Chapter 170 Finally Seeing Clearly
Mrs. Sun might have been confused due to illness, and she didn't even notice that Sun Jiaxing looked wrong. Instead, she said excitedly, "Are you willing to share it? That's right, you have already passed the imperial examination, unlike your second and third brothers who have no future. It would be good to share more money with them."
Sun Jiaxing asked, "You are worried about your second and third brothers, and your nephews and nieces, but what about longevity?"
Old Mrs. Sun didn’t like her own son Sun Jiaxing that much, so how much could she care about her grandson Changshou?
"Changshou already has a lot. Didn't your wife bring a large dowry? They are all cousins, and you can't let his cousins be much worse than him."
Perhaps because she was dizzy from illness, Mrs. Sun spoke her true feelings without realizing it.
"You are not afraid that they will not live well, but you are afraid that Changshou will live better than them." Sun Jiaxing said with a cold face.
Old Lady Sun said, "They can't bear the hardship of studying. In the future, this family will depend on you and Changshou. As the head of the family, how can you not suffer a little loss?"
Sun Jiaxing has always been tolerant of his younger brothers. Firstly, it was because old lady Sun always nags him and he is morally blackmailed into thinking that he owes a lot to his younger brothers. Secondly, he did not have his own children in the past, so he did not care about many things.
But now he has his own child, and a lot of things have happened in the past few days since Niu Niu came into the mansion.
Sun Jiaxing took a deep breath and said, "Do you know what the second and third brother's wives did?"
Even when she was ill, Old Lady Sun still had a firm grasp on the inner house, so she naturally knew what had happened.
"It's just one-sided words from the maids, and it may not be what they really think. Even if it is true, it's just the calculations of the women in the back house. It has nothing to do with your two brothers. Don't let this ruin your brotherhood."
Listening to what Old Lady Sun said, Sun Jiaxing suddenly felt that it was just as he expected.
"Mom, you don't even ask about Changshou's condition or whether he's in trouble?" Sun Jiaxing asked.
Old Madam Sun said as a matter of course: "If Changshou really has something wrong, considering how nervous you and your wife are, how could you not invite a doctor into the house?"
"Is this the reason why you ignored him? As his biological grandmother, you don't even care whether the child was frightened or not?" Sun Jiaxing asked back.
Old Mrs. Sun still had a lot of twisted ideas in her mouth: "Isn't it all right? It's not a bad thing for a child to be scared. On the contrary, it will help him grow stronger."
Sun Jiaxing smiled bitterly and asked, "Mother, when my eldest nephew was six years old, he was frightened and cried in the ancestral home. You invited a doctor to come to the house at night. Why didn't you tell him to scare him at that time?"
Old Mrs. Sun was suddenly speechless.
"You remember every birthday of my second and third brothers clearly, but what about mine? I haven't heard you say a birthday wish for me in many years." Sun Jiaxing said.
Old Mrs. Sun opened her mouth slightly and said, "Are you blaming me?"
"My son doesn't dare, but he is also a human being and he gets tired too." Sun Jiaxing said tiredly.
Old Madam Sun felt that her eldest son was being particularly unreasonable today: "You are the eldest son, and you are supposed to support the family. When your father divided the family property, he gave you the vast majority of it. You have already gotten enough. What else are you not satisfied with?"
Sun Jiaxing couldn't help laughing and said, "Is it because I got a larger share of the family property that you've been brooding over it?"
Old Lady Sun said, "We are brothers from the same mother, but your father insisted on dividing the family, making your two brothers feel uncomfortable. I am doing this for your own good, to avoid discord between the brothers."
Sun Jiaxing smiled bitterly: "When the family property is divided, it should be divided equally. When something goes wrong, I, as the eldest brother, have to clean up the mess. Is it my destiny that my life is worth less than theirs?"
Old Mrs. Sun just muttered that the eldest brother is like a father.
When Sun Jiaxing heard this, his face showed even more resentment: "If I really had the same authority as a father, you wouldn't stop me from teaching them."
Old Lady Sun: ...
Old Mrs. Sun was a mother who doted on her children. Whenever the second and third children got into trouble and Sun Jiaxing wanted to teach them a lesson, she would try her best to stop them.
As the filter he had for his mother shattered, Sun Jiaxing remembered more and more details, and his thoughts had never been so clear as they were at this moment.
"You said you don't like Niuniu, but I still remember that I didn't like the bad friends of the second and third brothers, but you didn't allow me to show my displeasure to them because you were afraid of hurting their reputation."
"It turns out that you understand better than anyone how to protect your son's reputation."
"Niuniu is the guest I brought back. How can you not be afraid of hurting my reputation by treating her like this?"
Sun Jiaxing pressed the old lady's questions word by word, forcing her to retreat step by step.
"I...I'm just sick and confused..." Old Mrs. Sun explained stutteringly.
Sun Jiaxing shook his head and said, "I don't need any explanation from you. Just say whatever you want. You have always been in poor health, and the doctors in the county have limited medical skills. I will still escort you to the capital, but my second and third brothers are of low character. If they offend nobles in the capital, I will not be able to handle it. It is better for you to stay in your hometown."
Old Mrs. Sun was indeed ill, but it was only a minor illness, and most of the time she pretended to be sick to control Sun Jiaxing.
Seeing that Sun Jiaxing was going to completely ignore his two younger brothers, the old lady couldn't bear it and said, "We are all family, how can we let them stay in the county? They still need you, their elder brother, to discipline them."
"Can I discipline them? You are afraid that when I am not in the county, no one will clean up their mess." Sun Jiaxing said.
Old Mrs. Sun didn't say anything.
Sun Jiaxing was now disheartened and hardened his heart to his mother: "I have made up my mind. You are not in good health, so don't worry about these things. Just take good care of yourself."
After saying that, Sun Jiaxing stood up and left despite the old lady's attempt to stop him.
When he left the yard, Sun Jiaxing saw his wife holding their daughter and crying not far away.
Sun Jiaxing: …
"Aying, what's wrong with you?"
Sun Jiaxing stepped forward and rescued the daughter from his wife's arms.
When Li saw him, she cried even harder, with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
Sun Jiaxing was completely confused and asked blankly, "Who wronged you?"
Li didn't answer, but her tears never stopped.
Sun Jiaxing could only look at Niu Niu helplessly.
Niuniu looked at Li distressedly and said, "Godmother, if you don't say anything, how can godfather know your grievances?"
"Even if I tell him, he won't stand by me!" Li cried even harder after saying this.
Niuniu said: "If he doesn't side with you, I will side with you."
Li hugged Niuniu into her arms again: "Good child, you are still the one who knows how to care for others."
Niuniu added, "But if you don't tell me how you were wronged, I don't know how to stand up for you. Even if godfather doesn't understand, at least you can feel better if you tell me your grievances."
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