She Became A Downfall Noble Lady-Chapter 43 - Madam Pang Must Be Suppressed

Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Madam Pang Must Be Suppressed

Chapter 43 -43 Madam Pang Must Be Suppressed

Qi Yourong’s eyes lit up at the prospect of making money from Silver. So, adopting this child would earn him money? Such good fortune?

The troublesome Qi Yourong’s interest was piqued, and naturally, the matter became much easier to handle.

Thus, the arrangement was readily agreed upon, although Qi Yougui felt there was something improper about using money to adopt a child. Still, he couldn’t stop Qi Younian from willing it, Qi Yourong from being happy about it.

Qi Yourong’s heart leapt at the prospect of making a tidy sum of Silver, momentarily setting aside Qi Liang’s reaction and Madam Song’s doting. But when he entered the door and saw several family members eagerly awaiting his return with the child, the anger that had simmered in Qi Younian’s house flared up again.

Qi Liang showed no tact, craning his neck to see if there was anyone behind his father. No one?

He asked, “Father, where’s Congming? Why didn’t you bring him back?”

Qi Yourong raised his hand and slapped him, making Qi Liang stagger and immediately a handprint appeared on his face.

Madam Song was instantly on edge, stepping forward rapidly, shoving Qi Yourong while shouting, “Have you gone mad? Can’t you speak nicely? Why take it out on your own child? You endured grievances at your second brother’s place and come back to take it out on my son? Is this how you treat our mother and son?”

Qi Yourong brusquely shook off Madam Song’s hand, “Enough, enough. Is this taking it out on my own child? It was just a slap, how can that be considered anything serious? Qi Liang really knows how to take it out on his own child!”

Having pushed Madam Song aside, he turned and scolded Qi Liang, “How stupid can you be to do such a thing? Huh? Qi Congming has nothing to do with Madam Pang, even if he were beaten to death, she wouldn’t lose anything. And you? Qi Congming has your blood running through his veins, don’t you know that? If he were abused to death, it would be your lineage dying, do you understand? Surely you’re not dense enough not to grasp that?”

The abuse of Qi Congming was largely carried out by Madam Pang, and Qi Liang was just foolish enough to condone her actions. But as a father-in-law, Qi Yourong couldn’t very well lay a hand on his daughter-in-law, so he could only vent his frustration by harshly scolding his son.

Seeing that Qi Yourong was quite furious, Madam Song stopped trying to pull on him and asked, “When you went to fetch the child, did his second uncle say something?”

Qi Yourong sat down on the kang bed, guzzled a bowl of water, and then angrily said, “Did they need to say anything? Without saying a word, they just showed me the injuries on the child’s body.”

Pointing at Qi Liang, he bitterly said to Madam Song, “Your son doesn’t treat his son like a human being. A mere child, yet covered in scars upon scars, hardly a spot on his body unscathed. Qi Younian fears the Qi family descendants would be poisoned to death by our household. That child, we can’t bring him back now!”

The Qi Family Third Branch all gathered in the main room, and while Qi Yourong spoke of Madam Pang’s mistreatment of Qi Congming, the others felt uncomfortable and avoided eye contact.

Like Lady Zhang, she knew exactly what Madam Pang was like towards Qi Congming. But with her younger brother-in-law doting on Madam Pang and the grandmother indulging her younger son, whatever anyone else said would seem like stirring up trouble. Better to stay silent; after all, it wasn’t their child being abused.

Madam Song, like Qi Yourong, believed in the principle of ‘less trouble the better,’ consistently ignoring how Madam Pang treated the child. Whatever the young couple did behind closed doors was none of her business as the mother-in-law. The child will, after all, grow up, and a little suffering isn’t a big deal.

But these were things that could only be discussed behind closed doors. If taken outside, their family’s disregard for their child’s mistreatment by a stepmother would draw severe criticism.

In Madam Song’s view, Qi Congming was just an unlikable, foolish child, and whether he was brought back didn’t matter much. The main issue was that it didn’t look good for the Qi Family Third Branch.

Madam Song glared at Madam Pang, thinking about her petty mind that couldn’t even accommodate a child, what else could she expect from her?

“What are we to do then? Surely his second uncle won’t keep the child from us, will he?” Madam Song asked.

Thinking of the Silver Qi Younian had promised, Qi Yourong’s expression softened somewhat, and he said, “Elder brother has said that he will adopt Congming into the second brother’s family, to carry on the Second Branch family’s lineage.”

“No way!” Madam Pang had originally been thinking about not letting Qi Congming stay in the second branch of the Qi family, but when she heard the word ‘adopt,’ it meant that the little brat would become a member of the Second Branch family in the future, and she immediately became frantic.

This was her Qi Liang’s child; everyone wanted to meddle in her family’s affairs, did they think she was made of mud? Moreover, that little brat had grown up under her care, for better or worse, he must continue to stay with her, how could he be allowed to go to the Second Branch?

She had heard that the second branch of the Qi family’s small stall did quite well, their big pot of Rice Tofu selling out every day. Three coins a bowl, accompanied by those two types of pancakes, they must make a good sum of money. The Second Branch family’s days were getting more and more prosperous, was she to let that little brat enjoy the good fortune there, while she and her children could only look on, helpless?

Humph! Not even to dream of it!

Lady Pang was grinding her teeth with determination, and Madam Song, seeing this, picked up a broom and hit her with it, saying, “You heartless woman, how dare you talk back?”

When Qi Liang saw his mother about to beat his wife, he quickly stepped forward to stop her, complaining, “Mother, what are you doing? You know very well how my wife has always behaved. You never interfered before, why are you losing your temper now?”

Madam Song was furious, “You still remember I am your mother? Does your wife think she’s in the right for what she has done?”

Madam Pang ducked behind Qi Liang, refusing to concede, and argued, “It’s easy for others to talk, they don’t feel the pain. Even if I am not good, I have brought him up to this size. If I did not care for him, he would have died from hunger or thirst long ago.”

“Enough! What’s all this noise?” Qi Yourong roared angrily, then with a stern face, he questioned Madam Pang, “Wife of Liangzi, I’ll ask you, where has Congming usually slept all this time?”

With the promise of Silver from Qi Younian in mind, and thinking of smoothly getting the Silver in hand, Qi Yourong’s mind was sharp. The child must be adopted by his second brother, so he needed to suppress Madam Pang’s arrogance.

Qi Yourong’s question made Madam Pang very nervous; she subconsciously looked at Qi Liang and said vaguely, “Sleep… at home.”

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Qi Yourong nodded at Madam Song, “You go to Liangzi’s room and have Liangzi’s wife show you the place where Congming sleeps.”

All of a sudden, he remembered that Liangzi’s family never aired out bedding for a child of Congming’s age, and specially reminded Madam Song, “Besides, don’t let her fool you. You should also pay attention to all their bedding, for the family of four.”

Madam Pang’s face changed, and she stood still, but her eyes looked to Qi Liang.

Qi Yourong saw Lady Pang’s change of expression and kept gesturing to Qi Liang. He was already convinced that what the second brother said was correct and couldn’t help but snort coldly, then asked again, “Wife of Liangzi, there’s no need to look at Liangzi. I’ll ask you one more question, has Congming ever eaten at the dining table? You always said you left food for him. How has he usually eaten his meals? With chopsticks or a spoon?”

Qi Yourong merely used this question to press down on Madam Pang and Qi Liang, without intending to get an answer from her.

So without waiting for Madam Pang to answer, he turned to Lady Zhang and asked, “I can’t trust her. You tell me, how has Qi Congming always eaten his meals? Your second uncle said that the child neither uses chopsticks nor spoon, and it seems he has never even been up on the heated brick bed.”