Chapter 130: Supporting the Third Child
Song Zhizhu looked at the two children, then at Song Chunxue.
He finished his soup and handed the bowl to the fourth son, saying, "Go get a bowl for your uncle."
"Okay." The fourth brother got up, took the bowl, and went to the kitchen.
The eldest brother lowered his head and ate quietly.
"Chunxue, are you worried about the children, or do you really not want to find someone?" Song Zhizhu sighed. "I didn't dare to find someone for you before because I was afraid of hurting the children. Now the children are all grown up, and you're still young. You have a long life ahead of you..."
“The children asked me this question before, and I’m telling the truth. I’d rather have a dog than a man. Dogs are more loyal than people.” As she spoke, Song Chunxue frowned. “I don’t want an unclean, smelly man lying on the same bed with me. Just thinking about it makes me feel unlucky.”
The eldest brother quickly shoveled rice into his bowl, then ran out with the bowl in his hand.
"Look, you've scared the children away. I get a headache just thinking about men now. If you had found me one a few years ago, I might have accepted it, but not now. Please, Second Brother, give up on this idea. I'm used to being alone."
Song Zhizhu nodded. "Then, shall I find you a dog?"
"Yes, I want a fierce one. When the kids aren't home, I'll sleep more soundly and won't be suspicious." Song Chunxue had wanted to get a dog for a long time, but she hadn't found the right one yet.
“Okay, then I’ll go back and find you a place on the estate.” Song Zhizhu ate and chatted, half of the stir-fried meat in front of him disappearing. “I’ll stay one night and see Sanwa before I leave.”
"Okay, then you can sleep in the same room as Sanwa tonight."
"Yes, I'll have a good talk with that kid."
Song Zhizhu always liked Sanwa the most, because he felt that Sanwa was most similar to Chunxue.
Although she has a temper, she is usually very well-behaved and sensible, so sensible that it breaks your heart.
When Sanwa returned from school that evening, Song Zhizhu went with him to the fields and cut two bundles of alfalfa.
Sanwa was very happy, as it was rare for someone to help him chop grass.
Song Zhizhu asked him many questions about school life and found that he was very smart and hardworking.
However, he discovered that Sanwa had a bad relationship with his classmates at school, but Sanwa kept it a secret from everyone.
"Tell me exactly how they bullied you, and we'll go find them tomorrow."
"Uncle, don't get agitated, I'm fine. They won't dare do anything to me, they just like to cause trouble..."
“How can you be bullied every day? You’re older than them. Even if ten of them bully you, you can’t just sit there and do nothing.”
Song Zhizhu was so angry that he couldn't sleep. "Don't worry, your uncle knows what he's doing. If you're worried about what people will say if your mother goes, then I, as your uncle, have to go with you."
“But…” Sanwa had many concerns.
"Make a scene beforehand so your teachers know, lest one day you, like your mother, get pushed to the limit and bite someone, and they pin the blame on you, leaving you speechless and expelled from school."
Sanwa didn't want to be expelled from school.
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you tomorrow, Uncle."
"Silly child, it's no trouble at all."
Song Zhizhu sighed, “Your father died early, and there was no one to protect you. Your mother had a bad temper and had to take care of five children by herself. Even the most virtuous person would turn into a tigress, let alone you brothers. Boys are much more cunning than girls.”
Sanwa nodded, pursing his lips and remaining silent.
"By the way, what do you think, Sanwa, if I were to act as a matchmaker for your mother and find her a son-in-law who would live with her family?"
Although Song Chunxue stated frankly that she did not need to find a partner, Song Zhizhu was still very curious about how Sanwa would react if Song Chunxue really wanted to find one.
Sanwa lay on the pillow, pondering for a moment.
“If my mother really wants to bring that man into the family as a bride, I won’t stop her.”
“Even if my mother wants to leave us to marry someone else, there’s nothing we can do about it, and we definitely can’t stop her.”
Song Zhizhu looked at him in surprise. Even if the children were very understanding of their mother, they would still be unwilling.
After all, a mother is her own mother, while a stepfather is an outsider.
"But I think my mother wouldn't approve of anyone else. She thinks that men who haven't been married must be ugly, stupid, lazy, and unambitious, and they're not young either. My mother definitely wouldn't want them."
Sanwa said in a serious tone, "If someone has been married and then passed away, they must have had children. Ordinary people wouldn't become a live-in son-in-law."
"Unless he's young, good-looking, considerate, helps my mother with chores, doesn't let her go outside in the cold, and is clean and doesn't smell bad." He nodded, "My mother would definitely be happy to do that."
"..." Song Zhizhu finally understood. This wasn't about finding a son-in-law; it was about finding a new son-in-law.
However, Sanwa is right. Their Chunxue is capable and beautiful. Even though she has given birth to five children, she is not sloppy at all.
Although Yang Zhao had told him several times that he wanted to ask Chunxue, after careful consideration, he decided it was better not to ask.
More than twenty years have passed. Although Yang Zhao only has one daughter, he is extremely lazy and loves to drink, so Chunxue definitely wouldn't be interested in her.
“There’s no such thing as what you’re talking about. Even when I was picking one for your sister, I couldn’t find one, let alone your mother.” Song Zhizhu pulled the blanket up, turned around and blew out the candle. “Go to sleep early. I’ll go to school with you tomorrow.”
"Um."
Sanwa also crawled into bed, thinking about how his uncle would go to school with him tomorrow. Everyone knew he had someone backing him up, and he was both excited and nervous, so excited that he couldn't sleep.
However, he quickly poured cold water on his own enthusiasm.
After his uncle leaves, he will still have to rely on himself, and those people might even bully him even more.
He still needs to think of a good way to make them afraid to cause him trouble.
If there's really no other way, he'll just have to endure it.
The teacher said that as long as he could get through these few months, he would be able to go to the village school next spring.
Thinking this way, he felt much more at ease and soon fell asleep.
*
Song Chunxue got up early to make egg drop soup.
When she learned that her second brother was going to go to school with her third brother to support him, she realized that her third brother's life at school wasn't as good as she had imagined.
Why don't you tell me anything?
Song Chunxue felt a little guilty, "I could have stood up for you too."
Sanwa felt a little regretful, blushing and touching the back of his head. "I haven't been bullied all the time, it's just that some people have been annoying lately. They said that Mother used a self-inflicted injury to get Lord Xie to give her money, and I got angry and argued with them. That's why they've been picking on me. I... I didn't have time to say anything."
In fact, some children from other villages, relying on their family background, could act arrogantly in front of him when three or five cousins got together, and constantly cause him trouble.
Sanwa had secretly taught them a lesson a few times when they were alone, and he had also consulted the teacher, so they stopped bothering him.
However, recently, because his teacher always praised his writing and his calligraphy, and because his mother had caused such a commotion and replaced several village chiefs, people disliked him and more and more people began to cause him trouble.
"Then I'll go with you. I want to see who's bullying you." Song Chunxue wanted to go to the school to see for herself.
“It’s inconvenient for a woman like you to go to the school, it’s all men.”
Song Zhizhu placed his hand on Sanwa's shoulder and confidently pointed to himself, "Don't worry, your second brother is a man. After seeing my face, those people will definitely not dare to bully Sanwa in the future."
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