Xia Ruzheng stood up, holding onto the table, and said, "Juan'er, I know. I believe you. I know Xu Xianhua well. I only regret that I used to think too highly of myself and neglected her. I'm feeling a little uncomfortable now. I need to go back to my room and lie down. I won't be talking to you anymore."
No one would feel comfortable hearing such a thing. Xia Juaner knew that she would have to leave after she explained the matter, so she stood up and said, "It's time for me to go back too. I have to go home today!"
After Xia Ruqian sent Xia Juan'er away, she saw her sister lying on the bed crying.
Xia Ruqian felt a pang in her heart. She sat down on the edge of the bed, holding Xia Ruzheng's hand, not knowing what to say.
Xia Ruzheng was determined not to marry Huang Zhong in this life, but having been imprisoned by Huang Zhong for her entire life, she still attached great importance to her chastity. Being insulted by people outside like this made her wish she could never go out and never have to see those faces again.
"Sister, you have me and Dad, don't cry. In the future, you must marry a man who is a thousand times better than Huang Zhong. Let's see what they say!"
Xia Ruzheng was heartbroken. What marriage, what men, all go to hell! She didn't want to get married! Even if it meant death, she didn't want to get married! No man was a good bird!
Seeing her sister's tears flowing like the eaves of a house during the plum rain season, Xia Ruqian couldn't stop. She sighed, brought tea, and tried to persuade Xia Ruzheng to drink some, but Xia Ruzheng remained motionless, as if dead. Xia Ruqian told her that the corduroy fabric was almost arriving, and that each sister could make a pair of pants to wear during the New Year, but Xia Ruzheng didn't react...
After Xia Chunfu came back, he was shocked to see his eldest daughter in such a distraught state. He asked her nervously for a long time, and finally Xia Ruqian told him what happened.
Xia Chunfu clenched his fists and said calmly, "In that case, go out and sit down after dinner and see what other families have to say. If it's really Xu Xianhua, we won't bother with that family."
To ignore someone doesn't simply mean not talking to him/her. It also means there will be no personal interactions between us from now on. I won't go to any banquets at your house, and I won't lend you my things like farm tools or cows.
Xia Ruqian accepted the task and went to visit soon. Of course, no one would talk about Xia Ruzheng in front of Xia Ruqian, but Xia Ruzheng had Liu Guoqing, and no one knew about their relationship.
Liu Guoqing wasn't entirely clear on the matter. A grown man with plenty of farm work to do every day, he knew about the rumors, but he trusted his future sister-in-law's character and didn't take them seriously. Now that his girlfriend had given him a task, Liu Guoqing shamelessly went to inquire about it. The news he got back was even worse, but Xia Juaner still tried to put it in a positive light.
Liu Guoqing said: "This Huang Zhong is really not a man. He actually used such a bad trick on a girl." The reputation of a bad girl is more powerful than taking someone's life.
Xia Ruqian gnashed her teeth and said, "Not only is he not a man? He's even worse than an animal! Why doesn't God just strike such a man to death?"
Liu Guoqing sighed and said, "They say good people don't live long, but evil can last for thousands of years. Huang Zhong is indeed an evil, so how could he be killed by lightning? Well, go back quickly and comfort your sister. Tell her not to get upset. People like Huang Zhong are the ones who get away with it."
Xia Ruqian hurried home and told Xia Chunfu about it. Of course, she didn't hide the matter from Liu Guoqing. Xia Chunfu was worried about Xia Ruzheng, so he didn't care about it for the time being.
After hearing this, Xia Chunfu slammed the table on the spot and said in a cold tone: "I'm going to Xu Xianhua's house, you go and have a good talk with your sister." Xia Ruqian had never seen Xia Chunfu speak in such a cold tone.
The Xia family has no hostess. If there was one, the sisters' mother could go directly to the Xu family and make a scene, throwing a tantrum, pinching her waist, cursing her ancestors, spitting, clapping her hands and stomping her feet. These are all essential skills for rural women to have in a quarrel, but only married women can do this. Unmarried girls and grown men certainly cannot do this. This is also the shortcoming of the Xia family.
Xia Ruzheng was lying on the bed, but he knew what his sister and father had done for him. He felt very uncomfortable. He had dragged them down in his last life, so was he going to drag them down again in this life?
I was lying in bed crying, but my sister and father were busy running around for me. I really didn't know what to do!
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