Chapter 37 Chapter 37
This time, Yu Laosan and Yu Laotai had a big fight.
It wasn't that Yu Laosan wanted to make a fuss, but that Grandma Yu was hard-hearted and refused to help Yu Laosan with the money, asking him to borrow from others and pay it back himself.
Yu Lao San was naturally unwilling to do so and refused to let go of Old Madam Yu no matter what.
Old Mrs. Yu was very thin and small. Her tall and strong son held her legs tightly and she couldn't move at all. He could only beat and scold her.
But Yu Laosan just wouldn't let go.
No matter how much Old Lady Yu beat or scolded him, he would not let go unless his mother was willing to help him pay back the debt.
It was already dark, and the noise coming from the Yu family's side was quite loud. Old Mrs. Yu's loud voice could be heard from far away, attracting the surrounding neighbors, who came out of their houses one by one and looked towards the Yu family's side excitedly.
They listened attentively for a while and finally understood some of the reasons, which made them feel a little strange.
Who does Yu Lao San owe money to and refuses to pay it back? Is he going to ask the old lady for money to help pay it back?
They suddenly thought of the marks on Yu Laosan's face when they saw him these two days. It was obvious that he was beaten with a cane. He was so swollen that it would not go away in a few days. It showed how cruel the person who did it was.
When they met him on the road, someone asked Yu Laosan what happened. Yu Laosan obviously didn't want to answer and just said that the old lady in his family was in a bad mood and was smoking.
No one thought much about it and thought that Old Lady Yu had a very bad temper and would beat people with a rattan stick whenever she was unhappy. Even if she was unhappy about something, she couldn't beat people. Old Third Yu was the father of several children, so they had to give him some face.
Now, they understood why Old Lady Yu wanted to beat people.
How much money must be owed? Otherwise, why would Mrs. Yu be so angry and scold her son so harshly?
But who did Yu Lao San owe money to? Why did he suddenly owe money?
Could it be that he owes some gambling debt or something?
Everyone was very confused, but unfortunately, apart from Mrs. Yu's loud cursing, no useful information was revealed. Even so, they were still quite interested in this matter. When everyone got together tomorrow, they would have something new to talk about.
Perhaps it was because Mrs. Yu had been unwilling to agree, Yu Lao San finally couldn't help it, he said angrily: "Mom, you don't want to help me pay back the money, don't you want to save the money for my eldest brother? My eldest brother is your son, am I not your son?"
Old Madam Yu angrily shouted back: "Are you worthy enough to compete with the boss?"
"Why am I unworthy?" Yu Lao San roared, "If you hadn't refused to send me to a private school, how would you have known that I couldn't study? Compared to my elder brother who couldn't even pass the exam to become a student, maybe I can pass it?"
"Bah, you have the nerve to say that. You are so stupid, and you still want to take the exam? I'm afraid you can't even recognize all the characters."
"If you hadn't sent me to a private school, I naturally wouldn't even be able to recognize all the characters." Yu Lao San said resentfully, "In the final analysis, it's because you're partial. You and dad are partial to my eldest brother and his family. Not only did you let my eldest brother go to school, you also let his two sons go to school. On the contrary, it's my Jingzhong and Jingxin who were obviously smart since they were young and were good candidates for studying. But you just didn't send them to school, and made us work like slaves to support the eldest wife's education..."
After hearing this, not only the villagers who pricked up their ears, even Old Man Yu in the house could hear that Yu Lao San was blaming the eldest wife.
Old Madam Yu was so angry that she raised her hand and hit him. "What right do you have to compare with Lao Da and Jing De? Jing De and Jing Li's grandfather was a scholar. They studied under Chen Xiucai without paying tuition. What is your relationship with Chen Xiucai? Do you have the nerve to let Chen Xiucai teach you for free?"
"Then why don't you send your eldest brother to Chen Xiucai first and let him marry your eldest sister-in-law? If it were me..."
"Bah, what are you dreaming about! Even if I send you to Chen Xiucai, do you think you can marry a girl from a Xiucai family with your character? Only someone as capable as the eldest brother can be favored by others."
"How do you know I can't? You are biased and won't give me a chance!" Yu Lao San said resentfully, "You and dad are biased. You have been biased towards my eldest brother since we were young and treated us harshly. In order to let my eldest brother study, you married my eldest sister to a man who beats his wife. My eldest sister was beaten every day. You also wanted to send my youngest sister to the landlord in the next village as a concubine. If my youngest sister hadn't run away cleverly, I'm afraid she wouldn't know what would happen to her now!"
"And my second brother, in order to save money, you married him off to a second sister-in-law who had fled from famine!"
"You are just biased!"
"For so many years, we have worked so hard, and all the money we earned was taken away by you to support my elder brother's education. We are like the dirt in the field, being stepped on and thrown away at will by you..."
Yu Laosan roared, venting his resentment and injustice.
It was only two taels of silver, but his mother refused to help him pay it back. Over the years, the amount of silver he paid to the government was more than two taels.
For the two taels of silver, the old lady beat and scolded him, as if he was not her son.
Old Mrs. Yu was furious. She scratched and clawed at him, swearing at him and wishing she could push him to the ground and beat him.
Old Man Yu in the room finally couldn't sit still anymore.
He walked out and said sullenly, "Okay, how long are you going to make trouble?"
Yu Lao San was beaten by his mother and felt hurt and wronged. He was in the most emotional state at that time. He was not afraid of him as usual. At this moment, he just wanted to vent his resentment and grievance: "Dad, you are too partial. The eldest brother and the others have everything, but my second brother and I can only work like slaves for them, and we don't even get a good..."
Although Yu Li went too far and Yu Lao San didn't like her very much, he actually envied her in his heart.
I envy her for being able to fight against all kinds of injustices at home, making it so that the old man and the old lady can't do anything to her.
If only he could do this...
Old Master Yu looked very unhappy and said sternly, "What are you talking about? It's just two taels of silver, right? We'll give it to you!"
"Old man!"
Old Mrs. Yu raised her voice, clearly unwilling.
Yu Laosan was stunned, as if a bucket of ice water was poured over him, which instantly suppressed his excited emotions.
He was a little confused, as if he didn't expect the old man to compromise.
Old Master Yu looked at him gloomily, "Stop making trouble, or you'll make a fool of yourself."
Although it was late, the neighbors must have been listening secretly to the commotion here. He couldn't afford to lose face, nor could he embarrass the eldest brother's family, or even be considered biased.
Wang hurried over and helped Yu Lao San, who was kneeling there, up.
Before, Yu Laosan had been kneeling and holding Old Lady Yu's legs, allowing her to beat and scold him. Even though he was sad and resentful, he never thought of doing anything to the old lady.
He still didn't dare.
Wang was very happy that the old man was willing to give them two taels of silver. This way, they wouldn't have to borrow money, and they wouldn't have to worry about Yu Li destroying their house if they couldn't pay back the money.
She didn't think much about it and thought her husband said that on purpose just to get the old man and others to help pay back the money.
Old Mrs. Yu was very angry. She wanted to say something, but she heard the old man say, "Old woman, go get the silver!"
She was breathing heavily, her chest heaving violently, and she was so angry that she wanted to beat up Yu Lao San over there.
What Yu Laosan said just now had no effect on her at all. She just thought he was talking nonsense and was not willing to help him pay back the money. In the end, she could only glare at Yu Laosan hatefully and go back to her room to get the money.
After Mrs. Yu took out the money, Mr. Yu said to the third brother, "Don't say that again. We, as parents, treat you brothers equally. It's just that the eldest brother has a talent for reading, so we value him more. If Jingde and Jingli are successful in the future, they will definitely not forget the efforts of you uncles and aunts, and you will also be able to benefit from it, right?"
Yu Laosan was silent.
Only Wang happily agreed: "Dad is right, I think so too."
She didn't care what Mr. Yu said, as long as she got the money, it was fine.
Old Master Yu's expression eased a little, and he said a few soft words until Old Third Yu looked ashamed. Then he let the matter go and took Old Madam Yu away.
Back in the room, Mrs. Yu said angrily, "Old man, how can you help the third son pay back the money?"
That’s two taels of silver!
Old Master Yu was a little tired. "If I don't pay this money, will the Third Brother and the others resent the First Brother and Jingde?"
"They dare!" said Old Mrs. Yu fiercely.
Old Master Yu had a gloomy face. Why wouldn’t he dare?
If they don't help him pay the debt this time, the third son will definitely blame them and the eldest son. By then, the family will probably break up and there will be no way to unite and support their two grandsons to go to school.
This was what he hated to see the most.
**
The noise outside was so loud that Yu Li and others in the west room could hear it clearly.
Yu Jin's cheerful mood from eating delicious food suddenly disappeared. He clenched his hands and pursed his lips tightly.
Yu Yin was also silent.
Yu Zhu blinked her eyes and whispered, "I think what Third Uncle said is right. In fact, I think so in my heart."
Although she is young, it doesn't mean she knows nothing.
Everyone knows that my grandparents are indeed partial to my uncle and his family.
Yu Yin patted her and said, "Stop talking."
Yuzhu puffed up her cheeks and wanted to say something, but seeing that her sisters were silent, she gave up and continued to gnaw on the rice cake.
Not long after, Yu Laosan came to the west room and handed two taels of silver to Yu Yin in front of Yu Li.
He said, "Li Niang, I'll return the money to you."
Yu Li nodded and said nothing.
Yu Laosan glanced at her with a complicated look, then left the west room.
When they returned, Wang said happily, "That's great. We finally don't have to worry about her destroying our house." She lowered her voice and said, "Fortunately, you made such a fuss that the old lady and the others gave you money."
She didn't expect that the old man would pay the money in the end. It turns out that this is possible.
Yu Laosan didn't say anything, but went back to his room in silence.
"What's wrong with you?" Wang looked at him in confusion. The money had been returned, shouldn't he be happy?
Yu Lao San sat there and said, "Nothing, I just found out..."
In fact, the old man and his family are indeed very partial. If they were not afraid that he would make a fuss and damage the reputation of the eldest wife, they would not give him any money at all.
Although the old man said a lot of soft words later, which sounded reasonable, he still felt uncomfortable.
The old man said those things only because he was afraid that he would feel resentful and wanted them to continue to serve the eldest wife like slaves as before.
Is Yu Laosan resentful?
Of course I complain.
Who is born to suffer, and to suffer for others.
Who would be happy to see the eldest wife sucking their blood and getting better and better, becoming respectable people in the city, while they do hard and tiring work in the village, and tighten their belts and eat less for them, even unable to feed their own children?
What he said to the old lady before was actually what he really thought.
In the past, because the second branch's family became the lowest class in the Yu family, the third branch's life was indeed pretty good compared to them, so he didn't think it was a big deal. After all, there were people who were worse off than them, and with the comparison, their lives didn't seem so bad.
However, when the second wife was unwilling to submit and began to resist, and even demanded to be treated fairly, the situation of the third wife became not so good, and her life became worse and worse.
Who would be happy with this?
Yu Laosan has never been stupid, he is even smart.
In the past, he just didn't want to think of the worst, and the old man always told them that when the first wife was well, they would also benefit from it, which made them willing to support the first wife.
But this doesn't mean that they don't know that the eldest wife has been sucking their blood to live a good life.
That night, Yu Laosan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Every time I close my eyes, I think of many things and feel more and more uncomfortable.
Finally, he even began to doubt, when his elder brother came back, would he really be able to control Yu Li? Why were they all helpless with her, but Boss Yu could, just because he had read more books?
What if even Boss Yu can’t do anything to Yu Li?
Thinking of this, Yu Laosan suddenly sat up.
Wang was awakened by his movement and sat up as well, asking in a sleepy voice, "It's not even daybreak yet, what are you doing?"
She was exhausted from working all day and just wanted to have a good sleep.
Yu Lao San sat there quietly, and then said to Wang: "What do you think will happen to our family if even our eldest brother can't do anything to our mother?"
Wang: “…No, no way?”
She was frightened awake. Even Boss Yu couldn't do anything to Li Niang. She couldn't imagine what this family would become.
In the darkness, Yu Laosan's eyes glowed faintly like a cat's.
"If that's the case..."
If that were the case, I'm afraid the Yu family would be broken up...
No, the Yu family might split up and separate the second branch.
If the second branch is separated, then only the third branch will be left to support the two scholars of the first branch. Then the third branch will be in the same situation as the second branch before, working like a cow or a horse and eating less than a dog...
Thinking of this, Yu Laosan couldn't sleep anymore and tossed and turned all night.
**
Yu Li didn't know that Yu Lao San was thinking about splitting up the family business. She had already gotten used to getting up before dawn every day and rushing to the county town to slaughter pigs.
Zhang Fu was a good man. Knowing that she ate a lot, he generously asked someone to prepare extra food every day.
In fact, because she had been eating so well during this period, the abundant food made her feel that her body was becoming more and more relaxed, and the heavy and uncomfortable feeling was largely reduced.
The awakening period usually lasts from a few days to several months.
How long it takes to awaken depends entirely on one's physical condition. What abilities can be awakened, whether they are strong or weak, also depends on one's opportunities.
It has not even been two months since she came into this world. Coupled with the lack of food and clothing, and the lack of any supporting medicines, I am afraid that the time it takes to awaken will be even longer.
Yu Li felt that he had the patience to wait through the long awakening period.
Even if it takes a few months, it doesn't matter. At most she can just try to eat more to replenish her body.
Just as Yu Li was adapting to the awakening period and the work in the county town, the Chen family finally held their wedding.
Boss Yu brought his whole family to Chen's house for the wedding banquet.
After the wedding banquet, Yu Lao Da left his eldest son and second son at the Chen family's private school, and told them to study hard and not slack off, in preparation for next year's county examination. Then he left the Chen family with his wife, daughter and youngest son.
Back at their rented house, Boss Yu said to his wife Chen: "Pack up tonight and we'll go back to the village tomorrow."
Chen nodded sullenly.
She was suppressing her anger in her heart, and this anger was naturally directed at Yu Li.
Whenever she thought about how she had beaten Chen Jicheng, which forced her to go back to her parents' home and apologize to her elder brother and sister-in-law, she was really angry because she was afraid that it would affect her two sons' studies in the Chen family.
Chen said to her husband, "When you go back this time, you must tell your second brother and his wife about how they raised their daughter to be like this? Li Niang is really outrageous. She actually hit someone! Even if there is a huge misunderstanding, you can't hit someone. Look at how Cheng Ge'er was beaten by her. People who don't know the truth would think they have some huge hatred."
Boss Yu frowned and said in a deep voice: "I know that Li Niang is indeed wrong in this matter."
When he learned that Chen Jicheng was beaten, he couldn't believe it and thought it was a misunderstanding.
No matter what, hitting people is wrong. Fortunately, the Chen family did not give their two sons any harsh treatment because of this.
Yu Jingzong, who was playing nearby, suddenly asked, "Dad, Mom, why did my cousin come to the county town? Did she come here secretly?"
He is ten years old this year and is already a grown-up boy.
After hearing that Yu Li had beaten Chen Jicheng, he went to Chen's house to see Chen Jicheng. He was shocked to see that half of his face was swollen and he could not speak clearly.
Is it true that his cowardly eldest cousin would hit someone?
But he was more curious about why his eldest cousin suddenly came to the county town.
"Who knows." Chen said unhappily, "Maybe the Fu family asked her to come to the county town to buy things."
They all knew that Yu Li got married last month. Her husband was the son of the Fu family who settled in Qingshi Village three years ago. They heard that he was a sickly person who took medicine as food and was very sick. He might die any day.
No one has seen the son of the Fu family, and they are afraid that he is too ugly to be seen in public.
No one who has been ill for a long time looks good.
Otherwise, why hasn't he shown his face in the past three years? Maybe he knows that he is ugly and doesn't dare to go out and see people.
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