Chapter 216 Shameless
We agreed to share happiness and hardships, but human hearts are unpredictable and things in the world are unpredictable. In the end, we can only share happiness but not suffering.
A woman's mouth is really deceiving, so you shouldn't believe her sweet words.
Old man Chen was heartbroken. Since you are heartless, don't blame me for being ungrateful.
He ignored the look from Old Lady Chen and said angrily,
"Mr. Wu, are you still a human being? If it weren't for your advice, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing even if I had a hundred guts. If you have to go to jail, you have to go with me. Don't even think about blaming everything on me."
"You're such a complete idiot! I'm going to be pissed off to death by you sooner or later."
"You are so angry with me that I will kill you sooner or later!" Old man Chen stiffened his neck with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
Old Mrs. Chen completely collapsed.
At this point, there was no point in quibbling, her eyes were full of begging,
"My nephew, you are the head of our village. You should consider the face of Buddha instead of the monk. The wife of your eldest uncle's second brother is the daughter of my second uncle's third uncle's sister-in-law. So we are real relatives.
You can't be so cruel as to send us old couple to the yamen. If we really end up there, we'll be skinned alive if we don't die.
Besides, Zhancai will take the exam for the scholar next year. If we old couple really have a stain on our record, how can he still be an official? You can just help Zhancai. If our village really produces a scholar, wouldn’t it be a great honor for you as the village head?"
Wu Baoan shook his head and sighed. If a theft occurred in the village under his management and he didn't handle it properly, he would be blamed by his superiors and might even be held accountable.
He said with a stern face, "You are harming Qing Yatou's interests. It's useless for you to beg me. You must ask Qing Yatou for forgiveness. As long as she doesn't hold you responsible, I can suppress this matter."
Old Mrs. Chen clenched her fists tightly, wanting to die.
She really wanted to be tough for once, wave her hand and say, "Whatever you want, do as you please."
But she didn't have the courage. Thinking of the torture of being beaten with a board and being put in the pawls in the yamen, her scalp tingled.
Forget it, in order to avoid suffering, I can only beg for forgiveness from that damn girl.
Having made up her mind, she took a deep breath, lowered her head and said something against her will to Chen Qingqing.
"Qing girl, it's all our fault that we old couple were confused for a moment and did something we shouldn't have done. Please don't hold a grudge against us. Please forgive us and give us a chance to reform. We will never dare to do it again..."
"Next time, do you still want a next time?" Chen Qingqing couldn't help but sneer and interrupted her. "You've done so many evil things, so many bad things, and you've caused trouble for me time and time again. It's not like I haven't given you chances before, but you still can't change your ways. This time, I must teach you a lesson."
When Mrs. Chen heard this, she was so angry that she almost bit her back teeth, but she didn't dare to get angry and could only curse in her heart.
This despicable girl is so shameless that she even took advantage of me.
I'll let you act arrogant today, but when next spring my third son passes the imperial examination and becomes a juren, I'll teach you a lesson.
Although he cursed in his heart, he did not dare to show a trace of hatred on his face.
Suddenly I remembered that my third son once told me to get along well with the eldest son's family.
Why not take this opportunity to reconcile? If this damn girl forgives them, she can live in a big house and live a good life with plenty of food and drink.
Thinking of this, Old Lady Chen quickly stepped forward and took Chen Qingqing's hand, smiling hypocritically.
"Qing girl, my good granddaughter, I was wrong in the past. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, okay? The letter of severance and the letter of division of the family are no longer valid. I take back all the nonsense I said. From now on, I will love you as much as I love Ruolan..."
"Yes, your grandma is right. Grandpa will love you very much too." Old man Chen was also inspired and quickly agreed with a smile.
Chen Qingqing pushed away Old Lady Chen's hand without leaving a trace and said coldly, "No need, I have parents who love me enough.
As for you, you gave up when I needed you the most.
Now my family is doing well and I don’t need your cheap love.
Put away your hypocritical faces and think about how to confess to the county magistrate!"
Old Mrs. Chen was stunned. Is this dead girl's heart made of stone? How could it be so hard?
What should she do now? She was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She glanced at Chen Zhanshan standing beside her, and her eyes rolled around as she came up with an idea.
In order to avoid suffering in prison, I can only endure the humiliation for now.
She immediately rushed forward and burst into tears at Chen Zhanshan, "Zhanshan, my son, you can't just watch our parents suffer and ignore us!
No matter what, you were born and raised by your mother for ten months. Even if your mother has no merit, she has worked hard. For the sake of your parents raising you once, please help us put in a good word and don't let Qing girl report you to the police, okay?"
Chen Zhanshan frowned, feeling distressed. "What were you doing earlier? I can't help you now. Just wait for your punishment!"
"You, you, you..." Old Mrs. Chen was furious and was about to curse, but suddenly she remembered that now was not the time to be angry and curse, so she quickly put on a forced smile and performed the villain's face to perfection.
"Zhanshan, although we have severed our relationship, I am still your mother in the final analysis. There are some things I don't want to tell you. Ever since you left the old house, I have been heartbroken. I am either worried that you don't have enough to eat or that you don't sleep well. I often suffer from insomnia. My health is getting worse day by day. I don't expect you to be filial to me, but you can't just watch me being sent to prison."
Chen Zhanshan lowered his head. He couldn't bear to watch his parents who gave birth to him go to jail.
But as a father, he had no right to decide the suffering of his daughter. You know, when the engagement was just severed, the family was only given half a bag of rice bran. If it weren't for Qing Yatu, who ventured alone into the Wild Wolf Valley full of snakes and insects to look for ginseng in order to fill their stomachs, their family might have starved to death long ago.
He was in a dilemma and was so sad that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Seeing that he was a little moved, Old Man Chen quickly struck while the iron was hot, "Zhanshan, everything your mother said is true. She misses you so much that she wants to talk to you from the heart, but you ignore her and don't give us a chance.
We two old people decided to steal bricks to attract your attention and bring us closer. We were really forced to do this!"
Chen Qingqing was so angry at their shameless faces that she laughed.
Afraid of going to jail? Well, this time I'm going to teach you a lesson.
"Don't act so pitiful. Even if you reveal smallpox today, you will still go to jail."
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