Chapter 24, First Confrontation
"Oh my god, I was scared to death!"
Pingtong quickly stepped into the backyard, took several deep breaths, and patted his chest.
Daohua smiled and said, "Sister Pingtong, you must have seen those adults before, right? Besides, they all look very kind, so how can they be scary?" Of course, except for the two masters.
Master Lin, because of the relationship between Aunt Lin and her son, had a fake smile on his face the whole time, and he didn't mean it when he praised her, which she found very annoying.
The other one, who seemed to be called Master Xiao, didn't even glance at her during the whole process, but every time he looked at her, she felt a little nervous, as if she was being monitored by the teacher.
Ping Tong: "Yes, it is not uncommon, but that was always in private. There is almost no such formal occasion as today. Madam rarely lets us come to the front yard, saying that it will disturb the master's work."
"I'm not frightened by you gentlemen, but I'm thinking about how ugly it would be if we don't have enough dumpling soup to share!"
That would not only make the master look bad, but also make the other adults uncomfortable.
In this case, the girl's trip here to show her filial piety would be in vain.
Who knows, the master might blame her later, and even the lady might be implicated.
"You're worried about that!" Daohua smiled nonchalantly. "That won't happen." With the spoon in her hand, how could she allow such a situation to happen? She had calculated everything before pouring the soup.
Ping Tong was still a little scared: "Girl, you have seen this front yard. We should not come here if we have nothing to do in the future."
Daohua thought about it and nodded: "There's really nothing to see."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the main courtyard.
On the way, I met Yan Yishuang and two others who were coming home from school.
"Big sister is so lucky. She just plays all day long. Unlike us, we have to study and learn needlework to our heart's content."
Seeing Daohua and Pingtong coming from the front yard, Yan Yile spoke with a sour tone.
Daohua didn't want to argue with the children, so she ignored them and walked straight past the three of them.
However, when passing by Yan Yishuang, she said, "Big sister, you came from the countryside, so you might not know that in this county town, even servants in many mansions don't eat food like pimple soup."
Daohua stopped and turned to look at her third sister, who looked pitiful but spoke sharper than a knife.
After coming here, she often thought about a question.
Why is it that in the novels of the previous life, legitimate children and illegitimate children are always incompatible and always fighting and killing each other?
At this moment, she finally understood.
Apart from the fundamental conflicts of interest, there is a natural dislike for each other and an inexplicable dislike for each other.
This hostile relationship seems to be innate.
She could tolerate kids like Yan Yile who complained about sour grapes because they couldn't get their hands on them, but she hated Yan Yishuang's behavior of trampling on the things she cared about and was proud of.
Daohua looked at Yan Yishuang with a half-smile: "The Yan family in Yanjia Village, from the clan leader to the clan members, are all eating dumpling soup. Are you saying that they are not as good as the servants in the county?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Yishuang's expression changed. Although she was young, she knew that she could not interfere with the people in the clan. She was about to explain herself, but Daohua did not give her the chance.
"I don't know where this sense of superiority comes from, third sister. When daddy was little, he couldn't even have a bowl of dumpling soup even if he wanted to!" After saying that, he glanced at the two sisters Yan Yihan and Yan Yile who were standing nearby watching the fun, then turned and left.
Yan Yihan looked at Yan Yishuang, whose eyes had begun to turn red, and immediately pulled Yan Yile.
The two sisters turned around and left tacitly.
"I usually think the eldest sister is very kind, but I didn't expect that she could make the third sister cry with just a few words!"
After returning to Chunhuayuan, Yan Yile couldn't help but say.
"What are you talking about?"
When Sun heard this, she walked out of the room and Yan Yile immediately told her what had just happened.
Sun smiled when she heard this. "Before, your uncle only had Yishuang by his side, so he inevitably doted on her a lot. This has spoiled her to the point of making her lose her mind."
"Daohua is the eldest daughter, and the legitimate daughter, while she is just the daughter of a concubine. She actually wants to suppress the legitimate daughter, without even considering her own status!"
"Even servants won't eat the dumpling soup? How dare she say that! Your uncle, your father, your third uncle, they all drank it. Even your mother drank it when she was a child. This person has had a good life for too long, and she deserves to be punished."
Yan Yihan and Yan Yile stared at their mother in a daze. They had thought that their mother would stand on Yishuang's side.
Sun glared at her two daughters in frustration and said, "Listen to me, even though your eldest sister is from the countryside, she is not someone you can easily mess with. If she and Yishuang clash again in the future, you must get as far away from her as possible."
Yan Yile: "Mom, if the eldest sister and the third sister have a conflict, who will uncle side with?"
Sun paused. "It's hard to say. Your uncle feels guilty about Daohua, but he loves and cares for Yishuang. If things really get out of hand, it's going to be a real headache for him."
Yan Yihan: "Our family is still the best."
Sun smiled and said, "That's right. Any family with concubines and illegitimate children will inevitably have conflicts."
In the evening, Songheyuan.
Old Madam Yan knew that Daohua had taken the initiative to bring food to County Magistrate Yan. She smiled so much that her eyes narrowed. She took Daohua's hand and said, "That's the way it should be. Our Daohua now knows how to care for her father."
Rice Flower snuggled up to the old lady and said with a smile, "Look at what Grandma said. Didn't I know this all along?"
Old Lady Yan: "Yes, yes, Daohua is the most sensible."
Just then, Sun's mother came over.
"Madam, Aunt Lin brought the third girl here and said she wanted to apologize to the eldest girl."
Old Madam Yan was stunned and looked at Daohua in confusion: "What happened?"
Daohua sneered in her heart. Aunt Lin was probably afraid that she would complain, so she dragged Yan Yishuang to do this.
Unfortunately, neither Mrs. Li nor Old Lady Yan said anything at all.
Are they admitting guilt without being asked?
Old Mrs. Yan glanced at Daohua and asked Aunt Sun to call someone in.
Soon, Aunt Lin and Yan Yishuang walked in.
As soon as they came in, they knelt down.
Seeing this, Daohua had to stand up from the couch where Old Lady Yan was sitting and stand next to her.
Old Lady Yan's expression was not very good: "What's the matter?"
Aunt Lin looked up at the rice flowers, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.
Old Lady Yan was a little impatient: "I asked you to speak, why are you looking at the rice flowers?" She was very displeased with the concubine that her eldest son had taken in.
Firstly, the eldest daughter-in-law has been working hard and taking care of the whole family over the years. As a woman, she is on the side of the eldest daughter-in-law.
Secondly, because she loves her eldest daughter-in-law, her favorite Daohua and the eldest grandson she values are both born to her, so her heart naturally leans towards her.
Sensing that the old lady was angry, Aunt Lin was even more certain that Daohua had told her what happened at noon, and she immediately said, "Yishuang is still young and doesn't know anything about country food. She spoke against the young lady, so I brought her here to apologize to her."
Old Madam Yan looked at Daohua: "Daohua, what's going on?"
Seeing the old lady's puzzled expression, Aunt Lin was stunned.
Didn’t you say this?
Daohua looked at Aunt Lin who was avoiding the main point with a half-smile, and told her everything that had happened before.
After hearing this, Old Lady Yan looked at Aunt Lin with a gloomy face: "Zhi Gao told me that you are well-educated, virtuous and kind. Look at the good daughter you have raised. It really makes me see how rich she is."
At this time, Yan Zhigao walked in with a smile.
When he saw his concubine and daughter kneeling on the ground, his face was obviously stunned.
He looked up and saw the old lady with an angry face, and immediately asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
