Chapter 204 Signature and Seal
Yuanchun was eager to return to her parents' home.
The 'knife' hanging over my parents' heads finally fell.
Fortunately, cousin Lanzhi was able to spare her parents' lives for the sake of her deceased grandfather.
other……
Yuanchun didn't dare to think of anything else.
She has no right to think about anything else.
My cousin is half a month younger than her.
If it were her..., she might have been gone from this world long ago.
But Lan Zhi has relied on herself to get to where she is today step by step.
She killed the Tatars on the battlefield, avenged her uncle and two cousins, and at the same time, she made great contributions to Dazhao like her great grandfather and grandfather. How rare it is! When Yuanchun sorted out the secret records that were difficult for outsiders to see in the palace, she knew how difficult it was for a woman to secure her own credit among a group of men.
The achievements of women recorded in history books during their lifetime are far greater than people imagine.
But they were all weakened.
In other words, a large part of their credit will be transferred to men with strong backing.
The reputation they left among the people will gradually fade away with the passage of time and become an untraceable legend.
There are even unscrupulous writers who use articles to vilify their reputations during their lifetime and distort everything they have done, ultimately turning their good reputations into bad ones.
Yuanchun felt helpless about this, but she also cherished her blood-related cousin Lanzhi even more.
If my cousin hadn't come back in time, my aunt and brother Zhen would have been like my uncle, never to be seen again.
Yuanchun was grateful from the bottom of her heart for saving her life.
She couldn't imagine the consequences of losing her aunt in her natal family.
She was afraid that her parents' home would return to the way it was before.
It's not impossible.
My grandmother is in poor health, but she dotes on her children and grandchildren.
Without anyone to restrain him, my uncle might just let himself go.
Even if there are clan rules... probably no one would dare to interfere with him.
Not to mention my father.
He cried more in front of his grandmother, and after a long time...
Yuanchun could not forget what her eldest brother said to her that day. He said that when her aunt was pregnant with her little cousin, everyone said that she would not be able to survive the birthing process. At that time, her mother began to have feelings for the East Palace.
As the saying goes, without an internal traitor, there will be no external traitor.
The other party had such a clear idea of the time when my aunt and her friends returned to the city that day, as well as the manpower arrangements...
The eldest brother was afraid and told her.
But Yuanchun was also afraid.
Rong'er is still young. If anything happens to his aunt and brother Zhen, given that his grandmother favors his father and his uncle wants to get rid of his father, it is possible that they will succeed. After all, sister-in-law You has no children, so at most they can be given a yard to raise them.
This is still the best outcome. If it is not good, the eldest sister-in-law will die of illness and Rong Ge'er will not grow up. These are all possible.
Yuanchun had been in the palace for several years and had seen a lot of silent killings.
Now Lan Zhi is willing to spare her parents' lives for the sake of her grandfather, and let them rely on themselves from now on...
Yuanchun thought it was great.
Everyone is responsible for what they have done.
Although it is difficult to rely on yourself, at least you are alive.
When Yuanchun walked into Shen Ning's yard, Baoyu, Daiyu and others had been there for a while.
The group of little kids never thought that they would be allowed to participate in this matter.
As for Jia Zheng and Wang Shi, they didn't want that at all.
However, these children are also their relatives.
Especially Baoyu and Huaner, it's normal for the father to secretly support his son when he can't survive! But now...
Jia Zheng and Wang Shi both knew that they had no future.
The children chattered and said that for their lives, everyone should sign some kind of mutual supervision responsibility.
Anyone who dares to provide secret financial support in the future will have to pay compensation to Cousin Lan for their future wedding money, and will also be beaten with forty lashes regardless of gender.
As for the possible financial support from the Wang family..., the family has no control over it, but since the second master and the second mistress have chosen the second option, then we have to abide by it.
Every stitch and every thread, if anyone dares to accept it, the clan will help Lan Zhi if she can't come back for a while.
Yuanchun was speechless when she saw the items listed by her younger brothers and sisters.
Lanzhi was very happy.
She didn't know these little guys were so cute before.
Especially my cousin Min Mei, also called Mei Jie'er.
No wonder he forced his uncle to beat up all the men in the Min family.
This means that Third Aunt is fine.
If anything happened to Third Aunt, I'm afraid all the men in the Min family would be killed by her.
Lanzhi also likes little Daiyu very much. This child is small but quick-witted. She sorted out everyone's opinions and wrote them into a letter of responsibility for mutual supervision.
Everyone must sign and seal this mutual supervision responsibility letter.
Lanzhi watched her younger brothers and sisters writing furiously and copying the documents.
They want to make sure everyone has one of these.
Lanzhi decided to ask for one more for her parents and brothers, and then put them under their spirit tablets.
Life is not so easy for ordinary people.
Many people die from poverty and illness.
Lan Zhi didn't believe that these two people, who had been served by a group of maids and old women since childhood, could live long if they just lived the life of ordinary people.
Killing them all at once would be too easy for them.
She just wanted them to experience the gap between their paradise days in the Jia family and the fall to dust.
Let them slowly fall into despair in poverty and disease.
You can eat your fill by stretching out your hand, but your head will fall off if you stretch out your hand.
Considering filial piety and the ways of the world, she gave them chances and let them live, but in the end they insisted on dying. Who can she blame?
No one can blame her.
Not dying, but living a miserable life, enduring poverty... just endure it. This may be an alternative hell on earth for the second master and second wife who are used to a good life.
Because even a grain of rice or a piece of firewood will not reach your home if you don't put in the labor and work hard.
Lanzhi expected them to live in hell.
A list of mutual supervision responsibilities was written and everyone present signed it.
Jia Zheng and Wang Shi signed particularly quickly, not only because they did not want to show themselves in front of their juniors, but also because it was cold.
No matter how warm the room was, they were still wearing so little and carrying brambles on their backs.
But after signing, when it was their turn to put their seal on the document, others used ink, but Lan Zhi used a knife to sweep away their ink.
This this...
Everyone at the scene understood what she meant.
Wang and Jia Zheng didn't dare to say anything more. They each pierced their fingers with the thorns of the bramble and left bloody fingerprints.
Although the name Shen Ning wrote seemed a little weak due to her illness, the feeling was amazing.
In the Book of Red Mansions, apart from Lady Jia, the couple who have the most influence on everyone's fate will have to rely on God and their own hands to make a living from now on.
Oh my~ Shen Ning first admired their bloody fingerprints, and then pressed her fingerprints on each of her names.
She decided to keep the paper carefully and take it to the grave when she died.
"Aunt, if you are tired, go back to your room and rest."
Xiao Daiyu saw that she was sweating and couldn't help but come over to show concern.
“…”
Shen Ning resisted the urge to touch her little face.
The girl's health seems to be better than the one in the Red Mansion, but it's better to be cautious. She is sick and what if she is contagious?
"I need to help my aunt with something," she said in a hoarse voice, one word at a time, "Sign Yue'er's name as well, and ask her to press all the signs later."
Ah? No need! Only Xiaoyue can crawl.
But seeing her aunt's serious look, Xiao Daiyu blinked her eyes and said, "Oh, I'll write it right away."
"And me, and me!"
A group of little guys all rushed over.
Soon, they divided the work among themselves.
Because Shen Ning told Daiyu that she could write five copies for Jia Yue, and the others would have to rely on their own abilities to see who could write faster! Anyway, including the four extra copies that Lan Zhi needed, Shen Ning signed her own name, and signed thirty copies.
Twenty-nine of them were given to them personally, and one was included in the Jia family genealogy to warn future generations.
Little Yue'er, who hadn't fallen asleep yet, was about to cry when she was carried over, but when she saw so many people, especially the older sisters who usually took her out to play, she started giggling happily again.
Her sisters pressed ink on her little paws, one by one, and made their fingerprints.
The little girl was so happy.
Since she started this, Jia Cong and Jia Huan were of course also brought in.
But compared to the happy Xiao Yue'er, they were much more timid.
Although she was still young and ignorant, her aunt and the maids all told her to be obedient when she came, and the man kneeling on the whip in the hall looked so familiar.
It’s lucky that they didn’t cry out of fear.
Shen Ning was very happy that she could sign three more times, and Jia Zheng and Wang Shi had to make three bloody handprints.
Finally, this session ended and it was their turn to be punished with twenty boards.
In order to avoid scaring the children, Daiyu and the other children were driven away again.
However, Min Mei came back secretly. She was so happy when she heard the "pa pa" sound of the board hitting the flesh in the side room.
Humph, the reason why her father dared to treat them and their mother like that was because her second uncle was the head of the maternal grandfather’s side, and he didn’t care about her mother’s life or death at all.
It's all right now! Min Mei left contentedly, and Aunt Zhou was also in a very good mood as she held Jia Zheng and Wang's clothes.
But she couldn't let others see it.
But when the Second Master and Second Wife were out of the house, she...
Aunt Zhou lowered her head, and when the old lady sighed and was about to get up and leave, she suddenly knelt on the ground crying, "Old lady, cousin," she knelt to Jia's mother, but her eyes were on Lanzhi, "Now that the master and the mistress are gone, what should Aunt Zhao and I do?"
Hmm? Unlike Grandmother Jia who almost forgot about her, Lan Zhi narrowed her eyes and asked, "You were also involved in that letter back then?"
“No, no, no…”
Aunt Zhou was shocked.
"That's it."
If Aunt Zhou comes along, won’t Jia Zheng and Wang Shi have someone to serve them?
"Grandma!"
Lan Zhi glanced at the clothes she was holding while kneeling on the ground, then turned to the old lady and asked, "What are you going to do with Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhao?"
How to deal with it?
Grandmother Jia looked at the pitiful Aunt Zhou.
The Jia family has no shortage of food.
Letting her serve Er'er is definitely not an option considering Lanzhi is like this.
Never mind. Aunt Zhou not only gave birth to Er'er's children, but also took good care of him when he was not well.
"It will be the same in the future as it was before." The old lady sighed, "Zhu'er, you should take care of Aunt Zhou for your father. As for Aunt Zhao..., you should also help your father take care of Huan'er until she grows up!"
"yes!"
Jia Zhu accepted the offer respectfully.
"Did you hear that?"
Lan Zhi looked at Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou kowtowed happily, "Yes! Thank you, old lady, thank you, master, and thank you, cousin."
Finally, those two people had to live a hard life.
Finally, Wang's son had to support her in her old age.
As a concubine, she received two taels of silver every month, a maid to serve her, and clothes for four seasons. As long as she did her duty and did not cause any trouble, given the tempers of the master and mistress, they would definitely keep her well.
“This dress…”
Before Aunt Zhou could reply, Lan Zhi said, "Grandmother, since the Second Master and Second Mistress are going out to live on their own, then these clothes are not suitable, right?"
How could ordinary people wear silk and cotton? Not to mention fur coats.
You can take it to any pawnshop and it will be enough for food and drink for several months.
"Then... Yushi..."
"Old lady, give your orders!"
Youshi hurriedly stood up.
"Does the mansion still have winter clothes for the servants?"
"some."
Youshi hurriedly said, "I'll go get a set for Uncle and Auntie right away."
"Lanzhi, do you think this is okay?"
It will definitely not work if we don't appease this end.
Grandmother Jia has already accepted her fate.
"Can!"
Lan Zhi bowed and saluted, "Lan Zhi would like to thank the old lady on behalf of my mother, father and two brothers."
Now she doesn’t call me grandma anymore.
Grandmother Jia was also helpless, "We are one family, what foreign words are you talking about?"
Er'er and Wang are unpopular.
Baoyu saw that they were avoiding each other like mice and cats.
"Now that everything you dislike is gone, and you finally returned to Beijing, just stay in the West Mansion for two days. Your mother's small courtyard is still there."
She extended an invitation to her.
No matter what, based on the child's great strength, she had to acknowledge her on behalf of the Duke.
"You can live in your mother's yard and play with your sisters. Just think of it as... going home to visit her."
"……good!"
Seeing Jia Zhen and Jia Min's expectant expressions, Lan Zhi felt a little sour and soft in her heart. "Thank you, Grandmother. I'll trouble my aunt and second sister-in-law."
"Hey, family, what are you talking about."
Xing immediately became happy.
It was indeed she and the master who ran the Rongguo Mansion! Lan Zhi didn't thank the wrong person.
"Feng girl, go back and help your sister clean up."
“Hey~~~”
Wang Xifeng always admires capable women.
Unfortunately, her last name is Wang, and her uncle Wang Ziteng is someone else’s enemy.
The Jia family sent a lot of things to Ningxia. Although she was attentive, she never said a word to Lan Zhi in any of the letters.
She was afraid that her joining would make Lanzhi even more resistant to the Jia family.
now……
Wang Xifeng felt that Lan Zhi did not look at her with any disdain just because she was a member of the Wang family.
Just for this reason, it is worth her cherishing.
"...Then I'll have to trouble my second cousin."
Lan Zhi nodded at her.
Her aunt was sick and her cousin Zhen was also injured. Every time she came here, she saw her second cousin helping her eldest cousin.
Moreover, she heard from her third aunt Jia Zhen that her second cousin's wife was a very straightforward person and took good care of her and her cousins.
The most important point is that she has a good relationship with her second cousin. Because of her family affairs, she cut off all contact with her mother's family.
Just based on this point, Lan Zhi felt that she should show more respect! !
Thanks to my friend Fu Fu i eating cherries for the 10,000-coin reward. I can’t do it today, but I will update it tomorrow!!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
