The Three Spirit Stones

Chapter 169: Spreading branches and leaves

Everything seemed normal. Cheng Yu was happy every day when he returned home and saw Ah Cai, and his heart was at peace.

Until one day he came home for dinner...

Her son and daughter-in-law were coming home for dinner, so Mrs. Cheng asked the kitchen to prepare a large table of food.

The maids brought the dishes to the dining table one after another. Cheng Yu and others walked in. Mrs. Cheng had been waiting with her two grandsons. When the two sons saw their parents, they immediately ran up to them and called them daddy and mommy. The house was filled with an atmosphere of family happiness!

Everyone sat down together. Cheng Yu looked at Ah Cai standing blankly in the corner.

Ah Cai saw Cheng Yu looking at her.

Understand in seconds!

She immediately ran to Sun Yuechan, picked up a spoon, filled a bowl of soup for her, then poured her a cup of tea, and then stood behind her with her hands hanging down.

Cheng Yu was dumbfounded and asked her, "What are you doing?"

She blinked her eyes and said, "The teacher said that at the dinner table, the concubine should take the initiative to serve the mistress. If the mistress is not here, the concubine should serve the marquis. If you are not here, the concubine should serve the old lady."

Hearing this, Cheng Yu's face turned ugly.

I thought, I let her learn etiquette and rules just to let her understand more about the ways of the world, not to really treat her as a slave.

She is the woman I love most and my true wife.

Now I have to be a slave?

He felt like he was being slapped in the face!

At this time, the two sons shouted to Ah Cai at an inappropriate time,

"Stupid, stupid,"

"Shut up!"

Cheng Yu shouted angrily, and his two sons were so frightened that they froze, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze!

Mrs. Cheng said to her son in dissatisfaction, "Why are you being so mean to them?"

"...Mom, I don't have much appetite, you guys eat."

After saying that, he stood up, pulled Ah Cai and left the side hall, leaving everyone in the room looking at each other anxiously.

Back in her yard, Cheng Yu asked her,

"Why didn't you tell me these things?"

"Isn't this what you want me to do?"

"I only asked you to learn the rules, not to be a slave."

"But that's the rule of being a concubine."

Cheng Yu was speechless.

Yes!

Since I made her my concubine, it was equivalent to asking her to accept the rules of being a concubine.

When Ah Cai saw his regretful look, she couldn't help feeling happy!

She thought, let me be your concubine?

Want to slap yourself a few times?

Should I tell him about my betrothal gifts as well?

Would that make him want to slap himself more?

Late at night, after she fell asleep, Cheng Yu called Dongmei out and asked,

"Tell me everything that happened during this period in detail. If there is anything hidden, you will be held accountable."

In fact, even if Cheng Yu didn't ask, Dongmei would have said it.

Aunt Cai is a god from heaven!

Treat the gods as slaves?

Isn’t the Cheng family afraid of being punished by God?

Then she told him everything that had happened during this period.

After listening to this, Cheng Yu realized that in addition to waiting on people, she also had to eat leftovers.

He was silent for a while, then said distressedly, "How can she, who is so picky about food, eat other people's leftovers?"

"...My Lord,"

"Ok!"

"My aunt didn't eat. She only had breakfast every day during this period."

"What?!!"

That's right! Ah Cai now only eats breakfast, or even skips it.

Because she has now returned to her true position as a god, she is a fairy spirit, and the colorful treasure spirit is slowly recovering its spiritual power in her body, although it is very, very weak.

She asked Xiao Cai about the fact that she didn't need to eat and didn't feel hungry.

Xiao Cai was surprised instead!

Are we going to eat?

I never eat.

oh! I see!

Then he asked her if there was any method of cultivation that could quickly increase her spiritual power?

The Black Demon Spirit absorbs yang energy, while Cheng Yu absorbs yin energy. So what energy should we absorb?

Xiao Cai answered her, we absorb the essence of the sun, moon and stars between heaven and earth,

Ah Cai understood.

It's just breathing air!

She also said that when we sleep we are practicing, and when we practice we are sleeping.

No wonder she likes to sleep so much. When I asked her again, she fell asleep again.

……

The next day, Cheng Yu went to his mother and said, "Mom, I didn't do that on purpose last night."

"After all, Ah Cai is my concubine and my beloved. We have many maids and servants in our house. Why do we need her to do these things like serving tea and pouring water?"

Mrs. Cheng's face was not looking good. She sighed and said, "Xu'er, how many times have we been so unhappy because of her?"

"You have only known her for half a year. She is an orphan with nothing to her except her youth. Why are you so concerned about her?"

"Yuechan and Ayuan have given birth to your children, managed your business and the household chores. How long has it been since you last visited them?"

"I understand that men all like tender young girls, but you can't let this ruin your ambition!"

"Mom, Ah Cai is not an object,"

"Look at you, look at you, you get so mad just by saying something about her!"

Mrs. Cheng pointed at her son and said angrily,

"Mother~"

"Can you please stop being like this?"

Cheng Yu was helpless.

"Xu'er, if she continues like this, mother really can't tolerate her anymore."

"Mother asked you to marry her so that she could give birth to more children for our Cheng family. She has been with you for half a year, but her pregnancy is not going well at all."

"She can't have children, but she still occupies you every day?"

"If you keep going like this, how will you be able to have children as you get older?"

These words left Cheng Yu speechless. If Ah Cai could really give birth to a child for him, no matter if it was a boy or a girl, he would definitely be overjoyed.

But she doesn't even have her period, how could she be pregnant?

He said helplessly, "Mom, what do you want?"

"If you really hate her so much, I'll just send her back to the academy."

But Mrs. Cheng got even angrier when she heard this. She raised her voice and asked, "Send her back? Then you will be away from home every day, right?"

"Have you figured out the crux of the problem?"

"My Cheng family is small, and you are the head of the Cheng family. You have the responsibility to expand the Cheng family."

"If Ah Cai can't do it, we have to find someone else. We can't let her occupy the toilet without doing anything."

Mrs. Cheng was so angry that she said such vulgar words.

Cheng Yu thought to himself, I am the toilet?

"Mother has decided!"

"I will give you a few more concubines."

"what?"

"Why make such a fuss? It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines,"

"If other concubines can give birth to children for you, then I won't care about Ah Cai. It's up to you to do whatever you like."

"If you don't want to take a concubine, then sell her off and focus on Yuechan and Ayuan while they are still young and can have more children."

This is obviously the condition set by my mother.

You can only choose one of the two.

Of course the choice is to take a concubine. After all, it is not a disadvantage for a man, so Cheng Yu had to agree.

Seeing that her son agreed, Mrs. Cheng's expression eased a lot and her tone became gentler.

Cheng Yu took the opportunity to propose to build a small kitchen in Ah Cai's yard so that they could prepare meals there. Mrs. Cheng agreed.

Acai is clumsy and she doesn't want her to serve her.

However, she also made a request, that is, after taking a concubine, he must spend half of his time every month visiting the concubine until the concubine becomes pregnant.

Cheng Yu also reluctantly agreed.

The mother and son reached a consensus again.