Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 861 "Family Rules"

Cao Fu came all the way from the capital, and Sun Wencheng had to take his sons to treat him carefully.

Cao Fu was originally afraid that his sister and nephew would be bullied, and seeing that everyone looked good, he laughed and laughed, and there was no loss of etiquette in the cutscene.

In any case, he came on behalf of the Cao family, and it was related to the face of the Cao family and his brothers. Even though he hated the Sun family's posturing in his heart, he still looked like a family on the surface.

Today, it is annoyed.

Sun Wencheng's young concubine sons were about the same age as Sun Li.Although they didn't dare to find fault with Sun Li, and when they met, they could only speak eccentrically, but they looked at Sun Chu with jealousy, as if they wanted to eat people.

Sun Chu's birth mother was Cao Ying's maid, and Cao Ying kept this concubine by her side, so naturally she would not treat her badly.The cost of food and clothing is the same as that of Sun Li.

Sun Chu is also well-behaved, respects and loves his aunt, and follows his brother all day long, like a little tail.

Sun Wen was always frugal, and the An family was not magnanimous, so the situation of the bastards of the Sun family can be imagined.Although it is not as difficult as ordinary people's homes, it is also not as difficult as the two brothers Sun Li and Sun Chu.

It is also a grandson, Sun Li is An's lifeblood, and it hurts like something; for Sun Chu, An's pinches his eyes and doesn't want to see him, only hates that he is powerful at a young age, followed his aunt instead of his father.

When Cao Fu came over, Sun Wencheng had already asked An to prepare a lot of things to take to the capital.The daughter-in-law's, the three grandchildren's, and the Cao family's in-laws.

When Sun Wencheng's aunts heard about it, they had to follow pantothenic acid, and the concubines hated to see Sun Chu even more.

According to their status, they are higher than Sun Chu, and their biological mothers are more decent, so they are not treated like that.

Cao Fu stayed in Hangzhou for a few days. After discussing with his sister, he made a plan to return in the near future.

These concubine sons searched for nothing, and stopped Sun Chu when Sun Li was not around.But he was playing tricks, he greeted Sun Chu with his fists and feet, not slapping his face.

Sun Chu was severely beaten, but nothing could be seen on his face.

Sun Chu was also beaten by his father when he was a child, and he was so frightened that he cried all the time, not daring to go to his aunt to complain.After all, those who beat him were all his "uncles".

When Sun Li came back from his mother, he didn't see his younger brother looking for him, so he went to his brother's room, and found the little guy lying on the kang, crying "woo woo".

Nanny Yu, who was in charge of taking care of Sun Chu, stood by the kang, looking at him with a troubled expression.

"What's wrong with the second brother?" Sun Li asked with a frown.

Nanny Yu rubbed her hands, not knowing how to answer.Sun Chu's face was not beaten, but his clothes were wrinkled, and he could tell something was wrong.She wanted to go back to Cao Ying, but stopped Sun Chu.

"Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master just went to look for Eldest Young Master, and started crying when he came back." Mammy Yu replied: "The old slave asked me twice, but the Second Young Master refused to say... It's not that the old slave talks too much, but the young masters here Master, it seems that I don't want to see the second young master..."

Nanny Yu is not a servant of the Sun family, but Cao Ying's dowry wife.

She knew that An's was picking on Cao Ying now because of living apart, but seeing that Sun Li was angry, she didn't dare to hide it.

On Sun Chu's side, seeing his brother coming, he sat up, sobbed and stopped crying, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and said with a sob: "Brother, I'm fine. When will we return to Beijing, I think... ...I miss my sister and aunt..."

Seeing that his wrists were bruised, Sun Li rolled up his other sleeves to see that they were covered with bruises.

"It hurts...it hurts..." Under Sun Chu's touch, his little face twitched in pain.

Nanny Yu was taken aback, she thought she was just talking and joking, pushing and shoving, but she was beaten.

Seeing this, Sun Li's eyes were already red, and he ordered to the nanny: "Take off the second young master's clothes..."

Nanny Yu was also afraid, and didn't dare to take responsibility. After listening to Sun Li's words, she lifted up Sun Chu's skirt, revealing a belly covered with bruises; looking at the knees of her trousers, blood was already oozing.

"You old slave, mother entrusted the second brother to you to take care of, is this your 'care'?" Sun Li was extremely angry, staring at Mammy Yu and shouted.

Mammy Yu's heart skipped a beat, she immediately knelt down, kowtowed and begged, "Eldest young master, it's all the old slave's fault, you shouldn't let the second young master go out alone. Who would have thought, who would have thought, this is the front and back yard. Kung fu, such a big thing will happen..."

When Sun Li came to Beijing, as soon as he could remember, he had no affection for his uncle and aunt here.

When I came back this time, apart from being fairly close to my grandfather and grandmother, most of the others were not lacking in courtesy but not close enough.

Over the past two months, Sun Li has noticed the cynicism and ridicule of others regarding his mother's situation.

Now, my younger brother is being bullied like this, how can I not make him furious.

Although Sun Chu was in severe pain, seeing his brother was angry, he didn't dare to cry anymore, put down his clothes with a blushing face, and said in a low voice, "Brother, I don't feel pain..."

"Cry, cry hard after a while!" Sun Li ordered after thinking about it.

"Huh?" Sun Chu was a little taken aback, tilted his head, and couldn't react for a while.Sun Li has already ordered Nanny Yu to invite people. Grandpa, grandmother, mother, and uncle must all be invited, so there is no need to elaborate on why.

Nanny Yu got up quickly and left. Now that she is going back to Beijing, everyone doesn't need to look at the faces of the Sun family anymore. She just wants things to go wrong and make everyone feel refreshed.

Sun Li lowered his head and took out a small porcelain bottle from his purse. It was peppermint oil given to him by his uncle Cao Fu.

He poured half a bottle, put it on his brother's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "When someone comes, cry hard, don't talk for a while, if you can't cry, rub your eyes with this sleeve, it's Sun Wei, Sun Huan Bar?"

"And fifth uncle..." Sun Chu whispered.

After hearing this, Sun Li clenched his fists tightly, and his face became darker and frightening.This fifth-ranked Sun Ban is Sun Jue's same mother and younger brother, and also the first son of the Sun family.

What annoyed Sun Li was that Sun Ban was not only a direct uncle, but he was already 16 years old, so he attacked his nine-year-old nephew.

The inner house of the Sun family is not big at all, so they heard footsteps coming from a distance.Sun Li said "cry" to his younger brother in a low voice, then poured out two drops of peppermint oil and wiped it on his eyelids, his eyes blurred instantly, and tears gushed out like water.

Sun Chu also understood his brother's intentions, rubbed his eyes with his sleeve, and began to howl at the top of his throat.

The first one to arrive was Cao Ying, who lived closest to her sons, got the news from Nanny Yu, heard that she was confused, and hurried over.

Unexpectedly, before reaching the gate of the courtyard, I heard the miserable cry of the concubine.

She couldn't help walking a few steps quickly, lifted the curtain and entered the room, and saw the concubine was flushed with suffocation, as if he was about to cry; and the eldest son, who was always stable, had red eye circles and kept crying.

"My son, what's the matter?" Cao Ying hurriedly stepped forward, patted Sun Chu's back to comfort him, and looked at Sun Li.

Sun Li, on the other hand, burst into tears like rain, and refused to say anything, nor did he want to wipe away his tears.

Seeing that it was the aunt who came, Sun Chu was still hesitating whether to continue crying, so he mouthed his brother to signal him to continue, and continued to cry at the top of his voice.

This time, instead of using peppermint oil, it was a burning pain on my body.I always feel that crying and not caring about my body, the pain is better.

Seeing that the two children were silent, Cao Ying couldn't hide the grievances on her face, her eyes turned red, and she put her arms around Sun Chu and said, "Brother Chu, why are you wronged? Tell your mother quickly. You decide."

After hearing this, Sun Chu cried harder thinking about how those uncles secretly bullied him these days.

At this moment, An Shi also arrived.

She frowned when she heard the howling sound from a distance, and she felt more and more bored when she knew the yard on this side.

After entering the room, seeing Cao Ying hugging the concubine and wiping tears, An couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and said angrily, "Master and I are still alive, it's broad daylight, what are you crying about!"

This voice finally made Sun Chu stop crying.

Next, An Shi saw that the baby's eldest grandson was also there, with red eye circles and tears on his face.

"Hey, look, I've wronged my precious grandson. It's Sun Chu who is disobedient. As a big brother, you have to act like a big brother. You can beat and scold as you like, so why are you wiping away your tears? ?" An Shi hurriedly stepped forward, pulled the eldest grandson down to the edge of the kang and sat down, and said.

At this moment, Cao Ying had already got up, holding the concubine by the hand.

Then someone said outside the door: "Absurd, brothers should be friendly and respectful, so what's the point of crying and making noise?"

This voice, however, was resounding. It was Sun Wencheng, the head of the Sun family, who came with him, as well as Cao Fu, the fifth master of the Cao family.

Cao Fu didn't believe that his nephew would bully his younger brother.This nephew did not inherit his father's harshness, but inherited his mother's honesty, and he has always acted like a big brother.

Now that Sun Wencheng arrived, there was no room for An Shi to speak. An Shi stood up embarrassingly, and gave her husband the seat by the kang.

Sun Wencheng sat down, frowned and glanced at his daughter-in-law, shook his head in disapproval, and said, "Goodbye, dear mother, it's good, why are the two brothers so excited..."

On Cao Ying's side, she was also confused, but like her younger brother, she couldn't believe that it was her two children who were at odds.

Before she could answer, Sun Li had already knelt down, with red eyes and said: "Grandfather, grandson is the elder brother, so he should take good care of his younger brother. Today is grandson, right? He didn't take good care of his younger brother... that's why..." Speaking of Here, he lowered his head and said, "I ask Grandfather to punish..."

Seeing his grandfather's stern face, Sun Chu was afraid that his brother would be punished, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Don't do your brother's business, it's my grandson who didn't bring a maid and mother-in-law and went to find my brother..."

Kneeling down, touching the wound on his knee, the little guy gritted his teeth in pain, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Not only Sun Wencheng, everyone could see that the two brothers spoke strangely, and one was protecting the other, not like brothers quarreling.

"What's going on?" Sun Wencheng's eyes swept across An Shi and Cao Ying.

How did An's know that Cao Ying was looking at Nanny Yu.Just now Mammy Yu was vague, she just said that my buddies were wronged and asked her to go and have a look.

Everyone followed Cao Ying's eyes and looked at Mammy Yu.

Nanny Yu pinched herself twice through her sleeves, knelt down and said with a sobbing sound, "Grandma, just now the second young master took a nap, and I heard that the eldest young master is in grandma's room, so I'm going to pay my respects to grandma. By the way, look for the young master... The old slave was going to wait on him, but the second young master said he was at home, and there was only a yard away, so he didn't let the old slave follow him... Who would have thought, who would have thought... This is just a cup of tea. The young master came back covered in bruises... The eldest master has always loved the second young master the most. Seeing the second young master like this, I don't know what to do... It's all the old slave's fault. I won't let the second young master hurt like this..."

"Ah?" Cao Ying cried out in surprise, Sun Wencheng's face turned black and frightening.

When An Shi heard this, she felt uncomfortable. After all, she was in charge of the inner house, and she muttered: "Where is it hurt? It's just dirty clothes, it's so precious..."

Cao Ying knew that Nanny Yu would not tell lies, so she stepped forward to unbutton the concubine's clothes, and the bruises were immediately uncovered.

How much hatred can a nine-year-old child provoke? Who is this evil fire directed at?
Cao Ying couldn't hold back her tears any longer, she hugged Sun Chu and started crying.If it wasn't for a reliable natal family behind her, the one who was beaten today might not be her concubine, but her own son.

Sun Wencheng was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and this was still in front of his uncle.Although Cao Fu didn't say a word, his little face was turning into an iceberg.

Next, I had to suppress my anger and send someone to invite a doctor.

Next, it's time to ask for family law.

None of the five descendants, Sun Ban, sixth descendant Sun Wei, and seventh descendant Sun Huan of the Sun family escaped. They were beaten dozens of times in this courtyard.

An Shi didn't pay much attention to the concubine, but panicked when he saw the youngest son inside.

Sun Wencheng wants to set up family laws, and also to appease the wronged daughter-in-law and grandson. The most important thing is to show the uncle of the Cao family.

Sun Ban and the others have never suffered from this kind of hardship. After being hit twice, they would cry and call their parents.

Sun Wencheng looked at the incompetent sons, and compared Cao Fu's refined demeanor, Sun Li and Sun Chu's well-behaved and sensible brothers, his heart became more and more resentful. beat.

Seeing that the board had been beaten halfway, Sun Li snorted coldly in his heart, took his younger brother's hand, and went to his grandfather to intercede.

"Grandfather, the uncles definitely didn't mean to hurt my second brother. Maybe it was because my father was away and worried about me and my brother, so I kindly taught me and my brother how to behave. If this makes grandfather blame the uncles, it is the grandchildren's fault." Sun Li bowed and said.

Sun Wencheng looked at his eldest grandson with red eye circles, and sighed inwardly, his face was much kinder, and seeing these sons became even more distasteful.

After all, the future head of the Sun family is the eldest grandson of the long house in front of him.Although these evil sons did not extend their hands to the eldest grandson, they did not give the eldest grandson any face.

Having said that, Sun Wencheng wanted to establish rules even more.It was useless for the grandson to intercede, seeing that everyone had beaten up thirty boards, only to be told that these sons were dragged down...

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Cao Yong's passenger ship went down the river, and after a few days, it arrived at the mouth of the Huangpu River.

This is Shanghai 300 years ago, just a county under Songjiang Prefecture.On the seashore, there is a stone city wall built 200 years ago to prevent Japanese pirates.

There is a Yangtze River Customs here, and all passenger and cargo ships must pay taxes before they can be released.

Although the Wang family hired civilian ships, the cargo was quoted as belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition, Wang Lusheng donated his fame for the convenience of going abroad, so he didn't have to deal with those official errands by himself like ordinary merchants, so Guo Quanyou took his name card and went to go through customs inspection procedures...

(End of this chapter)