The next day, the adults of the He family were not at home, and He Xiaoning also closed the door to embroider the dowry. Lianhua'er, who lived near the courtyard door, heard the sound of the courtyard door, and came out to open the door to see the person, for fear that she was here to borrow food again. , then asked with a cold face, "What are you doing here?"
She knows this person, not only her, but their family's reputation in Wuliqiao is not very good, even taking this person has been two decades old and has not been married yet.
It was Chen Xiaohong, the eldest daughter of Chen Laosan's family. Chen Xiaohong is over twenty but has been unable to get married. The reason is very simple. Many people have heard that she is the daughter of Chen's third family, and they will not consider her at all.
As for those who don't care about reputation and can't get the money for the betrothal gift, the eldest brother refuses to marry him, and the old girl who goes to Wuliqiao is known to everyone.
"Sister-in-law, don't get me wrong, I'm not here to borrow food today." Chen Xiaohong quickly blocked the courtyard door that Lianhua'er almost closed, licking a smile and approaching her: "I heard something about my sister-in-law yesterday. After all, I still think I can't hide it from you, after all, sister-in-law, you are kind, I really can't bear it, don't I?"
After hearing her say so much, Lianhua'er was a little impatient: "What are you talking about?"
She really doesn't want to have any contact with this person who is still wearing patched burlap clothes and has a smell on her body. The clothes on her body are made of fine silk cotton material. What if it gets dirty? Is good
Chen Xiaohong suppressed the displeasure in her heart, but pretended she couldn't see Lianhua'er's disgusting eyes, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, I really think about you, why don't you let me in first?"
Although Lianhua'er was a little unhappy, she took a half step back and let her enter the yard, seeing that she had something to do with it.
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As soon as Zhao Chunhua returned home today, he found that the atmosphere at home was a little strange, no, it was the attitude of his daughter-in-law that was a little strange.
In the past, even though Lianhua'er didn't talk much, she could be regarded as respectful to herself. Why does she look at her fiercely when she sees her? Like eating people
"What's wrong with your sister-in-law? It looks like she is going to eat people." After dinner, Mrs. Zhao took Xiao Nini to He Xiaoning's room to talk to her daughter, looked outside and asked in a low voice, "Today Has anyone been to the house?"
He Xiaoning didn't understand what her mother meant, but she answered obediently: "It seems that Sister Xiaohong from Uncle Chen's family came over in the afternoon."
Chen Xiaohong, who wanted to make trouble behind her back, didn't expect that her whereabouts happened to be bumped into by He Xiaoning, who came back from the hut: "But she was locked in the room with her sister-in-law, and I don't know what I said."
"Chen Xiaohong?" Zhao Chunhua doesn't really like this Chen Xiaohong, who can be regarded as suffering. It's not easy for her to be poor and miserable, but she Chen Xiaohong thinks about the owner's borrowing and stealing from the Western family all day long, and occasionally goes to Su's house to meet her. a porcelain.
That year, she really couldn't see that Chen Xiaohong spread rumors that the Su family had killed Chen Laosan, so she told the fact that Chen Laosan pretended to be a bandit and was sentenced to prison by the government.
Later, Chen Xiaohong stopped, but how could he still find Lianhua'er while he was not at home? Zhao Chunhua didn't even have to think about it, he decided in his heart that it was Chen Xiaohong who spread rumors in front of his daughter-in-law. I went to the east wing with my granddaughter in my arms. The family had to live on.
"Lianhua'er, what do you have to tell your mother? Don't keep everything in your heart." Zhao Chunhua put Xiao Nini on the kang and smiled kindly.
Lianhua'er sneered in her heart, you have gone out to speak ill of me to others, what are you still doing here in a pretentious manner? I felt more resentment towards my mother-in-law in my heart, but I didn't say anything, just shook my head lightly: "I'm fine."
The smile on Zhao Chunhua's face froze for a while, she was a mother-in-law talking to her daughter-in-law in such a good voice, but she put her hot face on her cold butt and didn't want to pay attention to her: "Xiao Nini has just urinated. Now, remember to do it again later." Then he left the east wing.
Neither mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said anything about it, but there was a thorn in their hearts, and the atmosphere at home became more and more tense. Even He Xuanhai, who had never been very concerned about family affairs, found out that something was wrong with his family.
Where can Lotus be willing to say? In her heart, she only thought that the He family treated her as an outsider, Xianggong pretended to be someone else, and the old woman went to talk ill of herself to the people in Xianggong's heart. Lianhua'er felt that it was better than walking on the street with her clothes off. And make her feel ashamed!
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Besides, Chen Xiaohong went to He's house to make trouble. Seeing that Zhao Chunhua's face was gloomy these days, she was really happy. But her plan was more than that. Today, when the He family was not at home, she found Lianhua'er again.
After listening to Chen Xiaohong's idea, Lianhua'er felt a little drum in her heart and hesitated: "Is this bad?"
Although she hates Su Youjin, but to ruin a woman's innocence, this is simply forcing people to death! Although she also secretly thought that if Su Youjin died, everything would be fine.
"Sister-in-law Lianhua'er, don't be stupid, you think for others, then who thinks for you?" Chen Xiaohong really blushed and wanted to trick Lianhua'er into doing this with her: "Besides, we are here to help her. I found a good marriage, how can I ruin her innocence?"
Hearing this, Lianhua'er really felt that Chen Xiaohong was a little too shameless, but the conditions Chen Xiaohong gave made her very moved: "Lianhua'er sister-in-law, as long as the matter is successful, I will give you one thousand taels of silver!"
That's one thousand taels of silver! Although Lianhua'er had some dowry, her mother-in-law would give some silver as a pocket flower after she married into the He family, but she only had a dozen taels in her hand. If she had a thousand taels, she would be able to straighten her back and speak at home. !
Lianhua'er only thought that she could wear gold and silver like Su Youjin, and her servants could be ordered, and her eyes were a little red, and she responded like a ghost: "Yes, but I only give you silver, I don't care about anything else."
Chen Xiaohong came to ask her for money to do things. Seeing that she finally nodded, she was naturally happy, took the small ingot of silver handed over by Lianhuaer, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, this is a matter of course. It can be done!"
But neither of them noticed that under the windowsill of the east wing, a girl who bit her lip for fear of making a sound listened to the conversation between the two of them.
Hearing the movement from the east wing, He Xiaoning hurriedly hunched over and walked away quietly. After returning to his room, he was breathing heavily and sat on the kang in shock. After thinking about it, he still felt that he should tell his parents about it.
After He Hao and Zhao Chunhua listened to their daughter's explanation of what happened during the day, the couple's faces turned dark, and the family of three sat quietly, neither speaking nor knowing. What to say.
"You can't hide this from Xuan Hai, after all, Lianhua'er is his daughter-in-law." After a long time, He Hao broke the silence and smoked the hookah after another, but he couldn't come up with a good formula. He only knew that if his daughter-in-law did such a thing, the Su family would definitely not let them go.
"In the beginning, the Su family was only a family with a little background, and her father couldn't make money. Now the Su family doesn't talk about it, there are more than ten or twenty guards alone. Is she Chen Xiaohong out of her mind or thinking about money? crazy!"
Zhao Chunhua was so angry that she was both angry and sneering. Her good daughter-in-law is also very courageous and blind, she dares to do anything!
He Xuanhai, who was reading the book in the room, was suddenly called over by his sister. He didn't know what happened, but when he saw the solemn expressions of his parents, he froze in his heart. Could it be that something big happened at home
"Xuan Hai! Your parents don't want to disturb your reading thoughts, but it's also related to Lianhua'er, so I called you here." He Hao sighed and repeated what his daughter just said. I read it again to my son: "I don't know what Lianhua'er thinks, but although our family is much better now, going against the Su family is like hitting an egg with a stone!"
Although He Xuanhai didn't communicate much with his wife on weekdays, he always thought that his wife was a gentle and demure woman, but hearing this suddenly made him a little unacceptable. There was a long silence on the bench.
However, the He family of four still negotiated a solution. Early the next morning, He Xuanhai took leave from the academy, and then went home to pick up Lianhua’er and Xiao Nini back to Lianhua’er in Luohe Prefecture. Mother's family: "Now the family is busy with the Mid-Autumn Festival harvest, and Xiao Ning is also busy embroidering the dowry. I was afraid that you would be alone at home with no one to take care of you, so I specifically told my parents to let you stay at your mother's house for a few days."
When He Xuanhai said this, his face was normal, and Lianhua'er thought she was really asking her to go back to her mother's house for a short stay, so she happily followed He Xuanhai into the city.
The young couple only entered the city, and Zhao Chunhua hurried to Su's house to find Youjin to talk about the matter, but in the words, all the responsibility for the matter was put on Chen Xiaohong, only that Xiaoning overheard it. of.
It wasn't that Zhao Chunhua wanted to protect Lianhua'er, she was just afraid that the Su family would blame her own family for Lianhua'er's reasons, which would affect her family.
That Chen Xiaohong was still daydreaming that he would live a good life like the Su family, not knowing that he had been shaken by the He family.
Young Jin, who learned this fact, was so angry that she wanted to laugh. In recent years, out of pity for her, Chen Xiaohong's family, the old, the weak, the poor, and the poor, she had sent a lot of food and clothes to their family secretly and secretly.
I never thought that I was not enough to swallow an elephant, and I also thought of letting her incompetent brother come to claim her innocence so that she could marry into their Chen family with a large dowry
"You Jin, don't be too impulsive, then Chen Xiaohong is not a good thing, so don't ruin your body because of such popularity." Zhao Chunhua looked at You Jin with an angry smile, and was slightly relieved, fortunately he didn't say anything. If everything happened, if Young Jin knew that Lianhua'er was also related to this matter, I'm afraid it would be really impossible to be kind.
Youjin sent Zhao Shi outside the gate and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I have my own measure on this matter. Auntie, don't interfere in this matter, so as not to cause you all a mess."
Lianhua'er didn't know about Wuliqiao, only that she lived at her parents' house for eight days before her husband came to pick her up, but after returning to Wuliqiao for a few days, Chen Xiaohong didn't come back. Chen Xiaohong has been sold to a passing businessman by the eldest son of the Chen family. As for the eldest son of the Chen family, he owes a lot of money to the casino because of gambling. Even the old mother and the younger sister are sold, and she is nowhere to be found. The family has completely disappeared in the boundaries of Luohe Prefecture.
After hearing He Xiaoning's news, Lianhua'er only felt a little scared, and thought to herself, "Could it be that the Su family knew about Chen Xiaohong's plan, so they took action? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence, but the whole family will be there for seven or eight days. Something happened?"
Seeing the frightened expression on his sister-in-law's face, He Xiaoning felt a little sullen in her heart, and she became more estranged from Lianhua'er.
After this incident, although Lianhua'er still thought a lot, she never dared to turn her mind away, for fear that she would be the next Chen Xiaohong. A malice has not yet begun, and it has all been strangled in the cradle.