Chapter Twenty-Two: Grievance

  Jiang Nang was supported back into the house again, as a fool, she didn't need to participate in normal people's affairs.

  Jiangniang sat behind the screen, leaning against the armrest, her wide robe spread out on the ground, her hair scattered and disheveled, her expression calm and wooden. If someone were to glance over at this moment, they would surely exclaim that she looked just like a wooden puppet doll.

  But it's not certain, Zhou Liuzi turned his head and glanced inside the hall.

  "You're a fool." He pointed angrily with his hand, then looked at Cheng Erlaoye, "Can you tell lies?"

  Cheng Er Lao Ye's face stiffened, and many people rushed in from outside the door.

  "What's wrong?" asked Madame Cheng Da and Madame Cheng Er in a flurry of concern.

  Zhou Lang's followers also came over and were throwing things out of the kitchen.

  The rice jar is empty, the cabbage head has withered, and the half-dead fish are floating in the water.

  The rough servant, maidservant and half of the servants all knelt down in the courtyard.

  Zhou Lang kicked over a vat in front of him with one foot, scaring the newly arrived Madame Cheng and Second Madame into hastily retreating.

  "Surnamed Cheng, I'll call you uncle once, and this is how you treat the daughter of my aunt!" The young man shouted in rage, stretching out his hand to grasp the hilt of his sword at his waist, but found that he wasn't wearing one. He turned around and kicked a servant boy, "Bring me my sword!"

  Zhou Jiawu was tyrannical and violent, using only his fists to speak, the family tradition was like this, at this time he was still a young man with a heroic spirit, daring to do anything.

  Madam Cheng shouted for someone to hold down Zhou Liulang.

  "Sixth Master, let's talk this through, what is going on here?" she said.

  "What's going on?" Zhou Liulang said with a scowl, pointing at the scattered things on the ground. "Is this how you treat my cousin? An ordinary person can still use their hands and feet, but to let a mute and crippled fool starve, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

  Madam Cheng and Second Madam's faces turned slightly pale.

  "What's going on here?" Old Master Cheng turned around and shouted.

  The servant girls and maids immediately knelt down in unison.

  "It's all because I'm useless and couldn't take good care of my wife," said Ban Jin, sobbing.

  She didn't want to cry, but somehow, looking at the scattered leftovers on the ground, thinking of the hardships she had endured on her way back, thinking of the unease after returning home, especially thinking of that inexplicable slap in the face, she raised her head and looked at the boy standing in front of her, who seemed even taller and more upright under the sunlight.

  "If I can't protect my sister, what's the point of being a man!" He shouted angrily.

  Ban Jin's tears fell like rain.

  "It's all because of my incompetence." She knelt down on the ground and wailed.

  Mrs. Cheng has already somewhat understood what's going on, and is so angry that her whole body is shaking. She hates the maid for being deceitful and causing trouble, and she also hates the foolish servant girl for intentionally stirring up trouble. This kind of thing must have been going on for more than one or two days, why didn't they say anything? Just now when we were talking over there, it was all so lively, why didn't they mention this matter? Why did they wait until now to make a scene? What are they thinking?!

  "It's all my fault." said Madame Cheng Er.

  Zhou Lang looked at her with a few cold smiles of disdain.

  "You're the one who's going to be my stepmother? How can you be so shameless?" he said.

  Madam Cheng's face turned white with rage; if this got out, her reputation would be ruined.

  "Sixth Master, things have not been clarified yet, don't speak rashly!" Old Master Cheng shouted with a stern face.

  "As long as there's a stepmother, there's a stepfather!" Zhou Liu Lang immediately turned to him with a cold smile and said, "I just mentioned one sentence about your wife, you can't bear it. My cousin is starving and being bullied, but you're like a blind and dumb person!"

  How impolite! How impolite! This is not how a junior should behave!

  Master Cheng was so angry that his whole body was shaking, it's really a case of a scholar meeting a soldier and having no way to reason with him.

  "I originally came to see if my cousin arrived home safely, but unexpectedly the road was safe, and when I got home it was so unsafe. My young nephews are not qualified to speak..." Zhou Liulang didn't let them finish speaking, and continued coldly.

  You're not qualified to speak, it's been you talking from start to finish.

  The people of Cheng's family exclaimed in their hearts.

  "...I'll go back now and let the elders in my family come over. You elders sit together and have a good talk!" Zhou Liu Lang said, and with that, he turned his sleeve, swung his clothes and walked out in big strides.

  A junior is so arrogant, if a senior comes, can they still speak nicely? What a joke!

  Master Cheng seems to have seen a group of martial artists with a trail of dust and smoke, ferocious and evil, trampling the gates of the Cheng family.

  "Hold on, what's there to say? The wicked servant cheats his master, he should be dismissed!" He shouted with raised eyebrows.

  Saturday footsteps did not stop.

  "The young lady's mistake was due to her own carelessness, she should go to the ancestral hall to reflect on her actions!" Old Master Cheng said with a gritted teeth.

  As soon as this was said, everyone in the courtyard was shocked and looked at Madame Cheng Er.

  Zhou Lang's footsteps finally came to a stop.

  Madam Cheng bit her lower lip, feeling the surrounding gazes burning intensely, making her feel hot and uneasy.

  It was the first time she had been blamed since entering the door, and it was such a severe blame, and in front of the servants.

  How can she stand firm in her family from now on?

  "Yes." she choked out.

  "Big brother, this has nothing to do with Qingniang!" Second Master Cheng said hastily.

  "Yes, and you!" Mr. Cheng shouted, furious that Second Master was still shielding his wife at this time.

  Not even looking at what time it is! Which matter is important!

  "Big brother, Qingniang's body is not good, that... child was taken care of by Dajie." Cheng Erlaoye still said, and then lowered his head.

  Cheng Da's old face was shocked.

  Madam Cheng let out a sigh.

  Forget it, things have come to this, and both inside and outside have lost all face.

  "Yes, it's my fault, I don't care about Qingniang's affairs." She said, taking a few steps forward and slightly bowing to Zhou Liu Lang, "Liu Lang, Aunt is apologizing here."

  Zhou Lang returned the courtesy.

  "I don't care who's wrong, I just hope there won't be such mistakes in the future," he said. "Human feelings are hard to bear, and giving alms in front of a temple or reciting Buddhist scriptures is not as easy as cherishing the virtues of kinship."

  This young man is quite eloquent.

  Jiang Niang pursed her lips and lowered her gaze, her left hand slowly continuing to draw on the armrest.

  She can already write the words of this poem, why not take this opportunity to bring some books and paintings over for more practice?

  The fool's residence is not a place for good talk, and people quickly exit in a hurry. Before long, the rough servant girls were taken away by the bailiffs, without even being allowed to utter a cry of complaint. Not only they themselves, but also their families were driven out of the Cheng mansion. All the servants in the household felt a chill run down their spines, and when they looked at the fool's dwelling place again, they added a few more points of fear.

  The news quickly spread throughout the Cheng family's inner courtyard. Cheng Qiuniang, who lived in the ear room of Madame Cheng Er, sat with her knees crossed and a thoughtful expression.

  "Don't worry, Seventh Girl," the wet nurse comforted. "The mistress and Second Mistress didn't really go to the ancestral hall to reflect on their actions; those people from the Zhou family have been placated."

  Cheng Qiuniang was still somewhat dazed and distracted.

  Cheng Si Niang beside him spoke up.

  "Of course not," she said. "Aunt and Mother are the mistresses of the house, how can they possibly apologize to a junior just because some elder from the Zhou family came over?"

  The wet nurse nodded.

  "The fourth daughter is right," she said with a smile.

  Qiqi Niang put down her hands and sat on her heels, coming back to herself.

  "It's really great to have a brother like that." She said suddenly, her eyes shining, "It's really great to have such a brother."

  He spoke with a melancholy air.

  "Unfortunately, I don't have such a brother." she murmured.

  For the first time, I felt a little envious and resentful of that fool in my heart.

  What a waste for such an idiot to have such a brother!

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