Compared with the capital, Nanxi County is far less prosperous, and the people of the Xiao family were a little dazzled as they walked along.
No wonder Shi Qingluo said that the capital is a golden nest and a blessed place, isn’t that the case?
The things sold in the shops on the road were things they had never seen in Nanxi County.
Because of this, the people in the Xiao family cursed Xiao Laoer and Ge Chunru countless times in their hearts.
On the way, Xiao Yuanshi maintained a stiff smile and did not take the initiative to ask the people from the Xiao family why they came to the capital.
This was still the street, and he didn't want to embarrass himself.
I also met some colleagues or their families along the way.
Seeing Xiao Yuanshi following a group of beggars, gossipers couldn't help but ask about their relationship.
Every time before Xiao Yuanshi spoke, the people of the Xiao family would announce with great pride that they were General Xiao's relatives, including his biological parents and brothers.
This made everyone look at Xiao Yuanshi with some subtlety in their eyes.
Xiao Yuanshi became rich and lived a good life in the general's mansion, but his parents and brothers looked like poor and miserable beggars.
This makes people unable to help but associate.
The stiff smile on Xiao Yuanshi's face could hardly be maintained. He really wanted to poison and silence everyone in the old house.
He kept explaining to people that his parents and brothers went to Beijing because they were robbed by bandits, which led to the current situation.
If he doesn't make this clear, he will definitely be criticized tomorrow.
He recently returned after making achievements, and he is more popular in front of the emperor. Therefore, some people are jealous and we have to be on guard.
A civil servant who didn't get along well with Xiao Yuanshi asked in surprise, "If that's the case, why didn't General Xiao send someone to pick up his parents and relatives to come to the capital?"
"The General's Mansion shouldn't be short of these people, right?"
Xiao Yuanshi choked and was about to explain when Xiao Dalang interrupted him.
"My parents missed the second brother, so we came to the capital to find our brother by ourselves. That's why he didn't send anyone to pick us up."
When Xiao Yuanshi heard this, these people finally stopped making mistakes.
But what Wang said next made him unable to help but frown.
Wang said, "The second son's wife doesn't like us to come to the general's mansion, so we didn't dare to come before."
Mrs. Wu added, "Now it's because my parents missed the second son so much that we were forced to sell our house and land to raise money to come to the capital to see him."
Shi Qingluo had said before that they wanted to gain a foothold in the capital and the general's mansion.
The first thing to do is to bring down that woman Ge Chunru and let the old lady and her sisters-in-law take control of the general's mansion.
Moreover, ever since they learned of Ge Chunru's true identity, the women in the Xiao family actually felt disgusted and contemptuous of her.
Especially since this woman wanted to stop them from going to Beijing to live a good life and wanted to control the financial power of the general's mansion alone. This was just making things difficult for them and having a grudge against them.
So before even entering the general's mansion, he began to discredit Ge Chunru's reputation.
The person who asked the question disapproved when he heard it, "As a daughter-in-law, you don't like your parents-in-law to come home. This is too unfilial."
Other people who were watching the fun looked at Xiao Yuanshi disapprovingly and said, "General Xiao, this is your fault. Your parents raised you. How can you not want them to come to Beijing just because your wife doesn't like it?"
"Yes, your parents miss you so much that they even sold their house and land to come and see you. You two are going too far."
Filial piety is the most important thing in this era, and therefore everyone despises the behavior of General Xiao and his wife.
No wonder Xiao Yuanshi had not seen his relatives for so long after being appointed as a general. It turned out that his wife despised her and he indulged her.
It was said that Xiao Yuanshi doted on his little wife, but he couldn't be unfilial to his parents! And they didn't expect that Mrs. Xiao, who was praised by the women in the family as gentle and virtuous, was actually a two-faced woman.
Xiao Yuanshi really wanted to throw them out of the capital immediately.
So he immediately explained, "My two sisters-in-law have misunderstood. Chunru doesn't have such an idea. She even took the initiative to suggest that we go and bring our parents to live in the capital once we are completely settled."
Of course that's not the case, but now he is in a difficult situation.
Then, with a look of guilt and shame on her face, she said, "I didn't even know that my parents missed me so much that they sold their land and house to come visit me. I feel so ashamed of them."
As soon as he finished speaking, Boss Xiao took the initiative to look at him in a comforting manner and patted him on the shoulder.
"It's okay. From now on, you just need to be filial to your parents."
Xiao Yuanshi was wearing a light gray brocade robe today. When he was slapped like that, a dirty palm print instantly appeared on his shoulder.
He was so disgusted that he wanted to slap the person to the ground.
But in public, he could only pretend to be a brother and respectful, "Big brother is right."
Old Mrs. Xiao turned around and pulled Xiao Yuanshi with a touching look on her face and said, "Second brother, we old couple will rely on you in the future."
"Back then, your father and I couldn't bear to eat, so we saved a bite for you. We also supported you in joining the army to defend our country. Now that you have become successful and know how to respect your parents, I am really happy."
This is what Shi Qingluo taught her to say, and she said it verbatim in public.
As for the fact that he was reluctant to eat it and saved a bite for the second child, this is of course false.
Although the Xiao family is not very wealthy, it is not to this extent.
Although they did not value their second son as much as they did their eldest son and did not pamper their youngest son, they did not treat him harshly either.
They raised him without starving him, so it is natural for them to expect him to be filial.
Shi Qingluo said that since she was speaking from such a commanding position, the second brother would definitely not be able to refute her.
People outside will also think that she is a sensible old lady. In the future, when she goes out to slander others, ahem, and spread the news that her daughter-in-law is unfilial, more people will believe her.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, Xiao Yuanshi seemed to be constipated.
When did he become so smart? He could actually say such a thing.
The key point is that it was all fabricated. He was the least favored at home before, so how could they not eat it themselves and save it for him?
Going to the army was apparently forced to serve in the military, but the old couple couldn't bear to let the eldest and third sons go, so it was him.
Now in her mouth, it was all for him.
The people in Old Xiao's family also took the initiative to agree, as if their parents and they had suffered a lot so that he could become a general.
Xiao Yuanshi wanted to vomit blood. These people were too shameless and disrespectful.
The key is not to be afraid of the shameless extreme, but to be afraid of the shameless extreme and also become smart...
If the old lady and others beat and scolded him in front of everyone, or made a scene like they did in the village, he would not be willing to take them to Beijing.
He can pretend to be aggrieved and helpless, asking everyone to sympathize with him because he has such parents and brothers.
Who knew that this group of people would suddenly act out of the ordinary? He was devastated at this moment.
But he still had to put on a forced smile, "Thanks to my parents back then, I will naturally be filial to them."
He had to say this now. The key point was that no one might believe the truth even if he told it, and he would definitely be accused of being unfilial tomorrow.
So even if his mother made it up, he had to admit it uncomfortably...
(End of this chapter)
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