Chapter 030: You Can’t Afford to Provoke Wen Yan
The next morning.
Old Niutou knew that they were going into the city, so he made a detour to Wen Yan's house to pick up their "family of four."
Lao Niutou likes to do business with Wen Yan because it requires little work and pays well. He is also polite and respectful to Wen Yan.
When he went back to visit his parents a few days ago, not only did he receive sufficient travel expenses, he was also given two bags of snacks.
The old lady at home loves those snacks very much, saying that they are just the right amount of sweetness and melt in your mouth.
When they arrived at the village entrance, they met the villagers who were waiting for the bus.
The small ox cart suddenly became lively.
It was as lively as if there were hundreds of ducks sitting there.
The ox cart traveled along the road for a while.
Ying Zhixue suddenly shouted, "Uncle Niu, stop the car, stop the car quickly."
Uncle Niu was startled and stopped immediately.
The people in the car were thrown back and forth, and the person sitting on the outside almost fell out of the car.
Ying Zhixue waved towards a fork in the road: "Aunt, Cousin Ying'er, this way, hurry up!"
Then I saw a mother and daughter walking towards this side quickly.
Wen Yan took a closer look and found that the young girl walking behind him was the woman he had met at the entrance of the academy the day before.
Her thick black braids were so eye-catching.
It was hard for Wen Yan to forget it.
My aunt and cousin Ying'er got into the car quickly.
Cousin Ying'er greeted the other aunts familiarly, then looked at Ying Zhilin, then quickly looked away. Her cheeks flushed instantly, and she called out softly, "Cousin."
Ying Zhilin nodded lightly and introduced Wen Yan to the mother and daughter.
My aunt’s surname is Jiao. She is the cousin of Ying Zhilin’s mother and lives in Fulu Village on the other side of the pass.
Her husband's surname is Huang. They own a hundred acres of farmland and live a very good life in the village.
Wen Yan greeted them with a smile.
Huang Ying'er timidly called out "cousin-in-law", then lowered her head with tears in her eyes.
It was as if Wen Yan had bullied her.
Ying Zhixue immediately stood in front of Huang Ying'er and glared at Wen Yan: "Wen...sister-in-law, cousin Ying'er is timid, don't scare her."
Wen Yan: “…”
I didn’t expect that Huang Ying’er was actually a master of tea art, and she used Ying Zhixue as a gun!
She laughed sarcastically, tugged at Ying Zhilin's sleeve, and half-nested on his shoulder: "Brother Zhilin, Zhixue is mean to me!"
She clamped her voice and changed her tune three times in each sentence, imitating Huang Ying'er's fragility perfectly.
Wen Yan noticed that Ying Zhilin's body tensed up instantly, and goose bumps immediately appeared on the back of her hand.
His face suddenly darkened: "Zhixue, apologize to your sister-in-law."
"Only..." Ying Zhixue pouted and wanted to refute, but she couldn't help but think of what her elder brother said yesterday.
"You're always finding fault with Wen Yan. Do you want me to dislike her, divorce her, and marry Huang Ying'er?"
"Isn't cousin Ying'er good? She likes you and is virtuous. She will definitely keep the house in order so that you can study for the imperial examinations with peace of mind."
"Is her liking for me the same as, 'When the government stopped my salary, I hadn't seen you for a few months. Now I've found work at Wutong Academy, and you're here for me like nothing happened?'"
"It was my aunt who didn't let her come. Don't be so harsh with your words, brother."
"Just because she likes me, do I have to marry her? Aren't there many women who have liked me since I was a child? Do I have to marry every one of them?"
"Put yourself in her shoes and think about it. If you were to get married in the future and your sister-in-law kept urging your husband to divorce you and marry your cousin, how would you feel?"
"They dare, brother, you are a scholar!"
"So, you took advantage of Wen Yan's loneliness and helplessness to bully her?"
"I……"
"Do you think Wen Yan is so easy to bully? You hide from Mrs. Qiao whenever you see her, and she didn't get any advantage from her. She even took the initiative to propose a separation and break off the relationship. As the head of the family, I don't even get criticized at all.
I don't even have that ability, and you still want to bully her?
If it weren't for me, how many times do you think you could jump around in front of her?
Don't forget, her biological parents live in the neighboring Liujia Village. They come here every few days to sell tofu. Do you think they are here to extort money?
I came to see if my daughter had been wronged."
"I..." Ying Zhixue's cheeks turned red.
"Even if Wen Yan and I separate in the future, I will never marry Huang Ying'er."
"Why? Cousin Ying'er is beautiful and good at housework..."
"Then why don't I spend three taels of silver to buy a beautiful maid? I still need a calculating Yue family."
Ying Zhixue was so choked that she couldn't speak.
It’s not that she doesn’t understand reason, she’s just not satisfied with Wen Yan as her sister-in-law.
Now that her elder brother is protecting her like this, if she continues to target Wen Yan, she will become alienated from her elder brother.
Although she wanted Huang Ying'er to be her sister-in-law.
But she is not important enough to cause a rift between herself and her elder brother.
Ying Zhixue felt aggrieved and sad, but she didn't show it: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry for what I said just now. I didn't hold back."
Then she continued talking to others as if nothing had happened.
Wen Yan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. Ying Zhixue's reaction was beyond her expectations!
Huang Ying'er was really wronged this time.
It’s okay that my cousin is fickle.
Now even cousin Zhixue won’t help me?
Her eyes became hot and tears began to fall.
Seeing her crying, Ying Zhixue felt even more guilty and dared not talk to her.
Aunt Cui watched their every move.
Seeing his daughter being bullied, anger flashed in his eyes.
But she quickly calmed down.
The awkward atmosphere on the ox cart continued until they arrived at the county town.
After agreeing with Old Bull Head on the time to return, they entered the city gate.
Seeing that Aunt Jiao had no intention of separating, Wen Yan took the initiative to say, "I'm mainly going to buy rice, flour, grain, and oil today, and Zhilin, you buy paper and ink. If we go our separate ways, it will save a lot of time."
Aunt Jiao smiled and said, "Wen Yan, you are a rich lady, you have never bought anything in such a small place, and you don't know how to bargain.
Why not let Ying'er accompany you?"
Wen Yan smiled and refused: "No need, I have Aunt Li with me, I won't suffer any loss."
After saying this, she bowed politely to Aunt Jiao and left with Aunt Li.
Aunt Jiao didn't expect to be humiliated by a junior, and her face looked very ugly.
She turned around and wanted to put on an eye drop for Wen Yan: "Zhi Lin, your wife..."
Ying Zhilin didn't let her finish, "Aunt, I have an appointment with a classmate to do something, so I'll be leaving now."
He took Xiao Hai's hand and asked Ying Zhixue, "Zhixue, what about you? Are you going with your aunt? Or with me?"
Ying Zhixue looked at her elder brother's gentle and smiling face, and she guiltily let go of Huang Ying'er's hand, "I...I'd better stay with my elder brother."
Ying Zhilin excused himself and left with his younger brother and sister.
Soon, only Aunt Jiao and Huang Ying'er were left there.
The awkward smile on Aunt Cui's face gradually disappeared: "What an ungrateful person I've raised!"
Huang Ying'er held her hand and said aggrievedly, "Mom, does my cousin hate me? Before Wen Yan married me, he never treated me like this..."
"Silly boy, he's just had a taste of women and is enjoying it. He'll get tired of it after a while."
Huang Ying'er was still unhappy.
Originally... Cousin Zhilin should only belong to this woman!
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