As soon as we entered the village, we saw a few elderly people sitting there chatting.
"Third Auntie, Fourth Auntie, Fifth Auntie, you are basking in the sun again." As she walked past them, Zhu Xiaoqian respectfully called out to the three elderly people.
The three old people also looked very friendly and called out to Zhu Xiaoqian, saying things like "You're back."
The bicycle did not stop at the village entrance for long and continued to ride towards the village.
When they were almost at the end of the village, after Zhu Xiaoqian shouted stop, the bicycle stopped in front of a house made of bamboo.
"This is my home. There are only my parents and a younger sister in my family."
After explaining, Zhu Xiaoqian walked towards home first.
Pushing open the bamboo door, she called out, "Dad, Mom, Xiaoqing, I'm back!"
Not long after she finished speaking, a woman who looked to be around fifty years old walked out.
"Why are you back again? Don't you need to take care of Xiao Jia at home?"
As the woman spoke, her eyes were red, and it was obvious that she had cried not long ago.
Zhu Xiaoqian didn't care about her mother's attitude. Seeing her mother's red eyes, Zhu Xiaoqian immediately walked up to her and grabbed her mother who was about to leave. "Mom, you're crying again. Didn't I tell you not to cry? The doctor said that you can't cry anymore. If you cry anymore, you'll go blind. Do you understand?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu's mother burst into tears again. "I don't want to cry, but I can't help it. Whenever I think about your sister being sent to marry He Bo tomorrow, I can't bear it."
At this time, Zhang Meng heard a girl's suppressed cry coming from inside. It should be Zhu Xiaoqian's sister Zhu Xiaoqing.
"Mom, Xiaoqing is saved. Look, this is a military wife from my place. Do you know what she does?"
Zhang Meng walked forward and politely greeted Zhu's mother, "Hello, Auntie. My name is Zhang Meng. I'm a military wife who lives downstairs from Mrs. Zhu."
Mother Zhu nodded at Zhang Meng with tears in her eyes, then quickly looked at her daughter and asked in confusion, "Xiao Qian, I don't understand what you mean. Is there any way you, as a military wife, can help your sister?"
Zhu Xiaoqian whispered two words in her ear, "Witch."
When Zhu's mother heard these two words, she immediately looked at Zhang Meng in surprise.
Zhang Meng smiled at her and nodded, "Aunt, Sister Zhu is right, I am a fortune teller."
Zhu's mother immediately and warmly invited Zhang Meng into the house.
"Xiaoqing, come out, there are guests at home." Zhu's mother shouted towards a room inside.
Not long after, a girl with swollen eyes walked out.
Zhang Meng took a look at the girl and based on her appearance, she looked 80% like Zhu Xiaoqian.
"Xiaoqing, hurry up and kowtow to this witch master and beg her to save you."
As soon as Zhu Xiaoqing came out, she was pulled by her mother and pushed towards Zhang Meng, holding her neck and forcing her to kneel down.
Zhu Xiaoqing didn't react for a moment and fell to his knees with a thud.
Zhang Meng quickly stepped forward and helped her up. "Auntie, if you keep doing this, I'm going to leave. I won't help you with this anymore."
Mother Zhu was startled by Zhang Meng's serious words and quickly promised, "Okay, okay, I promise you, I won't let Xiaoqing kneel down to you again."
Only then did Zhang Meng sit back down with satisfaction.
"Mrs. Zhu has already told me about your situation. I'm here to help you. So, tomorrow I'll marry He Bo on behalf of this woman. I'll take care of the rest myself, so don't worry about it."
Zhang Meng came up with this idea on the way here.
"This won't do. If we change the person, our village will suffer, and the village chief won't agree." Mother Zhu objected anxiously with red eyes.
What Zhang Meng didn't expect was that the idea she came up with was strongly opposed by Zhu's mother.
Zhu Xiaoqian hadn't expected Zhang Meng to come up with this idea, and she objected. "Comrade Zhang, I know you want to help us, but your idea really won't work. When the bride gets married tomorrow, the village chief will send someone to check on her. If he finds out the bride has been replaced, our idea won't work, and my sister will still have to marry He Bo."
"Yes, and the River God is very powerful. If he knew that the bride has been replaced, the village would be flooded again like it was more than ten years ago, and most of the people in the village would die. Then our family would be guilty of a great sin." Zhu's mother said again.
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