Chapter 131 - Chapter 131: Training the Son-in-law (2/2)

However, his wife’s determination to build the house was strong, and Han Yu saw her lips move incessantly, still talking about the benefits of building a house and trying to persuade him. Knowing that without a concrete reason, his wife wouldn’t give up easily, he contemplated whether he should share his own plans with her.

“Wife, it’s not what you think,” Han Yu sighed and decided to reveal his plans.

Su Wenyue at first thought Han Yu was just succumbing to male chauvinism, unwilling to use her money to build a house, but it turned out to be this reason. Han Yu actually had such plans.

With the experiences of her previous life, Su Wenyue habitually projected the past into the present, not realizing that her rebirth had altered everything around her.

Take, for example, the relationship between Han Yu and the Su Family in her past life; Su Wenyue held resentments towards her mother’s family, seldom visited them, and even scorned Han Yu for ingratiating himself with them and not being a real man. Although Han Yu respected his wife’s parents, influenced by Su Wenyue’s attitude, every man has a temper, and he gradually grew distant from his wife’s parents’ home.

In this life, Su Wenyue understood her parents’ hard choices and was thinking about Han Yu’s future prospects. She wanted Han Yu to maintain a good relationship with her mother’s family, to look out for them later on, so Han Yu got along very well with the Su Family. Their integrity greatly impressed Han Yu, and combined with Master Su’s attitude, Han Yu began to regard the Su family as his own kin. Even if Su Hengxuan sometimes disliked the man who took his sister, his attitude wasn’t that cordial, but he sincerely cared for Han Yu, his brother-in-law, and Han Yu could feel it, hence becoming even closer to his wife’s parents’ home.

For this military conscription, Han Yu didn’t inform his own parents or siblings due to certain connections, and also because they weren’t qualified to discuss such matters. But he did discuss it with his father-in-law and brother-in-law.

Master Su and Su Hengxuan, one concerned about his daughter and the other about his sister, were unwilling to see Han Yu assigned too far away. They used their influence to secure an eighth-rank petty official position for Han Yu.

Although it was merely an eighth-rank petty official post, for Han Yu’s background and experience, such a position was most suitable. Master Su took his time considering before seeking this post—it wouldn’t have been impossible to secure a higher position with more silver, but Master Su genuinely wanted the best for his son-in-law. Having lived a life full of experiences, he knew what was truly good for Han Yu.

Not only did the position keep Han Yu from the lowest rungs, sparing him from the harshest struggles without any guarantee of rising through the ranks, but it also protected him from the envy of others who might begrudge him a more prominent position straight away. It could even prevent Han Yu from developing a sense of superiority at the start, which wouldn’t benefit his personal growth. Master Su always believed that enduring hardship was key to achieving true greatness, and he demanded the same rigorous discipline from his own sons. In his view, while Han Yu was capable, ambitious, and had potential, what he lacked was experience. Coming up from the bottom and growing through hardship would create a strong foundation for a more successful future.

Although Master Su had the intention of helping his son-in-law grow through challenges, having the support of others in the officialdom was undoubtedly much stronger than when Han Yu was fighting alone in his previous life. Back then, Han Yu started as the lowest rank soldier, a fresh recruit, hardly allowed to leave the barracks, let alone go home. Even though he was still within Xinye territory, going home was a matter of months in the future. Not like now, with much more freedom over his time. Even if he couldn’t return home every day, as long as he wasn’t too far from the barracks, going back home every now and then wouldn’t be a problem. It was with these plans in mind.