Chapter 143 The hero's mother is the best (30) Please subscribe
"She was kind-hearted and pitied Ji Sanlang's family, so she asked Ji Sanlang's wife to wash clothes for the family."
Although Madam Wan was a little disappointed with Gu Qingcheng, her evaluation was still fair.
"But kindness must be used in the right place!"
When Wan Niangzi said this, she was teaching her daughter, "Ji Sanlang and his wife are both foolishly filial people. Even if we help them, the benefits will not fall on them."
Just like this time, Gu invited Ji Sanniang to come to her house to wash clothes and gave her five cents for each basin of clothes.
Above the market price, this is definitely something you want to take care of.
However, Madam Ji San had long been controlled by her mother-in-law. Whenever she got the money, she would hand it over obediently without her mother-in-law asking for it.
Their third branch is the worst-off branch in the Ji family.
The three children were all skinny and pale from hunger.
You know, the Ji family is not short of money. The sons of the first, second and fourth wives are all studying in the academy.
The youngest child, the fifth room, has a son who is still young and not old enough to go to school.
Otherwise, the children in this family would also go to school.
Only Ji Silang from the third room, who was ten years old and did not look stupid, was sent to a bookstore as an apprentice by old man Ji.
Dealing with black ink every day, a good child can become dark.
My hands, which should have been soft and tender, were rough and cracked, and there were stains between my nails that could not be washed clean.
Wan Niangzi is a mother herself, and she knows that parents are bound to be partial.
For example, among her three children, she values her eldest son more and loves her daughter more.
Naturally, her younger son was somewhat neglected by her.
However, Madam Wan was only slightly negligent and never really treated him differently.
The Ji family is not just partiality; they simply don't treat their third son's family as human beings.
The new and old residents in the back street of the academy all felt sorry for Ji Sanlang's family and helped them at first.
But the old couple in the Ji family are not good people.
When they saw others helping their third son, instead of feeling ashamed, they treated Ji Sanlang's family even more harshly.
Their meaning was clear: You feel sorry for my Sanlang, so I can make him even more pitiful, so why don’t you just be more generous! The old man Ji and his wife deliberately tortured Ji Sanlang’s family twice as much in order to “extort” those neighbors who were dissatisfied.
"With such a black-hearted old man, it's hard for us neighbors to help him."
Because in this way, you are not really helping others, but "aiding and abetting the evil."
Lady Wan looked angry but helpless as she slowly said, "If we don't help, their lives won't become even more miserable."
Zheng Wanjun listened to her mother's words and nodded seriously.
She thought so too.
Just like those beggars with missing limbs in later generations, everyone understands what is going on.
Giving them money is actually encouraging the arrogance of some bad people.
No trade, no harm.
When an industry is no longer profitable, naturally there won’t be so many innocent people being harmed.
"Instead of hiring Madam Ji San at a high price, it would be better to secretly take care of her three children."
"Alas, even for those children, you can't take care of them too much!"
"They used to be able to eat a few bites of food at the Ji family, but since Old Man Ji knew that the neighbors would give them food, the old man simply refused to let the three children eat a single bite of food."
When mentioning the three children, Wan Niangzi's face was full of pity.
The youngest is only three years old, and his arms and legs are as thin as bamboo poles.
It has a big head, which is scary to look at.
Ji Sanlang is foolishly filial, and Ji Sanniang has no opinion of her own. They are all adults and they deserve the hardships they have to endure!
But what about the children? What have they done wrong?
They don't even have the chance to choose.
After hearing what his mother said, Zheng Wanjun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In addition to hating mama's boys, she also extremely hates foolish and filial boys.
Humph, go ahead and be filial to yourself, and it’s up to you to return your life to your parents.
Why would he drag his wife and children into this? To be frank, this kind of person is extremely selfish and treats his wife and children as his own property!
After Madam Wan finished telling all the wonderful stories about the Ji family, she turned the topic back to Gu Qingcheng.
"Mrs. Gu is soft-hearted. Not only did she pay a high price to hire Madam Ji San to do the work, she also gave her some food."
"What a pity! She has no idea that the snacks and steamed bread she gives to Madam Ji San will never make it into the mouths of Madam Ji San and her children."
"And those two children were driven out of the Zhao family's door by Old Lady Ji at dinner time."
The children were beaten so badly that their bodies were covered with bruises. They were hungry and in pain and cried loudly.
Gu Qingcheng not only made sure they had enough to eat, but also gave them some extra food to take back to the Ji family.
Otherwise, he would be beaten again! Thinking of the tragedy that happened every day, Wan Niangzi couldn't help but shake her head.
Zheng Wanjun looked enlightened, "I thought so. I can always hear faint crying sounds every day."
It turned out that it was the Gu family who caused this.
She couldn't help Ji Sanlang's family at all, but made them suffer more! Wan Niangzi and Zheng Wanjun, mother and daughter, were rational and sober, and couldn't help shaking their heads.
Zheng Wanjun even thought that if she were one of Ji Sanlang's three children, she would definitely have complicated feelings towards Gu: gratitude and resentment!
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Ji Xiaosi, Ji Sanlang's eldest son, did not feel resentment towards Gu Qingcheng who helped him as Zheng Wanjun had speculated.
On the contrary, he was grateful!
Because it was never Madam Gu who abused them.
And Madam Gu's kindness really helped him and his brothers and sisters.
Every time Ji Xiaosi, who was treated like a beast of burden in the bookstore, saw Madam Gu's beautiful and gentle appearance and felt her heartache and compassion, he was deeply moved.
The steamed buns and snacks that Madam Gu secretly stuffed into his heart also made him feel as if his heart was filled with joy.
More importantly, it was Madam Gu who woke him up—
"Being an apprentice in a bookstore isn't a bad idea. At least I can learn a skill."
"As the old saying goes, a craftsman will never starve in a famine. If you have a skill, you have the capital to eat."
"...My husband was not loved by his parents either, and he had to venture out on his own at a young age."
"At that time, he was an apprentice in a pharmacy. The shopkeeper and the doctors were wary of him and would not teach him real skills."
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"But my husband is very smart. He learns secretly even if no one teaches him."
"In order to learn skills secretly, he served tea and water to the doctors, massaged their waists and backs, washed their feet, and emptied the chamber pots..."
"He ate the least and worked the most. In three years, my husband learned how to identify and prepare medicinal herbs, as well as how to diagnose pulses and write a few simple prescriptions."
When Gu Qingcheng spoke to Ji Xiaosi, memories flashed in her beautiful almond eyes.
There is endless pride on her exquisite face.
"My husband learned real skills by stealing."
"He returned to his hometown and became a barefoot doctor, treating patients and selling medicine. He built up a huge family business on his own."
When Gu Qingcheng was reminiscing about the past, she did not forget to glance at Ji Xiaosi out of the corner of her eye.
I found that although the child's face was blackened by ink, his eyes were exceptionally bright.
Especially after hearing Zhao Guodong's counterattack story, the little boy's chest straightened up.
Gu Qingcheng sighed slightly in her heart, what a good child.
Even so, let me give him one more word -
"Oh, by the way, my husband also learned to read from the names of medicines on the medicine cabinet."
"If you know how to read, you can understand books, and if you read books, you can understand more truths!"
"My husband is one of the few people in Zhaojiazhuang who can read and write. He knows the benefits of reading, which is why he has been supporting Dalang in his studies since he was young!"
The most common thing in a bookstore is books! Ji Xiaosi is an apprentice working in the printing workshop at the back. He has no access to books, but he spends the whole day with woodblocks.
As long as he wants to learn, he can always learn.
Gu Qingcheng felt that she had given enough suggestions.
Whether Ji Xiaosi will continue to be a book printer or take another path from here, it all depends on himself!
When Ji Xiaosi heard Gu Qingcheng mention Zhao Qingyun, his eyes became brighter.
Although Zhao Qingyun had just moved in, he had already become "someone else's child" in the back street of the academy.
Young and talented!
He has a photographic memory and can recite whatever he hears. He is simply the child prodigy and literary star that only exists in vernacular novels.
Even such an outstanding person as Zhao Qingyun, his father was once an apprentice.
If it weren't for his father's hard work and perseverance, there would probably be no Zhao Qingyun today.
Ji Xiaosi suddenly felt a sense of heroism in his heart.
He clenched his black fists tightly. We are all apprentices. Zhao Qingyun's father was able to learn skills secretly, so why can't I? I may not be as good as Zhao Qingyun in this life, but I can train my son.
Besides, I am only ten years old, so it may not be impossible for me to achieve something.
"Thank you, Madam Gu!"
Ji Xiaosi was not an ungrateful person. He knew that Madam Gu was saying these things to remind him and teach him.
Madam Gu, you are indeed beautiful and kind-hearted.
Others said that Mrs. Gu was weak and confused, unable to protect her sons from the wind and rain, and was a negligent mother.
Ji Xiaosi didn't think so. He felt that Madam Gu was much better than his own mother.
They were both weak and incapable women, but Mrs. Gu was willing to listen to her son, while his mother was simply unreasonable! A trace of sadness flashed across Ji Xiaosi's eyes, and soon he pulled himself together again.
After hiding the steamed bun given to him by Madam Gu, he straightened his body and strode towards the bookstore.
"Aunt, they all said that what you are doing won't really help Ji Sanlang's family!"
After watching Ji Xiaosi leave, Gu Qingcheng was about to turn around and go back when a small voice came from the west.
Without even turning her head to look, Gu Qingcheng knew who it was.
The "little granddaughter" of the neighbor on the west side is surnamed Han and her nickname is Jiaojiao.
If you only hear the name, everyone would think that the child's parents must love her very much.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been given the nickname "Jiaojiao".
However, when you see Han Jiaojiao's appearance and get along with her, you will know: her parents don't seem to love her.
We can’t say both parties, at least one of them doesn’t love.
The other party also seriously failed in its duty.
A good child, but he is cowardly, timid, inferior and sensitive.
Obviously, the "grandmother" is a very imposing person, but the "granddaughter" is so timid and petty!
(End of this chapter)
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