Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 249 The Truth

Old Master He said in disgust, "You keep calling me a lowly person, but you never have me or your son in your eyes.

I told you not to do this, but you did it anyway. All I said just now is in vain.

If you are still so unrepentant, since you are so noble, you should go back to your Wang family. I think your Wang family is more noble than us."

"Okay! He Fuyuan, you are also bewitched by this vixen. You want me to go home for this bitch!" Old Madam He screamed hysterically.

"That's enough!" Master He San shouted.

The hall suddenly became quiet. Song Sanniang didn't know how it turned out like this. She felt a little guilty, as if she was the one who caused the chaos in the He family.

Mr. He and Mrs. He looked at Mr. He San, who stood up from the ground.

He looked at Madam He and said, "Mother, I don't want to hear any more insults about Miss Song from you. I can't do anything to you.

But my father and I will not give any money to my uncle anymore, so you can use your own pocket money to support them.

I also heard that my eldest uncle’s grandson wants to seek an official position, and my third cousin wants to be promoted to the first rank, so forget about these.”

Madam He didn't expect her son to threaten her. She was so angry that her face turned red and she wanted to slap him in the face.

But Mr. He smiled and looked at his youngest son with admiration.

"That's right. You have always been by my side, but I, as a father, have not done my duty and taught you much.

But you are very good. You have made a career without relying on your family. You have good vision and you chose a good girl. Your vision is better than your father's.

We have always owed you a debt of gratitude.

As your father, I will make the decision. If you can get Miss Song to agree to marry you, I will prepare the betrothal gifts for you and let you marry Miss Song in a grand ceremony.

After you get married, you can live in your own house. I don’t care what you do. Just give me grandchildren and I will be satisfied.”

Master He San looked at the old man whose hair had turned completely grey and couldn't help but shed tears.

His mind flashed back to the old man in Beijing, who was busy with official business every day, leaving early and returning late, and his study room that was lit late every night, and his increasingly gray hair.

But he would still take time every day to check the homework of the three brothers and explain the meaning of the articles to them.

He knelt before the old man and kowtowed three times. The old man helped him up and said to Song Sanniang,

"Little girl, you have been wronged today. It is our He family who is wrong. We will give you an explanation in the next two days."

After saying that, he looked at Master He San and said, "Go ahead, show some honor to me."

Master He San came up to Song Sanniang and took her hand directly, "Let's go." So Song Sanniang was led out by him in a daze.

After the two left, Mr. He found a chair and sat down. He looked at Mrs. He who was still angry and said tiredly,

"After decades of marriage, I found that I never understood you, never,

I still remember the way you argued with others to protect your younger siblings. I liked the way you were back then.

We were fine in the first few years of our marriage, but after the children were born, you started to change.

You seized the power of the housekeeper, and you began to become a stranger, no longer cautious, no longer virtuous,

After I allowed the eldest brother to marry the daughter of the Jin family, you became even more unreasonable.

I know you worked hard to raise your children, and he went against your wishes and married a girl you didn't like. You're right to be angry.

So no matter what you do, I will let you do it, even if you want to take Junjie and Mingge'er away from the eldest brother's wife,

You picked the second son's wife yourself. You said she couldn't give birth to a son, so you wanted the second son to take a concubine. He already has a son, but you, have you ever looked at the child? Is it because he is a bastard? But isn't this what you want?

Everyone says that you love your daughter, but I didn't know how she lived until she asked me for money a while ago.

Who would dare to believe that a married woman from the He family would spend all her dowry and not even have money to marry her children?

You didn't teach her anything, you spoiled her, you forced her to marry that fool who only knew how to be cultured.

I just realized now that you hate me, so you didn't spare the children either, right? Tell me, what are you trying to do?"

Madam He actually showed a satisfied smile, "He Fuyuan, you finally got it, haha, I hate your mother! I hate you too! Your mother died early, so I want to take revenge on you!"

Mr. He was silent for a while before he spoke with difficulty, "Why?"

Madam He laughed again, and after a while she smiled with her lips hooked, "You wanted to marry me, but your mother gave me a hard time on the first day I entered the house, and ignored me. You were also not in a good mood,

I have been prostrating myself in front of her but I couldn't get a good look from her. Even the dog slave beside you doesn't treat me well. I don't know what I did wrong?

You don't like me going back to my parents' home, and you even ignore my family members. My brothers and sisters put on a smiling face, but you turn a deaf ear to them.

So I hate you! I hate you so much! Why did you let a business girl in?

My father is a county magistrate after all, and you all look down on me and my family.

Why do you treat her like a merchant girl and take good care of her family? Why? She yelled at the top of her lungs.

Hearing this, Mr. He was silent for a long while. Mrs. He couldn't help but yelled again, "He Fuyuan, tell me! Tell me! Why?"

Mr. He looked at her steadily and said with a mocking smile, "Okay, I'll tell you the truth. The truth is that on the day of our wedding, on our wedding night, your good brother also became the groom.

He raped Cuimei, who had grown up under my mother's care. She went home that night and swallowed the gold.

Why did my old slave look so bad on you? Because Cuimei was his unmarried wife, and your good brother dared to come to me the next day to ask for her.

In order to save your face, everyone in the family who knew about it kept their mouths shut. I never thought that your whole family was so shameless that you wouldn't even tell you about something like this.

What do you want me and my mother to do when something like this happens? Tell me, should we greet you with a smile?

My mother is willing to drink the tea you offer her, which is the greatest honor for you. "After saying this, Mr. He smiled sarcastically.

He continued, "You keep calling me old slave, but I grew up with him. Even the kids call He Hai Grandpa Hai.

In your eyes, only your shameless elder brother and younger brother are human beings. Your good elder brother is doing evil things outside in the name of our He family, and your good younger brother is a beast.

Because of such a person, you actually hated me and the children, and I was still willing to let you help your family. It seems that I was too kind. I should have used the officialdom's tricks on you from the beginning.

From now on, you can take care of yourself!"

After saying this, Mr. He left with his sleeves swung. When he reached the door, he suddenly turned back and said, "If you interfere in the affairs between the Third Brother and Miss Song, I will divorce you and send you back to the Wang family."

After saying that, he strode out of the inner room, leaving Madam He with a dazed look on her face. After she was shocked, she shed two lines of tears woodenly, muttering, "How could it be like this? It shouldn't be like this."