Chapter 73 Quarrel
"Xier, go out first. I'll talk to your sister."
Shen Xi had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, she glanced at her cousin worriedly. Shen Yuan felt even more nervous when he saw that look from his cousin.
After Shen Xi went out, the nanny beside the old lady immediately closed the door. Shen Xi didn't dare to go far, so he squatted down and lay beside the door to eavesdrop.
She swore that she had never done such a thing in her life, but for the peace and harmony of their Shen family, she had no choice but to risk it.
"Manman, do you know what grandma wants to tell you?" The old lady smiled so lovingly that Shen Yuan was completely unaware of what was waiting for her.
Shen Yuan shook his head honestly and said he didn't know.
"Look at you, you've grown up so much, and you're going to have your coming-of-age ceremony soon. You're going to get married soon. How can this family be without a mistress?"
Shen Yuan said without thinking: "Why not? Isn't it my sister-in-law?"
"No matter how you put it, a sister-in-law is just a sister-in-law. She is different from a mother. Girls are different from boys. If they don't have a mother to raise them, they will always be looked down upon when talking about marriage."
Now that things have come to this, if Shen Yuan still doesn't understand what his grandmother means, he would be a fool.
"Grandma, just tell me what you want to say."
Seeing that her granddaughter spoke calmly and did not shout, the old lady thought that her granddaughter had heard what she said.
"You've also met Jingyi. She's a good girl, and she was born in a wealthy family, but she has a bad fate. She was arranged to marry a man a few years ago, but something went wrong in her family, and the man's family called off the engagement. She's been taking care of the family all these years, and her younger brothers and sisters are married, and she's been delayed. Manman, your mother has been gone for so many years, and your father doesn't even have someone who cares about him. Besides, this is all for your own good."
Before Shen Yuan finished listening, he became angry and the words he said were unpleasant to the ear.
"What does it mean to be a person who knows both cold and heat? When it's cold, cover yourself with a blanket; when it's hot, take off your clothes. Even a fool knows that."
"What are you talking about!" The old lady was used to being the boss at home. No one had dared to yell at her for a long time. Today, Shen Yuan had really pissed her off.
Shen Yuan was also angry. She didn't care about her grandmother's cold face and was no longer afraid. "Just let her go back to where she came from. I don't need a stepmother, and neither does my father. You can marry her home if you want."
"Kid, you've really let your father get used to you and you have no rules at all." Shen Yuan's words made the old lady so angry that she fell backwards, and her outstretched hand kept shaking.
The nanny was afraid that the old lady would be angry, so she quickly stepped forward and patted her on the back while advising Shen Yuan: "Second Miss, how can you talk to the old lady like this? You are a man who has been a widower for so many years and has not remarried. The old lady was afraid that you would be wronged, so she waited until you grew up to tell you about this."
"My father is happy to be a widower! If he is not happy, no one can stop him."
"Grandma, I think you're absolutely right. This is my second uncle's own choice. You don't have to worry about it." Shen Xi couldn't bear it any longer when she heard the shouting inside, so she pushed open the door and rushed in.
"Xi'er, this has nothing to do with you, get out!" Seeing Shen Xi standing there motionless and blocking Shen Yuan, the old lady slammed the table in anger, "Get out!"
Shen Yuan turned around and pushed her cousin, "Sister, please go out, it's okay." She had argued with her grandmother and was just scolded, but her cousin still had to go back to her hometown in Jinling to live with her grandmother, and it was not good to have a conflict with her grandmother.
Shen Yuan pushed Shen Xi to the door, and she had no choice but to go out. After thinking for a while, she hurried to look for her cousin's wife and asked her to help her think of a solution.
After seeing Shen Xi leave, Shen Yuan turned around and said to his grandmother, "You should let Jing Yi go back so as not to delay her."
"Shen Yuan! It's not your turn to make the decision in this family. It's not your turn to interfere when your father continues the marriage."
"Is it my father who wants to continue the string? Isn't it your own will?"
If her father wanted to remarry, Shen Yuan would not be able to stop him. It was very common for a widow to remarry and a widower to remarry. But Shen Yuan knew that her father did not want to remarry.
"You are just like your mother. When your mother was alive, she wouldn't have allowed your father to take a concubine, but after so many years, your father still hasn't remarried. I don't know what kind of drug he took to make him lose his mind."
"If you want to talk about something, just talk about me. Why are you talking about my mother? There's nothing wrong with my mother!"
"Who taught you to talk to your grandmother like that? I shouldn't have been soft-hearted. I should have taken you back to Nanjing and raised you well!"
When Shen Xi brought He Ying over, what they heard was the grandfather and grandson arguing fiercely.
He Ying didn't care about anything at the moment, and rushed in to hug Shen Yuan, "Grandma, it's reasonable for the younger generation to interfere in the marriage of the elders, so it's useless for you to force me to express my opinion here, why not wait for my father to come back and then talk to him. But it's unreasonable for you to allow your grandson's wife to be rude and bring her home like this today."
"That's right, grandma. Isn't this something that my second uncle must be willing to do..." Shen Xi also spoke up.
The old lady had never been humiliated like this in her life. One or two of them were disobedient and dared to talk back. Even her eldest granddaughter, who used to be the most caring and obedient, and her most satisfied granddaughter-in-law, had changed.
She talked to her granddaughter first. Naturally, the old lady knew that her granddaughter was the life of her son. If her granddaughter was unwilling, her son would naturally give her a hundred words to put her off.
She was so angry that she almost fainted. She felt that she was only thinking about her granddaughter. A girl without a mother's guidance would be looked down upon when she talked about marriage. In the end, not only did no one understand her painstaking efforts, but they also treated her like an enemy.
"You two have teamed up, that's great. Let's wait until your father comes back from duty. I don't think he can disobey his parents. My dear daughter-in-law, where is Jingyi now?"
"My grandson's wife has arranged Miss Jingyi... to stay in Mingliu Courtyard." Mingliu Courtyard was a courtyard that the family reserved for guests. Since the guests had come, He Ying could not just ignore them and arranged them there.
"How can you ignore a guest like this? You have to take care of her, Yingniang."
Before He Ying could reply, Shen Yuan couldn't help but said, "Sister-in-law, don't go. I think there's no need to wait for my father to get off duty. Just call him back now and ask him whether he wants a daughter or to continue the relationship. This way you don't have to bother the family." After Shen Yuan finished speaking, he lowered his head and walked out.
He Ying and Shen Xi were startled and followed her quickly, seeing Shen Yuan walking towards the outer courtyard.
Soon, Shen Yuan found the housekeeper and asked him to go to the Dali Temple to call his father back.
"Uncle He, do you have any money?"
"Ah? Yes, yes, yes." Shen He took off the purse and handed it to Shen Yuan.
"Borrow it for a while. Go to the Dali Temple and tell my father that his mother has come with someone to continue his string music, and his daughter has run away from home. Tell him to take leave and come back as soon as possible."