Chapter 31 Find a way
The legitimate and illegitimate sons of Xuanbo Mansion gave birth to legitimate and illegitimate sons, and they have been enjoying the influence of the emperor for generation after generation. The court is not likely to provide so many positions to these noble families. It is already good enough for a legitimate son born to an illegitimate son to get a position as a music director and receive a salary, and he even wants to be a sixth-rank Yuanwailang. He really thinks that the court is run by his family, right?
Su Ruojin didn't know. If she knew, she would definitely come in with a knife and kill him.
Su Yanli was a doctor of the Five Classics. In the Imperial College, he not only taught knowledge, but also various etiquette of the state and family.
The mistress was annoying. At this moment, Su Yanli really had no way to get angry. He could only grit his teeth and bear it. He walked past the screen and helped his wife stop the bleeding of Aunt Ding.
Seeing the blood, Wan's pent-up anger seemed to be finally released. It was useless to be in love with her since she could still do whatever she wanted. It was like a general amnesty and she told Su Yanli and his wife to get out.
Cheng Yingzhen tried desperately to pull her aunt away.
Aunt Ding didn't dare to leave.
Seeing blood on New Year's Day, Cheng family's eldest daughter Cheng Yuzhu felt it was too unlucky and waved her hand to tell Aunt Ding to get out.
Wan frowned.
Cheng Yuzhu had no choice but to coax her, "Mother, it's New Year's Day. You don't mind it being unlucky, but I do. My son Dalang is planning to marry the Minister of Rites' family!"
Only then did Wan's anger ease.
Back to the aunt's room, a storage room that was even worse than a low-ranking servant's, it was freezing cold and made people shiver. Cheng Yingzhen burst into tears when she saw this. It was all her fault for being useless. It was all her fault!
It's not his wife's fault. As a woman, she can't make a name for herself. It's because he is useless as a man!
Su Yanli stood at the door of the room, wishing he could bang his head against his head and die, covering his face to express his sorrow.
Su Ruojin didn't know what the situation was like in the Bo's Mansion. From the time she was born until now, except for taking Su Dalang to the Bo's Mansion by her parents, they had never been to the Bo's Mansion before.
On the one hand, from what Su Ruojin knew, her step-grandfather only accepted holiday gifts before the New Year and never let her parents go back to her parents' home on the second day of the New Year. It was obvious that he didn't want to give red envelopes to the children.
Su Ruojin had no interest in accepting the red envelope from such a snobbish Bo's Mansion.
It was not until dark that Su Yanli and his wife returned.
When he came back, he was covered in blood, which frightened Su Ruojin so much that her heart was pounding. "Dad, what happened to mom?"
The answer was that the annual gift in previous years was only seven or eight taels, but this year it was nearly twenty taels, which was not a small amount. Why did they have to spend so much money? Did something happen?
Su Yanli was exhausted, "Ajin, is there any hot water? Let me and your mother take a shower first."
Su Ruojin suppressed her thoughts and asked Mother Dong and Shu Tong to serve the two of them while she went to make dinner.
All the vegetables and meat were prepared. It was cold in the winter, and they were afraid that if they were cooked too early they would get cold, so they waited for the two of them to come back and put them in the pot.
Su Yanli and his wife had not returned by sunset, and Su Ruojin wondered, could it be that the Bo's Mansion could invite them to dinner because of the gifts they received this year? He also remembered what his father had said about his cheap grandfather, who was a concubine's son of the Bo's Mansion, but had a big appetite. He married all his concubines to powerful people or wealthy businessmen, and received thousands of taels of gifts every year.
The fact that his parents brought him a New Year gift of seven or eight taels really made them roll their eyes.
Then just roll your eyes. Lord Fan also charged seven or eight taels of silver. Not only did he not look down on me, he even invited me to the lantern shed to drink tea and watch the lanterns!
Compared with others, Jian Zhen is so defeated in seconds that there is nothing left.
Su Yanli and his wife did not come out immediately after washing up. They sat in the bedroom, their suppressed emotions bursting out as they worried about Aunt Ding's injury. They couldn't help but hugged their heads and cried.
Su Ruojin had cooked four dishes and a soup, but the two hadn't come out yet. She went forward and knocked on the door, but was stopped by Dong's mother. "Wait a moment!" After saying that, she couldn't help wiping away her tears.
"Mom, what happened?" Su Ruojin took the opportunity to find out what happened at Bo's Mansion.
Mother Dong pulled the Second Lady away before she elaborated on what happened in the afternoon. Su Ruojin turned around and went to the kitchen to get a knife to kill him. Mother Dong was so scared that she quickly hugged her and said, "Oh my God, my little master, this kind of thing can't be argued with a knife."
"Then my parents and my great aunt will suffer in vain?"
What if I don't accept it? That Wan Shi was making rules for the concubine and tormenting her. She had calculated everything and didn't leave any room for the adults to reason. Mother Dong could only sigh.
Su Ruojin was so angry that she couldn't help but say, "My father was also a doctor of the Five Classics in the Imperial College. Doesn't their family have any children studying in the Imperial College?"
The bookkeeper squatted on the ground. Hearing the young master's words, he snorted coldly, "If they can raise children who can enter the Imperial Academy, will they still look down on us, my master?"
It's because they can't ask Su Yanli for help that they think he is of no use and don't treat the Su couple well.
Su Ruojin: ...Damn it, does the saying 'Everything is inferior except reading' only apply to common people?
The dinner on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month was divided into three groups. The first group was Su Dalang and his brothers. Su Ruojin coaxed them to eat and go to bed. The second group was Feng’s father and son, Shu and Dong’s mother. It was not until eight or nine o’clock that Su Yanli and his wife calmed down and had dinner with their daughter.
While eating, Su Ruojin advised the couple, "When we are older, let Uncle Shutong send the New Year gifts to the gatehouse. They can accept them if they want. It doesn't matter if they don't. No matter what, we just need to live a good life."
Su Yanli didn't say anything.
Cheng Yingzhen said: "I don't care what those wicked people do, even if they are my aunt..."
Aunt Ding was only in her forties, but she had already been worn out like an old lady. Her pale and weak eyes looked as if she could die at any moment. Cheng Yingzhen really didn't dare to think about it...
Yes, if it wasn't for Aunt Ding, why would her mother care about Xuanbo Mansion? Sending holiday gifts every year is just to make Aunt Ding live better there. It seems that it has no effect at all, and it even gives these people more reason to bully Aunt Ding. If it goes on like this, even the best people will be bullied to death. It seems that we have to think of a way to make Aunt Ding leave Xuanbo Mansion. Su Ruojin did not tell her mother what she was thinking. On the one hand, she couldn't think of a solution for the time being, and on the other hand, she was afraid that if she said it and didn't do it, it would make her mother even sadder.
Who would have thought that on the next day, the 29th day of the lunar year, Cheng Yingzhen fell ill with a high fever, which frightened the Su family so much that they couldn't even do business.
Su Yanli went to ask for a doctor, Su Ruojin used ice to cool down the body physically, and the Feng family's father and son also burned wood ash for the nobleman to drink.
"People in our village all drink this."
Su Ruojin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She thanked them for their kindness and for letting them have a day off from setting up the stall.
The Feng family's three sons and father are not willing to sit idle, and have been making hawthorn products in the workshop.
The doctor came and took my pulse. "You've been worrying too much. Your health was not good to begin with. The wind has entered your body and triggered the symptoms. Take a few doses of medicine!"
After writing the prescription, the doctor repeatedly said, "Don't let her work too hard anymore. You have to take good care of her, or she will suffer when she gets old."
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, which should have been a happy day for family reunion. However, Cheng Yingzhen did not expect that after returning from a trip to her mother's home, not only would she fall ill, but she would also bring gloom to the house.
The tears of self-blame never stop.
No matter how Su Yanli tried to persuade him, it was useless.
Su Ruojin had no choice but to make up her mind and promised her mother, "I will definitely find a way to get my aunt out of the cannibalistic uncle's house."
(End of this chapter)
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