Delicate Flower Chapter 332: Sigh
Mrs. Yang was speechless. No matter how arrogant Mrs. Pei was, without Pei You's support, she would not dare to contradict Mr. Pei Lao'an. In addition, Mr. Pei Lao'an mentioned her two sons and asked them if they wanted to take care of them. As she walked away, she didn't dare to say a word.
The dispute disappeared under the circumstances of loud thunder and light rain.
It’s just that Mrs. Pei cried for a long time after she went back. Mrs. Yang looked on and just sighed, not knowing how to comfort her. Pei Tong, on the other hand, came back from the Gu family and heard that his mother and grandmother had a dispute. His expression dimmed and he stayed alone for a long time before he cheered up and went to Mrs. Pei's place.
Gu Xi's maid He Xiang couldn't help but feel worried after seeing this, and asked Gu Xi: "Would you like to give me some advice?"
Gu Xi looked in the mirror and took off her makeup, thinking about what her brother told her, "Don't get yourself involved when you are unable to clean up the mess." She said lightly, "No," and asked He Xiang to help her count the dowry. After taking inventory, he said: "My brother and sister-in-law will leave for the capital in two days. Please send some rituals over there."
But you won’t use the dowry, right?
He Xiang said: "The eldest young master has always cared about you. If you send something to me, he will definitely not accept it."
Gu Xi said nothing and glanced at He Xiang.
This means asking Hexiang to stop talking and do as she asks.
He Xiang had no choice but to count Gu Xi’s dowry.
Gu Xi sat in front of the dressing table without moving for a long time.
When the formal ceremony was held, two more pieces of paper were added to her dowry list. The items on these two pieces of paper were all given to her by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Yin, from her own dowry.
She knew that her sister-in-law was trying to save her face.
But she still felt very uncomfortable.
When did she, Gu Xi, fall to this point?
She decided to fold the things her sister-in-law gave her into money and return them to her sister-in-law bit by bit.
Otherwise, how could she, a sister-in-law, hold her head high and speak in front of her sister-in-law?
But in this case, she had to carefully calculate how much money to keep in her hand so that she would not be strapped for money.
Gu Xi had packed up all her things and wanted to wait for Pei Tong to come back and say hello to him, but it was past midnight and Pei Tong hadn't come back yet.
She was a little worried and didn't want to get involved in the matter between Pei Tong and her son, so she sent her wet nurse to inquire quietly.
When the wet nurse came back, her face was not very good. Fu Er told her: "Mother and son had a quarrel. My uncle and my wife were fanning them and lighting a fire. My eldest wife wanted to hang herself!"
Hearing this, Gu Xi's heart suddenly burned with fire.
This eldest lady has no eyesight at all. What time is it now? The whole family depends on Pei Yan for food, and they are still there to get Qiao. As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to seek revenge. Can't she bear it? Can you bear it until Pei Tong goes to school and becomes an official, and gets promoted and becomes prosperous?
Gu Xi was a little annoyed with the eldest lady and wanted to go to bed first, but also felt that as a newlywed, this would be too cold for her.
The wet nurse reminded her: "You have to take the opportunity to win over my uncle. Otherwise, if the eldest lady gets into trouble over other things in the future, you will definitely suffer."
This other thing refers to if she offended the eldest lady.
"I don't have to." Gu Xi said, instructing the wet nurse, "You should also change your title to avoid being overheard."
The Pei family, like the Gu family, is also a large family living together. There are many people and it is easy to follow the facts.
Gu Xi couldn't help but said: "Do you know what Yu did today?"
The wet nurse knew her knot, and reminded her: "Don't be Yu's. You're used to it, and it's easy to slip up." Then she said, "Lao An is in a bad mood today, and the second wife seems While packing, the third wife invited Mrs. Shi to come into the house and give Lao An Ai Zhi. I heard that the effect was good, and Lao An was much better after dinner, so the third wife kept Mrs. Shi to stay at home for a few more days. , saying that by the way, I would also give massages to several other Lao An people, and do moxibustion and other things."
Gu Xi curled her lips and sneered: "Young people from a small family don't understand the rules. If these three aunts and six wives are introduced into the family, there's no telling when they will become a disaster!"
The wet nurse said: "That's her business too, let's leave it alone."
Gu Xi nodded.
She waited for almost half an hour before Pei Tong returned to the room.
Gu Xi hurriedly stepped forward to help him change his clothes: "Why are you back so late? But there is something important."
After all, they were just married, and Pei Tong wanted to save face. Hearing her question, he didn’t know what to say for a moment. He responded vaguely and said, "It's getting late, let's take a rest early! What's the matter? Let’s talk tomorrow.”
Gu Xiba had to ask.
When she got up the next morning, she had breakfast and was going to say hello to her mother-in-law first, and then go to Pei Lao'an's place. Who knew that before she had time to go to Mrs. Pei's place, Mrs. Pei sent a message? , saying that Mrs. Yang was rushing back to the capital and asked them to hurry up.
Gu Xiqi asked: "Didn't I say I would leave in two days?"
Pei Tong knew that it was because Mrs. Yang felt that there was no point in staying here and wanted to rush back to Yang's house early to celebrate the New Year. He responded vaguely and went to Mrs. Yang's place with Gu Xi.
Mrs. Yang had packed her things, and after seeing them, she went to Pei Laoan's place together.
Pei Lao'an didn't give Mrs. Yang any face at all. He simply said that it was too early and she hadn't gotten up yet, so he wouldn't see Mrs. Yang off in person.
Mrs. Yang turned blue with anger.
When Pei Laoan found out, she grabbed Yu Tang - originally she was planning to let Yu Tang see off the guests on her behalf. Since Mrs. Yang felt wronged, she was afraid that Yu Tang would go see Mrs. Yang off. When visiting, I had to listen to gossip and simply let Aunt Chen see off the guests.
Mrs. Yang walked away with a puff of sleeves.
Mrs. Pei wants to go back to her natal family even more.
With red eyes, she pulled her son to discuss: "Don't persuade those who have something but don't have it. I don't want to stay here for another day. If you don't want to see your mother die, you can find a way for me. Go to the capital and study with your uncle. One day, take me and your brother to the capital. We still have our own house in the capital!"
Pei You bought this by himself.
After Pei You died, the Pei family didn't know whether they were pretending to be deaf or had no time to care. The house was always in their hands.
Pei Tong’s eyes turned red when he thought about the warmth of his home when his father was still alive, and he assured his mother in a low voice: "Just be patient, our family will definitely be reunited in the capital."
Mrs. Pei felt a little better now.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, shops began to take stock and close, and every household began to pickle fish and meat, fry twists and make rice cakes. The eldest son of the Li family clan suddenly came to visit Pei Yan, and pulled Pei Yan to a secluded place with a pale face. The local said: "I'm afraid I'm going to trouble the Third Master again."
Pei Yan was very impatient.
Because Yu Tang couldn’t go back during the Chinese New Year, he wanted to go home for a visit during the New Year. He planned to send Yu Tang back to her parents’ home, then have a casual meal at Yu’s house, visit the shop in the afternoon, and then pick up Yu When Tang came back, he went to have dinner with Mr. Pei Lao'an in the evening.
If the leader of the Li family comes here, this matter is probably going to go to waste.
He frowned almost invisible and said, "What happened?"
The eldest son of the Li family clan said with a bitter smile: "Li Duan was stabbed to death!"
When he heard the news, even Pei Yan was startled and said in a tight voice: "What's going on?"
The smile of the eldest master of the Li family became even more bitter, and he said: "Didn't I say before that Li Yi took other people's money and took people's lives seriously? That sufferer was also stubborn. I heard that Li Duan was a scholar. In the future, the family will be able to make a comeback by relying on Li Duan. The owner of the family was so dissatisfied that he traveled thousands of miles to find this place and kill Li Duan!"
This is really...
Pei Yan didn't speak for a long time.
The eldest son of the Li family clan sighed: "Originally, when their family was rich and powerful, they separated from us, but they couldn't write two characters of "Li" in one sentence. Li Yi was exiled, and Li Jun followed him to take care of his father. Lin A female member of the family suddenly encountered such a disaster. It is said that she was lying on the bed sobbing and speechless. We in the clan can't watch her corpse in the wilderness, right?"
According to Pei Yan's opinion, there is nothing wrong with exposing corpses in the wilderness.
It's just that he couldn't say that in front of the people in the Li family's clan. He said: "Then what can I do?"
The eldest son of the Li family clan glanced at Pei Yan and said: "The incident happened in Hangzhou. It is considered a major case. It is said that Mr. Li will try it personally. The staff around Mr. Li told me that Mr. Li hates evil as much as he hates it. He feels that The victim has extenuating circumstances, and I probably won’t sentence that man to death. I just thought, Li Duan is from Lin’an, could you please tell Mr. Li to transfer the case to Lin’an for trial.”
The Li family is one of the most powerful squire families in Lin'an. Pei Yan came forward to help intercede, and the case was transferred to Master Wu. The victim would definitely be sentenced to death.
Pei Yan doesn't want to help. ~IndoMTL.com~ He said: "Even if the case comes to Lin'an for trial, it will eventually be presented to Mr. Li. Besides, this matter is so serious, I don't think it is appropriate for me to come forward to plead for him."
The eldest son of the Li family clan was very surprised. He did not expect that Pei Yan would not help the locals, so he hurriedly said: "I am also thinking about the reputation of our Lin'an people..."
Pei Yan interrupted him mercilessly and said: "If it is for the reputation of the people of Lin'an, we should not obstruct Mr. Li from judging the case. No one in the world makes mistakes. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them, and there is no great way to do good. . According to me, we Lin'an people should take this as a lesson. To be an official abroad, you must not only be honest, but also have benevolence, justice and kindness. This is the real way to be an official."
The clan leader of the Li family couldn't stand up to Pei Yan and left disappointed. After thinking about it for a long time after returning, he had to admit that what Pei Yan said made sense. Later, he often used this incident to educate the heirs of the Li family, which made Pei Yan more famous and even wrote it into the history books. This is another story for another time.
In the city of Hangzhou, Li Guang, the newly appointed chief envoy of Zhejiang, waited for a long time but did not come to Pei Yan to intercede. He couldn't help but ask the staff around him: "What does he mean? Let me judge like this? Li Duan is They are from Lin'an. And I heard that Mrs. Li has gone crazy, and he helped send her to the nunnery."
But he didn't come forward to say hello to Li Duan.
His staff told Li Guang what the elder of the Li family clan had said, and said with a smile: "Perhaps Pei Xiaguang is like you, thinking that the Li family will reap melons and beans if they sow them. The retribution you deserve!"
Li Guang thought for a long time and nodded slightly, then he had a very good impression of Pei Yan and secretly felt that Pei Yan was his confidant.