"I agree." Wen Jiangli agreed without even thinking, "But I have conditions."
Anyway, he is going to leave Wenjunhou Mansion, so who cares who takes that road?
Is it okay if he doesn't agree?
Definitely not. If he doesn’t agree, he can forget about leaving the Wen family.
Wen Lao Er immediately asked: "What are the conditions?"
"I can draw a map of the trade route for you, but I want my freedom." Wen Jiangli said word by word, "I want to take my whole family out of the mansion and no longer accept orders from Wen Junhou Mansion.
You cannot stop my son and grandson from taking the imperial examinations. I will write down this document as proof."
Wen Laoer is a playboy and a scoundrel. No one can control him except the old lady.
What if he refuses to let me go after I give him the business route map? It would be better to write a written agreement.
After hearing what Wen Jiangli said, the old lady of the Wen family could no longer stop crying.
He choked up and told, "Big brother, second brother! Third brother, thinking of our brothers, is willing to hand over the trade route to you in exchange for his family's freedom.
You do as he says, and the Wenjunhou Mansion will be divided today. Second brother! You don't keep your word, you are not worthy of being a son. You ignored what you promised mother, so forget about the things in the house.
Take your second wife and move out! Mother won't let you live on the street. I'll give you a yard and let you fend for yourself.
The Wenjunhou Mansion has nothing to do with you anymore. If you gamble again in the future, you have to find a way to solve it yourself. Third brother! If you don't want my compensation, I dare not say anything.
"Mother has given you a yard, so you need a place to live when you move out, right? Are you going to take the children to live in a dilapidated temple?"
"There are many houses available for rent in the capital. Old Madam, don't worry. Just take care of yourself! We, the third branch, will say goodbye now." After the document was written and the Wen family signed and stamped, he took Hua's hand and said, "Let's go! Go pack up your belongings and leave the house immediately."
Hua was overjoyed and followed him.
Old Mrs. Wen's tears flowed even harder. She saw how disappointed her third son was with this family and how desperate he was with her as a mother. He didn't want anything and wanted to leave with his people.
"San'er!"
The old lady saw Wen Jiangli leaving and followed behind, wiping her tears. She wanted to go and see the third wife's residence and her grandson and great-grandson.
As soon as Wen Jiangli left, he took the golden rat with him, holding it in his hand.
The little girl immediately stood up and pulled her grandmother along: "Let's go and have a look."
[The golden rat has been taken away. I have to tell it. Whether it can find me depends on its ability.]
The dark-haired man and the little fat boy followed behind her. An adult with three children followed behind the old lady of the Wen family.
Wen Junhou and the second son of the Wen family did not go, as they were both busy with their own things.
The third branch of the family lived in the servants' room in the backyard. Hua arrived home earlier than Wen Jiangli. Before she could say anything, a fierce-looking old woman rushed out of their house, pointed at her and questioned her.
"Hua! Why didn't you wash the clothes when I asked you to? These are the silks and satins that the First and Second Madams wear. I asked you to wash them because I think highly of you. How dare you be lazy? Bring me a tael of silver, or I'll tell you how I'll report this to Chief Steward Qin."
Old Madam Wen saw that the old woman was bullying Hua, so she ordered the maid beside her: "Tell someone to tie up that cunning servant. How dare he extort money from his master?"
"Yes!" The nanny agreed, walked over and yelled at the nanny, "You old woman are so unreasonable. How dare you ask our third wife for money? What's your husband's surname?"
When the nanny saw that it was the old lady's housekeeper, she quickly nodded and bowed, flattering her: "Hey! Why are you here? This place is not suitable for you. It's full of lowly people like us."
The old maid raised her voice when she said the three words "lowly people", and pointed specifically towards the door of Hua's house.
"What Third Madam? She is just an empty title. She has always been a lowly servant in the mansion. Their affairs are no secret. Who in the back room doesn't know about it?
This is what the superiors have always told us. Don’t treat them as masters. They are not worthy. They are just servants in the mansion, the servants who eat the worst and wear the worst clothes all year round. "
The nanny thought that the people around the old lady didn't know this, so she spoke loudly on purpose to please the old lady.
Unexpectedly, the nanny next to the old lady raised her hand and gave her a slap in the face, with "pa pa pa" very loudly.
The nanny’s face was swollen like a pig’s head after being beaten.
"Nonsense! The master is the master, how can he be a servant? Are you so bold as to make up stories about the master like this?"
The nanny was stunned and covered her face, aggrieved: "I'm not talking nonsense, everyone in the mansion knows that they are slaves.
I am the servant of our Lord and Second Master, and was born to contribute to our Lord’s Mansion.”
"You are talking nonsense. Slap her mouth and break it."
The old lady came panting, thinking of the sins she had committed, she wanted to slap herself a few times. No wonder the third son wanted to leave the mansion, what kind of life was he living?
They had been living in the servants' quarters, which only had two rooms. It was fine in the winter, but how could they live there in the hot summer?
This was her own son! The child she had always been thinking about was being severely abused by her own mother right under her nose.
She regretted it and felt heartbroken, but she couldn't find a chance to make amends.
The third brother should hate her, it was all because of her stupidity that she ended up like this.
Of the three sons, the eldest was mediocre and incompetent, the second was a gambler, and the third was well-educated, but was suppressed by her and could not display his talents.
What did she do?
"Come here! Go and call back the people from the third house." Old Madam Wen ordered the maid beside her, "Bring them all back safely. All the others who bullied the third house, kneel down here."
Wen Jiangli had two sons. The eldest son married and had children, but the second son was 19 years old and still unengaged. Given the family situation, he said he didn't want to get married.
There was really no place to live. There were only two rooms in the house, one for his parents and him, and one for his brother, sister-in-law, eldest nephew, and second nephew.
He's getting married and has no place to live.
This was also one of the reasons why Hua hated the old lady. There were vacancies in the servants' rooms in Wenjunhou's mansion. Even after they had mentioned it several times, the person in charge ignored them.
My son is about to turn twenty. At his age, my eldest grandson can already walk and call me mom and dad.
The second son didn’t even have a house to get married in, and whatever good things he had in the house would be stolen for no reason.
The same thing happened when Wen Jiang left to do business. He had the shopkeeper with him and was not allowed to keep a single cent for himself.
The two times he went to get jade, he also kept some for himself. They were all very small pieces, the kind that were easy to hide. He left them with his friend and did not dare to take them back.
Just wait until you leave the house, and then bring it back bit by bit to sell it. If you bring it back all at once, you're afraid that the Wen family will be jealous.
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