Lianyi took the opportunity to take a break from copying scriptures, and meeting the Wen brothers and sisters was just a way to kill time, so she asked the guards to invite them in.
Wen Zhaoming took his sister's hand and walked into the main room. He saw the eldest daughter of the Su family sitting in the main seat. He immediately lowered his eyes and saluted respectfully:
"The boy Wen Zhaoming has met Miss Su."
"My daughter Wen Zhaoyue has met Miss Su."
Yueyue also bowed in the same manner.
"Sit down and talk. There's no need to be so reserved."
Lianyi said with a friendly smile.
"I dare not waste the young lady's time. Today I am here to pay back the money I owed for the medicine last time. I hope the young lady will not mind if it takes a while."
Wen Zhaoming did not waste any time and immediately took out a purse from his arms and handed it to the guard Hehua beside him.
He Hua immediately glanced at her young lady, and after getting her approval, she took it. She opened the purse and saw that it was all small change, but exactly three taels.
"Brother Wen, don't worry. I'm not in a hurry to use the money."
Lianyi also saw the small change and knew that the other party must have collected it for a long time, so she did not refuse. It was obvious that the other party was a person with a strong self-esteem.
"It's nothing to you, young lady, but to me, it saved my little sister, so I should repay you in full."
After Wen Shaoming finished speaking, he said goodbye. It was obvious that he didn't want to stay any longer and didn't want to have anything to do with her.
Lian Yi did not force her to stay, but asked Su Wu to prepare a four-color gift box as a return gift for her to take back. Wen Zhaoming did not want to argue with the woman, and finally accepted the gift box under the eager eyes of his younger sister, thanked her again and again, and then left Sujiazhuang.
Guard Cuihua scratched her head and asked Lianyi in a low voice:
"Miss, the four-color gift box you gave me is worth five taels of silver. If he returns the money, it's the same as not returning it at all. Why bother?"
Lian Yi held a folding fan in her hand, tapped the guard's head and said:
"Look more, think more, and talk less. If you don't understand, ask Lotus."
Then I went back to my room to copy scriptures.
Cuihua was unwilling to give up, so she secretly asked her good sister:
"Lotus, what do you mean by young lady?"
"Don't you understand? This is the only way to have give and take!"
Hehua didn't even want to admit that this person was her sister, she thought it was so inconsiderate.
"You mean, the lady likes."
Before the other party could finish his words, He Hua covered them with her hand:
"Can you use some brains when you speak? The young lady is still in mourning! Are you afraid that someone will find fault with her?"
"Woo got it!"
Cuihua nodded hurriedly and pulled away the other person's hand that was covering her mouth.
The next day, after breakfast, Lianyi called the village head Su Wu.
Su Wu thought about it and realized that he hadn't made any mistakes during this period. He walked into the main room with his head held high and bowed to Lianyi, who was sitting at the top of the room. He said,
"Miss, what can I do for you?"
"It's nothing important. It's just that the Wen brothers and sisters came to the farm yesterday to return the money. Do you know them, Mr.
Ripple asked casually.
"Miss, are you talking about the people from Wenjia Village, which is ten miles away from the village?"
Su Wu asked.
"Yes, I met him by chance on the way to the village. The young man was taking his sister who was infected with a cold to the county town alone. There was no elders around him. I felt pity for him and helped him."
"Miss, you are kind-hearted. The brother and sister from Wen Village are also pitiful people."
Su Wu said with a sigh.
"Tell me about it."
Lianyi said this while waving the folding fan in her hand, obviously very interested in the story of the two people.
"The mother of the Wen brothers and sisters is an ordinary peasant woman in Wenjia Village. She is the second child in the family and an honest and hardworking woman. Because she is in the middle, she is not as favored as her elder sisters and younger brothers. However, she never complains and works hard without complaint. She is the preferred marriage partner of the boys.
When she reached a certain age, the elders in her family began to look for fortune tellers for her. However, on her way home, she saved a boy who fell into the water. The boy almost drowned, and it was Wen Er Niang who slapped, hit, and breathed in him before she saved him. Everyone around saw it.
The boy lost his innocence and had to follow Wen Er Niang back home. When the elders of the Wen family asked him his name and address, he shook his head and said that he hit his head after falling into the water and didn't remember anything. He only knew that his surname was Cen.
But the boy was not stupid. He said that he had physical contact with Wen Er Niang and so many people saw it in public, so Wen Er Niang must be responsible for him.
The elders of the Wen family could only accept it reluctantly, and their second son had indeed reached the age of marriage, so they could get a husband for free without having to spend any money on betrothal gifts, so the matter was settled.
The two of them had a simple wedding and started living together. However, Mr. Cen was in poor health and could not do heavy work, so he was disliked by Wen Er Niang's elders. Fortunately, Wen Er Niang was capable and always protected her husband, so they could barely get by.
But later on, for some unknown reason, Mr. Cen's five-month-old baby suddenly miscarried, and then Second Lady Wen's family was separated from the Wen family and lived on their own."
Lianyi listened with great interest and interrupted to ask:
"Is it because of the miscarriage?"
“Indeed, but the old couple of the Wen family said that it was Cen Langjun who accidentally fell and had the miscarriage. However, according to their neighbors, it was Wen Erniang’s younger brother who had an argument with her second brother-in-law and pushed Cen Langjun down, causing the miscarriage.
This scene happened to be seen by Wen Erniang, who had returned from the field early. After learning that the aborted fetus was a fully grown female fetus, she hit her younger brother.
At that time, the crying of the younger brother of the Wen family alarmed the nearby villagers, but their doors were closed and they didn’t know what was going on. Then, in the next few days, the crying of the younger brother of the Wen family could be heard every night. Not long after, the second wife Wen and her husband separated and lived on their own. "
"Honest people usually don't get angry, but when they get angry, they can be very scary. I guess it's because he lost his beloved daughter, and that little brother pushed the blame onto Mr. Cen, which completely angered Madam Wen. She attacked me, and that little brother Wen couldn't hide in his parents' room every day."
Lianyi guessed, shaking the folding fan in her hand.
"Maybe! Anyway, after the two of them separated, Mr. Cen took care of his health for half a year before he could barely go out to work in the fields. A year later, the eldest son of the Wen family was born. Although he was just a boy, the two of them loved him very much.
After that, Mr. Cen has never been pregnant, and Wen Erniang's relationship with her family has become very distant. After all, the other party killed her eldest daughter and hurt her own husband's health. She was lucky to have a boy.
The Wen family knew they were in the wrong and did not dare to get close to Wen Er Niang, which allowed the two of them to live a peaceful life for two years.
Mr. Cen felt sorry for his wife, so he tried his best to get pregnant again. This time he was lucky enough to give birth to a daughter. However, Mr. Cen's health was too damaged, and he passed away when the child was just over one year old.
Wen Er Niang was very sad, but she had two younger children at home, especially the eldest brother who was very sensible and could share a lot of the burden for her, which helped her get through the most difficult days.
Just when things were looking promising, bad luck befell Lady Wen. "(End of this chapter)
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