Chapter 95: How Dare He Help Her (2/2)

“Cousin Yumei only brought Cui Zhu back, but are there enough servants in Banana Courtyard to serve?” Gu Fangzi asked casually.

Shi Yumei smiled and nodded. “Mother gave me two lasses, Xiao Shuang and XIao He, as well as two other senior servants. As for the servant serving at the study room, Shi Fengju has already assigned one to your brother-in-law. Occasionally, some servants will come over to tidy the courtyard, so there are enough!”

Gu Fangzi lamented, “Aunt is so thoughtful! But hereI thought it was Sister who was supposed to arrange so!”

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Shi Yumei spoke in disdain, “As if anyone she assigns will be useful. I’m not so foolish; she’s sure to put a pair of eyes in my courtyard!”

“Cousin Yumei, you’re quite incorrect! Sister’s servants are extremely capable! Also, you’re the eldest daughter of the family, so which servant would dare to go to such an extreme to be her eyes!”

Seeing as to how Gu Fangzi kept singing praises for Sang Wan, Shi Yumei just sighed and praised her for being broadminded.

Unfortunately, although Shi Yumei disliked the servants in the small garden, Ren Zhixian was thinking otherwise.

When Shi Fengju sent a servant boy to serve him in his study room, the phrase “studying accompanied by a beauty at night” was instantly shattered.

After suffering in Shi Fengju’s hands a few times, he did not dare to provoke him. And so, he used an indirect method, venting all his frustrations on Shi Yumei and keeping an angry expression on his face.

Shi Yumei could not endure any longer, and she exclaimed, “Just live with it, this is my mother’s house, not ours! Touch your heart and ask yourself, ever since we have arrived, when had they ever shortchanged us? Just what do you want!”

Ren Zhixian sneered, “Yes, they did not shortchange us! Those meals are being offered in pity mixed with contempt! They’re just giving alms!” His face was filled with disdain when saw the blank look on Shi Yumei’s face. “You probably don’t understand that, so let me give an analogy. Let’s say we went to a poor family, and that poor family only has one last piece of pork belly, but they serve it all to us; then we go to a wealthy family. They have plenty of grain and livestock, but they only slaughter one chicken to welcome us. Let me ask you, who is more generous?”

Shi Yumei still could not understand, and she said, “What poor what rich, what pork belly and slaughtered chicken? All I know is that my mother and brother have treated us well enough! Else where should we go, to your friend’s place? Who would want you?”

“You’re just too short-sighted!” Too lazy to argue with her, Ren Zhixian shook his head and grunted, “Don’t think of your mother and your brother as great people! Hmph, I’m a scholar; if not for the achievements I can obtain in the future, do you think they would still keep us? Wake up, will you? If your brother truly did care for us, will we still be in such a state?”

Shi Yumei understood those words. She was feeling both anxious and furious, but she couldn’t find words to refute him. “Why do you keep saying that again and again! I’ve already been married off. If I don’t rely on them, then who else can I rely on? You? Do you not know how we lost all our family’s assets? Do you need me to say it out loud? It’s all because you spent it all so recklessly! Even my dowry was exchanged, and my other servants were sold off! You’re in no position to say that!”

Shi Yumei became emotional, and her tears began falling.

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Ren Zhixian remained haughty as ever and said, “What does a short-sighted lady even know! I spent it all recklessly? Those were to build relations with friends, do you understand! If I don’t do so, how else can I enhance my learning! You won’t understand even if I tell you this!”

“Yes ah, I don’t understand, I’m not as great as you!” Shi Yumei sneered, “I’ll be waiting, waiting for the day you can clear us from this line of poverty, then I’ll salute you! But I’m afraid that might not even be possible in this lifetime!”

Ren Zhixian was so furious that his face turned white. He pointed angrily at her, “You, you, don’t you dare look down on me! ‘Only women and villains are difficult to live with!’ It seems the saying of a sage is indeed true!” With that, he smiled coldly as he said, “All you can think of is wanting me to clear us off this line of poverty? Without a servant to serve and the need to worry about all the minor things, as if I can study! I think you’re right, there’s no use in studying!”

Shi Yumei was taken aback. “Isn’t Shi Ming serving you in the study room? Or is he bullying you?”

Ren Zhixian grunted coldly, “A servant that cannot help me is shameful to say! Although honest, he is clumsy and useless!”

Shi Yumei was, after all, someone who understood him. She finally understood why his face was dark these few days and she sighed, “Useless? Then why couldn’t you just say so? If you don’t, how would we know?”

Ren Zhixian grunted. Say? What use is saying? And ‘we’? Just which family do you belong to!

Shi Yumei cared a lot for her husband’s promising future since the journey ahead depended greatly upon him! There was no way she could stay in her parental house for her entire life!

Changing her tone to a gentler one, she quickly said, “I’ll find my younger brother today and tell him to change the servant who’s serving you!”