Chapter 34 Each with their own schemes
After about fifteen minutes, the courtyard gate was reopened.
"Father-in-laws, what brings you here?"
Ma Youde blocked the doorway and looked at the Chen family members, asking, "So many people have come together; this seems rather unusual."
"What are you doing here in this freezing weather? You came empty-handed, are you here to demand an explanation?"
Ma Laosan yawned, looking down on Chen Dahua's family. He had thought they were honest people, but after not visiting for over a year, they finally couldn't resist coming to beg for money!
Back then, he couldn't help but beg his parents to ask someone to propose marriage to Chen Dahua because of her delicate appearance. Who knew that Chen Dahua was all looks and no substance? Tsk tsk, she could eat but not lay eggs, which made him lose face in the village.
Following the officer's instructions to avoid alerting the enemy, Chen Tieniu endured the humiliation and said, "Let's come and see Da Hua."
The child's mother regretted marrying her eldest daughter to such a man, and so did he!
When Chen Tieniu came to the Ma family, he was treated like a thief. Ma Laosan looked down on him, refusing to call him "father" or even "father-in-law," which showed how disrespectful he was to the Chen family.
If things were like this for them, how difficult must it have been for Da Hua in the Ma family!
Thinking of this, Chen Tieniu felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
"Didn't she go back to her parents' home?"
When Ma Laosan heard that the Chen family had come to look for Chen Dahua, his eyes flickered.
"Going back to your parents' home?"
Wang Jinhua's voice was sharp as she angrily said, "Why is Da Hua going back to her parents' home on a holiday?"
"this……"
Ma Laosan was speechless, but retorted, "She has legs; if she wants to go back, can I stop her?"
Anyway, Chen Dahua left the Ma family, and whether she returned to the Chen family or not is none of his business.
"Third brother, how dare you speak like that!"
Ma Youde was a smooth talker, at least on the surface, he couldn't let anyone find fault with him. He noticed two familiar faces among the Chen family members, as if he had seen them somewhere before, but they were definitely not relatives of the Chen family, and he guessed their identities.
“My dear in-laws, Da Hua and the youngest son and his wife had a fight, and Da Hua went back to her parents’ home in a fit of anger.”
Chen Dahua had been married into the family for over a year and was still a new bride. It was normal for her to have conflicts with her husband and go back to her parents' home. Ma Youde dismissed this with a single sentence.
Chen Dahua has gone back, so the Chen family naturally shouldn't come to the Ma family to demand her return.
If they wanted to stand up for Chen Dahua, they weren't afraid; his three sons were not to be trifled with.
"Could it be that Da Hua didn't go back?"
The Chen family remained silent. Ma Laosan casually picked at his fingers. Ma Youde sensed something was wrong, his heart skipped a beat, and he said urgently.
When did my sister leave the Ma family?
Chen Xiaohua particularly disliked Ma Laosan. When her eldest sister got married, she cried bitterly. But her mother said that daughters are not meant to stay at home forever and will definitely get married. Staying at home as an old maid would only make people laugh at her.
The day before yesterday.
The Ma family had a vivid memory of when Chen Dahua returned to her parents' home. The parents-in-law remained silent, but Ma Lao Er's wife, Jin, replied.
Jin was also curious, wondering what Chen was doing at the door. Judging from her expression, it didn't seem like she was there to freeload.
Could it be that they knew Chen Dahua had been wronged, so they hid her and then went to the Ma family to demand her return, hoping to extort more money from her?
"Don't try that trick on me."
Jin pouted. The Ma family hadn't divided their property yet, and she was entitled to a share of every single penny in the family!
What time was it the day before yesterday?
Lin Yuesha pressed for details, saying that she had just observed that although the Ma family members each had their own ulterior motives and schemes, they seemed genuinely unaware of Chen Dahua's death.
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