C12 (2/2)

His brother Fan Ru did not think that way. His dream was not only to become a Royal Merchant, but he also hoped that more and more Confucian Scholars would appear in the clan, and in the future, more and more High Scholars would appear.

These two different values made the two brothers argue for a generation, but no matter how much they argued, they couldn't argue. Fan Ru was the big brother, the well-deserved Patriarch, so of course people had to listen to him. But Fan Lian was the pillar of the family's business, seventy percent of the family's money was earned by him.

Until now, when both of them were in their sixties and seventies, yet they were actually getting more and more violent. In the beginning of spring, Fan Ru actually forced Fan Lian to kill his concubine, Hu Niu's biological mother.

”My uncle... ”My uncle has been sick ever since the new year. The doctor said that he might not be able to keep the typhoid, wuwuwuwuwu …” Hu Niu cried as he recounted the story of the new year. ”At that time, my father was running a business outside his mouth, and my eldest uncle and his wife were making decisions in the large courtyard, my mother had already begged several times, but they kept on insisting that it was impolite, saying that on the second day of the new year, they had already returned home once, and that they wouldn't be able to return home in that month, unless …”

”Unless my uncle dies …” Hu Niu could no longer hold back and leaned on the table and cried his heart out.

Xiao Letian casually hugged onto Hu Niu's shoulder. The little girl unceremoniously slipped into Xiao Letian's embrace, his snot and tears covering his entire body.

As Hu Niu continued to sob from time to time, Xiao Letian finally understood what the tragedy would be like. Hu Niu's mother, as a concubine, was quite bold. She actually took her daughter back to her mother's house without permission from the Patriarch.

This time, it's really a disaster. In feudal dynasty, not to mention a concubine, even a legal wife would want to return to Ning Xuemo. Without the permission of the master, would that woman dare to return to her parents' home? This was truly overturning the heavens, what's more, it was the crucial moment when Fan Ru was channeling his energy with all his might to return to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Hu Niu's eldest uncle, Fan Ru, aggressively brought the servant to Uncle Hu Niu's home to ask for her son. Originally, Fan Ru thought that her uncle should die, otherwise, this woman would not be so daring. However, she did not expect that because her uncle was in a good mood, her typhoid symptoms would be relieved by three points. It seemed that she was going to be better soon.

”Slut who doesn't follow the path of a woman, it's already a violation of family law to run away to your parents' home without permission, and now you even have the crime of deceiving them. You're simply lawless …” With Fan Ru's order, the tiger wolf like servant brought Hu Niu's mother home.

Hu Niu's mother knelt in the cold yard for an entire day and night, and that night, she fainted because of the cold. What was even more shameful, was that when Hu Niu asked her big uncle to treat him, she was rejected immediately.

”You want to lie to us Fan family a second time? ”That slut knows how to pretend to be sick. There's no need to care about her. In two days, she'll be better …” Hu Niu was already close to tears and gasping for breath. I sneaked over the wall and used my own money to get a doctor. However … But when I brought the doctor, he couldn't even get through the door … In just one and a half months, my mother went from typhoid fever to tuberculosis. She coughed up blood all night long, wuu …. ”

Xiao Letian's heart turned cold. He never thought that the feudal families would be cruel to this extent. Xiao Letian hugged Hu Niu tightly, she was trembling in his arms like a frightened little rabbit.

No wonder Hu Niu's personality was so extroverted, and even a little rebellious. So there was a reason behind it. Poor girl, how insecure you are.

”Alright, stop crying. Let bygones be bygones. Now let's talk about the crisis before us. Why did you jump over the wall and escape?” Xiao Letian asked.

”It's all because of that damn uncle of mine who killed my mother and now has set his sights on me. He … ”He actually wanted me to marry a sixty year old man as his concubine …” Hu Niu was so angry that his face was completely red.

When Xiao Letian finished listening to Hu Niu's introduction, he was so angry that he almost passed out. How could there be such a shameless uncle as to give his own niece as a door bag?

So it turns out that Fan Ru, in order to recover his family's Royal Merchant identity, had somehow managed to get into a relationship with the manager of the Qing Xi Tomb. When he found out that the old lecher, Second Master Lian, was preparing to take in his sixth concubine, the eldest uncle had immediately thought of his rebellious niece.

After Fan Ru who was in Beijing learned that his brother had lost 110 thousand silver, not only did he not get angry, he even shouted and slapped his thighs. He finally found a good way to persuade his brother.

Fan Ru wrote a long letter to his brother. When Fan Lian saw his own blood related brother's shameless letter, he, who was originally just a little cold, instantly fell sick, he was completely furious.

Fan Ru and his daughter were not the only ones who were angry, Xiao Letian was completely furious as well. He wandered around the room like a trapped beast, and in a quarter of an hour, he was already gone. He seemed to have made up his mind: ”Xiao Hexin, come in quickly. Let's go see the Manager Fan right now and let me see your abilities …”

Without waiting for Xiao Letian to finish speaking, three people wearing night clothes walked in, and the one leading them was Xiao Hexin. ”Advisor, don't worry, I have the ability to be so clever in this regard, we just sneaked in once, there are no experts inside …”

Xiao Letian turned around and looked at Hu Niu, gently wiping her tears away with her palm, ”Just you wait, tonight I will bring back good news for you …”