Teach Them A Lesson

Mrs. Tian's eyes were red. In fact, she had lent money to her daughter for two purposes. Apart from helping her son-in-law, she was also planning for the future. If her son-in-law is cured and can sit up in the future, given his qualifications as a Scholar, it is very likely that he would open up a private school to teach children. When that time comes, their family's children can also be sent to their son-in-law to study. Even if they can't pass the Tongsheng examination to become Scholars, at the very least, they'd be able to learn some characters, which would help them find a good job in the future.

[T/N: Tongsheng- Examination in Ancient China, upon qualifying which, people are addressed as 'Scholar'.]

Who knew that her family had a shallow vision, and they all complained that she was not good!

Her sons and daughters-in-law criticized her, but she put up with it. But even her own husband criticized her. This is what pained Mrs. Tian the most.

When she married Lu Danian, she just expected him to be honest and good to her in the future. Otherwise, why would she marry him? Back then, she could see that he had no big ambitions and couldn't make much money.

She just wanted to have a peaceful married life. But, in the end, it turned out that not only is this man incompetent, but he even came to complain and blame her when something went wrong.

The more Mrs. Tian looked at Lu Danian, the more she felt that she must have been blind to marry him at that time.

"Since you don't like Mom, I'll take her away," Lu Jiao said coldly, glancing at the people in the yard. "In addition to her three sons, she also has a daughter. Her daughter will take care of her in the future."

This time, the expressions of all three—Lu Ping, Lu An, and Lu Gui—changed. Mrs. Tian had three sons, yet it was her daughter who had to step in to take care of her. Then won't all three of them be scolded to death?

"Mom, do you want to come to my house with me?" Lu Jiao turned around to ask Mrs. Tian.

Mrs. Tian was angry as well. She just wanted to keep their faces out of her sight just for the time being, so after listening to Lu Jiao's words, she nodded, "Okay."

This time, Lu Danian's expression changed, "Tian Hua, what are you doing? Didn't I just say a few words of complaint? What about it?"

"It is often the people closest to us who hurt us the most. So let Mom go, Father. What hurt Mom the most is Father's complaint. She has been with you for so many years, and she has never complained that you are useless, but in the end, you came to criticize her." Lu Jiao snarled at Lu Danian.

Lu Danian's expression changed. He didn't expect his daughter to say this to him, but he didn't dare scold her in front of Tian Hua.

Lu Jiao turned around and walked into the east bedroom, returning with her basket slung over her back. In the basket, she had a hog deer, a hare, five catties of brown rice, five catties of white rice, and half a catty of candy.

She hadn't expected that the Lu family would treat Mrs. Tian like this. She would rather give these things to the dogs than let them enjoy them.

"Mom, let's go."

Mrs. Tian turned around and went into the east bedroom to get some clothes. In the courtyard, all of the Lu family members' expressions changed, including Lu Danian. He quickly followed Mrs. Tian in to coax her softly.

It's a pity that Mrs. Tian was very angry, so she packed up two sets of her clothes and went out with Lu Jiao.

The three sons of the Lu family rushed to stop them, as Lu Gui yelled angrily at Lu Jiao, "Lu Jiao, shouldn't you persuade Mother instead of adding fuel to the fire? What's the deal with you?"

Lu Jiao cast an impatient look at Lu Gui as she raised her eyebrows while saying coldly, "Since you sons feel that Mom is not good, then I will take care of her from now on."

In fact, Lu Jiao didn't really want to break up the Lu family. She just wanted to teach them a lesson so that they wouldn't bully Mrs. Tian again.

Otherwise, they may develop the habit of complaining and blaming Mrs. Tian whenever something bad happens.

Today, she must teach them a lesson.

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, she raised her hand and pushed Lu Gui away, took Mrs. Tian's hand, and left the house.

Hu Xiang, Lu Jiao's second sister-in-law, had all her attention focused on the heavy basket slung over Lu Jiao's back. When she saw that it also contained meat, she greedily shouted from inside the courtyard, "Mother, don't be angry. It's all our fault. It's our fault. Youngest Sister-in-law, don't be furious. Persuade your mother."

It's a pity that Lu Jiao totally ignored her and took Mrs Tian with her and left.

Behind them, Lu Danian's face was indescribably ugly, and he was a little flustered. He and Mrs. Tian had never been separated for many years, and now that Mrs. Tian was abruptly leaving him alone, he felt that he had landed himself in a complete mess.

As soon as Lu Gui noticed that Mrs. Tian and Lu Jiao had crossed the threshold, he chased after them in long strides.

But this time he didn't dare to stop them. Instead, he simply followed them from afar.

Mrs. Tian started following Lu Jiao impulsively at first, but after a while, she became worried again.

Will her son-in-law say something when she goes to live at her daughter's house? Will he be unhappy, and if he is unhappy, what should she do if he is angry with her daughter?

Mrs. Tian somewhat regretted her previous impulsive behavior. Why did she cause such a stir in front of Jiaojiao? But when she saw the money, she felt compelled to throw it at them on the spur of the moment.

Mrs Tian thought for a moment and then said to Lu Jiao, "Jiaojiao, it wouldn't be good for Mom to stay at your house, right?"

When Lu Gui heard Mrs. Tian's words, he quickly said, "Mother, let's go back, let's go back."

Lu Jiao pulled Mrs. Tian's arms, acting like a spoiled child, as she said, "Mom, your son-in-law is paralyzed and confined to the bed. I have to take care of him as well as the four little ones. I'm so tired. Mom, can you help me? By the way, when I went to town last time to sell things, there was no one at home, and the four little ones were beaten up. If Mom goes, it would be just right, since you can help me take care of the home when I go out."

Mrs. Tian felt distressed when she heard this, and she agreed with everything Lu Jiao said, totally ignoring her son, who was following behind her.

A son forgets about his mother when they marry a wife. Her eldest and second sons are living examples.

Unlike a daughter. See, only she came to her mother's rescue.

Mrs. Tian knew her daughter only wanted to give her a head start to prevent the whole family from bullying her.

"Okay, then Mom will help you."

Behind them, Lu Gui's face was full of bitterness. At this time, he also realized that his sister was a tough, unyielding person who shouldn't be provoked.

Lu Jiao, who was walking in front with Mrs Tian, totally ignored Lu Gui, who was following behind them. Using her basket as a cover, she took out two pastries from the space and handed one to Mrs. Tian, and ate one herself.

"Mom, eat something. This is the red bean cake I bought from the town."

Mrs. Tian immediately pushed back. "I'm not hungry. You should put it away for Wenyu and the others to eat."

How could Lu Jiao agree? She stuffed it into Mrs. Tian's hand while saying, "Mom, you eat. There is no shortage of food at home."

When she was finished, she turned to Mrs. Tian and said, "Mom, now I can make traps to hunt. You see, this is the deer that I hunted, and there is also a hare. Originally, I had brought them for you, but I didn't expect the whole family to bully my mother. Then why would I give these to them? I'll take it back home and make spicy rabbit for Mom to eat."

Mrs. Tian was stunned when she saw the deer in the basket slung over Lu Jiao's back. Not only had her daughter managed to get her hands on a Ganoderma lucidum and sell it for money, but she could also hunt. Oh my god, this is too amazing.

When did her daughter become so awesome?

Mrs. Tian looked at Lu Jiao, her eyes flooded with surprise as she said, "Jiaojiao, how come you know all this? Quickly tell Mom."

After giving it some thought, Lu Jiao replied, "I learned it all from Yunjin's books."

"No wonder everyone wants to learn to read. Reading is so beneficial, even my daughter has learned the ability to make money."

"Mom, eat it. We don't lack all this," Lu Jiao shoved the red bean cake into Mrs. Tian's mouth.

Mrs. Tian happily ate it, exclaiming, "Good, good," without even looking at her Youngest Son, who was still following behind her.

While the mother and daughter in front were having fun, Lu Gui was starving. If one heard carefully, they could hear his stomach growling.

For the past two days, because of the matter of five taels of silver, no rice had been cooked at home, and now he was as hungry as a horse.

Lu Gui was upset to see that the two people walking in front seemed to have forgotten about him now.

After following them for a few more steps, he approached Lu Jiao and said, "Sister, do you have any more left? Give me a piece too."

"Don't call me that. I'm not your sister." Lu Jiao sneered at Lu Gui as she turned around to look at him.