Chapter 438 Yuan Xudong has done something bad again
As night falls, the bright moon shines in the sky.
In the backyard of Xiao Mansion, in Yuan Xudong's room.
Yuan Xudong looked at Gao Hui's sleeping face quietly, and kissed her gently on her forehead. Gao Hui woke up in a daze, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said in a soft and waxy voice:
"Fan Lang, why did I fall asleep all of a sudden?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Xudong did not respond in time, but used actions instead of words. At this moment, he just wanted to express the love as hot as magma deep in his heart.
The candle light was extinguished, and on the huge bed made of a single piece of golden nanmu, two figures were vaguely intertwined, and only the intermittent whispers of Gao Hui and Yuan Xudong could be heard vaguely.
"You are good at playing the piano. When will you play a piece for me?"
"Do you really like it?"
"That's natural, Hui Niang, you are so beautiful tonight, would you like to stay with me?"
"No, we haven't gotten married yet, I can't"
Gao Hui's words were soon broken into pieces by Yuan Xudong's actions.
Something heavy seemed to hit the wood, and Yuan Xudong let out a soft cry that he couldn't suppress.
Accompanied by increasingly heavier breathing and the rustling of fabric, it was all the more clear in the quiet night.
Suddenly, the gauze curtain was lifted, and Gao Hui suddenly sat up, blushing and shyly saying:
"No, I'm going back, I can't stay here with you"
But before she could finish speaking, a strong hand stretched out from inside the gauze curtain and pulled her in, like a dream.
Under the bright moonlight, the breeze ruffled the gauze curtains, and both Yuan Xudong and Gao Hui were immersed in the gentle countryside.
In the backyard of Gao Mansion, the fifth watch has passed, but the porch lamp left by the maid Chuntao for Gao Hui still has not waited for its owner.
The maid Chuntao naturally knew where her young lady was going tonight. As an adult woman, she had served Yuan Xudong several times. She knew better why Gao Hui did not come back. She presumably stayed at her lover's house for the night, enjoying the pleasures of fish and water, and making everything change.
Regarding this, the servants in the mansion also began to discuss it privately. Except for the master, everyone else knew more or less.
In the early morning, the chirping of birds sounded, and a hint of fish belly white appeared in the east, which slowly turned crimson. A carriage rolled forward, and finally stopped in front of the backyard of Gaofu. Yuan Xudong helped the weak Gao Hui away.
Come down, send her to the backyard of Gaofu, and then leave.
After Yuan Xudong left, Gao Hui, who had not slept all night, was about to go back to her room to rest. Her nanny suddenly came out from behind the rockery and said with worry on her face:
"Miss, where did you go last night?"
"Nanny?"
Gao Hui was startled. She patted her chest gently and said with evasive eyes:
"I just went out for a walk. I slept in the room last night!"
"Miss, the person who slept in your room last night was Chuntao. Where have you been?"
Looking at Gao Hui, who had a rosy complexion and had not returned home all night, and even changed his clothes, the nanny Jiang's heart sank and she couldn't help but ask:
"Miss, why haven't I seen your clothes before? Whose carriage is that outside? I seem to have seen a man. Which family does he belong to?"
"Oh, why do you have so many questions?"
Gao Hui couldn't answer any of the questions Jiang asked, so he simply said:
"I won't tell you anymore, I'm going to rest!"
"Miss!"
No matter how much Jiang shouted, Gao Hui, who had made up her mind, pretended not to hear and hurried to her room. She was tired last night and now she just wanted to have a good sleep.
In Yuan Xudong's house, Sun Sanniang's son Fu Zifang finally moved into the Xiao Mansion. Yuan Xudong arranged for him to live in a separate room in the front yard. Sun Sanniang felt sorry for her good son and wanted him to live in the backyard, but Yuan Xudong
I disagree. Not to mention Fu Zifang, an outsider, even his own biological son is the same. He avoids his mother when he is young. Fu Zifang is almost fourteen years old. Yuan Xudong will not allow such a big boy to live in his back garden.
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Just as Yuan Xudong predicted, a person's temperament is easy to change but hard to change. When Fu Zifang first came here, he still knew how to please others, but gradually he returned to the way he was before in Qiantang.
He is lazy and likes to talk big words. Yuan Xudong arranged for him to study in Jinghua Academy. He did not study hard. Instead, he liked to be naughty, often skipped school, hung out with the aristocratic children, bullied Du Changfeng, who had poor eyesight, etc.
, was originally a child from the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River, but suddenly came to the lively and prosperous city of Tokyo, and was protected by his mother who loved him at all times. He couldn't help but get carried away. He did not realize his own class, but compared himself with those noble children.
, Yuan Xudong does not hate stupid people, but he hates stupid people who cannot see their own situation clearly.
In the kitchen in the front yard, Sun Sanniang was so busy that she never touched the floor. Fu Zifang kept following her, looking here and there curiously. While Sun Sanniang was talking to the maid in the kitchen, he actually poured his hands into a basin of flour.
When Sun Sanniang saw him making trouble, she couldn't help but stop him and said:
"Fu Zifang, what are you doing?"
"I'm helping you make noodles. I want to eat some fruit, salt and pepper flavor!"
Fu Zifang said matter-of-factly that although Sun Sanniang was very busy, he didn't seem to see it, or in other words, he didn't care, and he didn't care whether his dirty hands would stain the flour.
"Who told you to move?"
Sun Sanniang grabbed the basin, took out the wet flour and threw it aside. Seeing her like this, Fu Zifang couldn't help but his eyes turned red and he cried:
"Mom, do you think I'm unclean?"
Seeing him like this, Sun Sanniang sighed and said in a softer tone:
"How could it be? It's too late for Mom to feel sorry for you, but you can't touch the things here. Mom is going to make fruit for the customers in the store."
"You clearly said you would take good care of me, but now you have changed your mind. I wanted to help you with good intentions, but you still yelled at me that you despise me. You are as bad as my father. It's pitiful that I have come all the way to Tokyo to look for you!"
"
As he said this, Fu Zijiang burst into tears. Sun Sanniang had a headache while coaxing him. She was completely at a loss for this son. He was almost fourteen years old and started crying at every turn, which made her feel distressed.
It made her very upset again.
Suddenly, a bamboo branch knocked heavily on the stove. Fu Zifang was startled. He looked along the bamboo branch and saw Yuan Xudong, the owner of this palace-like mansion.
A trace of fear flashed in Fu Zifang's eyes. He was not stupid. He knew that Yuan Xudong was the owner of this yard, and his mother was just the cook in his family. In this big house, the person he was most afraid of was Yuan Xudong. Secondly,
It was Zhao Pan'er, and he was not afraid of anyone else, because Sun Sanniang hadn't told Fu Zifang anything yet. He only thought that Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang were Yuan Xudong's wives and concubines, and his mother was a good sister of Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang, so she had a certain relationship in this house.
status.
Because of the relationship between Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, and Sun Sanniang, Fu Zifang had something to rely on. In the front yard of Xiao Mansion, the fox pretended to be the tiger's power. As for the women in the backyard, he did not dare to provoke them, because those maids and guards would not spoil him.
Just hit him. Now that he saw Yuan Xudong with a stern face, Fu Zifang didn't dare to cry. Instead, he hid behind Sun Sanniang, then stuck his head out and looked at the bamboo branch in Yuan Xudong's hand, just like a pitiful and helpless little sufferer.
Like a fool, this person who doesn't know better thinks that Yuan Xudong, his stepfather, bullies him every day. Of course Yuan Xudong will not be fooled. If she is a very cute girl, she might be able to deceive him, but Fu Zifang is not. He pointed with a bamboo branch.
He stood outside the kitchen door and shouted:
"This is not a place for you to mess around. Go out and write twenty articles as a penalty!"
Hearing that Yuan Xudong punished him for writing, how could Fu Zifang obey him? He usually hated reading and writing. As for his previous promise to Sun Sanniang that he would study hard in the future, of course he was just talking about it. If he could really keep his promise,
He is no longer an ordinary person, but possesses extremely excellent qualities. He is a piece of uncut jade, not a piece of rotten wood that cannot be carved. He grabbed Sun Sanniang's clothes and hid behind her, looking at Sun Sanniang as if asking for help.
, I hope she can help him beg for mercy.
As the saying goes, if a mother is kind but her son is not filial, a loving mother will often fail. Fu Zifang is like this, and Sun Sanniang also has a certain responsibility. At this time, in front of Yuan Xudong, although Sun Sanniang did not dare to speak for Fu Zifang, she looked at Yuan Xudong's face.
His eyes were full of sadness and distress, complaining about Yuan Xudong's anger, feeling sorry for his son Fu Zifang's fear and grievance, as if Yuan Xudong was bullying their two mothers. To be honest, Yuan Xudong is really a good guy except for his fondness for women.
Even though he disliked Fu Zifang in his heart, for Sun Sanniang's sake, he still took good care of him. Let's not talk about other things, just Jinghua Academy. This is
This is the best private school in Tokyo. If you don't have connections, you won't be able to get into it no matter how rich your family is.
It is very different from that of later generations. The status of businessmen in this era was very low. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were not just talking about it. Take Chi Pan, the head of twelve trading houses in Tokyo, for example. He was very, very rich, but he could not even compete with Du Changfeng.
No one dares to offend a new Jinshi. He doesn't dare to offend anyone who is an official. No matter how rich he is, he is still an ordinary person. However, the scholar is different, especially the scholar-bureaucrat class. The emperor will not kill casually. If he makes a mistake, he will be demoted.
Except for officers who commit serious crimes.
Back to the subject, seeing Fu Zifang hiding behind Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong knocked the bamboo branch hard again and shouted:
"Get out of here, do you hear me?"
Fu Zifang looked at Yuan Xudong and then at Sun Sanniang. He didn't dare to say anything when he saw his mother, so he ran out in a hurry. To be honest, Fu Zifang also had his advantages, such as being discerning, knowing how to observe people's words, and being aware of current affairs.
etc.
"Husband~~"
After Fu Zifang ran out, Sun Sanniang saw that Yuan Xudong looked unhappy, so she stepped forward to please him.
Yuan Xudong had a cold face and waved away the other people in the kitchen. He was indeed a little dissatisfied with Sun Sanniang's excessive pampering of Fu Zifang, but he couldn't really beat and scold Fu Zifang. If he really beat and scolded that little bastard, it would be the most sad and sad.
It's still Sun Sanniang.
Sun Sanniang looked at Yuan Xudong and said sadly:
"Husband, Zifang is still young, he is not sensible, and he has suffered so much."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Yuan Xudong couldn't listen anymore. He knew what Sun Sanniang wanted to say before she finished speaking. Looking into Sun Sanniang's eyes, Yuan Xudong said angrily:
"Sanniang, you are also a child from a poor family. Ask yourself, has Fu Zifang really suffered a lot? You have been away from Qiantang for only a few months. He has been hungry for two days at most and is a little embarrassed. Look at his hands.
, his belly, and his face. Did he look like he had suffered?
Think about Zhaodi again. When she first came to our house, she had wounds all over her hands, arms, and shoulders. This is what it means for a girl to endure hardship. Fu Zifang's hands were fair and white, let alone wounds.
Even if he doesn't have a cocoon, has he really suffered?
Besides, he is almost fourteen, is he still a child? A loving mother is not a filial son, and a loving mother often fails her son. I hope you can take this as a warning. Otherwise, he will make some big mistake in the future.
, I won’t protect him, you should think about it again!”
After that, Yuan Xudong turned around and left the kitchen. In front of Sun Sanniang, he couldn't say some uglier words. In Yuan Xudong's opinion, Fu Zifang was not good at studying. Sometimes, Yuan Xudong felt that people's fate was really destined by God.
Okay, let’s put aside family background and IQ, just talk about good qualities such as strength, courage, patience, diligence, etc. In the same environment, some people are diligent, some are lazy, some are hard-working, and some are hardworking.
People are fond of food and lazy to work. Are these good qualities innate or acquired?
For another example, everyone knows that learning can change their destiny. It is like the martial arts secrets in fantasy novels. After practicing, the protagonist can have beautiful women in his arms and show off his face. In fact, the same is true in the real world. That knowledge is martial arts secrets. Tsinghua University
Famous schools like Peking University are awesome sects. The first place in the main sect competition is like being the top scorer in the college entrance examination. But some people are willing to keep struggling in the real world, while others are willing to lie down. What caused them to
deviation?
Some people have sound limbs and good health, but their lives are decadent. Some people are disabled and disease-ridden, but they have to fight against their fate. Why is this?
You know what to do is right, but you don’t do it. You want wealth or beauty, but you only have thoughts and no plan or determination to fight for it. Why?
The reason is that you can't control yourself, and your body is just hardware. Diligence, hard work, hard work, etc. are all software, and many people do not have these software. In Yuan Xudong's view, Fu Zifang lacks it.
This kind of software person is not naturally suitable for studying and participating in the imperial examination. His temperament cannot be calm at all, and he cannot read those books.
After talking to Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong turned around and was about to leave. At this time, Sun Sanniang suddenly hugged his waist from behind, pressed her face against his back, and murmured:
"Husband, I know you are doing it for my own good. You are right. I was a loving mother and a loser before, and I will never be like this again!"
"Yeah?"
Hearing Sun Sanniang admit her mistake, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile. He turned around and hugged Sun Sanniang, jokingly saying:
"Since I know you were wrong, I will punish you!"
After saying that, before Sun Sanniang could react, Yuan Xudong took the bamboo branch and gently slapped her buttocks twice. After a moment, the kitchen door was closed, and Yuan Xudong's scolding and Sun Sanniang's sad whining could be heard inside.
For the sake of his son, he made Yuan Xudong unhappy, and Yuan Xudong naturally wanted to punish her.
After the lesson, Sun Sanniang's little face was red and her eyes were full of tears. She was as charming as she wanted to be. She was standing in front of the stove making tea fruit. Yuan Xudong was holding her waist from behind and resting his chin on her.
On her shoulder, he gently bit her ear and played with it. Sun Sanniang felt itchy. While she was making the fruit, she acted coquettishly in Yuan Xudong's arms. Not to mention, Yuan Xudong liked this, and she felt very comfortable.
, Sun Sanniang's heart is as sweet as eating honey. She likes Yuan Xudong to be so mean to her like this. The more he bullies her, the tighter she likes him and the sweeter her heart becomes.
Seeing the smile on Sun Sanniang's face, Yuan Xudong hugged her and joked:
"Sanniang, what did you do just now? It's so late and you haven't finished the fruit yet?"
"Hate!"
Sun Sanniang's face was slightly red, and she gave Yuan Xudong a rather charming look. She just felt that Zhao Pan'er was right. This bad guy was really good at doing things. It was broad daylight, and he was still in the kitchen, and he didn't know what the hell this bad guy was.