Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 836 "Going Out"

"Cao's house?" Li Cheng followed behind his father, thinking about the words.

Sun Jue was already stunned, and turned back to Cao Fu and said, "What did you say? This is our Sun family's house, how can it become the property of the Cao family? Even if you want to bully others, you shouldn't talk nonsense!"

Cao Fu snorted coldly, and said: "It's a big hat to bully others! Your honor has mentioned the theory of divorce several times. How dare you ask my eldest sister who has committed the 'seven outs'? ​​Is it 'jealous'? It's ridiculous , Eldest sister is the most virtuous, even if you take it as a dowry, she has no complaints. You call out your concubines and ask, can elder sister treat them poorly! , beating his wife and whip, unjust and unkind. I don’t know how to repent at the moment, and I hurt people with bad words, it seems that I really have to go to the nine admiral’s yamen for a lawsuit.”

Sun Wenqian was at the side, and when he heard his nephew say "divorce his wife", he already knew it was wrong, seeing that Cao Fu was also angry, he went over to persuade him, "Don't be angry with your nephew, your brother-in-law speaks out of words, don't be as knowledgeable as him. "

Before Cao Fu could answer, Zhao Jia said angrily, "Is it okay to pour dirty water on my daughter without saying anything? How dare he say that the eldest sister is causing trouble? Who is the one who pays the younger wife one after another as a wife's dowry?" Who is the abducted kiln sister, Jinwu Cangjiao? Ask the people in the capital, what is the reputation of our Cao family, what is the reputation of the Sun family, what is it!"
What he said made Sun Wenqian embarrassed, and Sun Jue was very angry when he heard it.

Cao Ying held her mother's arm and saw that her hair was loose and the back of her hand was scratched. She felt uncomfortable and said in a low voice, "Mom, let's go back first..."

Hearing her daughter's voice choked up, thinking that she had always been soft-tempered, and now she was very embarrassed, Zhao Jia couldn't bear it, patted her hand, and said: "Go back, go back, there is such a thing that doesn't distinguish between right and wrong. Mother-in-law, what is such a heartless and unrighteous husband doing here?"

Seeing that Zhao Jia's words were harsh, An couldn't bear it, so he glanced sideways at Sun Li and Sun Chu brothers, and said, "It's about adults, why do children follow Shenhe, why don't you go back to your room and study?"

But Sun Li took Sun Chu's hand, lowered his eyelids, and walked up to Zhao Jia and Cao Ying.

Seeing Huanxi, Mrs. Zhaojia hugged Sun Li, and said, "Good grandson, I know who is amiable. Your father has a concubine on the left and a concubine on the right, so he doesn't care about you. Last month Didn't you lose two aunts and two younger brothers for no reason, maybe you were killed; you still follow your mother, who in this world can love you more than your mother."

Sun Li didn't agree, but just pulled Sun Chu and didn't let go.

Sun Chu heard Zhao Jia's words, his little face turned pale, he turned his head away, and asked Liang Shi quietly: "Auntie, were the third and fourth brothers beaten to death by the father?"

Tong Yan Wuji, everyone's face changed when they heard it.

Since the twins were "sons of the Sun family", they couldn't just die for no reason, and it was hard to say that they had raised Li Dingbai's son for several years.

Cao Ying didn't believe it, because Sun Jue had a violent temper during those days, and she said that the Zhixian sisters were indiscreet after drunk, so she vaguely guessed that the twins might not be her blood.

But if it was said that Sun Jue killed the twins, Cao Ying would not believe it.

Sun Jue loves face, and it is true that he loves to drink and be crazy, but he is not a courageous person.

Or rather, a little timid.No matter whether it was colleagues in the yamen or relatives, even if there was a bad relationship, Sun Jue would just talk behind his back and complain a few words, never daring to take revenge.

Cao Ying didn't believe it, but someone was willing to believe it.

Sun Wenqian didn't see his nephews and grandchildren yesterday, and he already felt that something was wrong. When he asked Sun Jue, the two younger ones died, and the two older ones were brought back to Cao's house by Cao Ying.

The eldest grandson Li is the nephew of the Cao family, so it is reasonable to follow his mother; the second grandson is a concubine at the beginning, so why did he also follow his aunt?

Seeing Sun Li today, he was indeed recovering from a serious illness.Look at him with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, seemingly submissive, but he doesn't even look at his father.Between father and son, they are regarded as strangers.

Li Nai knew the reason, and now he looked at Sun Jue, his expression changed, thinking whether he should defend his brother-in-law.

The eyes of the crowd included doubts, indifference, and contempt. Sun Jue felt ashamed to death.

He clenched his fists hard, and shouted angrily at Sun Chu: "What are you talking about, little bastard?"

Sun Chu was afraid, trembling with fright, hugged his head and cried: "Father, don't hit me, Chu'er knows I made a mistake..."

Seeing this, Sun Li pulled his younger brother over, blocked him behind him, raised his head, and looked at Sun Jue coldly.

Sun Jue was unable to get off the stage. Seeing Sun Li like this, he took two steps forward, waving his arms, and his slap was about to land on Sun Li.

Sun Wenqian and Cao Fu looked at each other, they both stepped forward and blocked Sun Jue's arm.

Sun Jue became angry and said to Sun Wenqian: "I will teach my son a lesson, Fourth Uncle, don't be troublesome!" Then he said to Cao Fu: "I beat my Sun's son, what do I do to the Cao family? Even if the Cao family is powerful, they can't control me On to the Sun family's housework!"

Seeing that he was being stubborn, Sun Wenqian wished to give him a few sticks immediately to wake him up, but after all, it was in front of everyone, so it was not good to embarrass him too much, so he said patiently: "It's easy to say something, and wave it in front of a few elders." Arm, whose rule is this?"

Sun Jue always considered himself a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, and he was very polite. Seeing that what his uncle said was reasonable, he lowered his arms.

Cao Fu did not have Sun Wenqian's good temper, and was willing to give Sun Jue a step down.He snorted coldly, raised his head and said: "It's really ridiculous. In our Cao family's house, the Cao family is not allowed to stop us from beating our Cao family's nephew? It seems that we should call someone to 'see off'!"

Everyone could have misunderstood the sentence just now, but now that he said it again, even Sun Jue was a little confused.He finally realized it later, and when he remembered something, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang was still elegant and handsome, with no emotion on his face, looking at Sun Jue with a half-smile.

"Okay, are you planning on me?" Sun Jue's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't help jumping, pointed at Cao Xiang, and said sharply, "You lied to my house, what's your intention when you get home?"

For a moment, everyone looked at Cao Xiang.

Hearing this, Cao Xiang frowned slightly, and said to Sun Jue with a bit of disgust: "Could it be that the honorable master is forgetful, or is he deliberately turning black and white? You were the one who took the initiative to borrow money from me, and you were the one who took the house deed and land deed as collateral. Don't worry about me." What's the matter?"

Sun Wenqian looked reckless, but he was actually a careful person.

Now, seeing not only Cao Ying and Sun Li's mother and son acting resolutely, but even the Cao brothers don't have a "brother-in-law" in their speech, and they have changed their names, and they secretly feel bad.

Hearing that Cao Xiang didn't do it intentionally, Sun Jue hurriedly said, "Isn't it just 500 taels of silver? What's the matter, I'll just scrape together the silver and pay you back..." While speaking, he looked at him with a bit of pleading. Ann's.

When An's trip to Beijing happened just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she brought a lot of silver to prepare for relatives' gifts.

Seeing her son being coerced by the brothers of the Cao family, she really felt distressed. Just as she was about to agree, she heard Cao Fu say, "One thousand five hundred taels? Are you joking? You borrowed 500 taels of silver from my eldest brother, and from my fourth brother. I borrowed 9000 taels, plus 500 taels of elder sister’s dowry property, which adds up to a total of 8000 taels of silver.”

This time, not only Sun Wenqian, but even An's complexion changed, and he felt that his eyes were darkened, and he almost fainted.

Sun Jue's face turned green and then pale, but he was speechless to refute.

Sun Wenqian stared and shouted to Sun Jue in a low voice: "Why did you borrow so much money? Are you being lured to gamble?"

Sun Jue couldn't explain it, he gambled nine times, although he didn't go out to gamble, he was defrauded of 9000 taels of silver, and even got involved in a lawsuit.This matter is extremely embarrassing, how can he say it in front of everyone.

Seeing that he was silent, Sun Wenqian was furious, waved his arms, and slapped Sun Jue with a "slap".

Li Nai was at the side, seeing that all these people were all motivated by his son setting up a beauty trap, he was so guilty that he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Sun Wenqian and said, "Fourth Uncle, please calm down..."

Where is Sun Wenqian willing to stop? First, he was really angry, and second, he acted sincerely and wanted to make amends to the Cao family.After all, it's not good for the nephew to do the wrong things first, and the bad words are the last.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhao Jia, finally understood what his son said, and knew that the deed and land deed of this house are all in his own hands. He stroked his temples, glanced at An's somewhat, and said to Cao Fu: "Xiao Wu, since it is our family It’s time for those irrelevant people to leave the house. It’s so annoying at noon.” She took Cao Ying’s hand and said, “It’s so hot outside, let’s rest in the room. go."

It turned out to be an anti-customer attitude, and Anshi was so angry that he was half dead.

Cao Ying saw her son's expression was not good, and there were so many people, and it was difficult to leave immediately, so she nodded and beckoned her son to accompany Mrs. Zhao Jia into the upper room.

Seeing that things were about to happen, Li Nai hurriedly called out: "My wife, please stay behind!"

Seeing that his father was about to join in, Li Cheng frowned secretly, wanting to stop him, but because he was in front of everyone.

Mrs. Zhao Jia stood at the door and asked Cao Ying to bring the children into the house. She stayed at the door and looked at Li Nai and said coldly, "Master Li, what advice do you have?"

Although Li Nai is Li's nephew, he is also Sun Jue's brother-in-law, and Zhao Jia's side naturally has to vent their anger.

Li Nai took a few steps forward, and even said sincerely: "My wife, is there Yushu, but he and his younger siblings are married couples, and the relationship between husband and wife for more than ten years depends on the affection of nephews and nieces." Come on. It's fine to beat or scold, but you must not hurt the relationship of relatives, so as not to make people laugh."

Zhao Jia didn't listen, but he immediately got angry, pointed at Li Nai's nose, and yelled, "What are you talking about for that bastard? When my eldest sister was beaten and humiliated, why didn't I see you come out and say To be fair, you are now here to act like a good boy? One of your surnames is not Sun, and the other is not surnamed Cao. The two families are at odds with each other. What are you doing? If it is really a big joke, what does it have to do with my Cao family? You should worry about it It's your brother-in-law who is a direct relative. Treating prostitutes as concubines, spoiling concubines and destroying wives, such unconscionable things, if you care about the relationship between husband and wife, you should not treat our elder sister like this."

Zhao Jia cursed so violently that she almost pinched Li Nai's nose with her fingers.

Li Nai's brow was covered with cold sweat from being scolded, and he didn't want to argue with a woman's elders, so he had to let Zhao Jia open the curtain and enter the room.

Everyone in the yard had different expressions after Zhao Jia's scolding.

Not to mention others, but Li Cheng, whose face has turned pale and started to feel scared.He didn't pay attention to Sun Jue, but he knew that his father valued human feelings the most.

Such ups and downs are all caused by me, how can my father forgive me?
The members of the Sun family looked at each other in blank dismay. Seeing that Zhao Jia and the others saw the house, although An was unwilling, but thinking that the Cao family was his son's big creditor, he did not dare to act recklessly.

At this point, Sun Wenqian didn't care to blame his nephew, and said to Cao Fu: "My fifth cousin... this..."

Cao Fu raised his head to look at the sky, and said solemnly: "It's getting late, and my mother and sister were frightened again. My nephew will not keep my fourth cousin today!" Then, he stretched out his right hand to see off the guests posture.

Sun Wenqian didn't say anything, but Sun Jue couldn't help it, and said in a loud voice: "Why is that? Why is that? If you want to leave, you should go..."

Cao Fu glanced at him, and said: "If you have any objections, can you argue in the nine-door admiral's yamen?"

These days, Sun Jue was disturbed by the yamen, and when he heard the words, he immediately shut his mouth and looked at the brothers of the Cao family with angry eyes.

Sun Wenqian wanted to say more, but Li Nai grabbed him and said, "Fourth Uncle rarely comes to Beijing, so let's stay with nephew and son-in-law for a few days..." As he spoke, he flirted with Sun Wenqian.

Sun Wenqian saw that the brothers of the Cao family were decisive, so he couldn't bear to tear himself apart, so he went down the donkey and said to An, "Sister-in-law, let's take a stroll at the house of my niece and son-in-law first..."

An's was not reconciled, but she couldn't. She had already cursed Cao Ying half to death in her heart, and was also a little scared.After all, before coming to the capital this time, her husband urged her to resolve the rift between the eldest son and daughter-in-law instead of asking her to leave...

Sun Jue was dragged out of the house by his uncle, when he heard a "bang", the door was closed tightly.

Sun Jue was so angry that he went out without leaving the house, and wanted to yell at him, but a neighbor just came back and saw Sun Jue outside, and waved his hand to greet him.

Sun Jue could only hold back his anger, squeezed out a smile and exchanged greetings.

Others are okay, Anshi only brought a little maid with her, and the carriage attendants are all in the house, so it's not good to go to Li's house on foot.Seeing this, Li Nai hurriedly ordered the chief attendant to hire a carriage.

At this time, the door of Sun's family opened again with a "squeak", and two women ran out.These two women are servants of An Shi's side, and they came to Beijing with An Shi.

"Ma'am, the eldest grandma ordered the younger ones to come and serve the wife, and even sent someone to take the wife's carriage, and she will be driven out in a while." One of the women said.

An Shi originally thought that it was his daughter-in-law who asked someone to invite him back, but he just waited for the mother-in-law's carriage, with a drooping face, becoming more and more annoyed.

Sun Wenqian looked at the closed door again, and blamed Li Nai, "Why did you come out? If we don't leave, will the Cao family still be able to drive people away?"

Li Nai smiled bitterly and said, "Fourth Uncle, Cao Si and Cao Wu couldn't do that kind of posture just now? Yushu's words were too lenient and offended the Cao family. Instead of staying here and talking more and more stiff, it would be better soon Come out and calm down each other."

Sun Wenqian slammed his feet hard, sighed, and said, "What should we do now that we have come to this point? Can't elder brother go to Beijing to apologize to Cao's family in person?"

Li Nai thought for a while, and said, "Fourth Uncle, don't be in a hurry, there may be a turning point for things. Cao Fu is the younger brother of his nephew and daughter-in-law, and he is still young. It is not uncommon for him to lose his sense of propriety when he sees his elder sister being bullied and angered. If you want to To reconcile the two surnames, you have to ask Cao's parents to help. The Cao family was raised by the late old matriarch. Even for the sake of the old matriarch, he will take care of the Sun family. The second master of the Cao family It's not too late, the sons of Erfang are all dependent on the head of the house, if the head of the house comes forward to mediate this matter, there will be nothing wrong with it."

Sun Wenqian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said happily, "Yes. I've heard that the eldest cousin of the Cao family is a generous and courteous person. If I had known this, I should have invited him over to talk."

While speaking, he couldn't wait any longer, and said to Li Nai, "Let's go. Let's go to Cao's house now."

Li Nai was hesitating, Li Cheng had already pulled Sun Wenqian's arm, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa, grandma and uncle are annoyed, let's invite them to our house to calm down first, and then talk about other things."

At this moment, the door of Sun's residence opened again, and the coachman came out in An's carriage.

Unwilling to give up, Sun Jueyou quickly stepped over the threshold and was about to rush in, but was thrown out by two valiant servants with their arms crossed.

Sun Jue saw that these two people looked unfamiliar, and thought they were servants of the Cao family, he was so angry that he was helpless, it was really ugly.

Anshi really couldn't see it, shook his head, supported the old woman's arm, and got into the carriage.As soon as she jumped to open the curtain of the carriage, her expression changed. There was half a load of luggage in the carriage. It seemed that the daughter-in-law was indeed going to kick her out and had no intention of taking her back...

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In the inner house, after the mother-in-law's luggage was sent out, Cao Ying couldn't help crying in Zhao Jia's arms.

Things have come to this point, although it is a relief, but it also makes people worry about their daughter's future fate.Mrs. Zhao Jia stroked her daughter's hair and said in a low voice, "I really thought it over. We will protect you and won't let anyone force you. It's better to think carefully."

Cao Ying shook her head, choked with sobs and said, "Daughter understands now."

Mrs. Liang stood beside her with Sun Li and Sun Chu, knowing in her heart that Cao Ying had already made a decision when she sent An's luggage.

After Cao Ying finished crying, she gave her son Sun Li an apologetic look, and said, "Li'er, we will live alone in the future, can you blame mother?"

Sun Li shook his head and said, "Clean!"

Seeing that her son was so sensible, Cao Ying also became a bit stronger, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looked at Liang Shi and said, "Hong Shao, you have seen the farce these days, I have made up my mind to separate from my father It's just that I'm the main wife of Sun's family, and my son is the grandson of the grandson's eldest son. Please find another place to live...you are..."

Before Cao Ying could finish speaking, Mrs. Liang made a "plop", knelt down on the ground, and said earnestly: "Grandma, the servant girl is the son of the Cao family, and the one who waits on grandma should be by her side. Even the second young master, I can't live without grandma's protection, and please ask grandma to help me..." While speaking, he kowtowed.

Seeing this, Cao Ying felt a headache.After all, it made sense to bring his own son by his side, even bringing his concubine by his side, for fear that the Sun family would not let go.

Mrs. Zhao Jia, on the other hand, was afraid that the world would not be chaotic. Seeing that Mrs. Liang had always treated Cao Ying respectfully, she said to Cao Ying, "Hong Shao is right, she is a slave of the Cao family, not a slave of the Sun family. Those with children should have caring people around them to help them..."

When Cao Ying saw Liang's kung fu, her forehead was bruised from knocking, she hurriedly got up to help her up, and said, "I'm afraid of you, so I know how to bully me..."

Although the words were reproaches, they revealed the intimacy before leaving the pavilion in the past. Liang's eyes could not help turning red, and he murmured: "Grandma..."

Sun Chu was at the side, seeing his biological mother and his aunt talking about these words, he seemed to understand but half understood, and moved to Sun Li's side with a bit of anxiety.

Sun Li patted him on the back lightly, and said in a low voice, "Second brother, don't be afraid, it's fine..."

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quack.Daodesun finally left the house, and Xiaojiu begged for some monthly tickets to spread flowers. .

(End of this chapter)