Song Tingzhi was going up the mountain early in the morning, and Jiang Cheng prepared some dry food for him to eat on the way.
"Be careful on the road and come back early." Jiang Cheng put the dry food away and reminded him carefully.
"Don't worry, it's okay." Song Tingzhi patted Jiang Cheng's shoulder, then pulled the donkey cart out.
Jiang Cheng sent Song Tingzhi out the door and watched him walk a long way before he decided to go back home.
"You little bitch!"
As soon as Jiang Cheng turned around, he was knocked to the ground by a figure.
"Little bitch! I was wondering how dare you run away from your marriage. Turns out you have someone else outside..." Chen Mei packed up and went to Xinghua Village early in the morning. She hid near the Song family's house. Just then she saw Jiang Cheng sending Song Tingzhi out, and she knew she had not been deceived.
This little bitch is really in the Song family!!
"Who is it?"
Jiang Cheng was caught off guard and thrown to the ground. The person was not only foul-mouthed but also violent. Jiang Cheng could only defend himself, but it turned out to be Chen Mei! ?
Jiang Cheng was shocked. Although Taohua Village and Xinghua Village were not far from each other, Xinghua Village was inside. If there was nothing wrong, people from Taohua Village would not come here.
"Who are you?" Xu Sanniang heard a commotion outside in the yard. She came out to see that Jiang Cheng was being pinned to the ground. She quickly stepped forward to pull the person away.
"What are you doing? Ah!" Xu Sanniang pulled him aside, pulled Jiang Cheng up, and hurriedly checked to see if he was okay.
"Who am I? I am his mother!" Chen Mei straightened her clothes and said righteously.
"Mother? I heard that Mr. Song's mother died a long time ago!"
"Yes, yes. It is said that the young man from the Song family met him by chance in the mountains. Seeing that he was lonely and helpless, they fell in love with each other and married him."
"We've been looking for a marriage for half a year. If it was my biological mother, she would have come here long ago. Why would she wait until now?"
"yes!"
As soon as Chen Mei finished speaking, before Xu Sanniang and Jiang Cheng could say anything, the people who had gathered around to watch the fun started talking first, and each of them started talking one sentence at a time.
"Go away, what do you know! Even though I'm his stepmother, I was at least married to his father in a proper way." Chen Mei saw that the others were talking excitedly and waved her hand to interrupt them. "After all, I raised him for ten years and provided him with food and clothing. He eloped with someone, so I can't do anything about it?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers suddenly became excited and talked a lot.
"Have I not had enough to eat and wear? After my mother left, my father married you. Have I ever had a good life? For so many years, I have had to get up before dawn every morning to wash clothes and cook, feed the vegetables and chickens and ducks in the yard, and clean the yard."
"If I don't obey you one day, you beat me. Don't I have to eat less and wear less? I did all the work in the yard by myself, and you couldn't find any fault with me. You only gave me a bite to eat for my father's sake, and it was leftovers! How can you ever be nice to me?!"
Jiang Cheng was furious when he heard Chen Mei say this shamelessly. He used Xu Sanniang's strength to stand up and told her all the grievances he had suffered over the years.
"Then I didn't starve you! I didn't kick you out!" Chen Mei felt a little guilty, but still retorted, "You run away with a man and you think you're right?"
Chen Mei never mentioned the matter of Jiang Cheng marrying in place of her husband. After all, she would be in the wrong if she told anyone about it. However, she did not expect that Jiang Cheng had been in the Song family for so long and was not as easy to control as before.
"Elope? When have I ever eloped with anyone?" Jiang Cheng didn't care what Chen Mei was thinking. "Back then, you despised the Song family for having a sick father and two children to raise. You didn't want your biological daughter to marry into the family, so you wanted me to marry in your place. When I disagreed, you locked me in the house. I was lucky to escape!"
"I never thought that not long after I escaped, I would meet Tingzhi. After I knew that he was the man my sister was originally going to marry, I hesitated, but I couldn't resist my selfish desires, so I married him!"
"As for eloping, there is absolutely no such thing! Even if you go to the county government office and tell them, I'm not afraid!"
Jiang Cheng was confident and not servile, so he spoke with a firm tone.
"You!!" Chen Mei was speechless because of Jiang Cheng's blockage.
"Nonsense!" As soon as Chen Mei appeared, someone went to tell the village chief. As soon as Song Bo heard the news, he hurried over.
"Why are we going to the county government office?" Song Bo heard Jiang Cheng's words as soon as he arrived and quickly stopped him. "Alright, everyone, go back inside and talk."
A group of people gathered here to watch the fun. Song Bo knew that he couldn't get anything out of him. After all, he was his relative, and it would be bad to let others laugh at him. It would be better to go inside and talk.
"Dongzi, go to the mountain and bring Tingzhi back." Song Bo waved to his eldest son, Song Qiangdong, and asked him to go to the mountain to find him. "And go to Taohua Village and find the man who manages the Jiang family."
"Okay." Song Qiangdong nodded and went out to look for someone.
If this happens, Song Tingzhi and Jiang Maocai must be present!
"Hmph." Chen Mei gathered her clothes tightly and went inside. She had come here early in the morning to keep an eye on people, and she had been freezing for a long time, and her body couldn't take it anymore.
Seeing that everyone involved had gone in and the door was closed, the others also knew there was nothing to see and left. As for what they would say after returning, no one knew.
"His uncle, have some tea."
As soon as Xu Sanniang entered the room, she poured a cup of hot tea for Song Bo to warm him up, and also poured a cup for Jiang Cheng.
As for Chen Mei, Xu Sanniang was unwilling to pay attention to her.
"Sanniang..." Song Tao sat aside, watching Xu Sanniang's actions, and signaled her to pour a glass for Chen Mei.
"Drink it." Xu Sanniang rolled her eyes and poured a cup of tea in front of Shen Mei.
"snort."
Chen Mei didn't hesitate and picked up the teacup and drank it, which was just right to warm her body.
"Tell me, Shen, what are you doing here today? You can't just come here to scold me, right?" Song Bo could tell at a glance that Shen Mei had ulterior motives and asked directly.
"Hmph! Village Chief Song is quite sensible! Let's not beat around the bush. The Song family will return the betrothal money, and the matter will be settled." The reason why Chen Mei came here so early in the morning was nothing more than money.
"You wish!" Jiang Cheng couldn't sit still when he heard this, and without caring about the presence of his elders, he interrupted directly.
"That's right, you're dreaming!" Xu Sanniang also echoed.
Her own son was jilted on the day of his wedding, and his face was humiliated, but she didn't even go to the Jiang family to argue. Now, although she married his son, he was not brought up from the Jiang family in a legitimate way. It was Jiang Cheng who ran away from the marriage and met Tingzhi outside. They fell in love with each other, so she married him. What does he have to do with the Jiang family!
"Sanniang!!" Song Tao coughed a few times to attract Xu Sanniang's attention.
When Xu Sanniang heard Song Tao coughing, she hurried to his side and patted his back.
"Hmph, you want to deny it? Dream on!" Chen Mei snorted coldly, "It has been said since ancient times that parents' orders and matchmaker's words are final. Your Song family is still marrying my Jiang family's son. This cannot be denied. You must pay the fifteen taels of betrothal money today, otherwise I will stay here and not leave."
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