Chapter 49: Xu Nian is punished

Everyone was extremely quiet on the way back to the manor. Xu Yaozu sat there with his eyes closed, ignoring everyone. Xu Fugui and Xu Youliang knew they had done something wrong, so they didn't dare to say a word.

Zhang Bo's family saw that their old man was unhappy and dared not say anything. Although Xu Nian won the lawsuit, he was not very happy in his heart.

She had never been so depressed as she was now. If it weren't for Luo Jinan's power today, she would not have been able to win this lawsuit. If she was like this, what about ordinary people?

Because the potted plants were popular among the rich, they could be exchanged for 160 taels of silver as compensation, but the two injured people only received 24 taels, and this was because their family was not ordinary civilians.

Xu Nian looked at the vast expanse of white land outside the window and made a decision in his heart...

As soon as the group entered the yard, they saw several people from the Wang family running out.

"Finally you're back. Are you seriously injured?"

Xu Fugui and Xu Youliang were afraid that their families would worry, so they didn't dare to pretend anymore and hurriedly advised, "It's okay, Mom. Look, it's just a little scrape."

The two of them protected the old lady and returned to the main room. They didn't want to endure the lenient look from their eldest brother.

Xu Nian instructed Uncle Zhang, "Uncle Zhang, let Zhang Da and Zhang Er go back and rest. They don't need to go out for a few days. If they feel uncomfortable, they must come and tell me."

Zhang Bo thanked the emperor profusely and took his two sons back to his home.

"Xiu'er, you should go back and rest today too."

After sending Zhang Bo and his family away, Xu Nian entered the main hall.

At this time, Wang was enjoying herself in the main hall, and Xu Nian appeased Wang and took out the compensation money.

"This is the money the Liu family paid us as compensation, of which 160 taels are for the potted plants. You keep these, grandma.

The other 24 taels are for medical expenses. Normally, this should be for my second and third uncles, but Zhang Da and Zhang Er were seriously injured after all. I plan to split the money between them. I wonder if my second and third uncles are willing to give it to me."

"Why should I be unwilling about this? I didn't expect that I could earn a lot of money just by scratching my skin. If I had known this would happen, I would have taken a few more punches from him. Ouch~"

Zheng pinched Xu Fugui hard.

"Hurry up and say bah, bah, you are so careless with your words."

"The second brother's family, if you pinch him a few more times, I think he deserves to be punished."

Wang glared at her second son and then said, "We are an honest and upright farmer family. We have no business bullying our servants. We should share the money."

Xu Youliang nodded repeatedly.

Knowing that her two sons were not seriously injured, Wang began to care about her eldest son.

"Why did Yaozu come back with me? I guess there's nothing going on in the government office."

"Don't worry, mother. Everything is fine."

Seeing that the atmosphere had improved, Xu Weian began to talk eloquently to everyone about what happened in the court in the yamen.

Xu Yaozu gave a look and Xu Nian followed him out obediently.

When the two of them arrived at the study, Xu Yaozu finally spoke: "You are getting more and more daring. You dare to make up any lies. What if the Lord asks the doctor from the county government to diagnose your pulse again today?"

Xu Nian lowered his head and muttered, "No matter who comes, the result is the same. No one can explain the matter of the brain clearly."

Seeing that his daughter still didn't know she was wrong, Xu Yaozu couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Nian'er, Dad knows you are smart, but no matter what time it is, you should never lose your sense of awe. You should always know that there are always people better than you."

Xu Nian perked up, raised her head and said seriously: "Dad, I know I was wrong."

She did take it for granted. In fact, if she thought about it, if there was a scheming person in the Liu family, it would be hard to say who would win or lose in today's lawsuit.

Xu Yaozu looked at his daughter in deep thought and nodded with satisfaction.

"Now that you have admitted your mistake, go and copy the three fears of a gentleman from the Analects a hundred times."

Xu Yaozu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his daughter walking out of the study. Nian'er was a girl with great sense of justice, and she was also smart and opinionated. The more this was the case, the more Xu Yaozu worried that she would suffer a great loss.

Xu Nian went back to his room and began to copy the Three Fears of a Gentleman over and over again without even eating.

When had Wang ever seen her eldest maid suffer such an injustice? When Xu Yaozu came to say goodbye, he didn't even give him a good look.

"How can I bear your courtesy? You come back and you act so violently. Next time, just punish me as well. Hurry up and leave. We will be fine if you don't come back."

Xu Yaozu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He knew that his mother felt sorry for her granddaughter, so he didn't dare to talk back. He just let the old lady vent her anger.

Although Wang cursed harshly, she still asked Zheng to load the mutton from her home onto the carriage.

"This was bought by the eldest girl, who also brought a portion for you.

Humph~ Only the eldest girl is filial, if I had such a cruel father, I would ignore him."

Xu Yaozu's mouth froze. Oh my god, he just punished me by making me copy books, but he didn't beat or scold me. Why does he sound like he has a bad habit?

Xu Yaozu gave my mother an embarrassed smile and fled back to the county government office in shame.

Xu Fugui and his brothers had never seen their eldest brother in such an embarrassing state before, and they all suppressed their smiles, but in fact they were already very happy in their hearts, especially Xu Weian, who laughed the most blatantly.

Xu Nian didn't know yet that her father was being blamed for her excessive concentration.

When she finished copying it a hundred times and walked out of the room, she found that it had already darkened.

Hearing the noise, the Xu family members came out.

"Has the eldest girl finished writing?"

"Come on, Dongmei left some food for you. I'll go heat it up for you."

"Nian'er, if you feel wronged, tell Auntie San."

The men in the Xu family also looked at her worriedly.

Xu Nian looked at everyone in confusion. She had only written a few words. What happened?

It was Xu Ling who cleared her up.

"Sister, you have been writing in your room for the whole afternoon. My mother saw you crying when she went to your room to turn on the light."

Xu Nian touched her nose embarrassedly. She didn't even know her aunt had been in there.

"I'm really fine. Maybe I wrote it too seriously and didn't realize it was my aunt who turned on the light. I didn't cry. Maybe my eyes were tired and my eyes were a little red."

Everyone nodded doubtfully.

Wang: "Then go eat quickly, and rest early after eating."

Watching Xu Nian's thin figure walking away, Wang felt heartbroken.

"When the boss comes back, you must give him a good talk and show your authority as a boss."

Old Man Xu looked at Wang and said nothing.

I don't know who was the one who had been throwing tantrums and trying to commit suicide just to punish the boss.

After Xu Nian finished his meal, he originally wanted to rest directly, but he was in such a good mood that he simply entered the space.

The leaves of the sweet potato vines in the space had turned yellow and dry. Xu Nian dug out a few sweet potatoes and pressed them to see if they were hard enough and ripe.

Xu Nian spent the whole night digging sweet potatoes in the space. She was not tired but rather very excited. She wanted to use the sweet potatoes to buy a bright future for her father and gain confidence for her family.