Zhou Shigong rushed over not long after.
He looked very angry. I don’t know what Cailuo said when he went to move reinforcements. When he entered the main courtyard, he could almost be said to be furious, his face flushed with anger.
After entering the house, he didn't listen to the eldest son's customary words of accusing his stepmother of being unkind and complaining, and immediately asked: "What dissatisfaction do you have with your decision to become a father?! After all these years of reading, don't you even understand etiquette?" ? How dare you confront your mother like this?!"
Zhou Jinpu was stunned when he heard this, and just as he was about to defend himself, Zhou Shigong turned to glare at his eldest daughter-in-law: "Ms. Chen! I thought your Chen family was a family of scholars, and the daughter you raised should also know how to read and be polite, but I didn't expect it to be like this. What an arrogant and rude manner! Not only did you not stop Jin Pu from confronting his elders, but you also went crazy with him?! If the daughter of your Chen family has such a tutor, pack up your things and go back to your parents’ home! We The Zhou family is a distinguished family and cannot tolerate such a rebellious and unfilial daughter-in-law like you!"
Zhou Jinpu's wife has been married into the second wife of the Zhou family for more than ten years. She has long been accustomed to her father-in-law's preference for her husband and his contempt for her step-mother-in-law. Even if she understands the etiquette and rules in her heart, she has forgotten them all. Today is just a routine matter. She didn't expect it. Being scolded so severely. The key is that she was really unreasonable and was sent back to her parents' home, and her parents didn't have the confidence to defend her. But if she is really kicked out of her husband's family today, the Chen family's reputation will be lost!
She also has three children, and the eldest daughter has reached the age of marriage. How could she be abandoned by her husband's family at this time? !
Zhou Jinpu's wife quickly grabbed her husband and said, "Ms. sir, please speak!"
Zhou Jinpu asked his father dissatisfied: "Dad, what are you doing? The one who made the mistake is obviously this vicious old woman!"
Zhou Shigong sneered: "This woman, what do you call her? I really misjudged your grandmother before. I believed her words about the unkind stepmother and gave the child to her to educate. Unexpectedly, she taught you to be a Look like this! In middle age, you have accomplished nothing, and you don’t even know etiquette. I don’t know how many jokes you have made in front of outsiders over the years! I used to pity you for losing your mother when you were young, and I was very tolerant of you, but in fact, I have harmed you! If I had known better, In this case, I should leave you to your mother to educate you, even if you are not as promising as your brother, at least you will not be the useless person you are today!"
It was the first time Zhou Jinpu had been belittled to this extent by his father, and he looked in disbelief. He glared at Zhou Mashi fiercely: "You vicious woman! Did you say bad things about me in front of my father again?!"
Zhou Ma turned his head and ignored him. He was so anxious that he stepped forward to hit someone, but Zhou Shigong pulled him away: "Stop! What do you want to do?! What your mother said in the past was indeed true. You were indeed beaten." Your grandmother taught you bad things! Not only did you dare to rush into your mother, but you also tried to beat her?! Why are you studying like this?! Your dignity as a scholar has been ruined!"
Zhou Jinpu cried: "She is not my mother! She talks ill of me all day long in front of you. She is a vicious stepmother. Your grandmother is so loving and she raised you so big. Why do you still speak ill of your grandmother? Do you have the nerve to scold me for being unfilial?!"
Zhou Shigong spat at his son: "Am I unfilial to my stepmother? She obviously violated my father's will and secretly plotted against our Zhou family! You were just used by her, and you still speak for her everywhere. You are simply stupid!" Since you are so stupid, why did you go to a government school to study? After studying for 20 or 30 years, you have not even been admitted as a scholar. You might as well go home early. The family does not lack your bowl of food, and it saves outsiders from continuing. Look at our Zhou family’s jokes!”
As he said this, he immediately ordered the newly appointed housekeeper to go to the government school to withdraw his son from school. From now on, Zhou Jinpu would no longer have to go to school and could stay at home and read. As a father, he could also teach his son a few moral articles, so that his son would not have to worry about it all his life. They were all destroyed at the hands of the woman in the back house.
Zhou Shigong also didn't forget to order the newly appointed housekeeper to pack the eldest daughter-in-law's luggage. Don't pick up the clothes and jewelry she got from the Zhou family, and only asked her to take away the things that she had brought as dowry from her mother's family. He was serious today. If he could not make his eldest daughter-in-law know the etiquette and rules, ask her in-laws, the Chen family, to respectfully apologize in front of him, and promise that the Chen family's daughter would never do anything disobeying etiquette again, he would never let this rebellious daughter-in-law leave again. Enter the Zhou family gate!
Zhou Jinpu's wife looked like she had been struck by lightning, and she was stunned. Her three children reacted first, and with a plop, they all knelt down on the ground and begged for their mother's mercy.
Although their father's situation was also very tragic, his studies were just like that anyway. It was better to focus on interceding for their mother, and they could not let themselves become the poor little ones whose mother was abandoned.
However, Zhou Shigong made up his mind: "If you want me to calm down, unless your mother truly repented and promised never to do it again, I will never tolerate such an unscrupulous daughter-in-law in the Zhou family! You don't have to kowtow here. Rather than let you be The reputation of a bad mother drags you down, I would rather you didn't have such a mother, at least you still have your grandmother at home, her character is much more reliable than your mother!"
Zhou Jinpu's son and two daughters all turned to look at Zhou Ma.
Zhou Ma was a little nervous, a little surprised, and a little reluctant. She didn't want to take over Zhou Jinpu's children. These are all little white-eyed wolves, and they already have a grudge against her. Even if she sincerely teaches them, they can't get her back.
It was rare that her husband Zhou Shigong supported her today. Of course she couldn't undermine him at this time, so she held back and did not refute.
Zhou Jinpu's eldest daughter reacted quickly and immediately hugged her mother's thigh: "Mom! Please admit your mistake to grandma and apologize! Grandma is kind and generous, and she will definitely forgive you!"
Her brother immediately reacted and hugged his father's thigh: "Dad! It was you and your mother who made the mistake today. Please apologize to your grandfather! Your grandfather has always loved you. As long as you truly repent, he will not fight with you." Careful!"
Zhou Jinpu's second daughter also hugged her mother's waist. The three siblings worked together and looked at their parents with six eyes.
Zhou Jinpu's wife slowly knelt on the ground, bent down and bowed to Zhou Ma: "Jia, my wife is wrong..."
She just said seven short words, and Zhou Ma's eyes instantly turned red. It's been almost twenty years... Since the eldest daughter-in-law came into the house, except for the kiss on the day after the wedding, the new daughter-in-law greeted her every day. This was the first time she received the gift from the eldest daughter-in-law!
There were so many words in her mind that she didn't know where to start, but the last thing she said was still the same words that satisfied Zhou Shigong: "Get up. Just know that you made a mistake, and don't make it again in the future." This was probably what she felt in her heart. Angrily, she added, "Go back and copy the "Book of Filial Piety" a hundred times to avoid forgetting the rules again."
Zhou Jinpu's wife is filled with humiliation, but her father-in-law is still staring at her. What else can she do besides bowing her head and agreeing?
But she gave in, but Zhou Jinpu had not yet given in. He simply couldn't understand how things could become like this.
He angrily asked his father: "What slanderous words did this woman tell you?!"
Zhou Shigong still wanted to question him: "What slanderous words did your grandmother tell you to make you violate the Zhou family's ancestral precepts and collude with outsiders to plot against the Zhou family?! The Zhou family provided you with food and drink, and raised you so big. Why did you betray?!"
"I didn't!" Zhou Jinpu became even more angry, "Don't I just want to build a glass workshop?! I couldn't pass the exam, and you refused to put me in jail. I was looking for a way out for the future livelihood of myself and my children. What’s wrong with making some money?!”
"Are you trying to make some money for yourself and your children?!" Zhou Shigong sneered, "Don't think I don't know, you just want to deceive the border army into giving the glass formula to your aunt and uncle, and then go to the capital to give it to the Yingchuan Marquis Mansion and Sun Jianzhen is going to open a workshop to make money! You coaxed me into being an accomplice, do you think I’m a fool?!"
Zhou Jinpu was stunned.
(End of chapter)
