flstandardbreds Chapter 163 1 Aunt who loves her nephew 13
Chapter 163 1 Aunt who loves her nephew 13
During the Chinese New Year, Lao Bai stayed alone in the small house. The only servant in the family went back home for a reunion after cooking.
He couldn't stop feeling regretful, and thought that when his children came to see him, he would make sure they had a good talk with his wife and told them not to be angry anymore. He would never drink again.
Unfortunately, none of his children thought of visiting him.
By the end of the fifteenth day of the lunar month, no one had come. Lao Bai went to the town entrance every day, but he didn't see his children. Instead, he saw someone he hadn't seen for a long time, Hu Siqi.
The man was wearing a tattered cotton coat and looked a little young. He was carrying a sack and delivering goods.
Seeing an acquaintance from a distance, Hu Siqi discovered that it was his taciturn uncle. He immediately walked up to confirm, and it turned out to be him. Hu Siqi was very happy that he had finally found this family.
He asked around but couldn't find out where his aunt's family had moved to, and he gave up looking for them later.
I had originally planned to study first, but when it was time to pay the tuition, I found out that all the money in the house had been taken away by my uncle and aunt when they came last time. The food at home was almost gone, so I had to buy something quickly.
There was no money at all for his studies. Hu Siqi was dumbfounded at the time. When his father was alive, he didn't have to worry about these things at all, and he could just study. But his father died before he had even arranged everything at home. His mother just cried every day. What should a teenager do?
Later, my uncle came again and demanded that they return the five taels of silver, otherwise he would take away the house. They made a lot of noise in the yard.
In the end, it was the village chief and the head of the village who stepped in to suppress the Qin family. They told them that if they wanted the money, they had to hand over the IOU, otherwise they would be robbing and would call the police. This frightened the Qin family and they never came again, so the house was saved.
The village chief naturally knew everything about this matter. He sighed and said to Hu Siqi, "Be down-to-earth in the future," and then left.
Seeing that his family was struggling to make ends meet, Hu Siqi had no choice but to develop his own land. He had never done this before when his father was alive.
At first, we didn't expect him to do anything because he was too young. Later, he went to school and we never touched him again. We had no choice but to ask people in the village for help.
After much trouble, they managed to plant the land. Seeing how hard her son was working, Qin wanted to help, but she had never done any farm work since she married Hu Xie. Every year, Hu Xie did it alone, and Lao Bai often went to help, so she was not as good as her son.
Hu Siqi originally wanted to plant the land first, and then save money for two years after the harvest to continue his studies.
However, he did not understand the hard work of farmers for these few taels of silver, and he underestimated the cost of education. As a result, he put it off until he was in his twenties, and his family was still very poor.
I have almost forgotten everything I learned before. The only good thing is that I know how to read and write, so I can go out to town and find a job when I am not busy in the fields.
Because he was determined to study, he saved all the money in his family and never got married.
He once planned to marry a lady from a wealthy family so that he could continue his studies. With his ability, it was only a matter of time for him to graduate from high school. The idea was good, but when he put it into practice he found that he could never meet a rich man, and even if he did, the man would not even look at him straight in the eye.
Hu Siqi saw hope today when he actually saw his uncle. He still remembered that his aunt was very kind to him when he was a child. Although the two families broke up when his father died, it was his mother's fault and had nothing to do with him.
It has been so many years, and his aunt should have calmed down. If his aunt saw how pitiful he was, maybe she would have sympathized with him, and he wouldn't have to live such a hard life. Even if that didn't happen, his aunt would have to take good care of him for the sake of his dead father.
He immediately stepped forward to greet Lao Bai, but Lao Bai didn't recognize the dark and thin man. When Hu Siqi gave his name, Lao Bai recalled the horrible memories of his youth and immediately turned around and ran, running all the way back home and closing the door.
No matter how Hu Siqi knocked on the door, he refused to open it. He still had to go home and couldn't let this blood-sucking leech get to him.
Hu Siqi did not give up and often came to look for Lao Bai. After more than half a month, he found that Lao Bai was the only one here. He was delighted and thought that maybe his aunt and those cousins were all dead, so his uncle came back alone. This was also a good thing. Looking at the house in front of him, Hu Siqi had an idea.
It is easiest to coax an old widower whose family has lost all its relatives. If he says that he will take care of his uncle in the future, then he can move in. Seeing that his uncle does not have to go out to find a job and has meat for every meal, he must have money. He will come here more frequently if he thinks of it.
His own son didn't come for a long time, but his nephew came every day to show his courtesy. Old Bai softened a lot and let Hu Siqi in. The two of them often drank together.
Lao Bai's old illness came back and he told Hu Siqi everything about his family. Hu Siqi listened in a daze. It turned out that his aunt, who he thought had died long ago, was the old lady at home, and his two cousins were both officials.
The jealousy in his heart grew wildly. His family was in such a poor state, but why were those two idiots who were inferior to him in every way when they were young able to take the imperial examinations and become officials? One of them even became the son-in-law of the Grand Tutor and had a successful career in the government from then on.
If he could also read, he would definitely be the top scorer in the imperial examination.
The hatred in his heart grew. He still remembered the aunt who said she loved him the most when he was a child, but who enjoyed herself and never cared about him.
Seeing that Lao Bai was about to get drunk, Hu Siqi came up with a plan and asked, "Uncle, do you want to go home?"
"Of course I thought about it, but that woman wouldn't even let my son come to see me. It's been more than half a year, and no one has come. They are all a bunch of ungrateful people. They have already started a family but still have no opinions of their own. They are easily suppressed by that woman."
Hu Siqi raised his lips and said, "I have a way to get my uncle to come home, or I, your aunt, will personally humble myself and come to take you home. Can your uncle trust me?"
Lao Bai's eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you really have a solution?"
"Of course. My aunt has loved me the most since I was a child. I still have some face in front of my aunt. Uncle, don't you believe me?"
When Lao Bai said this, he thought of the past and felt unhappy, but in order to go home, he suppressed his unhappiness and said, "If you really have a way, I will reward you handsomely."
Hu Siqi sighed and said, "Although I have a way, I don't have the money to go to my aunt."
Lao Bai looked at him and smiled, then took out twenty taels of silver and handed it to Hu Siqi: "Take it, I can let you pay for it yourself."
After Hu Siqi took it, he said with a smile: "Uncle, just wait for my good news."
The two continued drinking, and Hu Siqi slept here at night. In the middle of the night, Hu Siqi made a bold decision. He lifted Lao Bai from the bed and threw him into the well, and then left overnight.