boyutpedia Chapter 105 Uncle Bai Shows His Power
Chapter 105 Uncle Bai Shows His Power
Wang said without any hesitation, "I am his aunt!"
Ning Cuizhi put her hands on her hips and glared back, "So what! I'm still his mother. I'm not like you, insisting on making trouble and asking him to push his brother and sister to his master!"
"With just a few words from you, you asked my son to bring his cousins over and have his master accept them as apprentices. How come I don't know that there is a reason in this world for an apprentice to order his master around?"
"I think you are jealous of the benefits my family has gained, so you deliberately do bad things to make my son disliked by his master!"
"I'm telling you, Wang Cuihua, if you dare to make up stories about my son and my future daughter-in-law again, I will immediately go find the old man, the old lady, the village head, and all the elders to seek justice for my family!"
This is what it means to make a big fuss.
Wang, who had just been beaten up by her clan and her parents-in-law, didn't dare let Ning Cuizhi report it to these people. She said, "I can't explain it clearly to you," and then left as if she was escaping.
Ning Cuizhi was so angry that she said, "What kind of person is this! She is thicker-skinned than a city wall, and she keeps making up lies one after another. I am almost mad at her to death!"
Bai Jingzhou patted his mother and said, "Don't be angry. She didn't take advantage of us."
Ning Cuizhi snorted coldly, "No, I have to go talk to your second aunt."
Since she can't cause trouble for the old man, then she can go find her sisters-in-law to fight against the weird sister-in-law, right?
Ning Cuizhi hung up the clothes quickly and then went out in a hurry.
What she didn't know was that she and Bai Jingzhou planned to let the matter end here, but Wang was not going to give up so easily.
Although she returned home dejected, she couldn't help but complain to her two sons in a low voice when her husband was not at home.
"Your father always says that his two younger brothers' families are good in this way and that way, while your uncle's are not good in this way and that way, but what is the reality?"
"Every year, our family partners with the second and third branches to farm the land, and every year, our family provides the most labor! Your third uncle is always busy treating patients, and your second uncle is even worse, he is simply a cripple who can't even use his strength."
"Mother!" Bai Jingzhou's eldest cousin Bai Jingtai's forehead was throbbing with veins. If this wasn't his biological mother, he would have wanted to kick her. He took a deep breath and patiently reasoned with Wang.
"Throughout the year, my third uncle was only called away a few times during the busy farming season."
"As for my second uncle, how can you say that about him? Wasn't it because you were pregnant with me that he joined the army? He was afraid that something bad would happen to my father, and you would become a widow, and I would lose my father, so he secretly reported his name to the head of the village?"
Not all military service and labor service can be deducted with money. Sometimes the court is extremely short of manpower, and the government or the military will not give you the opportunity to make other arrangements. Instead, they will directly impose mandatory assignments or even force men to join the army.
The time that Bai Jingtai mentioned was a special moment when the imperial court forcibly assigned Baijia Village a quota for enlistment. Following the government order, the border garrisons from various villages and towns took their men away on the same day. No matter how rich you were, you had no chance to find someone to replace you on the battlefield.
Fortunately, Uncle Bai Jingzhou was sent back soon after he joined the battlefield because of a leg injury, otherwise he would have most likely lost his life.
Because of this incident, Bai Jingzhou's father, his uncle, and his eldest cousin always felt that they owed his second uncle. After all, if the three brothers had drawn lots according to the wishes of the old couple of the Bai family, Bai Jingzhou's father and his uncle would have had a great chance of going to the battlefield.
Wang brought up the issue of Bai Jingzhou's second uncle's leg, which really touched Bai Jingtai's sore spot.
"Then, let's not talk about their family." Wang was frightened by her eldest son's ferocious expression that was on the verge of going berserk. She decisively changed the subject and said, "Let's talk about the third house."
"Your good cousin is so lucky that he has a rich man as his master, but instead of helping his own family, he rushes to wag his tail at the old Gu family!"
"Does he still care about your father, his uncle, and you cousins? Huh?"
Bai Jingtai's anger did not subside just because Wang changed the subject. When he heard her say this about Bai Jingzhou, Bai Jingtai's brows were furrowed like a small mountain.
But Wang didn't notice Bai Jingtai's anger at all, and she continued chattering.
"Your good cousin even said that the wild girl from the Gu family was just taking advantage of him. Ugh!"
"If it weren't for his help, how could that wild girl from the Gu family be so crazy and mad that she would be favored by your good cousin's mistress? Why would a rich and powerful man give her money and teach her skills?"
Bai Jingtai took a deep breath and tried not to yell too loudly.
"Jingzhou can find a good master, so why can't the girl from the Gu family find a good master as well?"
"You think it's crazy for someone to dress up as a boy and go out every day, but that's because you can see your lower eyelids from your upper eyelids. You are short-sighted and like to gossip."
"Can Jingzhou's master's wife be like you? She is a woman as capable as her husband, a heroine among women! Who knows, she may like someone like the girl from the Gu family?"
Wang was stunned by her eldest son's yelling. In the past, her eldest son not only scolded her for "being able to see her lower eyelid through her upper eyelid, being short-sighted and fond of gossiping", he had never even been in a bad manner with her.
Her mind went blank, and unprecedented panic and anger occupied her entire mind.
However, before she could lose her temper or use the word "filial piety" to pressure others, Uncle Bai Jingzhou's angry questioning voice came from behind her, "Did you go to the third brother's house to make trouble?"
Wang shuddered, her guilty eyes wandering around, "No, I didn't."
Uncle Bai Jingzhou knew she was lying as soon as he saw her expression. He roared, "Have you had too much good life? Is it your turn to get involved in the affairs between Jingzhou and the girl from the Gu family?"
"Don't say Jingzhou doesn't have the ability to influence his master and mistress's decision. Even if he does, what's wrong with him taking care of his savior and future wife?"
Wang whispered, "How can you say he's my savior? Didn't I just carry him back to the village?"
Uncle Bai Jingzhou continued to roar, "Didn't you see Jingzhou's injuries? If that girl didn't know a few tricks, do you think those villains would have left them alive?"
Wang was not convinced, "Jingzhou got into trouble on the way to see the girl's grandmother! Isn't it her duty to save Jingzhou?"
Uncle Bai Jingzhou picked up the broom beside the wall and said, "Are you talking like a human being? Ah? Don't people have to pay doctors for their treatment? Do you think everyone is the shameless one from your mother's family?"
"Besides, even if that girl never saved Jingzhou, just because she is engaged to Jingzhou now, there is nothing wrong with Jingzhou helping her family!"
Without waiting for Wang to refute, Uncle Bai Jingzhou swung his broom at her and said, "I'll say this for the last time. From now on, don't get involved in the affairs of the second and third wives!"