Chapter 483
Yuan Jing had dinner again before returning to the mansion. The concierge was already numb to his early departure and late return, so he conveyed the old lady's words: "The old lady asked the fourth young master to go to her after he returns."
Yuan Jing smiled: "Okay."
After Yuan Jing left, it took the doorman a while to come back to his senses. No wonder the maids and old women in the mansion said that the fourth young master was getting more and more handsome recently. Such a smile made a grown man's eyes go straight. He was completely different from his previous obese appearance.
Yuan Jing asked Song Shi to go back first, and he slowly walked to the yard where the old lady was. After entering, he greeted her casually, and then stood there waiting for the old lady to speak, ignoring the complicated expression on the old lady's face every time she saw his face.
In fact, Yuan Jing really wanted to use this face to stimulate the old lady and Marquis Zeng Kang to see what actions they would take after the stimulation.
The old lady looked at her grandson for a long time before she drooped her eyelids and said, "Don't run outside if you have nothing to do. I asked your second aunt to find a marriage for you. Why do you run outside all day?"
Yuan Jing's expression didn't change at all, and he said, "Grandson heard it, is there anything else, old lady?"
"No more, you can go back and rest early." The old lady waved her hand.
Yuan Jing took his leave and turned to leave back to his own yard. As for not going outside? He listened, but the old lady couldn't control what he did, unless she put him under house arrest again. But this time, even if she put him under house arrest, it wouldn't work. He could still climb over the wall and go out. Who could stop him from visiting Jing Lie?
The old lady sighed deeply. Zeng Yuanjing's obedient appearance made her feel like she had punched cotton. She didn't understand why her grandson had lost weight so quickly. He was her grandson, so how could she harm him? Wasn't she doing all this to save the child's life?
"When the Marquis comes back, ask him to come to my place."
"Yes, old lady."
After Jing Lie separated from Yuan Jing, he also returned to the Jing family. After he came to this world, he seldom returned to the Jing family. He either ran to Yuan Jing's place in the middle of the night or stayed in the yard behind the cloth shop. This time, the Jing family called him back, and it was easy to imagine why.
His elder brother always looked down on his younger brother who had accomplished nothing, and preferred to teach him a lesson under the pretext of being a scholar. Therefore, the original body did not like to stay in that house. If he had not come, the original body would have taken on the mission of escorting an escort and followed the escort team out of the capital, and the ending would most likely be death on the way. The Jing family might be relieved because this younger brother who had accomplished nothing would only bring shame to his brother, and if he died on the way to escort an escort, they would get a compensation from the escort agency.
Now Jing Lie is still alive and well. His elder brother Jing Shao is a man who only knows how to study hard. He associates with scholars similar to him. His circle of friends is very small, otherwise they would have known Jing Lie's famous name outside. But no matter how small his circle of friends is, those words should have reached Jing Shao's ears. When he pushed open the door and went in, Jing Lie was in a good mood and curled the corners of his mouth.
A black shadow flew towards him, and Jing Lie blocked it with his hand. The shadow was deflected and fell to the ground, breaking into pieces. It turned out to be a tea bowl.
When Mother Jing saw the tea bowl being smashed into pieces, she immediately clutched her chest and said in sorrow: "Look at what good things you have done. Didn't the tea bowl cost money? You prodigal son..."
Jing Lie looked at the family and treated them like criminals. He interrupted his mother angrily, "That's enough. If you want to scold someone, go scold your precious son. He broke the tea bowl, so let him take the money."
It is said that before he came, the family was supported by his unsuccessful younger brother and his mother and sister-in-law. His mother and sister-in-law did embroidery work day and night and sent the work to the embroidery shop to exchange for money to support the education of Jing Shao, the real unsuccessful brother in the family. The whole family hoped that he could succeed in his studies.
But in Jing Lie's opinion, Jing Shao was completely pedantic. He had no hope that he could pass the imperial examination. He would be a poor scholar all his life and a burden to his family.
"You...you dare to talk back to me!" Jing's mother condemned Jing Lie even more heartbrokenly.
Jing Lie said impatiently: "Okay, why did you call me back? If you have something to say, just say it quickly. If not, I will leave."
When the tea bowl was smashed, Jing Shao also regretted it. After all, he knew how much money there was in the family, and this was a tea bowl he liked very much. Now it was broken into pieces, so he resisted throwing things at Jing Lie. He looked at Jing Lie with anger, disgust and disappointment: "All you do outside is ruin the reputation of my Jing family. You even made me lose face. Do you know what people outside are saying about you?"
Jing Lie folded his arms and leaned against the door frame: "I didn't steal or rob, so why am I embarrassed?"
Jing Shao thought of the ridicule he had received during the day, and his face flushed red. "Why don't you do something else but shamelessly fool around with a man? I tell you, break up with that man right away, and kneel in front of your father's tablet for three days and three nights, otherwise the Jing family will not tolerate a child like you who is immoral."
"It's my business who I associate with. Big brother, you should pay more attention to your own children. Look at how thin your nephews and nieces have become in order to support your studies. If you can't pass the exam, just earn money honestly. Don't you see how you have failed the exam several times?"
"You..." This time it was Jing Shao's turn to cover his chest, looking as if he couldn't bear the blow.
The two children huddled beside their mother, not daring to make any sound. The eldest sister-in-law lowered her head, not daring to look at the argument between her husband and uncle, and only held the two children tightly.
Compared to my husband, it is my uncle who remembers to buy some snacks for the two children after he gets paid from work. That is when the children are happiest.
"You bastard, how dare you say that to your elder brother, apologize to him now!" Mother Jing rushed forward and slapped her youngest son. The eldest son was her pride and her hope, but this youngest son only brought shame to her, especially the shameless thing he did outside this time, which made her too embarrassed to even mention it.
Jing Lie could have easily stopped them, but after thinking it over he gave up. It didn't matter if he was hit a few times, so he just stood there.
"What did I say wrong? You are almost 30 years old. Has Big Brother earned a penny for this family? It's like a bottomless pit to support him in taking exams again and again. Dabao is also at the age of enlightenment. You claim that our Jing family is a family of scholars. I just want to ask, when will you send Dabao to enlightenment?"
Mother Jing paused. It was already difficult for her and her daughter-in-law to support a scholar. How could they afford to support another one? Although she loved her grandson, she still had to take a back seat to her son, who she had always held in her hands.
"When your elder brother passes the imperial examination, he will naturally send Dabao to school."
Oh, you are just fooling yourself. You have money to send your eldest brother to that useless book club, but you have no money to educate Dabao.
"Then you just wait for the day when Jing Shao passes the imperial examination. Anyway, you never count on me. I'm leaving now." Jing Lie pointed at his sleeves, turned around and was about to walk out.
"Stop!" Jing Shao's roar sounded from behind. He always looked down on this brother who had accomplished nothing. When his father was alive, he loved him as his eldest son who was good at studying. Now, the family can only gain a foothold among the neighbors because of his status as a scholar. Otherwise, how could they have such a good reputation? But today he was humiliated by this younger brother, and he was furious.
"Will you listen to me, your eldest brother? Otherwise, I will enforce the family law on behalf of my father and break your legs!"
Jing Lie sneered. How could this weak scholar break Jing Lie's legs? He didn't even turn his head and continued to walk forward: "Come and fight if you have the guts. If you want me to obey, you should show some ability."
"If you dare to step out of the Jing family's door today, don't ever recognize the Jing family's door again. There is no one as shameless as you in my Jing family." The veins on Jing Shao's forehead were throbbing and his blood vessels were about to burst.
"Please go ahead. When you want to expel me from the Jing family, send someone to tell me so that he can re-register his household registration."
"roll--"
The servants could only hide aside and watch. In fact, if they were to say, living a good life is more important than any false reputation. If possible, they would rather follow the second young master. Unlike now, they can't even get enough food to eat and their clothes are all patched. The clothes worn by the second young master are better than those of the eldest young master, and he looks much more energetic than before.
If the second young master is really expelled from the Jing family, the Jing family will probably be the only one to regret it in the future. However, the eldest young master is really cruel. He won't really expel the second young master from the Jing family, right?
Jing Shao didn't expect that his threat to expel Jing Lie from the Jing family would not stop him. He could not swallow this humiliation at all, and contacted the clan members overnight to remove Jing Lie's name from the family tree. Facing the persuasion of the clan members, he spoke righteously, as if if Jing Lie was not expelled, the whole Jing family would be implicated by Jing Lie.
The clan members wanted Jing's mother to persuade Jing Shao. In fact, Jing's mother wanted to persuade Jing Lie to return to the right path while also wanting her son to bring back some money, because the family's income could not cover Jing Shao's expenses. Isn't that young master rich? If she spent the money to open a cloth shop and let her youngest son run it, she would definitely be able to make a lot of money, which would not only persuade her youngest son to come back but also ease the family's financial pressure. However, she didn't expect that her youngest son would leave without even looking back.
Jing's mother was reluctant to give up the money, so she thought about persuading Jing Lie again. However, Jing Shao could not tolerate the humiliation Jing Lie had inflicted on him. He wanted to see how Jing Lie would cry and beg him after he was removed from the family list, so he stood firm in his attitude. In the end, Jing's mother could not persuade her son, so she opened the ancestral hall overnight and crossed out Jing Lie's name from the family tree.
Jing Shao looked at Jing Lie's name that was crossed out, a twisted and malicious smile appeared in his eyes, but he turned around and thanked his clansmen with an extremely righteous look.
The clan members also felt that what Jing Lie did brought shame to the Jing family. Besides, Jing Shao was the one with the best chance of success in the Jing family, so they would not oppose his decision too much.
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