When Aunt Lin heard Hua Yihen's question, she replied enthusiastically, "This is Chenjia Village, yes, but the families originally surnamed Chen in the village have died or left, leaving only the Chen family's daughter-in-law and her family of three."
At this point, Aunt Lin paused slightly and continued, "They are the family that saved you. The woman with the scar on her face is called He Wan, and the man is called Chen Yi. He is not only disabled but also tuberculotic. The child is their own flesh and blood, named Chen Mo. Everyone calls him Momo."
Hua Yihen opened his mouth slightly and was about to ask why people in Chenjia Village were dying or leaving, but he heard Aunt Lin sigh and start talking in a rambling manner.
Aunt Lin said, "Chen Yi was originally in good health, with all his limbs intact. It was his wife who brought disaster upon him. A few years ago, when the old lady of the Chen family was still alive, the family lived in the city."
After a pause, Aunt Lin pointed to the green hills in the distance and continued, "That's Liangcheng on the other side of the hill. Chen Yi used to be a guard in the palace. It's said that he met many important people and even found a beautiful girl in the palace and brought her back. At first, his life was quite enjoyable. However, the girl was used to a good life and spent all the money that the Chen family had saved with great difficulty. The Chen family's money was all spent by the girl. The girl couldn't stand the poverty and used her beautiful face to seduce men to give her gifts, which angered Old Lady Chen to death.
The girl seemed to repent and no longer paid attention to those men, but those men were not willing to give things away for free, so they naturally wanted to get them back from the girl.
I heard that the girl was almost raped by a group of men, and Chen Yi used his own legs to save her. Later, they returned to their hometown, Chenjia Village.
But Chenjia Village is not the same Chenjia Village as before. A rich man came to the village, robbed the village’s food, and forced everyone to work for him. There was a man named Chen Xiang in the village who was unwilling to do so, so he went to the county magistrate’s house to file a complaint. However, the county magistrate ignored him and drove him out of the house.
When the rich man heard that Chen Xiang had gone to the county magistrate's house to file a complaint, he starved Chen Xiang's entire family to death. From then on, no one dared to disobey the rich man.
As soon as Chen Yi and his wife came back, they were arrested by the rich man. The rich man had evil thoughts about Chen Yi's beautiful wife and wanted to marry her as a concubine. Chen Yi was so angry that he developed a chronic illness from then on.
The wife of the Chen family looked delicate, but she had a very stubborn temper. She was so cruel to herself that she even broke a vase and scratched her face. The rich man was angry that the wife of the Chen family did not know what was good for her, so he released the people and did not give them food.
At first, the Chen family’s wife pawned all her belongings and lived frugally to survive. After Momo was born, the Chen family’s wife got up early and worked late to embroider handkerchiefs and sell them in the city...”
Aunt Lin was still chattering, and Hua Yihen listened quietly without making any comments.
It was not until they reached the gate of a mansion and were surrounded by a group of people that Hua Yihen spoke up, "Is this the wealthy man's house you mentioned?"
Aunt Lin walked aside and kept apologizing to Hua Yihen: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sir. I was just trying to save my life."
Hua Yihen frowned slightly, didn't say anything, but his eyes were so cold that it made people feel cold to the core.
A middle-aged man walked out of the courtyard. He gave Aunt Lin a few taels of silver and said in a controlled tone, "This is for you. Let's go."
Aunt Lin nodded and took the silver from the middle-aged man and said, "Thank you, Butler Zhao."
After Aunt Lin finished speaking, she hurried away, not daring to look at Hua Yihen again.
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