after marrying stepbrother

Chapter 60 Onlookers
Chapter 60 Onlookers
Someone nearby knew Zhang Jing and hurriedly asked, "Ma'am, is Zhang Jing's mother sick again?"

Zhang Jing's mother is also a poor person. In order to provide for her son's education and raise the son left by her second uncle, she was forced to suffer from tuberculosis.

Zhang Jing is filial, going out from time to time to write letters and copy books for others, not wanting her mother to work too hard.

The doctor in the medical center has said that tuberculosis cannot be cured, if it is raised with good medicinal materials, Zhang Jing's mother will still have a few years to live.

"I was gathering firewood at home when I heard noises coming from Zhang's house."

The old lady shook her head. The Zhang family used to be deserted. Since someone came to the door last month, there have been several disturbances.

"Zhang Jing's younger brother, as you all know, is the son of his second uncle."

The old lady explained that when Zhang's father was alive, the Zhang family was also a good family. The two brothers of the Zhang family were good at collecting herbs and often went to the deep mountains to collect ginseng.

He didn't open the business easily, and after opening for three years, Zhang's family also accumulated a fortune, so Zhang Jing was sent to study.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened, Zhang's father and second brother went to the mountain to collect medicine, just in time for heavy snow to seal the mountain, causing an avalanche, the two brothers were buried in the mountain and never came out again.

An accident happened to the brothers of the Zhang family, and the daughter-in-law of the second child returned to her natal family and remarried not long after.The remaining son was thrown to his sister-in-law, Zhang Jing's mother, to take care of him.

Not only did the clansmen not help, but they all came to share a piece of the pie. Those who bullied the orphans and widows insisted that Zhang's father owed them money, and they even went to court for this.

The Zhang family declined rapidly, and in the end they only kept the small courtyard where Zhang Jing's family lived now.

"So, Zhang Jing's second aunt is here again?"

Since the woman remarried, she has nothing to do with the Zhang family. At the beginning, she disliked her son's oil bottle, so she just let it go, and now she came back to pick up a ready-made bargain.

"That's right, Zhang Jing's cousin is already seven or eight years old. I heard that he is very sensible and can work."

After all, it was my own mother who came to ask for someone, and the insider can't say too much, I just wonder why the person who didn't care about it back then regretted it.

"Hmph, it's shameless!"

When the old lady mentioned this, she immediately spit and said, "It's not that Zhang Jing's second aunt remarried and found that her man was not good enough, which hurt the roots of her descendants and couldn't have children at all."

No child, there must be a son, so the man thought about adopting a son in the clan.

Zhang Jing's second aunt felt that it was cheaper to take back her own son. It was better to have her own son than just raise a white-eyed wolf.

No, every few days they would come to the door crying, begging Zhang Jing's mother to return her son.

"Zhang's sister-in-law is a good person. Last year my child went out to play and couldn't find a way to go home. It was Zhang's sister-in-law who sent her back."

A woman selling insoles next to her closed her stall and thought about going to Zhang's house to have a look.In case there is something wrong with Zhang Jingniang, Zhang Jing is a scholar with a thin skin, so it is not easy to tear up with shrews.

"Go, I will come too."

Several women nodded to each other and hurriedly packed their things together.

"Yuesha, let's go and have a look."

In Jiang Baozhu's mind, a light flashed in an instant, so fast that she couldn't catch it for a while.

A voice from the bottom of my heart told her to go to Zhang's house to have a look, it must be true.

"it is good."

Lin Yuesha responded positively. She wanted to know how to resolve the custody dispute here.

Zhang Jing's house was not far from the market, and after walking a hundred or so meters, he turned into two small alleys, and the innermost house was there.

When Lin Yuesha passed by, there were many neighbors around the door.

"How's it going?"

The woman selling insoles inquired, so she wanted to go in and have a look.

"I'm dying. We saw that Zhang Jingniang had something to say, so we came out first."

The neighbor looked sad, Zhang Jing, this child, has no father and no mother, and has a cousin with him, how will he live in the future?

"See, the woman with the sharp mouth and monkey cheeks in the yard is Zhang Jing's second aunt."

Someone whispered, Lin Yuesha found a gap, looked in along the fence, and there was indeed a well-dressed woman with a pointed chin.

The woman's chin seemed to have been cut off by a knife, her cheekbones were high, her eyes were drooping, she looked like a hanged ghost.

At this moment, she was sitting on a chair and eating melon seeds, not caring what others said.

Inside the house, Zhang's mother was already so angry that she lay weakly on the kang, with blood still remaining at the corner of her mouth.

"Mom, I made another copper plate today, and I'll get you medicine. I can credit the medicine with the shopkeeper first, and then pay back when I have money."

Zhang Jing red-eyed, knelt down on the edge of the kang, firmly holding his mother's hand, afraid that if he relaxes, his mother will go away.

"Good boy, it's your mother who dragged you down."

Zhang's mother squeezed out a smile. She was worried that her son was not married yet, and no one would take care of him in the future.

Fortunately, Zhang Jing is already an adult and has passed the examination of scholar. Even after she dies, she still has the face to meet her child's father.

"Mother is not such a pedantic person. She will definitely let you take a test for fame. Only by studying can you understand the truth. Don't be a fool."

Zhang's mother found that her spirit suddenly improved, and she seemed to be returning to the light. She knew that she didn't have much time, and some things had to be explained clearly.

"mother!"

Zhang Jing's cousin, Zhang Fang, had long regarded his uncle's mother as his biological mother. He was so young that he couldn't breathe anymore from crying.

Zhang Fang knew that if it wasn't for his aunt, he might not be able to eat a full mouthful, and would have starved to death early.

As for the mother, that vicious person, Zhang Fang clearly remembered that he hugged her thigh and begged her not to leave, but was kicked down the village drain.

And that woman, from beginning to end, never looked back at him.

"Zhang Jing, there is a small box under the box. There is a piece of ginseng in it. It was left by your father for emergency."

Zhang's mother touched the head of her second son, then turned her head and told her own son that no matter how bitter the ginseng was, she would not be willing to sell it.

Now that she's gone, what do you keep them for?
"Sell the ginseng and continue studying. If you can, marry a virtuous daughter-in-law, so that someone will take care of you, eat and dress, and you can close your eyes even if your mother is under the nine springs."

After Zhang's mother finished speaking, she pointed to Zhang Fang again. In a hurry, she lost her voice and was speechless.

"Mother, I won't let my brother be that woman's son."

Zhang Jing understands what mother means, and promises.

Zhang's mother nodded, looked at her two sons reluctantly, and slowly closed her eyes.

A few seconds passed, and there was a louder cry in the house.

The neighbors watching shook their heads, it seemed that people had gone.

Neighbors for so many years, they can't just ignore them, everyone should do their best to make Zhang Jingniang's funeral as decent as possible.

The well-meaning people from the neighbors helped invite the funeral team, and the nimble lady came in to change Zhang's mother's shroud.

"Son, mother's flesh and blood!"

As soon as the two brothers of Zhang's family went out, Zhang Jing's second aunt, Sun, went up to meet her and wiped her eyelids vigorously, trying to squeeze out a few tears.

(End of this chapter)