"Records of Strange Things" tells about the various strange events and creatures the author encountered while traveling through mountains, rivers and swamps. Xue Huan liked reading this kind of book the most. She happily took it back to her room and read it to Pei Ji.
Thanks to Xue's mother's teaching, the original body was literate, and the characters of this era were consistent with traditional Chinese characters, so Xue Huan did not look out of place.
It’s just that this vertical layout is not something people are used to, and there are no punctuation marks. Sigh.
After reading a paragraph, Xue Huan suddenly got stuck because she encountered an unfamiliar word. According to experience, she only needed to read half of the word when encountering an unfamiliar word. However, Pei Ji suddenly said, "You read it wrong." He also read the sentence again.
Xue Huan looked at him in surprise: "How do you know? Have you seen it before?"
Pei Ji was actually stumped by her question and revealed a confused look, "I don't know either, it just suddenly occurred to me just now."
Xue Huan put the book down and ran to He Shen to tell him about the situation. He Shen nodded and said, "When someone with amnesia encounters something they've learned or come into contact with before, their memory may be triggered. You can read to them more often in the future to help them regain their memory."
"Oh, so can I come to your place to borrow books and read them later?"
"Yes, but no damage is allowed."
"That's natural."
After removing the needle, Xue Huan took Pei Ji home.
As soon as she entered the house, she heard a woman's voice: "Isn't it just an orchid? Second sister-in-law, if I think highly of you, please don't be ungrateful. Let me tell you, whether Hua Nier can marry into Mr. Liu's family and become a young lady depends on me, your aunt."
Xue's mother said, "We, Huanhuan, don't want to marry into that Mr. Liu family you mentioned. You can go now."
"Hey, second sister-in-law, how can you say that? Do you know what kind of family the Liu family is? They think highly of Hua Ni'er, it's her blessing! If it weren't for me, her aunt, speaking well of her, how could they know what kind of person she is?"
Xue Huan sneered, "Then I really thank you, Aunt, for your matchmaking. But since the Liu family is so well-off, why don't you marry Cousin Yi there and make her the young lady?"
The woman who spoke earlier was none other than Old Lady Xue's youngest daughter, Xue Lianhua. She married into the Wu family, who ran a small restaurant in town. Every time she came back to Shanghe Village, she acted superior and was very disdainful of the second branch, Xue Lianhua's family.
When she heard Xue Huan's words, she blurted out subconsciously: "How could my sister Yi marry a fool!"
Xue's mother was so angry that her chest ached. "Your sister Yi is a treasure and can't marry a fool. So my sister Huanhuan should marry?"
Xue Huan hurriedly supported her and calmed her down, "Mom, we won't argue with such a shameless person. Go back to the room and rest. I'll send her away."
Her words and actions showed that she did not take Xue Lianhua seriously at all, which made Xue Lianhua very angry. Her face, which was exactly the same as Old Lady Xue's, turned red and white.
"Xue Huan! How dare you talk to an elder like me? You don't even call me aunt when you see me. Is that how your father taught you? Oh, I forgot, my second brother is already dead. Your mother eloped, so what kind of family education could she have? She could only raise someone like you who has no respect for elders and is good at seducing others!"
Xue Huan didn't interrupt her, letting her talk. Then she said slowly, "Are you done? Then it's my turn."
He slapped her on the left and right, and a lot of the thick powder on Xue Lianhua's face fell off.
"Little bitch! How dare you hit me!" Xue Lianhua's eyes were shooting poisonous arrows at Xue Huan, wishing she could pierce her.
Xue Huan didn't waste any time talking to her. She grabbed her hair and dragged her outside, shoving her out of the yard. "If you dare to come to my house again, I'll beat you up every time I see you. Get out."
In stark contrast to the hatred and ferocity displayed by Xue Lianhua, Xue Huan's face was very calm, so calm that it made people's scalps tingle. Her cold and indifferent eyes could make people feel cold from head to toe at a glance.
This is a look that is truly filled with murderous intent.
Xue Lianhua, who was about to say a few harsh words, suddenly felt as if someone had grabbed her by the neck and could not utter a word. Only after Xue Huan closed the gate did she dare to curse a few times in a timid manner.
Inside the room, Xue Huan asked her mother, "Mom, what is Xue Lianhua doing here?"
Hearing her calling Xue Lianhua by her name, Xue's mother wanted to correct her, but when she thought of Xue Lianhua's previous behavior, she felt that such a person was not worthy of being an elder.
"She learned that you'd broken off your engagement with the Chen family and offered to introduce you to a new marriage. At first, I thought she was genuinely doing this for your own good, but it turned out the family she mentioned was the Liu family in town. How could I agree? I politely declined. But she persisted, making sarcastic remarks about how bad you were, so I ignored her, thinking she would leave on her own.
"Who would have thought she would actually fall for the orchid I planted in the yard? Your father dug that orchid up from the mountains two years ago. Strangely enough, it had never bloomed before. Your aunt saw it blooming for the first time today, but I couldn't bear to give it to her."
Xue's mother was also very angry when she talked about it. Her sister-in-law came to her for no reason, but she stabbed her in the heart as soon as she came.
Xue Huan comforted her: "Mom, no one in the Xue family is good. Let's ignore them. Don't get upset over irrelevant people."
She poured a cup of tea over, and Xue's mother drank it and calmed down.
"Why would Xue Lianhua think of being my matchmaker?" Xue Lianhua had a hunch that things were not simple. Who knows what the Xue family members were up to.
She did not hesitate to assume the greatest malice towards the people of Old Xue's family, because this family was rotten to the core, and what they did was not human at all.
"Bang, bang, bang!" There was a knock on the gate.
Xue Huan and her mother looked at each other. Xue Huan went to open the door and was surprised to see the person outside. It was Chen, her nominal aunt.
"Aunt, why are you here?" she asked indifferently.
Chen had no intention of entering. "Has your aunt been here before? I'm here to remind you that your grandmother and her family are planning to marry you off so they can control your mother and take over your house. You and your family better be careful."
After saying that, she turned and left.
"Aunt, why are you telling me this?"
Before, she had conspired with Old Lady Xue and Mrs. Li to plot against her and her daughter, and now she was kind enough to remind her?
Chen paused. "God is watching over us. Maybe I did too many bad things before, and Xin'er is suffering retribution. I was thinking, if I stop doing evil, will Xin'er come back safely?"
It turns out that he was afraid of retribution.
"Thank you, aunt, for telling me. I will be careful." Although Chen's purpose in telling her about this matter was not pure, it at least helped her solve the problem, so it didn't matter if she said thank you.
Back in the house, Xue's mother asked, "Huan'er, who's here?"
"Aunt." Xue Huan told her what Chen had told her.
Xue's mother, who had calmed down, was furious again. "They, they are going too far!"
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