The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 769 - 758: If The Son Isn’t Taught (Extra update 4 for the book fan ’Jin Yi Wei: Rong Rong’ rewards)

Chapter 769: Chapter 758: If The Son Isn’t Taught (Extra update 4 for the book fan ’Jin Yi Wei: Rong Rong’ rewards)

Wei Ting saw that they didn’t seem eager to provide reasons, so he didn’t pursue the matter further but asked, "Do you want us to teach him a lesson?"

Bai Shan shook his head, "Never mind, we just got into a fight, and he’s currently grounded. Besides, the year-end exams are almost here. If you guys get into a fight now, be careful not to make Mr. Zhai so angry he gets sick."

"You guys are too honest. It’s all fighting; why do you get punished by having to sweep the streets, while he just needs to be grounded?"

All three of them looked up at him at once but said nothing.

It was not until two days before the year-end exams that Bai Ning was released from his confinement in the estate. Wei Ting and the others went to see what the fuss was about and saw the bruises on his face, which is when they understood why.

Those who had originally planned to beat Bai Shan and the others up secretly with a sack hesitated, and ultimately didn’t have the heart to attack him, so they backed off.

Bai Ning, however, was unaware of all this. Having been grounded for half a month, he was seething with anger.

He didn’t know how Zhou Man and the others had fought him; the doctor said there was no serious harm, but the bruises still hurt, and many marks were not fading.

He felt his injuries were severe, but no matter how many doctors he consulted, they all said it was due to the cold weather, which is why recovery was slow.

They advised him to relax, apply medicine on time, and the marks would soon vanish.

Only Heaven knew he couldn’t possibly relax to death.

After his father returned from a trip, he took away all the servants around him. His trusted aides that he had cultivated over many years were dismissed, and the new ones brought in didn’t even know who their true master was.

That was bad enough, but even his grandmother had become much stricter with him. He had been grounded for half a month, and though he had copied many scriptures for her and she had accepted them, she had not lifted his confinement.

To make matters worse, his father was recently considering hiring a private tutor for his elder brother to teach him alone at home.

Bai Ning had always prided himself on being a good student, and it was for this reason that his father especially favored him.

If his elder brother...

Then he would have lost even this advantage.

So now, Bai Ning absolutely loathed Bai Shan and the others, thinking that if not for them, he would never have been grounded or be in such a passive situation now.

So right after school, he had someone hurry the carriage to wait for them on the street they were sweeping.

Bai Shan would inquire about Bai Ning’s news and knew he was grounded; likewise, Bai Ning would also ask about Bai Shan and the others – even though the little servants and Daya attending to him had been replaced, he could still find out.

Therefore, he knew that on the third day of his confinement, the three people who were said to have internal injuries took their brooms to sweep the streets.

Not only Bai Ning knew, but Bai Yu also found out.

Hence, Bai Yu could guess that Zhou SiLang’s claim of their internal injuries was false, but seeing Mr. Zhuang punish them so harshly, Bai Yu turned a blind eye.

Now, nearly half a month had passed, and Bai Shan and the others were still sweeping the streets.

Even Bai Yu had to admit the punishment was severe, and Mr. Zhuang was really willing to go through with it, so these days Bai Yu wasn’t as angry when looking at his son’s fading bruises.

But Bai Ning was angry.

He rode in the carriage to the main street and waited for quite some time before he saw Bai Shan and the others come out with their brooms. He couldn’t help but let out a cold sneer and lifted his chin, signaling the servant.

The trembling servant dragged over a bag, untied the rope, then cracked the whip to make the horse run, scattering the mixed content of dirt, leaves, branches, and other rubbish along the way.

Manbao, just about to start sweeping, was hit with a face full of dirt. She bowed her head to shake it off, and when she could see again, she turned back to see the familiar emblem on the carriage.

Manbao was furious, as were Bai Shan and Bai Erlang. They did not need to guess to know who it was, and they couldn’t help shouting, "Bai Ning!"

Bai Ning opened the window, stuck his head out to look back at them, then made a provocative gesture at them.

Manbao stomped her foot and circled around, saying, "What do we do, what do we do, I really want to beat him up, what do we do?"

Bai Shan calmed down a bit, "No, we need to restrain ourselves. If we fight now, we probably won’t have a peaceful New Year. I don’t want to return home only to end up sweeping the village. That would be too humiliating."

Bai Erlang also calmed down a bit and quickly comforted Manbao, "Don’t be mad. Worst comes to worst, we can just beat him up secretly after the New Year, the kind where he won’t know who did it. Then they won’t have any evidence, and our teacher can’t punish us."

Manbao exclaimed, "The teacher is not a county magistrate; he doesn’t care about evidence. He’ll just assume it’s us and that’s enough."

Manbao looked at the rubbish on the ground, grinding her teeth with anger, "No, we have to think of something. If he throws dirt at us every day, what are we going to do?"

Bai Shan nodded.

The three of them cleaned the street, fuming with anger, taking a full quarter hour longer than usual.

When they got home, they were so tired and hungry that they didn’t have the energy to be angry anymore.

That evening, the three quietly gathered to talk.

Manbao said, "I think he will definitely come again tomorrow."

Bai Erlang suggested, "What do you think about having Daji block his carriage with our own?"

Bai Shan replied, "And then wait until we’ve finished sweeping the street before letting him scatter the rubbish again? There’s catching a thief in a thousand miles but no guarding against a thief for a thousand days, right?"

Manbao slammed the table and said, "Then we should file a complaint."

"To whom?"

"To his father, of course. If his kid is so bad, shouldn’t he teach him a lesson?" Bai Shan thought what Manbao said made sense and agreed.

So the three of them ground ink and wrote a letter with Bai Shan penning it, Manbao phrasing it, and all three deliberating to craft a letter of complaint.

Then Bai Shan handed the letter and a household notice to Daji and said, "Tomorrow morning you first deliver the letter to the neighbor, and then come back to take us to school."

Since it wasn’t very far away, Daji agreed.

The three thought they were foolproof in their plans, as in their limited experience, if their parents found out they did something so naughty, regardless of whether they were scolded or punished first, they wouldn’t expect Old Master Yu to turn a blind eye.

Who could have imagined that Bai Yu, upon receiving the letter the next morning, simply folded it and tossed it aside after reading it? Although his brows were tightly furrowed, he decided not to intervene.

The head servant was somewhat worried, "Old Master, if Second Young Master does this, won’t they start fighting again?"

"No, they won’t. Bai Shan and the others have been punished so severely, they wouldn’t dare raise their hands, would they?" Bai Yu scoffed. "If they do, it won’t just be their teacher punishing them. That’s not the simple issue here."

"Erlang’s bruises haven’t faded yet, and he has gotten a bit bad-tempered lately. Letting him vent a bit isn’t too bad, right? It’s just a harmless little joke. Let the young ones deal with it on their own."

So in the evening after school, Manbao and the others were greeted with another round of Bai Ning’s trash.

The three of them were thrown into disarray by the wind, then all looked at Daji simultaneously.

Daji paused before saying, "The letter was delivered, and I can assure you, Old Master Yu saw it."

Bai Shan’s eyes narrowed and he couldn’t help but clench the broom in his hand tightly.

Manbao slapped a leaf from her head and after grinding her teeth, said, "I finally understand why you’re two’s cousin is so detestable."

Bai Erlang denied, "Who’s cousins with him? He’s outside the five degrees of mourning, okay? Not familiar, not familiar at all."

Bai Shan nodded vehemently, gritting his teeth, "Since he doesn’t want to intervene, we’ll find someone who will!"

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