Finally, there was no other solution. In this case, Su Ruojin gave the job of the "enlightened monk" required in the plan to Zhao Lan.
"Brother Jin, we must use a famous monk that everyone knows, so that the Tang family can be convinced."
Originally, she just wanted to ask Uncle Hua Ping to help find a monk to trick Old Madam Tang. Since Zhao Lan insisted on "helping", she would use his face to invite a real monk.
Zhao Lan smiled gently and agreed of course.
After taking the medicine in the clinic, Aunt Yang started sweating. After sweating, she felt relaxed for a long time and she no longer walked with a heavy head and light feet. After parting with A-mei and returning home, before she even reached the yard, Old Madam Tang stood at the door of the main hall and scolded her, saying that she was sneaky and cunning and that she was frivolous.
In the past, Madam Yang would have burst into tears long ago, but today, for some reason, it was as if she had suddenly found her mother's home and found support. She was no longer so frightened. She lowered her head, looking for work to do, and busying herself here and there.
Old Madam Tang wished that her unlucky daughter-in-law would die of illness right now so that she could vacate her daughter-in-law's position and let her son find a capable successor. Seeing that her daughter-in-law didn't say anything, she raised her crutch and hit her on the head. She was so angry just by looking at her that she had to vent her anger.
Yuanyang couldn't bear to see his master being beaten, so he quickly stepped forward to block it. The old woman hit him on the back several times, and his spine was almost broken.
The two of them were busy from the moment they came back until the entire Tang family fell asleep before they finally sat down by the stove to take a break. It was March and the weather was already warm, but the two of them were cold and hungry, and had to rely on the remaining fire in the stove to keep warm.
Yuanyang reached out and touched Madam Yang's forehead, "She still has a slight fever."
Madam Yang leaned weakly against the stove wall, not having the strength to speak, "It's much better now."
Yuanyang's back was still burning with pain, but she couldn't suppress her excitement. She endured the pain and looked towards the kitchen entrance again. When she was sure that no one was there, she came to her master and whispered, "Yun Niang, just agree."
Madam Yang raised her eyelids forcefully, "It's not that I don't want to agree, but the Tang family won't let me go."
"You are the boss and you make money, shouldn't they be happy?" Yuanyang was puzzled.
Madam Yang felt very depressed and shook her head: "No matter how much money we make, it's not our turn. It's a waste of Ah Jin's kindness. Why bother?"
Yuanyang was anxious, "No matter what, if you make money as the head of the household, it will definitely allow you to do less housework, right?"
How is that possible? Madam Yang thought to herself, even if she became the boss and made money, they would not let her go. They just wanted to torture her to death. If it weren't for her three children, she would have already...
Madam Yang closed her eyes weakly, and in the dark night, invisible tears flowed down her face.
What her father did was the greatest original sin. She will never be able to hold her head up in the Tang family in her life.
The moment Madam Yang left Su Ruojin, she was actually ready to refuse and was just waiting to say it the next time they met. However, what she didn't expect was that two days later, Madam Tang went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense with the wife of her husband's boss, and she didn't scold her when she came back.
The old woman who had been thinking about how she would die all day long didn't make a sound at all. Madam Yang was so scared that she almost lost her soul. Was the old woman going to take action?
Mrs. Yang was worried and afraid that her children would die and no one would take care of them, so she sewed and mended the clothes for her three children, subconsciously preparing for her own funeral.
After three days of silence, the old lady called the couple to her room after Tang came off duty.
Once the door was closed, there was only an oil lamp in the dark room, the flame was tiny and dim.
Old Mrs. Tang also spoke quietly, "Yang..."
It’s here, it’s finally here.
Madam Yang knelt numbly in front of the old lady.
"Erlang——"
Manager Tang looked at his wife, who was covered in dirt, with disgust and disdain in his eyes. When he knelt, he deliberately kept a distance from her, "Mom."
"Write her a divorce letter, and the three children will be hers."
Tang Erlang was stunned, puzzled, "Mom?"
Madam Yang shuddered all over, she could not believe her ears, but she was afraid that she was dreaming, so she did not dare to look up. She suppressed the huge surprise that was about to burst out, lowered her head, and looked lifeless.
If it weren't for the rise and fall of his chest, he would have been no different from dead.
Old Mrs. Tang was impatient. "Hurry up and send her away in a dignified manner in front of the neighbors tomorrow morning."
"Mom, you..."
"Hurry up, don't you want your career anymore?"
When he heard about the future, although Tang Erlang didn't understand what was wrong with his mother, he was willing to dump Yang. However, this was too easy for her. Although he was unwilling, he still listened to his mother, obediently wrote the divorce letter, and abandoned the child.
When Aunt Yang received the divorce letter, she felt like she was dreaming. She was completely stunned and didn't move. Old Mrs. Tang and Tang Erlang looked at her with disgust and asked Yuanyang to drag her to the woodshed.
Now, Madam Yang and her servants sleep in the woodshed.
Yuanyang was so frightened that she didn't even notice the divorce agreement being tightly held in her master's hand. Seeing her stunned, she thought the old lady was humiliating her again. She was so shocked that she was stunned and cried out in fear, "Yun Niang... Yun Niang... don't scare me..."
When Mrs. Yang's three children heard Yuanyang crying breathlessly, they ran over. Seeing that she was the same fool as before, they were also scared and started crying.
For a moment, it was so miserable.
The other members of the Tang family all looked towards the woodshed with a gloating look on their faces. Is that unlucky guy named Yang finally going to die?
Yang Biyun didn't know how she got through the night.
On the second day, the usually vicious old lady Tang, who wished her dead, suddenly pretended to be a kind old lady. She found a bullock cart and said to the curious neighbors, "Ms. Yang missed her family so much that she became seriously ill. Fortunately, the master of Xiangguo Temple gave her advice a few days ago and sent her back to the old house of the Yang family to reunite with her family. The journey is long and my son cannot delay her. I will give her the divorce letter and we will part ways and live happily ever after."
The neighbors asked, "What master?"
"Of course it was Master Jingwu." Old Mrs. Tang smiled kindly, "When the master was talking to me, Madam Qiu was right beside me."
She was not talking nonsense, nor was she lying, for the wife of a doctor in the Ministry of Rites (fifth rank) could testify to it.
When it comes to gods, everyone believes it. The look in their eyes when they look at the ox cart becomes clear instantly, and they speak kindly to it as if it is free. "May Madam Yang see her relatives soon and heal her heart disease soon."
Mrs. Yang was still as stiff as a log, and her maid almost carried her halfway onto the ox cart. The three children got on the carriage one after another.
Someone asked, "Hey, three children also..."
"Oh, they're going to see their mother off."
After sending them away for a while, they never came back. After a long time, who still remembers the Second Madam Tang and her children?
The Tang family had long wanted to abandon Madam Yang, who had caused the family to fall into decline, so they first took away all of Madam Yang's dowry, then tortured her as much as they could, waiting for her to die, and then pretended to cry about her bad luck and find Master Tang a new wife who could help him get promoted.
If Su Ruojin had not come up with a plan and asked the wife of the doctor in the Ministry of Rites to take the old lady to Xiangguo Temple to get "guidance" from the master, Yang Biyun would have only lived for the next two years.
As soon as he got out of the alley, Tang Erlang got off the ox cart impatiently and waved to the driver to go faster, the farther the better. He finally left this disaster star, and his life was smooth from then on.
The rickshaw driver worked in the capital, and he had long seen through the fickleness of the world, but it was rare to see a man who abandoned his wife and children like this. So, he just focused on driving the rickshaw.
When they arrived at the city gate, the driver stopped and got off the car. "Madam, the customer will only pay you for the ride up to here, so..." You guys should get off the car quickly.
Yuanyang was still confused and didn't know what was going on. When he was about to help his wife out of the car subconsciously, he saw her suddenly jump down.
"Don't...my lady..."
"mother……"
Amid the screams of several people, Yang Biyun leaped lightly and landed steadily on the ground. Looking inside and outside the city gate, people were coming and going, the spring scenery was like a painting, the gentle breeze was like poetry, everything was so beautiful.
"Congratulations, Sister Yun, you are finally free."
Upon hearing the voice, Madam Yang turned around and looked at Su Ruojin and her sister who were slowly approaching. She was so excited that she wanted to run over, but she felt dizzy and fell down.
"My wife..."
"Mother...mother..."
Zhao Lan's military doctor came over to feel his pulse, shook his head and sighed, "Your health is very poor, and you didn't sleep well, so you fainted."
"Is it serious?" Yang Si Niang hugged her sister and cried again.
"It's fine for now."
Yang Biyun was carried into a spacious carriage and accompanied by her maid and children.
Several carriages slowly left the city and headed towards Weizhou County.
Three days later, Weizhou County.
Su Ruojin rented a small courtyard for the Yang sisters. The layout was very similar to the small courtyard where the Su family lived. It had corridors, courtyards, vegetable gardens, and everything else. It was big enough for five people, including adults and children, to live in.
It was only three days, but Yang Biyun and her three children seemed to have been reborn, and their faces were full of life again.
The newly rented small courtyard was obviously clean, but Yang Biyun still couldn't help but clean it up. Yuanyang looked helpless and said, "Madam, just be quiet and rest. When Madam Su comes over later, don't blame me for complaining to her."
Yang Biyun smiled, finally put down the broom in her hand, looked at the refreshing and quiet courtyard, looked at the warm sky, everything seemed like a dream, "Arong, is this true?"
Yang Birong was practicing swordplay. When she heard her sigh, she stopped and looked up at the sky, "Sister, it's true."
In the corridor, Yang Biyun's eldest daughter and second daughter stood hand in hand, smiling slightly, no longer afraid or uneasy. The youngest son, who was not in good health, was leaning against the corridor pillar, watching his aunt practice sword with envy on his face.
When Yuanyang heard the knock on the door, she immediately smiled happily and said, "Yun Niang, Rong Niang, Madam Su Er is here."
He ran over to open the door, "Second Madam."
"Sister Yuanyang, are you still adapting?"
"It couldn't be better." Yuanyang was extremely happy. These were the most comfortable days they had lived in the past five years.
"That's good." Su Ruojin looked at the two Yang sisters, "Sister Yun, how are you?"
Mao Ya was carrying the black-bone chicken and ginseng soup.
Madam Yang came over quickly and said, "Ayun has no way of repaying Ajin for saving my life. I will work like a slave in my next life to repay you." As she said this, she was about to kneel down.
Su Ruojin quickly helped her up and said with a smile, "Not in the next life, just this life."
"Ajin, no matter what shop you open, I will definitely do my best."
"No hurry, no hurry. Once you've recovered and my shop is almost ready, it won't be too late to tell you."
The group entered the main room and sat down.
Yuanyang served tea.
Seeing Su Ruojin again, Madam Yang couldn't help but ask the question in her heart, "Ah Jin, it was you who was able to get Old Madam Tang's son to write a divorce letter and let us mothers out, right?"
Su Ruojin nodded without denying it.
Madam Yang knelt down in front of Su Ruojin again. Before Su Ruojin could react, she kowtowed three times and finally raised her head, "Ah Jin, I am grateful for your kindness. The lives of Yang Biyun and our three children are yours for the rest of our lives."
Su Ruojin quickly helped her up, shook her head and said seriously, "Sister Yun, live your life well according to your own wishes and raise three children into adults. This is the best way to repay me."
"Ah...Jin..."
This time, Madam Yang cried out of happiness, "My mother said you are a lucky little star, and it is true!"
"Sister Yun, you have to live your life to make it. I hope you and your three children will live a smooth, healthy and safe life."
"Okay... okay..." She was crying so hard that she couldn't speak.
At noon, Su Ruojin hosted a meal for the Yang family. All the ingredients in the kitchen were prepared by Su Ruojin. She took Yang Si Niang and others to prepare a spring banquet.
From spring rolls to steamed eggs with spring leeks, and from shepherd's purse to spring bamboo shoots, there are all kinds of spring flavors.
Spring rolls are made with the first tender spring leeks that are chopped and drained of moisture. The chopped leeks are mixed with minced meat and minced eggs to make the filling, which is then wrapped in spring roll skin and fried in a pan. The skin is crispy and the filling is tender. Just one bite and you’ll taste the flavor of spring!
Madam Yang's two daughters were timid at first and did not dare to do it. But when they saw that the adults did not blame them for ruining the skin and stuffing, they gradually let go and a long-lost smile appeared on their little faces.
When Madam Yang saw this, she felt sad but also relieved. She and her mother would finally leave the cannibalistic Tang family, and they would no longer have to suffer.
After the Waking of Insects, people go up the mountains to dig bamboo shoots and go down the sea to catch shrimps.
There is no sea in Weizhou County, so there is no seafood to fish for, but there are mountains. We carry baskets up the mountain to dig fresh bamboo shoots, wash them, peel off the layers of bamboo shoot skin, keep the tender core in the middle and chop it into cubes, then chop the shepherd's purse, the "first green of the New Year", and add salt, scallion oil and other seasonings to make the stuffing. The thin dough wraps up the filling, and the fresh green shepherd's purse and bamboo shoots can be seen faintly in the buns, and the freshness and crispness can be tasted at every bite.
Su Ruojin also made a dish of pickled pork with preserved vegetables using fresh bamboo shoots.
Yan Du Xian is a specialty dish from the Jiangnan region. This dish has a salty and fresh taste, with a thick white soup, crispy and fat meat, and fragrant, crispy and tender bamboo shoots with a strong flavor. It is mainly a soup cooked with spring bamboo shoots and fresh and salty pork belly slices.
"Xian" refers to pickled bacon; "xian" means fresh meat (chicken, pig trotters, spareribs, etc.); "du" means stewing over low heat.
After it was cooked, Su Ruojin took a sip and said, "Wow...it's so delicious that my eyebrows almost fell off."
It was so delicious that I quickly asked everyone to have a bowl each. “It can be eaten with spring rolls or steamed buns.”
There you can sit at the table to eat, and standing in the corridor, you can see the warm and bright spring sunshine, which is simply the most beautiful thing in the world! (End of this chapter)
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