Chapter 211 - 106 If He Could Write My Name Backwards_2
It was just after lunchtime, when the men and women from each household had just returned home to have lunch and rest, not yet gone out to work. There isn’t much in the way of entertainment in the village, but the nature of gossip is the same everywhere. The loud quarreling of the Sang Pingliang couple had already drawn the neighboring men and women to come out to watch the excitement, quickly gathering a crowd of more than a dozen people.
Seeing Sang Yufei standing there with a face full of embarrassment and helplessness, almost being pointed at his nose by the gesticulating Sang Pingliang, the crowd couldn’t help but start discussing among themselves, inwardly sympathizing with Sang Yufei.
Some older and more mature onlookers couldn’t resist stepping forward to persuade Sang Pingliang, "After all, he is your own nephew. Brother Sang, if you have something to say, say it nicely. Why get so furious!"
"This disgraceful wretch! I’m angry because he’s not living up to expectations, really! Just like your deadbeat dad, never listening to advice, always ’exam, exam, exam’, huh! Do you even have the fate for it!" Sang Pingliang ranted bitterly, then turned to the crowd and said, "He spent who knows how much silver going to Hangzhou, he’s bound to squander all of this family’s assets sooner or later!"
"Exactly! You’ll probably end up not even having porridge to drink in the future!" Mrs. Li gave Sang Yufei a scathing glance.
It was common knowledge that Sang Yufei went to Hangzhou for the rural examination. Seeing him return alone, dressed in old cotton clothes, and knowing the Sang family’s prestigious history, there was no need to ask—the crowd subconsciously assumed that he must have failed the exam. Although to a certain extent they felt that Sang Pingliang had a point, after all, where would rural people have so much spare money to squander? There were old scholars who never passed exams all their life and died without a coffin or decent clothes!
However, the words of the Sang Pingliang couple didn’t seem befitting of elders.
Sang Yufei was also annoyed and spoke firmly: "I just came to borrow some flour from my second uncle and aunt. If you are unwilling to lend it, let it be, why say so much? I, Sang Yufei, didn’t spend a penny of your money for my exams. You can badmouth me, but why do you also speak ill of my dad? Second uncle, by disrespecting my dad this way, don’t blame me for not acknowledging you as my second uncle!"