The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Gu Jinchu listened to Old Madam Jiang scolding the Duke. She turned slightly and spoke to Mother Hu beside her.

It’s like I can’t see or hear anything.

In fact, I am still a little uneasy.

The Duke was not angry. He held his grandson in his arms and looked up at his granddaughter in his wife's arms.

In comparison, the granddaughter is a whole circle smaller than the grandson in stature. Her voice is also small and she is very delicate.

If he was asked to coax her softly, he wouldn't be able to say it.

He stood up holding the dumpling and walked to the window. He felt the sunlight outside was a bit hot and stuffy, so he walked around the room.

As he walked, the Duke's originally serious expression became softer.

Even he himself did not notice that his usually gruff voice had now involuntarily lowered its volume.

Madam Jiang waved and asked Gu Jinchu to sit next to her. She smiled and comforted her: "If it were a few years ago, the Duke would not have focused his energy on the rear house... He just looked more serious."

"Children are the best at knowing who treats them sincerely. Tuanzi liked his grandfather very much when he met him for the first time." Gu Jinchu replied with a faint smile.

The Duke was about the same age as my grandfather, but they had different personalities. The more I learned about the Duke's achievements when he was young, the more I respected him.

For some reason, people would have the illusion that she was very afraid of the Duke.

She was in no position to explain.

When Mrs. Jiang heard what her daughter-in-law said, she nodded and told the servants to bring the mung bean soup.

"This is the best way to cool down and relieve the heat. I asked someone to put some sugar in it. Try it and see if it suits your taste."

Gu Jinchu followed his instructions and picked up the colorful white porcelain bowl on the table. On the small plate beside it was a tablespoon of sugar, which was obviously prepared for her.

The mung bean soup in the bowl is cooked until it is sticky and has a faint milk aroma. It is refreshing and thirst-quenching.

The sweetness was a little light for Gu Jinchu, but he did not touch the prepared granulated sugar.

Watching Madam Jiang holding Nuonuo and teasing her, she sat aside and drank in small sips. Before she finished her bowl of mung bean soup, the sisters-in-law from each room came over to pay their respects.

Wang was the first one to come over. When she saw the fat baby in the Duke's arms, she was stunned at first.

After careful identification, he realized that it was the Duke, and he felt uncomfortable again.

Her eldest son was the eldest grandson of the Duke of Dingguo, and Chen Ge'er was the great-grandson of the Duke. When had she ever seen him hug a younger generation so closely?

After Wang bowed and greeted the Duke, she led her men to continue walking towards the west room.

The Duke looked at his eldest daughter-in-law's back and raised his hand to call the woman waiting beside him, "Are you Tuanzi's wet nurse?"

This was He's first time at Minghui Hall, and she had seen the Duke from a distance. Seeing him from such a close distance, the Duke's aura made her feel a little ashamed.

She bent forward cautiously and replied, "I am the Tenth Young Master's wet nurse." She did not dare to say another word.

The Duke hummed softly, handed the child in his arms to her, then turned and walked out.

After paying respects to Madam Jiang, Wang looked up at Gu Jinchu and asked her with a smile, "Is your fifth brother's wife out of confinement?"

After that, he took his eldest daughter-in-law and Chen Ge'er and sat down on a chair beside him. Seeing this, the servants held a tray and served tea to the two masters.

Gu Jinchu nodded, took the eldest son brought by the wet nurse, and said, "Today is the first day of confinement. I brought the two children here to pay my respects to grandparents."

Seeing Wang's eyes fall on her hand, she smiled and said, "It's the same as my sister-in-law and niece's, a bowl of mung bean soup."

Mrs. Meng was feeding her eldest son standing at her feet with a spoon in her hand, her voice soft, "In the middle of summer, drinking a bowl of mung bean soup is the most refreshing way to relieve the heat. When I was still in my boudoir, my mother would make it by herself, but it was not as soft and sticky as the one made by my grandmother."

Chen Ge'er, wearing a light green Taoist robe, bowed to Madam Jiang politely and said, "Thank you, great-grandmother, for the mung bean soup."

Madam Jiang had a kind face and said softly, "Brother Chen has only been awake for a few days, but he seems to have changed a lot."

When talking about her son's progress, Mrs. Meng was the happiest. She stroked the top of his head and nodded slowly to him.

Jiang Yunchen said in a baby voice, "To answer my great-grandmother's question, my mother did teach me the Three Character Classic that Mr. Wei taught me."

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she coaxed Chen Ge'er to recite a passage.

Four-year-old Jiang Yunchen puffed out his chest, shook his head and slightly closed his eyes. It seemed that he could see the shadow of the old scholar he just mentioned in him.

Gu Jinchu held Tuanzi in his arms and coaxed him gently. The little guy yawned and looked sleepy.

Jiang Yunchen folded her hands on her belly and looked at Gu Jinchu seriously: "Fifth Grandma, can Brother Chen take a look at my uncle?"

Gu Jinchu nodded, "He's a little sleepy... When Brother Chen doesn't have much schoolwork, you can ask your mother to bring you to play with him."

The well-behaved Jiang Yunchen in front of him was completely different from the arrogant and unreasonable person in his previous life.

Meng said softly to her eldest son, "Uncle is going to sleep. Don't you also dislike being disturbed when you are sleepy?"

Jiang Yunchen was a little disappointed. He turned around and explained to his mother, "When my son came out, he promised Uncle Jiu that he would tell his uncle if he saw him."

Mrs. Meng nodded. "It won't be too late next time when my uncle is awake."

As they were talking, several sisters-in-law came over with their children.

Gu Jinchu asked the wet nurse to put the children on the kang.

The little ones were sleeping soundly, and the wet nurse was watching over them and fanning them to cool them down.

Liu smiled and took Gu Jinchu's hand, looking her up and down carefully, and said:

"Fifth brother's wife, your confinement period was not in vain. Look, your body is now completely healed!"

Gu Jinchu was wearing a water-red long gown with pipa sleeves and a collar, and a turquoise skirt. The collision of the two colors made her look particularly bright and her face was full of rosy glow.

After the sisters-in-law greeted each other, they either sat on chairs or on brocade stools brought over by the servants.

Madam Jiang looked at the women in the room with a loving look in her eyes: "After Wanting gives birth, by this time next year, the children will be running around everywhere."

Zhang's belly was already very obvious. She leaned back in her chair, thought of that scene and smiled, "I'm afraid it won't be possible to talk so quietly by then."

"The three children are of similar age and grew up together. It is also their fate." Liu said.

Uncle Jiang Wu is the youngest among the brothers.

It is quite rare that the eldest son of his elder brother is of the same age as his eldest son.

"How can they be three children of similar age?" Li looked at her sisters-in-law. She knew her eldest sister-in-law was unhappy, but she still said it:

"Brother, isn't your concubine pregnant? Aunt Xia said she's carrying a boy." She looked at Wang and asked with a smile, "This is good news! Right, sister-in-law?"