The Silent Reforms of Eldridge Chapter 25

The next morning, my uncle and his wife led their family into my house and beat, smashed, and robbed them desperately. Their daughter, who was married to the Yang family, even sprinkled corpse-washing water on every corner of my house. Fortunately, while Ji Rui and Kai Rui were talking, my family member Shao Xi pretended to deliver tea and secretly lurked behind the hall and heard everything they said, so their plot to blackmail my family failed.

It's really speechless to meet such uncles and aunts, and to meet such cousins. Readers will definitely want to know the ending of this Sc*mbag Ji Rui. Ji Rui's brother-in-law Yang Simaozi was stealing and selling salt packets [2]. His accomplices were caught in Wuchang and they confessed him. The government interrogated Yang Simaozi and confronted the boat owner. Yang Simaozi did not dare to go, so he paid Ji Rui to go on his behalf. When Ji Rui saw Qian's eyes wide open, he went to trial on his behalf, but was imprisoned in Wuchang County Prison.

My stepfather had a two-story hut in Sanyuanqi Lane. It was empty and no one lived in it, so I repaired it a little and invited my elder brother and sister-in-law to live there together. Ever since I became a Jinshi, my eldest brother has been living in the Huaihe apartment due to official duties and cannot take care of the family. Every year I take out one hundred taels from my meager salary and send it home to subsidize the expenses of my sister-in-law and nephew. The year before I became the prefect of Shuoping Prefecture, my sister-in-law came to the capital with her nephew. After I went abroad, my income increased slightly. Although my eldest brother had gone to Tongzhou to take up a post, I still sent them twenty-five taels every month. This year, they came back, and I still took care of them as before, so my eldest brother was able to go to Zhejiang with peace of mind. I also invited Li Xuanping to teach my two nephews how to read.

When the eldest brother was in the capital, he borrowed two hundred taels of silver from the younger brother of his servant Chen Gui. The interest was three cents, and the creditor pressed him hard. I, Ding You, am at home. The little money I earn from sitting in the restaurant in Yandao, Yangzhou, is all put into the accounting office for daily expenses. My sister-in-law and nephew need to find other ways to pay for their monthly expenses. Where can I get the money to repay this debt? ? And Chen Gui's younger brother insisted. Fortunately, my eldest aunt (my uncle Beitan's step-mother) deposited two hundred taels in the accounting room, earning an interest of two cents. There was no way to operate the money in the accounting room, so I took it out and paid it back to the creditor. I will pay the interest my aunt deserves every month from now on.

In July, Bao Yizhuang and Li Chaxin invited me to visit Jiaoshan and stay at Songliao Pavilion. With the sound of waves on my pillow and the picturesque sails, I can enjoy the fresh river food and take in the panoramic view of the lakes and mountains. We visited Crystal Monastery and Natural Monastery, and climbed to the Simian Guanyin Pavilion, which is the highest peak of Jiaoshan Mountain. In the four-sided Guanyin Pavilion, we had the honor to admire the hand-painted scroll by Mr. Yang Jisheng, a great scholar of the former Ming Dynasty. The monk asked me to inscribe at the end of the scroll. In Haixi Nunnery, Monk Miao Quan asked me to inscribe on the Han Dynasty Ding pottery tripod rubbings and "Exposure of Books and Pictures"; in Ziran Nunnery and Crystal Monastery, I also inscribed a long couplet each.