Chapter 734 Recognize the Facts
Xia Shiming felt guilty because he helped Aunt Guo upright and beheaded her first with Mrs.
The maid's words were given to him just under the steps, and he followed Guo out together.
In the afternoon, Xia Shiming was worried about my mother's illness. After Mr. Xia came back from the Yamen, he hurriedly went to find him. He was worried about my mother's health.
Mr. Xia also had a sad look on his face, "Second brother, my mother's illness is just like that. Doctor Bai has been invited, so what else can we do?"
"Doctor Bai said that my mother was angry in her heart. When she got angry, she hurt her throat and her mouth was full of blood blisters. You also know my mother's temper. She is so strong. Hey, she can't tolerate us even a little bit. violation.”
These words somewhat meant to blame Xia Shiming.
But he also knew Xia Shiming's dilemma.
Xia Shiming has already married two wives, and he is getting older. The year before last, he was implicated in Xia Ziying's incident and was demoted two levels. Even if he married again, it would be difficult for him to marry a suitable legitimate daughter from a slightly better family. It was impossible to marry Xia Shiming as his stepmother, but if he married a girl from a poor family, or a girl from a small family, it would be better to straighten Aunt Guo up.
Aunt Guo's brother has already entered the official ranks and is now a sixth-rank official. Her two nephews are also good at school. It only takes a few years for the Guo family to live well.
The Guo family comes from a scholarly family with a clean family tradition, and the Guo family's uncle is an upright and upright person. Maybe the Guo family's uncle's career will advance faster than theirs. By then, they will not be as good as the Guo family's uncle. .
Uncle Guo's career was smooth and he was from a well-educated family. He couldn't let Aunt Guo remain an aunt beside Xia Shiming for the rest of her life.
If Mrs. Xu was still there, occupying the position of Xia Shiming's legitimate wife, it would be reasonable not to straighten her up. But after Mrs. Xu was divorced, Xia Shiming's legitimate wife's position would be empty, so it would be unjustifiable not to straighten Aunt Guo up.
If Xia Shiming marries another person, and someone who is not as good as Aunt Guo, not only the Guo family, but also outsiders will spit on Xia Shiming's head.
Therefore, Mr. Xia felt that Xia Shiming did the right thing and helped Aunt Guo to stand upright. His mother did not agree, which was being arrogant and unreasonable.
However, if you just think about it in your heart, it would be unfilial to say it out loud.
After Mr. Xia scolded Xia Shiming for a few words, he saw a look of self-blame and guilt on his face, and comforted him, "Don't be sad. My mother suffered this time, which was something no one expected. I can't blame you. You are right." , if you want to say it’s wrong, mother shouldn’t be so angry, hey... forget it, let’s not talk about it, we sons can’t talk about our parents.”
Even if the parents have done something wrong, the son cannot speak out. If he speaks out, that would be unfilial.
Xia Shiming responded with a few yeses. Looking at his expression, he still felt guilty for Mrs. Xia.
In the evening, he took the initiative to go to Mrs. Xia's house and took the initiative to serve Mrs. Xia to drink porridge.
When Mrs. Xia saw him, she still had an appetite. She pursed her lips and refused to drink. Her eyes stared at him as if she were an enemy.
Xia Shiming coaxed her for a while, apologized, cried, and begged her to eat. Seeing that he had given in and felt guilty, Mrs. The porridge was knocked to the ground, and then he rushed forward, scratching, hitting and scratching Xia Shiming.
No one expected this unexpected situation. No one expected that Mrs. Xia would suddenly go crazy and beat Xia Shiming.
When the surrounding servants reacted and came to pull Mrs. Xia away, Xia Shiming's face was left with several paw prints.
When Mrs. Xia saw that he was in a mess, she grinned, as if Xia Shiming was not doing well, which made her very happy.
Xia Shiming was stunned by her.
She was really stunned.
He originally thought that if he came to me and begged me, she would eventually forgive him. After all, he was her biological son. However, he never expected that my mother would actually attack him and scratch his face regardless.
He was going to school the day after tomorrow, how could he go with his face hurt like this?
This is not important. The most important thing is that he is my biological son. How can I bear to treat him like this?
He knew that my mother had always favored the third child and respected the eldest son, but she was a little harsh on him.
But he didn't expect that he would be so harsh. How old is he? He was pushed to the ground and beaten by my mother. It was the same as beating an enemy. Was he an enemy?
Did he hold Aunt Guo upright, so he committed a heinous crime?
He helped Aunt Guo upright, what was wrong with her?
Aunt Guo is virtuous and honest. She takes good care of him and gave birth to a son. Why do I dislike her?
Is it because he made his own decision to marry a wife that even my mother doesn’t like?
As for Mrs. Xu, it was my mother who made the decision to marry him, so she liked her, but as for Mr. Xu, huh... not even the dust in Guo's fingernails could compare to her.
Xia Shiming struggled to stand up and looked at Old Mrs. Xia. He happened to see Old Mrs. Xia smiling happily when she saw him in a mess.
Suddenly, Xia Shiming felt sad.
He treated my mother wholeheartedly, but in the end, she wished he had a bad life.
Is this still his mother?
Thinking about the harsh discipline my mother had given him over the past decades, she also lied to him that the Xia family was only beautiful on the surface, but in fact life was extremely difficult. She also told him not to think about supporting the family no matter how difficult it was during his tenure.
He was honest and thought that his mother would not lie to him, so he believed her and took her seriously.
He had been in office for more than ten years and lived a life of poverty. No matter how difficult it was, he never asked for money from his family.
There were several times when the family couldn't get rid of the pot. It was Aunt Zhang who took two maids to embroider handkerchiefs and sent them to shops on the street to sell them in exchange for some money to buy rice for the family.
However, when I returned home this time, I met the third child and a few friends who went to a large restaurant for dinner. One meal cost hundreds of taels of silver, all of which was taken from the account of the missing Xia family.
Also, when he was chatting with the third child, the housekeeper came to report that the clothes were delivered by a tailor shop and he stopped by to collect cash.
It was a piece of clothing that the third child bought outside.
A piece of clothing cost three hundred taels of silver, which was his salary for nearly a year. He had never worn such expensive clothing in his life, but the third child bought it when he said he wanted to, and it was also the Xia family's account.
He was not greedy for the third son's money, but... the Xia family's life was obviously not tight, but his mother always told him how difficult and tight the Xia family's life was. It's to ask him to live a frugal life, don't waste a penny, and don't always think about spending the family's money.
Later, he accidentally learned from the housekeeper that when the boss took office in another place, the Xia family would take out three thousand taels of silver from the official account every year and send someone to send it to the boss to spend.
The third child also knew about this money, but he was the only one who didn't know about it.
He had been working in other places for more than ten years, but the Xia family had never given him a single tael of money for flowers.
(End of chapter)