Chapter 397 The Tao Family's Schemes
"What?! They let him go?!" Aunt Tao shouted in a shrill voice, "Where's the second son! Let the second son out right now!"
Tao's second son was also badly injured by Tao's third son's blows. He lay on the bed with a stern face and said, "Mother, don't shout, I'm here."
Aunt Tao rushed in and scolded, "How dare you let your eldest sister go behind my back! You have some nerve!"
Tao's second son turned his head and said indignantly, "Mother, you should act with a conscience! Eldest sister is still your own daughter. It's one thing that you've treated her badly all these years, but now you're actually going to sell her to that perverted old man!"
Aunt Tao's face darkened and she immediately burst into tears, "Well, you! I raised you all these years, and you dare to lecture me? You've grown up and think you can do whatever you want with your mother!"
Tao's second son was most annoyed by her crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide. He would cover his face with the blanket and not say another word.
Aunt Tao cried harder and harder, then turned around and smashed all the tables and chairs in the house.
Tao Meiyu quickly advised, "Mother, don't panic. Eldest sister is injured and can't have gone far. Let's chase after her and bring her back right now!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Tao immediately stopped crying and nodded emphatically, "That's right."
After discussing it, the mother and daughter immediately took Tao Laosan and chased after Tao Yaofang in the direction she had fled.
The mother and her two children eventually arrived in Cheng'an County.
Aunt Tao stopped and looked ahead, saying, "What is this girl doing in Cheng'an County?!"
Tao Meiyu's expression changed. "Mother, did my eldest sister go to Magistrate Zhou to report this to the authorities? If she really does, won't the Zhou family know that we beat her?!"
Aunt Tao stood there, her face pale. "Meiyu, let's stop looking for her and go home right now."
Tao Meiyu asked in confusion, "Mother, why did you leave like this?"
Aunt Tao said in a panic, "If we go to find her now, aren't you just telling the Zhou family that we beat her?"
Tao Meiyu stood there, stunned. "Mother, what should we do?"
Aunt Tao gradually calmed down. "We'll go back right now and pretend we don't know anything. Then tomorrow we'll go to the government office and report that your eldest sister went to the fields a few days ago and hasn't come back yet."
Tao Meiyu immediately understood, "I know, Mother."
Aunt Tao continued, "If your eldest sister tells the Zhou family that we hit her, we will deny it to the death and say that she fell on the road."
Tao Meiyu nodded.
Aunt Tao looked ahead with a sinister expression and said, "As long as we don't admit it, your eldest sister can't do anything. The Zhou family can't just listen to her side of the story and conclude that we were the ones who hit the person."
"Mother," Tao Meiyu's face was still full of panic, "but if this happens, will I still be able to marry into the Zhou family?"
Aunt Tao laughed and said, "Of course she can. When I hit her that day, I deliberately tampered with her and punched her in the stomach a few more times. I guess she will have difficulty getting pregnant in the future. What family would marry a woman who can't have children? The news that the Tao family and the Zhou family are going to get engaged has already spread. I think the Zhou family will definitely consider it and will eventually marry you."
Tao Meiyu's face gradually filled with a smile, completely ignoring the fact that her eldest sister couldn't conceive; all she wanted was to marry into the Zhou family.
Inside Zhou's rice shop, Du Wanchun waited until dark but found no one there.
Zhang Qiuhe asked in confusion, "Wanchun, those people haven't caught up yet."
Du Wanchun turned and went back into the house, saying, "I guess they won't be coming."
Zhang Qiuhe's face darkened, and she asked Du Wanchun in a low voice, "Wanchun, who injured Miss Tao?"
Du Wanchun picked up a tinderbox and lit the candles in the room, saying, "Who else could have such deep hatred besides her own family?"
Zhang Qiuhe nodded. The two of them had already guessed that this would be the case, but they didn't expect the Tao family to be so calm and not come looking for them.
Du Wanchun looked at the person on the sickbed and said slowly, "Sister Zhang, I'll trouble you to take care of Miss Tao tonight."
Zhang Qiuhe replied, "We're all family, it's only right."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Tomorrow, I will have my fifth brother take care of her himself."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiuhe immediately understood her meaning and smiled, "Alright, but that young lady from the Tao family..."
Du Wanchun said slowly, "Don't worry, no matter what means she uses, she won't be able to get into our Zhou family."
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