Chapter 21 I won't interfere with the affairs of the back house
Cen Yan was helping Li put away the washed pots, pans, and utensils.
Both mother and daughter were very happy to see him back.
"Dad, eat it while it's hot." Cen Yan brought out the food carefully covered with a pot lid, and Li brought over a small stool and asked him to sit down.
Cen Yang stuffed the firewood into the stove and watched the fire burn brightly before turning his head and staring at Cen Dahai intently.
I don’t know why, but Cen Dahai looks particularly good when he eats.
When he ate, he did not wolf down his food like Cen Dajiang and Cen Dahe, but he also did not eat like Old Man Cen, who put on airs as a scholar and deliberately ate very slowly.
Cen Yan discovered that her father's manners were particularly elegant and slow when he ate. Even if he was very hungry, he would not do anything inappropriate.
Maybe influenced by him, she and Cen Yang have never been in a hurry to eat since they were young, and they learned to chew slowly like their father.
The result of this, of course, is that during mealtimes, the children from the first and third wives cannot compete with each other for food.
However, Cen Yan now feels that good habits are developed from childhood.
By the time Cen Dahai finished his meal, the hot water was ready.
This hot water was specially boiled for Old Man Cen.
He was used to taking a shower after finishing his work in the morning, and then lying down comfortably to rest for half a day. As for Cen Dahai, he would have to take a short rest after eating, and then go back to the fields and work until noon before coming back.
"Dad, are you going to the fields later?" Cen Yan asked.
"Go." Cen Dahai answered briefly without saying much.
"Yeah." Cen Yan nodded, and silently poured the cooled liquor into his water bag, asking him to take it with him when he left.
Today, the second room still has a lot of work to do.
Cen Yan had to carry a backpack and go out to cut grass to feed the pigs. In addition to feeding the livestock at home, Li also had to clean the pigpen, chicken coop, etc. at home. Cen Yang was very busy at a young age, so he would help Li pass things, pour chicken and pig manure, and fetch water back and forth.
Because he always had to work, he had developed considerable strength despite his young age.
At least he is much more capable than Cen Lin from the eldest wife's family.
When Cen Yan went out with the basket on his back, he met Old Mrs. Liu.
When the other person saw her, he looked a little embarrassed.
After all, she had a fight with Old Lady Cen yesterday, but accidentally hit Cen Yan's father...
"Xiaoyan, are you going out to cut grass?" Old Mrs. Liu greeted her proactively, and her gaze lingered on the scar on Cen Yan's face for a while.
"Yes." Cen Yan nodded, exchanged a few words with her, and left.
Behind the scenes, I heard Old Mrs. Liu talking to the neighbors.
"Alas, this Cen Yan, what a pity, she used to be as pretty as a flower, but now her face has been scratched by her grandmother... Look, there is such a long scar, how can she get married in the future?"
"I heard that she's already engaged? It seems like she's engaged to someone from Weijia Village..."
"Alas, don't you know what men are like? Considering the situation of the second branch in Old Cen's family, if she gets married in the future, I'm afraid she won't be able to take a penny of dowry with her. In the past, the man coveted her beauty, but now that her face is ruined, will he still be willing to marry her?"
"That's true. If she is really rejected, it will be even harder for her to get married in the future, right?"
"That's for sure. She can probably only marry an older man whose wife has died, and become the second wife of an old man who is 20 or 30 years older than her..." said Old Mrs. Liu with great experience.
Although Cen Yan felt a little unhappy when he heard them gossiping like this, he was happy to see it happen.
Let them talk all they want.
Only in this way could the news of her disfigurement spread more quickly.
She really hoped that that bastard Wei Zan would come over and cancel the engagement as soon as he heard that her face was disfigured.
The fear is that the man only cares about her hard-working ability and doesn't care whether she is beautiful or ugly.
well.
Sighing secretly, Cen Yan walked up the mountain.
Near noon, Gao returned from her parents' home.
As soon as she entered the house, she went to the main room to find Old Mrs. Cen.
She was about to speak, but when she looked up, she saw Old Man Cen lying on a recliner smoking a hookah. She immediately swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue and said respectfully, "Dad, Mom."
After saying that, he looked at Old Lady Cen.
"Yeah." Old Man Cen responded. He glanced at Gao casually, but when he saw that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, he frowned.
"What do you think? Just tell it directly, and let your father hear it too." Old Mrs. Cen said directly.
"What's the matter?" asked Old Man Cen.
"It's about the second and third rooms." Old Mrs. Cen simply recounted what happened yesterday. At that time, Old Man Cen went out to play chess with another old scholar from the neighboring village and was not at home.
She also told Old Man Cen about her dream.
And the concerns in her heart.
"What did Yu Banxian say?" Old Man Cen was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then asked.
"Yu Banxian told me about Cen Yan's fortune and said that her fate was uncertain." Gao guessed Old Man Cen's attitude and had no intention of stopping him, so she said out loud the words she had prepared long ago. After all, she didn't go to see Yu Banxian at all, so these few short words were enough.
The more you talk, the more mistakes you make.
Those fortune tellers like to keep their stories short and keep people guessing.
"It seems that in two days, on the day of the market, we will have to let Cen Yan go to the forbidden forest to prove that she really did not steal the things from the third room." Upon hearing this, Old Lady Cen looked at Old Man Cen meaningfully and said, "Old man, what do you think?"
"The affairs of the backyard are your responsibility. I won't interfere, so that you won't blame me." Old man Cen puffed on his water pipe, half-closed his eyes, and spoke in an indifferent tone.
But by saying this, he had already allowed Mrs. Cen to do so.
When Gao heard this, she almost couldn't suppress the smile on her face.
You are such a good person, Cen Yan. You dared to embarrass me in front of the whole family yesterday and made me a laughing stock in the Yu family... Then I will make you pay with your life!
That's how it was settled.
Gao left the main room.
Old Mrs. Cen was talking to Old Man Cen in the house.
At this time, Cen Yan and the other people in the second house naturally did not know that Gao had come up with such a vicious plan to take revenge on her and wanted to make her die in the forbidden forest.
But Cen Yan is not afraid of such a result.
Because that's what she wanted!
Two or three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning on the market day, Cen Dahai did not stay in the fields for a rare occasion, but went home early with Old Man Cen.
Because he knew that his family would announce today whether Cen Yan should go to the forbidden forest to prove his innocence.
He had to stay here and wait for the news with his own ears.
At the dinner table, the family seemed unusually calm, each eating their own meals. However, Mrs. Gao, Mrs. Yu, and Old Lady Cen all had their own ulterior motives.
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