Chapter 36 Mother and Son
On the other hand, Jia Zhu rushed home from Ningguo Mansion to have dinner with his grandmother or parents, but unexpectedly, his grandmother and father had gone to his uncle's house.
Every time my grandmother and father went to see my uncle, there would be a fight.
Uncle...
Jia Zhu sighed.
He knew that his uncle would never be able to win an argument with his father because his grandmother was always behind him.
Since he couldn't argue with his uncle or beat his uncle's father, the best thing he could do was to look for his grandmother.
"Why did you just come back?"
As Li Wan and he walked towards her mother-in-law, she asked, "A lot of things happened at home?"
"……What's up?"
"It's still Zhou Rui's family's business," they heard about it as soon as they came back last night. Li Wan said, "Mother thought it was the aunt of the East Mansion who did it, so she went to the East Mansion today to apologize, but the aunt didn't accept it. She ignored the face of the old lady and the mistress and directly asked Sister-in-law You to send the guests away."
She was there at the time.
Li Wan felt extremely ashamed.
The most important thing is that when she went with the old lady, the old lady also said that they were going to mediate and asked her to try her best to make friends with Mrs. You.
Who would look up to that elder sister-in-law in the past?
After marrying into the Jia family, both the old lady and the mistress told her that she would be the eldest among the sisters-in-law of the same generation. However, this happened within half a year.
“Oh~”
Jia Zhu said calmly, "I already know."
When paying respects to his aunt at the East Palace, his aunt told him everything.
Zhou Rui...
He sighed, "If you were my aunt, would you accept my mother's apology?"
Li Wan: “…”
Who in the streets and alleys doesn't know about the reputation of the aunt's wife as a fierce woman? If she were the aunt...
"No matter whether it was my aunt who put Zhou Rui in jail or not, no one would accept my mother's apology."
He said he was asking for forgiveness by carrying a thorn stick on his back, but he didn't have any thorn stick on his back, nor did he bring any gifts.
On the surface, his mother had handed over the housekeeping power to his second brother and sister-in-law, but everyone in the two houses knew that his second brother and sister-in-law would listen to his mother? His mother was the actual person in power.
The aunt stripped off Uncle Jing's Taoist robes, which made her look like a shrew, but Jia Zhu felt that both his uncle and his aunt were making a break with their past.
This process..., don't they feel pain? They feel more pain than anyone else.
How can outsiders interfere in their affairs?
My mother should have kept the maids and servants’ mouths shut at that time. She had the ability to do so, but within half a day, the news spread all over the capital. My mother... was most likely a pusher behind it.
Jia Zhu was helpless.
When he went to pay his respects to his aunt today, he was actually prepared to be driven back.
But my aunt didn't.
Instead, they were extremely concerned about his health, and when they talked about family matters, they only talked about the elders, which had nothing to do with them, the children.
She was comforting him all the time.
What happened to Uncle Jing must have left a huge shadow on her, and she seemed very worried that he would follow in Uncle Jing's footsteps.
Jia Zhu felt very sad.
His grandmother and parents never thought about these things. They just asked him to study hard and strive for the exam.
He is their face, he cannot afford to fail.
"Don't worry about this matter."
Jia Zhu looked at his silent wife and said, "I will find a chance to persuade father and mother."
Nowadays, when outsiders talk about the Jia family, they all say that his father is a good person.
But as a son, he knows very well what his father is like.
Whether it is national affairs, family affairs, or family members, my father is far from being able to compare with Uncle Jing.
"If your mother has wronged you, I apologize to you on her behalf."
“…How can it be that serious?”
When Jia Zhu was about to bow, Li Wan hurriedly held him back and said, "Let me tell you, my uncle is here today too. I don't know what he said, but my father sent him off and immediately went to find the old lady. Then the old lady took my father to block my uncle over there."
The elders are very messy.
As a daughter-in-law, Li Wan was at a loss.
If possible, she really doesn't want to come back.
"……don’t worry."
Jia Zhu held his wife's hand and slowly walked towards Rong Xi Tang, "Grandma is here." As long as his grandmother was there, there would be a limit to the quarrel between his uncle and father.
"You just need to listen and watch more as you did before."
My mother-in-law's illness has recovered, and I can't always be away from home.
"If you have any problem, please bear with me for my sake."
"Um!"
Under Jia Zhu's gentle and affectionate gaze, Li Wan's face gradually turned red and she whispered, "I'll listen to you."
They had been married for only half a year.
Her husband was a better person than she had initially thought.
only……
As she watched Rong Xi Tang getting closer, her eyes slowly dimmed.
The maids around the husband are either the old lady's or the wife's.
As a daughter-in-law, she cannot be touched at all in many things.
Li Wan felt particularly helpless.
But I can't tell this to my husband.
Those maids also grew up with him.
Li Wan slowly pulled her hand away from Jia Zhu's hand, and in his puzzled look, she softly explained, "Madam is still ill."
Jia Zhu: “…”
There was a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Half a year into their marriage, for various reasons, they gradually came to realize that their mother did not like him to be too close to his wife.
For example, if someone really saw the hand-holding incident, he would not only be warned to focus on studying and not be too sentimental, but he would also definitely be forced to find a reason to marry him.
Jia Zhu expressed his silent apology with his eyes and strode ahead.
"Pearl!"
"Mother!"
When Wang saw her son, she exempted herself from the formalities early on.
She guessed that her son would come back to eat with her, "Hurry up and sit down!"
He waved his hand at Li Wan who was about to bow and said directly, "Hurry up and serve the food. The master must be hungry."
"My son is not hungry, but my mother..." Jia Zhu smiled, "She looks much better than this morning."
He went to the East Palace to plead guilty but was rejected. With his mother's personality, I don't know what she will do next.
I didn’t expect that…
Jia Zhu's eyes flickered, and he felt something was wrong.
"The medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is very effective."
Of course Wang would not tell her son that within a few days, God would punish the man who bullied her.
"I heard that you went to school. How are the two new teachers?"
"Very good."
Jia Zhu said, "Mr. Fang is good at the Four Books, and Mr. Chen is good at explaining the topic, accepting the topic, and starting the lecture. With these two around, maybe in a few years, the Jia family will have a few more scholars."
So! Wang was not very happy.
If you pass the examination for the scholar, you must then take the examinations for the juren and jinshi.
They were all behind her son. Not only could they not help him for the time being, but she didn't know how much trouble this would cause her son.
"Hmm~"
Wang sighed, "Actually, your grandfather Dairu is not that bad."
Jia Zhu: “…”
When Mr. Shao had to go back to his hometown for something, he studied with Grandpa Dairu.
That grandfather is a bookworm.
It was difficult for him to read himself, and it was even more difficult to teach children.
But he didn't want to refute what his mother said.
After all, that grandfather had been excluded from the family tree by Brother Zhen, so it was useless for the mother to say anything.
"When your elder brother Zhen does things, he doesn't leave any room for others."
Wang said, "If you have the chance in the future, you should write his family into the family tree."
When Jia Zhen gets into trouble, her husband and son will try to win over the people's hearts and bring Jia Dairu back.
"Let's talk about the future later!"
Looking at his mother's sick face, Jia Zhu didn't say anything else. "Mother, my second brother Lian is not at home. Please don't worry about what happens to my uncle."
"Don't worry, your mother is not stupid!"
Wang smiled, "Your grandmother is here to take care of your uncle's affairs."
Jia She and Xing Shi were never in her eyes.
"But Lian Er..., you said there are so many things going on at home, but he is still ignorant enough to take care of the school affairs. Isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"
Wang knew that the brothers had a good relationship. "You can talk to him later. There are many old and young people in this family. He will be away from home for at least two months. What should we do?"
"…My aunt has been married for many years and has never returned. My old lady is worried about her, and my father and his family are also worried about her. It is a rare opportunity to take this opportunity to go and pay respects to my aunt and uncle. What is he doing?"
When Jia Zhu was a child, he was held in Jia Min's arms and taught to read. He liked this little aunt very much, "Besides, don't we have a younger brother and sister at home?"
Wang Xifeng is very good at managing household affairs.
"As long as I have a day off, I'll be back."
It’s far from the time when the old are old and the young are young.
“You…”
Wang tapped her son's forehead helplessly and said, "Your current task is to study hard. It's not your turn to worry about the family affairs."
As they were talking, the maids carrying food boxes had already started serving the dishes, and in a short while, the table was full.
"Yes!" Seeing that they were all his favorites, Jia Zhu calmly pressed his stomach. The Yikushitian buns he ate in school were especially filling. "Mother, where is Baoyu? Why don't you bring him over to eat with us?"
"He's making a lot of noise."
It was rare for the eldest son to come back, and Wang just wanted to spend some time with him. "Let's eat together at dinner time!" After saying that, she directed Li Wan, "Quick, serve Zhu'er some ham and bamboo shoot soup first."
A sip of soup before meals nourishes both the stomach and the body.
"These bamboo shoots were brought by your uncle today. It's a pity that he is busy, otherwise he would definitely want to see you."
(End of this chapter)
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