Ding Zhu was the first girl born among the grandchildren of Old Dingtou's family. Although she was not loved by Mrs. Meng and Old Dingtou, she was still loved by her mother and several uncles since she was a child.
When she was little, Ding Youtian even rode her on his neck, and her original self, Xiu Gu, had also taken her with him. She was very close to Ding Youtian and Xiu Gu when she was little, but later she became like Meng and her mother, learning to be mean and sarcastic. Knowing that Meng disliked Xiu Gu, she followed suit and bullied her.
When she was over five years old, she fell and stained her new clothes. Fearing that Meng would beat her, she lied and pointed at Xiu Gu, saying that it was her fourth aunt who pushed her down. As a result, Xiu Gu was beaten by Meng and Liu.
After Ding Youtian learned about this, he gradually disliked her. He never hugged her again after that, and he no longer secretly gave her any delicious food or fun things. Now, after hearing Jian Ning's words, he smiled slightly and said, "I've asked around. There's only the family of the prefect living in the yamen. The prefect is not a greedy person. He lives on his salary, so the maids and servants in his family are not well dressed. I think she is a concubine of Lord Yang."
Tong Bajin had already inquired about the preferences of the prefect, Lord Yang, from the people of Dingzihao and reported everything to Ding Youtian. As a result, he knew that Lord Yang was fond of keeping concubines, but would only throw them away after a year or two.
"Even if you don't take action, she won't have much good time for long. Don't pay any attention to her."
"Daddy, will we have concubines in the future?" Sanniu looked up and asked Ding Youtian. After living in the capital for a few months, she knew that all officials would have concubines.
It’s over. She was so worried that her father would also have a concubine. Would her mother be unhappy?
After asking, she went to see Jian Ning again, "Mom, if Daddy wants to have a concubine, we will ignore him and we won't want Daddy anymore."
"Daddy won't have a concubine. Daddy can't beat Mommy, and Mommy won't let Daddy find a concubine!" Erniu approached Sanniu and said, "Have you forgotten that Sister Meixiang wanted to be Daddy's concubine, but Mommy married that big fool!"
"Where did you hear that nonsense? Mother is incapable of ruling her own affairs. You are not allowed to call others fools, do you understand? When brother was sick before, others called him fool. Would you be happy to hear that? Then, in the same way, would Master Chen be sad to hear you say that to Brother Chen Lei?"
"Don't you ever say that again! If I hear you say that again, I'll punish you!"
Jian Ning gouged out her eyes at Ding Youtian, blaming him for bringing up the subject of concubines in front of the children. Ding Youtian picked up Erniu and slapped her on the butt. "You're the only one in the family who talks too much nonsense. You always bring trouble to Daddy. Can't you learn from Third Sister and control your mouth? Just shut up!"
Erniu cried out, "It wasn't me who said that. It was Sister A'man who said that. I heard it too. Sister A'man said that Aunt Yun told her that Sister Meixiang wanted to be Daddy's concubine, and Mom married her off to Daddy..."
Remembering that Jian Ning had just told her not to call others fools, she stopped talking and looked at Jian Ning, but turned around and saw Sanniu giggling. She remembered that her father had just praised Sanniu, and she got angry. She rushed over and pinched Sanniu's face with both hands. Before she could use any strength, Sanniu grabbed her pigtail and pulled her backwards, and they both fell to the ground.
If this hadn't happened on the street, Jian Ning would have beaten each of them up. She and Ding Youtian each grabbed one of them. "I'll settle the score with you when we get home. Don't cry, hold it back!" She pointed at Erniu and said, "If you start again, I'll chop off your hands!"
Erniu was so scared that she dared not cry or say anything. Her mother always kept her word. It was over. Her hand was going to be broken. What should she do? She didn't want her hand to be broken. She wanted to admit her mistake with tears in her eyes, but seeing Jian Ning's face fall, she didn't dare to say a word.
Sanniu was also very upset. The two kids thought that Jian Ning would really chop off her hands. They looked at each other, all with a look of helplessness on their faces, which made Tong Bajin and Erlangzi who were following behind laugh secretly.
"Okay, don't follow us anymore. Just go do what you need to do." When they arrived at the inn, Jian Ning saw that Erlangzi was still following them, so he angrily ordered him to leave.
Erlangzi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Tong Bajin. On the way back, Tong Bajin had told him that he followed Master Ding. He clasped his fists and said to Ding Youtian, "I am alone. From now on, I am willing to follow Master Ding together with Brother Tong..."
"Bigger than you!" Jian Ning interrupted him, then remembered that she hadn't given him the medicine yet, and said, "Wait, I'll get you some medicine. We don't need anyone else at home anymore. Let's go after we get the medicine."
After Ding Youtian took Erniu away, he gave Erlangzi a look, signaling him to follow in. He had asked Tong Bajin to find out clearly that Erlangzi was not a bad person.
Tong Bajin punched Erlangzi in the chest and nodded at him. Then Erlangzi came to his senses as if awakened from a dream, and followed him into the inn with a grin on his face.
Jian Ning took Erniu back to the room first, pushed the door open and took a look, and was furious!
Erniu and Sanniu had just had a fight, and for some reason Guoguo and Baimei also started fighting. The room was full of bird and cat feathers. Both of them were injured to varying degrees. Half of Baimei's head was scratched and bloody, and there was blood on Guoguo's back.
"Jinbao!" Erniu shook off Jian Ning's hand and shouted anxiously. Sanniu came in and saw it and also got anxious, "Yuanbao!"
Yuanbao and Jinbao hid in the corner of the bed, the two little ones were trembling. The big guys were fighting and flying around the room, which scared them a lot.
Jian Ning picked up Guoguo, with a sharp scalpel in his right hand. Guoguo was so scared that he closed his eyes tightly, and Baimei on the beam was also frightened and quietly moved aside.
"Hey, Madam!" Ding Youtian wanted to stop Jian Ning in a hurry, but then he realized that Jian Ning would not really hurt Guoguo. But Erniu didn't know that. She was scared and hugged Jinbao and cried, "Mom, I promise, I will never hit my sister again. Mom, please don't chop my hand, I won't hit you again, wuwu..."
She thought that after Jane Ning dealt with Guoguo, she would deal with her.
Little did she know that she had frightened Guoguo. Hearing this, he opened his eyes. Jian Ning waved the knife in front of his eyelids and said, "If you fight me again, I will gouge out your eyes and peel off your skin. Remember?"
"Remember! Remember!" Baimei screamed in fear. He didn't want to lose Guoguo. In his panic, he forgot his fear and quickly flapped his wings to fly down. Jian Ning grabbed him and waved the knife under his eyes. "You are the same. It's all because of you who didn't learn your lesson. You always fight and lead Jiajia and Yaoyao astray!"
Ding Youtian put his hands behind his back and shook his head. Alas, this woman is really scary when she is unreasonable!
He thought it was Erniu and Sanniu's constant quarrels that had led Guoguo and Baimei astray. He was about to tell Jian Ning that he planned to take Erlangzi in when he heard someone shouting in the lobby downstairs, "Mr. Ding, someone's looking for you!"
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