Chapter 5: Unlucky Jiang Lao San
Seeing the other person's anxious look, Jiang Huailiang knew that he had gone too far in joking, so he quickly opened his mouth to apologize.
"Right, right, right. I was so confused that I forgot about the ancestor worship. Brother, please don't hold it against me. I apologize to you."
"Humph, who wants you to apologize?"
Zhang Jingguang mumbled twice, looked up at the sky and reminded.
"It's already daybreak, aren't you in a hurry to go home?"
"Why not? I'm so anxious!"
Jiang Huailiang kicked his long legs and got on the horse directly.
"I'm not going to waste my time on you. You go to Zhengning County and I'll go to Yuquan County. That's all for now. When we get back to Maocheng, let's have a few more drinks together, brothers!"
"Okay! Take care, Brother Jiang. See you later!"
"Well, see you later. Go!"
Jiang Huailiang, along with several of his personal guards, rode away on horseback, whipping the horse.
The sun lazily climbed up from the top of the willow tree, and then slowly climbed over the roof.
The three siblings of the Jiang family squatted neatly beside the chicken coop, and none of them said a word.
Xu had just returned from working in the fields, bringing with her a basket of vegetables. When she entered the yard, she saw the children squatting there, so she asked them with amusement.
"What are you three doing?"
Jiang Wan turned his head and glanced at her.
"I see the hen laying eggs."
Jiang Hudi also turned his head.
"I wonder how she watches a hen lay eggs."
Jiang Yaozu quickly turned around and answered.
"I see how she watches a hen lay eggs."
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Xu twitched her lips. It seemed that the eldest son had gone quite crazy recently, and the second and third sons had also become obviously abnormal.
"Stop looking at it! Don't scare the hen anymore. If it stops laying eggs, none of you will be able to eat egg custard. Come over here and help with the work!"
While talking, he put the vegetable basket on the stone table in the yard, sat down on the stone bench and started picking vegetables.
Old man Jiang, who was sitting on a long bench at the base of the wall, tying a broom, didn't say anything about his daughter-in-law's management of the children. But Old Mrs. Wang, who had just finished lighting the fire in the kitchen, came out, looking unhappy.
While brushing off the grass crumbs on her clothes, she opened her mouth to protect her calf, forgetting to be beaten even though she only cared about food.
"How old is Yaozu? What kind of work do you want him to do? This cruel woman is always beating up my precious grandson in different ways every day. He is still a child..."
"So you must not let him go."
The cold response was enough to make anyone's chest ache. Jiang Yaozu, who was already well-versed in beatings, saw that his eldest sister was about to change her attitude again, and immediately denounced Old Wang in a shrill voice.
"Grandma, why are you trying to hurt me again? She finally didn't plan to hit me today, why are you trying to stir up trouble again?!"
"……I,"
Old Mrs. Wang, who was in a difficult situation, took a deep breath in anger and pointed at her eldest grandson who was ungrateful and scolded him.
"You stupid bastard, isn't this because I feel sorry for you? They're deliberately punishing you, aren't you exhausted..."
"Big sister won't punish me on purpose. As long as I'm obedient, she won't beat me again, right, big sister?"
Jiang Yaozu unceremoniously moved a small wooden stool and waited for the eldest sister to sit down. Then he raised his fat fists attentively and skillfully massaged the eldest sister's shoulders and back.
That attentive and fawning look made his grandmother very angry.
This eldest grandson has been raising me with all his heart for so many years, but I have never seen him serve me like this. Now, look what he does. He serves his sister like an ancestor every day!
"Jiang Zhaodi, are you bullying your brother like this?"
Jiang Wan didn't argue with the old lady, but just asked the lackey behind him in a cool tone.
"Jiang San, has anyone bullied you?"
"No! Big sister won't bully me!"
Jiang Yaozu, who was very considerate of himself, loudly refuted his grandmother's words. In fact, the boy was also angry.
Grandma, you don't have the ability to pull me out of this sea of suffering, so why do you bother provoking Big Sister? Besides getting an extra beating every time I get back, what good can I get out of it?
"Did you hear that, Grandma? This is a matter of mutual consent. How can you call it bullying? Also,"
Jiang Wan raised his voice a little.
"I want to change my name, and my second brother will change it too."
Mrs. Xu and Old Man Jiang, who were originally busy with their work, stopped and looked over.
"It's fine, why do you want to change your name?"
"Grandpa, what you said is not right. How can it be good? Is Zhaodi Hudi a good name? Does it mean that the second brother and I are destined to work hard for the third brother in this life? I won't do it."
Jiang Hudi, the little girl who followed closely beside her elder sister, also nodded vigorously.
"I won't do it either! I'm only an hour older than Jiang Yaozu, so why should I live so differently from him? And he's never treated me, his second sister, well, why should I have to work so hard for him in the future? I won't do it either!"
You see, that's why they say no one is a fool. Children know best that adults are not partial. The consequence of unfair treatment is often chaos among siblings.
The two granddaughters were about to make a scene, and Old Wang was so angry that she bent down and took off her shoes to hit them, but was grabbed by Xu who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
"Mom, let's talk it over nicely. You're too old to get angry with girls. What if you get sick from your Qi?"
Jiang Wan saw that the old lady was about to make trouble again, so he pinched out Jiang Yaozu from behind him as if he knew the way.
"Second brother, go get the branches."
"Okay! I'll go right away!"
Jiang Hudi was so excited that he ran and jumped.
Jiang Yaozu was so frightened that he cried loudly.
"Don't hit me, it's not my fault this time, sis! Wuuuuu, don't blame me!"
"I know it's not your fault this time."
Jiang Wan patted the chubby child in his arms and apologized jokingly.
"But I can't hit grandma, so I have to let you down, Jiang Lao San. I'm sorry.
As the chicken that was killed to scare the monkeys, you should be patient for a while. I think after a few more beatings, grandma will probably come to her senses.
"Big sister, give it to me!"
Jiang Hudi rushed out of the house holding a branch and enthusiastically put the weapon into his sister's hand. Jiang Yaozu was crying so hard that he almost couldn't bear to watch.
"Don't hit me! Wuuwuwu, stop it! Help!"
Old Mrs. Wang felt so heartbroken by the crying of her beloved grandson that she quickly put down her shoes and put them on.
"Don't do it! If you have something to say, just talk it over nicely, Zhaodi. Why do you always hit your brother?"
"Actually, I didn't mean to hit him today. Didn't you earn this for him?"
Jiang Wan raised his eyebrows and waved the branch in his hand casually a few times, which made Old Wang's heart tremble.
"Also, don't call me Zhaodi, and don't call Laoer Hudi from now on. Otherwise, we sisters should just change our names to Dadi and Zuodi."
"You dare?"
"Well, I dare."
As soon as he finished speaking, the branches arrived, and Jiang Yaozu's wails, like a pig being slaughtered, rang out again, shaking the sky.
"Wow! Help!"
"You damn girl, let go of my grandson!"
"Mom, please don't be angry. The child is strong enough to be beaten to death. Don't worry, ah."
It would have been fine if Xu hadn't tried to persuade her, but once she did, her mother-in-law felt like the sky was falling.
"You cruel woman, is Yaozu still your only biological son? Are you just going to watch him get beaten like that?
You are so cruel! Look at the two girls you gave birth to, they are going to make a scene! My poor grandson..."
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