Chapter 159: Thinking of me so much?
Wu slowly sank her breath, “Because we, the Wu family, need a child.”
Saying this, she raised her head, her eyes surging with waves, “The girl is from a powerful family, I don’t think you don’t know much about us merchants and merchants, our Cangzhou Wu family, you shouldn’t have ever heard of it?”
Zhao Su indeed had never paid attention to it. So she nodded honestly: “I have never been out of the capital, so I really don’t understand. However, looking at the young lady’s style, the Wu family must be rich and powerful, a dominant party.”
After all, it was a ship that was built, not a carriage.
“Our Wu family has three shipyards in Dagu and some other small businesses.”
“Three shipyards!”
Even Zhao Su, who had no concept of money, comprehended how big an entrepreneur this was.
Wu Lanfeng just nodded, not meaning to enjoy her exclamation of surprise, and said, “When it comes to family wealth, our Wu family is indeed not bad. But we are also facing a great dilemma right now. Both of my parents only gave birth to a son and a daughter. My younger brother was smart and studious, and was able to help my father with his common affairs since he was in his teens, but he suddenly passed away a few years ago.
“My father has only this one son, waiting for him to grow up to inherit the family business, this go my father was greatly shocked, not long also passed away. Fortunately, the mother of the family is strong, hard to survive the difficult times, the large family business to carry down.
“But my mother, after all, alone, the family urgently need a person to inherit the family, I want to conceive a child, then brought back to my mother’s family to raise and grow up, cultivate him to inherit the family business.”
Zhao Su spent a while digesting this information, then asked, “Why do you have to have a child to inherit? Can’t you just divorce and go back to inherit?”
“How could it be that easy?” Wu Lanfeng stared, “It is too difficult for a woman to inherit a family’s property, my mother was able to take over smoothly because she and my father started a business from nothing, and the shipwrights obeyed her. I’m just a daughter, in the eyes of the world, a woman who marries out is water that splashes out, where do they allow me to take over?
“In recent years several of my uncles have been holding out on our family, and the dockyard has been picked on behind their backs several times, just waiting to squeeze us out so they can divide it up!”
“How can anyone be so unreasonable? This family business was created by your parents, it’s none of their business!”
“That being said, how could they be reasonable?” Wu Lanfeng’s face was like frost, “Because my husband and I have drifted apart over the years, I’ve long had thoughts of leaving, but because of my father’s and brother’s departure, the Lin family didn’t want to fall into the reputation of being bullies, and held me down to prevent me from leaving.
“But in the past few years, my husband’s concubines have also come in, concubine children have also been born, I really do not understand what is left to stay?
“I then obtained my mother’s consent to simply carry a child and then divorced, so that I returned to my mother’s family, there are also descendants can be cultivated.”
Zhao Su couldn’t help but say, “What if the child born is also a daughter? And what if the Lin family knows about it and looks for trouble afterward? Why don’t you just make peace and find a reliable man to join the family again? You’re so young, you can’t go on like this, can you? Having a man in the family is still much better in some ways.”
Before Grandpa died, Zhao Su’s mother was polite to Grandma every time she came back, but after Grandpa died, Zhao Su’s mother came back again, she didn’t even have a smile on her face, and she was also all kinds of picky.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law again difficult to get along with, when Zhao Su is also the parents of the old man hard stuffed with the old man, is also the old man carefully put her cultivation of adults, why not even a respect are not equipped with?
Besides, even if there is dissatisfaction, she chose to show it only after her grandfather passed away, which also shows that there is a man in the family, the woman’s family can still have more confidence.
The fact that men could play a role in the family was also one of the reasons why Zhao Su was able to respect men while supporting the awakening of women’s consciousness.
“Regardless of whether it’s a son or a daughter that is born, there are only benefits and no disadvantages for me and my mother.” Wu Lanfeng’s eyes were firm, “Although the Lin family is powerful, with the strength of my Wu family, if they insist on taking the child away, they still can’t afford to risk a fish-eat-net breakup with me either.
“What’s more, my husband’s mind was not on me, he hated to part ways with me immediately, so even if he knew I was going to leave pregnant, and wanted him to promise the Lin family to have nothing to do with the child, he would still be willing.
“As for why not just find someone else to join the family-” her brow became gloomy again, “I was in love with my husband for a while after our marriage, I appreciated his determination and had strengths that were valued by him, but then he still moved on to another man I’m sorry, but I’m sorry.
“I have no hope in men. In any case, if I am able to give birth to an heir, be it male or female, I will cultivate her to be the heir, and I have no thoughts of anything else for the time being. Even if the road ahead is difficult, I will still try to go on.”
The more she spoke, the lower her voice became, and her rigid appearance contrasted strongly with her slender figure.
After listening to this, Zhao Su did have a few points of understanding.
Her husband slagged into this, a short period of time will be difficult to have confidence in the marriage, not to mention that they are widows and orphans, the door to hit the wrong idea will certainly not be less. The world is like this, the so-called good conduct of men want to face, never want to risk being accused of greed for money to enter the family. There is a child in front of the foster, stay a few years when he is older, is also a good strategy.
She thought for a moment and said: ”Then your in-laws, will you agree to do so? In case they still don’t want to carry the reputation of snobbery?”
“I already hold a handle on my father-in-law, I will be polite before I am forceful, if he has to be forceful, then the handle in my hand will be presented to my mother-in-law. He won’t be willing to go that far.”
Zhao Su couldn’t help but express his admiration.
This woman looked weak, but in fact she had a plan and was very opinionated, truly worthy of being an outstanding woman who was able to take over the family business of three shipyards.
Words to this point, this favor can’t be not helped, she said: ”I will go back to help you look for Dr. Li, within three days, I will return the news to you. With any luck, I’ll directly bring him over to check your pulse.”
“Great!” Wu Lanfeng instantly straightened her back, “How do I thank you?”
“Thank you for what? But just a lift of the hand ……” When she said this, Zhao Su suddenly paused, then quickly turned to her, “You just said that your family has three shipyards?”
Wu Lanfeng also paused at her shift, “Yes.”
“Can you build sea ships?”
Wu Lanfeng smiled, “Half of the shipyards in Dagu build large canal boats, and half are sea boats. There are quite a few sea ships launched in our family’s dockyard, and there are several that are on the sea today.”
“Did an official from the Ministry of Public Works approach you?!”
Wu Lanfeng paused slightly, “I have been out on store patrol for more than a month, so I do not know yet.” Finishing she asked, “What’s wrong?”
Zhao Su gripped the cup tightly, her eyes gleaming, the person was already agitated, if she was not wrong, the dockyard that the emperor said He Zong touched the wall was the Wu family’s dockyard!
She quickly put the cup down, “Can you do me a favor as well?”
Wu Lanfeng looked deeply at her, “You say!”
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