Chapter 200 201. Make It Clear
Xiuniang wiped the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief and said timidly, "Housekeeper, I just want to see my husband. Please, let me go in and see him!
I know that my husband's illness this time made Uncle Qi and the others very angry. They blamed me for not taking good care of my husband. You can beat or scold me if you want, but you can't separate us."
"I've already said it, it must be from this family.
I just didn’t expect them to be so evil. Just because they didn’t serve their young master well, they made him kneel outside the gate. This is too much.”
“…”
After saying these words, Xiuniang just covered her face and cried, letting the passers-by become more and more excited, which also made Butler Fu frown.
"If you dare to do it, you must take responsibility for it. What does it mean to keep it to yourself?" With a delicate shout, the door slowly opened from the inside, and Jin Qianqian, wearing a pink silk dress, appeared on the doorstep, surrounded by servants and maids.
"Hello, everyone," Jin Qianqian stood in front and bowed slightly, "I didn't expect to disturb all of you neighbors today because of some family matters. I would like to apologize here first."
"This young lady is pretty, but unfortunately she is a little hard-hearted. She has been kneeling here for such a long time and has only just come out."
"Shh, speak a little more quietly, or people will hear you. Don't you see the servants next to you? They all look fierce."
The servant with a “fierce look on his face”, “…” We heard it all, is this still a low voice?
…
Jin Qianqian ignored the noisy people outside, raised her chin slightly, and said to Song Xiuniang, "I don't know what drama you are singing here today. Since you come here to cry, then tell me the whole story. If you really feel embarrassed, I can also ask someone to help you tell it one by one."
"Mrs. Gu, I know you have never liked me and you even forbade me to call you aunt. But you can't stop me from meeting my husband." When Xiuniang saw Jin Qianqian coming out, she was panicked, but she quickly clenched her palms to calm herself down.
Jin Qianqian casually pointed at one of the servants and said, "Xu Dawang, didn't you follow the whole process yesterday? Come and tell everyone what great achievements this pitiful young lady has made."
Xu Dawang was not stage-frightened. He stood on the doorstep and vividly recounted everything he had heard along the way and what he learned later.
"I know that being a woman in this world is hard, but tell me, what Madam Song did, which family of yours can accept it?"
"Really? If I had a daughter-in-law like this, who couldn't tell the difference between inside and outside, I would be the first one to get her out."
"Speaking of which, this young master of the Gu family is really pitiful. He met such an unlucky star, and he was lucky not to have his life taken away."
“…”
"It's not like that. I don't want it to be like this. You don't know anything, so what are you talking about?" Xiuniang started talking from Xu Dawang, her face was pale. Now hearing so many people's accusations, she suddenly felt flustered and short of breath. As she spoke, her head tilted back and she fainted.
Some people nearby panicked and shouted that someone had died, but no one stepped forward.
Jin Qianqian frowned and trotted over, pinching her philtrum hard with her fingers. She did not hold back her strength and even used her other hand to help press down.
Although she was not sure whether the other party was pretending, she could not just stand by and watch him die. Otherwise, if the news got out, she and Gu Wenheng would be tarnished in the future.
The person who had fallen to the ground cried out and could no longer lie still.
"Look! This kind of woman is the best at pretending," one of the ladies said to the man next to her, "My son, when you marry a wife in the future, don't look for a woman like this."
Xiuniang had just recovered and wanted to faint, but the pain from the bridge of her nose made her change her mind.
"I can let you meet the Le family, and there are some things you should make clear, but this is my bottom line. If you want to make trouble, I don't mind sending you two siblings to the authorities and suing you for murder and robbery." Jin Qianqian didn't want to cause trouble for the other party, but the other party was always courting death, so she didn't mind threatening him.
Xiuniang shrank her neck. It seemed that she had made a mistake kneeling here today.
Qingzhu and Qinglan carefully helped Jin Qianqian to stand up, one on each side. Qingmei quickly handed over the handkerchief in her hand so that Jin Qianqian could wipe her hands.
Jin Qianqian also felt a little uncomfortable with the snot and tears that she had accidentally touched just now, so she carefully wiped her fingers all over with her hand.
But her unintentional action made Xiuniang grit her teeth and feel humiliated.
"Okay, everyone, now that everything is clear, let's all go." Butler Fu saw a carriage passing by the corner of the street, "Wait for the carriage to come over, it will be bad if everyone blocks the road."
Seeing that the matter was almost dealt with, Jin Qianqian took Sanqing back home directly.
Xiuniang gritted her teeth, stood up from the ground with difficulty, rubbed her still painful knees, and limped in.
As soon as Jin Qianqian entered the house, she found Gu Lejia standing in the yard in a daze.
Jin Qianqian just glanced at him and walked around him to the backyard.
"Le Jia, why didn't you look for me when you woke up?" As soon as Xiuniang entered the house, she saw Gu Lejia standing in the yard and started to blame him directly.
"I..." Gu Lejia looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar woman, and just as he opened his mouth, he found himself unable to continue.
"I knew it, they must be the ones stopping you. If I hadn't been causing trouble outside, they definitely wouldn't have let us meet." Xiuniang murmured to herself, "Now it's good, they're scared, they're giving in to us."
The servants who were still standing in the yard, "..." Is this person a fool?
"What nonsense?" Gu Lejia thought more that night, "I have decided to go back to my hometown with Uncle Qi and the others. What do you think?"
"What? Didn't we agree on this? Why did you change your mind?" Xiuniang's voice became sharper. "My brother is still here. At least we have to wait until he gets married. Only then can I, as his elder sister, feel at ease."
Gu Lejia sneered, "Humph, from the beginning you said you would help him split up the family property and live a new life, I used my seventh uncle's scholar status to force your father and others to divide up the family property for your brother.
You said your brother wanted to build a house, so I had to work during the day and help him move bricks at night.
Your brother wanted furniture, and you gave away all the money I had saved with great difficulty.
Your brother wanted to do business and needed capital, so you sublet the house that my seventh uncle lent us and gave him all the money.
Tell me, after all these things, what have I gained from this?"
"But you are his brother-in-law. Shouldn't you lend a hand?" Xiuniang also noticed the strange looks from other people in the yard. She felt a little guilty, but she still mustered up the courage to express her thoughts.
"Brother-in-law? I'm afraid that as a brother-in-law, I can't afford to pay again and again."
(End of this chapter)
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