Chapter 2131 involves the Song family.
Aunt Hong found it difficult to talk about, after all, it was a family scandal, and she was ashamed of her children's behavior.
She hadn't wanted to talk about it, but since the Song family was involved, she gritted her teeth and decided to explain things more clearly.
“Back then, you brought Gouwa to say goodbye to me and gave me thirty taels of silver. After you left, the eldest son’s wife came to ask me if you had given me anything. Of course, I denied it, otherwise they would have been after the money.”
Aunt Hong also scolded them, saying that she had abandoned a child to them for no reason, so how could they possibly give her any benefits? They weren't just bored and had nothing better to do.
Even so, Hong Laoda and Yu Shi still had some suspicions. After several unsuccessful attempts to probe, they actually searched Hong's room while she was out.
Unexpectedly, three taels of silver were actually found during the search. Of course, these three taels of silver were not given by Shu Yu, but were saved by Aunt Hong before Old Man Hong passed away.
Over the years, this is all the money she has. Otherwise, she wouldn't have given Gouwa away.
Aunt Hong said she had saved it herself, and Yu Laoda and Yu Shi believed her.
Even if it was only three taels of silver, they wouldn't let it go, trying to squeeze it out of the old lady. They'd say it was either the children's birthdays and they wanted gifts, or they were feeling unwell and needed to see a doctor, or they needed tonics.
In short, the excuses were varied. Aunt Hong knew that they wouldn't be satisfied until they had tricked her out of all the money. At the time, her thinking was relatively simple. She thought that she still had thirty taels of silver on her side. To avoid trouble, she gradually gave away the remaining three taels of silver.
The couple kept calculating in their minds until they were satisfied with the excavation, having dug almost all of it.
Aunt Hong finally had some peace and quiet, but life... began to change.
The Yu couple felt they could no longer get anything from her, so their attitude towards her naturally changed. It wasn't just veiled insults anymore; sometimes they would even treat her differently based on what she ate or used.
Sometimes she comes home late, and there's not even any leftover rice or vegetables.
Of course, Aunt Hong wasn't one to take things lying down. She scolded her eldest son for being unfilial and her daughter-in-law for being a troublemaker. But even if she wasn't a pushover, life was still chaotic and never peaceful.
Aunt Hong was utterly heartbroken, and extremely grateful that she had hidden the thirty taels of silver elsewhere, and that she had sent Gouwa to his cousin's place.
After this incident, Aunt Hong lost all hope for her son and daughter-in-law, and she was even less likely to take out any money from them.
Until the end of the year before last...
"At the end of the year before last, there was a period of chaos in the capital. Many rebel troops appeared outside the city and hid in the mountains."
Shu Yu knew about this. After Cheng Gu County fell into chaos at the end of the year before last, diverting attention, the capital city followed suit. Judging from Aunt Hong's words, they were involved in this matter?
Aunt Hong said, "They were a large group, hiding in the mountains. The Hong family cemetery happened to be right there. After the rebellion ended, the cemetery was destroyed. You know, when Gouwa's father died, the Song family's enemies were watching from somewhere, so they didn't dare bury him in the Song family cemetery. My husband decided to bury him near the Hong family cemetery. So when the Hong family cemetery was destroyed, his grave also suffered."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Songle immediately became anxious, "Has my father's grave been damaged?"
(End of this chapter)
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