Chapter 309 - 155: Bringing Second Young Madam Home (Part 2)
Mrs. Lin gently patted her back while persuading, "Madam, please don’t be sad! young master has always been smart and not uneducated. He left with plenty of silver, so he must be doing fine out there! You are his birth mother, how could he not miss you! Maybe he’ll come back after a while! Please stop grieving!"
Second Madam Shi snorted and said: "It would be great if he did come back, I’ll agree to whatever he says! Whoever dares to object, I’ll fight them tooth and nail! Alas, no matter how good it is out there, how can it compare to being at home? Poor boy, he’s never suffered since he was a child, now in the bitter cold, who knows what hardships he’s enduring!"
As she spoke, she couldn’t help but become angry again: "Fengju has always promised to help me find him and bring him back, but I don’t even know if he really cares, it’s been two years without a single piece of news! Hmph, I’m starting to doubt his intentions!"
"Oh my, Madam!" Mrs. Lin was shocked and quickly soothed her: "You mustn’t think that way! How could young master be such a person? If the young master knew what you said, he would be so upset! In this vast sea of people, the world is so big, isn’t it easy to hide someone? I think, young master must be alright. If there really was something wrong, our Shi family has shops everywhere, even without them, we have friends. If anything happened, young master could simply have someone send word, and nothing could be more convenient than that!"
"True enough!" Second Madam Shi’s heart was momentarily filled with resentment and complained about Shi Fengju, yet she also felt remorse and stopped mentioning it. Instead, she sighed about her own hard fate, feeling pity for her son who was suffering outside, while Mrs. Lin had no choice but to keep consoling her.
"After all is said and done, it’s all Jingyi’s fault!" Second Madam Shi’s eyes glinted coldly, the sadness suddenly replaced by a face full of hatred. She slammed her hand on the tea table beside her and said bitterly: "That unworthy thing, she can’t even manage her own husband, how does she qualify as a wife! If she showed some spirit, had some use, my Fengming would never have left home. It’s all because she’s useless!"
As Second Madam Shi continued, she became angrier and angrier, "The husband is not home, and instead of properly staying at home to pray for his safety and serve her in-laws, she runs back to her natal family to enjoy comfort! Tomorrow morning, have someone go to her house, bring her back to me!"
"Yes, Madam!" Mrs. Lin quickly agreed, thinking to herself that Second Grandma Shi’s behavior was indeed disgraceful; how could one as a daughter-in-law spend several months at her natal family without returning?
"Go first thing in the morning, don’t forget! No matter what, they have to bring her back! As a mother-in-law, I must thoroughly teach her the rules, lest when Fengming returns, she chases him away again! I can’t endure anymore turmoil!" Finding an excuse to vent, Second Madam Shi harshly scolded Second Grandma Zhou, feeling much better, and let the matter rest for the night without further discussion.
Second Grandma Zhou’s home was in Jinhe County of Linzhou Prefecture, which, although under a different prefecture from Qingzhou, was not far from Qingzhou City – a quick carriage ride was only an hour and a half away.