flstandardbreds Chapter 157 1 Aunt who loves her nephew 7
Chapter 157 1 Aunt who loves her nephew 7
After Lao Bai finished the autumn harvest, Luo Chen took his eldest son to the provincial capital. The rest of the children wanted to go too, but because they were too young, Luo Chen suppressed them.
Luo Chen specially brought his eldest son out to see the world and to take a look at the college in the provincial capital.
The two stayed in the provincial capital for seven or eight days. Luo Chen bought a three-story courtyard here, and then bought a larger shop, spending a total of more than five hundred taels of silver.
Only then did Bai Yunxuan realize that his family was so rich. He still remembered the days when he had nothing to eat or drink. In just three short years, his family became so rich that they settled down in the county town, which he had never dared to imagine before.
After returning, Luo Chen started looking for people to move the cloth he had to the provincial capital, and then prepared to move.
Lao Bai didn't want to say anything anymore. He had worked so hard on the farm in the past few years and had only saved up seven or eight taels of silver, while his wife had already settled down in the provincial capital on her own. Now their whole family stood together, just like a rich lady taking her young masters and young ladies out with a coachman.
Sometimes Lao Bai even felt that he was not worthy of standing beside Luo Chen, but when he thought that the woman was his and the son was his, no matter how rich they were, they were all his, he felt very happy.
But looking at the two poor lice in his hands, he didn't say anything more. He listened to his wife and delivered the goods in the store to the county town.
Because of Luo Chen's instructions, no one in the Bai family told outsiders about the move.
It goes without saying who they are guarding against, or perhaps the shadow left by the original owner is too great. Every time their uncle's family is mentioned, the whole family, except Bai Yunshuo and Bai Yunyu, acts as if they are facing a great enemy, fearing that Luo Chen will try to please his uncle's family again.
Luo Chen didn't explain much. Once they were far away from here and became stronger and stronger, they would no longer take the Hu family seriously.
While things were being cleaned up here, Luo Chen also finished teaching his two children tuition at the provincial academy and was waiting for them to go back to school after the New Year.
But suddenly Qin came to the door crying.
Luo Chen frowned and asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"
Qin cried and said, "Your elder brother has been in the mountains for almost a month and he hasn't come back yet. It's almost snowing and there's still no news. Little sister, what should I do?"
"Don't worry, let's find someone to go into the mountains to look for him." After Luo Chen comforted the man, she asked Bai Yunxuan and Bai Yunwan to look after their younger siblings at home. She took Lao Bai back to the village to find the village chief and organized people to go into the mountains to look for him.
Because he was afraid of danger, Luo Chen secretly drew a talisman on Lao Bai to ensure his safety.
A day later, the villagers carried Hu Xie back home. He had been dead for more than half a month. Qin burst into tears and everyone else comforted her.
Hu Siqi hugged his father and cried. Suddenly, Hu Siqi looked at Luo Chen with hatred in his eyes and shouted, "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have died."
Luo Chen and Lao Bai looked at Hu Siqi in surprise: "What are you talking about? What does this have to do with me? I'm in the town and you're in the village. How can I come and drag your father to the mountain?"
Qin also cried and blamed Luo Chen: "It's all your fault. If you hadn't refused to give us money, your brother wouldn't have gone into the mountains in the snow to hunt to earn money for Siqi, and he wouldn't have died. It's your fault."
Luo Chen was almost laughing at the shameless mother and son: "What does this have to do with me? Why should I give you money? I have five children to feed. If I give you the money, what will my children eat?"
Qin was about to rush forward but was stopped by other women in the village.
"It's your fault. You are so rich, but you don't care about your own nephew. Otherwise, your brother wouldn't have to work so hard. You would rather waste your money on those two idiots and money-loser of the Bai family than spend it on your own nephew's schooling. Do you still have a conscience? Are you worthy of your dead parents? Aren't you afraid that your parents and eldest brother will come after you at night to claim your life?"
The villagers frowned when they heard this. Why should they spend the money they earned on a nephew instead of their own son? But for the sake of the deceased, no one said anything and just looked at each other.
Lao Bai was completely annoyed and said he could, but he couldn't say anything about his son: "Why should we give you the money we earn? Can't you afford to live? In the past, for the sake of our family, we gave you some of the good things we had, but you just took it and didn't give it back. The old generation is right when they say that a little bit of kindness is repaid with a big amount of rice. We are too good to you, making you feel that everything we do is our due."
Luo Chen's face was gloomy. He looked at the mother and son and sneered, "Old Bai is right. You really raised a family of ungrateful people. The whole village can see how good I was to Hu Siqi before. Now that I don't give it to you anymore, you start to hate me. You are really an ungrateful person. Now that my brother is dead, our relationship is completely severed. We should not have any contact in the future."
Qin immediately said, "How can this be possible? Your brother died because of your cruelty. How can you ignore his wife and children? Let's judge for ourselves. Do you think Hu Luochen should raise her nephew?"
Everyone looked at Qin with strange eyes after hearing these outrageous words. The village chief scolded her, "That's enough, Qin. Stop making trouble. Let Hu Xie rest in peace first. His body has been left in the wilderness for half a month."
Qin wanted to say something, but when she saw Luo Chen's eyes and the village chief's serious face, she didn't dare to say anything and could only ask people to help with the funeral.
Luo Chen wanted to leave, but there were so many people watching, so for the sake of his family's reputation, he had no choice but to stay and help.
She paid a few taels of silver to bury Hu Xie, which was also her brother's final farewell as a sister. From now on, she, Hu Luochen, had no other relatives except the people of the Bai family.
On the second day after the funeral, Luo Chen quickly sold his house and land to prevent Qin and Hu Siqi from coming to his house. The family got on a horse-drawn carriage and headed for the provincial capital before dawn. It took them two or three more days to travel because of the luggage. Looking at the new house, the children excitedly went to pick rooms.
Now the two sisters no longer had to sleep in the same room, and each had her own boudoir. The mistress that Luo Chen had hired came after the New Year, and she also bought a few maids and old women.
Lao Bai disagreed and said that they were all farmers and were used to doing these jobs, so why spend money to buy a maid. Luo Chen glared at him and said that either Lao Bai would take care of the housework such as washing clothes, cooking and cleaning the yard, or he would shut up.
Lao Bai said that there are no men who can do such work.
Luo Chen said that if he had the ability, he would take care of the household expenses. Lao Bai didn't dare to say anything because the money he had was not as expensive as the clothes on his son.