Chapter 59: Child Born out of Illegitimate Daughter
Why didn’t the mother stop Liao?
Was it because his mother couldn't stand his father's strictness? Speaking of which, I seemed to have heard someone say that he was born at seven months old. Unlike other premature babies, he was healthy, cried loudly, and was bigger than other premature babies.
Moreover, his father's strictness towards him was beyond the level of an ordinary strict father. Many times, the look in his eyes when he looked at him was filled with a bit of disgust and disdain.
But when he thought that his father always treated his children like this, when his mother was pregnant, his father was as happy as a three or four-year-old child. He even lay beside his mother's belly and whispered to the unborn child every time. Even when his mother accidentally fell and unfortunately had a miscarriage, his father cried for two full days.
My father has always been obedient to my mother and listened to her, but my mother's attitude has always been indifferent. No matter when, it can't be seen how much she likes my father.
When my father passed away, my mother was not sad and seemed relieved.
Later, my mother left without saying goodbye...
Marriage requires three matchmakers and six betrothals. From the time the horoscopes are matched to the time of marriage, it can take at least a year or two years. My mother had him before the marriage, which was considered an affair.
Apparently...
He is the son of adultery.
When Ren Jianbai figured this out, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
The laws of this dynasty are extremely strict regarding adultery and having children out of wedlock, and the punishment is very severe.
In addition to the fact that the adulterer would be sent to prison, severely punished, and even given the right to decide his life and death by his clan, the children born out of adultery would have no inheritance rights, be despised by others, have an extremely low status, and would not be allowed to study and take the imperial examinations.
If his identity were known to others, he would have no future at all.
The consequences are far more terrible than having Liao as the nominal mother who harms people.
But then again, his father has passed away, and there is no way to prove that he is not his biological son through blood test, so the matter is settled.
Others would not offend him, a scholar and future juren, for some unfounded reason.
It must be said that Liao did a very useful thing for him.
It was not in vain that he had been very filial to Liao for so many years and never lacked food and drink.
but……
Ren Jianbai's eyes flickered over Liao, and when he saw the mysterious expression on her face, his heart skipped a beat.
Liao's attitude towards him was almost paranoid, and he did many stupid things, but Liao himself was smart in his own way.
The reason why he wanted to push his father into the well was perhaps not just because his father kept beating and scolding him.
Ren Jianbai had a gloomy expression, and after a long while he spoke, "Mother ignored this matter, probably for her own reasons. Father has a perverse personality, and mother has suffered a lot of grievances over the years."
"These things happened a long time ago. If I didn't want to verify them, I wouldn't want to mention them again. Now that you have admitted it, let's just leave it at that."
After saying that, Ren Jianbai half squatted down, opened the food box in his hand, took out the things inside one by one, and placed them on the hay.
White flour steamed buns, a plate of celery and fried tofu, a stack of braised pork elbows, and a bowl of egg drop soup.
"These can be considered as farewell meals. They are what you eat every day."
Ren Jianbai paused and said, "I made this soup myself. Drinking it will warm you up."
Liao raised her drooping eyelids and looked at the bowl of egg drop soup.
It was made by Ren Jianbai himself.
Since she arrived at the Ren family, she has been taking care of all matters big and small for Ren Jianbai. It is most appropriate to describe Ren Jianbai as a person who has never had to do any housework. He can hardly tell the difference between sugar and salt, let alone cooking.
Nowadays, Ren Jianbai makes egg drop soup.
The eggs in the egg drop soup were barely beaten, and there was no chopped green onion or coriander on top, let alone sesame oil. The egg drop soup also had a slightly burnt smell.
It seems like it was made by someone like Ren Jianbai who is far away from the kitchen.
However, Ren Jianbai came to scold her, question her, and even gave her egg drop soup.
After drinking this soup, perhaps everything will return to dust and ashes.
But this is the egg drop soup made by Ren Jianbai...
Maybe if he gets married in the future, he may not be able to put down his airs and cook for his wife, but she will still be the woman who comes first in everything in Ren Jianbai's life.
Liao picked up the bowl of egg drop soup without hesitation and drank it almost in one gulp. Then she threw the bowl aside and stuffed the steamed bun into her mouth.
He kept putting braised pork elbow and fried celery with dried tofu into his mouth.
Seeing Liao eating like this, Ren Jianbai stood up and walked out of the prison door.
A prison guard came to lock the door, and seeing Liao eating voraciously, he shook his head slightly.
Alas, this was his fate as a servant. If he had been obedient and followed Mr. Ren, he could have lived a very good life. But he chose to stir up trouble and cause many disasters, and finally ended up in this situation. It is such a pity.
When Ren Jianbai was released from prison, the jailer was just drinking a bowl of wine.
Seeing Ren Jianbai's red and swollen eyes, as if he was about to cry, he was impressed by his loyalty and righteousness, and said, "Although it is hard to say what will happen in the future, as long as Liao is here, we brothers will not treat her badly, and will make sure she is well fed and clothed. Don't worry, Mr. Ren."
"Thank you." Ren Jianbai choked up for a moment and bowed to the prison boss.
Finally, he rushed to the cell and bowed deeply.
After standing for a while, he slowly left.
The back figure staggered.
This scholar is truly a good man who values friendship and loyalty. If he could pass the imperial examination and become an official, he would surely be a good official who would work for the benefit of the people.
The jailer sighed. ——The play was performed until after lunch.
Even though there were all kinds of snacks and fruits to eat while watching a play in the theater, the more I drank, the hungrier I became.
He Yanxiu and Su Yujin were both empty-headed at this time, and they just wanted to use the empty city plan.
It was too late to go back and prepare a table of delicious food, so Su Yujin suggested going to Huibin Building for a simple meal.
He Yanxiu also wanted to take a look at the restaurant opened by Su Yujin, so he nodded in agreement.
When they arrived at Huibin Building, Wu Jiantong saw that his boss had come to dine with him, and that he had brought with him a young man with good manners and good clothes. He thought that Su Yujin had welcomed an honored guest, so he did not dare to say much. He just led the boss to the best private room on the second floor and served some of the restaurant's signature dishes according to Su Yujin's instructions.
Fruit wood roast duck, braised lion head, mapo tofu, crucian carp with fermented black beans, chicken slices with bean sprouts, pan-fried eggplant slices, the staple food is three treasures stewed rice, and the soup is sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup.
Because He Yanxiu's sense of taste had not yet fully recovered, he just ate slowly and smelled the food carefully as usual.
Su Yujin ate slowly, savoring the food carefully, and commenting on the taste of the dishes from time to time.
Needless to say, the first three dishes are the signature dishes of Huibinlou and have been refined to perfection. The crucian carp with fermented black beans is also very good, with the fermented black beans enhancing the flavor just right. The pan-fried eggplant slices are also good, fried to perfect perfection.
But this fried chicken slices with pea sprouts...
Su Yujin frowned.
Daily stomach pain...
(End of this chapter)
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