Chapter 290 Past events and heart-to-heart conversations(1/2)
"Mom, that's not what my son meant!"
With such words, Sheng Wei naturally did not dare to say yes.
What's more, although Sheng Wei felt that the eldest lady did favor Sheng Changquan a little too much, he was not surprised because he knew what his mother was thinking.
To be honest, no matter how much the old lady dotes on Sheng Changquan, in her heart, the most important thing is still her own family.
Sheng Wei firmly believes in this!
Facing the old lady's scrutinizing gaze, Sheng Wei shook his head and replied sincerely: "Mother!"
"My son knows your thoughts and understands what you mean."
Unlike Sheng Hong and Mrs. Sheng, Sheng Wei and Mrs. Sheng are biological mother and son whose blood is thicker than water. Therefore, the communication between them is closer and much more sincere.
"Mom, my son knows that you have taken a fancy to Brother Quan's future and feel that he must have a bright future, so you treat him this way."
"My son also agrees with this."
"but!"
Sheng Wei raised his head and glanced at the old lady, then said after careful consideration: "Mom, do you think we need to do this to Brother Quan?"
"Even his eldest aunt was embarrassed because of him...?"
After all, Sheng Wei was still a little unhappy about the eldest lady's previous attitude towards Mr. Li.
However, because the eldest lady was his mother, Sheng Weina couldn't be angry. Therefore, out of anger, he also had some opinions about Sheng Changquan.
In fact, what made Sheng Wei most unhappy was Sheng Changquan's indifferent reaction.
When the eldest lady was preaching to Mr. Li, Sheng Changquan, the nephew, did not even say peace. Instead, he watched helplessly as his eldest aunt was so embarrassed.
It is precisely because of this that Sheng Wei has such dissatisfactory thoughts in his heart.
"Alas~"
After hearing what Sheng Wei said, the old lady couldn't help but sigh in the end. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a hint of disappointment in her eyes when she looked at Sheng Wei.
"Son, why can't you see the situation so clearly?"
However, while the old lady was heartbroken, she was also somewhat comforted.
The eldest lady was naturally a little disappointed with her son's unwise idea, but she couldn't help but feel relieved to see that he was angry because of his wife.
You know, among Sheng Xu's generation, except for the third old man in the third room who was always controlled by the third old lady, the two old men in the first and second rooms were not good people.
At the very least, these two brothers are both doting on concubines and destroying their wives!
Among them, the situation of the old man is even worse!
Because the second wife, Mrs. Sheng, is the legitimate daughter of the Yongyi Marquis and comes from a noble family. Sheng Xu will inevitably have some scruples about her. There are some things that he does not dare to go too far, even those things. He can only do it quietly and secretly, but dare not bring it to the table.
If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Sheng was too aloof and unwilling to use her family's power to suppress her own officials, otherwise, it would have been impossible for Sheng Xu to bring back the woman from outside!
When Mrs. Sheng was young, she had an aloof temperament. She often felt that she was different from others, superior in morality and taste, and that ordinary people could not catch her eye at all.
In the first half of his life, apart from his family and a few friends, the only person in Mrs. Sheng's eyes was Mr. Sheng Xu.
It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Sheng chose Sheng Xu and married him.
However, after a period of time after marriage, Sheng Xu couldn't stand the temptation of the outside world and fell in love with someone else. In the end, he even thought that this was true love and wanted to take that woman home.
Therefore, there was a gap between Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Xu.
Mrs. Sheng was also stubborn. After being hurt by her official's actions, she chose to let go.
She doesn't know how to compete with others for a man!
You must know that before Mr. Sheng Xu brought his "true love" home, in addition to his wife Mrs. Sheng, he also brought in many concubines, including Sheng Hong's biological mother, Miss Chun.
However, although Mrs. Sheng was a little unhappy about this, she was not too sad, because the world was like this, and as long as Sheng Xu didn't have love for them, it wouldn't matter.
However, the one Sheng Xu was going to bring back in the end was different.
That woman was Sheng Xu's self-considered "lover", a different existence from those concubines. Even in Sheng Xu's heart, I am afraid that the status of Mrs. Sheng was somewhat inferior.
It was precisely because of this woman that Mrs. Sheng was disappointed with Sheng Xu and let him go.
By the way, Old Mrs. Sheng just ignored everything and allowed Sheng Xu to do whatever he wanted. At that time, she only cared about her one-third of an acre of land and her children.
During that time, the eldest man also did the same thing as his younger brother - he took in a "weak woman" who looked like a white lotus flower.
However, unlike the old lady Sheng who bravely waited for her legitimate daughter, the eldest lady's natal family was just an ordinary people's family, and her marriage to the eldest grandpa was only due to the orders of her parents and the words of a matchmaker.
Speaking of which, the maiden name of the eldest lady is He, and she is also a merchant. However, the Sheng family and the He family had a very good relationship in Old Mrs. Sheng's generation. Therefore, the old Mrs. Sheng and the old lady of the He family were also considered to be members of their own family. The children made this marriage contract.
Among them, the parties involved were the old man and the old lady.
Having said that, because the He family was not the Yongyi Marquis, they did not have that kind of power that made people scruple. In fact, the Sheng family at that time had greatly improved its strength because of Shengxu High School, and its power was also far away. Far more than the He family's.
It is precisely because of this that the old man dared to have evil thoughts towards the old lady.
At that time, under the power of the "White Lotus" pillow wind, the old man had some thoughts that he shouldn't have. He actually thought about divorcing the old lady and then carrying the "White Lotus" That’s right, take her home and be your wife!
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Among them, not only the elders of the Sheng family were opposed, but even his "synchronized" brother Sheng Xu also disapproved.
The reason for opposing the old lady is not only because his actions are inappropriate and the old lady makes random moves when she has not made any mistakes, but more importantly, if the old lady does this, the reputation of the Sheng family will be damaged.
It will definitely break!
Because this kind of behavior is obviously doting on concubines and destroying wives, without distinguishing between concubine and concubine. This is definitely a taboo in today's world!
A family that wants to become an heirloom of poetry and calligraphy must not have such a bad reputation. Therefore, under the obstruction of everyone, the eldest father had no choice but to give up the idea.
However, although he gave up the idea, it did not mean that he gave up the idea.
If you can't force it, that doesn't mean you can't come.
Therefore, the old man simply turned a blind eye in the following days and allowed the "White Lotus" to attack the old lady. His purpose of doing so was to make the old lady take a step back.
, a letter of self-request for divorce.
And with the cooperation of the eldest lady, the head of the family, the "White Lotus" also continued to conspire, used many tricks, and even once threatened several of the eldest lady's children!
Among them, Sheng Wei's eldest sister, Sheng Hong, who had never grown up, suffered a tragic death due to the clandestine tricks of the back house.
Some people may be confused and say, if a tiger is poisonous and cannot eat its seeds, then how can the old man watch his children being killed?
However, this thing actually happened!
The main reason why the old man could turn a blind eye and watch this happen was that the "white lotus" also gave birth to twins for him.
One man and one woman, dragon and phoenix appear auspicious.
At that time, the twins of a dragon and a phoenix were considered auspicious, and therefore, the old man loved these two children very much, and even regarded the boy as the future of his family.
Although the old man couldn't bear the death of his own girl, in order to force the old lady to take a step back and file for divorce, he just watched the tragedy happen.
If not to say that men are more cruel than women, the old man is so "daring" for his own purposes!
In fact, speaking of it, the old man was still somewhat rational at this time, because after all, he still cared about a little bit of affection and did not attack Sheng Wei!
Of course, this may also be because he is afraid that the eldest lady will fight him to the death in a desperate situation, causing greater losses to the Sheng family.
And the reason why the old man is said to be rational is because later he really lost his mind!
In order to reconcile with the old lady, the old lady did not care about anything. In the end, he even did not hesitate to send the old lady, mother and son to die together!
At that time, after Sheng Hong died in infancy, the eldest old lady was like crazy. She didn't care about anything and kept going. She didn't believe that the eldest old lady would kill his own son who inherited the incense for the sake of the "white lotus"!
However, the old lady was wrong!
Although the old man is reluctant to give up, he is definitely not unable!
Therefore, when he finally lost patience with the eldest lady, the eldest lady had indeed decided to take matters into his own hands and send his first wife and children on the road together!
Once a man changes his mind, he will definitely be more dangerous than a woman!
But just when the old lady lost her bet and the mother and son were about to lose their lives, a turning point came.
A turning point that changed her life and the lives of her two children.
——Old Mrs. Sheng takes action!
As the pillar of the second family of the Sheng family, Mrs. Sheng's status among the Sheng family is naturally extraordinary, not to mention her own natal family, Yongyi Houfu.
Seeing the scene in the Sheng family's main house, Mrs. Sheng naturally would not stand idly by. Perhaps it was because she and the eldest lady had the same problem.
Therefore, Mrs. Sheng personally took action, called clan members, held a clan meeting, and exposed the matter in front of the eldest master and the entire clan.
For a time, such unethical things suddenly became noisy in the world, causing all the tribesmen to exclaim!
However, although doing this ruined the reputation of Dafang's lineage, it also saved the eldest lady, mother and son.
After this matter was exposed, whether the elders of the clan really didn't know or pretended not to know, the only thing they can do now is to supervise the old lady and ask him to guarantee the lives of the old lady and her two children!
This matter has become such a big deal that the old man can only act like this, and there is no way he can fake it.
After all, in addition to the supervision of the clan members, Mrs. Sheng has also been keeping an eye on him, and more importantly, his "white lotus" was witnessed by many clan members, and the chance of "returning to a full-time job" was cancelled.
, and even, under the planning of Old Madam Sheng, she even signed a new deed of sale and gave it to the old lady.
To be continued...