When Xia Yougui heard this, he was furious:
"What? Is this true? Erlang, that little bastard, has grown wings. He just became a small official, but he has forgotten his roots!"
Old Master Xia was so angry that his hands were shaking. He raised his pipe and hit Xia Yougui on the forehead with a "bang":
"Can you please act like a father? Can Erlang be blamed for this?
It hadn't been long since the family split up at that time, right?
When the family property was divided, your mother gave each of your families ten taels of silver!
Even if you two don't know how to live, and you spend some money, and buy wine and meat every now and then, how many taels of silver can you spend?
If you really don't want Erlang to go to serve, can you spare me this tael of silver as a substitute?"
Xia Yougui looked aggrieved:
"Dad, why are you still fighting? I'm already this old, and you don't even give me some face!
Erlang is such an ignorant kid! I was just confused for a moment...
Besides, you and my mom must have had some money, and didn't you say you'd help Erlang back then? You and my mom were both so reluctant to give up your grandson, yet you just watched helplessly...
Ouch! Ouch! Dad, why are you hitting me again? Ouch! Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!
Dad, please hit me gently!"
Old Man Xia hit Xia Yougui on the forehead several times with his pipe, and Xia Yougui couldn't finish his words because of the beating.
But Xia Yougui was a man without tact. He had to make it clear that he was feeling very wronged, and he had to pour out all the bitterness in his heart:
"Besides, even if I didn't pay Erlang, he shouldn't blame me! I'm his father!"
This time, Old Master Xia was really furious with Xia Yougui.
He put his pipe on his back, took off one of his shoes, and started to smoke the sole of his shoe aimlessly in Xia Yougui's face:
"You unfilial son, all you do all day is think about the coffins of me and your mother!
Are you his father? I'm still your father!
I will beat you to death today, you bastard!"
When Old Master Xia was chasing his good-for-nothing second son, Xia Yougui, in the fields and beating him until he screamed and ran away, Jiang hesitated for a long time, but finally pushed open Zhou's door.
"Mom, I have something to tell you..."
After much deliberation, Jiang finally decided that it was not appropriate to hide the matter of Jin Yong from the old couple.
However, this was the first time she had gone against Xia Youtian's wishes, so she felt very uneasy:
"Mom, Youtian was very angry about this matter and didn't let me mention it to Yujiao. He felt that Jin Yong had offended Yujiao.
I know Yujiao is a good child.
I don't know where Jin Yong saw our Yujiao, and when he fell in love with our Yujiao...
Jin Yong is quite famous in our Beiguan Town.
He was a man of high arrogance and not someone to be trifled with. He relied on his status as the nephew of Mr. Feng and the cousin of Mr. Jin to cause trouble.
It's obvious that his personality and the way he does things are different from our family.
It can be seen that this man is not a good match for Yujiao.
But this person just happened to fall in love with our Yujiao.
How should this matter be resolved? You and my father-in-law must come up with a plan.
If we keep silent about this and hope to get away with it, but he is determined to marry our Yujiao, what will we do then?"
Zhou looked at Jiang with a complicated expression: "You are right."
Jiang shuddered. She was still not sure whether it was right for her to come to Zhou herself.
She was just timid and felt that Jin Yong was someone she couldn't afford to mess with.
Not only can he not afford to offend him, but the Xia family can't afford to offend him either.
If this matter really falls into Xia Youtian's hands, and Jin Yong gets angry and finds Xia Youtian to take revenge on him, what should he do?
The Xia family had more than one son, but for Jiang, she only had Xia Youtian as her husband. Her children only had Xia Youtian as their father.
Zhou has always been very familiar with the personalities of her daughters-in-law.
How could she not see Jiang's little thoughts?
However, even if she saw it, she couldn't point out Jiang's little thoughts openly, let alone say that Jiang did something wrong.
Because of this matter, Xia Youtian's handling method was indeed a bit problematic.
Xia Youtian could have kept this secret from Xia Yujiao, but he shouldn't have kept it secret from the old couple.
Regardless of whether this marriage will be successful in the future, as parents, they cannot just remain in the dark.
Zhou was vaguely worried.
Jin Yong's tone suggested he'd known Yu Jiao for a long time, perhaps even had a secret affair with her. But, it seemed like Jin Yong had only just lost his wife, didn't he?
If there had been an affair between them, then wouldn't Yu Jiao be...
No! Impossible!
My own child knows it myself!
Even if we don't consider her character, Yujiao is not the kind of hopeless and unreliable child!
What's more, Yujiao's character is not bad either.
There are so many people in the family. Obviously, she and her father dote on her, and her brothers also protect her very much, but I have never seen her pick on any of her sisters-in-law, nor have I seen her fight or be mean to any of her nephews and nieces.
Yujiao has never been too lazy to get involved in any housework that she can do.
Based on her own experience, Zhou always felt that the best children from farming families were those who were down-to-earth and hardworking. If they were also not greedy, competitive, or provocative, they would be even better children!
Yujiao, let alone the fact that she had been engaged to Xie Jiabao a long time ago, even before this marriage, it was impossible for her to have an affair with anyone!
What's more, Yujiao likes to stay in the house all day long.
Even the times when I go to the village alone are rare.
Even if she really wants to, she doesn't have the conditions!
I guess it was Jin Yong who had this idea after seeing Yujiao's appearance at some unknown time and place!
It would be difficult to reject someone like Jin Yong without offending him!
Zhou pushed open the door of Xia Yujiao's room with a heavy heart, wanting to ask her daughter if she had seen Jin Yong. However, as soon as she entered the room, Zhou was shocked.
My daughter was actually standing on a stool, pulling the noose hanging on the beam with both hands, and stretching her neck to get into the noose on the beam!
Zhou was so frightened that her heart was in her throat. Her throat was faster than her brain, and she shouted directly: "Yujiao!"
Xia Yujiao shuddered at the shout. With a thump, the stool flipped over and the person fell down.
Zhou rushed over and supported Xia Yujiao: "Yujiao, you silly child! What could be so despairing? Are you trying to kill me?"
"mother……"
Xia Yujiao fell so hard that half of her body was in pain and she couldn't struggle to get up for a while. Seeing Zhou's anxious and heartbroken look, she couldn't help but call out "Mom" and burst into tears.
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