Chapter 198 Empathy
Li had been on the road all the time before, so it was not easy for her to write storybooks. Now that she has settled down, she has free time. Now that she has been reminded again, she really takes this matter to heart.
But because she was a person who read storybooks in the past, she didn't find it difficult to write. But now that she actually started writing, Li started to have trouble from the first word.
She wrote for a day, wasted several pages of paper, and the final product was: two lines.
Li had a lot of lint on her forehead, and she only smiled when she saw the children. When Sun Jiaxing came back from the yamen, she still looked extremely irritated.
"Look at you, what's wrong with you again?" Sun Jiaxing asked.
Li didn't know why, but when she heard her husband's tone, she got angry, but she still said stubbornly, "I'm not unhappy."
When Sun Jiaxing heard this, he immediately believed it and started teasing the two children.
When they parted yesterday, Changshou grabbed Niu Niu's sleeve to prevent her sister from leaving, and Li took the opportunity to bring her daughter home to stay for one night.
All day today, Li relied on her longevity to keep Niu Niu.
"Niuniu, have you finished your homework today?" Sun Jiaxing asked deliberately.
He thought the child had played all day and must not have done any homework.
Unexpectedly, Niuniu nodded seriously and said, "Uncle Sun, I have finished writing it. If you don't believe me, you can check it."
Sun Jiaxing was slightly surprised when he heard this and said, "When you were doing your homework, Changshou never disturbed you?"
Changshou is very dependent on his sister. Sometimes he would rather cry his voice hoarse just so that his sister can stay with him.
Niuniu said calmly, "Uncle Sun, although Changshou is very young, he is very obedient. I told him not to disturb me while I was doing my homework, and he really stopped."
The wet nurse, Madam He, also nodded with a smile and said to Sun Jiaxing, "Master, not only Master Changshou listens to Miss Niuniu, but my son also listens to her very much. Miss Niuniu is really a king among children, and all the children like her."
When Sun Jiaxing heard this, he felt it was novel, but he couldn't help but feel a little more proud of his daughter.
He focused all his attention on his two children and completely forgot about Li.
Li stood aside, tormented by the frustration of writing the storybook, and couldn't help sulking because of her husband's neglect.
Niu Niu suddenly walked up to Li, snuggled gently into her arms, then reached out her hand and gently stroked her godmother's eyebrows.
"Only unhappy people will frown. Godmother, why are you unhappy?" Niu Niu asked with a puzzled look on her face.
She still remembered that she had taken on the heavy responsibility of dividing the family property. At that time, Zhang Yuniang asked her to always pay attention to whether Old Lady Gu frowned.
Therefore, although Niu Niu was young, she remembered clearly that frowning meant unhappiness.
Li was about to speak, but Sun Jiaxing said, "Are you really unhappy? Didn't you just say you were fine?"
When Li heard this, she couldn't help but get angry again.
Niu Niu sighed like a little adult, and then used her little hands to gently help Li to calm down.
"Godmother, you must tell me what makes you unhappy, otherwise we won't guess correctly." Niu Niu comforted her childishly.
Mrs. Li could still be a little bit petty in front of her husband, but she felt embarrassed in front of a child who was much younger than her. She said, "It's not like I can say everything."
Niuniu looked at her godmother in confusion, then looked at her godfather next to her and said, "Why can't you say it? Aren't there things that husband and wife can talk about?"
Li really wanted to say that this was not the case.
But Niuniu added: "My parents talk about everything. Whenever my mother is unhappy, she always tells me directly."
Li suddenly remembered that Niu Niu seemed to have said something similar once. During the days she was on the boat, she witnessed with her own eyes how harmonious the Gu couple was, and how harmonious the relationship between Zhang Yunniang and her mother-in-law was. She couldn't help but have a fantasy in her heart. Was it because she didn't implement it thoroughly enough, so the relationship between husband and wife was not as harmonious as that of the Gu family?
Sun Jiaxing had always been slow in dealing with marital relations, but this time he understood very quickly and said to Li: "I am a rough person. Although outsiders say that the Hanlin Academy is a leisurely place, after I entered, I found that everything was complicated and confusing. I was exhausted every day. If I have been negligent, please forgive me, Madam."
When Li heard this, she forgot about her little emotion and asked, "Is the Hanlin Academy really busy?"
Sun Jiaxing originally didn't intend to talk about his official business and wanted to just laugh it off.
Niuniu said, "Uncle Sun, if you don't speak up, how can we know whether you are doing well?"
After hesitating for a moment, Sun Jiaxing said, "I took such a long leave to visit my family before, which made me unable to compete with the other two colleagues. They took a shorter leave and were already familiar with their colleagues. Now I feel like I am out of place. The colleague who is in charge of taking care of me also has a bad temper. I always feel like he is targeting me."
When Mrs. Li heard this, her heart immediately sank. She felt that the predicament her husband was facing was far more serious than the problem of her own trouble in writing the storybook.
"Godmother, you have to say something too." Niu Niu acted as a little referee very seriously, urging Li.
Sun Jiaxing also looked at his wife.
Li said with shame: "I wanted to write a storybook, but I wrote all day and only wrote two lines. I feel so useless."
Sun Jiaxing was speechless. Although he didn't know when his wife had this idea, he said, "It's amazing that a beginner can write so much. Why should you belittle yourself? Besides, you can think of finding something to do, which is much better than others."
The anxiety in Li's heart gradually calmed down with her husband's comforting words.
She was also worried about the things in the Imperial Academy, so she asked, "What's the situation with the old Imperial Academy that is leading you? Can someone else lead you?"
Sun Jiaxing said: "He has been in the Hanlin Academy for fifteen years. He is indeed talented and knowledgeable, but he likes to nitpick and find faults. Whenever he finds a mistake, he will scold me in public without mercy. He also likes to push all the tasks to me. The faster I finish, the more I will do."
Li asked again, "What is this person's family background?"
Sun Jiaxing said: "It is said that life is very hard and the family still lives in a rented house. They have always wanted to be transferred out of Beijing, but they have no way to do so."
Li understood instantly that this so-called senior might be jealous of her husband's wealthy family.
It is useless to try to please such a person. The more you try to please him, the more proud he will become.
"Why does this person's way of doing things sound quite familiar to me?" Li muttered softly.
Niuniu's ears were as sharp as ever, and she said, "Godmother, godfather's colleague, looks a lot like Xiaohua's grandmother in our hometown village! Her grandmother was the one who tortured Xiaohua's mother!"
After Niuniu finished speaking, she suddenly added, "No, you haven't been to Qingshui Village, so you probably haven't seen Grandma Xiaohua."
Li suddenly realized, that's right, this way of torturing people is not like that of a wicked mother-in-law, that's how Sun Jiaxing's mother tortured her in the past!
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