Moreover, not many people know that she has three sons!
"I, my third son was sent away when he was very young. How did you know..." Midwife Chen asked tremblingly.
When she was young, her husband passed away early. It was not easy for her to raise a family of three children. She really had no food to eat.
At that time, she met an old midwife who said she wanted to teach her the craft, but she had to pay her some money to show her sincerity.
She didn't. She was really desperate, so she sold her youngest son. With the money she got, she became an apprentice and bought rice and flour. She was diligent and sweet-spoken, and she coaxed her master into teaching her everything. She soon became a master, but she didn't want to steal his business, so she moved to this area, gradually made a name for herself, and her life became better and better.
But the youngest son became a slave.
It can be said that no one who knew her knew that there was a third child in her family.
The other two children also wanted to save face and did not want others to know that their family had sold people, so they never mentioned it to others, not even their daughters-in-law.
"I calculated it." Xiao Cunyu said calmly, "Your youngest son's fate is probably not as good as his two older brothers. If you give me his birth date and some money, I can tell you everything about your son's life."
"No, no need..." Midwife Chen waved her hands quickly.
"I think about it carefully. Your first two sons lived well, and you shouldn't be a vicious person. There's no reason for you to harm others, but you did such a shameful thing ten years ago... Could it be that it was for your youngest son? Were you trying to secretly earn some money for your youngest son, or was someone using your youngest son to threaten you?"
The flesh on Chen Wenpo's face was shaking like sieve chaff.
"Since it was Aunt Xue who pointed out Du Xiuxiang's affair and birthmark, then she must have bribed you. How much did she bribe you? Ten taels, a hundred taels? How much silver was it that could have cost you a life?"
"You know, originally you welcomed new babies for many children, which was a great thing to accumulate merit. However, you used your ability to harm other people's lives. This sin is hard to forgive." Xiao Cunyu looked at her with a smile.
It is difficult to cultivate virtue, even a hundred things are not enough.
Doing evil is very simple, just one act is enough.
Chen Wenpo's hands were shaking all the time, and she could no longer hold the tea. She fell to her knees and said, "I, I didn't mean to hurt her. I... I didn't mean it..."
"It was the eldest daughter of the Xue family who was married who came to me, gave me some money, and asked me about Du Xiuxiang. I didn't think too much about it at the time, and I spoke too quickly and told it out. Later, I heard that she had harmed someone, so I went to argue with her! She threatened me with my son, and I had no way..." Chen Wenpo cried.
She really was a good person all her life, but there was only one time when she was confused.
"Quick talk? You are not a quick talker." Xiao Cunyu looked at her quietly.
As expected, upon hearing this, Chen Wenpo became even more depressed and changed her tune, "Yes...it was that day. She came with my son...I recognized him right away. The steward next to her was my child, who I sold years ago. I owed him a lot. If he wanted to ask, I could only tell him consciencelessly...but I never thought Xiuxiang would die."
"If the birthmark on such a private place were to get out, your innocence would be ruined. How is that different from taking someone's life? You knew at the time that you were aiding and abetting the evil, but you just didn't want to admit it."
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