Chapter 448 Hongxia Washes the Handkerchief
Chen Hongxia's sister-in-law Wang Ruer asked anxiously.
On weekdays, the relationship between the two is good.
Wang Ruer was afraid that her sister-in-law had secretly married someone and was deceived into losing her body by a man, so her tone was a little severe.
"No way, sister-in-law, don't make wild guesses. I stay at home every day, how could I have a lover?"
Chen Hongxia quickly denied it.
She just wanted to wash the handkerchief clean and return it to Jiang Tongshui.
"No? Then tell your sister-in-law, whose handkerchief does this belong to? We are together every day, when did you buy this handkerchief? How come I don't know about it?" Wang Ruer didn't believe it.
"Oh, sister-in-law, it's true. Why would I lie to you? You've already told me that we are together every day. Don't you know what I do every day?"
Chen Hongxia looked a little anxious, fearing that her sister-in-law would talk nonsense to her second brother and grandparents and cause misunderstanding.
"Hongxia, I'm worried about you, that's why I ask so many questions. Women are different from men. Before a man gets married, even if he has sex with hundreds of girls, he can still find a wife. But if a woman loses her virginity and is discovered by your future husband's family, at best you will be rejected and lose face.
In serious cases, some villages still prefer to put you in a pig cage. If it's worse, they'll give you a hemp rope and force you to hang yourself. This is a life-threatening thing. Your parents passed away early, and your grandparents are old. There are some things that are hard to tell you, and only your sister-in-law can tell you. Don't blame your sister-in-law, she's doing this for your own good. Don't be stupid, understand?"
My sister-in-law is already sixteen years old.
Before the autumn harvest, my grandparents had just found a matchmaker to help my sister-in-law find a boyfriend.
Chen Hongxia was worried that her sister-in-law had made a mistake and her life would be ruined.
Start to persuade.
"Hey, sister-in-law, I know you are doing this for my own good, but you really misunderstood me. I am not that stupid that a stinky man can fool me with just a few words. I am not a fool. To tell you the truth, this handkerchief belongs to Jiang Tongshui.
Yesterday, we bumped into each other accidentally and I fell to the ground. He gave me a handkerchief and asked me to wipe my clothes. When I left, I forgot to give it back to him, so I thought I should wash it and give it back to him. Sister-in-law, you really misunderstood me.
Chen Hongxia sighed.
Explain.
But she wasn't telling the truth.
If I were to tell my sister-in-law about such childish behavior, I would definitely be criticized by her.
Moreover, she somewhat despised the man her sister-in-law mentioned.
Why can they play with women as they please and not be despised by the world, while if a woman loses her virginity, she will die?
It's so unfair.
She would never marry such a vicious man in the future.
Her husband only has her in his heart.
And like her, she had to remain a virgin and not have any contact with women before marriage.
Otherwise, she would rather be an old maid.
She didn't say this out loud.
Chen Hongxia knew how outrageous her ideas were.
"Jiang Tongshui? The third boy of the Jiang family? You and him..." Wang Ruer looked at Chen Hongxia with a gossipy look on her face.
She chuckled twice.
My eyelids narrowed a little.
"Sister-in-law, don't make random guesses. I just bumped into him accidentally. Nothing happened." Chen Hongxia was speechless.
My sister-in-law is good in every way.
I just think too much on weekdays, and I like to go to the big tree at the entrance of the village to chat with the group of women.
"But Hongxia, we are different from many people in Jiangjia Village. They are still connected to the Jiang family even if their arms are broken. They are relatives anyway. They can't marry their daughters to the Jiang family, otherwise the Jiang family's doorstep will be trampled down. But we are different. Your last name is Chen! If you and Jiang Tongshui are interested in each other, you can marry him."
All right.
My sister-in-law is really overthinking it.
Chen Hongxia rolled her eyes.
"Sister-in-law, look at our family. The most valuable thing is the pig we raise in the backyard. Jiang Tongshui must be stupid to marry me. He is full of bookishness now. Who knows, he might pass the imperial examination and become a scholar. I won't even be worthy of washing his feet.
Sister-in-law, please don't make random guesses. If the villagers hear this and spread it to the Jiang family, how can our two families get along? The Jiang family is our benefactor. If it weren't for the Jiang family, my brother would have died on the way to serve labor service."
Chen Hongxia hung the handkerchief out to dry.
Then he persuaded Wang Ruer word by word.
"Oh, sister-in-law, I am afraid that you are too shy to say it. I said a few more words because I thought you and Jiang Tongshui fell in love but didn't dare to say it. Since there is nothing between you two, I won't say this in the future. However...these guys in the Jiang family, whoever marries them will live a fairy-like life in the future. Oh, I am really jealous."
How good the Jiang family lives.
The whole village saw it.
Don't think that Wang Ruer has only been married for a few years.
But when she was in Wangjia Village, she had already heard of the Jiang family's name.
After the Jiang family became rich, they led the whole village to become prosperous.
Jiangjia Village is no longer the poor village it once was.
Otherwise, how could she, a girl who grew up in the second richest village, marry into Jiangjia Village?
On weekdays, whenever the Jiang family returns to the village.
All the gossipy old ladies in the village talked about the Jiang family.
Wang Ruer, who loves to listen to gossip, knows the Jiang family better than her sister-in-law.
"Okay, sister-in-law, stop dreaming here, come with me to the mountain to pick mushrooms. It rained a while ago, so there must be a lot of mushrooms in the mountain. We pick them and dry them, and grandpa told us to keep the money we earn."
Chen Hongxia has already saved more than one or two taels of silver.
This was the dowry she prepared for herself.
Grandpa said that he would not accept her betrothal gift money, and if she got married, the betrothal gift would be taken back to her husband's home on her wedding day.
Naturally, Chen Hongxia didn't want her grandparents to give her a dowry.
Grandpa and grandma are old.
My sister-in-law just gave birth to my nephew the year before last, so there was one more mouth to feed at home. My grandparents and my second brother worked in the fields every day and didn’t dare to rest at all.
"Okay, I'll send your nephew next door and let her help look after him." Wang Ruer agreed immediately.
She took her son to the next door.
The newly married daughter-in-law there is also from Wangjia Village.
Wang Ruer has a good relationship with her, and they always help each other on weekdays.
The aunt and sister-in-law walked towards the mountain carrying bamboo baskets. When they passed by Jiang's house, Wang Ruer turned her head and glanced at the Jiang's yard.
The Jiang family's servant was sweeping the yard. Apart from the sound of the broom, nothing else could be heard.
I guess the Jiang family is still in town and hasn’t come back yet.
The Jiang residence, which was being nagging by Wang Ruer, was in a state of chaos.
Wanyu, who was pregnant, cried so hard that she almost fainted.
"Mom, what's wrong with you, mom! Don't scare your daughter, Fubao, I beg you, please save my mom."
Jiang Fubao was taking the pulse of Wanyu's mother Yin Suxin in the right chamber as soon as one entered the courtyard.
Today, Yin Suxin came to accompany her daughter as usual.
As a result, when I was preparing to eat at noon, I suddenly had a severe headache, broke out in hives all over my body, and fainted.
This scared Wanyu a lot.
He immediately sent his personal maid, Que'er, to invite Jiang Fubao over.