ebookland Chapter 133 Fu Wanying was captured by bandits!
Chapter 133 Fu Wanying was captured by bandits!
Shen Ruyi got up the next morning and went to pay New Year's greetings to her grandmother. After that, she took her younger brother to pay New Year's greetings to her parents.
But today was the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and only his father Wei Zhendong and his elder brother Wei Wanlin were sitting in the main room.
Seeing his sister-in-law coming, Wei Wanlin quickly gave her a look, and Shen Ruyi and Wei Wanqian immediately felt something was wrong.
Why didn’t my mother come out today and sit in the main room to accept the children’s New Year greetings?
Shen Ruyi and her younger brother both knelt on the ground and respectfully wished their father a happy new year. Wei Zhendong's face looked a little bad, but when his two children wished him a happy new year, he still happily gave the children red envelopes wrapped in gold ingots to make them happy!
Shen Ruyi smiled happily: "Dad, where is my mother? Is her new dress not ready yet? I forgot to check her new dress yesterday."
Wei Zhendong's mouth twitched: "Ruyi, Daddy and your mother had a quarrel last night, and she didn't get up this morning..."
Shen Ruyi!!!
What's going on? My dad has become so brave! He even dares to quarrel with my mom now. It seems that men really become more irritable as they get older!
Wei Zhendong coughed and said, "Okay, you are all here, so let's go to the ancestral hall in the back and burn incense for our ancestors and your mother. Today is the first day of the new year..."
Shen Ruyi and Wei Wanqian both nodded. Wei Wanlin took his sister and brother and followed his father to the ancestral hall. On the first day of the new year, the Wei family's ancestral hall was filled with offerings and incense!
Shen Ruyi, feeling sad, followed her father and brothers to burn incense and kowtow to their ancestors and her deceased mother, Mrs. Wan. Then she sneaked away to find her mother.
Sure enough, her mother's eyes were swollen like walnuts. Shen Ruyi was heartbroken. She hugged her mother and began to coax her. Shen was unable to tell her daughter about her grievances.
Shen Ruyi felt really distressed. Her mother was a kind and strong person who seldom quarreled with her father. She had always been gentle and docile, taking care of her husband and children. Her father must have drunk two glasses of wine last night and started to act crazy again, right?
Shen said in a tearful voice: "Ruyi, mother wants to ask you, what's going on between you and your cousin? Do you like him?
If you like him, mother will decide to marry you to your cousin!"
Shen Ruyi...
"Mother, didn't I say that no one can decide my marriage? How can you think like that? My cousin is twenty-five, and I'm only sixteen... He's nine years older than me!
How can I marry him? Even if he likes me and I like him, we have to wait for a year or two. We can only think about the future after we have developed feelings for each other!
We've only met a few times, and you want to marry me to him?
I don't want to get married so early. Did you have a fight with my father because of this matter?"
Shen nodded and said, "Your cousin will be the emperor in the future, so he can't have you as his only wife. That's why your father didn't agree to marry you to him. He also said that I... said that I married him just to get close to him... said that I wanted to use my thoughts to send you to get close to your cousin...
Ruyi, you know that if he wasn't a good person, we wouldn't have been able to live with him. How can I not be sad when he says this to me? "
Shen Ruyi was helpless. Her mother and father had lived a good life for too long. Now they were quarreling over such a thing. Her father didn't even think about it. If he had been a peddler, why would her young and beautiful mother want to marry her to him?
"Mother, why are you and Dad arguing about something like this? Dad must have drunk too much. You can't be like him. Don't you know him? He has spoiled you like a daughter for so many years. Why do you want to be like him?
Do you remember that when he got drunk, he boasted to Uncle Dazhuang that he would leave you alone, but what happened? He almost regretted it to death, sleeping on the floor every day to take care of you when you were pregnant..."
After being persuaded by her daughter, Mrs. Shen did not sleep well last night, so she drank a glass of spiritual spring water and fell asleep in a daze.
Shen Ruyi coaxed her mother to sleep, and when she came out, she saw her father in the main room. She sat there and said with a smile: "Dad, what are you and mom arguing about? You have been married for so many years, and Wanqian is so old. It is not worth it for you to quarrel over trivial matters.
Besides, if mother had not had feelings for you, how could she have brought all her family assets and Ruyi to marry into the Duke's Mansion?
Dad, if mom didn’t live with you, do you think she would not be able to survive with her financial and material resources?
Even if my mother needed to find a man, she had plenty of food and money, so wouldn't she buy a young and handsome guy?
For example, Mr. Chen, the shopkeeper of Guangji Dental Clinic, has not remarried for all these years. If you say he doesn’t like my mother, I would never believe it even if you kill me!
So, Daddy, you and Mom, please stop arguing over such trivial matters. Honestly, Mom and I have money and food, so why should we live with you? Isn't it because you are a good person, and you treat me and my mom well?"
Wei Zhendong nodded: "Yes! Ruyi, it's all daddy's fault. Daddy drank too much last night and talked too much. I pissed off your mother. Let her sleep for a while. I'll go and coax her and talk to her in the afternoon..."
Shen Ruyi sighed helplessly. Her father was always thinking of rebellion, but he couldn't help but cowardly talk nonsense to others! It turned out that the common problem of men in the world is that they are cheap and cowardly...
Suddenly, Wei Chuang was heard reporting in the yard that the old man of the Wan family suddenly fell ill and had a high fever, and asked the Duke to go and see him!
Wei Zhendong was shocked. His master was also his father-in-law, so why did he suddenly fall ill? It was probably because his master's wife passed away a few years ago, which was a huge blow to him!
Shen Ruyi: "Daddy, go and take a look!"
Wei Zhendong immediately took his eldest son Wei Wanlin and rushed to the Wan family. The old man was in his sixties, and this illness could be a serious matter!
When Shen woke up from her nap, it was already noon. She heard her fifth uncle, who was in charge, come to report that the eldest daughter-in-law of Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang in Fulushan had given birth to a big fat boy. He came to tell her the good news and asked her to spend the New Year without worry!
Shen said happily, "Uncle Fang's family has finally had a new addition. Previously, the second daughter-in-law gave birth to two girls, and the eldest daughter-in-law also gave birth to a girl. Now they finally have a boy!"
The housekeeper's uncle said, "County Lady, Aunt Fang has asked for leave because her grandson was born. She said she will come back to serve you after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!"
After Shen sent away her fifth uncle who was in charge, she suddenly felt wronged. She had been married to the man for eight years and even gave birth to a son for him, but now he was talking about her like this. She really couldn't stand it!
Shen went to her mother-in-law's place, apologized to her and wished her a happy new year, saying that she had stayed up late the previous night and was not feeling well in the morning so she did not come to wish her a happy new year.
The old lady of the Wei family was a smart person. How could she not know that her son and daughter-in-law had a quarrel last night?
"County Lady, don't be like Zhendong. He has a bad temper, especially when he drinks. He forgets his last name. Today, his master was sick and he went to the Wan family. When he comes back, I will scold him!"
Shen smiled and said, "We are fine, don't worry, old man, your eldest daughter-in-law has given birth to a boy!
Their family has lived in Fulu Villa for so many years. The old aunt's family has been loyal to Ruyi and me. After my grandmother passed away, it was the old aunt's family who always took care of us.
This old lady has a new baby, and I am so happy too!
I plan to take Ruyi back with me later and give her some gifts to warm her heart. Over the years, the old aunt and her family have done a lot for us mother and daughter!"
Madam Wei knew that something was wrong. Her son had pissed her off, and her daughter-in-law was going back to Fulu Villa. Both mother and daughter had the same problem. If things didn't go well at home, they would run back to her parents' home, Fulu Villa. Her son would probably have to work hard to coax her back!
The old lady of the Wei family couldn't stop it either, so she could only ask Wei Dazhuang to protect the mother and daughter. Her son was just asking for trouble!
Shen Ruyi was very happy when she knew that Fang's eldest sister-in-law had given birth to a boy. At least her bucket of spiritual spring water was not wasted!
At first, the eldest sister-in-law of the Fang family had no children for many years after marriage. Later, she finally gave birth to a daughter, but the child was too big and hurt her body. There was no movement in the past few years, so she gave the eldest sister-in-law of the Fang family a bucket of water, saying that it was obtained from the temple.
Shen Ruyi also knew that her mother was upset because her father's words had irritated her. Alas!
In the afternoon, Wei Dazhuang, along with more than 30 servants and guards, escorted Shen's mother and daughter to Fulu Villa. Little Wei Wanqian had been playing with the children of the Lu family and refused to go no matter what!
As a result, when Shen Ruyi and her daughter's carriage just reached Mopanling, they met a few people who looked like servants and ran back in panic.
Shen Ruyi happened to open the car window and saw it, and asked in surprise: "What's going on? Uncle Dazhuang, ask whose family this is? They must have had an accident."
When a servant saw the fair-skinned and beautiful Shen Ruyi, he cried and said, "Oh, it's the young county princess! I am the daughter of Mr. Fu, the Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy. My eldest daughter came out to visit her deceased mother's grave today and encountered bandits who released a lost child. When we woke up, we found that the young lady and her maid Chuncao were both captured..."
Shen Ruyi and Shen Shi were horrified. Shen Ruyi said, "What? Fu Wanying was captured by the bandits!"