Chapter 12: The loved one was punished because of her

"This? Ah, this, this..."

Li Yaoguang came right up and hit the nail on the head, looking like he was willing to risk everything to stand up for his loved ones. The green grass and willows were all scared and reluctant to act.

Seeing the two people in front of him paused and hesitated, not daring to say anything more, Li Yaoguang smiled and scolded them harshly, "Humph! You are just a bunch of slaves who bully the weak and fear the strong. You are just bullying my uncle and aunt because they are soft-hearted and kind. Get out!"

With a shout, Fangcao Luliu looked at each other and dared not to provoke this evil cousin who suddenly went crazy. They pulled each other and glared at Li Yaoguang fiercely. Then they turned around and walked out of the gate of Nanyuan.

Seeing that the annoying person had left, Li Yaoguang put down the lunch box and simply followed him to close the gate of Nanyuan and bolt it. He didn't care about the saying that the gate of the courtyard cannot be closed in broad daylight. He just wanted to turn a blind eye to it. It would be best if no one could disturb him when he was talking to his aunt.

Clapping his hands lightly, he walked back to his aunt who was looking at him with concern. Seeing that his aunt was timid, Li Yaoguang kept comforting her in a gentle voice.

"Don't be angry, auntie. These lowly maids just love to flatter the weak and put down the powerful. You don't need to pay attention to them."

"But will they gossip about it outside? Your uncle's situation is already terrible, if..."

Faced with such a weak aunt, Li Yaoguang sighed, tightened her hand, and racked his brains to comfort her.

"Aunt, don't be afraid, don't worry. These two are just trying to climb up the social ladder. If they still have this idea, they won't dare to use you, their old master, as a scapegoat. Treating you harshly behind your back is a private matter. If they really disrespect you in public, if they go too far, they will not end up well considering the strictness of the Marquis's family management.

Besides, not everyone in this world is stupid. I'm afraid they would be afraid of such a slave who would step on her master to gain benefits for herself and get promoted, and they would also be afraid that they would become the next one.

Besides, the Marquis' Mansion cares about their reputation, and they have a lot to consider. I am a cousin who has nothing, and I really want to fight with you and your cousin for justice. If things get out of hand, the Marquis' Mansion will have to appease them. So, aunt, don't be afraid. People like us are not afraid of wearing shoes when we go barefoot."

"Alas, Guang'er, it's your aunt's incompetence that has dragged you down." Otherwise, you wouldn't have to help me, an elder, at such a young age.

"Aunt! What are you talking about? We are family. You yourself said that we are the only family. If I don't side with you, who else should I side with? All right, all right, let's not talk about this. Aunt, I went to the street to buy some good things today. Didn't you say that Yang'er is suffering from the summer heat? Come on, come on, come on, hurry into the house, I'll wash the pears so that my Yang'er can cool down."

Li Yaoguang did not want to say more. He picked up the food box at his feet with one hand and pulled Yu Meixue with the other, motioning her to pick up her wilted little cousin. The three of them then went to the three small main rooms in Green Garden.

When he got into the house, Li Yaoguang saw that there was still water in the copper basin on the shelf on the wall of the opposite flower hall. After asking his aunt and learning that it was clean, she hurriedly opened the food box, grabbed three pears and went to wash them. After coming back, she stuffed one for her little cousin who was sitting on the kang in front of the window, and another for her aunt who was sitting on the kang with red eyes. She also held another in her hand. Li Yaoguang looked around and asked.

"By the way, auntie, where is my uncle?"

Reaching out to take the pear, Yu Meixue, who was full of emotion, was stunned by Li Yaoguang's question. Thinking of her husband, she felt bitter in her heart. She was afraid that her niece would find something strange, so she quickly put on a forced smile and said, "Ah? Your uncle, haha, he has something to do and is not at home."

"Not at home?", where is that?

Li Yaoguang was just wondering in his heart, at this moment, the little fellow who was holding a big pear with his legs curled up and chewing it happily suddenly looked up, with a small face, holding the pear in his mouth, and swallowing it whole, he said softly: "Daddy is not obedient, Du (gamble) money, buy Shengsheng (ginseng), grandpa will beat you, and you will kneel in the soup (tang)."

Li Yaoguang...what the hell is this? She hasn't studied infant language either! She looked at her aunt in a hurry. She saw that her aunt looked nervous and rushed onto the kang to cover the child's mouth, "Yang'er, don't talk nonsense."

Li Yaoguang was anxious when he saw this, "Auntie!"

Her aunt's expression was obviously not right, so she quickly stepped forward to stop her aunt's actions.

Looking at his silly and dazed little cousin, Li Yaoguang climbed onto the kang, grabbed the embroidered handkerchief pinned on his aunt's waist, and almost fell down on the kang. He carefully passed the scars on the kid's face, wiped his face, pulled down his aunt's hand stained with pear juice and wiped it too, then rubbed the little guy's head soothingly and coaxed the child in a gentle tone.

"Be good, Yangyang, your mother is just joking with you. It's okay. Go eat your pear."

After being comforted by his cousin, the little guy held the pear that he had bitten into a mess, looked at his mother carefully, and after confirming that everything was fine, he nodded obediently and said "oh", and continued to eat his pear.

Li Yaoguang pulled his aunt back to sit on the edge of the kang, carefully observing her expression. He understood what was going on, and grabbed her uneasy hand and asked tentatively, "Aunt, tell me the truth, what happened to my uncle?"

"No, nothing..."

"It's nothing! Auntie, don't lie to me. I'm not a three-year-old child anymore. Judging from your expression just now, it doesn't look like everything is fine. Auntie, if you still treat me as your niece, you'd better tell me the truth, otherwise I will think too much and go out to inquire around, which might cause even worse things."

She admitted that her blackmail was wrong, but she had to cheat on her aunt who deliberately concealed the truth from her.

Sure enough, Yu Meixue saw that her niece was speaking seriously, and it looked like if she didn't tell the child, the child would go outside and ask around. Yu Meixue was also afraid. She was afraid that her niece would suffer, be deceived, or be looked down upon. She was also afraid that her husband would be charged with more crimes and be beaten and punished.

Seeing her niece about to leave and ask questions, Yu Meixue quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't, don't! Guang'er, I told you not to go. Don't go. Auntie has told you."

Hey, isn't that right?

Li Yaoguang, who was pretending to leave, sat down and looked at people with his burning eyes. Yu Meixue felt very uncomfortable, but she knew she couldn't escape, so she simply closed her eyes.

"It's not a big deal, actually. It's just that, your uncle did something a little too much when he went out. Once it was exposed, it angered the Second Master. Yesterday, the Second Master was so angry that he used the family law to punish your uncle to kneel in the ancestral hall. That's why your aunt didn't have time to bring you food."

Yu Meixue didn't want her little niece to worry about adult matters at such a young age, so she spoke so lightly, just to coax her niece.

Li Yaoguang looked at her aunt's expression but didn't believe it, "Is that so, aunt?" She felt that many things were not explained clearly here. Thinking back to what her cousin had just mumbled, Li Yaoguang blurted out, "Aunt, are you hiding something from me? Is the so-called crime committed by my uncle gambling? Is it to earn money to buy me the life-saving ginseng?"

Thinking of the bitter taste in his mouth when he woke up and the conversations he had while he was unconscious, Li Yaoguang, who had taken a lot of ginseng effervescent tablets in modern times, felt that he had seen the truth.

(End of this chapter)