Duan Ruihuan is a mogul, very rich, and his family has fertile land and real estate all over the county town. The only regret is that he has never had any descendants, and his original wife, Lian, has never been given birth to her, and is very domineering and does not allow him to take a concubine.
After in his forties, Duan Ruihuan was a little anxious and secretly got along with a maid, wanting to wait for the maid to become pregnant, so he directly became a concubine. But unexpectedly, after Lian found out, he could not tolerate it for a moment, so he beat the maid and sold it to the Luan family in Linxian .
At this point, Duan Ruihuan also lost the idea of wanting descendants. But he had no descendants, so the family's nephews came to bully him every day and forced him to take property. He wanted to adopt one of his nephews, but there were too many people and they obstructed each other and never succeeded.
After enduring for a few years, Duan Ruihuan was 60 years old. Lian was really unwilling to be angry, so he let go of his jealousy and bought two concubines for her husband. Old Duan Tou was also very powerful. Not long after, both concubines became pregnant. A year later, one gave birth to a son and the other gave birth to a daughter. However, they were not happy for a few days and both children died prematurely.
Lao Duantou fell ill and his nephews came to the door to get things. Lian stopped him, but his nephews were scolded and cried. Not long after, the old Duan Tou was so angry that his children and nephews directly wanted to divide the property, and they didn't even want to care about the old man's funeral.
Just as Lian was crying, a young man knelt down in front of Duan Rui's coffin and knelt down and claimed to be Lao Duan's son. It turned out that he was born to the maid sold by Lian.
He grew up in the Luan family and passed the scholar exam. However, after his adoptive father died, the sons were unwilling to take him with him. His mother, that is, the maid, told him that his biological father's family was richer, so he wanted to come back to recognize his relatives, but he didn't expect Lao Duan to die.
After hearing this, Lian Shi couldn't care too much, and did not argue about the authenticity. She happily recognized the young man. She suffered too much of the hardship of not having a son. Now she finally had it, how could she let it go.
So, the young man changed his name to Duan Huai, took over his mother and wife, mourned for the old Duan, and then lived with Lian. From then on, the children and nephews of the Duan family dared not come again.
Although Duan Huai relied on his ancestors, the Duan family's nephew did not want to give up. He kept saying that Duan Huai was a fake and wanted to occupy the Duan family's property.
Duan Huai was angry and sued the county government for a lawsuit, wanting to get back the property occupied by the Duan family's nephews. Not to mention, Lian is quite powerful. With his son's support, the old lady is not afraid when she arrives at the lobby. She has a great statement and is organized clearly. When did anyone take something, she can make it clear, and the children and nephews of the Duan family cannot refute it.
The county magistrate ordered his sons and nephews to return their property, and beat each son and nephew twenty boards.
After the lawsuit, no nephew dared to bully the Duan family. Lian also sets family rules for his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law. After the age of 30, he has no son, so he has to marry a concubine for his husband. If he has no money, he will sell his family's wealth. He will have a son no matter what, so as not to be bullied by outsiders.
Although the Duan family had no son and was bullied by relatives, it was not the case with relatives in ancient times.
There is a man named Jiang Jia who has no son, and his wife Mao is also domineering. He cannot give birth to children and does not allow her husband to take a concubine.
Jiang Jia had his brother and sister-in-law, and often advised Mao to take a concubine to Jiang Jia. Mao refused to listen and said that he would rather die than have a woman compete for favor with him. In this way, until he was forty years old, Mao's sex was deteriorating, and he no longer worried about competing for favor. Instead, he was even more worried about having no children and no one to support him in the future.
Mr. Mao thought that his sister-in-law had several sons, so he wanted to adopt one. One day, the youngest son of his sister-in-law came to his house to play, and the couple teased the child with delicious food and asked the child if he was willing to be his son. When the child saw that there was delicious food, he naturally agreed.
The child came home, and Mao's sister-in-law naturally knew about this. It was not that they didn't want to adopt him, but they wanted their younger brother to have a biological son, so they thought of a trick and told the child to say he was unwilling to ask why. Just answer, when you die, the property is not mine.
On this day, the child went to his uncle's house to play. Mao still teased the delicious food. The child was also smart. When he remembered his parents' words, he said it.
Mr. Mao was furious and immediately drove the child out, then came to a matchmaker to buy a concubine for her husband, but the price was too high and the family was not enough. Just as she was hesitating, the matchmaker took the initiative to lend money to help buy it.
When Jiang Jia returned home, he saw more concubines and was very surprised, so he asked what was going on. Mao said about the child, and Jiang Jia was furious and stopped interacting with his brother and sister-in-law.
The newly bought concubine is very capable of giving birth to a child. She has one son a year and even gave birth to three sons for Jiang Jia. The couple were very happy. There was just one thing that Mao had been thinking about, and the matchmaker hadn't come to ask for money for some reason.
They were grateful and brought enough money to the matchmaker's house. Unexpectedly, the matchmaker actually told them that the money was borrowed by Brother Jiang Jia.
Jiang Jia woke up and realized that his brother and sister-in-law had a good intention. He hurried to his brother's house to thank him. From then on, the two families reconciled as before.
