I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 43: Beat to death, just pretend he didn't have a son
In the Jia Mansion, after breakfast, Lin Daiyu was brought by Li Wan as usual and came to Rongqing Hall with her sisters. Today, Xue Baochai was also invited.

Grandmother Jia is very lively and likes to keep the girls around her.

It just so happened that Wang Xifeng had nothing to do for the time being, so she joined in the fun by following Lady Jia's side.

Everyone in the room was talking when suddenly Mrs. Wang walked in from outside.

Everyone stood up and greeted him.

Mrs. Wang paid her respects to Lady Jia and then sat down below her.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Wang said to Grandmother Jia, "Grandma, my daughter-in-law heard something, but I don't know whether I should tell you."

(What should Mrs. Wang call Grandmother Jia? I have read all the Red Mansions but never saw any direct dialogue between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law. Should she call her mother? Mother-in-law? Ancestor? Old Lord? Please leave a message in the comment section to discuss. If there is a better title, Yanyu will change it at any time.)
Grandmother Jia glanced at Mrs. Wang and said, "What did you hear? I would like to hear it."

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but say, "Grandfather, it's like this. Someone saw Cong selling paintings on the front street. He said his paintings were very good, and he sold them for one tael of silver. People who wanted his portraits were lining up!"

"I also heard that he sold his paintings to raise money to buy medicine for Aunt Mei's treatment. This child is really filial."

Upon hearing this, Grandmother Jia's face suddenly darkened.

Among the sisters, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai looked at each other and saw uneasiness in each other's eyes.

Mrs. Wang saw the change in Lady Jia's expression, smiled slightly, and continued, "But if this gets out, it will be hard to hear."

"Those who know will praise this child for his filial piety. If you meet someone who doesn't know, I'm afraid they will laugh at our Jia family's decline. We have fallen to the point where we have to make our family members sell paintings for a living."

"I wanted to give Cong a sum of money to ask him not to go out. But there is a main house between us, and I was afraid that my eldest brother would be unhappy if he knew about it."

"I have no choice but to tell the old man and let him make a decision!"

Snapped!
Hearing this, Grandmother Jia gasped in anger and slapped the table in front of her.

Mrs. Wang was startled and quickly stood up, and Wang Xifeng also stood up quickly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Wan hurriedly got up and walked out with the girls.

Grandmother Jia said angrily, "Why would the eldest daughter-in-law, that fool, be so harsh on the illegitimate son? If this matter were to be spread out, would it sound good?"

"The eldest brother is also useless! He didn't know anything about what happened in his room! And that Cong brother, he studied for so many years in vain."

"Since his parents won't give him money, he would run away to sell his paintings? Where is the reputation of our Rongguo Mansion?"

"If he comes to ask me for help, will I not give him this little money?"

"They are all so annoying! None of them is worry-free!"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly smiled and said, "Grandma, this matter must have nothing to do with the master and the mistress. How could they know that Cong went out without permission?"

"I'm afraid that Cong has become stupid because of his studies and neglected these etiquettes, which led to such a joke."

"Just don't let him go out to sell paintings in the future. Why is the old ancestor so angry?"

Grandmother Jia sighed and said, "Come here, call the eldest master and the eldest mistress."

"Yes, my ancestor."

After the maid left, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but say, "Grandfather, the daughter-in-law will leave first."

Wang Xifeng also left with Mrs. Wang.

If Jia She and his wife were called over, they would definitely be scolded.

If they stay here, they will both be embarrassed.

Soon, Jia She and Madam Xing were invited over.

The two of them were scolded by Lady Jia, and Mrs. Xing was scolded so badly that she couldn't even raise her head.

Jia She's face turned blue, red, purple, and green when he was scolded, almost like a chameleon.

He gnashed his teeth and said, "Mother, please rest assured. I didn't know that this little bastard would do such a shameful thing!"

"When I get back, I'll have someone take him and beat him to death with sticks, and just pretend that I never gave birth to this son!" Grandmother Jia scolded angrily, "Did I call you here to beat my son to death? You might as well beat me to death first!"

"As a father, if you had taught him well, he would never have done such a thing. Once he gets into trouble, even if you really beat him to death, it will not help!"

"Go back and teach him a lesson, and don't let him cause such trouble again. If I hear about such things again, I will definitely not allow it."

Jia She gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, mother, I know! I promise that he will never do such a thing next time."

Leaving the front yard and returning to the main courtyard, Jia She could no longer suppress his anger.

He shouted, "Come on, send a few more people to the school to bring that little bastard back to me!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

In the school, Jia Cong made an exception and did not learn the eight-legged essay writing method from Jia Dairu. Instead, he used the excuse of feeling unwell and started reading books alone.

In fact, he had no time to read books. He kept thinking about how to break the deadlock.

Mrs. Wang would definitely complain about herself to Lady Jia, but Lady Jia would not call her over to scold her.

She would definitely call Jia She and his wife over and give them a scolding. It is the responsibility of parents to educate their children, and Grandmother Jia would not interfere.

With Jia She's bad temper, he must have wanted someone to catch him and beat him to death.

Even if he was really beaten to death, it was not impossible.

Faced with this situation, he really didn't have any better solution.

Daxia ruled the country with filial piety, and believed that if a father ordered his son to die, he would be unfilial if he did not die; if the king ordered his subject to die, the subject would be disloyal if he did not die.

Jia She was his father, he was his heaven, even if he was really beaten to death, he would have nowhere to appeal.

In this situation, there are probably three ways to break the deadlock.

The first is to just walk away, the second is to seek shelter from someone, and the third is to persuade Jia She not to take action against him.

However, all three methods are extremely difficult to implement.

The price to pay for the first option is too high, and you definitely can't take Aunt Mei with you, and you probably won't be able to escape either.

The second method was somewhat feasible. Perhaps he could seek the protection of a master, or Feng Ziying.

However, although Master Zhao Shicheng is a martial arts expert, his status is still a little low.

Besides, it is natural for Jia She to teach his son, so even Zhao Shicheng has no good excuse to protect him.

Feng Ziying could protect him, but if he really did so, it would be tantamount to cutting himself off from the Jia family.

Moreover, he would be branded as an unfilial person, and his future would be cut off.

Jia Cong was unwilling to choose this path unless he had no other choice.

As for the third way to persuade Jia She not to do anything to him, that is even more——

Maybe, you can give it a try.

Jia Cong fell into deep thought.

After a while, his frown gradually relaxed and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then he began to read the book patiently.

At this moment, the door of the compartment was suddenly opened rudely.

"Master Cong, the master asked you to go back, come back with us quickly!"

(End of this chapter)