The silly girl stood to the side, still looking dazed and unmoved as she watched Zhang Liushi cry her heart out.
Gu Xin felt that something was wrong. Judging from the way Zhang Liushi used candy to coax the silly girl earlier, the silly girl should be able to understand Zhang Liushi's emotions. Although she could not completely understand her joys and sorrows, she could at least sense the emotional changes of the people close to her.
But the silly girl was so indifferent, which was completely unacceptable.
Zhang Liu continued, "After waiting for more than half a year, no one went to the yamen to report that their daughter was missing. The silly girl had gotten used to living in my house, so I asked her if she would like to stay and become my daughter-in-law..."
As she finished speaking, Zhang Liu's voice lowered.
She felt that she was taking advantage of someone's misfortune, but no one was looking for her. The girl had been made stupid by the water and couldn't just stay at home eating and doing nothing. Their family wasn't well-off either, and her son was weak and hadn't been able to get married. She thought that since the silly girl was already stupid, she might as well let her stay and be her son's wife.
Thinking it over, Zhang Liu then defended herself, saying, "Your Highness, I haven't mistreated Shaya at all. I asked the village head to help register Shaya's household and even wrote a marriage certificate. My family's circumstances couldn't afford the elaborate betrothal ceremony, but her marriage was absolutely a legitimate one. Besides, Shaya can't do anything, all she does is eat. It took me a year to teach her how to take care of my son, how to look after people when she's home alone, how not to take food from other people's houses, and how not to bully the village children just because she's big..."
Zhang Liushi felt increasingly aggrieved as she spoke.
She originally thought that after this silly girl slept with her son, she would be able to get pregnant, so that she could live for another 10 or 20 years. After the child was born, he could take care of his parents, and she could leave in peace. However, ten years have passed, and there is still no sign of pregnancy in the silly girl's belly. Her menstrual period comes on time every month, and her health is excellent.
Then she thought it didn't matter if she couldn't have children. The child was mentally challenged, and she couldn't just abandon her. So she tried to teach her some housework or farm work. But the child couldn't learn anything.
Over the past ten years, she had many thoughts of cruelly selling the person, but looking at her silly appearance, she couldn't bear to do it. In short, she was always conflicted.
After each time she couldn't bear it, she would bring her silly daughter to the temple to pray to the gods and Buddhas. She prayed for offspring and to all kinds of bodhisattvas. She believed that as long as they were sincere, some bodhisattva would hear them. Even if this bodhisattva didn't care about having children, what if he took pity on their family and told the bodhisattva who did care about having children?
So, Zhang Liushi brought her silly girl back to pray for a child again the day before yesterday.
Suddenly, the silly girl spoke up. She kowtowed three times in the direction of Gu Xin, saying, "I beg the Bodhisattva to give me a son. I will be a good girl and listen to you."
She was about to kowtow again when Zhang Liushi stopped her.
Zhang Liu was very devout to the Bodhisattva, and she couldn't let the silly girl kowtow and worship randomly. It was fine for ordinary people to kneel and worship when they saw a royal princess, but the silly girl was muttering about the Bodhisattva, which clearly meant that she regarded Princess Xinxin as the Bodhisattva.
This is outrageous!
If the Bodhisattvas in the temple heard this, it wouldn't be good for them, nor would it be good for Princess Xinxin!
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