... In the evening of this day, the sixteenth young master Jiang Yazhu was found by a servant in the brothel: "You should go back and take a look! Today, the young ladies at home had a gathering, and there was a conflict. The second young lady and the eighth young lady were both beaten. Not to mention, the eldest young lady also saw blood... The sixteenth young lady was also involved! "
"What?!" Although Jiang Yazhu often visited brothels before getting married, he rarely returned home drunk - mainly because he was a concubine, and he was told by his aunt not to support and spoil a concubine, so he didn't Too much money squandered. If he hadn't had a good relationship with Jiang Yadan and relied on his brother-in-law's official position to make extra money from time to time, he wouldn't have been able to hang out in brothels all the time.
But after getting married, he got even more serious - if he didn't have any money, he would go to the pawn shop with the things he got from home when he got married!
This shows how dissatisfied he is with Sheng Shishui's wife!
So at first he was displeased when he saw his servants calling him, but now he heard that such a big thing had happened at home, and he couldn't sit still... No matter how unwilling he was, he had to admit that his status in the family was not as good as Some servants at the management level are worse than others, so it doesn't matter if he fails to live up to expectations, or if he offends outsiders, anyway, the Jiang family is now powerful, and if they don't trust him, they will protect him for the sake of the Jiang family's dignity!
What he really cannot offend is his own family!
"How on earth did you become a wife?!" Jiang Yazhu hurriedly returned to his yard and found Sheng Gieshui in the garden. Seeing her leisurely feeding the red-crowned crane, Jiang Yazhu's face suddenly turned ugly and he left. He went over and shouted, "Didn't I tell you, be respectful to your sisters-in-law! Be humble to your sisters-in-law... You've only been here for a few days and you've already offended someone?! Who do you think I am? Eighteen or nineteen?!" Grandma loves and protects Grandpa, and no one in the family dares to offend you! I tell you! You can only offend people outside, but the Jiang family will take care of you..."
Sheng Shishui listened quietly to his scolding, and after a while he said, "It's none of our business. The eighth sister-in-law was beaten by the second sister-in-law, and the second sister-in-law was beaten by the nineteenth brother and sister!"
"Nineteen brothers and sisters dare to hit the second sister-in-law?!" Jiang Yazhu, who was venting to her incessantly, was stunned. "She is so brave! Aren't you afraid that she will be divorced before she is one month old?!"
Sheng Sishui looked at the water and smiled: "How is that possible? Grandma unified the confessions for me and the eighth sister-in-law, and shifted all the responsibilities to the third room and the big room... Especially the eighth sister-in-law was told to go back to the house and lay down on the couch. I was shouting that I had a headache, and I was wondering when this matter would be over! My grandfather just asked about this matter, and it is said that after hearing what happened, he didn’t say a word about the Nineteenth brother and sister. A few words - I also told Nineteenth to come back early in the next two days and explain the rules of the house to the Nineteenth younger siblings, so that the Nineteenth younger siblings will not know anything about it just now and be coaxed by people with bad intentions! "
Jiang Yazhu suddenly sneered: "Why do you envy the Nineteenth younger brother and sister? You think I'm useless, not as good as Nineteenth?!"
"You're overthinking." Sheng Shishui said calmly, "This time she just got rid of Jiujiu so easily. It's not her own ability. Why should I envy her?"
Jiang Yazhu Heran said: "My own ability? You have the guts to say it! But let me tell you, living in this family does not depend on your ability! It's just your life! Bage is the legitimate son and the eldest son, so even if he doesn't live up to his expectations, He got into trouble frequently, and the elders wanted to find him a proper official position and deal with him again and again! Nineteenth was a legitimate child, so he and Shibayi were sent back to Beijing, and my grandmother immediately left me behind to focus on raising their sister. Brother... Later, when the eighth sister-in-law came in, my grandmother was so relieved that she almost couldn't wait to leave me to be raised by the eighth sister-in-law... "
Because of his excitement, his face gradually turned purple, "Now my grandmother says, 'Eighteen and Nineteen were raised by me'. Apparently, even she herself has forgotten that before Eighteen and Nineteen were sent back, It was me who took care of her childless loneliness!! At that time, I treated her like my own grandmother, and I would give her a leg and a shoulder massage every day. How nice was she to say that? The greatest blessing in this life is to have Little Sixteen, and Little Sixteen will always be with her grandmother! Then Eighteen and Nineteen were sent back because they were not acclimated to the soil and conditions of Northern Territory... Before they were sent back, their grandmother said Start planning and discuss with Mother Hu to keep them under your lap! "
"For this reason, she coaxed me to go to my grandfather and said that I was lonely and wanted my younger siblings to grow up together!" Jiang Yazhu's smile was cold and desperate. "My grandmother promised to raise her even if she was eighteen or nineteen. She She will never abandon me - she said, 'Grandma's favorite is of course Xiao Shiliu. It is for Xiao Shiliu that she has to raise Xiao Shiliu and Xiao Shijiu together. Otherwise, there will be no suitable person to accompany Xiao Shi in the future. Six plays, isn't it'! Then..."
He suddenly choked up, "Then Eighteen and Nineteen were brought to the main house to be raised for a few days! My grandmother left me to the wet nurse. At this time, her words became, 'Sixteen, you are the brother, you are the elder brother. You must be humble to your younger brothers and sisters... and then, "I have met your eighth sister-in-law soon on the 16th, and she is the eldest sister-in-law of your house. As the saying goes, an eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. From now on, you will live with your eighth sister-in-law." Okay? You see, grandma is old, how can she take care of the three of you? You go with your eighth sister-in-law, your eighth sister-in-law will definitely love you - it is true that her eighth sister-in-law loves me! The sister-in-law who is being bullied by my sister-in-law, or the noble lady—who raises a child that has any weight, do you need to talk about it?”
"If I were like Nineteen, raised by my grandmother and carefully cultivated by my grandfather... Jinke Tanhualang, hehe!" Jiang Yazhu vented here before he calmed down. He looked at Shengguishui angrily and gritted his teeth. , "So don't talk about your skills - the Jiang family is not a place where you can get ahead if you have skills!"
"If that's the case, how did my grandfather start his business?" Sheng Shishui looked at him and asked lightly.
Jiang Yazhu was stunned for a moment, and was about to say something when Sheng Shishui said again, "My life experience, husband, you know very well. Earlier when we were at the Lu family, my grandmother thought that I was innocent and took care of me. Others, No one wanted me to live, let alone the one from the Yang family... Yang Yishi, who committed suicide at the Ding family two years ago, personally pushed me into the pond, and she came out alive! Tell people everywhere, it’s a pity you didn’t drown me!”
Her tone was as calm as water, without any ups and downs. The narrative tone was so flat that it was almost boring, but Jiang Yazhu listened subconsciously, "This is just the niece of the Lu family! The people of the Lu family, in the way of my grandmother, treated me in public. You're welcome, but what do you think? I've heard that my aunts and servants really hope to marry me to a rich old man. In their words, the cost of cultivating a courtesan in a brothel is as much as raising a courtesan. I’m about the same, how can I not get it back with profits?”
"But, Yang Yishui, who they thought was of noble birth and promising future, committed suicide in disgrace! And me, who would have thought that I would marry into the Jiang family?" Sheng Sishui looked at him indifferently, " I know husband, you don’t like me! You also look down on my background... But even so, I still make my cousins envious! They all say that I have a good fortune, but the female disciples taught by Mr. Shao before and after he became a teacher in Xihe Palace. Am I the only one, why doesn't she recommend someone else, even my cousin Wang, who is nineteen years old and has a more decent background than me? It's just because I'm the best... If I study hard, I can get into Mr. Shao's eyes. ?”
Jiang Yazhu sneered: "So you think you became my wife based on your ability? I tell you, no! It's because of my aunt..."
"Is it true, husband, that you, a smart person like you, don't know what's going on in your heart?" Sheng Shishui said calmly, "I don't care about you anymore at home, but I have never heard that there are elders who don't see their children excelling! Even if I am like this This person has brought humiliation to the Lu family for more than ten years. Ever since he was hired by your family, these two families have been eager to tell the public that their children have joined the Jiang family. What’s more, you are of Jiang family blood!"
"..." Jiang Yazhu was silent. Mrs. Zhuang refused to marry him from a famous family. Mrs. Tao didn't want to offend her daughter-in-law, so she chose Sheng Shishui, who had a questionable background but was very talented. This was Mrs. Tao's specialty before marriage. She called him over and explained with tears that she had made a point of apologizing for giving up raising him for Jiang Qizheng and Jiang Yashuang.
"I know you hate me, and I am indeed sorry for you! But I didn't raise you at that time, because I was doing you a favor! Don't you still know the nature of your aunt? What if I raised you like eighteen and nineteen? , your aunt will definitely try every means to murder you! She has three eldest children, Xiaoba, Shiba, and Nineteen. Even if she really does something to you, what do you think will happen to her family when it comes to Xiaoba and their future? ? My child, it’s not your fault that you’re a concubine, but it’s your life!”
At that time, Mrs. Tao cried bitterly and said, "It's because you have not been valued by the family all these years that your aunt barely tolerates you! You said I don't feel bad for leaving you in the cold? How many times have I looked at you? With that helpless look, how much I wish I could go over and hug you and tell you the truth? But... But you were so young at that time, and if you let it slip, it wouldn't matter if I was blamed, but... what would you do?"
"Later you grew up, but thinking about the grievances you suffered when you were a child, I didn't have the shame to tell you - that is, now that you are getting married, I am afraid that you may misunderstand your wife, so I am here to make it clear to you!"
"... Do you think that I am still a three-year-old child, and if you cry and say something nice, I will be happy and believe you in everything?" Jiang Yazhu cried with her at the time - but his heart was cold after all.
When Sheng Shishui asked him this question, he was at a loss for a while, and then said mockingly: "Do you think my aunt will tolerate me being outstanding?!"
"Nineteen is not yet twenty, and he has already entered the Hanlin Academy." Sheng Shishui stared at him closely and asked, "You will be the number one scholar in the next subject. By that time, he has already completed his qualifications in the Hanlin Academy and should be released. Experience—perhaps joining the Zhenbei Army and embarking on the path paved by my father! How can you stand out against him, at least in a short period of time?"
Seeing Jiang Yazhu was silent, Sheng Shishui said again, "I only know that since I was born, many people hate me, blame me, and look down on me. I often feel that even if I am talented and look good! But I am afraid that I will be inferior to them all my life and will be ridiculed by them... Whether there is even a son of an official family who is willing to marry me is a problem - but if I want to sink because of these, I am not willing to do so! If your background is not good enough, if you don’t study hard, then you have no hope of getting married!”
She smiled at Jiang Yazhu, her smile was soft and expectant that Jiang Yazhu had never seen before, "Husband, how did you know that you would start to make progress and one day not be as good as nineteen? When my grandfather was struggling, The Tao family is at its peak, but if it doesn’t rely on the Jiang family, it’s useless to call it a high family! If you don’t fight for things in this world, how do you know you don’t have such a destiny?”
"..." Jiang Yazhu was silent. At this moment, he was thinking a lot, but in his blurred memory, he could clearly see the cold eyes of his aunt, the warmth of being raised alone at the knees of Mrs. Tao, the despair and self-abasement after being abandoned, The younger brother who attracts the attention and admiration of countless people wherever he goes...
This scene passed before my eyes, and finally returned to my wife's hopeful face -
He has been married for several months, but his family has never arranged for him to become an official or take charge of affairs.
I guess it was either my aunt's intention or the elders were too busy... In short, intentionally or unintentionally, he was forgotten again...
No matter whether he was moved by Shengshi Shui today or not, and how much he was moved, at least he had to admit one thing: except for this wife, his continued decline would not scare anyone, but many people would rather...
Now that his parents have not returned home, even if his aunt writes a letter and asks to continue to suppress him, there is still a way to survive compared to living directly under her hands. If he doesn't do something now, when his aunt comes back, he just wants to live up to his reputation... I'm afraid he won't have any chance!
... After a long time, he suddenly smiled and said in an indifferent tone, "Since you are so sincere, I... give it a try!"
Sheng Sishui breathed a long sigh of relief and thought to himself: "There is still hope!" A look of surprise appeared on his face, "Husband! You are so kind!" She took the initiative to throw herself into his arms...
While Sheng Shishui was trying his best to admonish her husband, Qiu Yilan was busy in the small kitchen.
Jiang Yashuang, who had just returned from receiving training from Qin Guogong, changed into regular clothes and insisted on coming in to give her a hand -
However, since he came in, his eyes have never left the pot in front of him: green vegetable leaves are floating in the bright red soup, and snow-white fish fillets occasionally appear - Qiu Yilan calls himself a chef It’s true that he is an outstanding artist. The appearance of this pot of modified boiled fish is enough to arouse people’s appetite. What’s more, the soup is fragrant. Not to mention him who is right next to the pot, even Su He and others who are farther away. I can't help but swallow my saliva!
Jiang Yashuang couldn't help but turned around and asked the maid for a spoon. When Qiu Yilan wasn't paying attention, she stole a spoonful of soup and a piece of fish, and couldn't wait to stuff it into her mouth!