Chapter 147: You’re Introducing A Concubine To Your Future Brother-in-law?!
Swaying leisurely to Tianqiao, he found the sister selling cigarettes, “Mohe.”
“Brother, why are you here?” Seeing her own brother come over, Mohe hurried over with small steps.
“Come on, go home with me.” Fan Wu Ye grabbed Mohe’s hand and walked.
“No, Brother, what are you doing? I still need to sell cigarettes!”
“Sell what cigarettes, come on, go home.” Fan Wu Ye interrupted without explanation, “I’ve told you so many times not to sell, don’t sell, why won’t you listen to your brother.”
“Aiya, Brother, let go, if I don’t sell, the cigarettes will go stale!” Mohe was amused and helpless, not daring to struggle too violently, so she said softly:
“Brother, I have just about ten packs left to sell, wait until I finish selling and I’ll go back, okay?”
“Just ten packs left, why sell them? Save them for your brother to smoke.” Fan Wu Ye rolled his eyes, stuffed all the cigarettes from the basket wholly into his arms, “No more now, right? Come on, let’s go back, Brother has something to tell you.”
Seeing this, what could Mohe do? She could only agree.
Back home, Mohe put down the basket, “Brother, you haven’t eaten yet, right? I’ll go make food for you.”
“Come back, don’t bother, Brother has already eaten.” Fan Wu Ye threw the sunflower seeds on the table, leaned back in the chair with his legs crossed, smugly said:
“From today on, sister, don’t go sell cigarettes anymore. It’s not proper for a girl to show her face like that, it’s not good.”
“Brother, if I don’t sell cigarettes, are we brother and sister going to drink the northwest wind?” Mohe was amused and helpless. Although she had over a dozen silver dollars as backup in her pocket, what could that money do?
Neither of them had proper jobs; they couldn’t just sit and eat up the mountain.
“Besides, what’s wrong with me selling cigarettes? I don’t steal or rob, I make money by my own labor, it’s not shameful.”
“Did you forget what that Suo Ba kid said about you?”
“Let him say whatever, it’s not like I’m losing a piece of flesh, I”
Clang~
“Look at what this is.”
The sound of the gold bars smashing on the table interrupted Mohe’s words. She widened her eyes, looking incredulously at her brother, stammering: “Brother, this this is”
Fan Wu Ye smugly took out a cigarette and lit it, looking extremely proud: “Isn’t it obvious? Gold bars! And not just that, look at this, what is it.”
Saying that, he pulled out that check from his arms, pointing at the number smugly: “One thousand silver dollars!”
“Ah? One thousand?!” Mohe hurriedly picked up the check and looked. Seeing it was indeed one thousand silver dollars, her first reaction wasn’t joy, but worry:
“Brother, tell me honestly, where did this money come from?”
She was afraid her brother had done something shady. In these times, anyone with this much money was not to be trifled with, far beyond what their brother and sister could afford to offend!
“Where else? Your brother earned it!” Fan Wu Ye was immensely proud and smug, “You forgot? Last time that Cao Weida kid invited us to eat at Dongxing Tower, do you remember what he said?”
“This is all reward for helping him!”
“And this is just the first payment; there will be more later.”
At this point, he teasingly glanced at his sister, “When I came back today, he mentioned you too, he’s very concerned about you.”
The topic suddenly turned to herself, Mohe’s face instantly reddened, “Brother, what nonsense are you saying? What did he say?”
Though her face was flushed, her ears perked up, clearly wanting to hear more.
Cao Weida was her benefactor, the good man her brother approved of, and he had said those words to her. Even if she wouldn’t admit it verbally, in her heart she had gradually started shifting Cao Weida’s identity to that of her future man.
With this shift, she naturally wanted to hear news of Cao Weida, especially what he said about her.
Seeing her like that, Fan Wu Ye couldn’t help laughing, saying in a teasing tone: “He’s very concerned about you. Originally, four hundred silver dollars would be fine for my broker’s cut, but to make sure you don’t live poorly, he insisted on giving over a thousand more silver dollars.”
“Tsk, honestly, in my life, I’ve seen lavish people, spent big myself, met plenty who are generous, but willing to spend over a thousand extra silver dollars just so someone else’s sister doesn’t live poorly, this is the first time I’ve seen it.”
He was quite optimistic about Cao Weida; he had already decided on this brother-in-law and naturally praised him as much as possible.
Sure enough, after this speech, Mohe’s whole face was hot like a steamer, not even daring to lift her head.
So, he added more fuel, “I said before, when Brother has money, I’ll definitely hire eight or ten servants to wait on you”
“Now it seems, that Cao Weida kid has helped you achieve it first”
“Like this, tomorrow, I’ll use this money to hire eight or ten servants to wait on you, it won’t be in vain”
“Don’t spend money recklessly!” Forgetting even her shyness, hearing Fan Wu Ye wanted to use this money to hire servants to care for her, Mohe immediately ran over and grabbed the check and gold bars in her hand,
“I have hands and feet, why do I need people waiting on me? I’m not some rich young miss.”
“Brother, it’s not easy for us to earn money, we can’t waste it like this.”
“Anyway, it’s not my money, it’s that Cao Weida kid’s”
“Still not allowed! Big Brother Cao’s money didn’t come from the wind either.”
Looking at her brother’s teasing gaze, Mohe was extremely shy, slowly burying her face in her chest.
Aiya, so embarrassing. Brother really, I’m your sister, how can you bully me like this.
She hurriedly changed the topic: “Brother, tell me, what did Big Brother Cao buy? To give you so much money?”
Seeing his own sister so shy, Fan Wu Ye knew he couldn’t tease anymore, or she’d get angry and explode.
So he went along: “Well, it’s a long story, let me tell you”
“Wait, hold on!” Mohe suddenly looked up, stunned at her brother, “Brother, you just said, you, you introduced a concubine to Big Brother Cao?!”
“Yeah.” Fan Wu Ye generously nodded in admission.
“Brother!! How could you do this!!” Mohe stomped in anger, “He’s the man for your sister in the future, the one you matched, how could you help your future brother-in-law marry another woman!”
Fan Wu Ye coughed twice, a bit embarrassed, but didn’t think there was anything wrong,
“You girl, eating what kind of jealousy? A capable man having one or two concubines, what’s wrong with that?”
“Besides, I’m doing this for your own good, don’t you know? Don’t be ungrateful.”
In his heart, he was overjoyed; Mohe saying this meant she had fully accepted his proposal?
Tsk, no, he had to go find that Cao Weida kid later and settle the matter quickly.
“You introducing a concubine to my future man is for my good?” Mohe was so angry she laughed, “Fine, then tell me, how exactly is it for my good.”
“Of course it’s for your good; could your brother harm you?” Fan Wu Ye looked righteous, as if thinking of her,
“Think about it, he already has two concubines. Though they’re not living together now, they can’t stay apart forever, right?”
“Eventually they’ll live together. You’re the new one coming in, with soft lips, what if you’re bullied?”
“Our family has some friendship with Old Ru Beile’s family. Once you’re in the Cao kid’s home, if you two get along well, you naturally won’t have to fear being bullied.”
With this string of crooked reasoning, Fan Wu Ye spoke fluently. After his family fortune was squandered, he had lived by this mouth of his, and Mohe actually found it somewhat reasonable.
But she still felt something was off. She looked at Fan Wu with suspicious eyes.
Fan Wu Ye felt a bit guilty under her gaze, sighing inwardly: sister, don’t blame your brother. Men, which one doesn’t steal a bite.
That Cao Weida kid had already asked your brother about Rui’s second daughter-in-law; he definitely has thoughts. What could your brother do?
As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine not as good as a steal, and steal not as good as not getting caught.
Better for Brother to push the waves and add to the billows now, and conveniently find you an ally—best of both worlds!
You have to understand Brother’s good intentions.
Of course, he definitely couldn’t say these things out loud. Seeing he had confused his sister, he immediately decided:
“Alright, could your brother harm you?”
“Brother can see it, you do have feelings for that Cao Weida kid. Brother will help you decide; it’s settled. This afternoon I’ll go find that kid and finalize your matters, so everyone can relax.”
This topic shift was very effective; Mohe forgot her suspicions, shyly stomping: “Brother~~ When did I agree? Whatever, do what you want, I’m going to make food. You’ve eaten, but I haven’t.”
Fan Wu Ye immediately laughed; how could he not understand his own sister?
This was basically agreeing, right? “No, money, money! Your brother has no money in his pocket!”
“I’ll keep this money for you; when you need it, I’ll give it to you.” Such a large sum, Mohe definitely wouldn’t trust leaving it with her brother.
Otherwise, who knows when he’d squander it all.
Hesitating, she went to the bedside, dug out three silver dollars from the corner and stuffed them into his hand:
“Here, spend sparingly. If not enough, tell me, I’ll give you more.”
“No, sister, sister! This little money isn’t enough, I… give me two more, just two, okay?”
Mohe rolled her eyes; originally she didn’t want to give more—her brother spent too lavishly—but thinking of the gold bars and check in her pocket, she finally gave him two more silver dollars:
“Brother, you really have to spend sparingly. Think about our days before without money, how hard they were.”
“If you really need money, I’ll definitely give it to you, but we can’t spend recklessly. Those two silver dollars of yours were gone in how long? How much money can withstand spending like that.”
