Chapter 179 Aunt and Nephew
Tong Zhaodi surrounded Tong Huaqiong and served her.
He gave me some water for washing my face and handed me a towel.
Tong Huaqiong still has complicated feelings towards her niece Tong Da Jiao.
As can be seen from her name, Tong Zhaodi is a product of the preference for boys over girls, and she will be sacrificed for her father and brothers all her life.
In Tong Dajiao's previous life, she had a good relationship with her niece.
A good premise is that both of them devote themselves wholeheartedly to the Tong family, and the aunt and niece are both good at serving others.
While Tong Da Jiao sacrificed herself for the Tong family, at least she was kind to the few bad bamboos in her own family.
Tong Zhaodi's support for her brother was simply earth-shattering. She was so beautiful that she was married to a wealthy family in the capital city as a concubine by Tong Fusheng at the age of eighteen.
As soon as she entered the house, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, surpassing her original wife who only had a daughter.
After having a son, she acted domineeringly in the inner house. After his original wife died of depression, she was promoted to the principal wife for giving birth to a son.
After becoming the principal wife, she began to torture the daughter born to her first wife in various ways.
Even Tong Da Jiao felt ashamed of the vicious tactics used in the house fight.
He even considered betrothing his daughter to a sixty-something scholar at Wanliu Academy in the city as his second wife, just to pave the way for Tong Fusheng, who had taken exams all his life but was still a student, to go to Wanliu Academy.
Fortunately, the daughter knew Lu Zhaozhao and came to him for help. Lu Zhaozhao asked Gu Jingzhe to teach Tong Zhaodi a lesson and then notified the daughter's grandfather to take her away.
This was also one of the few good things Gu Jingzhe did in his previous life.
Because of this incident, Tong Zhaodi and Tong Fusheng hated Lu Zhaozhao.
After Lu Zhaozhao was abandoned by Gu Jingzhe, these two people often added insult to injury.
In addition to torturing the daughter of her original wife, she arranged a marriage between her own daughter and Tong Zhijie's son. After the rich man died, she gave all her huge property to Tong Zhijie.
The entire Tong family began to live a life of luxury.
Even Gu Jingzhe, a high-ranking official and extremely sinister, looked down on what this family had done and persuaded Tong Dajiao to cut off ties with the Tong family.
Tong Da Jiao would definitely not agree. Cutting off ties with the Tong family would be like cutting off her hand.
Not only did Tong Da Jiao refuse to cut ties with Gu Jingzhe, she also insisted that her son donate an official position to Tong Fusheng. After Gu Jingzhe refused, Tong Da Jiao thought that it was all Lu Zhaozhao's pillow talk, and she started to pretend to have a headache and dizziness and asked Lu Zhaozhao to stay by her bedside and take care of her in the cold winter.
"Aunt, what's wrong with you?"
Tong Zhaodi handed a towel to Tong Huaqiong, but Tong Huaqiong was lost in thought for a long time and didn't take it. Tong Zhaodi couldn't help but shout out.
"Nothing." Tong Huaqiong took the towel.
As a girl, Tong Zhaodi herself was a victim of the preference for boys over girls, and she in turn severely persecuted other girls.
Tong Huaqiong didn't know whether she should sympathize with her or hate her?
There is sympathy, but also a lot of hatred.
She looked at her coldly. She knew that it was impossible for her to awaken a girl like Tong Zhaodi.
Just like some women around me in my previous life who grew up in patriarchal families and were oppressed by their parents and family members, they were wholeheartedly supporting their brothers from their natal families. Even though there were so many options and civilized ideas in that era, they could not wash away the self-humiliation and willingness to be the blood bags of their brothers from their minds.
They even forced their daughter to follow their old ways.
"Zhao Di, I don't need you to serve me." Tong Huaqiong saw Tong Zhaodi pick up the comb and knew that she was going to help her comb her hair, so she resisted.
"Isn't it my duty to serve my aunt?" Tong Zhaodi started to tie Tong Huaqiong's hair without thinking.
At this time, Gu Taohua got up and came to Tong Huaqiong's room early in the morning and complained: "Mom, I was so hot last night. Why is this damn weather so hot?"
It was midsummer and it hadn't rained for many days, making the heat in the air even worse.
Gu Taohua is fat, so she feels hotter than most people when she sleeps at night.
When Gu Dashu heard Gu Taohua's complaints, he said, "I'll bring you a basin of ice from the shop tonight. I'll put the ice in your room and open the window. When the wind blows, the cool air will keep you from feeling hot."
Gu Taohua said, "It's long in hot weather. Wouldn't it cost a lot of money to use ice every day?"
Gu Dashu said, "Who else can I spend the money we earn from our shop on if not you? At worst, I can save the money I'll use to make new clothes and buy wine this year and buy you some ice."
Gu Taohua said unceremoniously: "Then it's settled."
Gu Taohua was a precious guest in the family. When Tong Dajiao was in charge, the family spoiled her.
Now Tong Huaqiong favors Gu Taohua, and Gu Dashu and others dote on their only sister even more.
When Tong Zhaodi heard the conversation between the brother and sister, she concealed the jealousy and disdain in her eyes.
Gu Taohua is so lucky that even her brother is willing to pamper her.
Unlike her, she would keep the good things for her brothers at home.
What kind of family uses ice in the summer?
My eldest sister doesn’t need ice even after she married into the village chief’s family.
The whole Gu family actually doted on Gu Taohua. When she felt hot, they eagerly got some ice.
However, although she was jealous, she also looked down on Gu Taohua.
In Tong Zhaodi's heart, Gu Taohua is not a good girl. She doesn't know how to get up early to cook and clean the yard. She gets so fat every day and is not polite at all to use her brother's money to buy ice.
Who would want a girl like this in the future?
Tong Zhaodi was different. She was good at cooking and farm work. She never cared about what she wore. She knew to give the good things at home to her younger brother, and to give the delicious things to her father.
A girl like her is a good girl, and that's why the matchmaker would come to her and try to get her.
Gu Taohua is fourteen years old. I heard that no one has come to her house to propose marriage. But she has been looking for a date since she was twelve years old.
Tong Zhaodi thought to herself, Gu Taohua, you are being treated so pampered in your parents' home now, let's see how you will be able to gain a foothold in your husband's family in the future.
Tong Zhaodi's thoughts were reflected in her eyes and face, and she forgot there was a mirror in front of her.
Her eyes and expression naturally all fell into Tong Huaqiong's eyes.
Tong Huaqiong sneered, she knew what Tong Zhaodi was thinking.
Don’t you just think that Gu Taohua doesn’t deserve to be spoiled by the whole family?
She has no sense of worthiness, so she attacks all the girls who have a sense of worthiness.
In Tong Dajiao's previous life, Tong Zhaodi did everything she could to take advantage of Lu Zhaozhao's misfortune. It was because Lu Zhaozhao obtained the Lu family's property that the fire of jealousy made her twisted.
"Zhao Di, do you envy Taohua's life?" Tong Huaqiong asked suddenly.
Tong Zhaodi quickly retracted the jealousy in her eyes, lowered her eyebrows and said pleasingly: "Taohua has a good life."
Tong Huaqiong shook her head and said, "It's not that she has a good life, but it's supposed to be like this. She lives worse than Zhijie. At least I didn't ask Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe to save everything for Taohua. Why don't you say Zhijie has a good life?"
Tong Zhaodi said puzzledly: "Of course it's different. Zhijie is a son and the heir of the family."
Tong Huaqiong said patiently, "I used to believe that daughters are not as good as sons, so I took the trouble to treat your father well. Your father was supported by the whole family since he was a child, but he never learned anything in his life. Not only that, he was also spoiled to the point that he can't do anything, and he has to rely on his sister, wife, and daughter to make a living. He is a waste."
"I see through it now. Daughters are no worse than sons. Zhaodi, I'm telling you this now because I don't want you to follow my old path."
Of course, whether to listen or not depends on Tong Zhaodi.
Tong Huaqiong is not so kind as to insist on winning Tong Zhaodi back.
Only she can realize this matter herself.
Tong Zhaodi had an incredible expression on her face.
What my aunt said is so outrageous.
How can a daughter compare with a son? A daughter cannot inherit the family line.