"I don't know what Er Niang said to Yu Zhen in the morning. Yu Zhen is gone now." Wen Jin took Xue Kuang's sleeve and said softly: "Dad, Yu Zhen has been preparing for the exam of Taiyuan College for five months.
, you often watch him secretly, he is very hard-working, if he was not affected before the exam, he would not run away. Please help me ask the second lady, what did she say to my brother! In which direction is my brother going?
Are you gone? Dad, we want to give you credit! Yulin is not good at studying, and Yuzhen is your bragging rights in the court! Why don’t you get her back quickly?"
Lou Shucai said angrily: "Who do you think is not good at studying?"
Wen Jin did not quarrel with Lou Shucai, she only wanted to be weak and helpless and shouted: "Dad, I'm afraid."
When Xue Kuang saw how pitiful his daughter was, he couldn't bear it and said: "Okay, Shucai, you are the stepmother, don't be so cruel to the child. Yulin studies well. That's all. Wang Wei's spring wish, okay?"
Lou Shucai was so embarrassed by the master's two words that she gave Yulin a hard look.
Xue Yulin shivered with fear, fearing that his parents would catch him studying. He was so annoyed.
When Xue Kuang heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious, "Shu Cai, what did you say to Yu Zhen? The candidates will go to the examination room soon. What did you say that affected the children? Is there anything you can't say after the examination?"
Lou Shucai scolded lightly, "Master forgot who carried you home when your leg was injured. You believed it when the little bitch provoked you and came to question your wife! I didn't talk to the kid. Not a word.
explain."
Xue Xiang heard the second lady mention his leg injury again, and her kindness in carrying him home. At first, he felt that he owed her a debt of gratitude, but after hearing it more times, he became numb.
Those who say bitter things, "Don't waste time, it's time. Tell the truth! Tell it."
Lou Shucai sat down on the chair and said, "I didn't say a word. The little devil thinks he won't pass the exam, so he has stage fright. It's none of my business!"
"My brother can't have stage fright! We are Su Yuyan's children. The three of us are not afraid of any difficulties and will not have stage fright!" Wen Jin replied to Lou Shucai and did not continue to entangle with Lou Shucai. Instead, she pulled Yulin over.
He whispered: "Yulin, you are a good and honest boy. My sister bought you a lot of candies before. Did you tell your sister that your mother-in-law went to see Brother Yuzhen in the morning?"
Xue Yulin usually ran to the front yard to play with Yu Zhen Bao Yin. Children are not as fussy as adults. He said innocently: "Daddy, when I went to deliver tea to grandma in the morning, I talked to brother Yu Zhen."
!We talked for a long time, and the tone was not very good. My mother-in-law is always mean to us!"
"Yulin! Shut up!" Lou Shucai was very angry when her son brought it down on the spot. She no longer hid it, just smiled and rolled up her sleeves, "Hey, I wasn't looking for Yu Zhen, I was going to see the old lady.
I went and had a few words with Yu Zhen by the way. I said: Brother Zhen, the exam is taking place today and you have to get the first place. I am encouraging the children. I am an elder, what can I have any bad intentions? Master
, is it wrong for me to encourage my sister’s children? Oh, it’s hard to be a stepmother. I can’t stay in this family anymore!”
Xue Kuang was doubtful, "Since it's just encouragement, it won't shock the child. After listening to what you said, which direction did the child go?"
"It seems like we went in the direction of the main room." Lou Shucai said softly.
When Wen Jin heard where his younger brother was going, he hurriedly headed toward the main room in the front yard. His mother's memorial tablet was in the main room. Except for Wen Jin who often cleaned the room, his younger siblings didn't often go there.
Xue Kuang and Lou Shucai also followed.
When they came to the door of the main hall, Jiang Huaizhou was already standing outside the door and whispered to Wen Jin: "I saw Yu Zhen in the house through the crack of the small window, kneeling in front of my aunt's memorial tablet. I called the door, but he didn't speak or open the door.
"
Wen Jin looked inside the house from the small window and saw Yu Zhen kneeling on the futon in front of her mother's memorial tablet, her little body straight and her eyes locked on her mother's memorial tablet.
Wen Jin passed the door and whispered: "Yu Zhen, I am sister, open the door."
When Yuzhen heard her sister's voice, her back stiffened, and she said for a long time: "Sister, I want to give up taking the exam to Taipei University."
The younger brother's voice was broken, as if he had been struck by a fatal blow. Wen Jin was anxious and did not dare to force his younger brother directly. He only said: "Open the door. If there is a problem, sister will discuss it with you. Baoyin can also discuss it with you. Three stinkers
A cobbler can stand up to Zhuge Liang. There are always more solutions than difficulties. The problem you think may not be a problem with my sister. Don’t hide things in your heart, okay."
Yuzhen knelt in front of her mother's memorial tablet and didn't speak for a long time.
Wen Jin looked back at Xue Kuang and said softly: "Dad, didn't you say that you want to compensate the three of us? Can you say a few words? Yu Zhen especially hopes that you will take him to play ponies together.
"
Xue Kuang watched his legitimate son kneeling in front of his late wife's memorial tablet by the small window. He looked pitiful and couldn't help but feel unbearable. It would be a pity to love him, so he nodded and said warmly: "Zhen'er, you are my son. My father.
, I have never forgotten you. I just ignored you intentionally in the past. I will find time as a father to play ponies with the three of you."
When Yuzhen heard her father talking to him, she felt her grievances come from the bottom of her heart. At the age of eight, her father hadn't said a few words to her, and her eyes suddenly turned red. However, because she had a grudge against her father, she didn't call her daddy, but said with a trembling voice.
: "Sister."
She called out "Sister" and stood up to open the door. She opened the door and looked at Xue Kuang, but she didn't dare to get too close.
Seeing the door open, Wen Jin walked in, held his brother's hand, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, "What did the second mother say? You should learn from your sister. Don't bear it alone. Speak out the pain."
If I share the burden with you, it won't be so uncomfortable."
"Er Niang said." Yu Zhen said and looked at Lou Shucai outside the door, a little timidly.
Xue Kuang said in a deep voice: "Speak boldly. As a father, you must listen."
Lou Shucai shrank her shoulders and said, "Brother, please don't talk nonsense."
Yu Zhen tightened her hands and said frankly: "After the second mother served tea to her grandmother, she pulled Yu Zhen to the bottom of the corridor. She said that she was going to be promoted to the Taiyuan Academy, and Yu Zhen had to get the first place in the exam to be worthy of her dead mother.
Dear, if you can't get the first place in the exam, it is a shame to live and it is better to die. It is a shame for my sister and a shame for the Xue family. Sister, Mr. Xue, Rong Zhen, Taifu Su is very strict in selecting students. How many years have he passed the exam?
Once, sometimes no student can be selected for several exams. Yu Zhen... Yu Zhen is afraid of failing and becoming a shame to Sister A and Mr. Xue. She is also afraid that she will be sorry for her dead mother. It would be a shame for Yu Zhen to live, right...
.”
Yu Zhen suffered huge psychological damage, and the eight-year-old child has already endured pressure that he should not have endured.
But Wen Jin felt so distressed that she even trembled with pain. She held her brother in her arms and patted Yu Zhen's back comfortingly for a while. Then she turned back and glared at Lou Shucai, "That's how you are."
Encouraging my brother? Why don't you just strangle him to death! You are too vicious! If you come at me for something, why do you force my brother! He is only eight years old and you are almost forty! Is it fun to bully a child? "
Lou Shucai felt wrong and lowered her eyelids without saying anything. After a long time, she said: "I also have good intentions. I am the legitimate son, so I have to bear more burdens than others!"
Snapped.
Xue Kuang raised his left hand and slapped Lou Shucai on the cheek, "Go back to the backyard!"
"Master, you hit me! You hit me for Su Yuyan's child!" Lou Shucai stared at her husband in shock, "I am the daughter of the founding father, General Lou, and I am the concubine given to you by the late emperor! Su Yuyan, what is she!
"
"Su Yuyan is the wife of Ming Matchmaker. She is dead." Xue Xiang shook his head, "I have two sons. Yulin is not easy to study in. I am sorry. Yu Zhen is a good young man. If he gets sick and gives up the exam because of your few words.
, ruined the future. The truth is not over with you! Go back to the backyard!"