Chapter 966 Exploitation
Mrs. Chu was about to die, and Xia Zihan quickly told Mr. Zhuo the news.
Zhuo was startled and said with a pale face, "Ayu, where did you hear this news? Why didn't Mom get any news at all?"
"Lao San said it," Xia Zihan said.
Mrs. Zhuo immediately ordered the maid angrily, "Go quickly and bring back the monkey."
The third child was soon found.
He came back from the No. 1 Building in the World the day before yesterday. He had only played for two days and he hadn't had enough yet. He looked at Zhuo with a smile and said, "Mom, are you looking for your son? Something happened?"
"You still know when you come back? Tell me, how many meals did you have at home when you came back the day before yesterday?" Mrs. Zhuo glared at her son angrily, really wanting to slap him on the buttocks.
"Mom, didn't my son go to the street to pick out gifts for dad today?" Lao San said with aggrieved face, "It's dad's birthday soon. Didn't you say that you want to give dad a good birthday this year? My son just wanted to give it to dad." Dad prepares a gift.”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhuo's expression softened.
She asked, "What gift have you chosen?"
"Before I made a choice, I was summoned back by a decree from my mother and concubine."
The third child gave Zhuo an aggrieved look.
Of course he would not tell the truth obediently. In fact, he took Dalang, the eldest son of Princess Qinghui, to Biyue Lake to play.
"Then you didn't tell me earlier." Mrs. Zhuo's face turned red and blue, and she glared at her younger son fiercely. Seeing that his face was full of grievances, she knew that she was a little impatient, so she said, "Okay, don't say anything. Let me ask you, Third Brother, where did you get the news that your grandmother is about to die? "
The third child's expression was stunned, and then he said, "Don't you know, mother?"
"What do you know? If I knew, why would I ask you what to do?" Zhuo was so angry that she wanted to throw the rolling pin at him.
The third child grinned and said, "The day before yesterday, Dalang and I were playing on the street and met my eldest cousin. My eldest cousin told me."
His eldest cousin is Chu Jingwu.
Chu Jingwu was passing by the market on horseback when he happened to encounter a thief who stole a woman's purse. When the woman found out immediately, not only did she not get her purse back, the thief also took the opportunity to accuse the woman of being a lowly liar.
Chu Jingwu was riding on horseback and happened to be in front of her. He saw everything with his eyes. When he saw that the poor woman was about to be cornered by a thief, without saying a word, he raised his whip and whipped the thief hard.
With a whip, the thief was thrown away and fell half to death.
After Chu Jingwu testified for the woman, he dug out the purse from the thief and gave it back to the woman. The woman was grateful and knelt down to kowtow to Chu Jingwu several times.
When Lao San and Dalang happened to be nearby, they saw him. Lao San came up to say hello to his eldest cousin with a smile.
In recent years, although Chu Jingwu did not deliberately please Chu Xuanyu, he had always been in contact with the Chu family. He would send gifts to Prince Anjun's Mansion every New Year and festival, and he often went to Prince Anjun's Mansion to visit Mrs. Chu and his wife. Therefore, the third child and his wife Chu Jingwu is quite familiar.
When Chu Jingwu saw it was him, he threw the horse rope to the boy behind him, and took Lao San and Dalang to a nearby teahouse to talk.
"Mom, my eldest cousin specifically told me about my grandmother, and he also wanted to convey it to you through my mouth." Only then did the third child realize the purpose of Chu Jingqi telling him this matter.
Mrs. Zhuo didn't like Mrs. Chu and would not take the initiative to inquire about her affairs. Therefore, Mrs. Chu had been ill for a long time and Mrs. Zhuo didn't know. Now that she was seriously ill, Chu Jingwu was worried that she would not survive this year, so he wanted to tell the people in the first house, hoping that the people in the first house would send someone to take Mrs. Chu back.
Although his grandmother was small-minded and could not figure things out, and she had suffered a lot for the Zhuo family in recent years, she was the old lady of the Chu family and the nominal mother of Chu Xuanyu. The old lady Chu was still alive, so she could not Let Mrs. Chu die outside.
"You were taken advantage of, and you still laughed." Mrs. Zhuo glared at her youngest son fiercely.
The third child chuckled and said, "My eldest cousin is also good for us. If the old woman dies outside, people outside will say that our parents are unfilial. At that time, our Chu family will be innocently dragged down by the old woman's reputation."
"What old woman?" Zhuo felt itchy in her fist when she heard the word "old woman" in her son's mouth, "That's your grandmother, big or small. Go and choose a gift for your father. If you choose something your father doesn't like, Let’s see if I don’t peel off your skin.”
Zhuo raised his hand, pretending to hit him on the back of the head.
The third child tilted his body and avoided it.
He hummed and said, "I knew that the only thing in my mother's eyes was the eldest brother and sister-in-law. The second child and I were picked up from a beggar's den."
"I almost lost my life in order to give birth to you. You, an unfilial son, actually cursed me to be a beggar." Mrs. Zhuo's face darkened, and she raised her fists to chase after the third child.
The third child was laughing and joking, and after a few leaps, the person disappeared.
Zhuo didn't have Qing Gong and didn't understand martial arts, so there was no way he could catch up with him.
Zhuo was so angry that her silver teeth were almost broken.
She came back and said to Xia Zihan, "This monkey is just here to challenge me. Look how sensible your two sons are. They are just like the second child. You don't have to worry about them at all."
She was so angry that she forgot that Xia Zihan's two sons were her direct grandchildren.
Xia Zihan said with a smile, "Mom, my son is your grandson. Your grandson is sensible, and your face is as bright as mine."
"Uh... haha, look at me, I've even forgotten this." Zhuo slapped her forehead, "I'm almost mad at that brat."
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, Mrs. Zhuo mentioned the matter of picking up Mrs. Chu, "Ayu, let me see, I will send someone to the Chu family tomorrow to bring the old lady back." Chu Xuanyu is the eldest son of the Chu family. According to calculations, this Chu The family had been separated a long time ago, so Mrs. Chu had to return to the main house with Mr. Chu to support her.
When Mrs. Chu went to Chu's house and lived there for three or two months, no one dared to say that Chu Xuanyu and Mr. Zhuo were unfilial. But if Mrs. Chu were allowed to die there, then in the future, all the spit in the capital would kill them. The couple drowned.
People are like this. When Mrs. Chu was alive, no matter how mean they were to the people in their eldest family, outsiders would only view the Chu family's affairs as a show, and some people would even applaud and throw salt at the show.
But if Mrs. Chu died outside, people outside would never say that she was retribution and that she deserved her crime. They would only say that they were unfilial and would poke their spines.
Mr. Zhuo understands this truth, and so does Xia Zihan.
That night, when Chu Xuanyu came back, Zhuo discussed the matter with him.
Chu Xuanyu turned over, pressed her under him, buried his head in her neck, and said dullly, "It's up to you to decide on this matter. You can do whatever you say."
(End of chapter)