Chapter 2: The truth behind the fall into the water, and the proposal to separate the family
"I fell into the water because Shen Chunmiao pushed me!"
Shen Jintao's voice was hoarse and calm, but the words she spoke were like thunder out of the blue.
The scene in the dream was very real, as if she had really experienced it, but Chen Chunmiao pushing her did not happen in the dream. For a moment, Shen Jintao could not distinguish between the dream and reality.
"What did you say? Taozi? You said it was Chen Chunmiao who pushed you?" Old Master Shen looked at Chen Jintao and asked again uncertainly.
"Yes! She deliberately coaxed me into wearing her new clothes, and said she was going to the river to pick some wild flowers so that I would look good and Lu Qingshan would like me. But as soon as I got to the river, I was pushed into the river and was rescued by Huo Beichuan. How could it be such a coincidence? This incident must have something to do with her."
If it were in the past, she would not have been able to finish speaking so many words calmly and would have pounced on and started fighting with Shen Chunmiao. The final result would have been that she would have been scolded for being ignorant, and the matter would have passed without any harm.
Huo Beichuan looked at Chen Jintao and felt that she was too calm for a girl of her age.
And Shen Jintao's words also made him feel a little confused. Logically speaking, the Shen family must know that he was coming back to fulfill the engagement, but they should not know the specific time.
"Stop talking nonsense! When did I ever push you? And why would I let you wear my new clothes? That's what I'm going to wear at my wedding. I'm not a fool!"
Shen Chunmiao immediately retorted.
"Whether it's you or not, we'll know if we go to the river and take a look. It rained two days ago, so there should be our footprints by the river." Chen Jintao remained calm.
Chen Chunmiao's eyes dodged when he heard this, and he even looked a little annoyed.
Maybe he was regretting that he didn't do it cleanly enough.
"Anyway, things have come to this. Even if I pushed you by mistake, you are fine now, aren't you? My engagement with Huo Beichuan has to be annulled. Since he hugged and touched you, you have no choice but to marry him!"
Chen Jintao listened to her words and realized that Chen Chunmiao was also reborn. In her previous life, after she married Huo Beichuan, she disliked the hard life in the army and stayed at home. However, she was restless and was discovered hooking up with men outside.
Her boyfriend was afraid of being caught and didn't dare to take her.
Chen Chunmiao's reputation was ruined. She clung to Huo Beichuan and refused to divorce, and ended up living a widow's life.
Shen Jintao nodded and looked at Huo Beichuan. He was a good man who could be relied on.
"I won't force you if you don't want to. You saved my life and I won't repay you with evil."
"I will marry her!" Huo Beichuan blurted out.
No one expected Huo Beichuan to be so straightforward, even Shen Jintao was a little surprised.
At this time, Chen Chunmiao was still sarcastically saying, "I told you they had been hooking up for a long time!"
"Shut up!" Mr. Shen was completely furious, pointing at Shen Chunmiao, "Get out! Get out!"
He couldn't accept that Chen Chunmiao would do something like pushing her own cousin into the river, and she still didn't repent at this time, which was really infuriating.
Chen Chunmiao snorted and ran out, obviously not thinking he was wrong.
Old Master Shen stood up and said, "I'm sorry, Beichuan. I didn't expect that Chunmiao... Thank you too. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my granddaughter would be gone."
“It’s okay, Grandpa Shen, Shen Chunmiao is Shen Chunmiao, and it won’t affect the relationship between our two families.”
Huo Beichuan supported Mr. Shen and said, "As long as Jin Tao doesn't dislike me, we can hold the wedding according to the previously agreed time. I will also explain it clearly to everyone."
"I have no objection!" Shen Jintao said. She remembered that in her dream, Shen Chunmiao and Huo Beichuan got married as scheduled, so was she just having a dream?
But for some reason, when she thought of the hideous faces of Lu Qingshan and that woman in her dream, she no longer had any intention of marrying Lu Qingshan, and even felt disgusted.
"Then I'll go back and tell my parents first." Huo Beichuan smiled.
"Okay, okay, go ahead!" Mr. Shen nodded. He was quite satisfied with the result.
"etc!"
At this time, Xie Lanzhi stopped him and said, "You just said that you would compensate our Chunmiao. Tell me, what kind of rules should it be?"
Mr. Shen almost couldn't breathe and looked at his second son, Shen Jianguo, "Second son, take care of your wife!"
Shen Jianguo's eyes were dodging, he didn't look into his father's eyes, and he didn't say a word, obviously agreeing with Xie Lanzhi's behavior.
“There should be compensation!”
Huo Beichuan hadn't said anything when he heard Chen Jintao speak up. "After all, Chen Chunmiao pushed me into the river. The police will know about this. This should be called attempted murder. I don't know how many years he will be in prison."
"This kind of behavior is quite bad. I estimate the sentence will be at least ten years." Huo Beichuan understood.
The two of them sang the same tune, and Xie Lanzhi was suddenly speechless and could only watch Huo Beichuan leave.
Xu Xuemei pulled her daughter back to the room, pressed her down on the bed, sat beside her and began to wipe her tears. Chunchun was just angry.
"That damn girl Chen Chunmiao is too much. How can she be so evil? What is she trying to achieve by doing this? But it doesn't matter. She has ruined such a good man. She will regret it sooner or later!"
Xu Xuemei was cursing, obviously very angry.
After a while, I realized that my daughter's eyes were red, and I felt so distressed.
"Oh, my daughter, I'm telling you, Beichuan is actually a good kid. You've returned to your original position. Originally, we wanted to marry you and Beichuan, but that damned girl Chen Chunmiao insisted on marrying her, saying that she was destined to be an officer's wife. Now she's making a scene about not marrying him. I don't know what's wrong with her. But I'm telling you, we watched Beichuan grow up, and he's much better than that Lu Zhiqing!"
Chen Jintao knew that she wanted to comfort herself, but she would definitely not marry Lu Qingshan. After waking up from the dream, she thought about it carefully and really didn't find any special advantages in Lu Qingshan.
It was because of my ignorance before, "Mom, I know Beichuan is a good person. The most urgent thing is that we have to separate the family. You also know how biased my grandma is. If our family continues to live with this big family, we will be sucked dry by the second house sooner or later."
Xu Xuemei was silent. What her daughter said made sense. She also knew the nature of her mother-in-law and the second wife. "I'm just worried that your father will feel bad."
"What's the big deal? Splitting up the family doesn't mean severing ties. My dad wouldn't be so confused. You've seen it. If we hadn't split up the family, Dongzi and I would have been bullied to death in places you couldn't see."
Chen Jintao also knew that this incident was a good time to split up the family.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Xu Xuemei nodded firmly and said, "Okay, let's split up, but your grandma and the people in the second house won't agree to it easily."
"Go find my uncles!" Chen Jintao wasn't afraid that they wouldn't agree, "My uncles are not vegetarians!"
"OK!"
It was not until Chen Jintao could no longer bear it and fell asleep that Xu Xuemei went out and headed straight for the chicken coop.
“Hehe…”
After a lot of commotion, she ended up with an old hen in her hands.
"What are you doing, Boss?"
A lot of things happened today, but Old Mrs. Shen and Wang Lanxiu never stood up to say anything. But now she can't sit still anymore.
"Kill a chicken to nourish my daughter. If anyone dares to say no, I will report to the police and have the murderer arrested!"
Before Wang Lanxiu could finish what she wanted to say, Xu Xuemei interrupted her.
Wang Lanxiu opened her mouth but said nothing. She was partial to the second wife and naturally didn't want anything to happen to Shen Chunmiao.
Xu Xuemei boiled water, plucked the chicken and stewed it with ease. Soon the aroma of the chicken soup filled everyone's nose, making people drool.
The second wife's youngest son, Chen Chunwang, started to make a fuss about eating chicken. Xie Lanzhi was about to scoop some with a large bowl, but Xu Xuemei grabbed her hair and threw her out. "I can tolerate other things for the sake of our family, but I won't just let Chen Chunmiao, that damn girl, do such a thing? Still thinking about drinking chicken soup? Go taste the shit in the toilet to see if it's salty enough! Wait, wait until my peaches are ready, and then I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"
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