After Wen Zhi Mo was pushed out by the crowd surrounding the four little ones, he came to Lu Ye and Bai Sheng, and said with a gruff laugh, "Heh, the babies born to sister Bai are more lovable than celestial children."
Bai Sheng giggled, "It's all because my husband is too handsome."
Lu Ye, however, smiled and said, "No, it's because my precious child is beautiful, cute, and smart."
At this moment, Wen Zhi Mo could not listen to the parents' mutual boasting. He was entirely focused on getting closer to the four little darlings, "Brother Lu, I like the cubs so much. Forgive me for asking, but may I be the godfather to the four cubs?"
Another one vying to be the cubs' father? Lu Ye's alarm bells went off, and he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Wen, but my four cubs already have a godfather, His Highness Prince Yu."
"Ah, they already do, and it's Prince Yu," Wen Zhi Mo's face flashed with regret.
Since Prince Yu was the cubs' godfather, he definitely couldn't be one. After all, he wouldn't dare to be on equal footing with Prince Yu. However, being the cubs' godfather-uncle was still possible.
"Then I, Wen, will be sister Bai's elder brother and the cubs' godfather-uncle!"
Lu Ye said with an embarrassed smile, "The godfather-uncle is also taken, it's Ji Cheng He, Lord Ji."
What is this... Are all these officials so quick to act? The muscular Wen Zhi Mo scratched his ear, frowned, and pondered what else he could be "god-father" to.
Seeing that Wen Zhi Mo was determined to be a god-relative to their children, Bai Sheng smiled, "Brother Wen can be our cubs' second godfather-uncle. Brother Ji is one year older than Brother Wen, so Brother Ji is the first godfather-uncle, and Brother Wen is the second godfather-uncle. How about that?"
When Wen Zhi Mo heard this, he clapped his hands happily, "Good, then I am the cubs' second godfather-uncle! Tsk tsk, second godfather-uncle, tsk tsk!"
Lu Ye put his hand to his forehead. The cubs were too popular. He, as their father, felt a sense of crisis, with so many people coming to share the cubs' love.
While everyone was gathered around watching the four cubs, Wen Zhi Mo called Lu Ye and Bai Sheng into the room and took out the profit sharing from the grain store for the past few months, a total of thirty-one thousand taels of silver.
Without the Jiang family's grain store, their grain store's business became better and better.
Bai Sheng had someone carry the silver onto the carriage and, when no one was paying attention, sent the silver into her spatial dimension.
The warehouse in her spatial dimension was piled high with silver. Bai Sheng hadn't properly counted it yet. After going to the capital, she needed to sort it out carefully.
At noon, Wen Zhi Mo hosted a grand banquet at his home, a special celebration for becoming the second godfather-uncle of the four cubs.
Before the feast began, the four cubs received gifts from their second godfather-uncle.
For Hua Hua, it was a crystal-clear Imperial Green jade bangle, and for the three brothers, it was crystal-clear Imperial Green jade pendants.
The quality of these items, in modern terms, was glass-type Imperial Green, which was simply priceless!
"Second Brother, your gifts are too precious. My cubs cannot accept them," Bai Sheng felt a little guilty accepting such gifts.
Lu Ye also said, "Brother Wen, a small gift is enough, just to show our affection."
Wen Zhi Mo waved his muscular hand with bulging veins, "What's precious and what's not? What's 'just to show our affection'? I am their second godfather-uncle! Second godfather-uncle! Besides, are casual gifts worthy of my niece and nephews!"
Alright, Bai Sheng stopped talking. She would find a way to repay this deep affection from her second brother slowly in the future.
Wen Zhi Mo shoved the gift boxes into Lu Ye's arms and turned to kiss each of the four cubs. His demeanor was as if he was afraid they would shatter if held and melt if put in his mouth.
The four cubs also liked their second godfather-uncle very much, smiling happily at him.
As everyone was happily drinking at the banquet, someone suddenly came to report that the Wen family had barged in.
The Wen family? Bai Sheng and Lu Ye exchanged glances.
Bai Sheng had once heard Wen Zhi Mo say that his father was the true heir of the Wen family's "Ming Bao Zhai". Wen Zhi Mo's mother came from a family of jewelry artisans and possessed a family heirloom secret manual for finding mines and processing jewelry. After their union, the Wen family's jewelry business began to prosper.
More than ten years ago, Wen Zhi Mo's father suddenly died of illness. The Wen family's illegitimate sons then seized their family property and kicked him and his mother out of the house.
The reason Wen Zhi Mo opened the "Yuan Bao" jewelry store was to become a competitor to the Wen family's "Ming Bao Zhai" and defeat them gradually.
Since Wen Zhi Mo had a batch of superior goods last year, Yuan Bao's reputation soared, while Ming Bao Zhai's business declined.
This was difficult for the Wen family to accept. They believed that Wen Zhi Mo's business was getting better and better because he possessed the secret manual for mining and jewelry craftsmanship.
Therefore, Wen Zhi Mo's paternal uncles and brothers shamelessly came to his door the day before yesterday to demand the secret manual, saying that it was originally a family heirloom of the Wen family and that Wen Zhi Mo's mother had secretly brought it out.
Wen Zhi Mo was so angry that he drove them all out. He didn't expect them to come again today.
The Wen family members walked in aggressively.
The muscular Wen Zhi Mo grabbed a large saber hanging on the wall, ready to strike, but Bai Sheng stopped him.
"Second Brother, don't be impulsive. Chopping people is indeed satisfying, but it's not the most beneficial course of action. Prince Yu already led people to raid the county magistrate's mansion last night, and Magistrate Guo has been hung outside the city gate. With Magistrate Guo's fall from power, the Wen family will naturally also fall."
"What? Prince Yu raided Magistrate Guo's mansion?" Wen Zhi Mo couldn't believe it. He hadn't left the mansion today, and his household staff hadn't heard any rumors.
Bai Sheng and Lu Ye nodded in unison, "And Magistrate Shen's mansion. The situation in Ta Sha County has changed. I guess the Wen family is still unaware, so they dare to come and cause trouble."
"Then... who is the new county magistrate?" Wen Zhi Mo was shocked, his expression somewhat dazed.
Lu Ye smiled, "Ji Cheng He, Lord Ji."
"This... this is truly wonderful! Heaven has eyes!" Wen Zhi Mo was extremely excited.
Before, the Wen family had relied on Magistrate Guo and the Jiang family's backing to treat him and his mother with such impunity. Now that these villains had received their due punishment, he was truly delighted.
"Second Brother, I can guarantee that the Wen family will be extremely, extremely unlucky from today onwards," Bai Sheng said with a mysterious smile.
Wen Zhi Mo put down his saber and said hatefully, "I hope they all have terrible endings. I later investigated and found out that my father... was poisoned to death by them! I was young then, and they fooled me."
Bai Sheng stood on her tiptoes and patted his shoulder, "Second Brother, don't worry, their retribution will come soon."
A moment later, outside Wen Zhi Mo's residence, there were bursts of screams, "Aiya, aiya!"
Wen Zhi Mo, who had developed a pair of qilin arms from lifting stones, directly threw the few members of the Wen family who had come to cause trouble over the courtyard wall.
Since getting rid of the Wen family was so easy, Wen Zhi Mo was too lazy to waste a single word and simply waited for them to suffer their misfortune.