Chapter 144: The Great Filial Son, Jiang the Second
Hearing that Old Madam Jiang had an accident.
Mr. Jiang galloped back to the county town on horseback.
He summoned every doctor in the county to the Jiang Family residence.
Even the doctor who specialized in treating athlete’s foot was called over.
There was no helping it; that was just the state of medical care in the county town.
Jiang Changtian could now be said to cover the sky with one hand in Ming County, though it was only a small patch of sky.
He brought people into the Jiang Family residence.
Heir Han had already left. He was also startled, wondering if he had really killed that old woman. It had nothing to do with him, but he knew his father would definitely be angry if he found out. He recalled that he had originally come because his father had sent him to take care of the Jiang Family, and had even said that Old Madam Jiang was a close friend of his Mother’s from her maiden days, and that they had an excellent relationship.
The journey here had been too boring, and unable to restrain himself, his old habit had flared up again.
Besides, he hadn’t actually accomplished anything.
The sister-in-law had a very soft body but a very fierce temperament; she wasn’t so easy to handle.
Jiang Changtian rushed to Old Madam Jiang’s side.
Upon seeing Old Madam Jiang’s miserable state, tears streamed down his face on the spot.
He wept with relief.
“Mother, what happened to you? How could Big Brother use a sword to hurt you? What couldn’t be discussed properly? Why did he have to resort to a sword? Mother, you absolutely cannot die. I have brought all the doctors in the county to treat you, and I guarantee you will survive.”
The room was crowded with doctors, all sighing at how purely filial Mr. Jiang was. Even after Old Madam Jiang had treated him so poorly, forcing Mr. Jiang to the point of near-suicide, Mr. Jiang still gave his heart and soul to Old Madam Jiang.
Even knowing full well that Old Madam Jiang was not his biological Mother and still tormented him daily.
But even they were at a loss.
That was a sword wound; what use could a midwife be? Mr. Jiang was truly clutching at straws.
Indeed, a pig gelder wouldn’t know how to treat illness either.
However, at least there were some who knew how to treat sword wounds.
Although they were only half-competent, it was at least relevant to the specialty.
But the doctors were men, and the spot where Old Madam was injured was a bit… sensitive, on her chest.
In the end, the midwife had to undress her while the doctor gave instructions from outside.
Everyone felt that Mr. Jiang was truly worthy of being Mr. Jiang; it was fortunate he had summoned the midwife, otherwise, this would have been truly difficult to treat.
“It shouldn’t have injured the heart or lungs; it’s just a superficial wound. However, in this location, it will be very painful. In the future, you cannot exert force with the right arm; it will hurt as soon as you do. Boil the medicine and have her drink it in a while. Take good care of her tonight, and if she doesn’t develop a fever, she will be fine.”
The old doctor looked at Mr. Jiang and said.
Jiang Changtian breathed a sigh of relief; as long as she didn’t die, that was fine. As for it hurting when exerting force, that shouldn’t matter. Old Madam Jiang had always been calm and composed, and she wasn’t afraid of pain. Last time, when his foot had accidentally stepped on Old Madam Jiang’s hand, she hadn’t even reacted.
Jiang Wan had originally been by her grandmother’s side taking care of her, but upon seeing Jiang Changtian arrive, she felt a bit dazed.
That feeling of broken legs and gasping for breath filled her with immense fear and discomfort.
She found it difficult to be in the same room as this person and hurriedly went out to boil the medicine.
Leaving Old Madam Jiang, who was groaning in pain, alone in the room with Jiang Changtian.
Jiang Changtian said in front of everyone: “Mother, setting aside the facts, I don’t care why Big Brother wanted to hurt you. He actually used a sword to stab his own Mother; it is simply unfilial and lacking in brotherly love. I, Jiang Changtian, do not have such a brother.”
Old Madam Jiang looked at the room full of people, her chest aching with a heart-rending pain.
Yet this wicked beast was still hovering before her eyes.
She was furious and wanted to roar, but only managed a faint curse: “Get out… you, don’t come in. The… the Jiang Family does not welcome you.”
Jiang Changtian nodded: “Very well. Mother, you mean that Big Brother’s family should be expelled from the house and told to get out, is that right? I will go handle it right away. Mother, please rest well. If you don’t want to see me, then Wan’er will come to take care of you in a while.”
Jiang Huaisheng had stabbed his Mother, and he was terrified himself.
He thought he had killed someone.
Killed his own Mother.
He didn’t know how things had turned out like this.
He couldn’t understand at all why his Mother would block a sword for an outsider.
It was simply inexplicable.
Heir Han had already said such things, yet his Mother was still defending him and even slandering Jinger.
Jinger and he were one; what was the difference between his Mother slandering Jinger and slandering him?
He didn’t know how things had developed into this.
As a result, even worse things followed one after another.
His Mother actually wanted to expel him from the family.
Fortunately, upon hearing that his Mother was fine and that it was only a superficial wound, Jiang Huaisheng breathed a sigh of relief.
He had no face to see his Mother.
But the whole family was driven out of the house, wandering about like stray dogs.
Jiang Wan begged to stay behind to take care of her grandmother.
Jiang Huaisheng, along with his wife, his young daughter who was not yet a year old, and his son who was muttering to himself, were swept out the door.
It gave the people in the county quite a show to watch.
Old Madam Jiang was truly interesting; the sons she raised were always talking about being unfilial.
This Jiang the Second was said not to be her biological son.
Could it be that Jiang Da was also not her biological son?
When Old Madam Jiang had previously driven her younger son out of the house, it was said she hadn’t given him a single cent.
But she treated her eldest son much better, giving him servants, a wet nurse, and one hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Huaisheng knelt at his Mother’s door, kowtowed three times, and left with his wife and children.
Old Madam Jiang was in so much pain she was semi-conscious, yet she hadn’t expected that Huaisheng really wouldn’t even see her. It truly pained her; what really hurt wasn’t the wound, but her heart.
It hurt so much, it hurt so much.
All she needed was an apology, but for the sake of that slut, Huaisheng had actually raised his sword against his Mother and against Heir Han. Old Madam Jiang felt her heart grow cold.
Jiang Huaisheng had also had enough; he was tired of Jinger’s unhappiness at home, having to walk on eggshells and still being disparaged.
He was tired of his Mother’s inexplicable favoritism, treating an outsider even more affectionately than she treated him.
He also felt too guilty to look at his Mother.
He only hoped his Mother would recover well; once she was healed, he would apologize to her again.
He really hadn’t intended it; he hadn’t expected his Mother to throw herself forward.
Jiang Huaisheng moved to another small courtyard in the county town.
The small courtyard was not large; it was left behind by his father. His father had once told him about a wily rabbit having three burrows, and that in case of an emergency, he could hide here. He hadn’t expected that it would now become his place of refuge.
Although the courtyard was small.
He could be his own master.
Jinger also seemed much happier.
She had been expelled from the family with him without a single word of complaint, just as she had been when they were expelled from the capital.
However, at night.
When Jiang Huaisheng held Jinger, the swaying bed curtains and those familiar gasps of breath kept appearing in his mind.
He pushed Jinger away for no reason.
The next day.
He thought, his younger brother had been driven out of the house in the past and had now built a career for himself.
He could do it too.
But as soon as he went out, he heard people gossiping about him.
Pointing fingers at him.
He seemed to hear the words “unfilial” and “lacking in brotherly love”.
And he also seemed to hear the word “cuckold”.
He had only been out for a while before running back home.
The baby in the house was crying and making a fuss.
It turned out that Ronger had suddenly had an episode again, scaring Shushu until she cried.
Jiang Huaisheng complained that Jinger hadn’t taken good care of the children and wondered what she was doing.
Madam Wu had experienced such a huge upheaval and had almost been insulted, only for her husband to go out with a sword and come running back with a sword, looking full of guilt as he said he had hurt his Mother, that he was a beast, and that he had failed his Mother…
And then the whole family was driven out of the house.
What could one hundred taels of silver do?
It wouldn’t last long enough to pay the monthly wages of these maids, wet nurses, and servants.
She had never had the opportunity to manage the household before, and now that she had taken it over, it was a complete mess.
Ronger needed to take soothing medicine every day, and that medicine wasn’t cheap.
Shushu was still young and needed someone to look after her specifically; she needed to drink milk many times a day, and the wet nurse’s diet also had to be properly balanced.
She herself had only recently finished her postpartum confinement and still needed to recover.
Her husband also had injuries on his face and needed to take medicine.
Every single thing was a problem.
But her husband was actually losing his temper at her, looking unhappy with a cold face.
Thinking of how her husband had turned his back on her last night.
Madam Wu couldn’t take it anymore and burst into loud sobs.
A poor couple faces sorrow in everything.
Worried endlessly about firewood, rice, oil, and salt, there was no time to care about romance.
Jiang Huaisheng saw Madam Wu crying and felt even more annoyed for no reason. He hadn’t said anything; he had just asked her how she was looking after the children. He had even hurt his Mother for her sake; hadn’t he done enough?
Kaner Village.
Jiang Changtian saw Mianmian sitting in the tree and said with a smile to his wife: “Sister Xia, how are you looking after the child? Look at her; she’s climbed all the way up the tree.”
Jiang Mianmian was crying loudly in the tree: “Daddy, Mother, I don’t dare come down. What should I do?”
She had just seen her elder sister often climbing trees, and the family had been busy with her elder sister’s affairs these past two days, so she had a sudden whim to try and see if she could climb a tree.
And then, whoosh, whoosh, she had climbed right up.
As it turned out, going up was easy, but coming down was difficult.
Wuwu.
Jiang Mianmian hugged the tree trunk and wailed dryly.
She had to wail; she was worried she would be beaten if she went down.
Mother’s slaps were very crisp.
“Jump down, Mother won’t hit you.” Qin Luoxia stood under the tree and said gently and lovingly to her daughter in the tree.
Jiang Mianmian shook her head and hugged the tree even tighter.
Mother was obviously planning to hit her; Mother’s arm muscles had tightened.
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