Chapter 4 Her Soft Voice
The visitors were Mingzhu’s fourth uncle Ming Changhe and his eldest daughter-in-law Jiang Rong.
As soon as the two entered the door, Jiang Rong immediately walked forward with a smile on her face -
"Mingzhu is still at home, that's perfect, your uncle and I were working in the fields just now, and we heard that you were going to marry Captain Jiang of the militia, and you also accepted a betrothal gift of 500 yuan?"
Mingzhu looked at them, her face sank at first, and then she said indifferently, "Yes."
Ming Changhe stomped his feet twice when he heard it, and scolded: "It's such a big thing to marry a man, and you made the decision without telling your elders? You girl, you are really capable!"
Mingzhu pursed her lips and smiled: "My elders are buried underground, I will tell them in my dreams at night!"
"You...your grandma is gone, and the whole family didn't split up back then. Now I am the elder of our branch! Why didn't you discuss such a big thing as your marriage with me!"
"No division of the family?" Mingzhu pretended to be surprised but puzzled, "Then why didn't you, the elder, come to help me and my aunt when we couldn't even eat all these years?"
Ming Changhe's face froze for a moment, but Jiang Rong next to him reacted first, smiling and said: "Zhuzhu, this is really not your fourth grandfather's fault, it's mainly because the conditions of our fourth room are not good."
She said, and directly changed the topic: "Your fourth grandfather today Come here, actually I want to tell you that he arranged a good marriage for you some time ago, and he also accepted the betrothal gift, and the wedding date has been agreed upon... Tell me, kid, how could you take the initiative to arrange another marriage for yourself? Isn't this a woman marrying two men, which is a joke to everyone! " After
these words fell, they were heard by the man who had gone outside the courtyard wall and returned -
he did not go in directly, but hid behind the tree, wanting to hear how Mingzhu responded.
If it were the Mingzhu of the past, she would have exploded long ago after being provoked by Jiang Rong!
But... at this moment, she was acting out of character.
She asked in surprise, "Oh, is there such a thing? That's really unfortunate. My wedding is in three days, and I am not lucky enough to marry the man that Fourth Master arranged. But... Auntie, your cousin Mingyan is already 22 years old, hasn't she found a husband yet? Since Fourth Master has accepted the betrothal gift, let your cousin marry him!"
Jiang Rong's smile disappeared immediately, and she immediately shouted, "No!"
"Why not?" Mingzhu blinked her bright eyes and looked at Jiang Rong innocently, "The son-in-law that Fourth Master values can't be wrong, and he must be a perfect match for my cousin!"
Jiang Rong almost bit her teeth!
Only a slutty girl like Mingzhu who has no parents can marry such a fool. Her Mingyan is a blessed person, and she will marry a city man in the future to change her fate!
"Alright!" Ming Changhe was too lazy to waste time and ordered directly: "Since you have engaged Jiang Duo, the marriage I arranged for you will be cancelled tomorrow. But Mingzhu, you are a member of my Ming family. You cannot keep the betrothal gift given by Jiang Duo in your hand. You have to hand it over to me for safekeeping."
Mingzhu couldn't help but burst out laughing -
"I'm talking to you, Ming Changhe, do you really think that just because I call you Fourth Master, you are my ancestor? When my grandma was alive, our two families had already stopped communicating. When my grandma died, there was not even a single mourner in your family! Later, every time you came here, you either asked for a house or robbed food! Now that I'm getting married, you even dare to think about my betrothal gift! Ha, give you the betrothal gift? Be a daydream, I don't keep a dog!"
Ming Changhe was furious. Unexpectedly, Mingzhu suddenly changed her face. He scolded: " "How dare you, a little girl, scold your elders? Your grandfather's line has no male heirs and has died out long ago. This house should have belonged to my branch! As an elder, I am generous to let you and your niece live here! I tell you, if you don't hand over the betrothal money, I will break your legs and marry you to Daqu Village! "Eldest daughter-in-law, hold her down for me!"
After receiving the order from her father-in-law, Jiang Rong walked quickly towards Mingzhu -
but Mingzhu grabbed her wrist as soon as she stretched out her hand. With a tug, Mingzhu used her skill to dislocate the other's wrist!
The moment Jiang Rong was dislocated, she howled in pain and her face turned pale in an instant!
Mingzhu kicked Jiang Rong again, directly at her butt, making her fall to the ground!
She turned to look at Ming Changhe, with a smile on her young face that was so infuriating that she could not bear to be killed. "Fourth Master, this is a new era, arranged marriages are not allowed. If you dare to talk to me about that idiot from Daqu Village again, I will sue you and put you in jail! Get out of here!"
Ming Changhe was furious, but the strong eldest daughter-in-law had suffered at the hands of Mingzhu, let alone an old man like him? In the end, he could only leave with Jiang Rong in a huff.
Before leaving, he did not forget to leave a harsh word: "You little bitch, just wait for me, this matter is not over yet!"
After a while, the yard returned to silence again. Mingzhu chuckled and clapped her hands in disgust, "Fighting with my sister? Bah!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and saw a figure walking out from behind the willow tree outside the yard.
Mingzhu was stunned for a moment. Didn't this man just leave?
She took the initiative to walk towards him.
Jiang Duo looked at Mingzhu who was walking towards him. He just 'accidentally' heard what happened.
Ming Laosi and his men bullied others and deserved to be beaten.
But Mingzhu's reaction was completely different from the image of the unreasonable and willful woman in the legend.
Jiang Duo noticed that her navy blue shirt was full of patches and her face was pale and bloodless. She obviously looked poor and destitute, but she raised the corners of her lips, smiled softly, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Why are you back again?"
Jiang Duo: "..."
This coquettish and soft voice formed a sharp contrast with the capable look when she just dealt with those two people. The difference is really big!
His intuition once again warned him that there was something wrong with this woman!