Chapter 210 If not now, when?
Seeing her village head frown unconsciously, Taozhi thought he was dissatisfied with something, so she asked hurriedly, "Village head, do you think something is wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Cui hurried over.
Cui Qingyi's thoughts were interrupted by Tao Zhi. She smiled and replied, "No, it's not true. Your makeup skills are so good. If you stayed in the palace, you would have a good future. Why did you choose to leave the palace and come to me?"
As far as Cui Qingyi knew, every noble in the palace had a special maid to comb their hair, and those with good skills would be very honored in front of their master.
Taozhi smiled and did not hide anything from Cui Qingyi: "I will be 25 next year. According to the palace regulations, unless there are special circumstances, palace maids must leave the palace and return to their hometowns when they reach the age of 25. But I don't even remember where my home is. If I go back, I don't know how to survive.
It just so happened that the palace was selecting people to come to Dongping County, so I signed up on my own."
This is reasonable, but Cui Qingyi guessed that Taozhi had something else to say. No one would be willing to come to her, a village chief who changed his job halfway.
The two of them had been here for so many days, but the village head had never asked about their situation. Now that they were talking about it, Aunt Cui also explained her own situation. "I used to serve the late emperor's concubine. A few years ago, the concubine passed away, and we palace servants have been guarding the palace. I also want to find a place to retire."
Both of their reasons were quite simple, and Cui Qingyi thought it was a good idea.
"Although Dongping County is a small place, I, the village chief, have a house and land. If you follow me, I guarantee you won't be hungry or cold. We will live a good life together in the future."
Hearing their village chief speaking such down-to-earth words with a rich face, Taozhi and Aunt Cui couldn't help laughing. Although they had only been here for a few days, they had already truly felt the taste of freedom.
As they were talking, the gatekeeper came in and announced, "Village Master, there's someone outside who wants to see you."
Aunt Cui was surprised and said, "Today is the village master's big day. The guests who come here can just come in. Why does the village master have to come to see them in person?"
The visitor looked embarrassed. Knowing his identity, they had tried to drive him away several times, but who would have thought that this young master from a high-ranking official's family could be so shameless. No matter how they drove him away, he just wouldn't leave, and even made passers-by stop and watch the fun.
There was no other way, they could only ask the village chief to go and take a look himself.
Cui Qingyi, dressed in the uniform of the village chief, looked down at Chen Linan, who was hesitant and expectant. She had originally thought that this house with four courtyards was a bit big, but now Cui Qingyi felt that this house was excellent. At least the steps in front of the door were built to her heart's content.
It feels really good to look down at people you hate from a high position.
Of course, it would be better if the person he hated was a mute. Chen Linan fixed his eyes on Cui Qingyi. He couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. He still couldn't understand how the person he divorced could become the village chief personally appointed by the emperor.
He was also scolded by his uncle, and his affair with his cousin Lin Ying was now exposed. Facing the accusations of the world and the jokes of his friends, Chen Linan found that he had no chance to explain himself.
Since she was a child, Lin Ying often lived in Chen's house under the pretext of accompanying her aunt. There were countless times when the two of them went out together to meet friends and have fun. Even after he got married, he still often took Lin Ying out to go boating on the lake with friends. These things were seen by countless pairs of eyes, and he had no way to defend himself.
Now the reputation of persecuting his first wife and having an affair with his cousin has been firmly placed on him. If it was just him, it would be fine, but this bad reputation has also affected other brothers and sisters in the family. Now he is like a rat crossing the street in the clan and is suffering terribly.
Of course, these were still tolerable. What made Chen Linan collapse the most was that he kicked Cui out of the house on the grounds that she had no children for several years. However, Lin Ying had been married for almost two or three years and still had no children. Now when he went out, some of his friends would look at him in a dirty way intentionally or unintentionally. As a man, who could tolerate such looks?
Unable to bear it any longer, Chen Linan thought about it and realized that if he wanted to change the status quo, his only chance might still lie with Cui Qingyi.
If he could coax Cui Qingyi into changing her mind and returning to the Chen family, then no one would be able to criticize him anymore.
Chen Linan was still very confident that he could coax Cui Qingyi to change her mind. After all, even if she was the village chief, she was still a woman who had been married and divorced.
Who else would want a woman with such a blemished reputation except him?
Besides, now that Cui Qingyi has the title of village chief, she can help him recover some of his losses to a certain extent.
Having made up his mind, Chen Linan happened to appear outside the village chief's mansion at this time.
"Qingyi~"
He just kept calling Cui Qingyi's name without saying anything, with a face that showed two parts of sadness, two parts of loneliness, and six parts of affection. Cui Qingyi almost vomited when she saw him like this.
Chen Linan knows how to disgust people.
The girl's wedding day was ruined by someone, and Konjac was almost mad with rage, especially since the person who came was that bastard Chen Linan. Now they were the ones who were fearless, and Konjac felt his hands itching, especially when he saw the disgusting expression on Chen Linan's face, he could no longer control his hands.
Some grudges should be taken if not now!
Chen Linan saw Cui Qingyi not saying anything, and just when he was about to continue to exert his strength, he saw Konjac running towards him like a bull. As a grown man, he was naturally not afraid of Konjac, but he came here today to admit his mistake and win back Cui, so he naturally couldn't hit her personal maid in front of her.
Chen Linan felt that he was being very considerate. Just as he was about to dodge, a big hand suddenly landed on his shoulder. He was stuck in place as if by a pair of pliers. Chen Linan struggled a few times but couldn't avoid it at all, and was slapped hard on the face.
Konjac was well-known in the Chen family for his great strength. This time, he used all his strength to attack with new and old grudges. Chen Linan felt a burning pain on his face, and he pointed at Konjac, unable to speak.
Cui Qingyi was almost scared to death by this girl. Chen Linan deserved to be beaten, but she didn't know her own situation. If someone kicked her in the stomach, who would be the one who would suffer in the end?
Fortunately, fortunately, thanks to... Cui Qingyi looked carefully for a long time and confirmed that she did not know such an unshaven and unkempt man.
Jing Wei pinched Chen Linan's shoulder with one hand, looked at Konjac sincerely and asked, "You can't fight yet. If you don't want to fight, go away and I'll let you go."
When he spoke, Cui Qingyi recognized who this person was.
Konjac looked at Chen Linan and wanted to give him a symmetrical beating, but the man was restrained in public, and if she continued to hit him, it would seem a bit unreasonable and would be bad for her daughter's image.
Konjac shook his head at the bearded man with great regret.
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