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Due to an operational error, the blank Chapter 96 became a saved chapter, and I couldn't delete it, so I added a sequel here. It's an idea of mine, and I'll finish it in one go. Maybe I'll expand it if I have the chance in the future?
Le Jing was awakened by the woman's crying.
While I was drowsy, I heard a woman's shrill voice: "It's all Yue Niang's fault. Yue Niang was unlucky and killed my husband."
A sharp and sarcastic female voice sounded: "You are such a jinx, such a money-loser! I shouldn't have married you to bring good luck to my son! My poor son! Why don't you just die, you bitch!"
"Ah! Mother, please spare Yue Niang, 吳吳吳..."
Amid the noisy sounds of fighting, Le Jing opened his eyes and began to cough heart-wrenchingly.
"Husband?!"
"Sheng'er?!"
The tearful girl and the white-haired old woman stopped fighting and fell to Le Jing's bed in surprise.
"Sheng'er, are you awake?! God bless you, God bless you!"
"Husband, how do you feel now?"
"Doctor, doctor! Hurry up and ask the doctor to come and take a good look at Sheng'er!"
After the whole fight, the doctor prescribed some medicine for Le Jing and told him to rest well.
Le Jing was lying on the bed, and finally had time to sort out his identity and background this time.
It’s just that his identity this time made him feel particularly embarrassed.
The current era is a hollow Republic of China.
His name is Bai Wangsheng, he is 14 years old this year, he is the only son of the Bai family, the richest family in South City. He has four older sisters, named Pan Di, Zhao Di, Yin Di and Laidi.
He lost his father at a young age, and thanks to his mother's shrewdness and ability, he was able to support the huge family business of the Bai family.
The ones who were crying for him just now were his newly married wife and his mother.
Bai Wangsheng's mother, Huang, gave birth to him at the age of 43. Naturally, she treated him as the apple of her eye and loved him with all her heart. Unfortunately, Bai Wangsheng was born with congenital deficiencies and was sickly since childhood. The doctor said that he would not live past the age of 20.
Seeing that her son's health was getting worse day by day, Mrs. Huang was desperate and went to a fortune teller to calculate his horoscope. When his son was ten years old, she found a child bride who was five years older than him to bring him good luck.
The child bride, Zhou, nicknamed Yue Niang, was a little white flower from a poor family. She was sold to the Bai family by her gambler father, and from then on began her miserable life as a slave for the Bai family.
After sorting out the causes and consequences, Le Jing sighed and made a decision almost immediately - every woman in this family should go to school for him!
At a time when the country is in turmoil, why bother playing motherly words and house fighting? Just let him study for the rise of China!
…
Two months later, Le Jing was finally able to get out of bed and walk.
That night, Yue Niang crawled into his bed naked, and said with a blushing face that her mother wanted them to consummate their marriage so that the Bai family could have children.
Le Jing: ...
Only then did he vaguely remember that the original wife was weak, and the two had never consummated their marriage since Zhou Yue Niang came into the family.
He pushed Yue Niang away, sat up, met the woman's panicked gaze, and said coldly and ruthlessly: "Yue Niang, I will send you to school tomorrow. If you don't get into college, don't enter our Bai family! If you want to continue to be the eldest lady of our Bai family, you have to pass the doctorate exam for me."
Yueniang:? ? ?
The next day, Yue Niang cried to Madam Huang with tears on her face: "Yue Niang is already married, how can she go out and show her face and meet other men?"
Madam Huang also frowned and looked at Le Jing, saying disapprovingly: "Sheng'er, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Yue Niang has already married into our Bai family, so it is the right thing for her to give birth to a child for you as soon as possible."
Le Jing coughed up a mouthful of blood calmly, and under Mrs. Huang's horrified gaze, he said seriously: "Mother, my child has a disease that will cause me to vomit blood if Yue Niang doesn't go to school. As long as Yue Niang doesn't go to school for one day, I will feel uncomfortable. When I feel uncomfortable, I will vomit blood. If I keep vomiting, I will die."
Mrs. Huang was horrified: "Is there such a disease?" She frantically took a handkerchief to wipe the blood from Le Jing, and said helplessly: "My dear, I will listen to you whatever you want to do. It's just school! Let her go to school! Please don't be sad anymore, okay?"
Zhou Yue Niang, 19 years old, was sent to Nancheng Girls' School by her husband's family four years after marrying into the Bai family and became a glorious elementary school student.
Zhou Yue Niang was just the beginning. Le Jing then set his sights on the original owner’s four sisters.
The eldest sister, Bai Pandi, is 27 years old this year. Three years ago, she was divorced by her husband's family because she had no children. She could only go back to her parents' home crying. Now she is heartbroken and stays indoors. Her daily routine is to go to the Buddhist temple at home to burn incense, chant sutras and collect rice for the Buddha.
Le Jing looked at the woman prostrating herself before the Buddha statue and called out, "Big Sister."
The woman was startled and stood up in a panic. She looked at Le Jing at a loss and showed a stiff smile, "Little brother, what do you want from me?"
Le Jing's gaze paused for a moment on the woman's gray hair, then he shifted his gaze and asked calmly, "I want to know what your plans are for the future, elder sister? Do you plan to worship Buddha like this for the rest of your life, or do you plan to remarry?"
The woman's expression became even more embarrassed and bitter. She lowered her head and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I...can't have children. Which man would want me?"
Le Jing nodded in understanding: "I have a way to cure your infertility."
Bai Pandi's body trembled, and she raised her head like lightning, looking at Le Jing with bright eyes, "What method?!"
Le Jing said firmly: "Go to school and study!" He said nonsense in a serious tone: "Reading the books of sages will protect you from diseases and evil spirits, and all diseases will be cured. Then you will definitely be able to give birth to a son!"
Bai Pandi was stunned for a moment, then believed it!
"The teacher said that the book contains golden houses, fertile fields and beautiful women. It turns out that it can also cure diseases!" Bai Pandi's brows lit up with joy: "This book is really a good thing! Okay, I'll go to school!"
"...But, as for my mother..."
Le Jing said calmly: "I have agreed, how can mother disagree?"
Bai Pandi cried with joy: "That's great, my disease can be cured!"
The next day, Bai Pandi was put into a basic literacy class by Le Jing.
After seeing off her eldest sister, Le Jing went out to look for her second sister.
The second sister, Bai Zhaodi, is 23 years old this year. She married the eldest son of the Wang family as his legal wife seven years ago. The Wang family is a family of officials. Their ancestors had a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty, but their descendants were unfilial and squandered their property. Now they can only rely on the Bai family for support.
However, the Wang family was in decline, but they still put on a high and mighty air and looked down on the Bai family, who were born in merchants. When the second sister married, she was bothered by her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law. Her husband was a drunkard and a gambler, and he was also a domestic violence man who would beat her up when he drank.
The original owner's mother believed that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and she never supported her daughters. The second sister Bai Zhaodi lived a life worse than death in the Wang family, but she could only accept it.
Le Jing led a dozen lackeys and came to the front door of Wang's house. Without knocking, he said to the lackeys directly: "Break the door open!"
More than a dozen lackeys swarmed forward and kicked the door a few times. With a loud bang, the wooden door fell down.
With the lackey clearing the way in front, Le Jing walked into the door with a swagger. After taking a few steps, he ran into the old servant of the Wang family who had hurried over to check.
The old servant looked at the aggressive group of people, dumbfounded, "You...you are the eldest young master of the Bai family? You are...how could you..."
Le Jing ignored him and ordered his two lackeys, "Go and bring my second sister out."
Not long after, curses were heard one after another in the Wang family's house. Bai Zhaodi was led out in panic, holding her child, followed by an old woman who was cursing and a sharp and mean young woman.
"Who are you? How dare you come to my Wang family to rob people? Is there any law? Why don't you go out and find out what the Wang family is like? You are blind!"
Le Jing smiled and continued, "Oh, old lady, you are still clinging to an old almanac from hundreds of years ago. If it weren't for our Bai family's support, you would be so poor that you would have to pawn your pants. What kind of status do you have now? It's almost a joke."
Old Madam Wang's eyes widened to the size of copper bells. She asked in disbelief, "Are you... Bai Wangsheng?"
Le Jing raised his chin and said bluntly: "My second sister wants to divorce her husband. Don't expect our Bai family to give you a dime in the future."
Old Lady Wang put her hands on her hips and cursed, "Bah! Do you think we care about your few lousy coins?"
Le Jing nodded, "That's what you said."
He waved his hand and said, "Go, bring back all the dowry my second sister brought. If there is one missing, you will punch Young Master Wang."
Old Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang cursed loudly, but they were powerless. Young Master Wang, who was drunk and snoring loudly, was dragged off the bed into the yard by his lackeys like a dead dog.
A few lackeys brought in a few half-empty boxes and said, "Master, half of the dowry is missing."
Le Jing tapped Young Master Wang on the ground with his chin and said casually, "Go, beat Young Master Wang half to death."
The lackey immediately punched and kicked the man on the ground.
The man held his head in a daze, crying incoherently: "Don't hit me, don't hit me, go to my house to get the money I owe you, my house... my wife has money!"
Bai Zhaodi stood aside and looked at her husband's pig-headed face, her expression becoming more and more complicated.
"Come on, second sister, come home with me." Le Jing grabbed Bai Zhaodi's hand and turned away.
Ten seconds later, the people in the palace reacted.
Old Madam Wang was so angry that she fell backwards. Sister-in-law Wang was very agile and chased to the door, shouting, "Bai Wangsheng, stop right there! How dare you hit my young master in public and take away my eldest young mistress!"
"This is the second daughter of my Bai family. What does she have to do with your Wang family?" Le Jing asked back, "Your brother beat my sister, and as a younger brother, I vented my anger for her. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Bai Zhaodi also reacted at this time. She was so anxious that she stuttered, "Sheng... Sheng'er, what are you doing? What should I do? Mother won't agree..."
Le Jing looked at the frightened Bai Erjie with a half-smile, "So what if she knows?" He said calmly, "When has mother ever gone against my opinion?"
Bai Zhaodi was speechless.
Sister-in-law Wang raised her voice and said, "Once Bai Zhaodi entered our Wang family, she is a member of our Wang family. She should be treated like a slave. Only we can divorce her, and there is no reason for her to divorce her husband! You hit my brother, I will call the police to have you arrested!"
Le Jing raised his eyebrows and said with a fake smile: "What you are wearing now and what you use daily are all my sister's dowry. Your family's food and drink expenses are all paid by our Wang family. Are you trying to be reasonable now? When your family abused my sister and deducted her dowry, were you acting in the way of being ungrateful and ungrateful?"
"If you call the police, you can try." Le Jing sneered: "Do you think the police will arrest you or me?"
The people watching the excitement around them gradually changed their expressions as they looked at Sister-in-law Wang, and began to point fingers at Miss Wang.
Miss Wang's face turned purple with anger. She stamped her feet, covered her face and ran away.
Bai Pandi held her daughter's hand and followed her younger brother on the way home. She felt a huge sense of unreality.
"Mom, do we not have to go home anymore?"
Bai Zhaodi looked at her daughter's bright eyes and suddenly remembered something, "What should I do with my daughter? Her surname is Wang, and the Wang family will not let this go!"
"Then let her have the surname Bai." Le Jing replied calmly: "When we get back, we will record her name in our Bai family tree."
"The Wang family is a poor family. If they dare to cause trouble, my mother will skin them alive."
Bai Zhaodi stared at her brother's thin and weak back. She and her brother had never been close, and she didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to help her.
"Why...why are you helping me?"
The young man turned around and said righteously, "No matter how hard life is, we cannot let our children suffer. No matter how poor we are, we cannot neglect education. Besides, our family is not poor. You will go to school with your daughter tomorrow."
Bai Zhaodi: ???
Le Jing touched the little girl's head and said amiably, "Our daughter should study for the rise of China and become a scientist when she grows up, okay?"
Nannan nodded excitedly: "Okay!"
The next day, after sending her daughter to elementary school, Bai Zhaodi became a classmate of Bai Dajie in the literacy class.
Next is Bai Sanjie, Bai Yindi. Bai Sanjie is 18 years old this year. When she was born, the Qing Dynasty had just fallen. She was born at a good time.
At that time, it was popular for every household to send their daughters to school. In order to make her daughter look good when she got married in the future, Mrs. Huang sent her to school for a few years. This saved Le Jing from having to send her to literacy classes.
At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Huang arranged a marriage for Third Sister Bai and asked her to drop out of the girls' school and stay at home to prepare for her marriage. The wedding date was set at the end of the year.
When Le Jing went to see Bai Sanjie, the girl was shouting that she wanted to go on a hunger strike in protest and vowed never to compromise with arranged marriage.
Le Jing immediately said, "Okay, I'll ask my mother to cancel the engagement tomorrow."
Bai Yindi stared at Le Jing in surprise with her eyes wide open, blurting out: "You have a fever?"
Le Jing said sincerely: "No, this is what I really mean. Third sister, you are as capable as any man. Your future must not be limited to the living room and the kitchen. You should create your own career!"
Bai Yindi was overjoyed. She didn't care why her little brother suddenly became a different person. She patted his shoulder excitedly and said sweetly, "Good brother, my future is in your hands! You must convince mother!"
"What are your plans for the future, Third Sister?" Whether it's continuing to go to school or getting a job, he can help her arrange it.
Bai Yindi hesitated for a moment, looked around furtively, then leaned close to Le Jing's ear and asked mysteriously, "Little brother, have you heard of Marx?"
Le Jing: ...
He looked up at Third Sister Bai with complicated expression. He had underestimated this sister.
"Third sister, are you going to Yan'an to join the revolution?"
The third sister's eyes immediately lit up, and she hugged her little brother excitedly, speaking incoherently with excitement: "Good brother, I knew you understood me!"
Le Jing: "...Okay, go ahead and I'll convince mother."
"Thank you, little brother." Bai Yindi let go of her brother. Her young face showed the fearlessness of an idealist. She said firmly, "From now on, just treat me as dead. I will never bring trouble to the Bai family!"
Le Jing smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying sincerely: "Third sister, maybe the Bai family will have to rely on you for protection in the future."
The next day, Bai Sanjie took some money and set off for Yan'an.
The original owner's last sister, Bai Lai Di, is 16 years old this year. Although she is still attending a girls' school, she has already been engaged and is just waiting to get married when she reaches adulthood.
Naturally, Le Jing would help her cancel this marriage.
When she heard the news, Bai Lai Di was so scared that she cried.
She cried and made a scene: "I don't want to break off the engagement! I don't want to be an abandoned wife! My classmates will laugh at me!"
Le Jing was ruthless: "Then I will send you to study abroad! When you are admitted to Harvard, you can marry whoever you want, I will never stop you!"
Bai Lai Di: ???
Although he handled the life events of the five women of the Bai family as quickly and accurately as a gust of wind blowing away leaves, Le Jing did not breathe a sigh of relief.
Because the next challenge he will face is the biggest challenge - Mrs. Huang.
But Le Jing has found a way to deal with her.
Three months later, after the eldest and second sisters graduated from the literacy class, Le Jing was lying on the hospital bed, and said to Mrs. Huang with a weak breath: "Mother, my fourth sister said that my illness cannot be cured in China, and only foreign doctors can cure it. Mother, can you accompany me to go abroad for treatment?"
Mrs. Huang was about to cry: "But... there are so many things at home that cannot be done without me!"
"Then sell everything that can be sold, and leave the things that can't be sold to the third sister." Le Jing said weakly: "Eldest sister and second sister will also come with us, and our family will live well abroad."
Before Mrs. Huang could even hesitate, Le Jing immediately looked at her sadly, "Mother, is money more important than my life?"
Mrs. Huang immediately made up her mind, "Okay! I'll listen to you and we'll go abroad! The world is getting more and more chaotic now, so we'll go abroad to avoid the limelight."
Le Jing had already made plans. When they went abroad, he would send Mrs. Huang to university for further studies. He would also let his eldest and second sisters be baptized by Western liberal ideas. He did not ask them to learn much knowledge, but at least they should develop strong and independent character.
He didn't lie to Huang's mother. With the current medical conditions in the country, the original owner's condition could not be cured.
He will work hard to get better health abroad so that he can return home in the future.
What are you going back to do?
Of course, join the Communist Party and start revolution!
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