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

You steal, and I steal too.

But the nature is different.

Sheng Molan thought it was normal for her to have a tryst with her fiancé, but it was inappropriate for her sister Rulan to have a tryst with Wen Yanjing in private.

Her situation was different from Rulan's. She even accepted the betrothal gift, but what about Rulan? It was pure unmediated adultery, which was despicable!

Therefore, as the eldest sister, for the sake of the Sheng family's reputation, she must find a good opportunity to expose this scandal and rectify the family tradition!
Moreover, this would also allow Rulan to fulfill her wish and marry Wen Yanjing, the man she despises.

However, she didn't need to stand guard in the garden like a spy. She could just leave it to her maid Lu Zhong to do it.

She has to deal with her husband.

Obviously, she couldn't help herself and ate the forbidden fruit before marriage. Although it is still a little worse than the drama version where they did it directly in the temple, the training should be done step by step from the shallow to the deep!

This night.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the moonlight becomes more charming.

Moreover, it was an agricultural era with basically no air pollution. Even the starry sky was brighter than in later times.

The Luohan bed by the window.

The small coffee table in the middle has been moved to the side so as not to affect the emotional communication between the young couple.

"Husband~"

Molan cried out, like a kitten meowing in the night.

Chen Tao understood what he meant and immediately untied her legs, then leaned over and gently picked her up, allowing her to appreciate the bright moon in the sky with him.

Her maid Lu Zhong was still guarding the garden at this time.

The other three maids around her, namely Bitao, Furong and Qiujiang, were still in the room at this time.

It's nothing.

At that time, they will definitely follow Molan into the Liang Mansion, and will become Chen Tao's maids or concubines in the future.

In fact, if Chen Tao was willing, he could let them push from behind now.

Molan would not refuse.

Although she is not yet the type to find a woman for her husband, she will definitely agree to it because her fiancé sneaked in to meet her.

She was still young, and no matter how realistic the theories Aunt Lin taught her were, she couldn't help but be immersed in the sweet love.

She has even realized that she is different from her mother. After all, she is a legitimate wife, and her beloved husband dotes on her so much. Her future is bright. Is there any need for her to worry?
She didn't think she needed to take Cricket Chun Ge seriously. Comparatively, Sheng Minglan was a bigger threat.

After admiring the moon for a while, Chen Tao continued to finish his work. After Molan recovered from her trance, he deliberately asked, "Which courtyard is Sister Ming in?"

Molan said angrily, "Do you still want to go find her now? Husband~Don't go. She is different from me. She doesn't want to marry you. If you go find her, she will make a scene."

Chen Tao pretended to be puzzled: "Why doesn't she want to marry me? Am I not good enough? My mother thinks highly of her."

Molan giggled: "Of course you are good in every way, but there are two things that she cannot accept."

"Appreciate further details."

"First, of course, it's because I'm your legal wife! From childhood to adulthood, she never competed for anything, but her food, clothing and daily expenses were never less than mine. She even has two more maids than I do! So she definitely doesn't want to be inferior to me. And the second reason..."

"Hurry up and tell me. Don't keep me in suspense."

"Good man, be gentle~"

Molan bit Chen Tao to stop him from messing around, then explained with a smile:

"The second is that you already had a concubine and three maids before marriage. She is not capable of pleasing you, so you should just not have her."

Chen Tao pinched her pretty face and said jokingly with a smile: "Are you very capable?"

Molan smiled proudly: "My husband couldn't wait for winter to come and came to see me in the middle of the night. This just shows that I am very capable and I can please you."

Chen Tao nodded and praised: "Mo'er is indeed extremely beautiful and talented. She makes me lose my appetite and think about her day and night."

If Molan had a tail, it would definitely be raised up at this moment.

She hugged Chen Tao tightly like a koala and asked with a smile, "My husband will love me forever, right?"

"That's right."

Chen Tao understood clearly: "But I'm afraid I can't love only you. I like Chun Ge, Xiu Yu and the others. Oh, and your sister Ming Liu..."

Molan said with a wronged look on her face: "Minglan is prettier than me. If you see her, you will definitely dislike me!"

If it were in the future, she would have punched Chen Tao a few times. But given her personality, in this era, she would just be a little jealous and a little bit irritated. Otherwise, what else could she do? She could only follow her husband wherever he went!
Chen Tao touched her waist and said with a smile:

"Whether Sister Ming is beautiful or not, you have to wait until I see her to know. Just because you think she is beautiful doesn't mean I think she is beautiful too. For example, I like tall girls. Is she tall?"

Molan said happily: "She is half a head shorter than me!"

"Here? Who's older?"

"also me."

"Then why is she more beautiful than you?"

"Oh~Dear Dada~"

Back then, Mr. Ximen asked Yue Niang to call him Dada, but Yue Niang refused and only wanted to call him Qinqin.

Mr. Chen, there is no need to beg.

Because Molan was so happy, she clung to him like a snake, rubbing her ears against his, as if she had tasted the sweetness and was very proactive.

It has to be said that her physical fitness is undoubtedly much better than those ladies from wealthy families who never go out of the house nowadays.

Her usual weak and lovable appearance is an act, just like her mother Aunt Lin, and her acting skills are quite good.

In the book, when Liang Han returned home after his marriage and saw Minglan for the first time, he was quite impressed, but when he saw Molan smile, he was attracted to her again.

Many people think that Molan has not learned the proper ways of a first wife, and is just like her mother, using sex to entertain people, which is a wrong path.

But is it possible that men just fall for this? You can't assume that all men have the same hobbies and that they all have to find a wise and capable wife who can manage the household.

Not every man will be attracted by Sheng Minglan's halo as the heroine. Instead of a beautiful, talented and romantic woman, he would like to find himself a boring housekeeper.

Is a housekeeper important? Why did Mrs. Wang in Dream of the Red Chamber let go?

No matter how well she managed the household, Jia Zheng would still go to Aunt Zhao's place to rest.

Aunt Zhao is uneducated, so how does she attract Jia Zheng?
Sheng Minglan’s biological mother, Aunt Wei, was not well educated, but she was still able to charm Sheng Hong. How did she do that?
What's the point of saying that if you don't want to be a concubine, you don't need to learn poetry and songs? That's ridiculous.

Firstly, a high level of education can make people realize that you have sufficient abilities and develop a sense of trust in you.

Secondly, couples still need to have some common language.

Otherwise, even if Sheng Hong didn't have a concubine, he wouldn't necessarily be able to have such a loving relationship with Wang. How could they cultivate feelings if they couldn't even talk about the same thing?

Emphasis on housekeeping skills... First, it is taken for granted that the family property should be kept in one's own hands. The character Gu Er in the book who handed over his property and salary after marriage is a typical example.

But in fact, many powerful people have special housekeepers, such as the Lai family in Dream of the Red Chamber. There is not much room for the housekeeper to play, otherwise why didn't Wang Xifeng take the lead in the visit? She had no say in this important scene. If you want to know the inside story, you have to listen to Jia Lian's retelling. After Qin Keqing's death, she went to assist in the Ningguo Mansion, but she was unable to participate in major decision-making.

Besides, the women in these families generally do not show their faces in public, making it inconvenient for them to do things.

Like in the new version of Thunderdream, male servants can also enter the inner courtyard, and a bunch of men can see Yuanchun who is visiting her parents. This is pure nonsense.

Secondly, she did not possess beauty and talent that could kill men, and not knowing how powerful that power was, she found herself the advantage of being able to manage the household.

So the question is, is the so-called housekeeper's talent rare, or is it rarer to have both beauty and talent? Men are not fools.

If a woman who has traveled through time in her forties wants to use her talents as a housekeeper to suppress a native woman who has not received modern education, then she'd better not do it.

He should have overwhelmed the native woman in the areas where she had an advantage, instead of just relying on cheats to get by.

In the book, Sheng Minglan said that she was a staunch skeptic of the "Prodigal Son Theory", but what was the result? She knowingly committed the crime and threw herself into Gu Er's arms, and then continued to cheat.

It's not convincing at all.

Gu Er not only has power and money, but also has no parents, so of course he can let Sheng Minglan be the housekeeper.

And Sheng Molan has no chance to take care of it, so how can we compare this?

So we must get back to the original source.

Chen Tao created a premise for her and the indigenous woman that there was no need for a housekeeper. At the same time, because modern people should not favor boys over girls, he also ignored her advantage of being able to give birth to sons.

To make up for it, Chen Tao doesn't mind her actual age.

This way, everyone can compete on a fair footing.

Whoever can please Chen Tao more is the one he will love more.

What, you just want to lie down?
can.

But if you get bullied in the future, don't complain to me.

I'm bewitched by a vixen, how can I make the decision for you?
***
It was about 8:15 in the evening.

Lu Zhong ran into the house and reported to Mo Lan and Chen Tao: "Miss, son-in-law, Wen Yanjing is here!"

Molan came to life and quickly put on her skirt, but it didn't matter if her hair was covered at night. After putting it on, she hugged Chen Tao and kissed him, and said:
"My husband, I'm going out. You stay here with me and don't run around. Even if you want to find Minglan, you won't be able to find her. If there's trouble tonight, Minglan will have to go to the lecture, and you won't be able to see her. Bi Tao, the rest of you, stay with him and don't let the maid in."

Bi Tao and other maids all agreed.

Their names are actually taken from a Tang Dynasty poem:
Green peaches and dew are planted in the sky, and red apricots are planted against the clouds near the sun.

The lotus grows on the autumn river, and does not complain about not blooming towards the southeast.

Jin Moumei also quoted it, but changed the second line:
If you have rich people in your family, don’t talk about money when you have a lot of money.

And the song "Writing Love" actually has some tricks.

It is said that the poet Li Yi was in love with a man named Huo Xiaoyu, but his mother had arranged for her to marry a cousin named Lu, and he did not dare to disobey her, so Xiaoyu died of depression.

Sheng Molan obviously cares more about her cousin Chun Ge, and Sheng Minglan's original prospect He Hongwen also has a difficult cousin Cao Jinxiu.

Interestingly, in the book, Sheng Minglan caught He Cao having an affair during the day, and caught Rulan and Wen Yanjing committing adultery at night. She can be considered to have a natural ability to catch adultery.

Unfortunately, she couldn't catch Chen Tao.

This is the fourth time Chen Tao has come to see Sheng Molan tonight.

ten minutes later.

Under Molan's leadership, Wang successfully captured Rulan and Wen Yanjing. She was so angry that she wanted to explode on the spot, but was stopped by Sheng Hong and went to Shou'an Hall.

The following plot is nothing more than Wang looking down on Wen Yanjing, and Rulan threatening to commit suicide and not marrying anyone else.

Sheng Molan was so happy watching this.

As for Rulan's hatred for her catching him cheating...

Hate it if you want!

Isn't this how they have fought since they were little? Whether she is caught or not, Rulan likes her, so why not catch her?

Catching someone cheating is the most fun! Especially when you are cheating on someone yourself, catching someone cheating is even more fun!

midnight.

Molan returned to Shanyueju in a happy mood, then happily snuggled into Chen Tao's arms and told him what happened tonight.

"...In other words, even though Rulan's mother dislikes Wen Yanjing and your father also despises him, as long as he can pass the imperial examination next spring, he will still have a chance to marry Rulan?"

Chen Tao laughed and said, "If he had passed the imperial examination at such a young age, he would have been granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister in the future. But you gave him up and chose a useless person like me. You will definitely regret it in the future."

In fact, Wen Yanjing really passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi in this subject, as if he was cheating.

Molan giggled: "So what if you are useless? You are more handsome than him, and your body is stronger than him. Every time I see you, I can't take my eyes off you. If I don't choose you, I would be blind."

This is certainly one of the reasons.

But more importantly, she wanted wealth and glory now and didn't want to live in poverty with her talented but poor husband.

Why would her mother, Aunt Lin, a poor official lady, choose to be a concubine to Sheng Hong? Isn't it because Sheng Hong is not only talented, but also has a wealthy family!

Wen Yanjing's family was not well off, so he was a good match for the daughters of ordinary families, but for the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, he was just so-so.

If he had only relied on his status as the 32nd place in the second class of the imperial examination, he might have eventually become a fifth-rank prefect, which would have been amazing!
But the question is, which Jinshi doesn't want to continue to improve? He has to rely on the ready-made platform of the Sheng family, which makes him a Phoenix man in the eyes of many people.

Chen Tao used a little force on his hands and asked suspiciously:

"How do you know I'm stronger? Have you ever cheated on him like Rulan did?"

Molan was so overwhelmed with emotion that she gasped and babbled nonsense:
"Good brother~ I didn't steal it. Minglan told me that she loves stealing people the most. Don't love her!"

"Minglan? Not Rulan?"

"They both stole! I and the daughters of our Sheng family all love to steal people~"

There is a self-deprecating element to this statement.

After all, the daughters of the Sheng family are indeed not easy to deal with. She and her mother Aunt Lin plotted against the Liang family, and Rulan also had an affair. It is clear that the family tradition is not right.

Fortunately, her husband is magnanimous and doesn't mind it too much.

In short, Chen Tao sneaked away after daybreak, had breakfast first, then went to the army to report for duty. It was not until three quarters after noon that he returned to Liang Mansion for a nap.

After he woke up, he played dominoes, played games with Chun Ge and others and spent the day leisurely.

Sometimes Yuanyuan really wanted to prepare mahjong, poker and some classic board games in advance, but she was afraid that Sheng Minglan would know her identity, and she also didn't want to encourage the entertainment culture in the Liang Mansion, so she had to give up.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the results of the autumn imperial examination were announced, and Sheng Molan's brother Sheng Changfeng unexpectedly passed the examination. Chen Tao, as his brother-in-law, officially came to his house to congratulate him. (End of this chapter)