Chapter 181: Bringing Back
"I, I was also thinking, if he really becomes an official, our family’s life would be easier, right? At home now, the old are old, the young are young, we’ve put in money, maybe in the future he could protect you all a bit—" Wang Laozhu still wanted to explain.
"Dad, you don’t need to say anything; we all know. But seeing how Second Brother is, harboring resentment against the family for a long time, once he becomes an official, and it’s in a different place, who will remember us then? When our home has neither house nor land, how will the family get by? Could it be that we’ll go to Second Brother for refuge? His wife’s parents spent real silver, can they give up their place for our family? Moreover, we are just from a peasant background, even if Second Brother was willing to take us in, we wouldn’t understand the ways of the official circles, and if by chance we said the wrong thing, made a mistake, and offended a Noble Patron, and implicated Second Brother, we might not even know how we died! It’s still better to stay honest in Qilidun, to have enough to eat and to be warm, which is better than anything!" Wang Yongzhu laid out the consequences directly in front of Wang Laozhu and everyone else without any courtesy.
Wang Laozhu sighed and did not speak again, turning over and lying down on the kang.
It seems that although he had accepted it rationally, emotionally he still felt it was a pity.
Wang Yongzhu did not bother with him. Wang Laozhu, in fact, was also afraid and worried inside; otherwise, when he woke up from his drunken stupor, if he had really made up his mind to support Wang Yongan, he would not have hesitated at home and would have gone after him already. It was just that he couldn’t get over the emotional hurdle.
He would understand if he thought it through by himself.
So she took Old Granny Zhang and left the room.
Lady Jiang had already prepared breakfast, spreading out the pancakes filled with fresh green onions, and also made a small pot of noodle soup with tiny dumplings, sprinkled with a layer of chopped green vegetable leaves on top, made especially for Wang Yongfu.
When the breakfast was brought to the table, seeing Old Granny Zhang sit down ready to eat, they dared not sit down. Wang Laozhu had not come out yet, and they could only stand.
It was Wang Yongzhu who took a pancake, nibbling on it while comforting, "Just leave two for Dad; he drank a lot last night and definitely won’t have an appetite this morning. Didn’t you see he’s still not feeling well and lying down? He’ll be better after he recovers. Let’s eat first!"
Just then, they saw Wang Yongzhu having pushed Wang Laozhu back to lie down on the kang, not daring to lose his temper with his daughter, so the rest of them, where would they dare go against Wang Yongzhu’s words? They all obediently sat down at the table, with each picking at their pancakes even more delicately.