Li Juxiang looked even more flustered, "I, I don't know what you mean..."
Her attitude made others realize that something was wrong.
"No way? Xu Lao Er is really not her biological son?"
"How can a biological child be so biased? He's so biased that he's even biased to the point of being biased to the point of being in the intestines!"
"But before Xu Laoer was born, do you remember? Li Juxiang was pregnant! Didn't the midwife from our village go to his house to deliver the baby?"
"I remember that his two sisters-in-law gave birth to a baby together, but unfortunately Sister Yunying was unlucky. She couldn't give birth to the baby and died, leaving two lives."
There were people all around who had lived in the village for many years and knew everyone's situation very well. When talking about the time before Xu Yonggui was born, many of them had a deep impression of it.
Because at that time, Li Juxiang and her younger sister Qiao Yunying gave birth to a baby together in the Xu family, but Qiao Yunying died of dystocia, and the child did not survive either. The villagers were very sad for a long time.
When mentioning Qiao Yunying, Li Juxiang's face became even uglier.
An idea flashed through Jiang Jiuyue's mind, and she grabbed Li Juxiang by the collar and asked, "Did Qiao Yunying's child die, or was it replaced by you?"
This sentence caused an uproar, and the villagers were shocked by Jiang Jiuyue's words.
The same thing went for Xu Yonggui and Chuntao; their expressions showed that they were clearly unable to understand the meaning of this sentence.
Li Juxiang was really afraid of Jiang Jiuyue and could only admit it with a trembling voice.
"Change it, change it, the dead baby is mine..."
Xu Yonggui felt as if struck by lightning and looked at the woman he had called mother for more than 20 years in disbelief.
Under Jiang Jiuyue's coercion, Li Juxiang finally told the story of many years ago.
Back then, Old Man Xu's younger brother accidentally fell off a cliff while chopping firewood in the mountains and lost his life. When the news came, Qiao Yunying, who was not yet full-term, was too excited and suddenly gave birth prematurely. Coincidentally, Li Juxiang also happened to be giving birth, so the two sisters-in-law went into the delivery room together.
Although Qiao Yunying was born prematurely and had a difficult delivery, she still tried her best and gave birth to a boy.
Li Juxiang gave birth to a girl. Although the delivery went smoothly, the child was probably born with congenital deficiencies. She could not cry when she was born and died soon after.
Qiao Yunying knew that she would not survive, so she begged Old Man Xu to ask Li Juxiang to agree to name the boy she gave birth to after Li Juxiang, as if he were hers.
After all, Qiao Yunying gave birth to a boy. There were many boys in the family, which was a blessing in the eyes of the villagers.
His younger brother died suddenly, and his younger brother's wife was also going to die. Old Man Xu really couldn't bear to refuse. In addition, Li Juxiang gave birth to a stillborn baby, so he agreed to give his nephew his own name and regard him as the second child born to Li Juxiang.
After the children were swapped, Qiao Yunying died.
Because her sister-in-law gave birth at the same time and Qiao Yunying died of dystocia, it was natural for her to give birth to a stillborn baby.
Xu Yonggui killed the child of Old Man Xu and Li Juxiang.
Although he was also a descendant of the Xu family, there was a layer of separation between them after all. Li Juxiang did not treat him very well. As a result, old man Xu was extremely partial to his own son and tried his best to exploit Xu Yonggui.
After hearing this, Xu Yonggui gave a bitter smile and said, "It turns out that I am not my parents' biological son."
Chuntao cried and hugged him tightly, "Yonggui, you have been wronged!"
Xu Yonggui's tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. "Now that I know I am not their biological son, I feel much better. I used to wonder why they were so good to my eldest brother even though we are both their sons. I always had a thorn in my heart, but now it is finally gone."
Some elderly aunts couldn't help but wipe away their tears.
"Yunying was such a good person, it's a pity that she passed away like this, leaving her son to be entrusted to her brother and sister-in-law. I didn't expect her brother and sister-in-law to treat her son like this. If she is still alive, she must be very sad!"
"Li Juxiang, do you two still have any conscience? Yunying and her husband are gone, leaving only this one son, and you are forcing him to repair the city wall. Are you forcing him to die?"
Xu Yonggui took a deep breath, turned around and was about to leave. Chuntao hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Yonggui, where are you going?"
He grabbed Chuntao and took her with him, "Let's go to the mountain to see my parents."
Xu Yonggui's tears kept falling. "I lived for more than 20 years before I knew who my biological parents were. I want to go see them."
Chuntao wiped her tears and followed him, and they soon reached the foot of the mountain.
After Xu Yonggui and his wife walked away, the surrounding villagers started to curse Old Man Xu and Li Juxiang again.
Li Juxiang couldn't listen anymore. All she could think about was that it was all over. They would never get back the money that belonged to the second brother.
Jiang Jiuyue looked at her coldly. From today on, she and Old Man Xu had completely lost their son Xu Yonggui.
"Doctor, I'll have someone take you back first."
Jiang Jiuyue arranged for the driver to drive the doctor back to the clinic first, and then come back to pick up the three of them back to the city.
The carriage carrying the doctor went away, and Jiang Jiuyue also left the Xu family's door and walked towards the foot of the mountain.
She waited at the foot of the mountain for a long time before Chuntao and Xu Yonggui came up the mountain.
Both of their eyes were red and swollen, probably because they had just cried a lot.
Jiang Jiuyue did not comfort them, but simply said, "Go to the village entrance and wait. The carriage will come to pick you up soon."
Chun Tao nodded to her and thanked her, "Jiu Yue, thank you for letting Yong Gui know his life experience."
Jiang Jiuyue shook her head. "I just said it casually. I didn't expect Li Juxiang to be so flustered. She was actually blown away."
Chun Tao smiled bitterly, "In fact, knowing that Yonggui is not their biological child, we feel much better. Big brother is their biological child, but Yonggui is not, so naturally we should be partial to big brother."
Jiang Jiuyue patted her shoulder and said, "Finding his biological parents is a good thing for Yonggui."
The three of them talked as they slowly walked to the entrance of the village, where the carriage was already waiting.
They took a horse-drawn carriage back to the county town. The driver first sent Chuntao home and then returned to Cao Run.
As soon as they saw Jiang Jiuyue coming back, an escort hurried forward and said, "Boss, we have a business opportunity, but it's a little unusual. The distinguished guest is already waiting in the tea room and needs you to meet him in person."
Jiang Jiuyue asked casually, "How unusual is it?"
The escort pointed a number with his fingers, "The distinguished guest said that this is the minimum amount he should give."
Jiang Jiuyue raised an eyebrow, "Two?"
The escort shook his head and said in an extremely exaggerated tone, "10,000 taels!"
Jiang Jiuyue took a deep breath and said, "I'll go see him now."
Entering the tea room, Jiang Jiuyue saw a man in a black robe sitting at the tea table, sipping tea leisurely.
"My dear guest, I heard that you offered 10,000 taels and wanted us to transport your goods?"
The man shook his head. "Boss Jiang, you are wrong. It is true that I offered 10,000 taels, but I am not offering to transport goods. I want you to escort someone. And it must be you, Boss Jiang, who is doing the escort personally."
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