Chapter 52: Advice to Jiang Like
Jiang Like hurriedly put his brother who was drinking porridge behind him and spoke with a confused look in his eyes.
"There's nothing to eat, just a potato."
Upon hearing this, the woman came over angrily again, and took a look at Jun's pot, smelled the aroma of meat in the air, and then set her eyes on the bowl of porridge behind Jiang Like.
"Bring the porridge here, I'll take it to the old lady."
Jiang Like couldn't help but take a step back.
“We earned this ourselves…”
Upon hearing this, the woman reached out to grab the potato from his hand.
"Give it all to me. What's yours? Your last name is Jiang, so your things belong to the Jiang family. Things belonging to the Jiang family should be presented to the old lady first. Moreover, you are a bastard, so shouldn't the things in your hands be arranged by me, your legitimate mother?"
The young man who came with the lady also spoke.
"Jiang Like, it's been too long since you've been beaten? You've even forgotten the rules of hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children."
The boy's eyes darkened when he heard this, and his hands that were originally dodging stopped dodging.
The lady reached for the potato with a proud look on her face.
"Give it to me, are you, a bastard, worthy of eating this?"
Su Hanchu couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
"Jiang Like, this is exile. We are all commoners now, and no one is nobler than anyone else. If you can't even protect a potato today, how are you going to protect your brother along the way?"
Jiang Like was struck by a bolt of lightning when he heard this. He suddenly came to his senses and snatched the potatoes back from the woman's hand.
"Madam Jiang, this food didn't come for nothing. It's just that the young lady of the Jun family is kind-hearted. Seeing that I can still carry some luggage, she gave me and my brother a chance to survive. Madam Jiang, there's no need to snatch even this little food. It's a loss of Madam Jiang's demeanor."
Mrs. Jiang became furious when she heard this.
"You little bastard, you dare to talk back to me? I'll tear your mouth apart."
Jiang Like turned his head away in fear to avoid Mrs. Jiang's slap. Seeing Mrs. Jiang's second slap coming towards him, he raised his hand to catch her wrist.
"Mrs. Jiang, what exactly do you want to do? You know it in your heart, and I know it in my heart too. It's better to stop making trouble and save some energy to continue your journey tomorrow."
Seeing this, the young man behind Mrs. Jiang threw a fist at Jiang Like.
"How dare you, you bastard, lay a hand on your own mother."
The girl behind Mrs. Jiang also spoke.
"Brother Li Ke, mother is just reminding you to be filial to grandmother. If you don't listen, that's fine, but how could you hit mother? This is disobedience and unfilial, and you will be punished by heaven..."
Jiang Like's younger brother Jiang Liheng came to Su Hanchu with the remaining half bowl of porridge in his hand.
"Young Madam, could you please hold this for me? It belongs to my brother."
Su Hanchu reached out to take it, giving a reassuring smile.
"sure."
Jiang Liheng ran over and bumped into Mrs. Jiang's stomach.
"Don't bully my brother..."
Jiang Like fought with the young man from the Jiang family.
"Don't go too far."
Su Hanchu watched this farce. Jiang Like had to carry his luggage tomorrow! Moreover, this young man was still wholeheartedly taking care of his brother in such a difficult situation. This kind of thought was rare.
"Mrs. Jiang, right? Isn't it inappropriate to come to my Jun family and cause trouble?"
Mrs. Jiang immediately spoke in dissatisfaction upon hearing this.
"Madam Jun, this is our Jiang family's business. What does it have to do with your Jun family? Madam, please don't meddle in other people's business."
Su Hanchu looked at her with a sharp look when he heard that.
"Mrs. Jiang, this is the location of my Jun family. You come here and make a lot of noise, affecting the rest of our Jun family members, and you accuse me of meddling in other people's business? Please leave, Mrs. Jiang, we need to rest."
Mrs. Jiang spoke hurriedly after hearing this.
"I'm just here to teach our Jiang family..."
Jun Moye suddenly spoke loudly.
"Jiang family, please call your people back. If you cause trouble again, don't blame us, the Jun family, for being rude."
Soon, a man from the Jiang family came hurriedly and grabbed Mrs. Jiang's wrist.
"Go back now, you shameless people."
I guess this is the master of the Jiang family.
The boy who was fighting with Jiang Like had to stop.
Mrs. Jiang struggled to speak.
"Shameful? What's so shameful about me educating my own children? You loser, others can find food, why can't you? You just watch your wife and children starve, how can you have the nerve to..."
With a "pa" sound, the master slapped Mrs. Jiang in the face.
"Stupid woman, if you keep making trouble I'll divorce you."
Mrs. Jiang covered her beaten face and looked at Mr. Jiang's warning eyes and dared not say anything.
Mr. Jiang looked at Jiang Like.
"Aren't you going back to the Jiang family?"
Jiang Like's face was filled with suppressed anger.
"Father, my brother and I can help the Jun family with work, and we can still have something to eat, which can save you some trouble. Father, please consider that my mother just passed away and give my brother and me a way out!"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Jiang showed a hint of guilt on his face.
"Forget it, you've grown up now, so it's up to you. We can't do anything about your mother's affairs. We're on the road to exile, not the imperial city. If we were in the imperial city..."
Jiang Like interrupted him when he heard this.
"Father, this is the Jun family. There's no need to disturb the young lady and the others by talking about the past."
Mr. Jiang nodded slightly when he heard this.
Pulling Mrs. Jiang away.
At the same time, he glanced at the brother and sister of the Jiang family.
"Why don't you go back? Do you really want to be embarrassed along with your mother?"
Seeing this, the boy and girl had no choice but to leave awkwardly, and gave Jiang Like a fierce look before leaving.
Muttered something.
"Little bastard."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Like clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth. He was unwilling to accept it, but seemed to have long been accustomed to such insults.
Su Hanchu poured some of his porridge into his bowl and handed it to him.
"This is what your brother left for you. Eat it quickly. If you are full, you will have the strength to travel tomorrow."
Jiang Like raised his eyes and looked at the half bowl of porridge. He naturally understood that the young lady might have added some more porridge to him.
He had been bullied by Mrs. Chiang and the eldest son of the Chiang family since he was a child. On the way to exile, his mother fell ill and died. He carried his mother on his back for an entire afternoon. At night, he and his brother secretly dug a hole with wooden sticks, which was just enough to bury his mother's body.
No one in the Jiang family cared at all. Even his father just glanced at him indifferently, and then went to report to the police that someone in the Jiang family had frozen to death.
I didn't expect that the Jun family could give me and my brother a chance to survive. I took the porridge and felt the warmth in my hands. I couldn't help but redden my eyes. If my mother could have eaten a bowl of hot porridge at the beginning, would she not have abandoned me and my brother?
"Thank you, Madam."
Su Hanchu was about to say something when he heard this.
Chuntao and a few others came over with several bundles of firewood that were covered with snow and even ice.
"Young Madam, we found some firewood, but the fire won't start. We'll give it to you. Can you let the child warm himself by the fire?"
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