Chapter 21 Inside Story
The stars twinkle in the summer sky.
They twinkle like stoves.
They make the earth hot.
It gets dark, but it doesn't get any cooler.
The crying of the children gets quieter.
The barking of the dogs also gets quieter, probably because they are tired. The
croaking of frogs and cicadas gets louder and louder.
There is no air conditioning or fan.
The house is very stuffy.
Poor people usually sit shirtless under the trees to cool off and wait for the wind to come.
Jiang Mianmian's family also sits under the newly planted tree.
They are all dressed neatly, and no one is shirtless.
It is a little empty under the tree, and there is a breeze occasionally, light and shallow, which can only lift a little bit of my father's hair.
Daddy's robe was made of linen, so it was a little hard and couldn't be lifted up.
It was so hot that Jiang Mianmian had to lie alone in the wooden basin.
The wooden basin was placed on a stone pier, and A Niang was holding a cattail leaf fan, waving it, trying to let everyone feel a little breeze.
Jiang Mianmian could also feel a little cool, but she was a little curious about where her little ant had gone. A Niang moved the wooden basin out. Did she see the little ant? Did she step on it to death...
or was it in the dry straw mat?
Woo woo.
She was a little nervous, lying in the wooden basin, moving her body, making a lot of noises.
In the end, Daddy held her in his arms.
Daddy's body is cooler, even in the hottest summer, he is still icy. To put it nicely , he is as
gentle as jade. To put it bluntly, he is probably deficient in Qi and blood, too weak, and still weak in the hottest weather. Jiang Mianmian leaned in Daddy's arms, looking at the sky comfortably.
Occasionally, Daddy coughed on the side of his face.
Then the injured brother Jiang Feng also coughed twice.
"Cough cough."
"Cough cough cough."
The years are long.
...
The sky is full of stars.
The house number of the Jiang Mansion has been stained by the long years and has faded.
Jiang Rong quietly pushed the door home with the servants and guards.
Unexpectedly, the house was brightly lit.
Jiang Rong was taken to the lobby as soon as he entered.
Grandmother, mother, and father were all in the hall. Sister Jiang Wan stood beside grandmother and winked at him.
Jiang Rong thought, it's over. If his father were here, he would definitely get beaten today.
"Kneel down!" The dignified man in the hall shouted.
Jiang Rong knelt down quickly, and the servants and guards behind him knelt down even earlier.
"I told you to go to school, but you didn't study hard all day. It's okay to fight, but you even dared to take away the silver and go to such a dirty place. Looking at your behavior, you will get into trouble sooner or later. It's better to beat you to death early." The man was really angry. Seeing his son kneeling in the hall, his eyebrows were full of impatience. He held a long whip and wanted to do it himself.
The old lady sitting in the middle, wearing a Buddhist robe, had dusty eyebrows and eyes. She gently moved the jade pendant inlaid with pure gold and matched with the hibiscus stone eighteen beads back and forth.
Hearing what her son said, she frowned slightly and said, "What are you talking about? The child is still young. If he doesn't understand, he should be taught. How can you say death and death? Amitabha, Bodhisattva, please forgive me."
Hearing what his mother said, Jiang Huaiyuan frowned even more.
When his younger brother made a mistake, his mother was extremely strict. Could it be that she loved her son so much that she would punish him so severely? When it comes to her own son, she will not let him do anything no matter what mistakes he made. This will definitely be a source of trouble in the future.
Seeing her husband holding a whip, a woman with a graceful figure and beautiful looks was so worried that she wanted to whip her son.
"Husband, please listen to Rong'er's explanation before you punish him. Rong'er has always been obedient. There must be a reason for what happened today." Wu tugged at her husband's sleeve and begged coquettishly.
The old lady looked at Wu's movements, her eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and she moved the eighteen pieces in her hand faster.
"Yes, yes, father and mother, grandmother, please listen to my explanation." Jiang Rong immediately stood up, ran to grandmother and knelt down, hugged grandmother's legs and cried:
"Grandmother, I didn't fight on purpose, it was Jiang Feng who wanted to cheat me, deliberately provoked me, and then deliberately got injured in front of the yamen runners, and cheated me of 22 taels of silver.
And I went to the account office to withdraw 100 taels of silver, not because I wanted to go to that dirty place, but for my sister's reputation.
Jiang Feng, the thief, cheated me of my money, but it was not enough, he actually stole my sister's clothes and embroidered shoes and sent them to that dirty place, and sold them for 20 taels of silver. For the sake of my sister's reputation, I was anxious to redeem the clothes and shoes, so I spent 100 taels of embroidered silver."
Jiang Wan also knelt down beside her brother.
She cried with an incredible look on her face.
I can't believe Jiang Feng would do such a thing, it's really...
She didn't have much impression of this brother in her heart, because he quickly...
Now hearing about this, she couldn't help but feel disgusted.
Thinking of her clothes and shoes being worn by such a dirty person, she couldn't help but feel nauseous.
Tears quickly filled her eyes, and they flowed down.
Before she even opened her mouth, people felt so distressed that they wanted to do everything for her.
Jiang Huaiyuan originally wanted to beat the unfilial son, but he didn't expect that this matter tonight was actually related to Wan'er, who was always obedient. With the whip in his hand, he couldn't throw it, and he couldn't not throw it.
Jiang Wan was very beautiful, with a figure and appearance that were similar to her mother's. Her beauty was just beginning to emerge, but her forehead was like her father's, smooth and round, and very generous. Her eyes are more like her grandmother's, and her eyebrows are full of affection. She has almost inherited the best features of the whole family, with bright eyes and white teeth, and she is also dignified and generous.
Jiang Rong is like his father, and looks more straight.
His eyes are a bit like his mother's, lively and a bit dishonest.
Jiang Wan knelt down and began to admit her mistakes: "Wan'er thought that Sister Yu's clothes were torn when she came last time, so she gave her a set of clothes and shoes that Wan'er really liked. I didn't expect them to... Wan'er knows she was wrong."
The old lady's hands were shaking with anger, and she slammed the chair heavily.
The eighteen jade beads inlaid with pure gold and hibiscus quartz also rustled when they were shaken.
"That family is evil to the core. I kicked them out of the house, and you begged for mercy. Look at them now, Amitabha, Amitabha."
Mrs. Wu couldn't help but mutter angrily, "At the beginning, they gave them 100 taels of silver, and now they cheated Rong'er of 22 taels of silver, and then went to that dirty place to cheat 20 taels of silver. This amount of silver is enough for ordinary people to spend for several years. I heard that they are going to sell their daughter as a maid. This family is really greedy." Yaogu,
the strong servant beside the old lady, looked at her and thought about her. At that time, she kept the silver with the old lady's tacit consent.
Jiang Rong lowered his head with a guilty conscience, and did not say that he saw Jiang Feng give twenty taels of silver to the yamen runner, and the clothes were sold for five taels of silver. He spent twenty taels of silver to redeem the clothes, and the remaining eighty taels were spent on expenses. Such a place really cost a lot of money.
In the end, Jiang Huaiyuan still whipped his son twice, because he went to such a place at such a young age.
Jiang Wan was also punished with house arrest.
Jiang Rong cried and screamed after being whipped twice.
The old lady couldn't help but scold her son: "You are doing evil!"
Jiang Huaiyuan left angrily.
Jiang Rong was sent back to the room, lying on his stomach.
His father was ruthless this time, and his clothes were torn.
Jiang Rong had been raised in luxury since he was a child, with delicate skin and tender flesh. A pinch would leave marks on his back. Now, his back was covered with bruises, which was very scary.
The old lady felt sorry for him and gave him a jade pillow, letting him lie on it to keep cool.
She also asked the servants to bring two ice basins and put them by the door, and asked the maids to fan the ice basins so that the wind would be cooler.
Seeing Wu wiping her tears, the old lady really didn't want to see it, so she went back.
Seeing her son's back, Wu couldn't help crying and said, "How can your father be so cruel? It's all because of that black-hearted family. Remember to stay away from them in the future. If you meet them, you will be in trouble. Nothing good will happen."
Seeing her daughter still standing in front of her, she was even more angry: "You stupid fool, if it weren't for you, your brother wouldn't be beaten. Go back to your room."
Jiang Wan looked at her brother's back. The injury was not serious, but she felt really distressed, because her brother was injured because of her. She couldn't help but say, "Brother, don't worry, good and evil will be rewarded in the end."
Jiang Rong cried out, but it didn't hurt that much. The room was cool and comfortable.
He waved his hand and called his sister back, not wanting her to see his wolfish appearance.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
When Jiang Wan came back, only A Niang was in the room. Jiang Rong didn't want to pretend anymore and wanted to get up, but he felt pain in his waist when he turned over.
It was Jiang Feng who kicked him
. It hurts a little. Jiang Feng's family is wild dogs. The servants and guards are blocking him, but he still wants to kick him.
Jiang Rong suddenly asked curiously: "Mother, why was my second uncle kicked out of the house by my grandmother? What did he do wrong?" Jiang
Rong felt that my grandmother had a very good temper and was the kindest person. What did my second uncle do that made my grandmother drive him out of the house?
When asked this question, Wu looked a little uncomfortable.
In fact, she didn't know at first that it was related to her.
Yao Gu said that my second uncle actually peeked at her bathing and found her clothes hidden in his room.
Fortunately, the old lady believed her and she was innocent.
Otherwise, she would never be able to clear herself from the blame.
Wu was originally the daughter of a big family. She had always complained that she was implicated by her husband's family and ended up in this rural area.
After this incident, she no longer complained. Instead, she was very grateful to her mother-in-law. She used to think that her mother-in-law was docile and had a lot of things to do, but after this incident, she felt that her mother-in-law was really righteous and could distinguish right from wrong. She treated her daughter-in-law well and actually protected her face as an outsider by driving her own son out of the house.
However, when she thought of the man who was driven out of the house, a young man with a gorgeous crown, clear eyes and a romantic appearance, she didn't expect that he would have such dirty thoughts about her.
It was inhumane.
But she was still a little proud, thinking that it must be because of her beauty that the boy made a mistake.
Jiang Rong saw his mother was in a daze, but she didn't answer him. She turned around and said she was going to sleep.
Wu gave her a few more instructions before leaving.
Seeing her mother leave, Jiang Rong couldn't lie down for a while. She felt a dull pain in her waist, which was caused by Jiang Feng. She was very angry and couldn't help but take it out on her bodyguard. She picked up something on the bedside and threw it at him.
"Didn't you say that Jiang Feng was hit on the head by your weapon and didn't escape completely? How could he still go to Lichunyuan today?"
The guard was not bothered by being hit, but instead said to comfort him: "Young Master, wait and see tomorrow. The money they got is just enough to buy a coffin."
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