Mrs. Li came to play with Xu Shichu. She brought many beautiful and interesting gadgets for Xu Shichu to play with. Then she took Xu Shichu's hand and asked with a wink:
"Do you remember what I told you about my oldest nephew?"
Xu Shichu thought about it for a long time and asked uncertainly: "The nephew who wanted to become an ordinary couple with the Jianghu girl?"
"Yes! That's him!" Mrs. Li replied, "Do you want to know how he is doing now?"
"How is he?" Xu Shichu asked curiously. Mrs. Li's gossipy look clearly meant that something unexpected had happened to her eldest nephew.
Seeing Xu Shichu's support, Madam Li smiled and said, "My eldest sister-in-law made up her mind and sent my eldest nephew to a remote mountain village according to your method. She didn't give him any money or people, and let him farm to support himself and experience what it's like to be an ordinary person."
Xu Shichu's eyebrows immediately raised, and he became interested: "Then what? Your nephew is spoiled, can he endure such a hard life?"
"Of course it's impossible! When he argued with my sister-in-law, he kept saying that it was the Marquis' Mansion that restricted and imprisoned his life, making him like a puppet without any freedom. He was very miserable, and he said that if possible, he would like to leave the family that exploited him, live in seclusion in the countryside with his beloved woman, and live a life of leisure and ease. He would be happy even with simple meals..." Mrs. Li said with a sneer.
"In the end, he swore that he could support himself and his wife without the splendor and wealth of the Marquis's Mansion. Unfortunately, when the reality came, his true colors were immediately exposed."
Madam Li was full of contempt for her nephew when she mentioned him. She said, "When my sister-in-law drove him out of the house, she gave him 20 taels of silver as capital. If he had been more frugal, it would have been enough for him to use up in the early stages, whether he really went to farm or do some small business. But he went out and found that woman from Jianghu. He used the 20 taels of silver to buy wedding clothes, red candles and other things, and the two of them got married in private!"
Xu Shichu's eyes widened, and he asked in shock: "Are you going to make this a done deal?"
Madam Li sneered, "My sister-in-law doesn't care at all. This is a marriage without the help of a matchmaker or the permission of the parents. How can it be considered a marriage? My sister-in-law just thinks that my nephew has taken in a concubine."
"Then what happened? Did your nephew and that woman from the martial arts world really start to live in seclusion in the mountains, grow crops and vegetables, and live an ordinary life like common people?" Xu Shichu asked.
"Humph, in the first one or two days they were just married, they stayed together sweetly and didn't go out at all, but on the third day, they ran out of food and had to go out to find food. Unfortunately, they spent most of the twenty taels of silver, so they had to find a way to support their family." Madam Li sneered.
"They thought farming was romantic. They would go to the fields hand in hand and recite poems. But as soon as they started to move, they began to pant and their backs ached. They were exhausted after just a few strokes and both of them were exhausted."
"We should let him know what reality is. A young master who is ignorant of the sufferings of the world certainly doesn't know that living in seclusion in the mountains is not as good as he imagined. Without money, it is impossible to live comfortably." Xu Shichu said with a smile, as if he had expected it.
"Haha, that's right! But my nephew doesn't know...
You don't know that my eldest nephew boasted in front of my eldest sister-in-law that even though he was exhausted and in pain from working in the fields, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.
But the woman was much smarter. When she saw how hard it was to work in the fields, she immediately pretended to be too weak to work, and then flattered my nephew, saying that her husband was a man who could stand up to the wind and should work on the farm to support the family, while she would stay at home weaving cloth, making clothes, and doing housework... Haha, in fact, she was just looking for an excuse to be lazy at home, letting me, a big fool, suffer all the hard work!"
Mrs. Li was so gloating that she laughed so hard that she fell over.
Xu Shichu also laughed. She liked the look on the faces of innocent and arrogant teenagers after being severely beaten by reality. "How long did they hold on?"
Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows and said, "Guess?"
"Half a month?" Xu Shichu said.
"More than that." said Mrs. Li.
"Huh?" Xu Shichu was surprised. "Could it be that your nephew is a strong-willed and resilient person?"
Madam Li rolled her eyes. "How is that possible? It's been less than half a month and he wants to admit his mistakes to my sister-in-law and go home to be his eldest son! It's a pity that my sister-in-law will not seize this opportunity to teach him a lesson and let him learn a lesson that will never be forgotten."
"You definitely wouldn't have guessed what my sister-in-law would do! Haha, as soon as my sister-in-law saw that he was showing signs of giving up, she immediately sent someone to the door of his thatched cottage and told him all the harsh words he had said to her. He was so embarrassed that he didn't even have the face to give up, so he had to continue being a farmer! Hahaha..."
Mrs. Li laughed heartily, and tears came out of her eyes.
Xu Shichu was also amused and said, "I didn't expect your sister-in-law to be such a wonderful person. She has the heart to teach her son a lesson."
"That's right! My eldest nephew doesn't dare to say anything about going home. After all, if he forgets what he said when he was so arrogant, the people sent by my sister-in-law can always remind him."
Madam Li rubbed her face which was sore from laughing and said with emotion:
“So we still can’t raise our children to be too naive and too ignorant of the sufferings of the world. We need to let them know that they can enjoy wealth and glory not because they are born noble or talented, but because they are born into a good family and have the blessings of their ancestors.
As someone who enjoys these honors, I cannot be a rich and noble young master and complain about being controlled by my family and having no freedom... "
Xu Shichu nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, there is no free lunch in the world. You have to pay for what you get. People cannot enjoy rights without fulfilling their obligations."
Madam Li nodded her head like pounding garlic: "That's right, my eldest nephew is too naive. He said that he doesn't care about noble status at all. He doesn't want to be a utilitarian who is struggling for fame and fortune. He sneers at glory and wealth. He wants to live a simple pastoral life, working from sunrise to sunset every day, and be a fairy couple with his beloved wife, away from fame and fortune.
As a result, after he finally lived the idyllic life he had always dreamed of, the painful reality swept away the water in his mind, and he woke up and regretted it so much that it was really hard to say what to do. "
Xu Shichu could imagine that scene. The tender young master had blisters on his palms after working in the fields, his back and waist ached, he was hungry but had only simple meals, his delicate skin was rubbed by the rough linen clothes until it bled, and he slept on the straw bed at night, which was stuffy and hot, and there were annoying mosquitoes buzzing...
Tsk tsk, that’s so miserable.
"By the way, my sister-in-law said she would come to your house in person to thank you in person for giving her this great idea." Mrs. Li said.