Chapter 005: Suffering the consequences of one's actions
Huo family.
Wen Ruyue returned to her own courtyard from the main courtyard and angrily threw the gift she received on the table.
I don't know what the Marquis' wife was so crazy about. Just because she served tea in a more graceful manner, she scolded her: "Is this the upbringing of the Wen family?"
She was so angry!
But... when she thought about her own arrangements, she felt happy again.
On this day in her previous life, she fetched water and cooked at the Ying family's house. She knelt on the stones for a quarter of an hour while holding boiling hot tea.
Today, Wen Yan will be ten times more miserable than herself!
Don't think that you can live a comfortable life just by marrying into the Ying family.
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Ying family, main hall.
All twenty-one people were present.
Mrs. Qiao sat alone in the main seat, and Ying Ximei stood behind her.
The first and third rooms are located on the left and right sides respectively.
Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin just walked in.
Ying Ximei yelled, "Hurry up and kneel down to serve tea!"
Ying Zhilin tugged at Wen Yan's sleeve and said, "They come with ill intentions. Let me handle them later."
Wen Yan pulled back her sleeves: "No need."
She had been struggling to survive in the dangerous and dangerous environment of the Huo family for more than ten years. If she had always waited for others to rescue her, she would have died countless times.
Today, she wants to let the Ying family know that she, Wen Yan, is not to be messed with!
She strode up to Mrs. Qiao and knelt down.
Suddenly, I felt a dull pain in my knee. There were stones on the ground!
Then Ying Ximei stuffed a green-glazed tea bowl into her hand.
"hiss--"
The scalding hot cup of tea made Wen Yan gasp.
The tea bowl doesn't contain tea, it's more like boiling water.
In her previous life, she had also suffered the same ordeal in the Huo family. At that time, she endured it for the sake of so-called family harmony.
What's the result?
Her kindness only earned her unbridled exploitation from the Huo family.
In this life, she lives again, and she doesn't want to be a tool for others to climb to higher places.
She wants to climb the mountain herself.
She wants to make a lot of money.
Once Ying Zhilin dies, she will leave here as a widow.
To travel across the vast land, to repay those who helped her in her previous life, and to help those in need.
Instead of wasting time and energy on these trivial matters.
Ying Zhilin had been paying attention to Wen Yan. He noticed something was wrong with the tea bowl. Just as he was about to take action, he heard Wen Yan cry out, "It's so hot! The tea bowl is so hot!"
She was seen fiddling with the tea bowl with her left and right hands: "Grandma, this tea bowl is so hot, please take it quickly, I can't hold it anymore."
As she said this, she stood up and forced the tea bowl into Mrs. Qiao's hands.
Mrs. Qiao also screamed because of the burns, and threw the tea bowl to Qiao Dashuang.
Qiao Dashuang's heart trembled.
The boiled water in the tea bowl was replaced by Ying Ximei at her instigation.
How could she dare to answer it? She immediately hid aside.
With a crisp "crack", the tea bowl fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Qiao Dashuang was delighted and started throwing things again.
The mother-in-law was looking for a reason to punish her, and now she had been presented with it.
Mrs. Qiao looked at the tea bowl, as if she had lost her parents: "Oh my God... This is a family heirloom, and you actually dropped it..."
"Aunt, you actually used boiling water to make me serve tea," Wen Yan interrupted Mrs. Qiao and asked Ying Ximei, "Could it be that you are fed up with grandma's nagging and want to use me to burn grandma's throat with boiling water?"
"You're talking nonsense...it's clearly your turn..."
You should have boiled the water until it was warm before giving it to your mother.
"Shut up!" Mrs. Qiao slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Wen Yan: "You vicious woman, stop framing Ximei."
"How could it be a false accusation? You prepared the hot water, and my aunt personally handed the teacup to me. If it wasn't my aunt using someone else's knife to kill someone, could it be that she has learned the same tactics used by wicked mothers-in-law to torture clever daughters-in-law and wants to do the same to me in my place, my deceased mother-in-law?"
"Do you want to use Ximei's reputation to control me?" Mrs. Qiao was very smart and immediately realized her intention.
"From what I understand, my aunt is currently seeking a husband. He's the second son of Mr. Cai, a local resident. He's incredibly handsome and a student at a young age. It would be a shame if such a good match fell through!" Wen Yan brushed away the wrinkles on her clothes, her eyes glancing at Qiao Dashuang. "And I just want fairness."
She had long realized that Qiao Dashuang was targeting her.
She had deliberately set the fire in the morning, and she must have instigated Ying Ximei to make the boiling water.
But so what?
She just wanted to drag Ying Ximei into the water.
They can use reputation to control Ying Zhilin, and she can also use Qiao Ximei's reputation to let Mrs. Qiao punish Qiao Dashuang.
Qiao Dashuang didn't notice Wen Yan's gaze at all, and she was very happy.
Let’s argue!
Pinch it!
The more trouble you make.
The more he reported it, the happier Wen Ruyue would be, and the more reward he would give him.
But Ying Ximei panicked.
The marriage that I have finally chosen cannot be ruined.
For my own happiness, I have to put my sister-in-law in a difficult position for now.
My sister-in-law has always loved me the most, so she definitely won’t be angry.
She immediately betrayed Qiao Dashuang completely: "It was my sister-in-law who asked me to change the tea to boiled water. My sister-in-law said you are very evil. If I don't put down your arrogance now, you will climb over my mother and act tyrannically in the future!"
Ying Ximei finished speaking in one breath and hid behind Mrs. Qiao.
Mrs. Qiao was furious. She stood up and slapped Qiao Dashuang hard in the face: "Look at what you have done!"
Qiao Dashuang didn't expect that Mrs. Qiao would attack him. He staggered and fell to the ground after being slapped.
None of her children or daughters-in-law came forward to help her.
Mrs. Qiao glared at Wen Yan: "You've already beaten someone, haven't you had enough of making trouble?"
"Grandma, are you trying to coax a child?" Wen Yan walked to the chair and sat down slowly. "I am a person who likes to repay blood with blood and tooth for tooth." Wen Yan held up her onion-like fingers, and the blisters caused by burns on her fingertips were particularly conspicuous.
Mrs. Qiao's eyes were dark: "Are you going to destroy your aunt's hand?"
"No!" Wen Yan shook her finger. "It was you, Grandmother, who saw through my aunt's evil scheme and punished her to suffer the consequences!"
Mrs. Qiao laughed angrily.
She wanted to get away with it without getting involved, so she dealt with Qiao Dashuang.
This woman has such a vicious mind!
Of course, Qiao Dashuang didn't want to get hurt, so he cursed at Wen Yan and even tried to rush up and hit her several times, but was stopped by Ying Zhilin.
Wen Yan just thought she was barking like a dog, and stared at Mrs. Qiao, asking her to choose between the two.
Wen Yan's eyes were too cold, and there was a mad feeling of going all out.
Mrs. Qiao had no choice but to glare at Ying Zhilin threateningly, asking him to help persuade her.
Unexpectedly, Ying Zhilin handed over the tea bowl and said, "Use this tea bowl. It's exactly the same as Wen Yan's. The bubbles produced by scalding water will be the same!"
Mrs. Qiao closed her eyes in anger.
She quickly made a choice: "Da Shuang, Ximei is at a critical moment, and her reputation cannot be damaged. You can bear with the injustice for now, and mother will compensate you."
She didn't dare to move Wen Yan.
Although it was rumored outside that the Wen family had abandoned Wen Yan.
But she didn't dare to gamble.
What if one day the Wen family suddenly feels like thinking of this adopted daughter again?
Qiao Dashuang was horrified: "Mom, I did this all for you, you can't do this to me!"
However, Mrs. Qiao's words could not be refuted.
No matter how she begged and struggled, she was finally forced to kneel where Wen Yan had knelt, holding a tea bowl filled with boiling water in her hands.
Qiao Dashuang didn't wear knee pads in advance like Wen Yan did.
My knees hurt, and my hands hurt even more.
It was not until her ten fingers were burned and blistered that Wen Yan smiled with satisfaction and stood up to leave.
There were more than twenty people in the Ying family, and no one dared to stop her.
Wen Yan stopped at the door of the main hall.
A mouse scurried past her feet.
Wen Yan kicked the rat away and sneered, "What stinky rat from the gutter dares to block my way!"
The Ying family felt that she was not scolding the mouse, but everyone present.
Mrs. Qiao glared at her back with resentment and swore in her heart: Wen Yan, when Ximei successfully marries into the Cai family, I will break your legs!
Wen Yan also knew that once Ying Ximei got married, Mrs. Qiao would have no worries and would definitely take revenge on her.
However, it will take at least two or three months to complete the three matchmaking and six engagement processes.
After such a long time, she has grown up a lot.
How could the Ying family have the confidence to challenge her!
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