"You idiot, you're going to be tough with her again. Do you think you can really scare her with a broom?" Yu Ruhai cursed angrily.
Yu Hanshan stiffened his neck and said, "If she dares not to go, I will beat her to death. I can't let her ruin the future of Jinyan and Jinshu like this!"
Yu Ruhai pointed at him, frowned, and said with a headache, "Why don't you use your brain? Now we can only coax her to go to find Lin Shanzhang. If you really beat her, with Meng Yujiao's personality, she will definitely not ask Lin Shanzhang for the sake of being careful with her words."
Yu Zhou took the broom from Yu Mengshan and threw it behind the door, saying, "Your father is right. That girl is soft-hearted and doesn't take hard measures. Don't be stubborn. Let the third daughter-in-law go and beg her in the next few days. Who knows, there may be a turnaround."
After hearing what the old lady said, Yu Hanshan could only suppress his anger and said angrily, "If she continues like this, I think she will bully everyone in our Yu family!"
"If you had studied medicine with me and learned all the things passed down from our ancestors, our family wouldn't have to rely on Meng Yujiao now?" Yu Ruhai sighed, "You are all so useless."
Yu Zhou gave Yu Hanshan a look and said, "Say less. If the issue between Jinyan and Jinshu is not resolved, your father will be very upset. You should put away your temper. The third daughter-in-law, you should also lower your dignity and try to coax and beg Meng Yujiao. Don't keep scolding and threatening to hit her."
Zhao curled her lips, and Yu Hanshan also looked unwilling.
Yu Zhou had no choice but to say, "The Autumn Examination will be held in a few days. If you really want to be careful in your writing and words, you should sacrifice your dignity and say something nice."
Yu Ruhai also said, "The future of Jinshu and Jinyan is the most important. Even if you kneel down and beg her, it's okay. There's nothing to be ashamed of."
Only then did Zhao respond.
After Yu Ruhai got up and returned to the east room, Yu Zhou whispered to Yu Hanshan and his wife, "I asked the eldest son's wife to ask Meng Yujiao. She came out of the east room. Although she said Yujiao didn't agree, I saw that her face was different from before. It seemed that she was not so worried that the third brother would not be able to pay tribute to the country. She must have heard something in the east room."
"Mother, are you saying that Meng Yujiao might have agreed to help my sister-in-law ask for help from Mr. Lin?" Zhao's eyes flashed as she guessed in a low voice.
Yu Zhou shook her head and said, "No one can say for sure. Anyway, you two should stop losing your temper and speak softly to that girl. Go and beg her. Just like your father said, if she doesn't respond, you kneeling down to beg her is also a way of forcing her. This soft method is much more appropriate than forcing her by shouting and shouting."
"Okay, as long as my second and fourth brothers can pay tribute and kneel down to her, I will accept it." Zhao knew there was no other way, so she accepted her fate.
Yu Hanshan said nothing, feeling extremely reluctant.
On the second day, Zhao was surprisingly diligent. When Song was about to cook early in the morning, she found that Zhao had not slept in and was cooking in the kitchen for the first time.
"Second sister-in-law, you go and have a rest. I will cook breakfast today." Zhao said to Song Chun with a smile.
Song Chun looked curious and couldn't help but look outside at the sun in the sky. The newly risen sun was hanging in the east.
"Let me do it." Seeing Zhao Xueru picking vegetables, Song Chun said somewhat uncomfortably.
Zhao still smiled and said, "No need, I'll do it. Second sister-in-law, you should go and have a rest."
Seeing that she really wanted to cook, Song Chun stopped refusing and went to the backyard to feed the pigs.
Zhang came out of the west room and went into the kitchen to help Song Chun light the fire as usual. When she walked in, she saw Zhao Xueru. She rubbed her eyes in surprise and saw Song Chun coming from the backyard with a pitcher plant in his arms. She walked over and lowered her voice and asked, "The sun is rising from the west? Why is she cooking today?"
Song shook her head, "Maybe he wants to cook."
Zhang smiled and said, "Let her do what she wants. Let's take some time off. I'm going to the river to wash clothes. Do you want to come?"
With nothing to do, Song Chun went back to the house to pack up the dirty clothes, and went to the river with Zhang to wash clothes.
After Zhao Xueru finished cooking, she found that Song Chun and Zhang were not at home, and Yu Qiaoshan and Yu Mengshan were making umbrellas in the yard.
She washed her hands and went to the east room. She pulled the corners of her mouth outside the bamboo curtain and entered the east room with a smile.
As she pushed open the door to the side room, Zhao Xueru said with a smile, "Fuling, Meng girl, it's time to get up and eat!"
When Song Chun was packing up the dirty clothes, Yu Fuling and Yu Jiao had already woken up. Yu Jiao was sitting by the window reading a book, while Yu Fuling was making clothes. They both looked up at Zhao with something strange in their eyes.
"Oh, you're all awake?" Zhao came into the room, still smiling, and said to Yu Jiao, "Aunt San fried some delicious chive meatballs. Stop reading and go eat."
Yu Jiao nodded stiffly, not understanding what Zhao was doing.
Yu Fuling and Yu Jiao were called out of the house by Zhao. When they were fetching water to wash in the yard, they looked at each other, neither of them understanding what Zhao was up to.
Zhao went into the kitchen, brought the food into the main room, and called the old man and the old lady to eat.
Song Chun and Zhao came back from washing clothes by the river. Yu Fuling came over and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with Third Aunt? She called me and Yu Jiao to eat early in the morning. She was so kind, like a different person."
Song Chun hung the clothes on the bamboo pole and shook his head. Zhang whispered, "It's probably because of the matter of the second and fourth brothers. He wants to please Meng girl."
Yu Fuling quickly told Yu Jiao what Zhang had said. Yu Jiao had already guessed something about it, but she didn't expect that after a night, Zhao had become smarter and knew how to use a roundabout way.
During the meal, Zhao Xueru treated Yu Jiao with extra affection and kept trying to pick up food for her, but Yu Jiao blocked her attempts by protecting her bowl with her hands.
Yu Hanshan also said at the dinner table, "I see that Fifth Brother is getting better and looks more energetic. Girl Meng has worked really hard to take care of Fifth Brother. I'll chop some ribs later. Xueru, you can stew some vermicelli and ribs for lunch to nourish Girl Meng."
Yu Qizhe turned his head to look at Yu Jiao, who blinked at him, her almond-shaped eyes clear and bright yet revealing a hint of cunning.
She said politely, "Thank you, Uncle San."
Yu Jinshu kept a sullen face and said nothing. He knew in his heart that his parents were trying to please Meng Yujiao mostly because of the student issue.
Yu Zhizhou had heard from Zhang yesterday that Yu Jiao agreed to go find Mr. Lin, but she kept it a secret from the third wife.
Later, he heard his mother talk about cloth, and Yu Jiao suggested that his father make oil-paper umbrellas to make money. Thinking of his previous narrow-mindedness, jealousy and dislike for the third wife, and how he instigated Yu Jiao to seduce Yu Jinyan, he felt extremely guilty.
His mother always told him that one should be grateful and repay kindness, and asked him to remember how good Yu Jiao was to the first wife and to repay her when he had the chance in the future.
After dinner, Yu Zhizhou wanted to find an opportunity to apologize to Yu Jiao, but he didn't find one.
Zhao made lunch again. She stewed pork ribs with vermicelli and gave Yu Jiao a full bowl of ribs. Even Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan's bowls did not have that much ribs.
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