After returning from the old residence, the family spoke about the matters of the fourth branch again, sighing incessantly at the unexpected decisiveness of Yang Xiaochuan.
First, he had eloped with the money, then went to the pawnshop to buy a concubine on his own, afterward, he divorced Ms. Luo and even filed the divorce papers at the official registry before informing Ms. Luo. The series of actions he took left people astounded.
No one had ntioned this matter to Old Yang yet.
It wasn’t until the next day when Yang Xiaochuan brought Ms. Hong to acknowledge relatives that they told Old Yang.
Although everyone had seen Ms. Hong, the process still needed to be followed.
When Old Yang saw the Ms. Hong brought by Yang Xiaochuan, he stared at Yang Xiaochuan wordlessly, his gaze so intense that it made Yang Xiaochuan’s heart quiver.
"Dad, your son also wishes to have a son!" Yang Xiaochuan said as he suddenly knelt down, "Ms. Luo got injured giving birth, and it’s certain she can’t have any more children. I don’t want our line to end. We could adopt, yes, but my eldest brother has only one son, and the third branch has two, it’s true, but the two boys of the third branch have been spoiled with fine food and drink. It’s not that I can’t afford to support them, but I just can’t maintain the household that way. I’d rather take a concubine. If one can’t bear a child, I’ll bring another until I do have a son, don’t you agree?"
Having seen Old Yang, Yang Xiaochuan, fearing an objection to his concubinage, changed his story from the previous day about wanting to adopt.
Yang Chuxia, standing to the side, felt a strong urge to laugh. This fourth uncle of hers was planning to keep taking concubines if he couldn’t produce a son. Could he even afford so many? And it seed he was quite aware, knowing it wasn’t a good idea to adopt children from the third branch, not bad at all.
After listening, Old Yang gestured with his hand for him to stand up.
Then he had the young servant attending to him fetch a purse from the head of the bed.
The purse was filled with the money Yang Chuxia and the others had presented to him during festivals. He took all of it, a total of fifty taels, and gave it to Yang Xiaochuan.
"Take it all for use, the household has added two more mouths to feed after all. This is what your third brother and sister-in-law used to give . You can go back and buy more land. Work the fields well following your third brother, that will sustain the entire family. No need to cunningly crave this or cunningly yearn for that every single day. Look at your third brother, his life was even tougher than yours in the past, didn’t he make it to today? If they hadn’t given these silver taels, how would I have any to give you?"
"Yes, yes, Dad, I understand. I won’t ss around anymore."
"That’s good, that’s good!"
Afterward, Yang Xiaochuan indeed took those fifty taels and added six acres of land to his holdings, and with the leftover money, he bought a good amount of brown sugar, claiming it was for Jindi to drink. Alright, this Jindi was none other than Yang Xiaochuan’s young daughter. Just by hearing this na, one could tell how much he now longed for a son; Jindi, Jindi, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but laugh at the thought.
"Mom, you have to admit my fourth uncle is quite hilarious, naming her Jindi. Even if he had nad her Zhaodi or Laidi, those would have sounded better than Jindi."
"Don’t laugh too much, it wouldn’t be nice if your grandfather heard you."
"Got it," said Yang Chuxia carelessly, waving her hand, "By the way, how is my Little Fourth Aunt doing?"
"Don’t ntion it, I think your Little Fourth Aunt is much better than your fourth aunt. Your aunt told she’s been washing and scrubbing at ho, even washing Jindi’s soiled cloth diapers. Your fourth uncle is thrilled by her presence." Ms. Wang spoke of Ms. Hong with high regard.
Yang Chuxia listened silently, thinking Ms. Hong was probably winning hearts and minds. As long as she pulled her fourth uncle to her side, wouldn’t it be effortless for her to deal with Ms. Luo in the future?
Ms. Luo was no match for Ms. Hong at the end of the day.
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