"This is not called taking advantage, it is each getting what he needs." The maid in the room did not retreat, waiting for Mrs. Hu's instructions.
Mrs. Hu finally waved them off, and then continued: "I can guarantee all Jiang Jixiao's expenses while studying abroad, but the family business must be left to me."
Chu Yunli refused to answer the question and said instead: "There are no outsiders here. I just want to hear the real reason why the child's father lived abroad in the first place."
Mrs. Hu's face was full of displeasure: "I forgot."
"Since Madam is not sincere, there is nothing to talk about." Chu Yunli stood up and said: "We, as a couple, are used to being down-to-earth and can't get used to this wealthy life. We will go to Mr. Hu later to ask for his resignation. As for whether Mr. Hu wants to break up.
He has the final say as to how much of our money we should divide."
The implication is that he took the money allocated by Mr. Hu and went out to establish another business.
Seeing that she didn't think it was a joke, Mrs. Hu blurted out and asked: "Are you really willing to give up?"
"Why are you reluctant to part with it? If Mr. Hu is willing to share it, it will be treated as a benefit picked up on the road. If not, we husband and wife just came to attend the adults' banquet and took a ride. We will not suffer any loss." Chu Yun
Li Li spoke softly, turned around and left.
Mrs. Hu knows that some scholars in this world have different minds than ordinary people and are particularly noble. They say that silver smells like copper. In her opinion, Jiang Jixiao and his wife are one of them.
The more Jiang Jixiao didn't care about money, the more it proved that she had chosen the right person. He immediately said: "Stop! If you really want to hear it, I will tell you."
Anyway, it was Mr. Hu who lied to people, and it had nothing to do with her.
Chu Yunli sat back again.
The story is very old-fashioned, that is, the daughter of a squire met a rich young man by chance. After a few interactions, the two of them made a private decision. Mr. Hu promised that he would come to propose marriage as soon as possible, but the girl waited and couldn't find the matchmaker, and she couldn't wait for her stomach.
I chased him to the city, and after asking, I found out that my husband had already married.
She didn't want to speculate in private, so she immediately knocked on the door. Mr. Hu couldn't avoid it, so he had to admit that he had lied to her, even though he promised to marry her... He made her an equal wife, and there were three matchmakers, six betrothals, and eight sponsors.
In the big sedan chair, except for the addition of a woman who was his equal, the two became a real couple. But the woman was too strong-willed and couldn't accept this kind of thing, so she walked away on the spot.
This time, Mr. Hu wanted to find someone, but he couldn't find him.
"The master calculated the day of delivery and spent a lot of money to find people in all the villages and towns under his jurisdiction to find out about the children born in that month. Anyone whose father was unknown would be reported. The Jiang family was quickly screened... At that time, the master
I wanted to send someone to take the child back, but she stopped me." When Mrs. Hu said this, her tone was sour: "I listen to her the most, and I was threatened by her that she wanted to change the child.
Don't dare to disturb Jiang Jixiao."
Chu Yunli asked: "Where is my mother-in-law now?"
Mrs. Hu really didn't want to mention these things and said indifferently: "I became a monk."
If she remarried and gave birth to other children, the master would definitely not miss her so much. As a result, she ran away to become a monk and became a pure nun. If she no longer cares about the worldly affairs, in the eyes of the master, it would be his deception.
Ruined a woman's life.
After Jiang Jixiao came back, he looked like he didn't want to have a close relationship with the Hu family. The master was very angry at the time, but privately praised him to the steward: He is indeed her son, he is strong and upright.
When these words fell into Mrs. Hu's ears, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Chu Yunli was a little surprised: "Where?"
"Hongni Nunnery in the suburbs." Mrs. Hu looked sideways at her: "I advise you not to look for her. The master said that she was heartbroken and secretly donated a lot of money to it over the years, but in my opinion,
She is just cold-hearted and willing to have a child for a man, but she will fall out as soon as she says she will, and she will not even care about her own child. This kind of person..."
Chu Yunli stood up: "It's not your turn to comment on what kind of person she is. Anyway, in my eyes, she is a sufferer who was deceived."
Although she was from a good family, she was deceived by a man... Nowadays, it is a big deal for a woman to lose her virginity before marriage or even become pregnant before marriage. Most women who have experienced this will commit suicide because they can't stand the gossip of outsiders.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Mrs. Hu became anxious: "Remember to talk to Jiang Jixiao about what I have discussed with you. He is a scholar and doesn't know that he needs food, rice, oil and salt to live. You should understand. If he can't figure it out, you can persuade him.
advise."
Chu Yunli nodded slightly.
She returned to the yard and told the story exactly.
Jiang Jixiao was a little surprised. He thought that his biological mother was either no longer alive or had married and had her own family. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be a monk.
"Do you want to go take a look?"
Jiang Jixiao pondered for a long time: "Go there in a while and see if this person really exists." What if Mrs. Hu lied to them?
He turned his head to look at Chu Yunli and happened to see the woman's soft profile. After the initial grief, he accepted the fact that his wife had left. He asked out of curiosity: "Where are you from?"
After a cold question, Chu Yunli raised her eyes and looked at him with a smile: "What do you think?"
Jiang Jixiao: "..." He already had many guesses in his mind, nothing more than spirits and ghosts. To be honest, he was a little scared at first, but after getting along with him for many days, he found that this person was serious about him and the children.
Okay. Now that I think about it, I’m not afraid anymore.
Soon the day came for the adults to entertain the scholars, and not only the new scholars were invited, but also two old scholars. Chu Yunli did not go, and it was not a secret that Jiang Jixiao had been picked up by the Hu family recently. Both of them had different identities.
Generally, there are many people discussing this matter.
Jiang Jixiao could sense everyone's secretly appraising glances, so he didn't show much confidence. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he pretended to be too drunk and asked the people around him to get him back.
After drinking this time, the two of them had achieved their goal of coming to this city. As for the Hu family, Jiang Jixiao really didn't care. In fact, he never thought that he could be a scholar at the beginning, and he was a scholar.
He has been able to support his family, and he has no intention of taking a concubine. His current income is enough.
Therefore, he went to the manager of Hu Mansion to resign early the next morning.
The servants wanted to stop him, but they didn't dare to stop him.
The couple were able to find a carriage and return to town.
Not long after the two returned home, the news spread quickly. In addition, the old clothes the two had in the Hu Mansion had been thrown away, and they could only come back wearing new clothes. Therefore, people who saw it became jealous and said that they were jealous.
People are now rich and wealthy.
There were many curious people in the town, and those who had some friendship with the two boldly came to visit them. Jiang Jixiao was as usual, and Chu Yunli's attitude towards everyone was the same as before.
It's hard for outsiders to ask questions, but the Shen family is different.
Mother Shen came very quickly, deliberately not bringing her daughter-in-law with her. After entering, she pulled her daughter into the house and closed the door: "What do you say?"
If Shen Jiayu had not been killed, she would have also encountered these things. The Shen family was worried about her and would naturally come to inquire. Chu Yunli didn't think there was anything to hide about these things, so she immediately told them the truth.
Mother Shen's open mouth could fit an egg in: "It's so... fierce."
It’s about Jiang Jixiao’s biological mother.
"Then did you go to visit her?"
Chu Yunli shook his head: "The days are long, don't worry. Mr. Hu is still very young. It will probably take several decades for him to die."
Mother Shen: "..."
She took a peek at her daughter's expression and saw that there was really no greed on her face. She asked curiously: "You really don't want to be Mrs. Hu. Before, a mother-in-law came to town with such a big show."
Chu Yunli waved her hand: "It's still early. It's not easy to fight. Don't get the benefits by then and lose your life instead."
Shen's mother was convinced, and then told what she had heard about what happened in the village: "Now that Yue'er is Jiang Jixiao's sister, she will probably come to you for help later."
Chu Yunli was quite speechless: "She is really not afraid of death. There are many young men from rich families in the city, and many of them are willing to marry the Hu family, but she is not afraid that we will find a dandy? Some people are not taboo about meat and vegetables, and have contracted the disease early. , if you marry someone like this, you don’t even know how you will die.”
Mother Shen was stunned: "It really does!"
The people in the village and town are too simple, or in other words, money is too hard to come by. They are not willing to squander it, so they are reluctant to take concubines. Even if there are very few people who go out to find prostitutes, there are even fewer such dirty diseases.
Mother Shen's guess was indeed correct. The next morning, Father Jiang came to the door, taking Luo Yuer with him.
Jiang's mother felt numb when she saw him and didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she simply hid in the kitchen. Kong felt that he was an outsider and couldn't interrupt, so he also helped in the kitchen.
When Jiang Jixiao faced his father, he no longer had the respect he once had: "Is something wrong?"
Jiang's father said angrily: "I am your father, can't I come to you if nothing happens?" As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed a sharp look from the side, turned around and met his daughter-in-law's eyes. His heart skipped a beat. He forced a smile: "You have been living in the city for many days, and I have been thinking about you in my heart. When I heard you came back, I came here to visit and ask about the situation of the Hu family."
He looked curious: "How many sons does Mr. Hu have? Have you compiled a family tree?"
"No, I came back before I mentioned it." Jiang Jixiao waved his hand and said with a light face: "I'm not used to living in a place like that, but this small courtyard is the best. It's quiet and easy to study! "
Jiang's father said with a face full of hatred: "Are you stupid? After all, what is the purpose of studying? It's not to live a good life. Since you can live a good life, why bother?" He took it on the table. He patted the book and said, "I feel a headache even if I look at this thing more than once. But you are lucky. You still feel like you haven't seen enough, and you are not afraid of going blind."
Jiang Jixiao was used to his venomous tongue, but Chu Yunli didn't like to hear it: "That's Jiang Jixiao's father. Whether he recognizes him or not is nobody's business. No one wants you if you are so impatient!"
What is this nonsense?
Father Jiang really felt that his daughter-in-law was not compatible with him, so he frowned and said, "You are just too young. You don't even know how to ask for a lot of money when it comes to your door. The God of Wealth can't even take care of you."
I thought that the two of them must have recognized their ancestors when they were together, but it turned out that they didn't even register in the family tree, so they just came back. So how do you calculate this? Does the Hu family still recognize it?
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He wished he could split open Jiang Jixiao's brain and see what was inside.
"Come back if you have nothing to do. I still want to read, and the child has just gone to sleep. He woke up and started making trouble again." Jiang Jixiao urged: "Don't worry, when you can't move anymore, I will find someone to take care of you. I will never
It will make you miserable and helpless in your old age."
But that's all.
Jiang Jixiao would have never dared to agree to this before. But now he is a scholar, he can receive rice every month, and he still has thirty acres of land without paying taxes. In a few days, someone should be there
Come to discuss this matter. Then you can get some benefits from it. Or, ask Shen Jiayu how much dowry money he still has, and buy two acres of land under his name to earn more.
Even now, Jiang Jixiao still thinks like a small family, saving as much as he can and earning as much as he can.
That's not what Jiang's father wants: "You have just come back. I wonder if you have heard the rumors in the village. I wanted you to have a son before, but now you want to recognize your ancestor and return to the clan. Even if you don't, there should be few in the future."
Back to the village. The place around me is desolate, so I want to have some fun with myself..."
Chu Yunli answered: "Do you want to take a concubine?"
Father Jiang: "..."
He thought, what he was talking about now was not about concubinage, but that he had an extra daughter with a different status. Hearing these words again, he felt particularly harsh.
"I have adopted a daughter, who will be your sister in the future. I will bring her to my home later, and you can recognize her. I will have you two brothers and sisters for the rest of my life. From now on, you can take more care of your sister and support each other."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "That's all. Now that I've finished talking, I won't disturb you anymore."
Jiang Jixiao looked at his back and asked, "It's okay if you want me to take care of Luo Yuer, but you have to tell me whether that is your biological daughter?"
Father Jiang paused: "You owe me a favor. I asked you to take care of your adopted daughter. That's it. You don't need to know the rest."
"If it wasn't your biological daughter, I would never care." Jiang Jixiao said with an indifferent expression: "I just owe you, not anyone else."
"What do you owe?" Chu Yunli looked dissatisfied: "He has not supported you these years. Your food, including the expenses for studying, are all money left by your mother."
When Jiang's father heard this, he couldn't sit still. He turned around and asked, "In addition to food and clothing, I also take care of him."
Chu Yunli sneered: "You are so drunk that you are unconscious every three days, and you don't even do the work in the fields. Can you take care of the children? It is obviously my mother who takes care of Jiang Jixiao, but we are not mourning anymore.
Conscience, my mother has been taken to the town, and when we move to the city in the future, if she is willing, she can come with us."
Jiang's father emphasized: "If it weren't for my instructions, she wouldn't take care of you. If it wasn't for my permission, she wouldn't even dare to bring you in! Instead of thanking her, it's better to thank me."
"No." Although Mother Jiang was hiding in the kitchen, she kept listening to the noise outside. When she heard this, she couldn't help it anymore and stuck her head out and said, "You didn't want me to take care of you before.
The child also wanted me to throw him out. Later I begged you for a long time..."
She was timid, and her eye circles were already red when she said this. When she met Jiang Jixiao's gaze, she was a little embarrassed: "Of course, I did it not only for you, but also for myself. A woman without children will be laughed at, and the relationship between husband and wife is also destined to
We won't be together for long, I'm afraid that he will divorce me and marry another, so I advise...but my love for you is true."
This should be the truth.
Father Jiang's face darkened: "When did I say that I was going to throw away the child? Damn you, don't sow discord between our father and son!"
"You did. When Jixiao was eight months old, he fell seriously ill and had a high fever for several days. At that time, you wanted to throw him out. It was I who took the child to the town and gave him to the doctor, and then he was saved.
When Jixiao was three years old, I had to follow you to the river to catch fish, but somehow he fell into the water. You didn't even want to save him at that time. If I hadn't found out that the child was gone and arrived in time, he would have been there long ago.
He’s dead…!”
Jiang Jixiao was still young when these things happened and didn't remember them at all. Now when he heard his mother talking about them and saw Jiang's father getting angry with shame, he realized that these things were true.
Jiang Jixiao said in a deep voice: "I won't be grateful to you."
Chu Yunli also said: "I really want to thank you, and I also want to thank you for not killing me. You always said that you accepted the child into the house at that time. In fact, in my opinion, you saved Jiang Jixiao by not agreeing to raise the child at that time.
! The person who sent him here is right next to you. If you don’t want to be a good person, you will definitely find another family, and the people you meet again will not be worse than you! After all, you can watch a three-year-old child in the water.
There aren’t many people struggling here!”
Father Jiang looked at his old wife as if he wanted to kill someone.
Jiang's mother had been suppressed by him for many years and was so frightened that she retreated into the kitchen.
"Jiang Jixiao, I raised you anyway. In the eyes of outsiders, I am a person who is closer to you than your biological father." Jiang's father said rudely: "You must serve me and listen to me. Yue'er, my sister, you
You have to take care of her. In this way, I won’t make it difficult for you. When you go to the city, you can find a good marriage for her... As long as she is as wealthy as the Liu family in this town. "
Liu family?
He really dared to mention it.
The Liu family is recognized as the richest family in the town. They moved from the city. The courtyard alone is a large house with three entrances, and they have more than 20 people serving them.
There aren't many families like this in the county. Even if you could find one, why would they marry you, a village girl?
Yes, Luo Yue'er is very good in the eyes of Jiang's father, but in the eyes of people in this city, she is just a village girl. Even those who bought her as a maid thought she was not well-behaved, so how could she marry her?
Chu Yunli was thoughtful: "I asked you before how you can be sure that Luo Yuer'er is your daughter? After all, my mother doesn't have much health problems but she has never been able to give birth to a child for you. How can you know that she can't give birth to a child?"
That person must be my mother? Maybe it’s you..."
Father Jiang was furious: "Shut up!"
Chu Yunli was about to say: "Stop being a bastard, raising a daughter for someone else, and then devoting your heart and soul to the point of disowning your relatives."
Father Jiang: "..."
His eyes were very wide, as if he wanted to eat someone.
Chu Yunli took his time and said, "The truth always doesn't sound good."
Father Jiang began to roll up his sleeves.
"You want to hit me?" Chu Yunli picked up the stick beside him, with a look of eagerness on his face.
Seeing this, Jiang's father felt the pain from the previous injury began to hurt. Then he remembered that the woman in front of him was not easy to get along with. He said bitterly: "You evil woman!"
"Are you scolding me?" Chu Yunli rushed out with a stick.
Father Jiang was startled and ran away.
Chu Yunli did not chase him out. Just like what Jiang's father said, even if they took money to raise Jiang Jixiao, after all, they were raised by someone and even passed the examination as a scholar. Under such circumstances
, if Shen Jiayu, the daughter-in-law, goes and beats the father-in-law, then what is reasonable becomes unreasonable.
When the door closed, Chu Yunli was unwilling to give in and shouted at the retreating figure: "You'd better go see a doctor, don't live in a muddle."
Father Jiang really wanted to turn around and hit her, but he couldn't.
He often entertained guests over the years, got to know a lot of people, and felt that he had a bit of face. If he was really beaten by his daughter-in-law, it would be embarrassing if the news spread. He gave up the theory and planned to find a bullock cart to return to the village. He walked for a long time.
I didn't see any cars on the road, not even a single person on the road.
It is easy for this person to think too much when he is alone. Father Jiang kept thinking about the cheap daughter-in-law's words: Don't live in a muddle.
He paused, turned around and headed towards the town.
In addition to the barefoot doctors with folk prescriptions, there were two doctors who opened medical clinics in the town, both of whom had good medical skills. He wanted to find out, so he went to one of them.
"I have a headache recently, please help me."
The doctor looked cautious and stretched out his hand to feel his pulse: "Having a headache is not a minor problem. You have to take some medicine. Otherwise, you will just go away when you can't take a breath..."
This was the reason why Jiang's father didn't want to see the doctor. He had a headache and fever, and he thought he would lose his life if he followed him. He had something on his mind at the moment and didn't care about it. He carefully observed the doctor's eyebrows and said: "Doctor, I heard that this
A man can still get a woman pregnant when he is sixty years old, do you think I can?"
The doctor was stunned and looked at his appearance: "You are forty..."
"Two out of forty." Jiang's father emphasized: "I'm in great health, and I'm great at work, so that's okay. Giving birth should be no problem, right?"
The doctor felt his pulse again, felt around his body again, asked if it hurt, etc., and finally shook his head: "Probably not."
Father Jiang's heart skipped a beat and he wanted to know if it couldn't be done now or if it wasn't done before.
The words came to his lips, but he really couldn't ask. The doctor thought to himself: "With your body, it is difficult to have a child..." He sighed: "This is a congenital deficiency disease. If discovered early, it will be possible from around ten years old.
Start taking medicine, maybe there will be hope."
Jiang's father was dumbfounded and blurted out: "Can't I have children?"
The doctor was silent and couldn't bear to hit him: "It's just... it's more difficult, but it's not hopeless at all. Do you have children?"