Chapter 262: Envy and Resentment
Old Man Su's stepfamily didn't explain their "unintentional mistakes" to his second son, nor did he persuade his younger son to be more patient, but none of the brothers listened to her.
As her youngest son, Master Su San has been accustomed to the favor and partiality from his parents and brothers since he was a child, otherwise he would not be the current bastard.
In his eyes, Second Master Su was dismissed because Second Master Su was not cautious enough to do things himself, and people caught him embezzling and accepting bribes.
As for him and his mother worrying about the favors that Su Shen's father had exchanged for his life, Master Su San didn't think he was wrong.
Why can his father be an official and his brother can be an official, so he can only stay in the back house every day to accompany his mother?
Since this place of grace is for the Su family, why can't he rely on his own scheming to snatch it up?
As for the little cub in the big house, he is a half-grown child who has no hair, how can he be an official?
Master Su San didn't want all the men in the family to press on his head.
As for Second Master Su, in matters that have nothing to do with the overall situation, he really doesn't mind favoring his younger brother, but now that he has been dismissed from his post and never hired by the other party, this is not a trivial matter for Second Master Su.
And then there is the step-room of Old Man Su, who is his mother, and Second Master Su actually resents her very much.
When he was a child, his mother had always been strict with him in order to compete for favor with the lady of the main room at that time, but if he was not as good as Su Shen's father, his mother would definitely punish him behind his back.
At that time, he was very envious of Su Shen's father and his eldest brother.
He envies that the other party has a gentle and considerate mother, envy the other party who has never been beaten in the palm of his hand or punished for kneeling, envy that the other party can freely choose what to learn, what not to learn, what to do, and what not to do, and envy that the other party has a mother to help with fans, comb hair, polish ink, and tidy up clothes, instead of always being forced by his mother to hollow out his mind to please his father.
He knew that his mother-in-law was actually not happy, after all, if anyone had a husband who blatantly spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, no one could make himself laugh heartlessly every day.
But even so, his mother-in-law never reported her negative emotions back to her son.
She was always smiling, always whispering softly to his brother-in-law with a gentle face.
When he was a child, Second Master Su still listened to his own mother very much, and at that time he never resented his "not easy" mother.
Not only did he have no resentment, but he even buried his envy for his brother deep in his heart, and then tried his best to help his mother win the attention and favor from his father.
But if he doesn't resent when he is a child, it doesn't mean that he won't resent it when he grows up.
Especially when he grew up, he witnessed how his mother doted on Su San.
is also his own son, and he and Master Su San live two completely different days in heaven and earth.
When facing him, his mother will always force him to study, force him to please his father, and force him to compete with his brother for the limelight and interests, but when facing Su San, his mother will turn into the kind of mother he once longed for.
She will help Master Su San comb his hair and dress, patiently feed Master Su San, help him fan and repel mosquitoes, and help him polish ink and wash pens......
What he envied and looked forward to, his own mother would all of them, she just didn't use her maternal love for Second Master Su a little.
At that time, Su Er, who was already a little teenager, was uneven, complaining and complaining, but reason allowed him to control his words and expressions well.
Not only did he not show his jealousy of his younger brother and his mother's dissatisfaction, but he even favored his younger brother with his mother.
If he hadn't been dismissed from office and ruined by his mother and younger brother's family, Second Master Su would be very confident that he would spoil his younger brother and honor his mother for the rest of his life.
But now he has ushered in the greatest doom of his life because of the greed and negligence of his mother, younger brother and sister-in-law.
He studied hard for so many years, and finally took the Tongjinshi exam in one fell swoop when the new dynasty established Enke, and then he was very fortunate to be directly awarded the post of county commander by the imperial court as a Tongjinshi because of the lack of talents.
He originally thought that he would have a bright future, and he thought that he could make the Su family a real official family, but now he has nothing.
He has read so many books in vain, and he has spent so much effort to get to the top of the official in vain.
Because of the selfish interests of his mother and brother, he lost everything he had earned by his years of hard work.
How does this make Second Master Su not resent, how not to hate?
He resented and hated, and his wife and children resented and hated him even more than he did.
They were originally the wives of the official family and the young master and young lady of the official family, and when the second master Su was in office, they enjoyed the praise and compliments of others.
fell from heaven to hell overnight, and because he was dragged back by others, the wife and children of Second Master Su will naturally be full of resentment towards Old Master Su's stepfamily and Third Master Su's family.
Second Master Su's wife would not reflect on her and Second Master Su's greed for money, she only knew that if it weren't for her mother-in-law and brother-in-law's family who offended General Shen, their family would not have been stared at by all kinds of investigations.
If they hadn't been stared at and scrutinized, how could her husband have been dismissed and sent home for taking a little from someone else?
She doesn't believe that there are officials in this officialdom who don't accept the filial piety of their leaders! Why did her husband have to be dismissed and go home because of such a thing?
After all, it's not all her mother-in-law and her brother-in-law's family who are harmed!
This ancient backhouse woman doesn't have to do anything or take care of her children every day, and her brain is basically used for intrigue, and the wife of the second master Su is now even more focused on dealing with her own little uncle.
Yes, although there is a mother-in-law on the top, the wife of the second master of Su still made the wife of the third master of Su suffer a few big losses.
Su San's wife is not a vegetarian either, so the two of them fought back and forth.
Old Man Su is anxious every day because of the things outside, and when he returns home, he has to endure these messy things made by his children and grandchildren.
He has the heart to let his wife take care of his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, but his stepwife has been completely biased from the beginning.
In her heart, the most important thing is, of course, the sweet little son, followed by the little grandson that the younger son gave birth to her.
Others, such as the eldest son, the eldest grandson, several granddaughters, and several grandchildren, are unevenly ranked in the third priority in her heart.
At the bottom of the line, of course, are her two daughters-in-law.