Chapter 266: Mother-in-Law’s Maneuver
"Dad, what’s happening with you?"
"Weren’t you quite unhappy about it the other day?"
Yuan Yindi, who hadn’t even crawled out of the warm blankets, looked at his hurried father with a bewildered face.
"I only get one day off per month, can’t I just have a good sleep-in?"
Yuan Yindi really wanted to stay longer in the warm bed.
In the past, although he would get up early to study, he would only do so after daybreak. But now, since he took office, he had to get up when it was still dark outside to hurry to the court.
This 600-stone salary wasn’t easy to earn.
"That was then, this is now!"
Old Yuan glared at Yuan Yindi, who was still nestled in bed, "Aren’t your second and third sisters-in-law both pregnant now? They’re feeling nauseous, having morning sickness, how can your mother manage all alone?"
"You, come on, get up, no more sleeping in!"
"Oh, and find a doctor to come over and check on your second and third sisters-in-law again!"
"You can’t be careless with morning sickness!"
"You, hurry up!"
Old Yuan, with the air of the head of the household, dominantly ordered Yuan Yindi around.
Yuan Yindi could only obediently leave his cozy bed and quickly get dressed to head out.
Breakfast? It could wait until after the doctor was brought back!
Yuan Yindi moved quickly.
The main reason was their house was in such a good location, surrounded by either wealthy or noble families, and there were plenty of clinics in the area.
Yuan Yindi easily found an experienced gynecological doctor to come over and prescribed some fetal-protecting and appetite-stimulating decoctions for Mrs. Song and Mrs. Peng.
As for Yuan Bao, she was curious like a little explorer.
She was very curious about her second and third aunts having morning sickness.
Why do people get nauseous when they’re expecting a baby?
Unfortunately, no one told her the answer.
Even Yuan Yindi, who always claimed to be knowledgeable, was baffled by this question.
"Jiaojiao, life is finite, but learning is infinite. You have to find the answer to this question yourself."
"How about this, when you find it, remember to tell Uncle, okay?"
Listening to her uncle’s perfunctory and dismissive answer, Yuan Bao rolled her eyes.
Old Yuan then sent Yuan Yindi out with a glare to buy maidservants.
The family needed to buy maidservants, something Yuan Yindi had no experience with, so he sought out his bride-to-be.
After all, Ruan Wan was the future mistress of the house.
In fact, Ruan Wan had no experience either.
However, the Ruan Family was a prominent family, they had ample experience with such matters.
Because they had to care for two pregnant women, Ruan Wan simply pulled Yuan Yindi along to seek advice from Yuan Yindi’s future mother-in-law.
In the end, Yuan Yindi returned to the Yuan Family with four household-born maidservants from the Ruan Family and two nannies who had long served the Ruan Family.
The four maidservants and two nannies would be part of Ruan Wan’s dowry in the future.
The reason they didn’t go to a broker to buy new maidservants was mainly due to concerns that new purchases might be clumsy.
For this, Yuan Yindi was truly grateful for his future mother-in-law’s thoughtfulness.
As for whether his future mother-in-law was laying the groundwork for her daughter by first seizing the management rights of the Yuan Family, Yuan Yindi didn’t think in that direction at all.
Because, Ruan Wan was the mistress of this household, and the management rights naturally belonged to her.
Upon returning, Yuan Yindi not only brought back maidservants and nannies, but also a cartload of nutritional supplements prepared by his future mother-in-law, some for Mrs. Peng and Mrs. Song, but mainly for Old Yuan and Mrs. Zeng.