Chapter 101 Su Yindi's Provocation
Jiang Cheng said to his two sons, "Look at you two grown men, you're not even as enlightened as your sister. What kind of future can you achieve by just farming? Becoming an official is the only way out!"
Jiang Xuan and Jiang Zhi lowered their heads. Indeed, they could feel the difference in power even in the academy. Their family background had always been subject to discrimination.
"Father, little sister, we will definitely study hard and bring honor to the Jiang family!"
Seeing that Jiang Xuan and Jiang Zhi said this, Jiang Cheng let them go.
Su Yindi secretly watched from outside. She had finally seen Jiang Zhi come home, and of course she hoped to spend some time with him. However, Jiang Zhi was talking to Jiang Mi and the others inside, so she couldn't go in.
When Liu He and Jiang Yan returned from the fields, they saw Su Yindi acting suspiciously outside the main room. They called out to her, "Third sister-in-law, is there something you need?"
Su Yindi was startled. Jiang Zhi and Jiang Xuan heard the noise and came out. They saw Su Yindi looking at them longingly outside. After all, they hadn't seen each other for so long, and Jiang Zhi also missed his wife.
"Yindi, how have you been lately?" Jiang Zhi held his wife's hand with concern. He hadn't been home for several months. Although they lived not far apart, the provincial examination was coming up soon, and it was a time for him to work hard.
Su Yindi's eyes welled up with tears as she recalled the grievances she had recently suffered: "You heartless man, you married me and then abandoned me without a care in the world, and you don't even care how I'm doing."
Jiang Zhi comforted her, "With so many people in your family, your parents can take care of you, your sisters-in-law are also at home keeping you company, and your eldest brother is here too. Aren't you happy?"
Su Yindi glanced at Jiang Mi, about to complain, but then saw Jiang's mother looking at her, so she had to swallow her words and wait until they were alone at night to whisper to each other.
"Sister-in-law is happy to see you. She must have missed you terribly after not seeing you for so many days," Jiang Yan said with a very honest smile.
Jiang Zhi smiled, squeezed Su Yindi's hand, and said comfortingly, "I'll stay home and spend a few days with you recently."
"Where is my second sister-in-law?" Jiang Yan didn't see Liang Lan. In the past, every time Jiang Xuan came back, Liang Lan would be busy serving Jiang Xuan. It was quite strange that she was not here this time.
Jiang Xuan sighed when Liang Lan was mentioned. He was worried because he and Sun Qinwan had never been anything special, but now their home was in complete chaos.
Seeing that no one was speaking and everyone's expressions were not good, Liu He nudged Jiang Yan, telling him to stop talking.
Jiang Xuan said to his mother, "Mother, this matter was indeed caused by me. I will go to my mother-in-law's house to apologize and bring Liang Lan home."
Jiang's mother glared at him: "If it's not because of you, then who else could it be? Your wife went back to her parents' home because of you. You'd better bring her back right now."
Jiang Mi quickly took a few chickens and ducks from home and asked Jiang Xuan to take them to Liang Lan.
Jiang Xuan didn't refuse. He was a little curious about how his family had suddenly become so wealthy, but he didn't have time to ask now. He could only take the chickens and ducks and head to his mother-in-law's house.
Su Yindi was a little envious. Last time she went back to her parents' home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she was only given rabbit meat and a string of cash. But now her mother and Jiang Mi were giving her so many chickens and ducks. Sure enough, her mother and Jiang Mi were biased.
Seeing that Su Yindi was following Jiang Zhi around, Jiang's mother knew that the young couple hadn't seen each other for a long time and must have missed each other terribly, so she sent them back to their own room.
Jiang's mother said to Jiang Mi, "I heard that the county magistrate was killed by the imperial envoy. What happened?"
Jiang Mi had no intention of revealing Huo Ran's true identity: "What could it be? That corrupt official has done so many bad things. He deserved to run into the imperial envoy. He bullies men and women all the time, and when natural disasters or man-made calamities occur, he doesn't help the people. What use is such a corrupt official?"
Thinking of Magistrate Sun's attitude last time, Jiang's mother nodded and said, "That's right. It's good that such a corrupt official is dead. It's good for the people. I just don't know if the next magistrate will be the same. In any case, it's the people who suffer."
Jiang Mi didn't know what the next magistrate would be like, but this one couldn't be kept on any longer.
"What's wrong? You don't look happy." Jiang Zhi followed Su Yindi back into the house and, seeing that his wife looked unwell, comforted her.
Su Yindi said unhappily, "Look at your sister. She's so generous to the second brother's family, but not so generous to us. She's biased. Your mother is the same. She always treats Liang Lan better than me."
Jiang Zhi frowned upon hearing this: "What do you mean by that? We're all family, why are you being so formal? Besides, haven't my mother and sister treated you well?"
Upon hearing this, Su Yindi was furious that even her husband wasn't on her side: "Are you even a man? Your wife is being bullied and you don't care? All you care about is your sister. You don't need to stay with me anymore, go live with your sister."
Jiang Zhi was initially happy to see Su Yindi, but he became unhappy when she started criticizing his family as soon as she arrived.
“Explain clearly how my family has belittled you. If it really is Honey’s fault, then I will definitely stand by your side.”
Although Jiang Zhi is often away from home, he understands his wife's personality. Although Su Yindi is not a bad person, she is not an easy person to deal with.
Su Yindi slammed her hand on the table angrily: "Is there any need to say it? A couple of days ago when I went back to my parents' home, your mother only gave me a string of cash and a little bit of rabbit meat. Today, she had the second son take several chickens and ducks to Liang Lan's parents' home. Why is that? Even if I haven't done anything meritorious at home, I have worked hard. Why treat me like this?"
Jiang Zhi frowned deeply. He didn't know the specifics and could only ask his sister privately later.
"Isn't it because of Sun Qinwan's matter that my second sister-in-law was sad? The situation is different, so we shouldn't be too petty about it."
"How is it different? And what's wrong with me giving my brother some money? Your family isn't willing to help. It's my own money, so why can't I help my family? Anyway, I've been living a miserable life while you're away."
Jiang Zhi sighed in frustration. Before going home, he had imagined that he would be very happy, but he did not expect to find a mess of things to happen when he returned.
Jiang Mi came in and called the two to eat. Seeing that they looked unhappy, she assumed they had quarreled, so she said, "Third brother, third sister-in-law, come and eat. It's not easy for our family to get together."
Su Yindi turned her face away and muttered softly, "What kind of reunion is it when the second brother's family isn't here?"
Jiang Mi thought Su Yindi was concerned about Jiang Xuan and Liang Lan: "It's okay, Second Sister-in-law's family is very easy to talk to. As long as Second Brother explains it clearly, Second Sister-in-law will come back."
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