"Uncle Liu, can you not tell Father?" Fu Tianfu was afraid of getting a beating, so he started begging for mercy on his way home.

"No way." Fu Liu Jin refused outright.

Fu Bajin saw his sixth brother's attitude and was too lazy to say anything, it definitely wouldn't work.

"Add Blessings, if you want to hit, just hit! Getting beaten by your father is better than getting beaten by Han Zi Wang, why are you crying?"

"Uncle Eight, you don't know, I'm not afraid of being beaten up, but I still have to go to school? I thought I didn't have to go anymore."

Fu Liujing shook his head, these two kids are really a headache.

Fu Baiwan and Fu Erjin, knowing this, each took off their shoes and hit the two little ones with their shoe soles.

The father and son looked exactly alike when they were fighting.

The way the uncle and nephew cried out when they ran away and were brought back was exactly the same.

Fu Liujn took a cotton ball and plugged his ear, then went back to his room to study.

Xie Family.

Xie Yíng saw Xie Guangwen come back and left.

Xie Guangwen knew she was just throwing a tantrum, but he couldn't bear to scold or beat his only daughter.

"Ying Ying, you don't even want to say a word to your father?"

"Father, I'm back." Xie Ying spoke like a puppet on strings, saying what she was told without any emotion.

Xie Guangwen shook his head, "I'm your father, not your enemy."

"If you disagree with my marriage, then you are my enemy." Xie Ying retorted.

Xie Guangwen sighed, "Your father is doing this for your own good. What about your mother?"

"Went to watch a play?"

Xie Ying didn't know that many wealthy families' wives and daughters liked to listen to operas. Why was her father so averse to her mother listening to operas, and even she hadn't heard a few times.

"In the room."

Xie Guangwen waved at her, then went back to his bedroom.

As he pushed open the door, he saw a woman gazing out the window at the goldfinch caged there. She seemed lost in thought, her melancholy expression as if she too were a bird trapped within its bars.

Even after all these years, she still can't let go.

Xie Guangwen only felt a bit helpless, "Madam, the weather is still cool, how did you open the window? Be careful of catching a cold and getting a headache."

Tong Wanhui came back to her senses, looking at her with gentleness. At this moment, she had hidden all her emotions, like a perfect wife wearing a mask.

"Grandpa, you're back."

Xie Guangwen nodded and walked over to her, closing the window for her. "Just right, don't catch a cold," he said softly.

"Master, how have you considered the matter of the two academy competitions? Moon's waiting for my reply there."

"Tell her to do it her way."

Tong Wanhu looked at him in surprise, her eyes were very strange.

"How could you not recognize me?" Xie Guangwen chuckled self-deprecatingly.

“No... I didn't think you'd agree.”

Tong Wanhui remembered that when she first mentioned the girls' school to men, they also scoffed at it.

"My lady, people change," Xie Guangwen said meaningfully. "I'm no exception."

Tong Wanhui, as if scorched by the heat in his eyes, quickly averted her gaze. "That's great then," she said. "I'll tell Yue'er tomorrow, she'll be so happy."

"Madam, you are also pleased." Xie Guangwen said with a smile.

"My lady is full of talent, perhaps you should go and see for yourself when the time comes."

Tong Wanhui could almost describe her current mood with astonishment, "You... are you serious?"

"Of course, I feel that my wife's talent is wasted staying at home. Madam Zou, why go all the way to Luocheng to invite Mr., when you could simply ask him here?"

Tong Wanhuì confirmed several times, he was serious, not mocking.

Xie Guangwen held her hand, not allowing her to pull away. "Madam, you've been hiding in this room for over ten years. If you wish, you can walk out."

"I... forget it." Tong Wanhui didn't know what she was thinking, her eyes suddenly dimmed.

The next day, Fu Bajin went to return the new tunic to Mr. Yu.

Although he was still a little unwilling to accept defeat after being beaten, when he thought about how yesterday he almost implicated his sixth brother and prevented him from studying, he restrained himself.

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He has a wife and concubine at home, and there are three sons and four daughters to raise. Although his elderly mother is in the countryside, his penniless brother must come begging for money at the beginning of each month, and if he doesn't give it, he makes a fuss.

He buys such expensive clothes also to show off.

"Fu Bajin, where did you get the money?"

This fabric isn't cheap, it's much more expensive than his long shirt.

Fu Bajin was very reluctant to speak with him. Before yesterday, he only thought that this gentleman had some influence. After yesterday's events, he had no good feelings towards this gentleman at all.

I'm truly not convinced.

Mr. Yu, I have brought you something new, so would you please give me your old one?

"What are you going to do? You can't wear that!"

That piece of clothing can still be worn after washing. With this one from the Fu family, he would have two decent outfits.

Fu Bajin smiled but not genuinely and said, “I have three nephews who need to be disciplined. I’ll cut some of these for them to use as reminders. When they get dirty, they can be used as rags.”

Silk brocade should be cherished and treated with respect, not used as a cleaning rag. It's a waste.

"That's Shu brocade!"

Fu Bajin smiled, "Mr. Yu, don't worry about what kind of brocade it is. Since you have taken our new one, you should give us the old one. As for how to use it, that's our business."

Fu Tianfu said that the bracelets for Erpang and S pang wouldn't work, and he didn't need Mr. Yu's smelly clothes. He didn't want to dirty the two brothers' butts again.

However, he has always been Fu Bajin's little follower. Whatever Fu Bajin says, he repeats it.

"That's right, Mr. Yu, give it to us."

Mr. Yu gave him a withering glance. "I don't have it. I'll take this one though. I'll bring the others next time."

"Well then, that's settled. Otherwise, we'll tell the dean about you and your crooked ways."

These two little rascals, having learned a new word, keep using it all day long.

Han Ziwang was beaten, but because he had started the insults and the fight, he was also punished to clean the latrines.

Han Ziwang had been pampered since childhood and couldn't stand hardship. When he got back home, he told his mother, Lady Han, a fabricated story about how badly he had been beaten.

"Another bastard from the Fu family?" Madam Han didn't treat Bai Huan as a lady and had already suffered losses at the hands of Fu Jiujiu. Now her son was even bullied by those little ruffians, how could she swallow this breath?

After Fu Bajin and Fu Tianfu left, Mrs. Han also came to see Mr. Yu.

"Mr. Yu, my husband has suffered injustices under your management, and you haven't only failed to redress his wrongs, but also punished him. Haven't you forgotten all the things you have taken from our family over these years?"

Mr. Yu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. If the academy found out he had accepted bribes, he couldn't stay here any longer.

"Madam Han, please calm down, please calm down. This matter is not something I can control. It was decided by our dean."

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