and hurriedly and enthusiastically wanted to welcome him to the box.

Chen Tao waved his hand and said, "I'm not in a hurry to go in. Tell me first, do you have any newly married girls who can sing and are waiting for someone to comb their hair?"

There were curfews in ancient times.

Chen Tao couldn't stay out all night in the brothel, as that would give him a bad reputation. It would be better for him to go home and sing and dance for him to kill time.

As for combing the basket and the like, he would not be so anxious. After all, he had not only Xiuzhu as a maidservant, but also Hongyu and Caijin, two close sisters. They were the most outstanding in appearance and personality among the maids who grew up with him.

In addition, there is the concubine Chun Ge.

The eunuch smiled and said, "This is really unfortunate! A girl named Gui was abducted the day before yesterday, and now the only young lady in the family who has not yet married is a maid who has been studying for less than two years and is still young."

It is actually better to be younger, as one is often more malleable. After all, Chen Tao is also very good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing opera and music, and is qualified to be the other party's teacher.

So she called out, "Please ask that young lady to come and meet me. If she is suitable, I will take her back to be a maid."

The turtle slave did not refuse, but left with a strange look on his face.

Chen Tao was quite curious about this.

And when he saw that the girl had a bruised face but looked stubborn, it became clear to him.

He gave the turtle slave a look, asking him to go out and wait, and then said to the little girl who was glaring at him, "Miss, please take a seat."

The little girl didn't hesitate and sat down on the round stool opposite. There was a hint of curiosity in her eyes, but she was still like a dumb person and refused to speak.

Chen Tao did not say anything, and remained silent for a while. After drinking two glasses of low-alcohol rice wine, he asked:

"Miss, what's your surname?"

The little girl snorted and said something irrelevant: "Even if I die, I will never be a whore!"

Chen Tao nodded: "Then come back with me and be a maid, okay?"

The little girl blurted out without thinking: "Not good!"

Chen Tao called the turtle slave and said, "I really appreciate this girl's little temper, but she doesn't want to go home with me. What should I do? Please send her back to where she came from!"

The turtle slave had an ugly look on his face, and the "mother" who was disciplining the little girl was also dissatisfied, with murderous intent in her eyes.

I guess I'll get another beating when I get back.

The two looked at each other, and the turtle slave made a final effort: "Master, since you have such a heart, why don't you be patient and let me persuade her again?"

Chen Tao shook his head and said, "I just want to find a girl to sing for me, not to get a little ancestor to serve me. With her personality, I'm sure she won't be able to play the piano or sing, and she may not even be able to do the cleaning work well. She might even make me angry. How can I do that?"

The little girl gritted her teeth, as if she wanted to kill Brother Tao with her eyes.

The brothel owner couldn't help it anymore and slapped her in the face, sending her back several steps. She cried out in pain but didn't cry.

Mr. Chen has always been kindhearted, so he naturally couldn't bear to see this scene, so he hurriedly stopped it and said:

"Stop beating me! I'll take her back for ten taels of silver, and let her work on the farm and grow crops for me."

The Yongchang Marquis's Mansion owns tens of thousands of fertile fields, making him a complete landlord. He also owns many shops, and his assets are estimated at millions.

It is said that the Sheng family is really rich. In Dream of the Red Chamber, the dowry of the Jia family was only 10,000 taels, but the land that the Sheng family gave as a dowry to Hua Lan when she got married was more than ten hectares in the suburbs of Beijing. This is too much.

The eunuch was in a dilemma: "Master, ten taels of silver is too little. Although she has a wild personality, she looks good..."

At this point, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. After all, the little girl's face was covered in bruises, and saying that she was pretty would sound like a lie.

But he still said, "At least twenty taels."

Chen Tao snorted, "Fifteen! I don't want a penny more."

Pang Chunmei only has sixteen taels.

Mr. Ximen gave Li Guijie, a beautiful and talented woman, only a little over fifty taels of silver.

This girl can't sing and has a very stubborn temper. If she doesn't agree with someone, she might find a pillar to hit her head. How can she be worth twenty taels? Brother Tao was kind-hearted, so as to prevent this girl from being beaten to death by these people, but he would not let them take advantage of her.

The difference of five taels of silver was enough to buy five pigeon eggs for the Jia family.

Damn, one person is only worth fifteen pigeon eggs.

The turtle slave and the turtle woman discussed it and asked their superiors for permission, and finally agreed to the price of fifteen taels.

Chen Tao looked at the little girl again: "Although everything has been discussed, I still want to ask if you are willing to follow me?"

The little girl was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty: "I...I do."

three days later.

Mrs. Liang looked at Zheng Yuan, or Zheng Yuanyuan, and then looked at her good son who looked indifferent, and asked angrily:
"Liang Han! Who told you to buy a maid casually? Where did you buy her? Was it in a brothel?"

Chen Tao hummed: "This little girl is so pitiful. She gets beaten every day. I really can't bear it! Just buy her back and let her serve you well."

This statement is very consistent with Liang Han's character.

He is romantic but also compassionate to women, and more responsible than Jia Baoyu.

Serve me?
Madam Liang said helplessly, "How can my house be short of maids? I was thinking of sending Yunzhi to you! My dear Han'er, next time before you are kind-hearted, can you come back and discuss it with me first?"

Chen Tao smiled and said, "This won't happen again."

The two of them were loving and filial, while Zheng Yuanyuan looked shocked. (End of this chapter)