Chapter 11 The First Beating
"Hmph!" Su He looked at the lively family, snorted coldly, and walked into the house with a turned away face.
"Mother, let me watch for a while longer!" Xiao Qin wanted to pull her youngest son into the house, but the youngest son refused.
"Second Uncle, Third Uncle, it's getting late, you should go to bed early!" Su Ying advised.
"No rush, let's edit for a while, there's still early." Su Laoer and Su Laosan were in high spirits, and the children were also very interested.
"Second uncle, third uncle, let's go to bed early and get some sleep, otherwise the wild beasts will make a fuss in the middle of the night and we will be too tired to have energy tomorrow." Su Ying said with a smile.
"Yes! Aying is right!" Su Bucheng suddenly remembered this.
While the wild beasts haven't come out, everyone can sleep peacefully. Once the wild beasts start fighting, not to mention whether they will rush down the mountain, just the deafening fighting and roaring will make people tremble with fear. How can they sleep?
If you don’t sleep well for a long time, not only will your mental state be bad, but your physical condition will also decline.
Everyone gathered up the bamboo sticks on the ground and put them in order, then went into the house to rest.
Although Su Laoer seemed full of energy just now, as soon as his head touched the straw, he immediately felt sleepy, his eyelids drooped, and he fell asleep quickly.
Little Qin beside him couldn't sleep and tossed and turned, making the straw rustle under his weight.
"Go to sleep!" Su Laoer muttered.
"Erlang!" Xiao Qin pushed her husband.
"Hmm?" Su Laoer didn't open his eyes, he was in a deep sleep.
"Erlang, this is unfair. Why should our family reclaim the wasteland? They do the easy work?" Xiao Qinshi added fuel to the fire.
Su Lao Er suddenly opened his eyes, all sleepiness gone. "Why do you think so? He'er is ignorant, and you are confused too?"
"Who's confused? Can't you see through it? We have the same strong laborers, but our family is reclaiming land, while Third Uncle's family is only digging rotten soil!
"Why should we be the ones doing the hardest and most tiring work? Two meals a day, plain porridge each time. Even a person made of iron can't handle it! Isn't this clearly bullying?" complained Xiao Qin.
The same son, the eldest uncle's son goes to the Imperial College and does the light work, while my own son goes to an ordinary official school and does the heaviest work!
How can I accept this?! On what basis? We've all fallen into the dust, so why are we still distinguishing between high and low?!
"Jiu Niang, what are you talking about? Who is bullying me? Didn't I choose the land reclamation person for Zhong Yan? I chose the job myself!
"Since my eldest brother is not at home, I am the elder brother and must shoulder the heavy burden. I am doing this voluntarily, no one is forcing me! Stop talking nonsense!" Su Lao Er said sternly.
I have always wondered why my daughter is so stupid, and it turns out that the problem lies at the root.
Qin Jiuniang, the little Qinshi, was the wife chosen for him by his mother, and she was from the old lady's family.
Su Laoer knew at first sight that this was not a smart person, but he looked honest and decent, not outstanding nor nosy. It was not bad for him to live an ordinary life like this.
But unexpectedly, a sudden change would reveal one's true nature.
The originally kind and sensible old mother was no longer benevolent. She became sarcastic and complained about everything. She blamed all the faults on her niece Su Ying and beat and scolded her at every turn.
Now even his wife has become more thoughtful, and his petty nature is clearly revealed!
But they don’t know that in difficult times, everyone should stick together for warmth, and pursuing their own selfish interests will only lead to their own destruction!
I guess in private, Xiao Qinshi often flirted with her daughter in front of her. How could her stubborn and competitive daughter listen to all this?
After thinking it over, Su Laoer understood something and stared at Xiao Qinshi with disappointment.
"Don't complain in front of He'er anymore! He'er is stupid, you'll hurt her!"
It is not scary if a person is stupid. What is scary is that he is stupid and does not realize it, and keeps jumping around to cause trouble. Sooner or later, he will be in big trouble.
Speaking of which, He'er made an indispensable contribution to the family's exile to Lingnan, but her niece Su Ying took the blame.
The locust extermination campaign was in full swing in the countryside of Chang'an County. The higher-ups were unaware of it, and even if some people heard about it, they kept silent and ignored it.
Some things are better known than spoken out. Just do your own thing and everyone else can pretend to be deaf and dumb and get away with it.
Most of those fields belonged to nobles, and no one wanted their crops to be eaten by locusts.
But someone wants to expose it!
At a gathering of the families of middle and low-level officials, everyone mentioned the recent locust plague and praised the emperor's benevolence. The divine locusts were moved and retreated a lot.
In order to attract everyone's attention, Su He, who had been ignored for a long time, claimed that the locusts had disappeared because of her uncle's locust extermination.
Everyone was stunned and fell silent. It was the first time they had seen such an ignorant fool who was trying to snatch the Heavenly Power from the Emperor!
Everyone looked at Su He with sympathy. Su He was unaware of it. Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, he became more and more proud and recounted the story of Su Bucheng's locust extermination in detail.
By the time Su Ying heard the news and rushed over to stop it, it was too late.
Originally, Su He was not invited to this party. The guest invited was Su Ying, the daughter of Su Bucheng, a fifth-rank official. Su He was the daughter of a ninth-rank official and was not among the invited guests.
Before leaving, Su He said flatteringly that he wanted to go with Su Ying to meet some new people, but in fact he wanted to squeeze into Su Ying's social circle.
Because of her uncle's status, Su Ying got married into a good family, but she herself was still unmarried.
It's not that there is no one available, but the ones who come to propose marriage are all from the families of low-ranking officials like the ninth rank, and the arrogant Su He looks down on them.
No matter what kind of family Su Ying finds, she can't be worse than this one! She is prettier than Su Ying, and she can't let Su Ying outshine her!
Su Ying didn't want to take the child with her, but her second aunt Xiao Qin begged her to do so. Su Ying couldn't refuse and had to take the child with her, but she didn't want to cause such a big mess.
Everything that happened afterwards happened so quickly. It was a one-sided impeachment, but in the end, Su Bucheng took the blame for everything.
After the incident, Su Bucheng calmly accepted all the punishments and never blamed Su He. Instead, he felt full of guilt towards his second and third brothers, feeling that he had implicated his two younger brothers.
They are all low-level grassroots officials who are just doing practical things based on their conscience. They are not very politically sensitive and it is impossible for them to know the intentions of the Heavenly Court in a timely manner.
When the whole capital heard the story of the emperor's conversation with the divine insect and eating the insect as a punishment, they were slow to realize that it was not appropriate to exterminate the locusts in a high-profile manner, which was contrary to the idea of the above.
No matter how cautious you are, you will still be defeated by your stupid teammates!
Whenever Su Lao Er thought of these things, he felt very unhappy. His elder brother never mentioned it but instead acted as if it was nothing. The more this happened, the more he felt guilty and uneasy!
If his elder brother scolded him, he would feel better.
So, he rushed to do the hardest and most tiring work, hoping to atone for his sins.
He didn't expect his wife, who had slept with him for more than ten years, to understand his heart, nor did he expect her to be so short-sighted and shallow.
Su Laoer sighed deeply. When the family is divided in the future, his family will definitely be at a disadvantage. With such a foolish person as the mistress, how far can the family go?
"What is Erlang talking about? How did I harm He'er?" Xiao Qin was indignant. Her husband did not stand on her side, but instead blamed her.
"Jiu Niang! Shut up!" Su Lao Er shouted.
The couple's quarrel woke up their eldest and second sons who lived in the same room, and the youngest son also turned over in a daze.
"Mom, go to bed early! You still have to work tomorrow!" The eldest son Su Shiyan tried to smooth things over and advised in a low voice.
"Work, work! You guys are all working like slaves for others, you might as well die of exhaustion!" Xiao Qin was aggressive and spoke in a harsh tone.
"Pa!" Su Laoer was so angry that he slapped someone.
Challenging one's bottom line again and again and provoking discord among brothers is intolerable.
Xiao Qin covered her face and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
The two have been married for many years and have never had a quarrel or an argument. Today is the first time I got beaten!
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