Chapter 198 It's Not You Who Must Be
As she spoke, Mrs. Du widened her eyes:
"Oh, I understand! When you came in just now, you didn't even say the word concubine. You wanted to leave after getting my daughter's engagement letter. If we hadn't reacted quickly, you would have run away. Why, you deliberately said something ambiguous and vague so that you could get away with it when we weren't paying attention and trick my daughter into becoming someone's concubine?"
After being exposed, Liu Ma turned pale: "No, that's not what we meant. You misunderstood..."
"Alright, let's just assume that we misunderstood. Now that we understand clearly, return Jinhua's Engagement Letter and get out of here. What the hell!"
Mother Liu tightly grasped the box. How could she return it after getting it in her hands? She said anxiously:
"Hey, Madam Du, calm down. Even though she is a concubine, our young master has her in his heart. Is status so important?"
Mrs. Du was so angry that she fell backwards.
Ye Caiping laughed when she heard this: "Since the title is not important, why can't you give Jinhua the position of legal wife?"
Mother Liu looked embarrassed: "Hey...you don't understand this...that is, that..."
Unable to find an excuse, Liu Ma simply stopped pretending and said with a serious expression:
"Our young master is the owner of Jixiang Cloth Shop. And Jinhua is just a country girl. Sometimes, one should know one's own limitations. It is very respectable to be the young master's concubine."
"Believe it or not, as long as we spread the word that we want to take a concubine for the young master, there will be a lot of girls with clean backgrounds rushing to come. Not to mention eighty-eight taels, even if it's ten or twenty taels, there will be many people willing to do it."
"We gave eighty-eight taels because the young master has a heart full of gold, otherwise he wouldn't have given so much."
Ye Daquan was so angry that he suddenly picked up the chair under his butt and was about to hit him.
"Ah——" Liu Ma was so scared that she fell to the ground with a thud. She quickly threw down Jinhua's engagement letter, turned around and ran away.
Ye Daquan was so angry that he chased after him carrying a chair.
Matchmaker Hua looked at Mrs. Du and the others with an embarrassed expression: "Um... I don't know, I thought you had already communicated about it."
She is going to die unjustly, what is going on?
The Zhou family is so wicked!
"Matchmaker Hua, you really don't know about this?" Mrs. Du said gritting her teeth.
The matchmaker said anxiously, "If I tell even a single lie, I'll die of a broken stomach!"
"It's even more hateful that he even lied to the matchmaker."
"Well... I'm leaving first. I'll come back if there's something happy happening later..."
The matchmaker was too embarrassed to stay here, so she turned around and ran away.
The servant who delivered the gift boxes was also quite smart. He quickly moved the dozen or so boxes onto the cart and pushed it out the door.
Jinhua ran out and stared in a daze as the people hired by the Zhou family pushed the gifts and disappeared into the courtyard. She was completely stunned, and tears silently slid down her cheeks.
Until now, her mind was still blank and she couldn't recover for a long time.
Ye Daquan carried the chair and chased for a long distance before coming back.
When he entered the second door, he met a servant pushing a gift box away and said "Puh" to him.
He saw Jinhua standing in the hall. As he walked in, he cursed, "Just now you were yelling not to think too badly of that boy, saying that he wouldn't take a concubine! It turns out that you are the concubine!"
As he spoke, he had already entered the living room and put the chair back in its original place.
"Shut up and stop cursing." Mrs. Du glanced at him and walked over to pull Jinhua over: "Now you can see clearly what kind of person he is, right? It's not that we don't want you to marry, but he has never thought of marrying you."
Old Mrs. Ye sighed softly and looked at Jinhua with a sad face.
Wei frowned deeply, feeling unfair and angry for Jinhua.
Mrs. Du pulled Jinhua and said, "Don't stand here, go back to your room and have some rest!"
Jinhua shook her head: "He is not..."
"What?"
"He's not that kind of person." As she spoke, Jinhua's tears fell. "He wouldn't treat me like this. He once said that he wanted to marry me and live with me forever. If he didn't want to marry me, why would he say that?"
Mrs. Du's eyes widened: "Of course they did it to trick you! Didn't you see it just now? The Zhou family even tricked the matchmaker! They have bad intentions!"
"Also, last time Ba Gen told me that a man asked you out late at night! That was Zhou Ziyang, right? Humph, at that time I thought my little girl couldn't help herself and wanted to meet him. Now that I think about it, there's no such thing as being unable to control one's emotions, he just has bad intentions! Then you won't even have the chance to refuse."
Jinhua's body shook. How could it be possible...
She doesn't believe it! Don't believe it!
Thinking of this, Jinhua rushed out suddenly.
"Jinhua, you little girl, where have you been? Come back here!" Mrs. Du wanted to chase her.
Ye Daquan grabbed her and said, "Let her go! She still wants to humiliate herself when others have said it clearly! Let her go and find out! If she can find out who is the legal wife, I, Ye Daquan, will be convinced by her!"
"But..." Mrs. Du stamped her feet in anger, but she was at a loss as to what to do.
Old Man Ye felt extremely ashamed: "Let her ask, otherwise she will never give up."
Old Mrs. Ye almost fainted, and Ye Caiping kept rubbing her back.
Wei said angrily, "Although we are farmers, our family is making money. How can we not be worthy of Zhou? Little sister, is that right?"
Ye Caiping: “Yeah.”
"What should we do now? I'm the smartest one, let's think of a solution!"
Ye Caiping was a little unhappy: "Second sister-in-law talks a lot, she must have a good idea."
Old Lady Ye gave Wei a sidelong look and said, "If you can't speak, shut up."
Wei choked. She was just feeling anxious and sorry for Jinhua.
…
Jinhua ran out of the village like crazy. She didn't see any ox carts on the road, so she just kept running.
Arrived in the town, went straight to Zhou's house.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the alley, I saw Zhou Ziyang hurried out: "Jinhua..."
"You..." She had been roaring in her heart all the way, with too many questions to ask and too many emotions to vent.
But when she saw him, she couldn't even ask a single question, and a wave of grievances came over her like a tidal wave.
The tears could not stop flowing, and finally choked up and said only one sentence: "Why...why did you do this to me?"
"No..." Zhou Ziyang looked at her tears and felt very distressed, "Come here!"
As he spoke, he pulled her into the door, and the two of them hid behind two trees in the outer yard.
"I just found out about this..." Zhou Ziyang said anxiously:
"My mother sent someone to invite a matchmaker yesterday and prepared a lot of gifts. I knew that she was going to propose marriage to your family. I was nervous and happy all night, and I finally made it until now..."
"Unexpectedly, just now Aunt Liu came back with a servant and a gift box. I didn't know what happened. I had no choice but to go to my mother's room to ask her. Then I found out that my mother didn't want you to be my wife, but a concubine..."
Jinhua felt better after hearing that it was not his idea, but she was still heartbroken:
"How could this happen? Aunt Xie clearly liked me very much before... Last time you invited our family to your birthday party, you never mentioned the word 'concubine' at that time... You also promised before that Aunt Xie wouldn't mind and would marry me. If it weren't for this..."
If he hadn't promised her that she would be his legal wife and that they would be together for the rest of their lives, she wouldn't have been so infatuated with him and allowed the relationship to develop to this point.
Zhou Ziyang gritted his teeth and said, "I did promise that all my promises to you were true. At the beginning, my mother also agreed to this marriage."
"So, she lied to you in the beginning? In fact, she didn't agree at all!"
"No, she originally agreed, but she changed her mind later. It was... on my birthday last time, she felt that your family took advantage of me."
"My mother wasn't very happy talking to you guys that day. After you went back, she complained to me. Later, you kept dragging your feet and refusing to agree. My mother was very angry. A few days ago, she..."
"The Madam has arranged a marriage for the young master." A cold laugh came from Aunt Liu, "She is the daughter of Mr. Song in the county. Not only does she have a good family background, she is also well-educated and well-mannered."
Seeing Liu Ma, Jinhua's face changed drastically: "What did you say?"
Looking at Zhou Ziyang, his handsome face turned pale and he didn't dare to look at her: "I, I'm engaged! I just found out... It was decided the day before yesterday!"
Jinhua's body shook and her mind went blank.
Mother Liu looked at Jinhua and sneered, "How can you, a lowly village girl, be worthy of the young master? In the past, the madam was kind and only agreed reluctantly because she saw that the young master liked her."
"Who would have thought that you, the mud-footed people, would bring up Qiao and keep delaying. Madam was so angry that she naturally arranged a marriage for the young master. Our Zhou family is big and powerful, and we have all the girls we want. It's not that you are the only one!"
"Later you sent a message to your wife, saying you agreed. But it was too late by then!"
Jinhua's eyes went dark. "If you think so little of me, why did you try to steal my engagement letter when you just came to my house?"
Mother Liu snorted, "What do you mean by lying... Although our wife despises you, the young master likes you! That's why we decided to let you be his mistress."
At this time, a maid came out and said, "Master, the mistress asked you to come back."
Then he looked at Jinhua and said, "Miss Ye, the madam said that you had already mentioned kissing her, but you didn't want to."
Jinhua was filled with grief and hatred: "Is this called proposing marriage? Do I really want to refuse? You are just fooling me!"
As he said this, he was about to break into the second door.
Aunt Liu and the maid pushed her away.
Jinhua fell to the ground with a thud. Liu Ma said with a stern face, "Who can barge into our Zhou family? Miss Ye, you have to remember that you were the ones who took Qiao first."
"Why, you are allowed to give Madam face, but Madam is not allowed to give you face? This concubine is Madam's kindness to you. If you want to be a concubine, then don't be one. If you don't want to be a concubine, then get out."
Having said that, Aunt Liu and the maid turned around and went through the second door and bolted it tightly.
"Jinhua..." Zhou Ziyang hurriedly went to pull her.
Jinhua didn't pull his hand, but stood up blankly: "Now...what should we do? What do you think?"
Zhou Ziyang looked at her with a sad and embarrassed face: "I only have you in my heart... but marriage is decided by parents and matchmakers. She arranged a marriage for me... without even my consent... I have been working hard before..."
Jinhua looked at his helpless face and her head started buzzing.
Yeah, what can they do?
Thinking of this, she turned around and ran out.
…
Mrs. Du and Old Lady Ye were almost going crazy at home.
It was not until the evening that Jinhua was seen walking into the house, taking one step forward and one step back.
Seeing her distraught appearance, Mrs. Du stepped forward with anger and distress: "See, their family wants you to be a concubine!"
Mrs. Du tried to pull her, but she pushed her away: "It's all your fault!"
Jinhua's wailing shocked Mrs. Du.
Not only her, but everyone at home came out when they heard the noise.
Mrs. Du stared at her: "What did you say? It's the Zhou family that is unkind, and you actually blame us?"
Jinhua finally broke down and cried, "Who else should I blame if not you?"
"Aunt Xie had already agreed to our marriage, and even invited you to come to her house on Zi Yang's birthday. But you insisted on making trouble, complaining about this and that."
"You're still dragging your feet after you got home... woo woo... Don't the Zhou family have any shame? You insist on being so pretentious and refuse to agree."
"The Zhou family is a wealthy family, and they have tempers! Now, Aunt Xie got angry and arranged a marriage for Zi Yang! And the girl she arranged is from the county!"
Ye Daquan ran over angrily: "It was Zhou who humiliated me, and you actually blame us?"
Jinhua cried, "Who brought me shame? It's all because you guys kept dragging it out and humiliating the Zhou family."
In the corridor, Jin'er and Huan'er looked at the crying Jinhua and huddled into Ye Caiping's arms.
Ye Caiping narrowed her eyes slightly. The Zhou family was so powerful. They were simply going against the will of Heaven!
Old Lady Ye stood at the entrance of the main hall and pointed at her: "Are you speaking human language? What do you mean by dragging it on?"
"If a family wants to get married, the parents must inquire about the man's character. Ask your mother and your aunt, how long did they inquire about it when we wanted to get married?"
"Your parents are worried about you, so they keep asking about you. How come you have become the face of the Zhou family?"
"If they inquire about the man's character, the Zhou family will think it's a shame, then such a family is not a good one, so it's better not to marry! Not to mention being a concubine!"
But Jinhua didn't listen to a word. It was obvious that she and Ziyang could be together, and Aunt Xie also agreed...
But the problem lies with our own family!
If it weren't for the family taking Qiao, she would have been engaged to him...
Although I know what grandma said is right, but...
She felt sad...
Thinking of this, she rushed into the room and locked herself in.
Mrs. Du’s eyes went dark, her body went limp, and she fainted.
Ye Daquan caught her and said, "The child's mother..."
Old Mrs. Ye, Ye Yong and others all gathered around.
"Take it back to the room first." said Old Mrs. Ye.
Ye Daquan picked her up and carried her to the couch.
"I'll go get the doctor." Ye Caiping said, and ran out.
Not long after, Doctor Zhao arrived. After feeling Mrs. Du's pulse, he said that she was suffering from anger attacking her heart. Although it was not a big problem, she still needed to take care of herself.
Then he gave Du acupuncture and let her smell the snuff bottle, and Du slowly woke up.
"Mother, how do you feel?" Ye Daquan asked anxiously.
"Mom, don't scare me!" Ye Yonghe and Hu Xiuxiu gathered around the bed, crying anxiously.
Mrs. Du pursed her lips: "It's okay..."
Although the voice was weak, it made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Doctor Zhao said, "I'll put the snuff bottle here. I'll make two prescriptions for you later and have someone come get it."
After Doctor Zhao finished speaking, he left.
Ye Xuan was so angry that he almost died: "Although Jinhua is a bit fierce, she used to be a good girl who understood things. How did she suddenly become like this?"
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