Chapter 182 Gao Conghui's Dream Shattered
"Liu Ruyun, do I look like a fool?" Gao Zhiyuan suddenly yelled, "Do you really think that no one would remember after such a long time? Most of the students in the county school are from wealthy families. They are well-informed. I know everything."
Liu Ruyun immediately explained: "Brother Yuan, it's all a misunderstanding, those people are just spreading rumors, I didn't want to climb into Master Qin's bed, my father is a scholar, how could I do such a thing?
The maid on duty that day was not feeling well, and I was just following my aunt's orders and helping to deliver meals. But I never expected that the servant wanted to humiliate me, so I ran away. It was he who held a grudge and deliberately slandered me.
Once something is passed through three or four mouths, it will change its meaning, not to mention that it will be passed through hundreds or thousands of people. The truth will be distorted beyond all recognition. Brother Yuan, I was innocent when I married you. How can you humiliate me like this?"
As she spoke, she covered her face with a handkerchief and sobbed quietly, looking very aggrieved.
Gao Zhiyuan closed his eyes and pinched his eyebrows. At this moment, he felt exhausted. He wanted to take a break and turned around to go back to his room.
Mrs. Cui glared at Liu Ruyun fiercely. She didn't expect that Liu Ruyun, who looked noble, well-educated and well-mannered, would do such a thing.
But now is not the time to deal with her, there are more important things.
She immediately grabbed Gao Zhiyuan and said, "Yuan, come here. I have something to tell you. It's good news."
Gao Zhiyuan was dragged into the main room.
Mrs. Cui said with a happy face: "Son, Xiaohui should be pregnant. That is Master Zhu's child. She should be able to marry soon. You..."
Gao Zhiyuan raised his head suddenly, scaring Mrs. Cui so much that she swallowed back the rest of her words.
"What did you say?" Gao Zhiyuan asked in disbelief.
Mrs. Cui said hesitantly, "Xiao Hui is pregnant with Master Zhu's child."
Gao Zhiyuan's anger reached its peak, and he grabbed Gao Conghui's arm with such force that it seemed as if he wanted to crush her bones.
He roared, "How can you be so disrespectful? How can you give yourself to someone else so easily? You are no different from the girls in the brothel. Now that Zhu Guangyao can't marry you, your life is over."
Gao Conghui's forehead was sweating from the pain: "Second brother, please let go, my arm is going to be crushed by you."
Mrs. Cui also hurriedly grabbed Gao Zhiyuan's arm and said, "Second brother, if you have anything to say, just talk it over nicely. What's wrong with you?"
Gao Zhiyuan shook off his hand and sat back in his chair weakly.
"The Zhu family has committed a crime. Zhu Guangyao will be executed soon, and his family will be demoted to low status and exiled 3,000 miles away."
Gao Conghui felt his brain buzz, everything went blank, and he collapsed to the ground.
Mrs. Cui's eyes almost popped out of her head. "What did you say, Lao Er? Don't scare us. How is this possible? Not long ago, Xiao Hui went to the county magistrate to see Master Zhu. Why is she suddenly exiled?"
"Why would I lie to you? I hope it's a lie more than you do. Otherwise, you think I came back because I entered the county school because of Master Zhu's face. Now that he's gone, the county can't tolerate me."
Mrs. Cui slapped her thigh and cried, "This bastard has brought great harm to our family. What should we do with Xiao Hui?"
Gao Conghui's eyes were dull and she was unable to react for a long time.
Mrs. Cui helped her up and said, "Xiaohui, don't do anything stupid. God still blesses you. It's a good thing you didn't marry him. If you had, you would have been exiled."
"Bless? Is this what you call blessing? I finally met Zhu Guangyao, and I was about to marry him and become his lady, but something like this happened?" Gao Conghui covered her face and cried bitterly.
Gao Zhiyuan rolled his eyes at her: "You are also stupid. You have met him so many times, don't you know that he has already married? He has ten concubines at home, and he keeps several more outside. It's just that you are stupid. It's fine if you can't see it, but you are so eager to give away your innocence.
If a woman is so unreserved, others will naturally look down on her. Now that you have lost your innocence, you still want to marry into a wealthy family? Dream on."
When Gao Conghui heard the news, he felt dizzy before his eyes. After a lot of effort to calm himself down, he roared angrily: "You are still blaming me? Who said that you have already found out everything? Have you really found out everything? Who am I anxious to give myself away for? It's because I'm afraid of missing the opportunity.
In the final analysis, it is you who is useless. If you had passed the examination earlier and become the top scholar, my status would naturally be higher, and those wealthy families would have come to beg me to marry them. Is there any need to be so anxious?"
Seeing her belittling him like that, Gao Zhiyuan was so angry that he raised his hand to hit her, but was stopped by Mrs. Cui.
"Okay, it's already this late and you're still arguing. Hurry up and think about what to do next."
Gao Conghui was confused and didn't know what to do.
Gao Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "What can I do? I will continue to study at the academy in town. I will at least pass the examination to become a scholar. This way, my family can be exempted from taxes and labor service, and all these years of study will not be in vain.
As for Xiaohui, it would be best if she is not pregnant. If she is, then have an abortion in time and find another husband later."
Gao Conghui burst into tears. It was easy to find another man. She had lost her innocence. No man of marriageable age in the village would want someone like her. Was she going to marry a widower? She couldn't.
Besides, she was used to wearing nice clothes, eating good meals, and not doing housework, so how could she bear to marry a peasant and work in the fields in the wind and sun?
But she didn't know what to do.
Outside the house, Ding Hong and Liu Ruyun had different thoughts when they heard the noise.
Liu Ruyun felt like the sky was falling. During this period, because Gao Zhiyuan went to the county to study, her sister-in-law no longer targeted her. In addition, she started to do housework after she was pregnant. Now Gao Zhiyuan was sent back from the county academy and knew about her past. Wouldn't he torture her severely?
My sister-in-law has become like this again, and the hairpin I gave her has gone to waste. It's such a loss.
She could foresee how difficult the future would be. Her father had lost his job and her parents' family would not be able to help her. What should she do?
Ding Hong was not feeling very depressed. Her sister-in-law wanted to marry into a wealthy family, so she did not do any work. Her second brother's wife hardly worked either. She could only cook, and the work in the fields was done by her eldest brother. But since they all had a bright future, she could only bear it.
Now, my sister-in-law's dream of marrying into a wealthy family has been shattered, my second brother has returned to study, and my second brother's wife has that kind of handle on her, so both my sister-in-law and my second brother's wife have to work. It is impossible for me to pamper and give in to them anymore.
It’s a pity that I could have benefited from my sister-in-law, but now I can’t even get any benefit from her.
But their eldest son's family didn't get much benefit anyway, and the other two were even more unlucky, so she felt much more balanced.
The Gao family was filled with gloom, but the Li family was filled with laughter and joy.
Li Wanyue said she wanted to buy a dog. After asking around, Zhao Suying found out that several families had given birth to puppies. So she, Li Wanyue and the three little girls went out to pick out puppies.
Half an hour later, she brought three puppies home.
Li Erhu looked at the three little girls, each holding a dog that couldn't even walk steadily on the ground, and asked, "Sister, aren't you going to buy a dog to guard the house? What do you think of this?"
"It will be fine when they grow up. Little white, little yellow, and little black. These colors are just right to distinguish them."
Li Erhu smiled speechlessly, but dogs grow fast, and there shouldn't be any more bandits coming to the door in the short term.
The family was chatting and laughing when there was a knock on the door.
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