Xia Ruyu was very good at speaking, both persuading and threatening, and Xia Dingfeng and Yang were delighted to hear her. The eldest niece actually hooked up with the son of the prefect!
No matter how cunning Old Man Xia was, he only showed off his power in Yangliu Village and would never dare to fight with the officials. After being threatened by Xia Ruyu, he was at a loss and asked his two sons for their opinions: "Dinghai, Dingfeng, you say!"
"I don't agree!" Xia Dinghai insisted.
Xia Dingfeng said, "Dad, Ruyu is right. Xia Yu will have a good future if he follows Qianqian. If he becomes an official with real talent and fame in the future, it will also be an honor for our Xia family. If he follows us, can we pay for him to go to school?"
He couldn't bear to see a doctor, and he still wanted to study? That would hurt more than cutting his flesh! Old man Xia frowned and looked at Xia Dinghai: "What do you say?"
"I..." Xia Dinghai gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to support Xia Yu's studies!"
"Oh! Will it be paid from your private account or the public account?" Yang asked sarcastically.
Xia Dinghai said with a stern face: "Of course it will be paid from my private account!"
Song was shocked and asked Xia Dinghai: "Are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy." Xia Dinghai pushed her away. In order to have a "son", he was willing to risk everything. "I will pay for Xia Yu's support. Even if I bring the case to the prefect, I will still be right!"
Xia Dinghai seemed to have already spent all his money, and he was full of confidence and resolute in his attitude.
The whole family was stunned. Xia Ruyu didn't expect that Xia Dinghai would be the most difficult one to deal with.
"Uncle, this is not just a school issue. Xia Yu almost died of illness in your house yesterday. You are committing child abuse." Xia Qianqian came in with Qin, the village chief, and some of Xia's relatives, her little face tense.
Xia Dinghai stiffened his neck and yelled: "I didn't abuse him. It's normal for children to get sick!"
"Xia Yu has been sick for three days and has a fever that makes him confused, but you didn't call a doctor for him and left him to fend for himself. My aunt and Doctor Li can testify to this," said Xia Qianqian.
"If you didn't come, we would have prepared to call a doctor," said Mrs. Song.
"Then what do those words of Xia Zhenzhen mean?" Xia Qianqian asked harshly.
Song's expression was extremely ugly: "The child's nonsense, you take it seriously?"
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that you would abuse Yu'er. Yu'er said that in addition to being sick, you also treated him harshly at other times, ordering him to work and not giving him enough to eat." Xia Qianqian said.
"Yes, I know these things too." Xia Dingfeng suddenly came to his aid.
Xia Dinghai was furious: "Old Third, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Brother, I can't bear to see this for a long time. Yu'er is so young, and you let him go hungry and poorly dressed. In the middle of winter, you even made him wash clothes and wipe the table in cold water. He was sick but you didn't call a doctor. It was really dangerous yesterday. Yu'er's life was hanging by a thread!"
Xia Dingfeng's words are the best evidence that Xia Dinghai abused Yu'er.
Xia Ruyu felt heartbroken: "You guys are really, really..."
"Third brother! I'm going to fight you!" Xia Dinghai rushed forward and fought with Xia Dingfeng desperately, and the two brothers wrestled into a ball.
Xia Dingfeng was lazy and gluttonous, and he was not as good at work as others. He also lost in fights. Seeing that her husband was losing, Yang went to help. How could Song stand by and watch? She also went to hit Yang: "Why do you interfere in a fight between men?"
Xia Ruyu's temples were throbbing, and he shouted, "Stop it!"
Xia Qianqian went up and pulled them apart with one hand each. Xia Ruyu was so angry that she was shaking: "Aren't you embarrassed enough?"
(End of this chapter)