Chapter 42: The Madman
Yan Niang gave birth to two male grandchildren for the Jiang family in one fell swoop, which became the most lively topic of conversation in Lingjiang Town. When it comes to this second-married lady of Zhixian, no one does not envy her good fortune, and what's more, she will go around the door of Jiang's house a few times every day, in order to be able to contaminate the good fortune of some blessed people.
The twins were born in winter, and in order to prevent the children from being frozen, the baptism ceremony was simply done. The Jiang family, including Yan Niang's biological mother, unanimously agreed that the full moon wine should be grand.
On the day of the full moon, in addition to the invited relatives and friends and neighbors, there were also many uninvited guests, Jiang Yucheng set up a few tables of banquets in Jufu Building to invite male guests. The female dependents gathered at the Jiang family, one to celebrate Lord Jiang's joy and Lin'er, and the other to see the twins of the Zhixian family and get a little joy.
Lingjiang Town has not given birth to twins for decades, and when Yan Niang and Jiang Mu came out with a big red swaddling baby, everyone rushed forward to watch. I saw that in the big red swaddling clothes, two identical little faces were asleep, faded from the red of birth, and their faces were white and tender.
The brothers seemed to feel the excitement of the outside world, the one on the left pouted and made a humming sound, and then the one on the right also pouted and was dissatisfied, and the same action was amazing.
Jiang's mother was afraid that too many people would disturb the baby grandchildren, so after letting them meet the guests, she carried the two children to the back.
People who have seen the twins are very envious, and some women praise and say: "Look at the faces of the two sons, the heavenly court is full, the earth is round, and it will be the life of an official in the future."
As soon as she finished speaking, someone next to her chimed in: "Little sons are really blessed, they were born into official families, how can others have such ability." β
"If you want me to say, it's better for Mrs. Jiang's life. After marrying Lord Jiang, her husband was considerate and her mother-in-law was kind, and now she gave birth to twin sons, plus the daughter in front of her, isn't it a rich life for both children and daughters. β
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Ge Xiucai's lady stood in the crowd, listening to everyone's unhesitating praise and welcome to the twins and Yan Niang, and her heart was as bitter as eating a yellow lotus. If her Fang Niang is still alive, where is Nie's turn to be proud, everything she has is snatched from her daughter's hands.
At this moment, she hated her husband's original decision, if they were forced to agree to bury Fang Niang in the ancestral grave of the Jiang family, Fang Niang would not be buried alone in the desolate mountain, and there would not even be anyone to worship incense.
Thinking like this, a bold thought slowly rose in her heart.
After the full moon wine ended, the guests dispersed one after another, and after Jiang Mu and Yan Niang saw off the guests, they noticed that Ge Xiucai's lady had not left.
Because of her guilt towards Ge Fangniang, Jiang's mother treated Ge Xiucai's mother very politely.
She personally poured her a cup of tea, "It's all because the old woman is busy and dizzy, if there is any rudeness, please forgive the showman." β
Ge Xiucai's mother hurriedly waved her hand, indicating that she didn't care, she looked at Jiang's mother, opened her mouth several times in a row, and didn't have the courage to say her proposal.
Seeing her hesitation, Mother Jiang asked directly, "Does the talented lady have something to tell me?" β
Ge Xiucai held the handkerchief tightly in her hand and nodded under the gaze of Jiang's mother.
"Old lady, there are some things that I really can't say, but for the sake of my hard-working daughter, I still want to discuss them with you."
Mother Jiang and Yan Niang were very surprised, Ge Fangniang has been dead for almost two years, what does Ge Xiucai's mother mean?
Ge Xiucai took a deep breath and said: "Old lady, you also know that if it wasn't for the Jiang family to propose, my daughter would not have died at a young age, although Lord Jiang promised my husband that he would take care of my family in the future, but I still can't rest assured that my Fang Niang."
Now that Lord Jiang has married another bride and has a pair of sons, poor my daughter is buried alone in the ground, and there is no one to inherit the incense. Old lady, I hope you can come forward to welcome Fang Niang's tablet into the Jiang family, and record one of the little sons in her name, so that she can have a descendant to inherit the incense, which can be regarded as this evil fate. β
"No, I don't agree." Before Jiang's mother could recover from the shock, she listened to Yan Niang's refusal without hesitation, "My child will never recognize other women as mothers." β
Ge Xiucai's eyes were red, and she pointed at Yan Niang and said, "Nie, I didn't talk to you, I asked for the old lady's opinion, and you are not qualified to refuse." β
Yan Niang snorted coldly, "I gave birth to the child, why am I not qualified to call the shots?" It's you, who are you from the Jiang family, and what qualifications do you have to reprimand me? β
Ge Xiucai's mother was so choked by her that she couldn't speak, she looked at Jiang's mother with a sad face, "Old lady, look at the Nie family's attitude towards the elders, she gave birth to two sons, just so rude, don't you care?" β
Mother Jiang looked at the thin woman in front of her, and for the first time in her heart, she had emotions other than guilt and pityβdisgust. Ge Fangniang was indeed killed when she got married, but the real culprit is her sister-in-law, if it weren't for the forced separation of this pair of children by their Ge family, where would this tragedy happen.
Ge Xiucai's wife didn't know what Jiang's mother was thinking, and she was still forcing her to agree to her proposal. Mother Jiang shook her head, "At the beginning, Ge Xiucai proposed to let my son take care of your eldest man, and Ge Fangniang would not enter the door of my Jiang family, but now that you bring up the old matter again, I will not agree." β
"Old lady, how can you be so ruthless, I don't ask for much, just so that my Fang Niang can have a place to stay, and you refuse to agree to this request?"
"You are a strong man's difficulty, I can't agree."
"Old lady." Ge Xiucai's wife shouted bitterly: "Fang Niang's death, the Jiang family is also responsible, you are so ruthless, aren't you afraid of retribution to your descendants?" β
Her words made Jiang's mother change her face, Ge Xiucai's mother was cursing her children and grandchildren, thinking of this, Jiang's mother didn't want to bear it anymore, and said with a blushing face: "You get out of here, my Jiang family can't tolerate a vicious person like you." β
Yan Niang was also angry, and after her mother-in-law spoke, she pulled Ge Xiucai's clothes and dragged them out. Ge Xiucai's mother kept struggling: "Nie, you let go of me, let go of me." β
Yan Niang ignored it, pushed her out of the door, and then slammed the door shut.
Ge Xiucai's lady sat down against the gate and cried loudly, attracting the people around to stop and watch. When Jiang Yucheng came back, he saw a circle of people outside his gate, pointing and pointing without knowing what was going on.
His heart tightened, and he hurriedly stepped forward, and someone next to him recognized him and shouted: "Master Jiang is back, everyone let go." β
The people automatically got out of the way, Jiang Yucheng walked over, and the woman who was surrounded by the crowd also heard it and raised her head to look at him. This woman looked a little familiar, and Jiang Yucheng thought for a while before remembering that this was Ge Xiucai's wife who almost became his mother-in-law.
When the lady Ge Xiucai saw him, she suddenly knelt in front of him and cried loudly: "Lord Jiang, you have pity on my hard-working daughter, please give her a place to stay, so that she can be worshiped by the incense of future generations." β
Jiang Yucheng frowned, "What do you mean by this?" β
Mrs. Ge Xiucai repeated what she had said to Jiang's mother before, and Jiang Yucheng was annoyed when she heard it, "The conditions for compensating the Ge family were set two years ago, and I will never agree to what you mention now." β
The onlookers were surprised when they heard Ge Xiucai's words, many people thought she was delusional, and some people thought it was normal for her to have this kind of thought, after all, Ge Fangniang almost became the county magistrate's wife.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion around, and even Jiang Mu and Yan Niang were shocked.
Enthusiastic people went to inform Ge Xiucai, and when Ge Xiucai arrived with several sons, Jiang Yucheng's temper was on the verge of exploding.
"Ge Xiucai, do you want to regret it?" He looked at Ge Xiucai with a calm face.
Ge Xiucai wiped the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Jiang, I have no such intention, it's all insider nonsense, don't believe her." He had heard a little about it on the way here, and he didn't expect her to cause such a big disaster.
After hearing Ge Xiucai's words, Jiang Yucheng's face softened a little, "Since there is no repentance, then bring people back, I don't want such a thing to happen again." β
Ge Xiucai nodded again and again, giving the eldest son a look, and the father and son carried Ge Xiucai and his wife to go home.
Ge Xiucai's mother was unwilling, and roared exhaustedly: "Let go of me, let go of me, my Fang Niang is the county lady, my Fang Niang gave birth to a pair of sons, and my Fang Niang is the most blessed person." Nie, it's all you, it's all you who robbed my daughter of everything, it's you, it's you..."
Everyone present, including Jiang Jiang's family, was shocked by her crazy appearance, and they felt that Ge Xiucai's mother was afraid that she was stunned. Ge Xiucai's face was flushed in a hurry, he covered his wife's mouth stiffly, and scolded: "You are crazy, you can talk nonsense, I think you broke your brain two days ago." β
After speaking, he apologized to Jiang Yucheng, "Lord Jiang, the insider's brain is not clear, those words just now were all nonsense from her, and our Ge family has no such thoughts." β
Ge Xiucai's eldest son also said: "My mother fell and hit her head two days ago, and she may be a little unconscious, so please let Master Jiang spare her." β
Jiang Yucheng stood with his hands behind his back and didn't say a word. The crowd of onlookers fell silent, and everyone was wondering how Jiang Yucheng would deal with this matter. Yan Niang was afraid that he would be difficult to do, so she took the initiative to stand up, "Here, I want to make two things clear, one is that the people of Lingjiang Town know that when I married Master Jiang, Little Lady Ge had been dead for two years, and there was no such thing as me robbing her of her marriage; Second, my two sons were conceived and born in October, and as long as I was in the day, I would never allow them to call other women mothers. β
After speaking, he walked in front of Ge Xiucai's lady, leaned into her ear and said: "Ge Xiaoniang was killed by you, who was a mother, if you hadn't been so decisive to prevent her from meeting Yu Sanbao, Yu Sanbao would not have died, and the Fang family would not have poisoned Ge Xiaoniang in order to avenge her son." So, it was your prejudice and love vanity that buried her young life, and no one else is to blame. β
Ge Xiucai's eyes were scarlet, and after hearing Yan Niang's words, she suddenly let out a terrible shout: "Fang Niang was not killed by me, not me..."