Yao Chengyao returned home, and Yao Qingshan asked him why Yao Chengnian looked like that.
Yao Chengyao said: "When my eldest brother returned to Qingzhou, he didn't go back to the academy at all. Instead, he hung out in the Qinlou Chu Hall and got drunk all day long. I also tried to persuade him, but he just turned a deaf ear."
Mrs. Yao said: "He is willing to degenerate. Brother Yao, please don't imitate him. You are a person with a bright future."
Talking about his future, Yao Chengyao blushed, "I will try my best to pass the exam next time."
Mrs. Yao said: "It's not that easy to be a scholar. Don't worry, mother. My son will be successful sooner or later."
Pomegranate continued next to him: "Yes, the master has bought a house for the young master in the capital. If he becomes an official in the capital in the future, the house will be just a few streets away from the palace. It will be very convenient to go to court."
"Why are you telling the eldest young master this? It won't be too late if you pass the Jinshi exam later." Mrs. Yao said with a stern face.
Pomegranate made her look embarrassed, and her face turned blue and red. She is very favored now, which makes Mrs. Yao dislike her very much.
Mr. Yao couldn't help but refute his wife's face in front of the younger generation and said: "Well, when Brother Yao comes back, he has to wait for his second son's funeral before leaving. It's been a tiring day. Let's talk another day.
Let’s all go and have a rest.”
"Yes."
Everyone dispersed, and Mengying also walked to her backyard.
Yao Chengyao chased after him, "Sister, wait a minute."
Mengying turned around and said, "Brother Yao, is there something wrong?"
"Sister, you've been at home all the time. Do you know how my second uncle died?"
Mengying shook her head, "I don't know, but my second uncle likes to take advantage of others, and it's common for him to offend others. It's hard to infer which one it is."
Mengying wanted to leave, but when she saw Yao Chengyao, he stopped talking.
"If you have anything else to say, just say it, right?"
"My eldest brother told me to accompany him to the Qingzhou government office to play drums and complain. I know my mother will not agree. I want to ask your opinion." Yao Chengyao raised his head and lowered his voice and said.
"You can't go. If you have a good reputation, you can still give it a try, but you are just a child. If you go, you will inevitably get a slap in the face."
"But...if I stand uneasy, will others..." Yao Chengyao hesitated.
"It doesn't matter what other people think. This matter is important and cannot be done. You are the backbone of the Yao family. You must have your own opinions. You cannot be so devoid of opinions."
"Brother Yao understands." After Yao Chengyao finished speaking, he bowed and left.
*
Mengying went back to her room, didn't eat, and took a bath first.
Hongying helped her twist her hair and asked: "Girl, do you think the eldest son can go to Qingzhou to file a complaint?"
"Will go."
"Will you really get hit?" Hongying asked in surprise.
"Yes, as long as he was a scholar, I'm afraid he wouldn't have ended up like this."
This is someone who has been working hard for a long time, but also wants to have fame and fame, even if he is a scholar, he will be exempted from paying excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and will not kneel in court.
Seeing Hongying in a daze, Mengying teased: "Do you regret coming back with me? If you go to be a concubine outside the hospital, if you give birth to a son, you can still get the honor. Now that you are a slave, you don't have this opportunity?" Hongying blushed and said: "Whoever is going to give birth, I have decided not to marry for the rest of my life. If my mother doesn't marry my father, she will definitely live a long life. Men are useless. p>
If you get married in the future, I will be your housekeeper, do you think that’s okay?”
Mengying smiled and said: "Housekeepers are all married. Do you think any of the stewards around my mother are Huanghua's eldest daughter?"
"I don't care, I won't marry anyway." Hongying turned around and left.
It was rare for Mengying to see Hongying deflated and smiling from ear to ear.
Qingluo was also laughing beside her, but she felt a little bit annoyed in her heart. The girl and Hongying were getting closer and closer, and she seemed like a newcomer.
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On the second day, Yao Chengnian decided to go to Qingzhou to file a complaint.
Mrs. Yao also took dozens of taels of silver to show her face, and Yao Chengyao even packed a money bag.
Everyone in the house came out to give gifts to each other, and those who showed their faces, no matter how big or small, came out with some belongings.
Only Mengying did not go out to see her off.
Qingluo advised Mengying to give a few taels of silver so that she would look good.
Mengying said disdainfully: "They forgot how they died, but I haven't!"
In her previous life, Mrs. Yao was ill, and the doctor said she needed some ginseng to make medicine, so she went to ask Yao Chengnian for help. Yao Chengnian gave it to her, but after taking several doses of medicine, it didn't help her condition, and instead made her condition worse.
The doctor took the ginseng given by Yao Chengnian and smelled it, and said that it was not ginseng but a ginseng root similar to ginseng.
Lushanggen is also a medicinal material, but its medicinal properties are opposite to those of ginseng. Ginseng is to invigorate Qi, while Lushanggen is to relieve diarrhea. Moreover, it conflicts with Mrs. Yao’s medicinal properties and is poisonous. It has no benefit at all to Mrs. Yao’s disease.
Mengying took the fake ginseng to question, but Yao Chengnian said coldly, "Lu Shanggen still cares about my uncle's face. If he looks at you, he won't even have a stick."
Such a person does not deserve sympathy, let alone Mengying's waste of energy on him.
According to Qing Luohe, when Yao Chengnian left, he said angrily to Yao Chengyao: "Second brother, it's you who is more upright. Lu Yao knows that horse power will win people's hearts over time. You can let the eldest sister save her dowry."
Mengying sneered and said: "The young master is really used to living a comfortable life. I am not his mother, so I will not tolerate him. Go buy a bottle of trauma ointment, the one he can really use."
*
As Mengying expected, Yao Chengnian came back the next day.
I went there sitting and came back lying down.
According to the boy who followed him, when Yao Chengnian arrived at the Qingzhou prefecture, he first sued the Qi County magistrate, and then scolded the prefecture officials for not doing anything to protect him.
The magistrate was furious and asked the officer to hit him ten times again, but the gentleman from the academy rushed to intercede, so he hit him five times and let him go.
Although the number of five boards is small, the government servants have a lot of work on their hands, and they have a sense of severity. The prefect knows how to use his strength with just one look.
After five days, Yao Chengnian was bruised and bruised, and he couldn't get out of bed for ten and a half days.
When Mengying's trauma medicine arrived, Yao Chengnian was so angry that he threw the medicine bottle in front of Qing Luo.
Qing Luo angrily scolded Yao Chengnian for being ignorant, but Mengying only pursed her lips and smiled. This spoiled young master has now learned a lesson.
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After seven or eight days, Yao Chengnian was finally able to go to the fields.
Yao Qingjiang's coffin is also ready to be buried.
Different from the time of Mrs. Yao, Yao Qingjiang’s funeral was much shabby.
However, it was buried in the ground after all.
Just after the funeral, a creditor came to the door.
It turned out that it was Yao Qingjiang who borrowed the usury money, but now that the second lady had no money to pay back, she decided to sell her as a servant.
First, he sold several maids, servants, and the second master's roommate, but he still couldn't get enough money, so he sold it to the concubine Yao Mengchun.
Yao Mengchun cried and begged Yin, and Yin cursed angrily. She is now bedridden, and all her valuables have been confiscated by the second lady.
She knew that the second lady was taking the opportunity to avenge her personal revenge, but she was unable to save her granddaughter.
Yao Mengchun was desperate, so he found Yao Mengying.
After seeing Mengying, she fell to her knees and said, "Sister, please save me, I won't survive."
Mengying was also shocked when she heard that Mr. Liu wanted to sell her. Yao Mengchun's biological mother was an aunt who died of illness a few years ago. Although she was not very favored, she was always raised by Mrs. Yin.
She didn't have many interactions with Yao Mengchun in this life, but in her previous life, when her family was in dire straits, Yao Mengchun helped them many times.
"Second sister, get up quickly and speak slowly if you have something to say."
"My mother wants to sell me. She thinks Ren Yazi has given me too little money, so she wants to sell me to a brothel." When Yao Mengchun said this, he covered his face and burst into tears.
"Both the eldest brother and the old lady don't care?" The second lady sold her concubine to a brothel. This is not a trivial matter.
"Grandma said there was nothing she could do. My eldest brother asked my mother for help, but my mother said that the family is in trouble now. After raising me for so many years, I had to help the family, so my eldest brother stopped talking."
Mengying's lips were bitten to pieces in anger, that mother and son were so cruel.
He comforted Mengchun and said, "Don't be afraid, I will arrange this."
Lin Xiao had been avoiding seeing her, so she had to let Liu Rui handle the matter. When Liu Rui heard that the second lady wanted to sell the second lady, he also cursed angrily.
Mengying asked Liu Rui to find a stranger, pretend to be a brothel turtle, and go to Yao's house to buy someone.
Hearing that the visitor wanted thirty taels of silver, Mrs. Liu, who had not seen the money for a long time, found someone to tie up Yao Mengchun.
Yao Mengchun was pushed into the carriage, and she struggled desperately and cried.
"Don't be afraid, it's me."
Yao Mengchun curled up into a ball like a hedgehog, only to realize that Yao Mengying was actually sitting in the carriage.
"Sister, it's you, you scared me to death." Yao Mengchun threw herself into Yao Mengying's arms and burst into tears.
"Okay, it's okay. I rescued you, what are your plans after that?" Mengying really couldn't keep her by her side.
"I wanted to go to my uncle's house. When my grandfather was going to be buried, my uncle came. He said that his family had purchased a paddy field and was living a good life. He asked me to visit his house when I had time.
But you also know that my mother is an aunt, and my uncle's family is not a serious relative, so I didn't dare to go. Now, since my mother...since Mrs. Liu can't tolerate me anymore, I want to go to him."