After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1029: Clan Members Arrive
Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

The next morning, Ma was discussing the matter of buying a person with her granddaughter Haitang when they heard a commotion coming from the front yard.

Aunt Cui hurried to the upper room to report, "The eldest daughter of the eldest house came over, crying like crazy, saying that the elders of the clan came to the house, grabbed Zhu Ge'er and taught him a lesson, and pointed at the cousin's wife and said many unpleasant things. The cousin's wife didn't want to pay attention to them and tried to hide in the house, but was forcibly held by several aunts and couldn't get rid of. The eldest daughter was very panicked and had to come here to ask for help."

"This is outrageous!" Ma was already resentful of the Hai clan. Upon hearing this, she was immediately furious. "I haven't even bothered to find fault with them yet, and they actually dared to come to the capital?! The place where the eldest branch lives now was rented by me for them. Those rubbish dared to come and cause trouble. Don't they take our second branch seriously?!"

Haitang got up quickly and went out of the house. She walked to the front yard and saw Hai Baozhu sitting in the living room crying, like a tearful person. Her face was panicked, wronged, and a little resentful. There was also a maid beside her, who was recently bought by Fang for her daughter and was going to be married to the Qiao family. This maid was constantly comforting Hai Baozhu, but she was straight and calm. It seemed that she accompanied Hai Baozhu to escape the encirclement of the elders and ran to the second house for help.

The girl saw Haitang and whispered to Hai Baozhu. The latter looked up and rushed over as if she had seen a savior, "Second sister! Is my great aunt at home? Go and save my mother!"

Haitang hurriedly supported her and persuaded her to sit aside, saying softly: "Don't worry, sister Baozhu, my grandmother is at home, she has heard the news and will come over soon. Calm down first and tell me clearly what happened. Why did the elders of the clan come here? How did they know where my cousin lived in the capital? What reason did they have to teach Baozhu brothers a lesson? And what basis do they have to blame my cousin?"

Hai Baozhu calmed down a little, but when she thought of the humiliation and grievance her mother had suffered, her tears immediately fell: "Baozhu and Aunt Qiu specially returned to the old house, stayed for only one night and hurriedly left with their luggage. The clan originally thought that they came back to get the bottles to sell, and they were privately happy. Later, they heard the old servants of the eldest house discussing privately and found out that Baozhu did not agree with this at all. Instead, he planned to send the bottles to the capital as my dowry. They were immediately furious. They left only one day later than Baozhu and Aunt Qiu, and they hurried to the capital to stop them..."

As Hai Baozhu spoke, she could not help but gnashing her teeth: "Those old servants in the old house were originally the ones my grandparents used when they were alive. They relied on their seniority all day long and even ignored my mother. They would bring up my grandmother's name to scare people at every turn. My mother wanted to send them away a long time ago, but the elders said that they were loyal servants. They never betrayed their master when the family was in trouble, so they should be treated well. My mother thought that although these people were useless, they were at least loyal, so she kept them even if she kept them to look after the house. Unexpectedly, they also took advantage of their seniority in front of Baozhu, which annoyed Baozhu and he didn't want to pay attention to them at all. If the family hadn't recovered now and didn't need these bowls of rice, he would have sent them away long ago. Who would have expected that these old servants would have lost their loyalty now?!"

Haitang frowned and sneered, "We kept them at home because of their loyalty. Now that they are no longer loyal, and they are leaning towards the side branches of the clan, and are willing to sell out the whereabouts of their master, then we should just send them to the side branches. I think the relationship between master and servant will be better."

Hai Baozhu gritted her teeth, tears on her face. She took his words to heart, and would ask her brother to deal with those old servants later!

It was unknown what these old servants said to the elders. The elders seemed to think that Hai Baozhu had not expressed his opinion before, but now he suddenly wanted to send the ancestral antique bottles to the capital as a dowry for his eldest sister. This was because he listened to Fang's instigation. Although Fang left her hometown and gave up the position of the mistress of the Hai family's eldest house, she was actually greedy for the Hai family's property and never gave up. She would deceive Hai Baozhu as soon as she had the chance. They didn't believe that Fang knew how precious the antique bottles were, and she would give up the fat meat that was delivered to her mouth. Therefore, no matter how Fang explained that she didn't know about it beforehand and had no intention of giving the bottles to her daughter as a dowry, they still refused to give up.

As for Hai Baozhu, who repeatedly stated that this was his own idea, he gave up his original plan under the persuasion of his stepmother. Moreover, as the head of the eldest house, he was qualified to handle the property of the eldest house. However, the elders still treated him as an ignorant child and did not take his words seriously. They wanted to suppress him in the name of the elders and make decisions for him. Hai Baozhu was very angry, but he was an upright scholar. Even if he was angry and aggrieved, he could not get angry at the elders, let alone fight with them. Therefore, he was besieged and could not save his stepmother Fang. Hai Baozhu cried, "Now it is Aunt Qiu who protects my mother and prevents those aunts and aunts from hurting her. Although those women are concerned that Aunt Qiu is my brother's biological mother and will not fight with her, they also despise her status and do not take her seriously..." She was really panicked just now. If it were not for the reminder of the newly bought maid, she would not have thought of asking for help from the second house. Fortunately, the two families are close, otherwise she really doesn't know what to do.

Ma angrily changed into the dress of a fifth-rank imperial official, and brought Aunt Cui and the family's strong woman to the front yard. After listening to Hai Baozhu's explanation outside the living room, she sneered, "This group of people are really rebellious! Since when can the head of the eldest branch be taught a lesson by the people of the side branch?! They are only a few decades older, but have accomplished nothing. They can't even become a student, and they have the nerve to be the master of the scholar!"

Ma said to her granddaughter, "Tangtang, accompany your sister and go over to support your cousin. Let them know that the Hai family is the head of the clan and they can't be bullied by cats and dogs like them!"

Haitang hurried to her grandmother's side and reminded her in a low voice: "Grandma, do you remember what grandpa said before? Just use the oath that each branch of the clan made before our great-grandfather died. They got a lot of benefits from the eldest branch back then. If they want to break the oath, they should return all the benefits they received to the eldest branch. It is absolutely not right to take money and not work!"

Ma snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry, I've remembered it all. If this is not enough, they will say that your cousin shouldn't have married a second time. Then I want to ask, if your cousin shouldn't have married into the Jiang family to preserve the family's property, then do they intend to give their own property to the Jiang family?! If they really think that starving to death is a small matter and losing one's chastity is a big matter, then just treat what happened in these years as nothing. Your cousin never entered the Jiang family, and never protected their lives and property. All the property and property she helped to save should be handed over. Make an account and say that it was all embezzled by the Jiang family. Hand over the things and the account books to the government, so that the Jiang family's enemies can be sentenced more severely. They themselves only need to eat the northwest wind to survive, and even their children and grandchildren don't care about the money your cousin saved. Only then will I believe that they are really noble!"

Haitang laughed dryly. This method was like killing one thousand enemies but hurting eight hundred of their own. If they falsified accounts to deceive the government, the Hai family would also be guilty...

Ma didn't care about guilt or innocence anymore. She was so angry that she didn't care about anything else. She brought a lot of people with her, including strong women and strong servants, and they went to Fang's side in a threatening manner.

Hai Baozhu watched them leave, and seemed to feel relieved. She turned around and asked Haitang, "Are my mother and Baozhu going to be okay?"

"It's okay, don't worry, sister." Haitang comforted her, then called Dunzi over and whispered, "Go to the Jinyiwei Yamen and send a message to brother, and also inform cousin Qiao..."

Qiao Fu is Fang's future son-in-law. If Fang is in trouble, he should come forward...