Chapter 285 Refutation
It now seems that this military girl with some business acumen will soon be able to be used by him.
As an elder, Song Lao Er is qualified to arrange marriages for the three of them.
If Song Liyun doesn't want to be married off to just any family, she has to be obedient.
In just a short time like a cup of tea, before the second brother Song and little Gu had finished their crying, the eldest son Lin had already arranged the rest of their lives for the three brothers and sisters of the Song family.
In court, Xiao Gu became more and more excited, describing herself as a loving mother who ignored her own son and hugged Xiao An to sleep every night.
If the time was not wrong, she would have said that she raised the baby with her own milk.
Song Zhenping lowered his head and said nothing.
In fact, he had not spoken a word since arriving in Qili County and standing in the court.
Xiao An glared at Xiao Gu hatefully. He didn't even dare to enter the house. When did he end up sleeping on the same kang with his second aunt? He was afraid that he would have nightmares as soon as he lay down.
When Xiao Gu said that she carried Xiao An to the town to seek medical treatment on a rainy night, Song Zhenping suddenly raised his head and knelt on the ground.
"Sir, I have a grievance to appeal!"
"Speak!" Jiang Feng no longer wanted to listen to Xiao Gu's lies, so he directly agreed to Song Zhenping's appeal.
"I lost my father when I was nine years old. My mother was about to give birth at that time. She fainted after hearing the bad news. After she finally woke up, this woman and her daughter-in-law came to our house and forced my mother to kneel down and keep vigil for my father. They also beat her. My mother had a difficult labor and gave birth to my younger brother prematurely.
They were the ones who said my younger brother was an unlucky person and should be thrown into the river to drown... During the coldest days of winter, we didn't have a kang heated, so I held my younger brother against my chest to warm him. We froze all night and both of our eyebrows were covered with frost... For ten years, we didn't have a hot meal every day, and beatings and scoldings were common.
The second sister, Song Liyun, was sent to work in a restaurant at the age of seven, washing dishes, and her hands were completely soaked.
My second uncle has to take all my monthly wages, otherwise my younger brother and I won’t have enough to eat for a month.”
Song Zhenping, a man, knelt on the ground and spoke slowly.
He didn't cry, nor did he talk about how vicious his second uncle's family was. He just kept talking about little things.
But every word was stained with blood, every sentence was filled with tears, and the aunties and grandmas who were watching outside burst into tears after hearing them.
The more Xiao Gu talked about her gratitude for raising them, the more fake it seemed to them, but they couldn't tell where it was fake.
Where can I find such a good person?
Even if there is a biological father, it is difficult for a stepmother to treat the child equally, let alone the stepmother who is the second aunt and the step-wean who is separated from the child by her belly.
If little Gu abandons her own child and takes care of someone else's child, she is like the Virgin Mary descending to heaven.
If this kind of thing is true, and it brings honor to the clan, there is no need to brag about it. The local headman would report it to the government, erect a monument to commemorate the achievement, and become a role model for the surrounding area.
Many women have also taken care of children, and those who have encountered the vicious and cruel mother-in-law can empathize with the hardships involved.
What's more, they had heard that their second uncle was mean and ungrateful. Not only did he occupy the eldest wife's property and land, he forced the brother and sister to flee to Suijin Town to become military households, and he also chased them to seize the family's property.
Suijin Town is not far from Qili County. The town is now recruiting workers to repair houses, and many people from the county are going to work there.
The incident of the man who broke into the house and was beaten out, and the incident of County Magistrate Jiang leading people to investigate the case, had already been reported back to the city.
It was just because the matter involved his boss, and Xue Zhuang and others had given orders, so the news had not spread beyond his family.
Now that Song Lao Er wants to sue the authorities, once the matter becomes a big deal, he will naturally tell everything.
Guan Laoliu in the crowd jumped up and down, cursing, "Hey, that evil woman, you said you were grateful for raising these two children, but you also spent a lot of their money!
Seven acres of land, a house, and five taels of silver in compensation were more than enough to hire an unrelated outsider.
The girl still gets paid every month, so who is supporting whom? How dare you say you raised her?
Now everyone has heard clearly that it is more accurate to say that three children are supporting the whole family rather than saying that the second uncle's family is supporting two children.
For a moment, there was a burst of cursing outside the court, and suddenly a few rotten eggs flew in and hit little Gu directly on the head.
Little Gu had never experienced anything like this before. She wiped the thick, stinking soup off her face and screamed in panic, "This ungrateful bastard is talking nonsense! If I hadn't taken him in, the little unlucky one would have died long ago!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she aroused public anger again: in the court, everyone called others ungrateful and unlucky, and no one knew how they spoke ill of each other on a normal day.
An emotional woman wanted to rush to the court to beat little Gu, but was stopped by the bailiffs and could only jump up and down and curse.
Suddenly, there was chaos everywhere.
Jiang Feng just watched coldly and did not say anything to stop it. This was probably the most chaotic court session since he became an official.
In the crowd, Master Lin’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He didn’t understand what the problem was!
Originally, he wanted Xiao Gu to say something to deceive people, but Xiao Gu had never done it before and didn't know what to say.
There was no other way, he could only say something casually and let little Gu memorize it.
I have to say, this woman was born to act.
These words were so moving and touching that he would have believed them if he hadn't heard them with his own ears.
But why can’t I deceive others?
Xiao An was in tears and sobbing uncontrollably.
Song Liyun stood straight and quietly, as if the commotion had nothing to do with her.
The original body left Xiaoshi Village at the age of seven and returned to the Song family, but died in less than a day. She only knew that the two brothers had a hard life, but she was not clear about the specific details.
When they arrived in Suijin Town, the past was just a scar, and no one mentioned it again.
So some things were only heard for the first time by Song Liyun now.
Her eyes fell on Song Lao Er.
Song Lao Er was looking around in fear and confusion, when he suddenly felt something strange. He turned around and met Song Liyun's gaze.
The look in his eyes was cold and without a trace of humanity, as if he was not looking at a living being, and he couldn't help but shiver.
The chaos was suppressed by the bang of a gavel. Jiang Feng said in a deep voice: "Song Defu, you are the head of the family. If you can't treat your children and nephews well, you know that you are wrong!"
Song Lao Er was panicking, and when he saw the county magistrate scolding him, he habitually replied, "There's nothing I can do. My elder brother and his wife died so easily, and they didn't care about anything, didn't leave any money, and even left the child for me to raise.
Common people have to go out to earn money to support their families, and they don't know about these little things at home.
There is no money at home, with elderly parents and young children to take care of, and there is always room for improvement.
Daping, you are a man now. You know how many things a man who has to support his family has to take care of. How could he have the energy to care about such trivial matters as eating, drinking, defecating and urinating?
It was Second Uncle who wronged you back then. If I had known you would resent me for a bowl of noodle soup, I would have starved to death to feed you. My family would have died of starvation and freezing to support you."
Song Lao Er was raised by Mrs. Gu in a pampered way. When will he admit that he made a mistake?
Even if there is, it is the other party's fault first. If the other party is not at fault, then put the blame on others.
(End of this chapter)
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