Chapter 40 Chapter 40 The eldest wife is hurt
Since the separation of the family had been decided, Yu Li did not stay any longer and left the Yu family.
Yu Jin pulled her parents who were standing there in a daze, and took her three sisters to see her off.
In fact, the people from the second branch of the family did not want to stay in the main room, for fear that their grandparents and uncle, who were full of anger, would vent their anger on them.
Of course, even if they were angry, Yu Jin felt that they didn't need to be afraid. However, for the sake of Grandpa and the others' health, they should not show up in front of them for the time being.
Seeing them leave, Yu Laosan also cleverly took his wife and children away.
If I don't leave now, will the old lady and the others scold me if I stay there?
The old lady might be concerned about Yu Li and not dare to scold the second wife casually, but the third wife has no scruples and might even take her anger out on them.
Everyone in the third room hid back in their rooms.
At this time, they looked very excited, especially Wang, who asked excitedly: "Husband, are we going to divide the family? How much can we get?"
She only cared about what the third room got, and it couldn't be less than the first and second rooms.
Yu Jingzhong and Yu Jingxin were also excited.
As long as they thought about the fact that they would each live their own lives after the separation, Yu Li would no longer have an excuse to order them to work, they could not help but feel happy. They could do their own work if they wanted to, and not do it if they didn't want to, without having to worry about being forced to do it by their cousin from the next room.
Another point is that after the separation, they can stay away from Yu Li, so she will have no reason to beat them anymore, right?
Although Yu Li didn't do anything to them, they were so scared before she did it that they just listened to her and did the work.
But whenever I thought of the scene where she broke the pillar of the main room, I couldn't help but feel afraid, afraid of being beaten by her.
She is so strong that it must hurt a lot when she hits someone.
Yu Lao San looked at his wife and children and found that they were all too excited. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to split up the family?"
"Of course!" Wang said without hesitation, "Why not divide the family? Are we going to continue to work like slaves for the eldest wife like before? I'm not stupid."
Before the family was divided, all the money in the family was in the hands of the old lady. Not only did they have to ask her for money to buy needle and thread, but they also had to hand over the money they earned from odd jobs during the slack season. They didn't even dare to buy anything delicious and could only eat secretly, like thieves.
Who would want to do this?
Wang was also a daughter-in-law and a mother. She also wanted to be the master of the household and be as majestic as the old lady. She also wanted to buy delicious food for her children.
As long as the family is divided, she will be the mistress of the house, and she has the final say on how the family is doing.
Yu Lao San said in surprise: "Didn't you always say that you should wait for Jingde and Jingli to pass the exam so that you can enjoy the benefits?"
There are two scholars in the eldest house. If they pass the imperial examinations in the future, it will also benefit their uncles and aunts who have supported them in their studies.
Wang sneered, "Come on, passing the imperial examination? We don't know when that will happen."
She did think so before, because the old lady and the old man always told them so. Over time, she also believed so, and waited for the two brothers Yu Jingde from the eldest house to become successful so that she could benefit from it.
What else can I do if I don’t think so? Since we can’t split up the family, I can only think positively.
However, too many things have happened recently. Even the respected Boss Yu fell into Yu Li's hands, which made her suddenly wonder, "Can Yu Jingde and the others really do it?"
"Big brother used to be so powerful." Wang said with a pout, "Everyone in the village respected him and thought he had great potential, but no matter how promising he was, he couldn't even pass the examination to become a student, so he could only work as an accountant in the county town and use an abacus."
"With a father like this, do you think it's okay to respect and honor them?"
As the saying goes, a son resembles his father. If Yu Jingde and his wife resemble their father, they won’t even pass the exam to become a Tongsheng student…
As a scholar, Boss Yu has always been arrogant, and has kept a distance from the people in the village, giving people a sense of awe that he is very powerful.
Of course, this is also related to the world's excessive reverence for scholars.
Are scholars really that powerful?
Putting this aside, what's so great about him?
If he was really that powerful, why did he just kneel there like a dead dog, being pressed by Yu Li?
It can be said that the scene where Boss Yu was forced to kneel down completely interrupted Wang's awe of Boss Yu. They discovered that Boss Yu was actually useless and could not even deal with a little girl - although they could not deal with her either, didn't this prove that Boss Yu was no different from them, they were all mortals who had to eat and shit.
Yu Laosan looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect that she could say such a thing.
"Why? Am I wrong?" Wang asked back.
Yu Lao San said: “…That’s right.” Indeed, the eldest brother took exams all his life but couldn’t even pass the exam to become a student. Could Yu Jingde and Yu Jingli pass it?
Even if they passed the examination and became a tongsheng, xiucai or juren.
I heard that being a tongsheng is nothing. It is very difficult to pass the exam for a scholar. Some people fail to pass it in their entire lives and are just an old tongsheng, let alone a juren.
I want to wait for them to become successful... but I really don't know how long it will take.
They can't keep supporting the big house until they get old, right?
Thinking about it this way, this kind of life is not bad, so let's split up.
Everyone in the third room had no objection to the division of the family property and were very positive about it.
They gathered together to discuss the division of the family property tomorrow, how much money the old man and his family had, and how to divide the family's land and belongings.
Anyway, the third room cannot suffer any loss.
**
On the other hand, the atmosphere in the main room was not very good.
Everyone from the second and third wives had left, leaving only Grandpa Yu and his wife and the people from the first wife.
Old Mrs. Yu felt sorry for her eldest son who had fallen to the ground. She quickly helped him up and cursed in a low voice: "Damn it, why didn't God send down a thunderbolt to kill her, so that she wouldn't bring disaster to our family..."
Boss Yu had a gloomy face and didn't say anything.
Old Master Yu also didn't say anything. He felt very depressed when he thought about the division of the family property tomorrow.
He was the one who least wanted to split the family, and he had always held the third branch tightly in his hands. If anyone dared to split the family, he would suppress that person without hesitation and even beat him up to teach him a lesson.
But in the end, it was he who took the initiative to propose separation.
"Mom, it hurts!"
Yu Jingzong's voice sounded, with a faint cry in it, attracting everyone's attention.
At this time, Grandpa Yu and others finally noticed that Chen, Yu Jingzong and Yu Qin all had disheveled hair and looked even more embarrassed than Boss Yu.
In fact, Boss Yu was just forced to kneel there and did not suffer any harm the whole time. But Chen, Yu Qin and Yu Jingzong, the three of them, fell together, landing hard on the ground and feeling dizzy.
Old Mrs. Yu shouted, "Oh, my dear grandson, what's wrong with you?"
She loved all the grandchildren of the first wife. Although she valued the eldest and second grandchildren who were good at reading more, she also loved Yu Jingzong. It was said that he was also good at reading. Chen Xiucai even praised him. If there were not already two scholars in the family and they really could not afford to support him, she would have sent him to study.
Yu Jingzong pouted, "She hit me, and my face and body hurt."
Because he fell twice, his hair was scattered and the hair rope was lost.
Old Mrs. Yu smoothed his hair and saw that his face was swollen. She gasped with heartache and quickly pulled open his clothes to check. She found that there were many bruises on his body, all caused by falling on the ground.
Even so, it was not a big deal, because Chen and Yuqin both served as cushions for him, and Chen served as a cushion twice.
It can be said that the one who suffered the worst was Chen, while Yuqin was not so bad.
Yu Jingzong felt wronged and kept complaining about the pain. The old lady asked him where it hurt, and he said it hurt here and there. His voice of complaint was quite powerful, so it was known that it was nothing serious, and he just wanted to find his elders to seek justice for him.
But how could Old Lady Yu give him justice?
Not to mention her, even Old Man Yu had no way to do it, not to mention Boss Yu who had been forced to kneel before.
"Be good, Zong'er. Grandma will rub you with some medicinal wine and the pain will go away." Grandma Yu coaxed.
Yu Jingzong lost his temper, "Grandma, she's gone too far. She treated my father like this and even hit me. Let's beat her to death!"
His face was full of anger and viciousness.
Old Madam Yu's expression froze, and she finally lost her patience: "Why are you hitting her? Be careful that if you fail to kill her, she will come and kill you! Okay, it's not a big deal, go back to your room with your mother and apply the medicine."
Yu Jingzong: “…”
The old lady has many grandchildren, but she loves her eldest grandson Yu Jingde and her second grandson Yu Jingli the most. The other grandchildren are secondary. She loves them when she has time and money, but ignores them when she has no money and no time.
Yu Jingzong didn't understand this logic, and his eyes widened when he found out that his grandmother, who had loved him so much in the past, actually said such words.
Chen understood in her heart that the old woman was impatient.
She endured the pain and asked, "Dad, Mom, husband, are you really going to split up the family?"
Apart from Grandpa Yu, the one who least wants to split up is definitely the eldest wife. She knows very well that the only reason they can have such a life is because they have the support of the second and third wives.
People are selfish. When they live a good life, they turn a blind eye to the plight of those who work hard to support them and pretend that their hard work is invisible.
If the family splits up, the eldest wife will definitely lose her current good life.
Even she, her daughter and her younger son could no longer go to the county town frequently and had to stay in the village to do farm work.
Thinking of this, Chen's eyes went dark.
Old Madam Yu said in a bad tone, "Aren't you waiting for that damned bastard to come back and force the boss to kneel down?"
Hearing this, Boss Yu’s face turned even darker.
Although he was physically fine, his self-esteem was greatly hurt and now he couldn't stand people saying that he was kneeling.
Chen was about to say something, but Old Lady Yu said impatiently, "Okay, take Jingzong back and clean his wounds."
Chen had no choice but to endure the pain and pull her son and daughter back to the room.
They were in pain and tired, but they didn't have any broken arms or legs, so their bodies were still intact.
Even so, Chen was still unhappy. She would rather one of them was seriously injured so that she could talk to someone about it.
After Chen's mother and son left, Mrs. Yu said to her son who was sitting there silently, "Big brother, you have been wronged."
Boss Yu still remained silent.
Old Master Yu sighed and lowered his voice: "Boss, let's be patient for a while."
Boss Yu's expression changed slightly.
At this time, the old man was heard saying, "She threatened Jingde and Jingli. We can't take any risks. We can only go along with her for now. Just wait and see. When Jingde and the others pass the imperial examinations, how long can she continue to be so rampant?"
Boss Yu understood what he meant, but he still felt very aggrieved.
He had great confidence in his two sons and felt that they would be able to fulfill his dream of passing the imperial examinations. In the future, he would be the father of a scholar or a juren, and when his sons became officials, he would be able to enjoy his life.
But this is the future, and I don’t know when it will be realized.
Now he was forced to his knees by Yu Li. He could never forget such humiliation, which almost shattered his self-esteem.
He felt uncomfortable just thinking about how long he would have to endure such humiliation.
But is there any solution?
They are all common people, they just read more books, but they don't have any special skills.
Even among the in-laws, the Chen family, apart from Chen Xiucai, only Qian Ge'er was a student, and the others were also commoners.
With such an identity, he can't do anything to Yu Li.
**
Yu Li returned to the Fu family and found Zhou sitting in the main room making clothes. This time she embroidered bamboo on the clothes, so one piece of clothing took a long time to make.
Seeing Yu Li coming back, she said, "Mother Li, there is still some time, go and take a rest."
"Mom, I won't rest anymore." Yu Li said, "I'm going to go into the mountains later. I'm going to find Uncle Tu and tell him that I won't be going to the county town to work tomorrow. I'm going to take a day off."
Zhou was stunned, not knowing why she wanted to ask for leave, and asked hurriedly: "But where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, it's the Yu family that's going to split up. I have to go back and take a look tomorrow."
Zhou was a little dumbfounded. Why did the Yu family want to split up for no reason?
Yu Li didn't chat with her for long. He drank a few bowls of herbal tea in the main room to quench his thirst, and then went back to his room.
When she entered the room, she first looked at the bed and found that Fu Wenxiao was not asleep. He was sitting there leaning back, as if he was resting with his eyes closed.
Sure enough, he opened his eyes when he heard the noise.
"You're back." He asked in a gentle voice, "Are you okay?"
Yu Li said: "It's okay."
She walked to the bed, reached out and picked up the preserved fruits from the fruit bowl on the bedside table and stuffed them into her mouth.
She bought the preserved fruit for his medicine, but she also loved to eat it. From time to time, she would put a piece in her mouth and buy more after she finished it.
Yu Li sat down beside the bed and said while eating preserved fruit: "The Yu family will split up tomorrow."
Fu Wenxiao raised his eyebrows, seemingly not surprised by this outcome.
He said gently, "You haven't been wronged, have you?" He cared more about this than anything else.
"No." Yu Li said casually, "When I first got back, my uncle asked me to kneel down. Since he wanted to kneel so much, I kicked over his stool and made him kneel in front of grandpa and grandma."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
This development was so unexpected that even Fu Wenxiao was speechless for a moment.
Yu Li looked at him while eating.
How could Fu Wenxiao not notice her look? He said, "You did the right thing. You should kneel to the heaven, the earth, and your parents, but not to your uncle next door."
That's how the matter was characterized.
She was right anyway.
Yu Li's eyes lit up slightly, and he said happily: "You are right, so I let him kneel down to his grandpa and grandma. His grandpa and grandma are his parents, and it is only natural for the uncle to kneel down to them."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
Then Yu Li told him what had happened before.
In her heart, Fu Wenxiao was a sensible person. If he agreed with what she did, it proved that she was right.
Although she had the original owner's memories, they were separated by a layer, like watching a black-and-white movie. She needed to understand by herself what to do in many things. In addition, the original owner was just a country girl, and she only half understood many things, so she had no way to refer to them.
After coming to this world, Yu Li came into contact with so many people and found that only Fu Wenxiao was the most sensible.
Of course, it is also possible that the first person she came into contact with when she woke up was Fu Wenxiao, and she almost strangled him. She felt a little guilty towards him and was willing to give him more patience.
Also, Fu Wenxiao is very weak, so weak that he could die at any time. There is no need to hide anything in front of him. He is so weak that he can't even leave the door. Even if he finds something abnormal about me, what can he do?
I was afraid that she would be able to imprison him before he could do anything.
Therefore, she was very confident in Fu Wenxiao and did not need to hide her uniqueness in front of him.
Of course, although Fu Wenxiao is weak, he is indeed a good man and a very sensible person.
So Yu Li liked to tell him everything and ask for his opinion to see if what he did was right and whether it was in line with the rules of this world, so that he could integrate better.
Yu Li was too unfamiliar with this world and was afraid that he would not fit in.
She needed to find someone to understand this world, but she couldn't find Yu Jin and the others because they were too familiar with the original owner. The only person she could find was Fu Wenxiao.
He was very weak and was about to die. He had never met the original owner before and did not know him.
No matter what strange things she did in front of him, he would not know the difference between her and the original owner.
Yu Li was relieved.
After talking to Fu Wenxiao, Yu Li looked at him.
Fu Wenxiao lived up to her expectations and said in a gentle voice: "As the saying goes, a big tree branches out, and a big family splits up. Splitting up a family is common. It is indeed time for the Yu family to split up, otherwise the second and third branches will suffer too much."
"Do you think so too?" Yu Li said, "I think so too."
Fu Wenxiao said calmly: "Yes."
Yu Li smiled and the more he looked at Fu Wenxiao, the more he liked him. It was a pity that he would not live long.
But it’s okay, before he dies, she will take good care of him and make him feel more comfortable.
Then Yu Li changed into a set of old clothes and prepared to go into the mountains to find Boss Tu.
She didn't want her new clothes to be torn by the thorns in the mountains.
"Don't you want to rest for a while?" Fu Wenxiao asked, "It's okay to go into the mountain later."
Yu Li rolled up his sleeves and said, "No, you don't have to get up early tomorrow, and you can rest tonight. I'll go chop some firewood."
Fu Wenxiao paused for a moment and said, "Actually, you can buy firewood from people in the village. Don't get tired."
Like Zhou, he thought that firewood and other things could be bought and didn't cost much.
Yu Li looked at him in surprise, "How can that be possible? Buying firewood costs money. Even though it's not much, it can buy a few meat buns."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
After Yu Li went out with the axe and backpack, Fu Wenxiao propped himself up to get out of bed, walked to the desk, and spread out a piece of paper.
He ground the ink slowly, looking out the window at the sunny yard, slightly absent-minded.
After the ink was ground, he rolled up his sleeves and started writing on paper.
**
Yu Li entered the mountain and went straight to Boss Tu’s house.
The Tu family’s house is actually not far from the village, but because it is on the mountain, there are very few people nearby. Living in such a place requires some courage.
When Yu Li went there, Boss Tu was feeding pigs at home.
The butcher shop has been slaughtering a lot of pigs recently, so Zhang Fu goes to the village near the county town every afternoon to buy more live pigs. He wants to have more live pigs in stock, and the extra ones can be raised at the butcher's house.
Mr. Tu kept a wolfdog at home to guard the house.
Wolfdogs are majestic and scary looking. Whenever a stranger approaches, they will bark to scare the person away.
When Yu Li walked in, the majestic wolfhound tucked its tail between its legs and hid in the house whimpering.
There is no such thing as a housekeeper.
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