Chapter 177: Being molested by the carriage servant
Provoked by her aunt, Chu Hanlan hesitated.
Over the years, although Chu Hanfeng was a legitimate daughter, she actually lived a much worse life than her illegitimate daughter. Her legitimate mother did not like her and even hated her.
Grandma didn't like her before, but she thought she was a member of the Chu family and gave her some face. Unexpectedly, after Doctor Du cured her face, Dad and Grandma's attitude towards her changed.
He no longer ignored her as before, but instead respected her and consulted her on everything. He even entrusted her with such an important matter as inviting Doctor Du to see his sister-in-law.
She was very dissatisfied, and she wanted to snatch away everything that belonged to Chu Hanfeng. Even if she liked a pile of cow dung, she would dig it up and put it at her feet.
If Chu Hanfeng really married into the Du family, and there really was a concubine in the county magistrate's mansion in the future, she would be so disgusted that she would die.
"Aunt! I'll listen to you." Chu Hanlan pursed her lower lip and clenched her hands, as if she had made up her mind.
"That's right." Seeing her daughter agree, the eldest aunt smiled and said, "Auntie tells you, anything that Chu Hanfeng likes must be good.
You can't go wrong if you listen to your aunt, just wait and see! The Du family will definitely become the new nobles of Liangjun City in the future. If you were the mistress of the Du family, many people would curry favor with you.
As for the ignorant old peasant woman of the Du family, you just need to provide her with good food and drink, and you have the final say on everything else."
After hearing what her aunt said, Chu Hanlan's eyes brightened up little by little.
"Auntie is right. It's Lan'er who got it wrong."
After the mother and daughter finished their discussion, they began to quietly look for someone to carry out the plan.
Du Wenjun did not go to the street to sell food today, but went to the farm, and only came back when it was almost dark.
Chu Hanlan, disguised as a maid, waited for him on the street for a long time but didn't see him. She returned to the Chu family angrily and went to her aunt to cry and complain.
The eldest aunt asked her, "Do you know where he went?"
Chu Hanlan replied unhappily: "How would I know?"
Seeing that she could not get any information, the eldest aunt asked the little maid beside her to find someone to inquire. Finally, she found out that Du Wenjun had left home early in the morning and went out of the city.
"Outside the city?" The aunt had an idea in her mind, "Outside the city is good! There are more opportunities outside the city."
So she whispered with Chu Hanlan for a while, and the mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled.
Du Wenjun goes out early and comes back late. Du Wanwan was afraid that something might happen to him, so she asked Ye Shiyi, who had been working at the People's Hospital, to go with him.
After all, the bandits have not been driven away yet, and there are still quite a few people fleeing famine, and there may be people with bad intentions among them.
My brother is only sixteen years old and has a lot of strength. It's okay to deal with one or two people, but there's no way to deal with more. It's better to have someone to help you than to go it alone.
At daybreak, Du Wenjun and Eleven drove the ox cart out of the city gate and headed for the farm.
Chu Hanlan arrived a step late and didn't see anyone until dawn. She was angry and vowed to find the person today.
I heard that the Du family has already found a matchmaker to propose marriage. If she doesn't hurry up, then when the marriage is settled, what chance will she have?
When she came out, she was dressed as a maid, and people in the mansion said that she had caught a cold and was hiding in her room and not going out to see anyone.
The old lady of the Chu family was busy discussing marriage with the Du family and had no time to take care of the mother and daughter. As long as they stayed in the room honestly and didn't come out to make trouble, she would be fine.
After dawn, Chu Hanlan hired a carriage to leave the city, vowing to find Du Wenjun and arrange the marriage.
Unfortunately, she didn't know where Du Wenjun had gone outside the city, so she just kept looking for him along the official road, but couldn't find him after a long time.
The coachman also helped to look for it, but still found nothing. Chu Hanlan didn't even have the name of a farm, so how could he find it?
After going around in circles for a whole day, the two were exhausted.
The driver was a young servant who took a long time to recognize Chu Hanlan's identity. He was immediately surprised. If he became the son-in-law of the Chu family, why would he need to drive the carriage in the wind and rain? He was guaranteed to have a good time in the Chu family.
The reason why he helped to find someone was just to delay time and bring the person to a secluded place to do the work. After that, he would use coercion and bribery to make Miss Chu marry him.
In order to avoid being seen, Chu Hanlan went out alone without even bringing a maid. The maid was at home to cover for her. If she was brought out, who would shield her?
The maidservant of the aunt cannot be brought out. If her maid disappears for no reason, people will definitely catch her and tell stories about her.
So she ran out alone and waited for Du Wenjun to show up at the door of the People's Clinic, but she was a step too late and missed him.
After searching for a whole day and still not finding anyone, Chu Hanlan was almost angry to death. She sat in the carriage, feeling tired and hungry.
When the carriage boy saw this, he was delighted. He thought that as long as he could deflower Chu Hanlan, he would be the son-in-law of the Chu family.
Seeing that there were no people around, the servant stopped the carriage. Chu Hanlan lifted the curtain and asked unhappily, "What are you doing? Why don't you leave?"
The servant rubbed his hands and laughed, "Hehehehe, little lady! I have been accompanying you for a whole day. Now it's time for you to accompany me too! You are so pretty and charming. You are so attractive."
Chu Hanlan was terrified, her eyes rolling around. When the servant came closer, she snatched the whip from his waist and whipped the horse hard.
The horse felt pain and started running. The servant was caught off guard and was hit. He fell off the carriage and lay on the side of the road.
Although it hurt, he brushed off the dust on his body and ran after the carriage, shouting, "Stop, stop, you bitch! That's my carriage."
Chu Hanlan was not stupid. How could she dare to stop at this point? If she really stopped, she would be doomed.
He picked up the whip in his hand and kept whipping the horse, hoping that it would run faster and get rid of the servant behind it.
The horse was running fast, but it was also shaking violently, as if it was angry and frightened, and it was determined to smash the carriage behind it to pieces.
Chu Hanlan was really frightened this time, and kept shouting, "Help! Help! Help!"
Du Wenjun and Ye Shiyi had just come out of the village. They heard someone shouting for help from afar. It was a woman. Then they saw a horse running towards them.
Ye Shiyi didn't think twice and rushed over, grabbing the reins tightly and holding the horse tightly.
The carriage slowly stopped. Chu Hanlan's face turned pale with fright. She quickly ran down from the carriage and ran to Du Wenjun.
"Big brother! Please take me back! I don't dare to ride in this carriage anymore."
Before Du Wenjun could reply, the servant behind him ran over, grabbed Chu Hanlan and slapped her in the face.
"You damned bitch, you dared to rob my carriage, don't you want to live? I just spent ten taels of silver to buy it, and you want to escape before consummating the marriage?"
(End of this chapter)
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