Chapter 214 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (24)

Huo Shichu cleared his throat and continued, "By the way, although the Wei family was very heartless, they still wanted to save face, so in order to shut others up, they used a few packets of herbs and a bag of corn to exchange me from my fleeing mother, saying that they were getting a wife for Wei Dalang and asked me to take care of him."

Chu Ran was stunned when he heard her words. With just a few words, he could imagine how desperate Wei Dalang would be when he was seriously injured and abandoned by his family. Ask yourself, if it were him, would he be able to have no resentment towards the Wei family?

Huo Shichu didn't wait for him to digest these words that were completely different from his perception, and continued: "Guess how I felt when I was abandoned by my own mother and was terrified and helpless, and met a desperate Wei Dalang who was seriously injured in both legs and couldn't take care of himself, living in a broken house with leaks everywhere?"

Chu Ran stared at the smiling Huo Shichu in a daze, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. Did this couple who were living a happy life now once feel so lost, helpless, desperate and miserable?

When Wei Erniang saw Chu Ran's expression, she thought to herself that something was wrong, but she couldn't say that Huo Shichu was wrong, because what she said was all true, and everyone in the village knew it. It was impossible for her to deny it, so she could only be anxious but didn't know what to do.

Huo Shichu didn't care how hard it was for her, she just wanted to teach Chu Ran, the "nobleman" who was almost crippled by the Wei family, a lesson, and hit him hard once to make him stand up for justice!

So she continued, "The Wei family drove us out and gave us some rags, but no money at all. Dalang was probably hurt badly, so he simply asked the village chief and the elders to adopt him out, and also severed his relationship with the Wei family, just because he didn't want to have anything to do with them.

But now, seeing that we are doing well, they start to say that we are heartless and unfilial? Do they deserve it? When Dalang was driven to the deserted house, it was leaking everywhere, and his broken bed was wet. To make matters worse, he almost died. It was only with the help of our neighbor Aunt Zhou that we gradually recovered. "

"Fortunately, God is not blind. Dalang's injury was healed. After he recovered, he went hunting in the mountains, paid off his debts, and earned some money. Only then could he build his own house and no longer have to live in that broken house that leaks everywhere! Do you know how much suffering, hardship, and blood and tears we have endured to get to this point?!"

Huo Shichu's tone was filled with resentment, and his questions were like knives stabbing Chu Ran, making him blush and feel ashamed.

He really wanted not to believe what Huo Shichu said, but he knew in his heart that what Huo Shichu said was true. This was the truth behind Wei Dalang's severance of ties with the Wei family, a truth completely different from what the Wei family said.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask other people in the village." Huo Shichu regained his composure, and then sarcastically asked Wei Erniang who was standing next to him, "Wei Erniang, do you think there is anything I said that is wrong? If so, please speak up."

"No, no!" Wei Er Niang shook her head and waved her hands to deny it, with tears in her eyes. She could no longer imagine what Chu Ran would think when he heard these words. She was panicked and wanted to save the relationship, but she didn't know how.

Huo Shichu was satisfied when she saw that the two men were about to collapse because of her blow. She patted her clothes and left refreshed. If the Wei family wanted to confuse right and wrong and put the blame on them, then she would peel off her face and get down to her underwear!

Huo Shichu had walked a long way away. After digesting her words, Chu Ran asked Wei Erniang blankly, "What she just said was true, right?"

"This, this... My parents didn't mean it..." Wei Er Niang stammered, not knowing how to defend her family's heartless and indifferent behavior. It was an ironclad fact that her family took advantage of her seriously injured brother and kicked him out of the house overnight. She could not erase the truth no matter what.

At this time, Wei Erniang began to resent Huo Shichu for saying these things to Chu Ran. Aren't they living well now? Why can't he forget the past? Why can't he just shut up? If he had to say it, he must be jealous of them...

After complaining about Huo Shichu, she began to hate her parents and brother. Why did they rush to drive Wei Dalang out? This gave her something to talk about, and ruined her good impression in front of Dashan...

Wei Erniang blamed everyone but didn’t think she was wrong. She finally found a way to redeem herself and said hurriedly, “My parents were wrong. I didn’t agree to separate my eldest brother at the beginning and tried to persuade my family members, but I was not the one who made the decision at home. I couldn’t stop my family members and could only watch them do the wrong thing... Woohoo, I should have been braver and persuaded my parents..."

As she spoke, she started to cry, looking guilty as if she was useless and couldn't stop her family from doing wrong things. As expected of the heroine, she had some quick wit, and just sold out her parents, brother and sister-in-law as a stepping stone.

At first, she didn't think there was anything wrong with her parents kicking Wei Dalang out. On the contrary, she thought it was a good thing because she didn't want to take care of a seriously injured person. You know, if Wei Dalang stayed at home, the job of taking care of him would most likely fall on her. After all, her mother would not care about this stepson, and her two sisters-in-law had to avoid suspicion, and her nephews and nieces were young. Wouldn't she, the younger sister, be the most suitable person to take care of Wei Dalang?

So when she knew that Wei Dalang would be kicked out, she was relieved. Not only did she not feel guilty, but she was happy to see it happen. As for persuading or stopping her parents, there was no chance of that.

Chu Ran was disappointed when he saw Wei Er Niang trying her best to clear herself. Wei Er Niang's words were not confident and her eyes were flickering, and it was obvious that she was lying.

Chu Ran sighed and began to doubt his ability to judge people. Was this "lifesaver" of his really as kind and innocent as she appeared to be?

So Chu Ran, who had never doubted Wei Er Niang in the original owner's world, began to have a changed understanding of Wei Er Niang and developed a grudge against her. It was unclear whether the love that had not yet sprouted could continue to sprout.

Huo Shichu had no idea that she had almost burned the red thread between the male and female protagonists by telling the truth. She was happy to see that the Wei family's hypocritical face was exposed in front of Chu Ran. She wanted to see if Chu Ran could still feel at ease being with Wei Er Niang after knowing the true face of the Wei family.

If he still could, she would admire his courage. If he was stuck by the Wei family's dog-skin plaster, he would be skinned alive if he didn't die.

Wei Qi was fiddling with the pond he had been dreaming about in the yard. When he saw Huo Shichu coming back humming a song with a happy look on his face, he couldn't help but chuckle a few times. He felt that his nominal wife was like a child who had not grown up, which was a bit cute.

(End of this chapter)