Chapter 119 Out of reach
There are so many people in Lao Cen's family, but no one is willing to spend their own money to support a son-in-law from another family to study, and thus go into poverty.
In particular, the rule of the Cen family is that each branch cannot have its own private money and all money must be handed over to the public.
For example, the eldest wife, although she had hidden a lot of private money in the past because she was favored by the family and had a unique status, once Gao was found to have made a mistake and touched the sore spot of Old Lady Cen and Old Man Cen, she had to hand over all the private money she had saved and could not hide it anymore.
Let alone the second wife, she never had any private money in the past, and all the money she earned was always handed over to the public.
As for the third branch, they had hidden some money, but it was all taken out from between their fingers, so it was not much, and the bulk of it was handed over to the public.
If they were asked to follow the family rules and honestly hand over the money to the government, saying that the money should be used for whichever family has problems, all of it should be used to support Zhao Wuyan, a loser, to study...
Who would be willing to do that?
Absolutely no one could agree!
Even though Cen Ying and Cen Fang are sisters, Cen Ying always finds ways to deduct money from Old Lady Cen and Old Man Cen in order to save some for her dowry. How could she bear to see the family's money not being used for her dowry, but being used to spend on her married sister?
Cen Yan was very clear about this, so this fire could be said to have been fanned at the right time.
"Sister, I think Xiaoyan is right. Over the years, my brother-in-law has not achieved any fame, let alone become a scholar? Or even been admitted to any academy in the county? He is not good at anything, which shows that he really has no talent in this area. To be honest, instead of continuing to be obsessed with this and using all the money to support your brother-in-law who will never make a name for himself to study, you might as well save it and start a small business. Anything is fine. After all, your brother will have to get married and have children in the future, and Jing will also have to get married. You can't not make preparations for the two children, right? They are not young anymore, and it will only take a blink of an eye for them to get married." Cen Yingxian said.
"Little sister, how can you say that? Has your brother-in-law not treated you well over the years?" Cen Fang felt that every word was harsh to her sister's ears. Her face suddenly darkened, and she no longer had the deep sisterly love she had before.
"Haha, I'm telling you the truth, don't be angry. My brother-in-law really treats me badly. After all, he is a well-known miser who has never spent a penny. You have been married to him for so many years, but he has never bought me anything. But if you say that he treats me well because he is kind to me every time he comes to our house, then I have nothing to say." Cen Ying smiled coldly and said bluntly.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in Old Cen's family burst into laughter, as if they were struck by the humor of her last sentence.
"You!" Cen Fang didn't expect that she would actually evaluate her husband like this, and she immediately felt embarrassed.
And it was the first time that Zhao Wuyan was called a miser in front of others by someone from the old Cen family. He felt a little embarrassed and his face turned red.
He immediately stood up in shame and indignation: "You are going too far! How can you talk about my faults in front of me like this? It is really disgraceful!"
"We are all relatives, so if there is anything wrong, we should say it to each other's face. Does your uncle want us to talk about you behind his back? Didn't your uncle learn a saying when he was in school - don't talk about other people's faults in idle chat! Grandpa always taught us this, so your aunt said this to their face. It's not disrespectful, it's called being open and honest!" Seeing that he was about to leave, and Old Lady Cen was about to persuade him to stop, Cen Yan immediately said.
She brought up Old Man Cen's teachings again, and said that what Cen Ying said just now was not aimless, but was in accordance with his teachings...
Old Man Cen felt relieved by what he said, and Cen Ying couldn't help but raise his head and chest with a look of pride.
This seemed to be the first time that Cen Yan had worked together with the people of the Cen family.
"Yes, I also think Yingmei did the right thing. Brother-in-law, if you really feel uncomfortable and want to leave, just go. We won't force you to stay." Gao said.
"Oh, we are all married women, and no one wants to make things difficult for anyone else. But the most important thing for a married person is to think about her children. Big sister, please think more about the children! Even if you don't love them, their parents love their grandchildren!" This time, Yu did not contradict Gao, but agreed very consistently.
"Oh, brother-in-law is leaving? Well, let us see you off?" Li also pretended to be completely out of the state and asked tentatively.
But what she said had the most extreme effect and was the most infuriating.
Zhao Wuyan was just pretending just now.
As he expected, as soon as he said he wanted to leave, the people of the old Cen family would try to keep him out of courtesy.
But who knew that these people would actually want to drive him away one by one?
Just go!
"How dare you treat me with contempt today? When I pass the imperial examination tomorrow, don't try to curry favor with me! You are too good for me!" Zhao Wuyan looked aggrieved as he said this, with an attitude of "Don't bully the poor young man".
Unfortunately, he is no longer a teenager.
"I'm afraid that even if we wait until tomorrow, my uncle will not be able to pass the imperial examination, because tomorrow is not the day of the Autumn Examination. What's more, my uncle still cannot pass the Tongsheng Examination because there is only one round left. According to the laws of the Xiao Dynasty, he cannot take part in the Autumn Examination." Cen Yan deliberately sabotaged him.
"You...you..." This time, Zhao Wuyan was really about to die.
After he took a deep breath, he flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly at everyone, turned around and left!
However, before he could walk out of the door, Cen Fang quickly stood up and pulled him back.
"Why are you leaving? Have you forgotten that we haven't got the bracelet yet? You can't go back empty-handed!" Cen Fang leaned close to Zhao Wuyan's ear and whispered in an angry voice.
When Zhao Wuyan heard this, he remembered this and stared at Cen Fang. His eyes rolled and he didn't leave.
Cen Fang breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was not leaving.
"Dad, Mom, Wuyan was just a little angry because he was offended by the juniors. He couldn't face it, so he said he wanted to leave. Those were just words spoken in anger. He told me countless times before coming that he admired dad's literary talent the most and missed mom's care for him, so how could he be reluctant to leave? You are the elders, don't bother with him!" Cen Fang turned around quickly and ignored Cen Ying, Cen Yan, Gao and the others. She only looked at Old Man Cen and Old Lady Cen, carefully apologizing and saying flattering words.
In response to this, Old Man Cen snorted coldly, as if even though he saw through everything in his heart, he still intended to give her some face and not say anything.
"You are not allowed to leave now! I'll see who dares to bother with you again!" Old Mrs. Cen was so eager to protect her daughter that she glared at Cen Yan and the others fiercely as she spoke.
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