allonlinenovel Chapter 476 What a pity!
Chapter 476 What a pity!
Lu Mingxi revealed a playful smile.
He wasn't in a hurry, so he simply dragged a small stool down and sat down, ready to have a proper talk with Jiang Yunze.
Although he had been to Jiangzhou several times, this was his first time visiting Taoxi Village.
When he saw the dilapidated house with his own eyes, he was shocked. It was even worse than the house they lived in during their exile.
At least their roof didn't have any holes, and they still had plenty of able-bodied men in the house.
As for my aunt, she was a woman raising three children alone in this dilapidated house. I have no idea how she managed to survive.
Jiang Yunze, that bastard, deserves to die!
He suppressed the urge to kick him: "Don't you know how despicable you are? The suffering you're going through now is nothing compared to what your aunt and cousin went through back then. And you still have the nerve to call him your son."
"Then... can you blame me?"
Jiang Yunze's face was dark, and he was clenching his back teeth tightly.
He stared at Lu Mingxi.
Lu Mingxi pretended not to see it and relayed every word of her cousin Jiang's instructions to Jiang Yunze.
"If I don't blame you, who else can I blame? You know what's going on. I think you're really eager to know what's happening in the capital..."
"What a coincidence! I received a letter from Yan-ge yesterday. I have some good news for you: Feng-ge is back. The new emperor has appointed him as the commander of the Palace Guard. This is an official position where you can see the emperor every day. I'm quite envious, aren't you? I heard that it used to be difficult for you to even see the emperor."
Jiang Yunze's face turned extremely ugly.
"As for Yan-ge'er, that's great news too! Yan-ge'er passed the imperial examination with flying colors..." Lu Mingxi said excitedly, her eyebrows dancing with joy: "Do you know what 'triple top scholar' means? Yan-ge'er became the top scholar in the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy directly."
He raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Yunze with disdain and contempt.
“I remember that you only managed to become a minor official in the Ministry of Rites by relying on my aunt and grandfather. Your two cousins are much more successful than you.”
Jiang Yunze, who was originally gritting his teeth in anger, now revealed a hint of smugness: "No matter how successful he is, he is still my son, and he brings glory to my Jiang family."
Lu Mingxi smiled and said, "Hehe, that's not necessarily true."
"What do you mean?"
"This is another thing I want to tell you, son. The two brothers have petitioned the Emperor to sever ties with the Jiang family. From now on, they will have no connection with the Jiang family, regardless of honor or disgrace. They are now surnamed Lu, and they will bring glory to our Lu family. As for your son, you do have another one. I heard he shaved his head and became a monk."
After Lu Mingxi finished speaking, she felt incredibly relieved.
I felt refreshed and all the fatigue from traveling for days disappeared.
"Impossible, they can't leave the Jiang family, they can't..."
Even if he hated them, they were still his two most successful children, and he was still hoping that Feng'er would come to see him.
Jiang Yunze's chest heaved violently, his face flushed red, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Falling to the ground with a crash.
"Quick, find him a doctor and put it on his tab." Lu Mingxi was afraid of being ripped off, so she took several steps back.
He grabbed the IOU and quickly ran away.
He's already so weak; he'll suffer later.
Lu Mingxi had just left.
The villagers actually invited a doctor.
Jiang Yunhu, Liu Yuniang, and the village chief Fu's family also came.
Grandma Jiang didn't dare to utter a sound. She had been mean to Jiang Yunhu in the past, and she and Jiang Yunhu's mother were like oil and water. They had often quarreled and argued over food and wild vegetables, and had even fought each other.
Looking at Jiang Yunhu's leg, although it's no longer lame, she's still afraid of it now.
She was terrified that the boy would retaliate against her.
There's also Jiang Fu, the clan chief and village head of Taoxi Village. She even embezzled the money that Zege'er had sent back to build the ancestral temple and shrine.
I once thought I would never see this person again in my life, and that we would never see each other again.
Now everything is right in front of her.
She felt guilty, scared, and panicked!
How will these people retaliate against her?
Jiang Yunhu was always a man of few words, and he had nothing to say to this aunt who had broken his leg.
Even questioning her felt like a waste of time.
Perhaps his anger has long been soothed by his current life, and the trauma of his family has been healed by his younger siblings and nephews.
Even though his two sons no longer bore the surname Jiang, they remained blood relatives in his heart.
Whether the mother and child in front of him live or die is none of his concern.
Jiang Yunhu glanced at the person on the bed who had just opened his eyes: "You... better watch yourself."
After saying that, he walked away.
"elder brother……"
Jiang Yunze opened his mouth, but all the words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them.
He wanted to apologize to his cousin, with whom he had grown up since childhood. He was unaware of the broken leg, and it was not his intention.
When I saw my mother by the bedside.
He just couldn't bring himself to say it.
Jiang Yunhu didn't want to talk, but Liu Yuniang had a lot to say, and she got angry just thinking about what happened back then.
He was filled with resentment.
She put her hands on her hips, pointed at the two of them, and launched into a tirade of abuse, from Jiang Yunze's ingratitude to his mistreatment of his wife and children, and recounted everything Lu Qingyao had experienced here: paying off his debts, her children being kidnapped, and being harassed by his concubine, etc.
She gave them both a thorough dressing-down, scolding them for the entire afternoon until her mouth was parched.
He was too tired to curse anymore, so he sat in his chair and glared at the two of them.
"I'm telling you, you two are like dead pigs that aren't afraid of boiling water anymore. There's no point in saying anything more. I'm too lazy to scold you anymore. Just fend for yourselves."
Liu Yuniang patted her bottom and prepared to leave, but she was still not satisfied and turned back after taking a few steps.
Pointing to the large brick and tile house next door, he said, "See that? That's Qingyao's house. Don't even think about taking any of the fruits and vegetables on the courtyard wall. I have dogs, so don't expect me to sympathize with you. Even if those things rot on the ground, I won't give them to you to eat."
After saying that, he turned and left.
This really infuriated Jiang Yunze and his mother.
They thought the house next door belonged to a wealthy family who had moved there from somewhere.
Actually...
It was actually Lu Qingyao's.
That house is empty, yet they're forced to live in this dilapidated place. How outrageous!
Before the two could even react, Uncle Fu spoke up: "Ze-ge'er, how could you be so blind and heartless? Such a good wife and son, and you just let them go like that. If you hadn't mistreated them back then, the two children would be bringing glory to the family now, and the Jiang family might even be one of the most prominent families in Jiangzhou. With such a capable wife and such good children, so many people would envy you. What a pity!"
"Pity!"
Uncle Fu let out a long sigh.
The glory that should have belonged to the Jiang family was squandered by this kid.
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