Chapter 212 Su's Mother Asks for Help
Su Yindi felt her hair stand on end from being stared at, and quickly walked over with her big belly to help her mother up.
"Mother, what are you doing? Let's talk this out. Why are you kneeling down?"
With tears streaming down her face, Su's mother cried and said, "Your brother has always been quick-tempered, as you, his older sister, know. But he's not a bad person. He just accidentally crippled someone. Now they want to extort money from us, but we can't afford it. We have no money, but we can take your life. Why don't we give them my life in return?"
As she spoke, Su's mother plopped down on the ground again and began to wail loudly.
Su Yindi glanced at the crowd of onlookers, then squatted down to pull her mother up. However, her mother was a hard-working woman with great strength, and almost pushed Su Yindi to the ground. Jiang Zhi was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly ran over to support Su Yindi, saying to her mother, "Be careful, Yindi is in her late pregnancy now, you can't move her carelessly!"
It was as if Su's mother had only just realized that Su Yindi was pregnant; there was no concern on her face, and her words were even more hurtful.
“You’re living a good life now. Your husband is about to become an official, and you have more money than you can spend. Naturally, you don’t care about our well-being.”
Although Su Yindi was disappointed with the Su family, blood is thicker than water, and she still cared about her mother.
"Mother, stop with the useless talk and tell me what happened. What happened to my brother? Why did he cripple someone?"
Speaking of this, Su's mother immediately perked up and started cursing in the direction of the north: "It's all because of that damned bastard! My Xing'er was walking perfectly fine on the main road when those Zhao family members were rushing to take that sickly child to see a doctor. They bumped into my Xing'er and started punching and kicking him. How could my Xing'er not fight back?"
Su Yindi was also very angry when she heard this: "How can there be such unreasonable people? Who can take a beating without fighting back? They deserved to be crippled, so how dare they try to extort money from us?"
Su's mother also said angrily, "That's right, in my opinion, they deserve it. The sickly child is just a burden to live, he might as well be dead!"
Jiang Zhi was much more rational than Su Yindi. He felt that things were not as simple as Su's mother said. After all, they knew a thing or two about what kind of people Su's mother and Su Xing were. How could someone hit Su Xing for no reason?
"In my opinion, it's better to clarify this matter before making any further decisions. After all, we don't know the details, and there might be some misunderstandings."
Upon hearing this, Su Yindi hesitated again. After all, the Zhao family in the north was known for their good temper and wouldn't easily take action. His younger brother, Su Xing, had always been a formidable character, so the outcome was truly uncertain.
Upon hearing this, Su's mother realized that Jiang Zhi wasn't on her side and that even Su Yindi, whom she had persuaded, was starting to hesitate. Her expression immediately changed.
“I say, son-in-law, you’re quite capable now, you’ll soon be an official, we can’t afford to offend you, but no matter what, we’re still family, even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected, how could you say such a thing.”
Su Xing also said angrily, "That's right, we're talking to my sister, when did it become your turn to interrupt, when did you ever have the right to speak?"
Upon hearing this, Su's mother quickly nudged Su Xing and whispered, "Don't talk. This Jiang Zhi is different from before. We still need to be careful."
Su Xing was very disdainful. He would become a high-ranking official in the future, and he would be even more powerful than Jiang Zhi. After all, the fortune teller had said that when Jiang Zhi met him, he would have to bow and kowtow to him.
Jiang Zhi despised Su Xing even more; this man was not only a good-for-nothing, but also a useless piece of trash.
"My mother-in-law just knelt down before us, but my brother-in-law seems quite determined. Perhaps he has his own way of solving the problem and doesn't need our help, so it's not appropriate for us to interfere."
After Jiang Zhi finished speaking, he pulled Su Yindi to go home, not intending to pay any more attention to the two of them.
Upon seeing this, Su's mother panicked and took two steps forward to grab Su Yindi. Her grip was strong, and Su Yindi almost fell.
Falling to the ground, Jiang Zhi was completely enraged!
"Do you have any conscience at all? Yin Di is so pregnant, and you still treat her like this? Your son is yours, and isn't Yin Di your child whom you carried for ten months?"
Su's mother curled her lip in disdain, wanting to say that her daughter was worthless, but since she needed their help, she had no choice but to swallow her pride.
“Oh dear, Yin Di has been working since she was little, she’s very strong and healthy, not delicate at all, she’ll be fine. But my Xing’er doesn’t mean it that way. The fortune teller said he’s going to be a high-ranking official, and that high-ranking official is incredibly powerful. You’re just a lowly scholar, how can you withstand his kneeling before you?”
Su Xing snorted coldly: "Hmph, the only person I'm worthy of kneeling to in this life is the Emperor. No one else is worthy!"
Those around Su Xing found his appearance quite laughable.
Jiang Xuan then walked over and asked, "When will you be able to become an official?"
Su Xing was taken aback for a moment, then stubbornly replied, "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed!"
The people around burst into laughter. It wasn't that they looked down on him, but rather that they all knew what kind of person this Su family member was. Su Xing hadn't even read many books and didn't know many characters. How could he become a high-ranking official? It was simply a pipe dream!
"Really? That's amazing! We can't compare. In that case, you should go ask that fortune teller how to get through this calamity. Coming to us is probably no match for the fortune teller!"
Everyone could tell that Jiang Xuan was mocking the Su family mother and son, and he was right. After such an incident, Su's mother did indeed go to a fortune teller immediately, but the fortune teller couldn't offer any solutions.
"How can fortune teller solve this kind of thing? Since he said that my Xing'er can become a high-ranking official, he definitely will become a high-ranking official in the future. He will definitely be able to overcome this calamity. The fortune teller said that there will be a benefactor to help him. I thought about it and realized that the most important people here are you two scholars."
So that's how it is. If the fortune teller hadn't said that, Mother Jiang might not have come looking for them. She came this time because she thinks highly of them.
"No, no, no, we are not noble people. We studied hard for ten years and only managed to become a minor scholar. How can we compare to your son Su Xing, who can become a high-ranking official even though he is illiterate? We are incomparable!"
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