Chapter 112 Nine Clans Candy Crush
The first day of the new year.
It was raining heavily.
Old Madam Jiang got up in her brand new clothes.
She sat in the hall.
Looking at the room, she found that a few vases were missing and the paintings on the wall had been changed.
The screens were replaced with coarse cloth.
She called out, "Ayao."
She wanted to ask what happened to Ayao.
But after she opened her mouth, she came to her senses.
Ayao was dead.
The old lady turned around and seemed to see a strong woman standing behind her, smiling at her.
"Old Madam." A younger face saluted her. She
was also a maidservant in front of her, but only Ayao had been with her since she was a child and grew old.
No one else was.
There was no more.
Old Madam Jiang's eyes were red, but she didn't cry.
It's not auspicious to cry on the first day of the new year.
If you cry on the first day of the new year, you will cry for the whole year.
We have experienced all the storms, it's okay.
Madam Jiang couldn't help but sigh. Ah Yao would not call her old lady, but only Madam.
People are afraid of getting old when they are old.
Madam Jiang sat in the hall, waiting for her children and grandchildren to come and pay their respects.
Today is New Year, and everyone in the family has bought new clothes.
Of course, they are not as gorgeous as in previous years, but much better than ordinary families.
New Year, new atmosphere.
The house is too big.
Even if you come to pay your respects to the old lady, you have to pass through two courtyards, and your clothes will get wet.
Jiang Huaisheng has lost a lot of weight.
The newly cut clothes may be the previous size, so they look a little loose, or even not so fitting.
He has a scar on his cheek.
Although it is not long, it is very conspicuous. He may have a scar physique. The wound is a little turned outward and very thick.
In ancient times, only prisoners who committed serious taboos would be tattooed on their faces.
People with words on their faces are the lowest of the three classes.
But now, Jiang Huaisheng has a scar on his face.
He doesn't understand how his brother could do it, how could he draw a sword against him.
He has been recuperating recently, and has been thinking about the whole thing, recalling the past.
Finally, he made a horrifying discovery that his brother was weak and had many ailments and problems since he was a child. Maybe it was all condoned by his mother?
He didn't know how to face his mother.
If that was the case, then the matter between his brother and his wife Jing'er was just nonsense and a frame-up. It was not his brother who wanted Jing'er to die, but his mother?
The more Jiang Huaisheng thought about it, the more panicked he became.
He didn't know which was the truth, what was true and what was false.
On the first day of the new year, the family reunited and had dinner.
Wu had a difficult pregnancy this time. She had experienced too many things. She was very thin, but her belly was very big, which looked a little scary.
Mrs. Jiang looked at all this and felt more and more regretful.
She didn't regret what she had done, she regretted that she was soft-hearted. She should have killed him and taken his life while he was sick.
Ah Yao was right, she was too soft-hearted.
After raising snakes for many years, she was bitten by the snake. A poisonous snake is a poisonous snake after all, and a disaster is a disaster after all.
A meal, eaten very calmly and warmly.
Jiang Huaisheng had a thorn in his mother's heart, but he was used to being a filial son, and he didn't dare to question his mother.
Jiang Wan has become more stable recently, and the childishness on her body has also faded. She looks very independent.
At such a critical juncture, she can still copy scriptures every day, and urge Jiang Rong to study at home.
And Jiang Huaisheng also urges his son to study every day and teaches him personally.
After this series of events, Jiang Rong was the one who changed the most. His schoolwork became much heavier.
Yaogu died and his father was injured, which frightened him.
But his mother was still pregnant and his grandmother was old. He couldn't rely on his sister for everything. It was too irresponsible.
Now he is much calmer than before.
Although he didn't go to the county school, he studied very well at home.
He can calm down and study. When he
calmed down and studied, he found that studying was not so difficult or boring.
When he turned a deaf ear to the outside world and focused on reading the books of saints, he felt that books were interesting and gained a lot from wandering in the ocean of books. He
felt that he was more reasonable and brave.
Even now, if he was asked to take the imperial examination, he would dare to try.
I didn't like studying before, and I always thought that life was just like that.
Now that I start to study hard, I feel full of strength, and the future has infinite possibilities.
Old Madam Jiang looked at her grandson's appearance and was very pleased. A blessing in disguise, not all bad things.
"Good, very good. Rong'er, you can study with peace of mind. Although I am an old man, your grandfather is an upright person with friends all over the world, who can be used at critical moments. Wu, you can rest assured to take care of your baby. This year, our family can have another child, which is a great joy. After you give birth and have a good confinement, we will leave for the capital, and the weather will be warmer by then."
The old lady made orderly arrangements, and her words were more humane, no longer Buddhist and condescending.
Wu nodded obediently.
Her husband held her hand, so she was not afraid.
Jiang Rong also agreed obediently that he would study hard.
Jiang Wan was also very happy. During this period, there were many household affairs. She sold some servants and reorganized the inner house. Now the whole mansion was under her control.
There were no rumors that would reach her grandmother's ears.
She felt that she was really good at it.
At first she thought she would be overwhelmed and unable to cope. But
when she really did it, she found it was not difficult.
Now that she sees that her brother has made progress, she feels that she has seen an unexpected surprise and is full of hope for the future.
If she can become the sister of the top scholar, then her marriage will only be high-ranking.
No matter whether it is a noble or wealthy family, everyone will look up to scholars.
There are many books in the family, and her brother has an advantage. As long as he studies hard, he will succeed.
The family is happy.
Although this year's reunion dinner is the worst meal in recent years, there used to be 28 bowls filling the table.
This year there are only 12 bowls.
But no one complained.
In fact, because of this incident, the family is more united.
Jiang Huaisheng looked at his mother, and when he sat next to her, he found that there were a few white hairs on her forehead.
He thought that his mother was such a good person, she would never do those things, it must be Aunt Yao's instigation, and she deserved to die.
Although his face was injured, he was fine, and he still had Rong'er.
He had ignored Rong'er before, but now he taught her personally and found that Rong'er was extremely talented. She was just too careless before. He always thought that his daughter was smart and he didn't care enough about his son. Only
after teaching her seriously did he find that his son was also very good, but it was not obvious before.
This made Jiang Huaisheng find a new goal in life.
Even if he himself could not enter the court as an official, he still had his son.
It was the same for him to teach and make plans behind the scenes, maybe this would be better.
It was windy and rainy outside.
But the Jiang family was more reunited, and this year's New Year's celebration was more lively than in previous years.
Because there was new motivation and hope, it was no longer a stagnant pool.
Just as she was eating peacefully, she heard knocking and banging outside, making a lot of noise.
Old Madam Jiang frowned slightly.
In this rural area, even heavy rain can't stop people from asking for money. During the New Year and other festivals, those people put on two strange-looking heads, neither lion nor dog, and go to the doors of wealthy families to make a scene, just to ask for a reward.
If you don't give it, they will keep knocking at your door.
The sound is annoying.
But today is the first day of the new year, so you can't get angry.
Old Madam Jiang still said to the servants in a gentle manner: "Go out and take a look. If they are asking for a reward, give them some money. It's not easy."
The servant looked up at Miss Wan'er, and when he saw her nod slightly, he got up and went out.
The family was drinking soup.
The old lady was very particular and drank some health-preserving soup after dinner.
It is good for the body and helps digest foods that are difficult to digest.
At her age, she doesn’t even have a mouthful of thick phlegm when she wakes up in the morning, and she rarely coughs. She has taken health preservation to the extreme.
The family is basically free of illness and disaster.
The knocking sound at the door did not go away, but got closer and closer.
It seemed like it was knocking on the door.
The old lady frowned again. Ah Yao was still efficient. If Ah Yao was asked to go out to send people away, she would definitely send them away efficiently. Now this maid is not easy to use no matter how you use her. She
can’t even do this little thing. She
actually let people in.
Wu was actually a little curious. She was a person who loved to be lively and lively, but after coming to this small place, she had not gone out for many times. She restrained herself more and more. She was very curious about things outside. She had never seen them, but only heard about them from others.
A group of people came in with banging and banging, dressed in strange clothes.
It was drizzling outside, so these people were all wet, and the ground was wet when they stepped in.
The old lady subconsciously looked kind and cold in front of outsiders.
But the person who was leading the banging said, "I am here on the orders of Mr. Jiang to send New Year gifts to the old lady, Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, and Miss Jiang. Mr. Jiang said that although the old lady Jiang is not kind, he cannot be unfilial, and he must send gifts during the New Year."
The man spoke in a singing voice and carried in pottery jars one by one, a total of six jars.
The jars were put down, and a congratulatory letter was left.
The group of people went out again like a group of demons dancing wildly, banging and banging, and the ground was in a mess.
The maid Pi Su also had a pale face. She didn't dare to stop. She saw a man wearing a hood inside who looked like the boy from her third uncle's family.
She was quiet and didn't dare to say anything.
The door was wide open and the cold wind came in.
The old lady couldn't help coughing.
The maid didn't know to pat her back. It was Wan'er who was filial and heard her grandmother cough and immediately stepped forward to pat her back.
Six pottery jars, looking very penetrating.
They were black.
Who would give jars as gifts?
Jiang Wan signaled the servants to open the jars, and then a pungent smell came.
She quickly covered them again.
Madam Jiang frowned and asked, "What is this?"
The maid Pi Su replied in a low voice, "Madam, this is pickled vegetables made by the country people here. They put wild vegetables in a jar and they will start to smell bad after a long time. Remove the moldy layer on the surface and the bottom layer can be eaten."
After saying this, Pi Su was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to tell the rest.
Seeing her hesitating, the old lady said impatiently, "Anything else? Go on."
Pi Shu knelt down in fear and said, "Here, this pottery jar is used not only for pickling vegetables, but also for collecting corpses. Because we are so poor that we don't even have land, there is no place to bury the dead, so we can only put them somewhere and wait for the corpses to rot, leaving only the bones. We collect the bones and put them in the pottery jar. Putting the pottery jar in the wilderness can also be considered a burial."
"One pottery jar can collect one corpse. Usually, there are many pottery jars neatly arranged. Even bandits will not touch these pottery jars easily because they are full of corpse bones." Pi Shu added tremblingly.
The masters here include Madam Jiang, Miss Jiang, Madam Jiang, Master Jiang, Young Master Jiang, and Madam Jiang's unborn child, a total of six people.
It is really terrifying to think about it.
When Mrs. Jiang heard this, her teeth were chattering.
Beast, beast.
When Mrs. Wu heard the reason, she also thought that there were only five people in the family, and they gave away six. Did they include the baby in her belly? Her second uncle hated her so much that she was staggering and her face was pale.
The most difficult time for Jiang Huaisheng was when he found out that he had a wound on his face and could not serve as an official in the court. He had a lot of ambitions that could not be realized. He went through that mental journey. Now he feels much stronger. Facing such an act of scaring people by giving away pottery jars, he doesn't care.
He just needs to teach Rong'er to read now.
As long as he works hard, he will be rewarded one day.
So he was very calm and not very angry.
Jiang Wan also felt that giving gifts would not only make people angry, but also did not cause any real harm, so it was unnecessary.
Jiang Rong has matured a lot now. He is not afraid of these things. Instead, he is determined to study hard and make progress. One day, he will take revenge and avenge his grievances.
Mrs. Jiang's teeth are chattering. She is old and can't stand hearing words about death.
Moreover, today is the first day of the new year.
"Give me what the beast wrote."
The old lady's angry look may just be for others to see.
She is the one who has really experienced the ups and downs in this family.
The letter is opened.
"I was accused of being unfilial and despised by the world. Although the truth is now revealed, I was raised by Mrs. Jiang after all. This relationship can never be broken off."
Mrs. Jiang saw this and showed contempt. The beast killed Yao Gu to vent his anger and finally sobered up a little.
"No matter what I do to you, I will be criticized by the world, so I will not leave the Jiang family. I will lead the Jiang family to rebel to the end and will never accept the amnesty. Madam Jiang must pray that I will win, otherwise one day I will lose and my entire clan will be punished. That day, we can go to hell together, and that will be a great pleasure!"
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