Chapter 405 He is a joke
Ling Ce thought of a time when he and Rourou talked about the harsh treatment of the Zhu family to the servants.
Rourou snuggled in his arms and said that if it were her, she would never be so harsh. The servants were also human beings. She believed that treating the servants well would be rewarded with their loyalty.
After she entered the mansion, she did the same thing. She always spoke softly to the servants. Today, she did as the nanny and maid kneeling on the ground said, but she spoke softly when he saw it!
Zhu family would only deal with servants severely when they made mistakes, and would only sell them out when they made serious mistakes. He used to think that she was harsh, but Rourou would sell them out all the time, no matter big or small!
He looked at Sang Rou, suppressed his disappointment, and asked calmly: "Scholars, farmers, merchants, you are not nobler than farmers, and even worse than farmers. You can be my wife, why can't farmers be Qiang'er's wife?"
Background has always been a pain for Sang Rou. Her father is a carpenter, not far from Ling Mansion. Once when she went to Ling Mansion to work, she met Ling Ce and held him tightly, but Ling's grandfather valued fame and wealth and looked down on her. He arranged for Ling Ce to marry a girl from the Zhu family under the pretext of repaying a favor!
He forcibly took her position as the wife, causing her and her son to have to live outside.
But, "Master, you and I are truly in love, how can that farmer girl compare?"
Ling Ce said, "Oh," and continued to ask: "Then you mean that as long as Qiang'er is truly in love, he can marry her as his wife?"
"What are you talking about, Master? How can Qiang'er be truly in love with a farmer girl?" She finally became a lady of an official, and her son recognized his ancestry and became a child of the Ling family. How could he marry a lowly village girl!
It's ridiculous.
He is like a joke!
He didn't care about the world, family background, etiquette, and insisted on marrying a woman, but she told him that she was a peasant and was not worthy of her son's wife.
Rourou had clearly said that family background was just a secular restriction and it was unfair to her. It was not her fault that she was born in a small family. She was more pitiful than the Zhu family. She asked him to pity her more, and he did it. But now she despises other women's family background!
Ling Ce looked at his second son again, "What about you?"
He wanted to know what his son thought, whether it was the same as him or his mother.
Ling Qiang secretly raised his eyes to look at his father and saw that his eyebrows were calm, and he could not see sadness or joy. He then looked at his mother secretly and saw that his mother was frantically signaling to him. He immediately said affirmatively: "Dad, I am the son of the Ling family. I will take over the Ling family in the future, so I naturally cannot discredit the Ling family.
In-laws can help the Ling family move to a higher level. Don't worry, Dad, I will never fall in love with a lowly and humble woman."
Mother said that good days must be created by oneself, and they must be firmly grasped.
Daddy is their biggest support. As long as they hold on to Daddy, they can live a good life.
Ling Ce closed his eyes.
The Zhu family, whom he despised the most, was the same kind of person as him. They did not reject him because of the Ling family's family background;
His son Ling Ran, whom he criticized and beat, was truly like him. He did not care about money or worldly etiquette, and he would leave the Ling family even if he left his family business;
It was wrong, everything was wrong.
Shui Qing watched Sang Rou rush over and cry to complain, and saw the servants kneeling on the ground. She could not see Ling Ce's expression clearly, and did not know what was going on over there.
Aunt Li, Aunt Zhang and the others were nervous. Would the governor listen to one side and believe it?
"It's bad. Should we explain? We can't let Aunt Ling frame us!" Zhang Xiaogou shouted.
Wang Guifen sighed, "It's useless. She's the wife of the governor. If he believes her, what's the point of you explaining?"
"Yes, if the explanation is useful, will Ling Ran come out? Ling Ran is his own son! If his own son can't do it, how can we outsiders do it?"
Everyone's heart sank to the bottom.
Mrs. Li said hesitantly, "No way, I think the governor cares about Ling Ran, otherwise he would come to our Shanshui Village for him? Besides, there is no overnight hatred between father and son. I always love my son."
Everyone also wanted to believe it, but they didn't dare to hold too much hope.
Shui Qing was thinking, why did Ling Ce come here?
He knew that Ling Ran was not with her, and he had already given a thank-you gift. Sang Rou should have come without telling him, and he didn't know, why did she come?
Sang Rou also thought of this question, raised her tearful eyes, and asked in surprise: "Master, why are you here?"
When she saw him just now, she thought she saw her savior, and she was so happy that she forgot that the master didn't know she was coming. Since he didn't know she was coming, why did the master come here?
At this moment, the servants came slowly with a bullock cart.
The bullock cart was piled high, and there was no end in sight.
Sang Rou has been in charge of Ling Mansion for almost three years, and she still knows the people in the mansion, and the servants who led the bullock cart were the servants who had brought gold, silver, jewelry, and rare treasures back to the mansion before!
These servants are directly under Ling Ce's management, and no one, including her, can call them to do anything.
They are also very strict. No matter how much silver she throws, they will not be moved - the silver will be accepted, but they will not say a word, so that she will not be stupid enough to throw the silver in later.
Ling Qiang thought of the property his mother had brought, and his eyes widened at the goods on the ox cart. He looked at his father and asked directly: "Dad, are these from our family?
Are you going to give them all to Ling Ran?"
Ling Ce had accumulated enough disappointment, and at this moment he just said lightly: "It's not for me. The Ling family will be his in the future. These are gifts to thank the people who saved him.
By the way, if you don't have the ability to rely on the clan to survive in the future, you'd better call me big brother."
Ling Qiang was stunned.
Sang Rou's face changed drastically, and she called blankly: "Master?"
Shouldn't Qiang'er be allowed to take over the Ling family and bring glory to the family? Why do you think the master's words mean that he will hand it over to Ling Ran in the future?
Her slender nails dug deeply into her palms, and hatred flashed in her lowered eyebrows. Sure enough, cutting the weeds without eradicating the roots is not enough.
Then he came to his senses and said tentatively: "But, sir, my family background is weak and I don't have much dowry. I'm afraid I won't leave much for Qiang'er in the future. If you give us so much property, how will our Qiang'er live in the future?" ?”
Unlike Ling Ran, Qiang'er had Zhu's dowry. That dowry alone was enough for Ling Ran to eat and drink for three lifetimes! Her Qiang'er can only rely on the master. Now that the Master has given out so much at once, wouldn't it be possible to give Qiang'er even less?
Ling Ce didn't even look at it, and said: "There is no way to live without a dowry. You come from a small family and know how to live without money. You can teach a strong child."
In the past, he always felt sorry for Qiang'er who was not as wealthy as Ran'er. He obviously had the same father, but his life was very different. Now that he knew that the two of them lived the same life, it was unfair to Ran'er.
Ran'er's wealth is the result of the path paved for him by his grandfather and his mother, not because of his father!
And if Qiang'er didn't have him as his father, given Sangrou's family background, he would probably be able to marry a craftsman. He would not die of hunger, but he would definitely not be able to live a life of slaves.