Jiang Yan stepped forward to say.
Their commotion was not small, and of course, Su’s eldest son heard it.
Su’s eldest son, ignoring what Lin Fen might say, ran over: “What’s wrong, what’s happened?”
Wang Xiuzhen sighed and told him about Su Jin Niang.
Lin Fen, who had followed, overheard: “This is truly bullying our Su family. Go, tomorrow we’ll go find trouble with them. They must give us an explanation!”
Jiang Yan’s gaze shifted to Lin Fen.
From memory, Lin Fen was never one to act without benefit; she must have said this because she heard about the compensation money Jiang’s family received, hoping to get a share.
However, Jiang Yan didn’t mind, as long as Zhang’s family had a hard time.
She would be pleased.
Lin Fen was unaware of Jiang Yan’s thoughts. She approached the sisters, feigning concern: “You’ve truly suffered. Rest assured, your big aunt will definitely seek justice for you.”
“Thank you, big aunt.”
Jiang Yan expressed her gratitude.
Despite her words, Lin Fen couldn’t bring herself to share their meal, as they were having meat tonight.
After a few words.
Lin Fen found an excuse and left with Su’s eldest son.
After they left, Jiang Yan looked at Sun and the others and said: “Grandma, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, there’s something else I haven’t told you. My grandmother wants to make me a concubine to some Master Liu.”
“I’m not done with her!”
Sun wished she could go scratch Zhang’s face right then.
Wang Xiuzhen asked from the side: “Does Jiang Dahai just let her do this?”
Jiang Yan gave a mocking smile: “He allowed his mother to force my mother to be a wet nurse, so why would he care if I marry a man or a dog?”
“He deserves to die! Father said he was honest, that marrying him would bring good days for Sanmei, and look at this!”
Su’s second son slammed his hand on the table.
Sun, the more she thought, the more bitter she felt, and started crying again.
After much comforting from Jiang Yan and the others, Sun’s emotions stabilized.
After dinner.
Jiang Yan shared her plans: “Grandma, can you help us leave the Jiang family? If we stay there, we might be tormented to death or schemed into becoming concubines or even sold…”
“We must leave.”
Su’s second son, Su Ping An, and Su Jixiang immediately declared their stance.
Wang Xiuzhen frowned: “Leaving that family is best, but you are still surnamed Jiang. How can we help you?” It’s not that she didn’t want to help, but she didn’t know how to.
Su Lao’er and the others fell silent in an instant; they also didn’t know what to do.
Jiang Yan already had a plan: “I’ve already figured out what to do. My fourth uncle and a few cousins are studying, right? My grandfather definitely won’t let our family’s bad reputation spread, so we can use this to deal with them. If they don’t agree, we’ll spread the word…”
Actually, they could also report it to the authorities in other places and have a coroner examine her mother’s body.
But she had to consider that they were people of this town; if they offended the town magistrate, their days would not be easy.
Because the young mistress of the Zheng family was the town magistrate’s youngest daughter.
Her previous statement was merely an attempt to threaten Jiang Zhengde and his family into agreeing to sever ties, not really to spread the matter.
Wang Xiuzhen and the others were not fools; they naturally understood Jiang Yan’s intention.
“Okay, let’s do it that way.”
Su Lao’er agreed.
Jiang Yan didn’t want to let them off so easily, so she also made them agree to divide half of their money with Su Lao’er and his family the next day when they went.
Su Lao’er and the others had no objections.
Sun Shi didn’t say anything, but she couldn’t help feeling sad.
Jiang Yan noticed this and went to find her before going to bed: “Grandma, rest assured, this matter isn’t over!”
Sun Shi patted Jiang Yan’s hand and said, “You girl, how can you fight against such bad people? Let’s put this matter aside for now. Your cousin Chenggong is doing well in his studies; once he becomes an official, I’ll definitely have him investigate this thoroughly.”
The Chenggong she referred to was none other than Su Lao’er’s third son, Su Chenggong.
And it was precisely because he was studying.
Su Lao’er had been injured.
Their family’s life had become worse than before; otherwise, it would have been much better.
Jiang Yan said to her: “Grandma, I won’t act recklessly.”
The next morning.
While Jiang Yan and her family were still eating breakfast, Lin Fen urged them to leave.
When they arrived, the Su family members had already gone out to work; only Zhang Shi and Qian Cuihua were at home.
With Jiang Yan not there, all the chores fell on them.
Both were unhappy.
Thus, they started arguing.
Upon hearing a knock at the door and seeing it was Jiang Yan and her group, Zhang Shi was about to scold them when Sun Shi and her family approached.
Seeing them all glaring at her.
Zhang Shi inexplicably felt a lack of confidence: “R-relatives, you’re here.”
“Who are your relatives? I don’t need relatives like you!”
Sun Shi didn’t give Zhang Shi a good look, asking about the people in their home, then instructed Su Lao’er to call back all of Jiang Zhengde’s family.
Upon learning that they not only wanted money but also wanted to sever ties with Jiang Yan and her siblings.
Zhang Shi exploded: “Sun Shi, you’re dreaming!”
Before Sun Shi could speak, Su Lao’er cut in: “Dreaming? Try not agreeing! I’d like to see how word of such an event would affect your family’s prospects for marriage or your children’s exams!”
“Exactly!”
Lin Fen, pulling Su Lao’er, echoed.
Zhang Shi was about to curse when Jiang Zhengde rebuked her: “Enough, shut up, it’s all because of your actions!”
Jiang Zhengde actually knew about these matters; he just turned a blind eye.
But now he couldn’t ignore it anymore.
Jiang Zhengde admitted their mistakes in a conciliatory manner, explaining that Zhang Shi did it for the family’s betterment.
He only found out after Su Jinniang signed the document.
Otherwise, he would never have agreed.
After saying all this.
Jiang Zhengde added: “We can’t write two ‘Jiangs’ with one stroke. No matter what, Da Ya and the others are still children of the Jiang family. If we sever ties, they’ll have no family to rely on. How could they find a good match then? So, let’s forget about severing ties. I promise, from now on, we won’t let…”
Su Ping’an stepped forward and said: “Who said they have no family? We are!”
Chapter 5: You Dare Hit Me
Jiang Zhengde’s face darkened at Su Ping’an’s interruption: “Is this how you teach your children? Interrupting elders while they speak!”
If it were any other day.
Sun Shi would have corrected him, but today she was not polite at all: “We’ll handle our own family’s upbringing, you focus on yours!”
“What are you talking about, you!”
Zhang Shi glared angrily at Sun Shi.
Wang Xiuzhen rolled her eyes at Zhang Shi and said: “What about you? Did my mother say anything wrong? Don’t you know the character of your own family?”
Lin Fen chimed in: “Your own house isn’t anything good, yet you criticize others.”
Jiang Zhengde’s face turned even uglier, unable to find words to retort.
Qian Cuihua didn’t want to keep doing endless chores.
She spoke up: “You’re going too far. I’m telling you, the young mistress of the Zheng family is the town magistrate’s youngest daughter. If you spread such news and it affects them, they won’t let you off!”
She was still aware of this.
Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow and said: “Aunt, what do you mean by that? Are you suggesting that my mother’s death has something to do with the young mistress of the Zheng family? Does she know you’re saying this?”
“I, I never said it was related to her.”
