Yao Anhong was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Are you envious that I have a good mother, or do you envy me that I have an inconspicuous father?"
"Second uncle is not as bad as you said. Second uncle is also a man of great fame..." Although Yao Anyi did look down on Second Master Yao in the past, he has to admit that Second Master Yao can no longer be transferred back to him.
Yes, but when it comes to housework, there is nothing to worry about.
Of course, this cannot be ruled out as being the result of Mrs. Yao's second wife.
"But he can't read. His boxing and kicking skills are something that Old Taijun and Mr. Zhao spent a lot of effort to train. Don't we ourselves still know what's going on if outsiders don't know it?" Yao Anhong said,
"The burden of the second wife is on me. If I hadn't been good at studying, my father wouldn't be as relaxed as he is now."
Isn't it true? If Yao Anhong hadn't been able to study and get good grades every time, he was still young and wanted to push back. Now he would probably follow in the footsteps of Uncle Yao and Third Master Yao and go to Beijing.
He went to the imperial examination and became an official.
As for the second room, it was also because of Yao Anhong's existence that no one forced Yao Erye to do anything.
Mr. Yao was also self-aware. He took a martial arts exam and lived his life leisurely.
Yao Anhong continued, "But you are different. Although the third uncle is just a county magistrate now and has a small official, he has an uncle to take care of him in the capital. As long as the third uncle does not make any big mistakes and his qualifications increase, he can gradually go to the capital.
Let’s go. Even if you can’t become a high official, as far as you three are concerned, you are still ahead. The pressure on you will be less. When you envy me, there are also people who envy you.”
Yao Anyi asked: "Will my cousin also envy me?"
Of course Yao Anhong cannot deny that although Second Master Yao has no ability, in Yao Anhong's heart, Second Master Yao is still very good.
Not all men can achieve great things. Maybe Mr. Yao is the kind who can live a stable life. Maybe he did too many good things in his previous life and is destined to "enjoy happiness" in this life.
When I was young, I had the old earl and the old lady, and when I got older, there was his son...
Except that Mr. Yao cannot achieve great things, his ability to stabilize the inner court and get along with his children is enough to illustrate his excellence.
Isn't it because Yao Anhong was able to study with such peace of mind because his second wife never had those troublesome things?
Yao Anhong said: "What do you think?"
Yao Anyi is not sure.
"You, you just have too low self-esteem..." Yao Anhong sighed, "I don't know how much things happened to you when you were a child, but I think it's time for you to come out after all these years. You see, your father is a concubine.
, you have had that experience, but has the old lady given up on you? No, the old lady has always put you and me together, going to school together, and coming out of school together... What does this mean? It means that the old lady has placed a lot of trust in you.
You have great hopes. Even if it’s for the old lady, you don’t want to let the old lady down, right?”
"I never wanted to disappoint the old lady," Yao Anyi said angrily, "It's just for the old lady, so I have been working hard, trying to make myself normal, trying to make myself better, and trying to make myself better.
I am proud to be the old lady. But what about the old lady? She clearly knows that my mother and the old aunt have a bad relationship, and my mother finally lived a leisurely life for a few years, but she suddenly brought the old aunt back."
"Do you think it's wrong for the old lady to do this?"
"What's wrong? Cousin, you are not me. You can't even imagine what my life was like when I was a child. What I saw all day long... I don't like my old aunt. Every time I see her, I will
Scared, I want to go back and let her taste the suffering I suffered back then? Every time I see her tormenting my mother, I want to do something. Do you understand that feeling? "
"Do you think the return of the old aunt is not a good thing for your mother? What about the third room?"
Yao Anyi was silent for a while and said: "I don't know. Everyone said that the old aunt's return is a good thing for the third room, but I don't see the good thing... I only saw my mother crying very wronged. Look
Go to the old aunt and torment my mother..."
"What about Brother Xu and Sister Qing? Have you noticed that they are having a good time recently?"
Yao Anyi was stunned: "I didn't pay attention."
As soon as Mrs. Yao San caught him, she cried at him. Yao Anyi really didn't notice the condition of his younger brothers and sisters, only the "grievances" of Mrs. Yao San.
"Have you ever thought that what you saw might be what your mother wanted you to see?" Yao Anhong said, "Although I don't know what happened in the third room, but think about it when you were a child.
Third aunt raises you as a daughter, is it really for your own good? Doesn’t she know that the old aunt values boys over girls? Every time she and the old aunt have a conflict, where are you in the middle?
Condition?"
Yao Anhong even used himself as an example. Everyone said that the second wife was favored, but didn't his mother have any conflicts with the old lady? Didn't his mother ever make trouble with anyone?
But no matter when, did his mother push him and Sister Ling out as a shield?
No.
Yao Anhong clearly remembered that when the old lady was just about to intervene in the education of their younger generation, his mother almost wanted to fall out with the old lady and confront him directly.
"You are right to say that you envy me, because I have a good mother. No matter what happens, my mother will never let Sister Ling and I stand in front of her, nor will she let us get between her and anyone else.
.Everything is faced by my mother herself. But if something happens to Sister Ling, Brother Yu, Brother Zhou and I, my mother will definitely be the first to rush forward and stand in front of all of us.
.”
"This is the reason why the old lady really likes my mother. My mother has many problems, but she devotes herself to her children and does her best to protect us and create a safe harbor for us."
"The old lady didn't like Third Aunt at first. Actually, it started when Third Aunt targeted Sister Qing..."
"You also know this, so you were very unhappy during that time. You were very lucky. Fortunately, the old lady intervened and picked up Brother Xu and Sister Qing. Otherwise, you don't know what will happen next.
What will happen to your younger siblings? You hope that what happened to you will happen to your younger siblings again."
…
Yao Anhong said earnestly: "Brother Yi, you are too easy to be soft-hearted. In fact, you know it in your heart. Since you know it, you need to make a decision as soon as possible. If you continue to make decisions, you will suffer chaos. You will end next year.
Test the waters, and slowly you will be like me. In addition to spending energy on studying, you also have to start to deal with the outside world. You cannot always be immersed in the backyard. Then, you need to figure out what the backyard should be.
Who is responsible for it? What kind of arrangement is the best choice? If this best choice involves some sacrifices, are you willing to do so? In this world, nothing is perfect, and everything has trade-offs."
Just like his mother, she gave up and forced Mr. Yao to become an official and make a name for herself; what she "gained" was the peace of a second wife.
Just like the old lady, she gave up and forced Mr. Yao to study and chose another easier path for Mr. Yao; what she "got" was a "martial arts scholar" who seemed to have no elegance as a literary scholar.
But it can make his father stand up and become a man - I am not raised by women, I also have a reputation, what's wrong with the martial arts exam, the martial arts exam is also an exam, ordinary people can't get it.
