Chen Shiying looked behind Chen Afu, tears welling up in her eyes, and said softly, "Sister..."
Chen Ahfu turned around and saw Wang standing behind him. She stared at Chen Shiying blankly, her eyes filled with tears and her lips trembling.
Chen Ahfu also shouted, "Mom."
Wang seemed to have just woken up after being called out, and said softly, "Yingdi, you are Yingdi...what are you doing here? Go away, it's not good for you to come to my house."
After hearing this, Chen Ahfu was about to close the door again and said, "You heard it, my mother doesn't want you to come in."
Chen Shiying had been holding a door with his hand, saying, "Sister, Fu'er, let me in. There are some things that we have to solve face to face." Seeing Wang lowering her head and wiping away tears, Chen Afu tried hard to close the door and said, "Sister, I... I rushed here from the city early in the morning. I'm cold and hungry. I haven't eaten anything yet..."
After hearing this, Wang looked up and asked, "Is your stomach hurting again?"
"Yeah, it hurts a little." Chen Shiying nodded slightly, with one hand still covering his stomach.
Wang wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeve and said, "Okay, come in. After dinner, you can go back quickly." Seeing that Chen Ahfu was blocking the door and didn't move, Wang said again, "Ahfu, let him in. You must remember that you can't be rude to him, you can't."
Chen Ahfu had no choice but to open the door, turned around and supported Wang and said, "Mom, it's not good to let him come home."
Wang patted Chen Ahfu's hand and said, "Mother knows what's going on."
Chen Shiying stood in the yard, looked around, and walked towards the main house. Wang and Chen Afu followed him hand in hand.
Arriving at the upper room, Chen Shiying sat down at the eight-immortals table.
There is a small stove in the west corner of the hall, which is used to heat the kang in the west room. There is a copper shell on the stove, which is used to boil water.
Wang went over and poured a cup of tea. Her hand holding the tea bowl kept shaking, and some of the water in the bowl overflowed. She still brought the tea bowl to Chen Shiying and put it down.
Chen Shiying asked again, "Sister Chen, your brother-in-law is not at home?"
Wang said, "He went to someone else's house to drink." Then she added, "Drink some hot tea first. I'll make you a bowl of egg noodles."
Chen Afu felt uncomfortable under Chen Shiying's gentle gaze. Besides, Chen Shiying would definitely not come to their house just to eat a bowl of noodles. If he had anything to say, he could just tell Wang and leave quickly.
After his mother's trouble last time, Chen Afu didn't want to have any more contact with Chen Shiying. Now the family is getting better and better, and the relationship between the family members is very good. If he comes here to stir things up, it will definitely disrupt the peace of the family.
She held Wang and said, "Mom, I'll go downstairs now. If you have anything to say, just say it quickly. It's better to let my father go before he comes back." But she felt that it was not good for a man and a woman to be alone in the same room, so she said, "I'll go let Aunt Mu go downstairs. I'll be back soon." Then she hurried to the kitchen.
Chen Shiying drank two sips of tea and saw Wang was still standing there with her head bowed, her hands clasped together and shaking violently. He said, "Sister, please sit down."
Wang sat a few chairs away from him, still with her head down.
Chen Shiying sighed and asked softly, "Sister, you have changed... a lot. Is he good to you?"
Wang shook her head and said, "No, my boss is very good to me and also to Ah Fu."
Chen Shiying nodded and said, "My brother-in-law is a kind person."
Seeing Chen Ahfu return to the hall and sit down next to Wang, he continued, "A few days ago, Lord Chu told me something, and I also did some research. I didn't expect that my mother actually did those things in the countryside, hurting my sister and Fu'er... I'm sorry, it was my oversight. I also apologize to you on behalf of my mother. It was not right for her to do that. I will strictly control them in the future, and such things will never happen again."
Chen Afu was not an ancient person, and could not do what Wang did. She raised her head and said coldly, "Is it just bad for your mother to do that? She already knew..." She really couldn't say the three words "granddaughter", and paused before saying, "She already knew some things, but she still spent money to bribe others to force me to marry a man. She is vicious!"
Chen Shiying had heard that this girl was quite powerful, but he didn't expect her to be so aggressive. He opened his mouth, but decided to hold back what he wanted to say and teach her slowly later...
Then he asked Wang, "Sister, why did you leave home in the first place? No matter how difficult it was, you should have waited for me to come back... You already have Fu'er, why are you in such a hurry to get married?"
There is still some complaint in the following words.
Wang was already sad, and she became even sadder after hearing this. Tears welled up in her eyes. She choked up and said, "Why did I leave your house? Can't you guess?"
Chen Shiying whispered, "I know, it must be my mother, the Tang family, and Uncle Zhao who forced you... I mean, no matter how difficult it is, even if you go back to your mother's house or your relatives' house to hide temporarily and wait for me to come back..."
Wang wiped her tears, turned her eyes to him, and said, "That year, you were still in Shizhou Prefecture. One afternoon, Uncle Zhao Er suddenly brought two guests, saying that their surname was Tang and they were from Shizhou Prefecture. After they locked your mother in the room and talked for a long time, your mother came to me and said that you went to Shizhou Prefecture to participate in the provincial examination and lived in Tang's house. Once, after drinking, you had sex with a girl from the Tang family. The girl from the Tang family was so ashamed and angry that she hanged herself. Fortunately, she was found and rescued in time. The master of the Tang family was so angry that he said there were only two ways, either marry his girl or go to the government office to beat the drum to complain. Zhao Lizheng said that if you were reported, not only would you not be able to participate in the provincial examination, but you would also be deprived of your title of scholar and thrown into prison. Your mother cried and begged me to give you a way to live..." Wang cried louder and said, "I was also scared. I was afraid that you would be reported by the Tang family and go to jail. I dare not imagine how you would live if that happened. What else can I do except leaving your home to fulfill you?"
"How dare they slander me like this!" Chen Shiying was so angry that he punched the table, causing the tea bowl to jump twice and the water in the bowl to overflow.
That year, after he passed the imperial examination and returned home, his mother told him that the girl from the Tang family accidentally saw Chen Shiying and fell in love with him. From then on, she lost her appetite and wanted to marry him. After the Tang family knew about this, they came to the Chen family, but they knew that he already had a wife, so the girl from the Tang family was willing to be a concubine. But Wang Juanniang didn't even agree to this condition, and she made a big fuss and ran back to her parents' home. Her mother was so angry that she didn't want Wang Juanniang to be her daughter-in-law anymore. With the witness of her second cousin, she arranged for her children to be in-laws with the Tang family, and they also exchanged gifts...
Chen Shiying was not stupid, of course he knew what kind of personality Wang Juanniang had, what kind of personality his mother had, and what kind of personality his second uncle who was involved in the matter had. When he was in Dingzhou Prefecture, Tang's father, Tang Shoude, a wealthy businessman in Shizhou Prefecture, found the inn where he was staying, presented him with a thousand taels of silver, and invited him to stay at the Tang family...
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