Chapter 184 This bastard actually dared to gamble!
Duan Feiyang's face turned very ugly.
How could his mother cause such a scene at the county government office!
"Sir, I'm sorry, I'll take my mother back right now."
Before he had even left the county government office, Granny Duan rushed in.
She immediately shoved him, saying, "You unfilial son! Your father has broken his leg, and you won't come home!"
"Everyone says filial piety comes first, but you're hardly a filial son!"
Granny Duan used her usual trick: she plopped down on the ground and started wailing!
Duan Feiyang's face turned pale.
If his mother keeps making a fuss, he'll definitely end up in jail!
"Mother! When have I ever not come home!"
Granny Duan immediately pointed at him with a trembling finger, "You haven't been home for ten days!"
"And why didn't you give me my monthly allowance last month?!"
Duan Feiyang: "Then you should ask your youngest son why he went to the gambling den! He lost five taels of silver there! They're going to cut off his fingers!"
Granny Duan suddenly looked toward a dodgewaying figure at the doorway.
That bastard actually dared to gamble!
This isn't the most important thing right now...
Granny Duan then looked at her eldest son, "Then you still have five taels!"
Duan Feiyang gritted his teeth, "When we built the tiled house, I paid the remaining three taels of silver for the bricks."
"besides……"
"Mother! Do you think I live under a bridge, or do you think someone would be kind enough to let me live in their house for free?"
Granny Duan was startled by his suddenly raised voice.
I dared not be harsh with him anymore, but I still couldn't help muttering to myself.
"It's not like we don't have a house at home, why waste money like that..."
Duan Feiyang took a deep breath. "Mother, you should go back. I have things to do."
Granny Duan stood up. "Eldest son, your father has broken his leg. You are the eldest son, aren't you going back to take care of him?"
Duan Feiyang pointed to the door, "What do the second son and his wife do at home?!"
Granny Duan stammered, "He doesn't know how to serve people."
The yamen runners who had been watching the spectacle were now also sighing with emotion.
This isn't just being unfilial, it's being overly filial! They're even including the second son's share in the filial piety!
The Great Sheng Dynasty governed the country through filial piety.
Disrespect for one's parents can be punished.
The biggest difference between Meng Xingjiang and other county officials is that he doesn't generalize about people being "unfilial."
He narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Duan Feiyang's exhausted appearance.
He then stood up.
"Brother Duan, you should go back and take care of your father."
Duan Feiyang looked at Lord Meng in surprise.
The county magistrates have been in office for one or two decades, and many magistrates have come and gone.
This kind of thing happens all the time.
A smug glint flashed in Granny Duan's eyes. "Eldest son, the adults have spoken. You have to go back and serve your father."
Duan Feiyang lowered his head bitterly, then whispered, "Yes..."
Meng Xingjiang picked up the folded document from the table.
"Your Majesty has an order."
Duan Feiyang immediately knelt down, and the entire yamen staff knelt down as well.
"Ren Duanfeiyang is appointed as the seventh-rank Right Commander of the Jianzhou Navy."
Duan Feiyang looked up blankly, he... he...
A hint of a smile flashed in Meng Xingjiang's eyes. "Aren't you going to thank me?"
"This humble subject... no, Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness!"
Duan Feiyang almost choked on his words.
Meng Xingjiang pulled him to his feet, saying, "It was Lord Zhou who recommended you; you can't disgrace him."
"Yes, Your Excellency..."
He stopped him, saying, "We're on the same level now."
The county magistrate was also a seventh-rank official.
Granny Duan was still in shock. This...this really was becoming an official...
Her eyes were fixed on the bright yellow document in Duan Feiyang's hand, and her jealousy and hatred were almost overflowing!
Duan Feiyang isn't her biological child, so why doesn't this kind of good fortune fall on her son?
She had been married for several years without having children, and the villagers said that she needed a catalyst to attract a child.
That's why she brought Duan Feiyang from Widow Wang.
When Duan Feiyang was three years old, she finally had her own son, and it was a boy!
Meng Xingjiang patted him on the shoulder, "You've been gone for several years now. You should go back and visit while you still have the time."
Duan Feifei nodded, "Yes, Your Excellency will go right away!"
"We are now at the same level."
"It is I, your humble servant. If it weren't for you and Lord Zhou, I would still be just a farmer toiling in the fields for a living."
Duan Feiyang was overwhelmed with excitement, so he went forward and helped Duan Pozi up.
"Mom, let's go home."
"Okay, okay..."
Granny Duan could no longer laugh.
She could still distinguish between being an official and being a squad leader of a few dozen people.
This time, Duan's wife did not publicize the news that Duan Feiyang was going to become an official as she had done in the navy.
When he got home, he cautiously closed the door.
"mother?"
Duan Feiyang and Duan Feicheng didn't understand.
Granny Duan looked at the two of them and gave a slight smile. "The eldest brother hasn't left yet, has he?"
"To avoid arousing jealousy from others, we'll keep quiet for now."
Duan Feiyang nodded.
Duan Feicheng curled his lip; he was practically insanely jealous, let alone anyone else!
They were raised by the same parents, how come he's so lucky!
Aside from having more children, no one can compare to him.
Now his official rank is on par with that of a county magistrate. Will he be on par with a prefect next year, and then with a governor the year after?
When Duan Feiyang comes home in the future, will he still have to kowtow to him?!
Duan Feicheng became increasingly indignant the more he thought about it!
He tossed his head and went back inside.
Old Man Duan was an honest and old-fashioned village man.
When his eldest son became an official, he immediately got up excitedly and, despite his injuries, went to pay respects at his ancestors' graves.
"It's emitting green smoke! It's emitting green smoke! It's emitting green smoke from the ancestral graves of my Duan family!"
Granny Duan slapped him hard across the face.
"What ancestral grave of the Duan family! Have you forgotten how Duan Feiyang came to be!"
It wasn't born into the Duan family; it was adopted from outside.
Old Man Duan paused for a moment, then glared at her. "Once you're in my family genealogy, you're a descendant of the Duan family! What else could you be but my Duan family's ancestral grave!"
Granny Duan couldn't help but pinch him, "How could you be so stupid? Wouldn't you give such a good opportunity to your son?!"
"What...what do you mean..."
“Jianzhou is so far away, let Feicheng go in place of the boss.”
Old Man Duan was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a thud.
His voice trembled with fear, "The crime of deceiving the emperor! It's punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family!"
Granny Duan said, "The capital is so far away. We'll switch places quietly, and no one will know. What are we doing deceiving the emperor!"
"But, but..." Old Man Duan still didn't have that much courage.
"The boss won't agree!"
Granny Duan snorted, "He can't refuse even if he doesn't agree."
“I raised him all these years, now it’s time for him to repay me.”
These past few days, Duan Feiyang has been taking good care of Old Man Duan at home.
His mother didn't bother him either.
“Dad, I’ve been gone for three years. The family will have to rely on Feicheng now. He’s a father now, so please stop spoiling him.”
"Tell the Dingxian Navy to stop being so inconsistent in their work; no one will protect him."
Old Man Duan looked at his eldest son, who knew nothing, and couldn't help but turn his head away guiltily.
Duan Feiyang thought his father was reluctant to part with him, and his eyes reddened as he said, "While I'm away, please take good care of yourselves. I will send money back."
Old Man Duan couldn't help but sigh.
Her own son was useless, but the son she adopted was not only successful but also filial.
He really wanted to tell this kind child the truth.
But every time the words were on the tip of his tongue, he couldn't bring himself to say them.
Who doesn't want their child to be successful?
Duan Feicheng is useless; replacing the boss might be his only chance.
"Dad, I got this medicine packet from the pharmacy. I bought a three-month supply. I won't be home for a while, so please remember to soak it every day."
"Eh, eh... okay, okay..."
Old Man Duan dared not look him in the eye.
night.
Granny Duan, who appears and disappears mysteriously, has returned, and she has also brought back a small medicine packet in a mysterious way.
Old Man Duan's eyes were filled with panic. "Old woman, what are you doing!"
Granny Duan glared at him and then put the medicine into her bosom.
"Don't worry about it!"
As she spoke, she gave Old Man Duan a warning look.
"Let me tell you, no one can stop Cheng'er's future!"
"Even when Cheng'er was born, it was already a done deal; he was destined to be a prime minister!"
"This is Cheng'er's chance!"
The evening meal the following day.
Granny Duan personally cooked a table full of delicious food!
She placed a pot of fine wine in front of Duan Feiyang, saying, "Eldest son, I was wrong. This wine is my apology to you!"
Duan Feiyang was somewhat moved, thinking that his mother had finally realized how good he was.
"Mother, what are you saying?"
He glanced at the wine and said, "Let's save this fine wine for the New Year!"
"No!" Granny Duan said instinctively.
There was a moment of silence on the table.
Then Granny Duan pretended to be angry, "Eldest son, if you don't drink this wine, you're not forgiving your mother!"
"No, no!" Duan Feiyang immediately took a sip from the wine jar.
"I'll drink it now!"
Granny Duan smiled with relief, "That's my good son."
At the dinner table, Old Man Duan and Duan Feicheng quickly glanced at each other before lowering their heads again.
The village was very quiet late at night.
Granny Duan put all the sleeping potions she got from the neighboring village into the wine jar.
Now Duan Feiyang won't wake up even if there's thunder!
She quietly pushed open the door.
Duan Feiyang was sleeping soundly on the bed, breathing deeply.
Granny Duan came in carrying the knife she used to slaughter the pig for the New Year.
Her hands were trembling.
"Don't blame your mother. Blame it on you for blocking Cheng'er's future."
"If you have to blame someone, blame your own mother for abandoning you. I've raised you for so many years, it's time for you to repay her."
Granny Duan had never done anything like this before. She closed her eyes and suddenly lunged onto the bed.
An unexpected sound.
The only sound was the crisp sound of the knife tip piercing the bed board.
So that's what happened!
Granny Duan suddenly opened her eyes, only to find that Duan Feiyang, who should have been unconscious, had sat up.
Her knife pierced the bed frame.
"You...you're not unconscious..."
Duan Feiyang sneered, "If I had fainted, I would already be meeting the King of Hell by now!"
"Mother, is your way of repaying me to take my life?"
"I always thought you were biased because Fei Cheng was younger; I never imagined he wasn't your biological son."
"And I have no resentment because of your favoritism."
He then chuckled self-deprecatingly, "You even made Dan Niang treat you like her own mother."
Granny Duan's slanted eyes blazed with hatred. "It's all your fault for blocking my son's path to officialdom!"
"Only by killing you can my son enjoy great fortune!"
She lunged at him with a knife, but Duan Feiyang kicked her away.
Then there was a loud "bang".
A group of soldiers rushed in.
"He who plotted to murder a government official, arrest him!"
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