PFC Chapter 435 Jun Qixian's Memories 2
Chapter 435 Jun Qixian's Memories 2
Foul language came in like a tide, never stopping.
Every word was like a sharp knife, cutting into their hearts.
She was so tormented by these rumors that she eventually stopped daring to leave her room and stayed inside.
She trembled at the mere thought of the faces of those people outside and their harsh comments.
This gave rise to suicidal thoughts.
But the misfortune did not end there.
Finally, she had nowhere to hide, and the newcomers became even more arrogant.
They actually kicked the family of three out of their home.
Only then did they realize that their "father" had not only cruelly abandoned them, but had also sold the Jun family's old house.
So cruel!
This is because they don't want to leave a way for the three of them to survive.
With her spirits shattered, the mother led her and her brother to the Jun family's shop, hoping to get some money to redeem the old house.
However, reality dealt them another heavy blow: the shop that once belonged to the Jun family.
Now that the family has changed hands, they can't get a single penny.
When she was desperate, a shopkeeper who had a good relationship with her cousin secretly revealed something to her.
Her "father" was from Yongchang County, Guanglin Prefecture, and he already had a wife and children back in his hometown.
Upon hearing the news, she, her brother, and her mother were struck dumb.
What does this mean?
He already has a wife and children at home?
Then what about her and her brother?
What is a mother?
Haha ...
No wonder the Huang family cursed her mother as a mistress and said they were even worse than illegitimate children when they broke off the engagement.
Only then did the mother realize that her "father" had become a live-in son-in-law in the Jun family.
It seems to be a meticulously planned scheme.
The mother was both angry and resentful, angry that her daughter hadn't paid attention to the family business and resentful that she had misjudged people.
However, none of this defeated her mother and brother; only she herself fell.
Her mother and brother, seeing her in a daze, were afraid that she might do something rash.
Left with no other choice, her mother pawned some of the jewelry her grandmother had left her.
He set off with her and her brother on a journey to Guanglin Prefecture, determined to get an explanation.
A couple married for twenty years.
They've called him "father" for twenty years.
Nobody believed that person would go to such extremes.
Unfortunately, my brother is terrible with directions, and he led them astray quite a few times along the way.
Every time they got lost, it felt like a cruel joke played by fate, but even with all the difficulties, they never gave up.
After making inquiries from various sources, we finally arrived at Guanglin Prefecture.
They then learned that it would only take half a month to travel from Guangling Prefecture to Guanglin Prefecture by waterway.
However, her brother took her and her mother on a roundabout route that took more than half a year.
The hardships they had endured along the way had already taught them what it meant to be forgotten once someone leaves, what it meant to be cold and indifferent to human relationships, and the fickleness of human nature.
Her brother's former classmates and friends are now either mocking him or urging him to sell her.
What's even more infuriating is that his childhood friend, who grew up with him, was also the one who stabbed him in the "fatal" way.
After arriving in Guanglin Prefecture, in order to make a living and find out where the person was,
My mother had no choice but to take on some embroidery work at the cloth shop to earn a meager income.
The older brother worked as an accountant and wrote letters for people at the small inn where they stayed.
This way, they can also quickly find out the whereabouts of their "father".
When she left home, her mother had no choice but to smear mud on her face to make herself look ugly in order to protect her and her own reputation.
He even pretended to be lame the whole way, saying it was for safety.
She knew that with her mother's and her own appearance, her brother alone could not protect them.
Looking at her mother's haggard face, she felt a pang of sadness, but she could only force herself to stay focused and not think about it.
Huang Tian deserves a caring person.
That day, my brother finally ran into that "father" on the street, who was there to discuss business.
But the older brother did not rush forward; instead, he quietly followed them first.
After finding out where he lived, they didn't alert him and took his mother and her to Yongchang County.
The older brother wanted to secretly find his home, gather some evidence, and then take him to court.
After they arrived in Yongchang County, they secretly inquired about the name of their "father"—Chen Jingshan.
However, the response they received plunged them into despair.
No one here knows him, or has ever even heard of him.
This left them feeling as if they were trapped in a giant maze, unable to find an exit or the truth.
Later, they found a small inn to settle down in and went back to their old business.
This time, her brother copied books for the Four Seasons Study, while she and her mother took on some embroidery work.
As the days went by, they gradually became acquainted with the innkeeper.
When the shopkeeper heard about the family's tragic plight, he felt pity for them.
Taking advantage of being a local, knowing many people and having good connections, he enthusiastically helped inquire around.
A few days later, the shopkeeper brought good news.
They said they had found someone whose name was Chen Ping, not Chen Jingshan, who was quite similar to their description.
According to the shopkeeper, this person has been doing business outside in recent years, and his business is thriving and growing in scale.
His business was all in the surrounding area, and no one found out that he had ever been to Guangling Prefecture.
The shopkeeper also found out that Chen Ping had done this in order to gain a foothold in the county in his early days.
He even went so far as to send his own younger sister to the magistrate's mansion, where she became the magistrate's eighth concubine.
Upon hearing the news, her brother quickly took her and their mother to Chen Ping's residence to find out what was going on.
But when they arrived at Chen Ping's house and met him, they were surprised to find that he was indeed their father, Chen Jingshan.
But when his brother confronted him, Chen Ping shamelessly lied and denied ever knowing them.
He even said that he had never been to Guangling Prefecture.
The mother's anger was instantly ignited, and she rushed forward to argue with him, only to be insulted by Chen Ping and his family.
She scolded her mother for her indecent behavior, saying that every man she saw was her man.
At this point, Chen Ping's family and neighbors also came out to refute him, saying that he really had never been to Guangling Prefecture.
Chen Ping also said that if his mother was willing, he could take her as a concubine or something.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ping's wife, along with her daughter-in-law and daughter, rushed forward and began punching and kicking their mother.
She said her mother seduced her man.
As a scholar, my elder brother disdained to fight with such uncouth people.
But that day, he used all his strength to rescue her and her mother from those people.
In the end, the older brother didn't want to argue with them anymore and could only suppress his anger.
She took her injured mother and went to the Yongchang County government office to beat the drum and appeal for justice.
When the magistrate learned that his brother was a scholar, he did not dare to be negligent, but after the court session began...
The elder brother respectfully presented the petition, but who could have imagined that the magistrate had accepted bribes from Chen Ping?
They had no intention of upholding justice and instead accused them of falsely accusing others.
My elder brother has the title of Xiucai (a scholar who passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations) and therefore does not need to be punished
However, she and her mother were not spared; the county magistrate directly ordered that she and her mother each be given ten strokes of the cane.
She and her mother had just been brutally beaten by Chen Ping's family, and now they were being spanked, which was like adding insult to injury.
Chen Ping's family stood by, their faces gloating as they watched them being brutally beaten.
If the innkeeper hadn't heard the news and rushed over with people to pay the fine for them, my brother probably wouldn't have escaped the same fate.
Back at the inn, the mother had no choice but to give her last piece of jewelry to her brother to pawn.
It was used to pay for the doctor's fees and to repay the shopkeeper's kindness.
Once she and her mother had recovered, her brother took them to Guanglin Prefecture.
He wanted to sue the magistrate of Yongchang County, but the innkeeper disagreed with his brother's futile attempt to fight against a powerful enemy.
But the older brother was determined to get an explanation.
When they arrived at Guanglin Prefecture, the prefect told the brother that they had too little evidence.
Even if they complained to the emperor, they wouldn't win; in fact, they would be punished with beatings.
There's no guarantee that not only will her brother's scholar's degree be revoked, but they might also be exiled.