Double Life: The Long Road to Chasing Your Wife

"Mother Xia, I saw the code you made just now. What's going on now?"

"Madam, Mrs. Zhou sent someone to come to her house tonight. She will stay up all night and ask you to go quickly."

"Mother Xia, the master will sleep in the study tonight. The bedding and other things have been arranged for him. Be sure to keep an eye on him and don't let him go back to the room. Recently, I visited Shu'er and Ying'er's husband's house. My hands have been itchy for a long time. I'll bring some money. Win dowries for them.”

Xia's mother said she was helpless. Her wife was always having fun, and she and several neighbor ladies would always get together to play Pai Gow.

"Madam, the most you can give for Pai Gow is one tael of silver per hand. You have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse to collect some dowry for the two ladies!"

"Don't say that, a tael of silver is money! Look carefully. The old rule is, if there is something important, send someone to notify me. If nothing happens, don't disturb me. It will ruin my luck."

After Mrs. Shi finished speaking, she took her cloak and walked quietly through the back door.

Mother Xia closed the back door and was about to bolt it.

"You locked the door, why did Madam come back?"

Shi Jingke's voice suddenly appeared, frightening Mama Xia so much that she dropped the door bolt in her hand.

"master."

Mother Xia knelt on the ground in fear.

"Get up! My wife and I have been a married couple for so many years. I already know this. Leave the door unlocked. It will be easier for my wife to come back."

Then Shi Jingke turned and left. "

"Also, there's no need to tidy up the bedding. I'll go back to my room to sleep. The bed in the study is too hard and I can't sleep well every time. There's no need to let Madam know about this. There's no need to let Madam know about our conversation today. Remember to remind her when Madam comes back tomorrow. , discuss marriage with Shuer."

Then he took out a purse from his arms.

"Madam's purse was left on the bed. Send it to her and say you found it yourself. Don't let Madam lose money and be embarrassed when she can't find her purse."

Mother Xia took the purse tremblingly.

"Why are you standing there in a daze! Send him over quickly, you can still catch up now." Shi Jingke scolded.

"Yes." Xia's mother hurriedly opened the back door and chased Mrs. Shi.

"Alas! I have been neglected, and the servants I have brought out are not easy to worry about. It's true that every kind of master can bring out his own kind of servant."

In the end, Shi Jingke shook his head and expressed his helplessness. He had no choice but to continue to dote on the woman he had pampered for more than 20 years!

Now Shi Jingke was most worried about Lin Shu's marriage, but Shi Ying's was easier to solve.

Mother Xia caught up with Mrs. Shi within a few steps.

It turned out that Shi Jingke knew that his wife had sneaked out to play, and she didn't know when Shi Jingke found out. Xia's mother handed her purse to Mrs. Shi, explained briefly and left.

The next day, Mrs. Shi lost three taels of silver and went back to Shi's house despite being sleepy.

Shi Jingke got up before Mrs. Shi came back without leaving any trace. He only sent the boy to tell Mrs. Shi that he would discuss it with Miss Lin together after the morning session.

So Mrs. Shi caught up on her sleep openly and openly until Shi Jingke finished his morning session.

"Mother Xia, isn't your wife up yet?" Shi Jingke asked Mother Xia directly.

"Sir, madam..." Mrs. Shi told Mama Xia that if Shi Jingke asked, she would say that she had gone out to check the accounts, and then send someone to call her.

Now that Shi Jingke knew the reason, Xia's mother didn't know how to speak.

"I know, and I won't embarrass you. Madam has gone to check the accounts. You can send someone to 'invite' Madam back now! I won't say anything more, but you. If you say something to Madam that affects Madam's mood, no matter you If it’s your wife’s dowry, I’ll have you sold off.”

"Master, I understand."

Mother Xia wailed in her heart: "Madam! Why is it that I am the one who suffers every time because of the love between you and your husband?"

Mother Xia came to Mrs. Shi's room without stopping.

"Madam, Madam." Xia's mother called out twice.

"What's the matter? Is the master back?" Mrs. Shi opened her eyes lazily and rubbed her sleepy eyes with her hands.

"Go back to Madam, the master is back. He said he was going to talk to his cousin about her marriage, so he asked you to come over quickly."

"Did you tell me that I was going out to check the accounts?"

Mother Xia's heart skipped a beat.

"The old slave told the master and said that madam, you will be back soon."

"Okay, help me get a set of clothes. Let's change into them and go find the master."

Mrs. Shi didn't notice that Mother Xia was so frightened that small beads of sweat broke out on her forehead.

After a while, Mrs. Shi packed up and arrived at Shi Jingke's study.

"I heard that Madam went to 'check the accounts' today. Thank you for your hard work."

Mrs. Shi didn't know there was something behind Shi Jingke's words.

"I'm doing this for Shu'er and Ying'er. If I hadn't prepared dowries for them, I wouldn't have bothered to go out and suffer."

Shi Jingke was testing Mother Xia. He looked at Mother Xia thoughtfully and gave her a look, expressing that he was satisfied that Mother Xia did not tell Mrs. Shi what he knew.

Shi Jingke saw Mama Xia's scalp numb. She was Mrs. Shi's wife, and now she had to be the internal support for Shi Jingke. If she was not careful, neither party would be in good hands.

Accompanied by Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Sun and Shi Ying, Shi Jingke also came to Lin Shu's yard. The five of them sat in the pavilion in Lin Shu's yard.

There are melon and fruit snacks placed on the stone table, which were placed by Sun according to Shi Jingke's instructions in advance. The family will chat while eating snacks, and the atmosphere will be much more relaxed.

"Shu'er, are you satisfied with the young masters I'm looking at?" Shi Jingke went directly to the topic.

Lin Shu thought of Su Yi's confession to her yesterday, her cheeks turned red and she shook her head.

"Shu'er thinks that all the young masters are very nice and polite to others. It's really hard for Shu'er to choose. Uncle and aunt, can you look at each other more?"

"Did Shu'er not catch it? If not, my aunt and your uncle will choose more for you."

"Thank you so much, uncle and aunt." Lin Shu stood up and saluted Shi Jingke and Mrs. Shi to express her gratitude.

"Cousin, don't be picky. I think these young men are quite good. Why don't you just pick one from them? Otherwise, you will be laughed at if others find out."

In fact, Mrs. Sun had always thought that Lin Shu liked her husband Shi Muze. If Lin Shu opened her mouth, Shi Jingke and Mrs. Shi nodded in agreement, and her status would be in jeopardy whether she was a concubine or something else.

"Shu'er is also your sister, Mrs. Sun, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking! Although our family is not as rich as a wealthy family, we still have the ability to let our two daughters pick husbands slowly. Do it well Take care of your own affairs, and I will be able to leave the house to you with peace of mind. If you don't live up to expectations, a legitimate son will be born anyway, and I can make the decision to give Ze'er a concubine."

After her secret was revealed, Mrs. Shi blushed with shame as she was scolded by Mrs. Shi.

"My daughter-in-law is also thinking about Shu'er."

"You have nothing to do here. Go back and take care of Brother Chen (grandson of Shi Jingke and Mrs. Shi, son of the Sun family)."

"Daughter-in-law, please retire." Ms. Sun left aggrievedly. Faced with her mother-in-law's reproach, she did not dare to say anything more.