Chapter 143 The truth is not true
After hearing these words, Zhang Yuniang was so frightened that she couldn't hold the things in her hands anymore.
She knew that if Niu Niu found her biological parents, it would be a good thing to have one more pair of parents loving her.
But when it really happened in front of her, her first reaction was to run, and she ran away with Niuniu.
Zhang Yunniang has no other daughters. In her heart, Niuniu is the best girl.
She forced herself to calm down and said, "Tell me everything in detail. Why do you have such an idea?"
Gu Yan told Zhang Yuniang everything that had just happened. After hearing what he said, Zhang Yuniang's heart suddenly became knotted.
"It can't be such a coincidence... there must be some misunderstanding..." Zhang Yuniang murmured.
Gu Yan was also unwilling to let his sister leave him, so he whispered, "Mom, what if it's true?"
Zhang Yunniang was in a state of confusion. After a long while, she took a deep breath and said, "If they have their own reasons and are willing to make amends to your sister, I will allow them to recognize the marriage."
Of course, if they treated Niu Niu badly, Zhang Yunniang would take this secret to her grave.
I had thousands of thoughts in my mind, and when I saw the two children, some of them inevitably came out.
Gu Zhao's mind was not on his homework. He tilted his head and looked at Zhang Yuniang for a long time before saying, "Mother, you look so strange, as if you had eaten ten kilograms of bitter fish gall."
Zhang Yunniang glanced at Niuniu cautiously. Seeing that her daughter was still writing seriously, she sighed in her heart at how well-behaved Niuniu was. Then she turned around and glared at Gu Zhao.
"Have you finished your homework? Your father will come back soon and check it." Zhang Yunniang said.
Gu Zhao quickly lowered his head.
In the main courtyard, Mr. Li saw the old woman rushing in, and was frightened by this unknown creature with a strange head and tattered clothes.
"What is that?" Mr. Li couldn't help but take two steps back.
"Master, it's me!" the old woman said vaguely.
The master and servant gestured for a long time before Mr. Li realized that this thing was the person he had sent to the guest house.
"How did you end up in such a state?" Mr. Li couldn't help asking.
When the old woman heard this, she was about to cry.
"I seem to be having a particularly bad day today... Besides falling a few times in the guest house... I didn't see clearly when I stepped into the threshold just now, and I tripped again..."
The old woman's head is now swollen, with either a bulge or a bleeding cut. She also has a lame leg and cannot lift one of her arms.
After the old woman finished complaining, she looked at Mr. Li eagerly, fearing that he would deny it.
Li Yuanwai was annoyed by her staring at him. It was only one or two taels of silver. He was still worried and asked again, "Are you sure that the little girl doesn't have any birthmarks?"
The old woman nodded vigorously and said, "Master, I saw it very clearly. I watched it three or four times!"
Seeing her so confident, Mr. Li frowned, but still gave her one or two taels of silver.
The old woman could hardly hide the joy on her face after receiving the money, but as soon as she walked out of the main courtyard, her body could no longer bear it and she fell headfirst to the ground with a loud bang. Her eyes rolled back and she lost consciousness.
Gu Mingda went out this time and didn't return until nearly two hours later.
When Zhang Yunniang saw him returning home soaking wet, she quickly brought out a set of clean clothes, carefully wiped the water off his hair with a headscarf, and asked another maid serving in the yard to fetch some hot water.
"Are the children still obedient?" Gu Mingda asked Zhang Yuniang.
"Azhao is still the same. He always wants to be lazy when doing his homework. I don't have to worry about Ayan and Niuniu." Zhang Yunniang said.
Gu Mingda suddenly grabbed her hand and said, "You are worried about something."
Zhang Yunniang originally wanted to wait until her husband took a bath before talking to him about the matter, but she didn't expect that she could not hide even the slightest abnormality from her husband.
Gu Mingda gently pulled his wife to sit down opposite him: "Yunniang, what happened?"
Zhang Yuniang threw herself into her husband's arms and told him everything that had happened before.
"I have raised my daughter for a year. She is so well-behaved and cute. I really don't want to give her to someone else...but I am also afraid of delaying her..." When Zhang Yunniang thought of this, she couldn't help but shed tears.
Gu Mingda's hands gently patted his wife's body: "Yunniang, maybe things are not what you think. Don't scare yourself. We can all see how much Niuniu loves you, and she will not be willing to leave you."
Zhang Yuniang forced a smile.
Gu Mingda continued, “The Li family is not as simple as it seems.”
Zhang Yunniang instantly perked up and asked, "What's wrong with their family?"
Gu Mingda said, "I went out to talk to Boss Qin before, and I went to the postman's house by the way."
The postman is a native of this village, and his father is the village chief, so his family is quite familiar with the affairs of this village.
"Strictly speaking, Mr. Li's family is not considered a member of this village. Mr. Li's mother-in-law is the daughter of the Wang family in the village. At that time, the Wang family had too many children and could not make ends meet, so they sold their daughter to a trafficker."
"His mother-in-law was lucky. She was sold to a wealthy family in Guanglin Prefecture by a human trafficker and was assigned to serve the eldest daughter."
"I heard from the villagers that she was highly valued by the eldest daughter and went to the capital as a dowry. Later, she married a steward and gave birth to Mr. Li's wife."
"Mr. Li and his wife suddenly returned to the village six years ago. After returning to the village, they bought land and property. They seemed very wealthy. They have not returned to the capital in recent years. It seems that they want to be rich in the country."
When Zhang Yunniang heard these words, she felt a strange feeling in her heart.
Gu Mingda lowered his voice and said, "The village chief's wife is in a similar situation to our father. They are both confused. But when I was at the village chief's house earlier, she suddenly said something."
"What?" Zhang Yuniang felt it was inexplicably important.
"She said that Mr. Li and his wife came back with their baby in their arms," said Gu Mingda.
Zhang Yuniang took a breath of cold air.
Mr. Li and his wife came to the village six years ago. Niu Niu is exactly six years old now. This time point is really too sensitive.
"But the village chief didn't let her continue saying this. Instead, he repeatedly emphasized to me that Mr. Li and his wife did not bring the child back," said Gu Mingda.
Zhang Yuniang really wanted to know the truth at this time.
Gu Mingda did not keep the secret and said, "I privately asked the postman for a long time and found out something."
"After Mr. Li and his family came to the village, they lived in seclusion and rarely interacted with the villagers, so they didn't know what people outside were saying about them."
"According to the postman, the villagers thought that the sudden prosperity of Mr. Li's family was suspicious, and even suspected that they had stolen the master's money, or that they had sacrificed the child to the river god in exchange for their current good life."
Zhang Yunniang was shocked: "Sacrificing to the river god?"
When she heard this, she felt as if she had not woken up yet and almost thought she had heard it wrongly.
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