Chapter 10 Ask him for the sake of the mother-in-law?
The "evidence" is conclusive.
Aunt Zhao had a blank expression on her face: "According to family rules, stealing means thirty strokes of the cane."
"beat!"
Two burly old women grabbed Grandma Wu's shoulders and dragged her down the stairs.
Yu Shengsheng was extremely anxious. Grandma Wu had just been punished to kneel for so long, how could she bear thirty strokes of the board?
"Wait!" Yu Shengsheng walked down the stairs quickly. "I asked Grandma Wu to help me get the snacks. I wasn't full, so I craved the snacks in grandma's room. I think grandma loves me and won't blame me."
"It's none of Grandma Wu's business."
Madam Zhao curled her lips, showing her contempt: "Miss Sheng, that's not the case. The old lady naturally loves you. If you ask for it, she would be willing to give you a whole box, not to mention one piece. But this old servant stole it, which is another matter."
"beat!"
Yu Shengsheng's throat was hoarse, and she was about to forcefully stop him, when Su Yanshu walked in slowly, frowned, and asked, "What's going on?"
He raised his eyes and saw Yu Shengsheng with red eyes, standing alone on one side, opposite her were Zhao Ma and other old women.
Yu Shengsheng’s figure is thin, like an immature tree, weak and stubborn.
Su Yanshu felt as if his heart was twisted, and he recalled the autumn when Yu Shengsheng first came, and he stood alone under the osmanthus tree in the garden.
He asked her what she was doing, and she smiled: "I heard my second brother coughed twice while he was reading, so I thought of picking some osmanthus flowers and making osmanthus honey for him to drink."
In the early winter of that year, he received the most delicious osmanthus honey he had ever tasted in his life. Each grain of osmanthus was golden, picked out little by little by Yu Shengsheng, and wrapped in sparkling honey, which looked very much like Yu Shengsheng's smile.
Until now, he still can't bear to throw away the jar used to store osmanthus honey.
Su Yanshu quickly walked to Yu Shengsheng's side, stood with her, and faced Nanny Zhao.
"What are you going to do?"
Madam Zhao quickly bowed and smiled humbly, "This old servant greets the Second Young Master. It's not that this old servant is being presumptuous, it's really that Old Lady Wu stole some snacks, and the evidence is irrefutable. This old servant, under the order of the old lady, has to punish her according to the family rules."
Su Yanshu frowned, glanced at Grandma Wu, and then looked at Yu Shengsheng: "She steals even the smallest snacks. She really can't change her lowly country habits. This kind of slave needs to be tempered and taught a lesson."
The lowly habits of the countryside—Yu Shengsheng twisted the fingers of both hands together.
In the eyes of Su Yanshu, no, the Su family, being from the countryside is a sin in itself.
Yu Shengsheng's eyes widened, her long eyelashes hiding her emotions: "Second Young Master, you don't know, I wasn't full, and I saw that the snacks at my grandmother's place were delicious, so I asked her to get them."
"You..." Su Yanshu frowned slightly, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Su Yanshu said to Madam Zhao, "Okay, it's just a piece of dessert. Go and tell Grandmother that I ate the dessert. I'll buy her a pound of it later as compensation."
Nanny Zhao forced a smile awkwardly, but before she could answer, Yu Shengsheng said first, "No need."
"Don't worry, Second Young Master."
Does she dare?
There have been too many lessons like this before.
During the first New Year's Eve dinner after she came back, Su Zhiyi accidentally touched the jade chopsticks in her hand, and the chopsticks fell to the ground and broke into two.
The old lady asked her what happened, but before she could say anything, Su Zhiyi took the blame, saying it was her own fault. Su Yanshu also stood up and said it was his fault, it was just a pair of chopsticks, and it was blamed on him. He would then give a pair of the ivory chopsticks awarded by the prince to his grandmother.
But Yu Shengsheng did not escape punishment, but was punished even more severely.
Su Zhiyi looked guilty, and Su Yanshu kept saying it was his fault.
Every time he said a word, the old lady ordered someone to hit Yu Shengsheng on the palm with a board.
The old lady just doesn't like her, and if Su Zhiyi and Su Yanshu plead for her, it may not be good for her.
Grandma Wu was pressed down on the shoulders and couldn't lift her body. Her voice was a little muffled: "Miss Sheng, no... there is no need to anger the Second Young Master and the Old Madam for this old slave. This old slave... admits it."
Grandma Wu didn't mention a word that the snacks were a gift from the old lady. She came from the countryside and was uneducated, but she was not stupid.
The one being hit was her, and the target was Yu Shengsheng.
"Grandma Wu," Yu Shengsheng's throat was dry and tears were almost coming out.
She wanted to walk over, but Su Yanshu grabbed her and said, "For a woman, you are so sincere."
Yu Shengsheng took a deep breath and bowed respectfully: "Second Master, this is all my fault. Grandma Wu is old and can't stand the beating. Please... spare her this time."
Yu Shengsheng knew that she was weak now and had to give in, otherwise she would only harm Grandma Wu.
Su Yanshu lowered his eyes and looked at her. A laugh escaped from his throat.
Since returning home, Yu Shengsheng has never given in. She even knelt in the ancestral hall for a whole night without saying a word. But now she is begging him for a woman.
"Take this bitch out. I want to personally watch her be punished!"
"You," he looked at Aunt Zhao again, "go and tell Grandmother that I personally came to help her with her worries."
Madam Zhao bowed and said, "Yes!"
Yu Shengsheng was shocked and said urgently: "Second Young Master!"
Su Yanshu ignored her. The two maids dragged Grandma Wu out of the yard. Yu Shengsheng hurried to catch up but was stopped by Aunt Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou was covered in dust, her face was bruised from being beaten, and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth.
"Ms. Sheng, no... no, if you act impulsively, not only will you fail to save her, but the punishment will also be even heavier. You must be patient."
Yu Shengsheng felt a pain in her heart when she heard the sound of beating outside. Her whole body was shaking slightly and the whites of her eyes were bloodshot.
She squeezed out a voice from her throat: "You were sent by them to monitor me, just to see me suffer, right!"
Mrs. Zhou's lips trembled a few times, and she spoke in a low and hoarse voice: "Old slave..."
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