jdhmnovel Chapter 164
Chapter 164
"Master, the move is done." Butler Jia put away the list and said to Jia Sansi.
Jia Sansi nodded and stood up. "Take those servants whose indentures are in Qingwu's hands back with her and let her deal with it herself."
"Jia Sansi!" Sun Wuji, who was ignored, squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, "What happened today will be unforgettable in my life!"
"Oh." Jia Sansi replied nonchalantly and walked out. Jia Sansi sneered, "What did you sign yesterday? Have you forgotten so quickly?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Jia family members filed out and left.
What did you sign yesterday? Sun Wujiu gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face tensed to the point of cramping.
Yesterday, Old Master Jia flattered him with kind words and even offered him two hundred taels of silver as an apology for Jia Kuan's beating. In a moment of delusion, he actually accepted it. Then Old Master Jia invited him to dinner, and the two of them drank quite a bit. The result? He drank too much.
When he was unconscious, the pitiful little maid helped him back to his room. The maid had a pair of innocent and pitiful eyes, and they just looked at him straight. He reached out and hugged her in his arms, and couldn't help but kiss her eyes. When he woke up, he and the maid were naked, hugging each other.
At this moment, Master Jia and his men rushed in. "My dear son-in-law, get up and have a drink to sober up... You, you, you? You actually did such a thing in my house! Qingwu is still in the mansion!"
Sun Wubai was speechless. The maid covered her face with the quilt and cried without saying a word.
But then, Master Jia asked everyone to leave, including the girl. "Mr. Sun, what would happen if the academy or those scholars knew what you did today?"
As soon as these words came out, Sun Wujiu knew he was being set up. He only hated himself for being careless and trusting this old fox. If people knew that he had been having dinner with the Yue family's maid, he would be so embarrassed that he would not be able to hold his head up in front of his former classmates. If such a morally dishonest thing were to get out, he would no longer be able to be a teacher at the academy.
Old Master Jia produced a letter of confession, and he had no choice but to sign it. Then he wrote the divorce papers, feeling humiliated. He had just threatened Jia Qingwu with a divorce letter, but the Jia family didn't care at all. They actually wanted a divorce?
"Don't regret it when I graduate from high school!" Sun Wujiu finished writing, threw away the pen and stared at his former father-in-law's face.
"Of course not. From now on, there will be no relationship between the Jia and Sun families." Old Master Jia said coldly, "Whether your grandson is a high-ranking official or a high-ranking official in the future, we will never try to climb up the social ladder. But if you want to abuse your power for personal gain and retaliate against the Jia family," he raised the confession in his hand, "the Jia family is not afraid of being destroyed."
It wasn't until the Jia family moved all their belongings away that Sun Wujiu felt a little regretful, but more of a determination. He was determined to get into high school!
The Jia family, a mere merchant, dares to humiliate me like this! When I pass the imperial examination, I will definitely avenge this day!
Many people knew about the Sun and Jia families' affairs. Sun Wujiu had received many strange looks at the academy, not to mention that Qu Pingping regretted it deeply. If she had known earlier, she would have coaxed Jia Qingwu properly, and things wouldn't have come to this. She looked at the empty Sun family home, her son crying and refusing to go to the academy, saying that his classmates kept asking what had happened to their family.
When the Qu family learned that Jia Qingwu was divorced, they came to inquire happily and asked Qu Pingping to coax Sun Wujiu well so that he would make Qu Pingping his legal wife.
But as soon as Sun Wujiu returned home, he went into the study and would be scolded if he was asked to eat.
Jia Qingwu knew nothing of these matters, nor did she care. She took inventory of the shop and told them that she had severed all ties with the Sun family. No one from the Sun family would be allowed to buy on credit from now on, and all previous accounts would be settled.
Xia Chu followed her around and realized just how wealthy Jia Qingwu was. She owned a jewelry store—one that sold gold and silver! It was easy to imagine how rich she was. She also had two cloth shops, a cosmetics shop, a musical instrument shop, a teahouse, and a farm on the outskirts of town. It covered 500 acres and had dozens of tenant farmers.
If Jia Qingwu, a daughter who married out, is so rich, what about the Jia family?
Xia Chu didn't dare to think about it. When she heard Jia Qingwu say that she would give all of these to her, she waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I can't manage so many shops."
"Mom will help you." Jia Qingwu said with a smile.
"No, no, no," Xia Chu couldn't stand being so rich all of a sudden. Besides, she really didn't have the ability to manage a shop. She had never even touched the braised meat shop at home. "I can't do it. Don't give it to me."
Seeing her resistance, Jia Qingwu had to give up for the time being. She thought about teaching her slowly in the future, and then handing it over to her when she could get the hang of it. "I have another house. The servants of the Sun family were previously assigned there. Do you want to go and take a look?"
"No need, let's go back first." Among so many shops, Xia Chu was only interested in the musical instrument store. However, the pipa in that shop were not as good as Jia Qingwu's collection, so she didn't look at it for long.
Didn't expect the Sun family's problem to be solved like this? Xia Chu felt relieved without having to deal with the original owner's father. She and Jia Qingwu got along surprisingly well. The two had similar interests and hobbies. Jia Qingwu always put her first and respected her opinions, which made her feel comfortable.
Honestly, she was quite afraid Jia Qingwu would use her mother's status to force her into doing something. For example, talk about marriage... Fortunately, she didn't. Jia Qingwu almost never brought up the subject. Old Madam Jia did bring it up twice, but Jia Qingwu politely declined both times. She said she had just found her daughter and wanted her to spend more time with her, not marry her off too soon.
Even the Jia family, whom I thought I had to deal with, rarely came over. My eldest and second uncles had businesses to manage and didn't spend much time at home. My third uncle had just had a son, so he had even less time.
Mrs. Jia had to take care of all the big and small matters in the household, and would only come occasionally to ask if anything was missing, but that was it.
Mrs. Jia Er, Jia Qingwu said that she was afraid of people by nature and rarely walked around the house.
Mrs. Jia San is still in confinement after giving birth and has no time to visit.
The only one left was Old Lady Jia. She would come over in the mornings to do the Five Animal Exercises together and check on her daughter. She rarely came over at other times, but she would often bring some gifts.
As for cousins, I didn't see much of the others. Jia Wanlin came today, and after greeting her, she glanced at Xia Chu. She said to Jia Qingwu, "Aunt, does my cousin want to go to class with us?"
Class? What class? Xia Chu looked at Jia Qingwu in surprise. Could it be reading and writing?
"I actually forgot about this. Xia Xia probably doesn't know about it yet." Jia Qingwu was a little annoyed that she had actually forgotten about this.