Who Cares

30

Chapter 30 The Source

“Grandmother, grandmother, you have to decide for your grandson!” Before the person entered the courtyard, Zhao Wangshu’s voice penetrated through the window, frightening the parrot hanging from the beam into flapping its wings.

“What’s the matter? Who bullies my good grandson, let grandmother know, and I will definitely beat them on the board!” The old madam hurriedly welcomed him with a cane, although her face was still a little ugly, her eyes were full of smiles. When her son was so disappointing, she put the hope of revitalizing the family on her grandson, and it was inevitable that she favored him a little more on ordinary days, and couldn’t see him being wronged at all.

Zhao Wangshu threw himself into his grandmother’s arms, pouted and shouted, “It’s Guan shi.” When the words fell he entered the inner hall, rolled up his sleeves, and complained, “Look at this grandmother, she beat me! She even made me tie sandbags on my wrist, causing me wear out several layers of skin, the pain was so painful that I couldn’t sleep at night. My sister lied to me, Guan shi is not good at all, I don’t want her to be my mother, I want my third aunt to be my mother.”

As the old madam checked the wounds on her grandson’s wrist and palm, she raised her chin at the steward mama to let her inquire about the situation. Another maid brought golden sore medicine, cotton gauze and other items to bandage the wounds of the eldest young master.

In order to win the love and affection of his grandmother, Zhao Wangshu, although was not in great pain, his mouth screaming very loudly, even frowned with tears in his eyes, showing an unbearable appearance.

The old madam looked extremely distressed, but did not do what he wished which was to call Guan shi to complain or scold her. Guan shi’s character was still very trustworthy, not to mention her family’s education alone was one of the best in the whole Wei. The Guan family was a family of Confucianism and a noble family. Everyone has selfishness, and everyone may be unfavorable to their stepchildren and stepdaughters, but Guan shi would not. She would never let the Guan family’s century-old reputation fall in her hands.

The steward mama who inquired about the news quickly entered and whispered in her ear. Zhao Wangshu kept peeking from the corner of his eyes, and found that his grandmother’s brows were getting tighter and tighter, and he thought that grandmother would definitely make decisions for him, so he continued to cry, “Guan shi‘s heart is so cruel, I don’t want to go to her courtyard to study, in the future when my aunt come over, I will move to the courtyard next to my aunt, and my aunt will take care of me. She love my sister and me the most since we were young, and she is very sincere to us, not comparable to Guan shi at all.”

“Shut up!” The old madam who had been silent all this time suddenly became angry, slapped the table hard and scolded, “What aunt and aunt, when she passes the door, you can only call her yiniang (father’s concubine). I have never heard di sons or daughters who are not raised by the mistress’s side, but go to a concubine’s room instead. You are already eleven years old, don’t you even understand this? Don’t call her Guan shi, she is your mother, you must respect her, even if she beat and scold you, and let you to tie a sandbag to practice calligraphy, that is also for your own good, and you need to be obedient. Come, take the eldest young master to the main house to apologize to madam, if he is unwilling, let him kneel outside the door and send him back to the Jingzhe Tower when the madam calms down.”

Several strong old women entered in response, with the intention to escort the eldest young master back.

Zhao Wangshu was stunned, and didn’t wake up until he was supported out, he then struggled violently and wailing. The old women didn’t dare to hurt him, so they quickly let go. But he had nowhere to run, he just lay on the ground and rolled around, beating the ground, complaining endlessly: grandmother doesn’t care about me anymore; I don’t have a mother, and now I don’t even have a father. I’m done; my elder sister lied, Guan shi is vicious, and deliberately tortured me; my aunt, hurry up, you’re the only one who treats me with sincerity, and scolded everyone in the house.