allonlinenovel Chapter 25 I Don't Want to Have Children Anymore
Chapter 25 I Don't Want to Have Children Anymore
Jia Daishan quickly stopped his brother, who was about to go berserk, and Jia Hu took the opportunity to pull the two little ones, who were already huddled together, straight to Grandmother Jia.
Jia Daihua said angrily, "Don't stop me! Look at what those two brats are saying! Brother Hu just got his title, and they think they can get away with anything!"
Jia Daishan knew that Jia Daihua was angry with the two children because he couldn't accept what he had just heard, so he could only comfort him:
"They're just kids, what do they know?"
Jia Daihua, realizing he had taken the opportunity to make a fuss, also said:
"What I've heard is that the Ningguo family's title, from me to the fourth generation, is indeed only that of Feng'en General. But according to what they've said, these unfilial descendants haven't even managed to keep this lowest-ranking title. How can I not be angry!"
After saying that, she glared fiercely at Jia Jing, who had just arrived. Jia Jing had just seen his son frantically running to Jia Mu's side, shouting:
"Grandmother, something terrible has happened! Help! My grandfather is going to beat me up!"
Grandmother Jia quickly hugged her three grandsons and said:
"With your great-aunt here, you won't get beaten."
Jia Jing wanted to see how his son had offended his father, since the boy was usually much more favored by his father than he was.
Unexpectedly, Jia Jing was glared at by his father as soon as he arrived. He was a little confused. Was his father going to go back to his old ways after being kind to him for just two days?
Jia Daishan smiled and whispered to Jia Jing:
"Jing'er, didn't you hear me this time?"
Jia Jing's expression immediately turned serious as he said:
"I didn't hear it this time. Did our ancestors appear again?"
They had all previously speculated that it was the spirit of their ancestors, so Jia Jing asked the same question today.
Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua coughed twice, looking at Jia Jing's worried gaze, unsure how to explain to him. The voice they heard was Jia Hu's.
The two of them were also puzzled as to why it was Hu'er's voice.
Jia Daishan then said:
"There are too many people around now, so go and call Zhu'er and Zhenren over later. We'll go to my study together and talk. They must have heard it too, so let's not let them say anything out of turn."
After Jia Jingyi agreed, he quickly went to Grandmother Jia's side and found an excuse to take Jia Zhu and Jia Zhen away.
The group headed to Jia Daishan's study together. Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu were timid along the way, thinking they were about to be punished.
Upon arriving at the study, Jia Daishan dismissed the servants and spoke kindly to Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu:
"Zhen'er, Zhu'er, you must promise that you will not tell anyone except the people in this room what I am about to say. Can you do that?"
The two champagne drinkers were still confused, but Jia Zhen, being older, knew the matter must be important and said:
“Grand Uncle, we know but we won’t tell anyone.”
Jia Daishan asked:
"Pearl, can you do it?"
Jia Zhu looked at his grandfather and asked:
"Can't even Brother Lianhu tell us?"
Jia Daishan patted his head and said:
"It's all for the good of your brother Hu that no one can be told, not your father, mother, or grandmother, otherwise it will be bad for your brother Hu."
Jia Zhu's current impression of bad things is that she will die. Knowing that if she told anyone, it would kill her brother, she was so scared that she quickly covered her mouth and nodded vigorously.
Jia Daishan looked at Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu, who were also covering their mouths, with amusement and said:
"Now you can tell us, but you can't tell anyone outside."
The two then released their grip and gasped for breath. Jia Jing, unable to sit still any longer, asked:
"Uncle, what did the ancestors say today?"
Jia Zhen and Jia Zhu were also puzzled. How could it be said to be the ancestor? It was clearly Brother Hu who said it.
Jia Daihua laughed and said:
"What ancestor? Can you hear me clearly today? It's Hu'er's voice."
Jia Jing was taken aback and said, "What? Hu'er's voice? But how could we hear it? And how did Hu'er know?"
Jia Daishan said:
"I felt that Hu'er was different after falling into the water, but I still recognized my own grandson. Shortly after Hu'er was born, I went with the Emperor to Long'an Temple to pay respects to Master Yuan'an."
A master privately approached me and said that my eldest grandson was destined to face a calamity. If he could overcome it, the Jia family would be blessed with wealth for generations. I pressed the master for an explanation of what would happen if he failed to overcome the calamity, but he only said that heavenly secrets could not be revealed.
I could only have people carefully protect Hu'er, but she still fell into the water. My heart was broken. Later, Hu'er was unharmed, which I thought was a response to that calamity. I suppose she must have had some kind of extraordinary encounter. You said it was an ancestral intervention; perhaps that's possible, just through Hu'er's words.
Jia Daihua nodded and said:
"That Hu'er must be a blessed person. Our Jia family's ancestors are protecting her. These two things she said were not good news. They must have been meant to remind us."
Only Jia Jing, completely bewildered, said:
"What were they saying this time? Why can't I hear them this time?"
After thinking for a moment, Jia Daishan said:
"It must be distance and blood relation. Zhen'er, Zhu'er, and the others were very close to Hu'er at the time, but you were quite far away. The maids and old women were also close at the time, so they probably didn't hear anything."
Jia Jing nodded after hearing this.
Jia Daishan then said:
"Further confirmation is needed at this point."
Jia Daihua remembered what he had heard and slammed his hand on the table, saying, "You wanted to know what was said, didn't you? Let me tell you, Hu'er looked at Zhen'er and said that his son would be a fourth-rank general just like him in the future."
Jia Jing thought to himself, "That's right, by the time it was passed down to his grandson, it was only a fourth-rank title. So why is my father so angry? Is he blaming his grandsons for not working hard enough to get promoted?"
Seeing his son's expression that said, "Isn't this right?" Jia Daihua became even angrier and said:
"Later, Hu'er said that she didn't even become a fourth-rank official."
Jia Jing stood up in shock. This would definitely not be taken back easily, especially if someone committed a serious crime.
Jia Daihua, furious, said:
"The titles our ancestors fought so hard for, you worthless wretches, have squandered them. No wonder our ancestors came to warn us; it's a miracle they didn't kill us in our dreams!"
Jia Daishan quickly pulled Jia Daihua, who was so angry he was about to breathe fire, and said, "Now we know that as long as we teach them properly, this kind of thing won't happen."
Jia Zhen was also shocked. Was his son really that bad? He had even lost the family's title. No wonder his grandfather was angry, and he himself was angry too. How had he raised his son? Thinking of this, he burst into tears and went to his grandfather's side, saying:
“Grandfather, I don’t want a son anymore. He’s no good.”
His crying startled Jia Zhu, who, not knowing what to do, also started crying. The three adults looked at each other in bewilderment, and Jia Daishan helplessly tried to comfort him:
"It's none of your business, why are you crying?"
Jia Jing also handed over a handkerchief and said:
"Men bleed but don't cry. Look at you, where is your manly spirit?"
Jia Zhen wiped away his tears and said:
“I’m not a man yet, I’m still a child. My son is so bad, I don’t want to have any more children.”