Chapter 23 The old lady teaches Mrs. Si a lesson
“I may be old, but I’m not blind. I know perfectly well who is right and who is wrong. You and Si Qianzhi should crush your little schemes as soon as possible.”
"My dowry has supported the Si family for forty years. How could you possibly calculate it? Whoever I say gets it, gets it; whoever I say doesn't get it, gets nothing. Do you believe me?"
Madam Si's expression remained unchanged, but when she spoke, she was as dignified as a mountain.
She was the daughter of the richest man in the capital, and her family had been in business for generations. How could she have managed to keep her dowry running for forty years without some business acumen?
Her money isn't so easy to take.
"My wife knows." Even if she was unwilling.
Madam Si could only grit her teeth and swallow her anger, the pain and tightness in her chest caused by the pain.
He glared fiercely at Si He, yet there was nothing he could do.
"I understand. Then take your people and get out of here," said Madam Si coldly.
Madam Si glared at Si He and her daughter, her face contorted with rage, biting her lip hard.
Madam Si said sternly, "Do I have to teach you how to get out of here? If you heard me, speak up and answer yes or no! Don't make me teach you manners!"
"Yes, daughter-in-law will take her leave now."
Madam Si took all her people with her.
As I stepped out the door, tears of humiliation streamed down my face uncontrollably.
"Madam, there's no need to cry." A maidservant quickly handed over a handkerchief and gently comforted her, "The old lady is bewitched; she'll be fine in a while."
“That’s not what I’m crying about.” Madam Si began to sob uncontrollably.
"I was crying because my daughter, whom I had carried for ten months and had a difficult childbirth, had become the sharpest blade that pierced me the deepest."
"I am highly fertile and have given birth to three sons and one daughter. If it weren't for the damage to my body caused by giving birth to Sihe, I could have had more children."
"When I learned that she had been abducted to Sujia Village, I immediately sent people to bring her home to enjoy a better life."
"But she disrespected me because of those human traffickers' adoptive parents."
"Now she hates me and hurts me. Tell me, wasn't it a mistake for me to have her in the first place?"
If only the child born then was Si Yao.
No one in the family dislikes Si Yao.
If her biological daughter were Si Yao, then this wouldn't have happened in the Si family.
Mrs. Si was heartbroken and full of regret.
“Madam, don’t you still have Miss Siyao? If she comes back and sees you like this, she will definitely stand up for you,” the maid continued.
Si Yao is now a female general, her official rank is only slightly lower than the master's, so she can help the madam no matter what.
"Yes, Yao Yao definitely wouldn't want to see me cry. I was right to love her. General Su will be entering the palace to receive his investiture soon. Hurry up and come with me to prepare my clothes. I need to go to the palace gate to meet my Yao Yao."
Whenever Madam Si mentioned Si Yao, her eyes were filled with pride and affection.
The maid smiled gently, "Alright."
It seems that in the lady's heart, there will always only be Miss Siyao.
*
Inside the charity hall.
Si Ye, who was still kneeling on the ground crying and wailing, looked at his grandmother with a bewildered expression.
"Um, Grandmother, what about me? Should I leave?"
If his grandmother tells him to get lost, he will immediately pick up Qingbao and run away.
Anyway, Qingbao is only so small, about the size of a small stool.
"Were you being mean to Qingbao just now?" Old Mrs. Si asked sternly.
Si Ye waved his hand, "No, no, I'm begging her, she doesn't even want to acknowledge me as her uncle anymore."
He was determined to save his own life.
"Grandmother, please put in a good word for me and Qingbao. I'm still young and don't want to meet the King of Hell."
Si Ye was about to cry.
Madam Si sighed in exasperation and kicked Si Ye away. "I can't persuade you. You should ask your own sister."
She specifically emphasized the words "younger sister".
Si Ye looked at Si He, his face showing embarrassment and difficulty.
"Sihe, please don't be angry with me anymore. I'll find a way to pay you back, okay..."
In the eyes of his brothers, Sihe was a penniless wretch, extremely greedy, and capable of doing anything for money.
She only lent him five hundred taels of silver, and she treated him coldly like this.
It's not like I'm not going to pay it back.
"Second brother, you still don't realize how the rift between us came about. Come talk to me when you do, Grandmother. I don't want to see him."
Si He shook his head helplessly and turned to support his grandmother.
Madam Si glared at Si Ye, "Did you hear me? Get out of here now!"
Si Ye lowered his large head, lay on the ground, and rolled over.
He really did roll out.
Qingbao thought it was funny, so she ran over and kicked it again.
My second uncle rolled even faster.
Like kicking a ball.
Si He helped the old lady back to bed, her nose stinging with tears. "You've just recovered from a serious illness, but your granddaughter needs your help to vent my anger..."
She felt extremely unfilial.
"Silly girl, you're my only granddaughter. If I don't help you, who will I help?" The old lady touched Sihe's face, her expression full of heartache.
Her own granddaughter had been living away from home for over a decade, and even after returning, she suffered mistreatment.
If she hadn't been ill and somewhat powerless, she really would have wanted to rush over and bring He'er back under her nose to raise her.
The old man already felt bad for her, and felt even more guilty.
Sihe knew that the old lady truly loved her, which warmed her heart considerably.
“Then Grandmother really needs to rest well, so that He’er won’t worry,” Si He said.
The old lady nodded and leaned back on the couch. "This time, thanks to Qingbao, I was able to see you one last time."
She was already halfway to death at that time.
The ghosts underground said she had ten extra years of lifespan, so they specially sent her back.
When she asked, she learned that Qingbao had contacted the King of Hell, making her believe that she really had ten more years to live.
But.
A complex mix of emotions flickered in the old woman's eyes.
The lifespan belongs to his own son.
For a moment, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad, feeling that the son she had raised for so long was like an ungrateful wretch.
“After this experience, my grandmother felt that they did not deserve anything that belonged to her.”
After saying that, the old lady took out a box from under her pillow.
Inside, there was a key and a jade pendant.
She took out the jade pendant and placed it in Sihe's hand. "He'er, your grandmother's dowry is now being managed by her family. This jade pendant is the proof. Take it, and your grandmother is entrusting all of this to you."
Sihe dared not accept such a valuable gift and stuffed it back to her grandmother, saying, "No, Grandmother, how could you give it to me?"
The old lady pushed her into her arms and continued, "If you don't need it, what about Qingbao? Can you bear to let her end up like you, without anyone to rely on?"
I heard there's another child in the general's mansion, who has the love and support of the whole family.
Qingbao has nothing, so it's inevitable that she will be looked down upon.
This jade pendant represents the culmination of her life's work in managing and operating the family business.
While not necessarily wealthy enough to rival a nation, they could easily afford to buy the Si family's property.
Qingbao looked at the jade pendant and generously reached out to take it. "I'm accepting your jade pendant, but you have to promise me one thing."
Madam Si was completely bewildered.
Is that correct?
You accepted my jade pendant, and now you want me to do something for you?
This is so cute!
The old woman laughed out loud, "Okay, as long as Qingbao asks, your great-grandmother will agree to anything you ask."
"It's actually very simple," Qingbao tilted her head and asked earnestly.
"Great-grandmother, can you tell Qingbao where her mother's adoptive parents are?"
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