Chapter 27: I have high hopes on you

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation  Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili had been bullied by Mdm Wang and Mdm Wu quite a few times during their stay at the old residence.

Xiao Erlang had also been bullied by their sons.

Now that they had been forced to leave with their tails between their legs, they realised that the two of them were not that difficult to deal with.

Shi Qingluo looked at them and said with a smile, “Evil people are not scary. People like Mdm Wang only bully the good and fear the evil. As long as you are more evildoer and fiercer than her, she will cower.”

Mother Xiao felt that it made sense. “That’s right. I was too soft-hearted before, so they liked to bully me.”

The more they didn’t resist, the more they would be bullied.

Mdm Wang was so fierce, so she couldn’t bully Mdm Wu who was equally fierce.

Shi Qingluo nodded. “That’s right. That’s why you and Baili have to stand up on your own.

“If you’re so ruthless that you’re afraid of yourself, no one will dare to bully you anymore.”

Xiao Baili thought for a moment. “Is it because you used a knife to cut them, so that they would be afraid?”

Earlier, when her sister-in-law hit her eldest aunt, she was enjoying the show.

When she held the knife against her eldest aunt’s neck, she realised that her legs were shaking. Clearly, she was afraid.

Shi Qingluo was afraid that she might go astray, so she immediately said, “No, I used a knife to scare her. I won’t really cut her neck.”

“Otherwise, if she dies, I’ll have to go to jail or be beheaded and buried with her. It’s not worth it.”

She sighed, “Nothing is better than staying alive.”

If she died, there would be nothing left.

Shi Qingluo added, “But when you’re scaring her, you have to exert some dominance. You have to make them think that you’ll really do it.”

Mother Xiao and Xiao Baili nodded their heads and seemed to understand something.

Xiao Erlang was focusing on other aspects.

“Sister-in-law, can you teach me how to practice martial arts?” When he saw how amazing her sister-in-law was, he was especially impressed.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “Sure, I can practise with you too. Actually, our mother can join us too.”

She believed that the family would get better and better in the future, so she wanted Mother Xiao and the other two to learn how to stand on their own two feet.

In the future, even if she and Xiao Hanzheng weren’t at home, Mother Xiao and her two younger siblings wouldn’t be bullied.

Xiao Baili was stunned for a moment, and her eyes were filled with surprise. “I can be as powerful as my sister-in-law?”

“Of course you can.”

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “In the future, when you get married, if your husband dares to bully you, you will beat him until he can’t get out of bed. Let’s see if he still dares to do it.

“If anyone in your husband’s family bullies you, you will beat them until their teeth are all over the ground.

“Or like what I did today, you can make up an excuse after you beat them up, so that no one can blame you.”

Xiao Baili’s personality was too soft, so she was easily bullied.

She felt that she could make some changes.

Xiao Baili’s eyes were astonishingly bright. “Sister-in-law, can I really do it?”

In the past, it was their big brother who protected them in the old residence.

But their big brother had to go to town to study, so they only had a better life when he was at home.

Without him, even if he had warned their first aunt and third aunt, they would still bully them and leave all the work to them.

Their big brother had come back and told them a few times not to be afraid, much less on everything else.

However, as their sisters-in-law said, she and her mother were too weak and could not stand up on their own, so they would continue to be bullied once their big brother left.

Shi Qingluo nodded decisively. “It will definitely work. Trust me.”

Xiao Hanzheng had just walked out of the house when he heard Shi Qingluo teaching his sister how to beat her future husband and his family members.

He walked over with a blackened face.

He did not think that he would be beaten up by his little wife in the future.

After all, he knew that he would not bully her.

However, he could not help but light a candle for his future brother-in-law.

As for correcting her, he had not thought about it.

His little sister was indeed too soft. It would be great if she could be as tough as his little wife.

Seeing that his mother also looked weak, he was also worried.

He wondered what the Xiao family’s culture and practice would be like in the future.

He raised his hand to his lips and coughed. “Cough cough!”

Shi Qingluo turned around and said with a smile, “Old Xiao, I realised that your decision to break off the family ties was absolutely correct.”

“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to resolve it so easily today. Where are the two troublemakers in your family’s old residence?”

Xiao Hanzheng: …

Now, he became Old Xiao.

He realised that his wife would only call him ‘husband’ in front of more distant friends or to the outside world.

When she felt closer to him, she would start calling him random names like Brother Zheng, Old Xiao, hubby…

He walked over and smiled. “I already knew the people in the old residence inside out. That’s why I made sure that the separation was so thorough and clean.”

After the separation, no matter where he went in the future, it would have nothing to do with the people in the old residence.

He reminded her, “But we still have to be prepared. Mdm Wang and Mdm Wu have returned empty-handed. Next time, my grandmother would personally take action.”

“After all, she is an elder. We can’t use the same method to deal with her.”

Unless the Xiao family did not want their reputation and he did not intend to sit for his scholar examination, he absolutely could not touch his grandmother.

The emperor proposed to rule the world with filial piety.

Although the separation of the family from the people of the old residence made them two families, they could choose not to exercise their filial duties, but they could not hit and scold the elders.

Shi Qingluo nodded with a look of understanding. “I understand. Besides, I won’t hit an elderly.

“Don’t worry. I actually have a way to deal with your grandmother and the troublemakers of the old residence.

She said confidently, “I’ll make sure they become obedient ducklings.”

Xiao Hanzheng asked curiously, “What do you want to do?”

Shi Qingluo blinked. “I won’t tell you yet. Wait until your troublemaker grandmother comes. You can just watch the show.”

Xiao Hanzheng couldn’t help but laugh. “Alright, I’ll wait and see.”

He added, “My guess is that you’ll go to town tomorrow to get the medicine and send that doctor to jail. My ex-grandmother will be here soon.”

Shi Qingluo looked at him and asked, “Does that mean that grandma knows that the doctor is trying to harm you?”

Xiao Hanzheng shook his head. “No, that woman won’t let the people in the old residence know.”

How could that intelligent woman expose her weakness into the hands of these greedy and exquisite people of the old residence.

“However, that woman left a servant girl to serve the old lady. She will probably be probed to come and see how I am doing now.”

In his previous life, when his family was destroyed, that woman was the mastermind behind the scenes. That servant girl was his helper who was in charge of instigating the troublemakers in the old residence to do bad things.

Shi Qingluo understood immediately. “I understand. That b*tch is also very evil.”

“Don’t worry, just leave it to me.”

In Xiao Hanzheng’s two lifetimes, he had never heard anyone say “leave it to me”, nor had anyone taken the initiative to protect him like this.

This was very novel to him. He smiled and said, “Alright.”

“I will be your backer. Do whatever you want,” he added.

Initially, he was prepared to settle his grandma himself.

However, since his little wife wanted to protect him, he would let her do it.

He then said to Shi Qingluo, “I’ve already boiled the bathing water for you. Go freshen up.”

He realised that his little wife liked to take a bath after finishing a day of work.

His body was weak and he was unable to help with cooking and selling tofu, but he could help to boil some water.

Shi Qingluo realised that Xiao Hanzheng was really not bad.

Very few men in ancient times knew how to boil water for their wives, not to mention that he was also literate.

In Shengyuan’s memory, her fourth uncle was a virgin.

When he entered the kitchen, he said that it was an insult to the gentility and domestic chores shouldn’t be done by a man.

Not to mention boiling water for his wife to take a bath.

She got up and walked to Xiao Hanzheng, patting his shoulder. “Old Xiao, you’re very good. I have high hopes for you.”

So she went to shower first while Xiao Hanzheng looked at her silhouette, eyes full of smiles.