When Han saw her third daughter throwing away her clothes and saying such words, she became furious.
She raised her hand and slapped him hard, but Yingbao stepped back to avoid it.
"You little bitch! How dare you talk to your mother like that!" Han took the clothes-beating stick and hit her, cursing: "I'm only asking you to dance, not to entertain customers, why are you pretending to be innocent!"
Yingbao ignored her and ran out.
She was not stupid and just waited for Han to come and beat her.
When he ran to the gate of the courtyard, he suddenly bumped into his biological father Chen Changping.
Chen Changping, dressed in a blue robe, looked at her coldly.
Yingbao was a little afraid of her biological father. Although he had never hit her, he didn't treat her as a human being either.
When her biological mother beat her, and when Chen Zhao and Chen Xu bullied her, she didn't say a word to stop them.
His silent indifference and contempt made Yingbao instinctively afraid.
"Chen Ying, follow me."
As Chen Changping spoke, he winked at his wife, signaling her to leave.
Han threw away the clothes beater and left angrily.
Yingbao hesitated for a moment, but still followed her biological father into his study.
Chen Changping sat down behind the desk and spoke slowly: "Chen Ying, your mother has always had an irritable temper and was a little rough with you. Don't blame her."
This was the first time Yingbao heard her biological father speak ill of her biological mother, Han, and she was a little confused.
Chen Changping coughed and said, "You've suffered a lot outside these years, so you resent your mother. I don't blame you for this."
Yingbao sneered to herself and listened absentmindedly to her biological father continuing to speak.
"She did that for your own good. Look at you. As a junior, you have been talking back to your mother since you were little and have done many wrong and evil things. How can you not make your mother angry
A few years ago, I sent you away because you were too disobedient and undisciplined, so your mother made the decision out of helplessness."
Yingbao tilted her head and asked, "So, she redeemed me because she thought I had been well-educated?"
Chen Changping's forehead was throbbing with veins. He resisted the urge to slam the table and said softly, "Chen Ying, I was also negligent before for not bringing you back earlier. But now that you are back, you should change your temper and get along well with your mother."
Yingbao said nothing.
It’s not that she doesn’t want to get along well with her biological mother, but her biological mother hates her so much and doesn’t intend to treat her as a daughter.
I didn’t understand it before and thought I had done something wrong and that’s why they disliked me.
But she was fourteen years old, and had spent five years in a place like Wuchunyuan where all kinds of people mixed together, so she could see through a lot of things.
For example, her biological parents treated her differently from her second sister and younger brother.
Not to mention Chen Xu, the only boy in the family, let’s talk about the second sister Chen Zhao. Although she is also a daughter, she grew up with them after all. She is sweet-mouthed, smart, and able to adapt to the situation, which makes her quite loved by her father.
Although Han, the biological mother, only liked her son, she never beat or scolded her second daughter, Chen Zhao, even though the second sister occasionally talked back to her.
So Yingbao felt that she was not beaten or scolded because she did something wrong, but that no matter what she did, it was wrong.
In that case, why should she try so hard to please him
Seeing that his little daughter was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water and was not moved by his words, Chen Changping couldn't help but get angry.
After enduring for a long time, he softened his voice and said, "Chen Ying, you are already grown up now, and you will be married to someone else in the future. Your mother also wants to find a rich family for you, so she taught you strictly. You don't have to hate her.
As parents, we all hope that our children will have a bright future and live a life of wealth and glory.
Alas, there are no parents who are not right in the world. You must understand what respect for elders and filial piety are. Accepting adversity is the duty of a child. "
Yingbao was silent.
She never expected her biological parents to give her wealth and glory, nor would she accept everything that came her way.
But she always had something in mind.
She wanted to get a household registration permit so she could escape from this home as soon as possible and earn money to support herself in the future.
Otherwise, she would get married like her eldest sister Chen Wan and leave the Chen family forever.
Even if you marry a poor farmer, it is better than being beaten and scolded every day.
To be honest, life in Wuchunyuan was better than her home. There, at least she had Sister Wen as her companion. When she was not practicing dancing, she could occasionally go shopping with Sister Wen to buy snacks and storybooks to read.
"Chen Ying, we have a distinguished guest coming to our house this afternoon."
Chen Changping thought he had laid the groundwork, so he said what he wanted to say the most, "Whether this family can prosper, and whether you and your second sister can find a good husband, all depends on this person.
Therefore, I hope you will treat the guests well and don’t lose face for me.”
After a pause, Chen Changping continued, "As long as you listen to me this time and don't be stubborn again, I will agree to whatever you want in the future."
Ying Bao's expression changed slightly, and she asked, "What if I want fifty taels of silver, plus a household registration pass?"
She wanted to find Sister Wen.
Because Sister Wen said that she would set up a singing and dancing troupe in the future and let herself be the leader.
Chen Changping lowered his eyelids, "Okay."
"Really?" Yingbao was a little excited. "Then you swear first, and then you will give me fifty taels of silver and a pass, and let me go."
Chen Changping pressed his temple and said, "I swear on behalf of my father."
"Okay." Yingbao was happy and said, "But I only know how to dance the Huxuan dance, and nothing else."
She was the best at the Hu Xuan dance, and with her petite figure, she spun to the beat of the drums like a soaring bird.
"Just dance the Hu Xuan dance." Chen Changping breathed a sigh of relief.
His brother-in-law Chen Guanglu told him that the distinguished guest loved the Huxuan dance, especially the one performed by a clever young lady. If he could win his favor, it would be no problem to promise him the position of county magistrate.
Before, Chen Changping had thought about buying a dancer who could dance the Hu Xuan, but his brother-in-law said that the dancer was of noble status and the purchased dancer was just a lowly slave after all, and was not worthy of his attention.
After all, Chen Ying is his own daughter and a girl from a scholarly family. Even though she had stayed in Wuchunyuan for a few years, she is still a virgin and will surely not displease the nobleman.
In the evening, several guests dressed in luxurious clothes came to the house.
Walking in the middle was a middle-aged scholar wearing a patchwork Taoist robe.
Chen Changping led the man to the main seat and asked the cook to serve wine and food.
After three rounds of drinks, Yingbao was pushed into the main hall by Han.
She put on a red dance dress, ankle bells, and stood barefoot on a disc to dance the Hu Xuan dance.
The dancers danced gracefully and spun quickly to the beat of the drums, attracting everyone's attention.
The middle-aged scholar was obviously very happy. He immediately rewarded her with a piece of jade wall and asked her if she was willing to go to the provincial capital with him.
Of course Yingbao was unwilling and refused directly.
The scholar laughed, but was not angry.
On the contrary, Chen Changping had a very unhappy expression on his face, and he kept staring at her as if he wanted to eat her.
Yingbao acted as if she didn't see it. She took the jade wall and happily went back to her room, changed out of her dance dress and put on her cotton coat.
At this time, the second sister Chen Zhao and Chen Xu, who was almost nine years old, walked in.
Chen Xu saw Yingbao's naked jade wall and grabbed it in his hand.
"Give it back!" Yingbao was not going to tolerate him and went to get it back immediately.
The second sister Chen Zhao deliberately blocked Yingbao and let Chen Xu run out.
"asshole!"
Ying Bao was furious and pushed Chen Zhao to the ground. All the old and new hatreds came to her mind. She rode on top of Chen Zhao and beat her hard...
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"Bao'er, Bao'er, wake up..."
Yingbao was shaken awake and opened her eyes blankly.
Chunniang hugged her little girl and patted her to comfort her, "Bao'er, did you have a nightmare?"
Just now my daughter was swearing and waving her hands and feet wildly, which scared her to death.