The current situation is that the three men failed in their attempt to commit the crime. Another key point is that no one from the Zhao family is present, and the women are not there.

Furthermore, Hua Hua Shao could easily change his story and say he stole something instead of someone.

But if you say this to a hundred people, none of them will believe you.

As the prefect, Hong Dahai naturally wouldn't remind Hua Hua Shao and the other two.

Zhao Qianci added that Hua Hua Shao made disrespectful remarks to his granddaughter in front of the entire Zhao family.

Hua Hua Shao couldn't deny it, since there were witnesses.

The final verdict was that the act of breaking and entering, being caught on the spot, and verbally abusing and harassing a respectable woman were all egregious.

Hua Hua Shao was the main culprit and was sentenced to a long journey to Mocheng in the southwest to perform forced labor.

Bucktooth Hu and Gou Shengzi weren't much better off; they were both from the southwest region.

It's just that Hua Hua rarely goes to the place closest to the border, while their place of exile is a little bit further away from the border.

Of course, the three people were exiled to three different places.

It's absolutely impossible to put all three of them in one place, since they're essentially a gang committing the crime.

Given that all three individuals had broken legs, their families were allowed to pay for their medical treatment.

Three months later, he will set off with other exiled prisoners.

This verdict was like a bolt from the blue for the pampered playboy; he might as well be killed.

The judgment was quickly delivered to Hua Hua Shao's home.

Hua Hua's mother fainted on the spot.

Hua Hua Shao is her only son, her only legitimate heir.

She immediately spent money to bribe officials and seek medical treatment for her precious son, practically turning the prison into her bedroom.

Brocade quilts, carved large bed, mahogany chamber pot, sandalwood dining table.

If it weren't for the fact that the prison didn't allow it, Old Madam Hua would have wanted to send her son's concubine and maidservants in to serve her precious son.

After learning the whole story of why her son was in jail, Madam Hua came up with a foolish idea.

Carrying ten tiers of betrothal gifts, they knocked on the Zhao family's door.

"Is this the Zhao family? I am the steward of the Hua family. Our matriarch has come to propose marriage to your daughter."

"Please open the door and let us in."

Hua Changzai's demeanor was very arrogant. In this county town, there was no family with any standing that didn't know the Hua family.

The person who opened the door was none other than Xu Dongsheng.

He was taken aback. The Hua family had come to propose marriage? He asked.

"The Hua family? Which Hua family? The one that lecherous Hua Shao family?"

"They've come to propose marriage, but to whom are they proposing?"

"Naturally, it's to propose marriage to my eldest son. Young man, you'd better open the door first."

The flower remains, still haughty.

I don't know what he's so arrogant about. His own young master has been locked up, so instead of keeping a low profile, he's showing off like this.

How could Xu Dongsheng be frightened by such a dog?

"I'll ask you one more time, to whom do you intend to propose marriage?"

Even Hua Changzai, who was usually so arrogant and domineering, felt the pressure at this moment.

"This is to propose marriage to your esteemed young lady. As for who it is, we'll have to ask my matriarch."

Xu Dongsheng glanced at the betrothal gifts and carriages being carried outside.

"I advise you to leave now if you don't want your legs broken."

After saying that, Xu Dongsheng slammed the door shut.

Zhao Qingbei came out with a watermelon in her hand.

"Who is my third brother-in-law?"

“The beggar has been sent away,” Xu Dongsheng said.

"Oh." Zhao Qingyi turned around and went inside.

He didn't believe they were really begging.

His family takes in beggars and orphans; how could they possibly not give a penny to a beggar who comes to their door?

However, Zhao Qingbei was a clever child, and he didn't ask about things that adults were unwilling to talk about.

Only then did he go back inside to report that beggars were knocking on the door, and the front door was being knocked on again.

This time, they were banging and shouting at the same time.

"Master Zhao, Madam, open the door! We've come to propose marriage to your daughter. Please open the door and let's discuss this further."

This is clearly ill-intentioned; they want to ruin the reputation of the Zhao family's daughter.

This time, Xu Dongsheng didn't need to open the door; Madam Huang was sitting idly in the main room.

The staff at the orphanage are basically in place, and even the head steward has come from Zhao Family Village.

The head steward of the orphanage in the county town summoned Zhao Xinsheng.

Since arriving at the Zhao family and changing his name, Zhao Xinsheng has truly been reborn.

He is positive and optimistic, practices his skills diligently, learns to recognize characters and do arithmetic, and seizes every opportunity to learn something.

He patrols diligently. This kid's happiness index is far higher than others.

The reason for this was that he had suffered too much in his original family. When he came to the Zhao family, he felt like he had fallen into a paradise.

Having lost her mother at a young age, she suffered abuse from her stepmother and neglect from her biological father.

The moment he was sold by his own father, he made a decision: to make his father childless.

It's not that he did anything wrong, but that he has no intention of getting married in his life.

As for the stepmother, didn't she give birth to a son?

Ironically, when Zhao Xinsheng was still called Zhang Jinlai, he once overheard a conversation between his stepmother and her son.

It turns out that the younger brother born to the stepmother was a bastard.

It's laughable that her own muddle-headed father still treats him like a treasure.

It's possible that the stepmother realized that Zhang Jinlai had discovered their secret, which is why she instigated Zhang's father to sell Zhang Jinlai.

But none of that matters anymore.

He wanted to see how miserable the old man who treated his bastard child like a precious gem and his own son like trash would be in his later years.

When the old man dies, he will definitely go to the old man's grave and set off a string of firecrackers.

Huang arranged for Zhao Xinsheng to be placed in the orphanage in the county town after taking Zhao Xinsheng's situation into consideration.

Someone took over the work, and Huang Shi isn't one to be lazy; she'd feel uncomfortable if she didn't work, so she's just sitting in the courtyard growing mushrooms.

Hearing such a loud commotion outside, he got up, went out of the house, and opened the door in one swift and decisive motion.

The moment the door opened, Hua Changzai was still knocking.

If Huang hadn't reached out and blocked Hua Changzai, that punch would probably have landed on Huang's face.

"What are you doing? Trying to rob me? Are you knocking or banging on the door? Come on, introduce yourself to this old woman again."

Whose family is this? If I didn't mishear, you've come to propose marriage?

Huang Shi was so imposing that Hua Changzai didn't dare to harbor any thoughts of provocation.

I felt like my arm, which was being held by Huang, was about to break.

"It hurts, it hurts! Madam, could you please let go of my hand?"

Hua Changzai spoke cautiously. Her previous arrogance had completely vanished.

With a light touch, Huang gave Hua Changzai a fall on her bottom.

With the help of her maid, Old Madam Hua, who was sitting in the carriage, got off.

He walked up to Huang and scanned her from head to toe, as if he wanted to see every wrinkle on her face.

After a moment, she spoke, "Are you Granny Zhao?"