"Cough cough!" Jiayin was caught off guard by the arranged marriage, and the orange slice in her mouth almost went into her trachea, choking her and making her cough incessantly.
"Hey Baozhu, I'm not worried about not getting married. We're not in a rush to get married!"
Jiayin quickly changed the subject, asking, "Who are these people who are talking badly about me? Tell me their names, and if I ever run into them again, I'll teach them a lesson."
"good!"
Sure enough, Baozhu immediately changed her mind, widened her eyes, and focused intently on complaining...
After having lunch at the Li family's house, Madam Jia and her daughter took a box of patted glutinous rice cakes home and fried them in oil until they floated, so that Madam Jia could have a hot fried rice cake.
Of course, you'll also need to bring a few baskets of fruit.
The mother and daughter returned home with a full load of goods, happily reporting their success.
Grandma Li decided to freeze the deer legs and store the fresh lotus roots, but sent the live fish to the second village so that Xiao Cui could stew them for everyone.
When the Chen family caused trouble before, the men, women, and children of the second village risked their lives to rush to the front.
Even now, several of them are still recovering from their injuries.
Fortunately, the wounded didn't have to avoid certain foods. These live fish were stewed with tofu and cabbage, enough to feed everyone in the village.
Shui Ling, being lively and energetic, took over the errand-running job and went to find Xiao Cui with the fish bucket in her arms.
Xiao Cui is currently talking with Hui Niang at the Kong family's house.
Kong's sister-in-law was badly injured, but it was extremely dishonorable.
Last night, Kong Qinghe returned from the military camp with the Marquis and only then learned that his wife had an accident.
Of course, Sister Kong couldn't admit that she was wrong; she kept saying that everyone had bullied her.
Kong Qinghe harbored some doubts and decided to ask him about it today.
This wife was arranged for him by his family. He didn't know her very well. He only came home a few times in recent years, and his visits were always brief. Luckily, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to a son.
Previously, the remaining brothers were to settle in the second village.
When he got home and saw that his wife and children were not doing well at home, he risked upsetting his parents and brought his wife and children to live with him.
His son is now studying at school, his wife works in a workshop, and he can often come home to reunite with his family. Everything seems perfect.
He even recently started planning to have his wife have another child. If it's a girl, they'll have a son and a daughter, making a perfect pair.
He was the Marquis's personal guard, and after the New Year he would be going to the battlefield again.
Even if something goes wrong, at least there will be bloodlines left behind, and someone to carry on the family line.
Unexpectedly, he had errands to run in the morning and hurriedly left home. He was busy for most of the day and had just returned from the city in the afternoon when Xiao Cui and Hui Niang came to his door.
Xiao Cui's husband, Er Niu, is the deputy commander of the personal guard. He is strong and honest, and he has saved almost everyone in the guard. He is very popular.
Hui Niang's husband, Li Yong, needless to say.
Among the three people the Marquis trusted most in the Northern Expeditionary Army, besides Li Laosi and Jiang Cheng, it was Li Yong.
Li Yong was originally a scholar, the son of the Yan family. In order to break free from the constraints of his family, he resolutely severed ties, married, had children, and abandoned his studies to join the army.
Such an experience is considered a minor legend in the military.
Hui Niang and Xiao Cui are both literate and arithmetical, and they are thorough and fair in their dealings. They have never made a mistake in managing the second village for so long, and they are very respected.
Kong Qinghe welcomed them into the house for a short rest. When he saw his wife shrinking her neck and pretending to be dead, his heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong.
As expected, Hui Niang and Xiao Cui didn't waste any time and directly stated their purpose.
Xiao Cui spoke quickly and glared at Kong's wife before saying to Kong Qinghe, "Brother Kong, your wife can't stay in the Second Village anymore. I hope you can find a way to send her away as soon as possible."
"When we first moved to the Second Village, I took her and the other sisters-in-law to the Li family to pay our respects to the old lady. The old lady gave us some cloth and snacks."
Everyone else was happy, but she complained that there weren't enough gifts and that the old lady hadn't given her any gold or silver jewelry. She also spoke ill of the Li family in private. I didn't argue with her because of your relationship with her.
"After the workshop opened, everyone went to work, but she said she wasn't feeling well and couldn't do heavy work, so I arranged for her to go to the greenhouse to watch over adding firewood."
"As a result, she violated the workshop rules by taking wet clothes to the greenhouse several times and drying them together with the noodles."
“I criticized her a few times, and she even complained that I was targeting her. After a discussion among the managers, we finally decided to stop her from working in the workshop.”
"But she held a grudge and did something stupid that chilled people to the bone!"
“A few days ago, the Chen family came to Suijintan with a coffin to cause trouble. She encountered them when she went into the city, and she took a shortcut and ran back!”
"Anyone in this situation would inform everyone at this time so that the master can be on guard, right?"
Xiao Cui's face turned red with anger as she spoke, and she pointed at Sister Kong and began to curse.
"As a result, this heartless bastard not only didn't send a message, but also claimed that she had a stomachache and was about to miscarry. He forced the four old men guarding the gate to remove the gate panels and carry her to find Doctor Zhang to save her life, thus luring the tiger away from the mountain!"
"As a result, when the Chen family arrived at the wooden gate, no one stopped them, and no one knew what was going on. They simply walked through the wooden gate and almost rushed into the new village with the coffin in their arms."
"If it weren't for Brother Lao Hei and the others who happened to see it, the coffin would probably have been smashed into the Li family compound."
"Don't you think she's immoral and hateful?!"
Kong Qinghe's mind was reeling. He looked at his wife, with whom he shared a bed, as if she were a stranger.
He was the Marquis's personal guard; nothing else mattered, loyalty was his top priority.
But he never expected that his wife would become a traitor!
A traitor who, at a critical moment, distracts his own people and makes things easier for the enemy!
No wonder the brothers have been looking at him with a mix of complex emotions and pity these past few days.
It turns out he pitied her for having such a traitorous wife!
He could no longer hold back, rushed to the bed, and slapped his wife twice across the face.
Kong's sister-in-law screamed in pain and could no longer pretend to be dead.
So she clung tightly to her husband's arm, crying and wailing that she was innocent.
"Waaah, sir, I'm innocent! Waaah, I didn't know anything about the Chen family causing trouble!"
"I had a stomachache and was bleeding. I thought I was going to miscarry, so I asked the guards to carry me to find a doctor!"
"Waaah, I wanted to have a daughter for you, I really didn't mean to!"
Xiao Cui was so angry she was about to jump up and down, and was about to argue with her, but Hui Niang pulled her back and then spoke gently.
"Brother Kong, we were also afraid of wronging Sister Kong, so we have done some investigation in the past few days."
"When the Chen family carried the coffin out of the city that day, Sister Kong was standing by the roadside, and the villagers of Xiaowangzhuang saw it clearly."
"Sister Kong took a shortcut to the second village. The villagers of Xiaowangzhuang thought she was coming back to deliver a message, so they didn't follow her. Instead, they went to find their village head and organized people to come and help cheer her on."
"Who would have thought that Sister Kong would open a door for the enemy? If Sister Kong still wants to argue, she can bring the villagers of Xiaowangzhuang to confront her!"
"Even when Doctor Zhang arrived at the village entrance to treat the injured villagers, he encountered Sister Kong lying by the roadside. He thought she had had an accident, so he took her pulse first."
"She wasn't pregnant, and it wasn't even her day to change her clothes, so there's no way she could be bleeding or having abdominal pain!"
Kong's wife turned pale, her eyes darting around as she tried to find a reason or excuse, but seeing her husband's face full of anger and disdain, she simply gave up and went all out.
"Waaah, why do you look at me like that? You coward! If you were so capable, would I be letting others bully me?"
"It's precisely because you're incompetent that I'm trying to get revenge myself!"
"I didn't do anything. I just transferred the person away, so what!"
"The Chen family sent over a hundred people, but there are only four guards. Even if they guard the bridgehead, it won't be enough!"
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