48. The Prime Minister's Tool Man Step-wife (48)
Mrs. Li came to play with Xu Shichu. She happily 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 still remember what I told you about my eldest nephew?"
Xu Shichu thought about it for a while and asked uncertainly: "The eldest nephew who wants to become an ordinary couple with the Jianghu woman?"
"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 appearance obviously meant that something unexpected happened to her eldest nephew.
Seeing Xu Shichu's support, Mrs. Li immediately said with a smile: "My sister-in-law was so angry that she sent my eldest nephew to a remote mountain village according to the method you said. He didn't give money or anyone else, and let him farm to support himself.
Let’s have a taste of what it’s like to be an ordinary person.”
Xu Shichu suddenly raised his eyebrows and became interested: "Then what? Can your pampered nephew endure such a hard life?"
"Of course it's impossible! When he was arguing with my sister-in-law, he kept saying that it was the Hou Mansion's restrictions that had imprisoned him all his life and made him like a puppet with no freedom. He was in pain and said that if he could, he would be free from oppression.
His family lived in seclusion in the countryside with their beloved daughter, living a leisurely life, even with simple meals..." Mrs. Li said with a smile.
"In the end, he made a strong oath when he said it, saying that he could support himself and his wife without the wealth and splendor of the Marquis Mansion. Unfortunately, once the reality came to light, his true colors were immediately revealed."
When Mrs. Li mentioned her eldest nephew, she was extremely contemptuous and said: "When my sister-in-law kicked him out of the house, she gave him twenty taels of silver principal. If he saves some money, whether he really goes to farm or does something,
A small business was enough for him in the early stage, but he was lucky enough to find the Jianghu woman as soon as he went out and used the twenty taels of silver to buy wedding clothes, red candles and other items, and the two of them went to the church to get married privately!"
Xu Shichu's eyes widened and he said in shock: "Is this going to be raw rice and cooked rice?"
Mrs. Li sneered: "My sister-in-law doesn't care at all. This has neither the words of a matchmaker nor the appointment of parents. What kind of marriage is it? My sister-in-law just treats her as an eldest nephew and has a mate."
"Then what? Your eldest nephew and that Jianghu woman really began to live in seclusion in the mountains, farming their own fields and vegetables, and living an ordinary life of ordinary people?" Xu Shichu asked.
"Huh, for the first one or two days, they were newlyweds and stayed together so sweetly that they didn't even go out. But on the third day, when there was nothing to eat, they had to go out to look for food. It's a pity that they spent the twenty taels of silver on them.
At this point, they have to find a way to support their family." Mrs. Li sneered,
"They thought farming was very romantic, and the two of them would go to the fields and recite poems and poems hand in hand. Unfortunately, as soon as they started to move, they began to pant and suffer from waist and back pain. After working for a few times, they were exhausted and both of them died."
"We should let him know what reality is. The young master who does not know the sufferings of the world must not know that living in seclusion in the mountains is not as beautiful as he imagined. If there is no money, it is impossible to live comfortably." Xu Shichu said with an expected expression.
Expression, smile.
"Haha, that's the truth! But my eldest nephew doesn't know...
You don't know, my eldest nephew boasted so much in front of my sister-in-law that even though he was tired and painful from working in the fields, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.
But the Jianghu woman was much smarter. When she saw how hard it was to work in the fields, she immediately pretended that she was too weak to work, and then complimented my eldest nephew, saying that my husband was a man who stood up to the heaven and earth. Naturally, he was working outside to support the family, and she was there.
Weaving, making clothes, and doing housework at home... Haha, in fact, it's just an excuse to be lazy at home, and let me, a big fool, suffer by myself!"
Mrs. Li was so gloating about her misfortune that she burst into laughter.
Xu Shichu also laughed. She liked the way the innocent and arrogant boy looked after being beaten hard by reality: "How long did they hold on?"
Mrs. Li raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you think?"
"Half a month?" Xu Shichu asked.
"More than that." Mrs. Li said.
"Huh?" Xu Shichu was surprised, "Is it possible that your eldest nephew is still a strong-willed and resilient person?"
Mrs. Li rolled her eyes: "How is that possible? He wanted to give in within half a month, admit his mistake to my sister-in-law, and go home to be his eldest young master! It's a pity that how could my sister-in-law not seize this opportunity and ruthlessly fuck her?"
Educate him once and teach him an unforgettable lesson?"
"You definitely wouldn't have thought of my sister-in-law's actions! Haha, as soon as my sister-in-law saw that he was giving up, she immediately sent someone to the door of his thatched house and recited all the cruel words he had spared her.
He was so ashamed that he had no shame to say give up, so he had to continue to be a farmer! Hahaha..."
Mrs. Li laughed boldly and burst into tears.
Xu Shichu was also happy and said: "I didn't expect your sister-in-law to be a wonderful person. She was able to teach her son a cruel lesson."
"No! My eldest nephew didn't dare to say anything about going home anymore. 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."
Mrs. Li rubbed her face that was sore from laughing and said with emotion:
"So we still can't raise our children too naively or too ignorant of the sufferings of the world. We should let them know that they can enjoy glory and wealth not because they are born noble or talented, but because they were born well and have the legacy of their ancestors.
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As a person who has enjoyed these honors, he cannot complain about being controlled by his family and having no freedom while standing in front of a noble young master..."
Xu Shichu nodded in agreement: "Yes, there is no free lunch in the world. You must pay for what you get. People cannot just enjoy rights without assuming obligations."
Mrs. Li nodded: "That's right, my eldest nephew is too naive, saying that he doesn't care about his noble status at all. He doesn't want to be a utilitarian who works for fame and wealth, and he doesn't care about glory and wealth.
He scoffed, and he even thought about the indifferent pastoral life of working at sunrise and resting at sundown every day, and being a pair of gods and relatives far away from fame and fortune with his beloved wife.
As a result, after he really lived the idyllic life he had dreamed of, the painful reality swept away the water in his mind, and then he woke up and regretted it endlessly. It really makes people don't know what to say."
Xu Shichu could imagine the scene. The tender-skinned young master was so tired that his palms were blistered after he went to the ground. His waist and back were sore. He was hungry but only had simple food. His delicate skin was bruised by the rough linen clothes. He slept on a straw bed at night.
The bed was stuffy and there were annoying mosquitoes buzzing...
Gee, that's so miserable.
Chapter completed!