Chapter 165: What My Aunt Thinks
Zheng Xiupeng looked at the silver in his hand, he didn't plan to go to Aunt Jiang's side, he had always known his aunt's temperament, and when he went, he looked at each other without saying a word, and they were silent with each other.
It's just that this time he saw that Zheng Xiuyu was valued again, Zheng Xiupeng's heart still couldn't stand the sourness, so he walked quickly towards Aunt Jiang's yard, Uncle Zheng's aunts were arranged alone in a courtyard, because the housemother Li was noisy, and she didn't let them go to ask for peace on weekdays, but only let them stay in the yard.
It stands to reason that according to Aunt Jiang's background and her status as a concubine, she should occupy a good position in these courtyards, but Zheng Xiupeng passed through these courtyards and finally arrived in a slightly simple courtyard.
When he arrived outside the courtyard, Zheng Xiupeng's footsteps paused, and he seemed to be a little hesitant, but soon he still entered the courtyard, and when he arrived in the room, he saw that Aunt Jiang was copying books alone, and she was dressed very plainly, without any colorful jewelry, just holding her hair with a plain silver hairpin.
Zheng Xiupeng couldn't help but pause, and Aunt Jiang heard the movement, but she didn't raise her head, continued to copy in her hand, and then asked in a low voice:
"How? But give the things to the young master, can he take them?"
Zheng Xiupeng just looked at Aunt Jiang, and then Aunt Jiang, who didn't wait for a reply, couldn't help but look up, but when she saw Zheng Xiupeng coming, she couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise on her face, and then she happily got up and pulled Zheng Xiupeng to sit down.
But Zheng Xiupeng looked at this humble environment, couldn't help frowning, and said to Aunt Jiang:
"Didn't you tell your aunt to prepare more things when you came here before? You are a good concubine, and you gave birth to a young master for the Zheng family, why is the layout here not as good as a connecting room? Isn't it true that those subordinates saw that their aunt had a good temper and deliberately slighted them?"
As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Xiupeng couldn't help but feel a little angry, he couldn't help but slapped the table and got up, wanting to ask which people were waiting, but Aunt Jiang pulled him to sit down, poured him another cup of tea, and then said softly:
"They didn't take anything lightly, don't get me wrong, it's just that I've always liked something simpler, don't be angry, come, have some tea."
Zheng Xiupeng took the tea but didn't come to drink it, but put it aside, and then looked at Aunt Jiang unhappily and said:
"Auntie, you are really, you have always known that your father likes some bright colors, why do you still dress up like this? No wonder my father dotes on my third brother's aunt more, his background is not as good as mine, and now with my father's attention, he actually wants two shops to manage.
As for me, when my eldest brother went out, I also got a little attention, but my eldest brother just came back, and these shops and the like had to be handed over to him. No wonder those subordinates worship high and low, auntie, you have to make others look at it yourself."
Zheng Xiupeng really hated iron and steel, but Aunt Jiang's background was a good concubine, and she had been favored since she joined the Zheng family, after all, she had excellent looks and gentle temperament.
However, Aunt Jiang has always behaved very woodenly, the whole person shrunk, Uncle Zheng couldn't help but be a little tired, and turned to spoil those new favorites who are not as good as Aunt Jiang in appearance, but have quite a lot of means, when Zheng Xiupeng was still young, he also thought that his aunt would not please, but just waited for Zheng Xiupeng to get older, but he knew that Aunt Jiang was a sweetheart.
At that time, her family deliberately sent a beauty in order to please the Zheng family, but Aunt Jiang already belonged to her heart, but she could only obey the family, she didn't like Uncle Zheng, so her attitude was very cold, she didn't like to compete for favor, seeing that the aunts were competing for favor with each other, everyone was competing for Uncle Zheng's little favor.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Jiang did the opposite, not only did not compete for favor, but deliberately found the most remote yard to stay, and even secretly gave each other some things with the childhood sweetheart, but the two of them did not act too much, but Zheng Xiupeng still forced the two of them not to get along.
After all, according to Uncle Zheng's temperament, if he knew that his aunt was secretly involved with other men, he would definitely be very angry
Angry, according to Uncle Zheng's attitude of liking anger, I am afraid that he will definitely make a move to toss, and when the time comes, whether it is Aunt Jiang or that man, or his second son, I am afraid that he will be angry.
So Zheng Xiupeng immediately made a decision and talked to Aunt Jiang openly and honestly, and finally Aunt Jiang chose to stop contacting that person, but since then, Aunt Jiang doesn't like to go out even more, she stays in the yard in a daze all day long, and she doesn't want to go out to meet people.
Therefore, Uncle Zheng dislikes her more and more, and he is also indifferent to Zheng Xiupeng, plus he already has a new favorite next to him, so he will not come to see Aunt Jiang, and Aunt Jiang has fallen out of favor since then.
But Aunt Jiang doesn't seem to be lost, and even a little self-satisfied, those people see that she is not favored, and deliberately deduct her usefulness, but Aunt Jiang has no reaction, just plainly deducted by them, she doesn't like to go out to socialize all day.
Similarly, those aunts see that although she is a good concubine, she is not favored, let alone competent, and her temperament is weak, so they are too lazy to spend more energy to take care of her.
It's just that Zheng Xiupeng is unwilling to be like this, he has always boasted that he is the second son, except that his identity may not be as good as Zheng Xiuyu, he is not worse than the other party, so he is becoming stronger and more competitive, always wanting to get the attention of Uncle Zheng and Master Zheng, and also thinking about befriending the rest of the Zheng family.
It's just that he is shy in his pocket, Aunt Jiang seems to know Zheng Xiupeng's embarrassment, she didn't stop it, she just gave him her body for several days, and she didn't spend much on the monthly expenses, she usually handed it over to Zheng Xiupeng to let him go out to do something, Aunt Jiang knew that she was cowardly, and this was the only thing she could give the other party.
Zheng Xiupeng saw that Aunt Jiang was still silent under his angry reprimand, the other party didn't seem to have taken these to heart all along, whether Uncle Zheng came or he didn't come, it didn't matter to Aunt Jiang, she didn't look forward to each other's stay like those aunts.
Speaking of which, Aunt Jiang and his mother-in-law Li are somewhat similar, both of them have a rather cold attitude towards their husbands, and they don't care if the other party is a concubine or a new favorite, as long as they don't bother her.
But Zheng Xiupeng doesn't understand, what kind of identity is Mrs. Zheng's Li, and what kind of identity is Aunt Jiang? The reason why his mother-in-law didn't care was because the other party had a good family background, and knew that no matter what, Uncle Zheng didn't dare to cause trouble with those concubines, and even could only respect her like a guest. z.br>
But Aunt Jiang, she has nothing to rely on, but she still has this posture, I don't know whether to call her stupid or naïve.
"Auntie, can you talk to the child, stop copying these things, don't you think the child is as important as this? Do you know where we are now, I am a concubine, the eldest brother will inherit a lot of family business as a son-in-law, but I am impermanent, waiting for the future when the family is separated, it is just a little bit of the industry out.
So how can it compare to being flattered in the Zheng family? Don't you know, auntie? Can't you help a bunch of children to please their father and get his support, do you see the third brother's aunt? Auntie, what are you doing?"
Looking at Zheng Xiupeng's somewhat reddened eyes, Aunt Jiang sighed slightly, then raised her head to look at the other party, and after a while, she whispered:
"But that's because your eldest brother is a sister-in-law, these are what he deserves, and I'm just an aunt, we should keep our duty, no matter what, the eldest lady has been good to us, neither deducted anything, nor pressed me not to let me see you, compared to other housewives, she is already very generous, do you understand? Xiu Peng."
"Auntie, you always say this, you only say this, can you say anything else besides this? Why should I be casual?
Which of the younger brothers at the bottom is like this, no, they are all fighting, in such a big family, only by competing can we get more resources, like my aunt, you blindly retreat, will become trampled on by everyone, auntie, you don't understand, you don't understand, you don't understand how I climbed up step by step as a concubine? How did I get my grandfather's attention?
You don't understand, you only know how to copy these things, in that case, Xiu Peng won't bother his aunt
Now, you can copy it here in peace."
After that, Zheng Xiupeng flicked his sleeves and left, Aunt Jiang looked at him and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but she could only sigh softly, her identity was really embarrassing, and every time she wanted to say something to Xiupeng, the other party heard it, but she would only be more angry, the two of them had already been estranged.
Aunt Jiang could only stand in place, watching Zheng Xiupeng leave angrily, and then Aunt Jiang looked at the surrounding scenery, remembering the heartbeat of seeing her childhood sweetheart when she was young, at that time she wanted to marry each other as his wife, even if it was to eat chaff vegetables, as long as they could stay with each other plainly.
But the family saw that her appearance was getting better and better, how could they be willing to let her marry a poor boy, and knew that Uncle Zheng had always liked beauty, so they sent her to please Uncle Zheng, and Aunt Jiang has been staying here since then, but who has asked her if she is willing?
Zheng Xiupeng asked Aunt Jiang to please Uncle Zheng, but Aunt Jiang knew that the other party had never liked her, and the little favor she had before was just fresh, and she didn't want to please the other party like this.