Chapter 127: Drawing Water from a Bamboo Basket and Empty Game
Chapter 127: Fetching water from a bamboo basket is in vain
Xie Changting and the old lady were both angry, and Xie Donghai and Peng could only accept it with resignation. However, the couple hated the third family in their hearts.
Obviously this incident has nothing to do with the second house, so why should they be implicated and punished together?
When Xie Dahe and Zhu saw that the second house had been punished, they felt very disappointed. They knew it was useless to plead for mercy, so they just gave up.
Originally, they felt a little guilty about implicating the second wife, but when they saw Peng's indirect criticism, the couple became angry.
"Second sister-in-law, don't make it sound like your second branch is so wronged. Didn't Yu just steal Lan's banknotes and her assessment stickers?
Since you did the same thing, why shouldn't you be punished?"
Mrs. Peng was almost mad with anger, and she wanted to rush up and scratch Mrs. Hua Zhu's face.
"My daughter Yu did something wrong, but she did it just to go to school, and we have already paid 10,000 taels in compensation.
It was my third brother who was shameless. He stole my niece's money and burned her yard, causing our second wife to be punished as well. You two don't even feel guilty, but you still have the nerve to scold us.
It is true that like husband, like wife.
"Third brother is shameless, and his sister-in-law is the same. The skins of you, the third family, are thicker than the walls that defend against foreign enemies."
Xie Dahe could no longer suppress his anger after hearing what Peng said, and roared at Xie Donghai, "Second brother, do you and your wife still have me, your third brother, in your eyes?"
Xie Donghai, who was punished innocently, was already unhappy, and Xie Dahe had walked into his trap.
"Your second sister-in-law is right. Why did you implicate us for what you did? I also want to ask you two, do you still have me, your second brother, in your eyes?"
Seeing that the two rooms were arguing louder and louder, and even wanted to fight, Xie Lan was so happy.
The old lady was almost mad to death. She covered her chest and yelled, "Shut up, what are you arguing about? Do you want to piss me off to death?"
Hearing the word "death", the people from both rooms finally stopped shouting and cursing reluctantly.
They didn't care whether the old lady lived or died, but they were worried that she would be angry to death, so they had to mourn. If someone else replaced their official positions, they would never be able to recover in this life.
Xie Changting had already walked away when the two families started arguing, but before leaving, in order to establish his prestige, he left a message for the second and third families.
At night, when sleeping on the floor, only one straw mat can be used by each person, and no other items are allowed. If anyone dares to disobey the rules, they will pack up and get out of the house.
Although the old lady felt sorry for him, she knew that Xie Changting was angry and did not dare to persuade him any further.
The children of the second and third wives were all grown up, so the old lady was not too worried. But the child born by Yao was just one month old, and the old lady was afraid that something might happen to him, so she took him back to her own courtyard.
Yao collapsed on the ground. She thought that after entering Xie's house, she would be considered an official's wife. But she didn't expect that she would not be greeted with wealth and glory, but would have to sleep on the ground.
She used to live in a big house and lead a life of ordering servants around, but now she has nothing.
Why did she envy Miss Xie's wealth and tempt Xie Dahe to steal it for her?
Now this is all retribution!
The Yao family was so devastated that their intestines turned green.
Seeing that the second and third wives were not living well, Xie Lan felt relieved and left with the third wife's gold and silver jewelry.
Tinglan Pavilion was burned down. Tiechui was unhappy at first, but soon she came to Xie Lan to gloat over the misfortune.
"Miss, the third lady was expelled from the White Crane Academy."
Xie Lan laughed when she heard that. Is it so easy to take advantage of her? Her fate of bringing bad luck to her relatives and friends is no joke.
As long as she doesn't want to, these people from the Xie Mansion will never be able to gain any benefits from her.
Even if it succeeds temporarily, it will be lost sooner or later.
In the second house, Mrs. Peng was furious and pulled Xie Yu's sleeve and yelled, "What did you say, you were fired from the White Crane Academy?
What on earth have you done? It's only your first day at school. How could you be expelled from the academy?
Didn’t you plead with the teacher and the principal of the academy to let you stay?
If this gets out, your reputation will be ruined." Xie Donghai was already very angry about the matter involving the third house, and when he heard that Xie Yu was dismissed from the academy, he was so angry that he slapped her in the face.
"You are a person who is not good at anything but always causes trouble. In order to go to Baihe Academy, you stole your elder brother's betrothal gift and even paid 10,000 taels of silver to that damned girl Xie Lan. In the end, you only went to study for one day.
If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have let you study at Shigu Academy. It's a waste of so much money for me. It's really unlucky."
Seeing Xie Yu being beaten, Peng felt distressed. But thinking about her dismissal, she didn't care whether she was hurt or not, and just kept asking.
"You stupid girl, why don't you tell me what you did wrong to be fired from the academy?"
Xie Yu covered her red and swollen cheeks. Although she didn't dare to cry out loud, she couldn't help but let her tears fall.
"It's none of my business. I didn't make any mistakes. I was implicated by others."
The incident started when two young ladies who had failed in their attempts to throw themselves into the arms of Xiao Jin at Baihe Academy chased him into the academy and discovered that he was nowhere to be seen.
They started blaming and mocking each other, and later started pushing and shoving each other, and even fighting in the academy.
The other ladies knew that the two men were not of good character, so they just watched from the side and did not dare to say anything.
Only Xie Yu stepped forward to stop the fight in order to show off in front of everyone.
It would have been fine if she just wanted to stop the fight, but she had to act like an innocent person.
Little did they know that this was exactly what the two ladies hated the most. They thought she was deliberately doing this to seduce Xiao Jin, and they turned around and beat and scolded her in anger.
Xie Yu felt that her kindness was not rewarded, and was beaten by the two ladies instead. She was so angry that she lost her mind and also attacked the two ladies.
As luck would have it, the fight between the three was seen by the teacher. What was worse, the matter was brought to the attention of the headmaster of the academy.
Upon learning that the three ladies were fighting over a man, the headmaster decided to fire them on the spot.
Even though they regretted their actions and begged for mercy, the headmaster was extremely strict and remained unmoved.
Xie Yu didn't expect that she would be so unlucky. She just tried to stop a fight, but not only was she beaten, she was also fired from the academy.
She even got slapped by her father when she got home!
I didn't expect that Xie Lan's divination about disaster would be so accurate. It said that she would suffer an unexpected disaster, and it really happened.
In order to go to Baihe Academy, she gave up her degree from Shigu Academy. Now that she was dismissed by Baihe Academy, she couldn't go back to Shigu Academy.
After all the planning, it ended up in vain.
Although Baihe Academy returned the three thousand taels, Peng and Xie Donghai were so angry that they almost vomited blood when they thought about the ten thousand taels they had to pay as compensation to Xie Lan.
When Xie Yan returned home, she was stunned to see the courtyard of the third room burned into ruins.
When she heard that Xie Lan already knew that she had replaced the place in the Royal Academy, her face changed again and again.
Then he went to Xie Lan's yard with a guilty look on his face and knelt at the door begging for her forgiveness.
Xie Yan originally thought that since she had already knelt down, no matter how angry Xie Lan was, he would have to forgive her for the sake of his reputation.
However, what Xie Yan could not have imagined was that instead of waiting for Xie Lan's forgiveness, she waited for a violent storm.
The rain came suddenly and quickly. The people from the second and third rooms who were sleeping on the ground had no time to hide and were soaked through. They almost went crazy.
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