Chapter 501: The Delicate and Soft Sister-in-law VS the Black-hearted Brother-in-law Who Was Borrowed for Seed
Chen Mufeng returned to the village in a carriage, which instantly caused a sensation.
In the eyes of the villagers, horse-drawn carriages were for the rich and powerful. They had never ridden in one, let alone touched one, which again aroused a wave of envy.
He kept sighing that Chen Liulang was amazing. Now he was sitting in a carriage, he would definitely be very successful in the future.
This made families with daughters want to marry their daughters to the Chen family even more.
The carriage slowly stopped outside the Chen family's yard. Chen Mufeng got off the car, but before he could stand still, he heard a commotion in the yard. It was all from the villagers.
Chen Mufeng frowned, straightened his clothes, and walked towards the yard.
Chen Xiutian was also shocked, but he was happy in his heart, so he quickly took the luggage off the carriage.
As soon as the things were taken down, the carriage turned around and left.
Chen Xiutian was blocked at the gate and couldn't get in.
There were crowds of people all around, surrounding the sixth brother in three layers, saying congratulations.
Chen Xiutian's mouth twitched, but he was really happy in his heart. He pushed the villagers aside with great effort and squeezed in, "Everyone, make way first."
Chen Xiuhe noticed his elder brother in the yard and quickly pushed people aside to help. Together they carried the things into the house.
There were many people in the yard, and everyone was crowded together. It was lively but also very noisy.
Mrs. Zhou from the village rolled her eyes, grabbed her daughter Taohua and pushed her into Chen Mufeng's arms. It goes without saying what she was planning.
I wish they could have a relationship right away so they can get married.
Taohua looked shy and did not resist her mother. She half-pushed and half-pushed herself into Chen Mufeng's arms.
Although Chen Mufeng was talking to the villagers, he was also paying attention to people. When he saw Taohua rushing towards him, he quickly dodged to the side.
Taohua missed her target and almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, someone nearby was quick enough to support her.
Seeing that she had failed, Mrs. Zhou looked annoyed.
Why did Chen Mufeng hide so quickly? If he met Taohua, she could take the opportunity to blame him and let the Chen family recognize the marriage.
She couldn't point fingers at Chen Mufeng directly, so she could only blame Taohua. She secretly glared at Taohua several times and called her a useless and money-losing person.
Such a good opportunity is wasted.
Mrs. Zhou was still not satisfied and secretly pinched Taohua several times, causing her so much pain that she almost cried.
Wang was furious when she saw this. She pointed at Mrs. Zhou and cursed, "What are you doing? You are shameless. My son Liulang just came back and you are rushing to me like this. Do you have any shame? My son is a person, not a thing. How can you just force your daughter on me like this? Humph, you don't even look at your own character, but you want to force your daughter on me. Do you really think that our Chen family is easy to bully?"
Fortunately, Liu Lang dodged quickly. If Taohua really fell into Liu Lang's arms, he would have to marry her with so many villagers watching.
Thinking of this, Wang was furious again.
The Chen family members also looked unhappy. They didn't expect that Mrs. Zhou would be so crazy and do such a thing.
Nor is he afraid of ruining Taohua's reputation.
They completely forgot how tempting the wives of officials were to everyone.
Once a daughter marries into the Chen family, her family will become prosperous.
Although Mrs. Zhou didn't know anything, she knew that Chen Mufeng was the future official. If Taohua married Chen Mufeng, she would be rich all her life.
Even if a little leaks through the fingers, it’s enough for my mother’s family to eat and drink.
You can also help a few brothers from your natal family, and you can enjoy the benefits as well.
What's face? Why do you still need it now?
It would be better than anything else if Taohua could marry Chen Mufeng and the whole family could enjoy the happiness together.
Although Mrs. Zhou thought so, she felt a little embarrassed when she heard Wang's abusive words.
He was about to open his mouth to retort.
Chen Mufeng straightened his clothes calmly, looked at Mrs. Zhou, and said coldly: "Aunt Zhou, I will regard what happened just now as a misunderstanding. Don't let something like this happen again in the future."
After that, he looked at the villagers present and said, "My dear uncles and aunts, Mu Feng has been traveling all the way and is really exhausted. He has not had a good chat with his family. Please go away first. I will invite you all to come for a reunion another day."
The villagers present all looked a little embarrassed. Since others had said so, it was naturally not appropriate for them to stay here any longer.
After exchanging a few polite words, they dispersed one after another.
Mrs. Zhou was very angry and couldn't stay here any longer.
She snorted coldly, dragged Taohua, who was almost crying, away, and cursed as she walked: "You are such a useless thing. You were so close just now, but Chen Mufeng dodged you. If you had jumped on him, you would have been an official's wife in the future."
Taohua couldn't hold back any longer and tears fell, but she didn't dare to retort. She could only lower her head and let Mrs. Zhou pull her arm and walk home.
All along the way, Mrs. Zhou kept talking and scolding me, "You useless loser, you couldn't grab such a good opportunity right in front of you. What else can you do?"
"Look at Chen Liulang, he passed the imperial examination and will definitely become a high-ranking official in the future. If you can marry him, you will be in luck. Our family will also benefit from it, and you will have a good life. Your brothers will also be successful."
The more Mrs. Zhou thought about it, the angrier she got. She let go of Taohua's hand, slapped her, pointed at her nose and continued to scold her: "You are a despicable girl who is born poor. You can only stay in this broken village for the rest of your life. If you don't try to hook up with Chen Mufeng, you will marry a pauper and live a hard life."
Taohua was knocked sideways by the sudden slap, and a red palm print immediately appeared on her face.
She covered her face and sobbed even louder, feeling extremely wronged. "Mom, Chen Mufeng doesn't like me, what do you want me to do?"
When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she was even more furious. She stretched out her hand and grabbed Taohua's arm fiercely, scolding: "Don't like you? Can't you think of a way to make him like you? Look at you, such a coward, you only know how to cry. What problem can crying solve? If you can be a little smarter and use some tricks, maybe you have already controlled Chen Liulang by now, why do you need to cry here?"
Taohua was shaking with pain and her tears were flowing even more violently, but she dared not resist and could only let Mrs. Zhou beat and scold her, feeling very aggrieved.
The Chen family didn't know what was happening here, and they were relieved to see the villagers who came to watch the fun finally leave.
Only Wang was still scolding Mrs. Zhou for being shameless. She wanted to marry Taohua to her son without even considering whether she was worthy.
Qian kept agreeing and almost threw Taohua and Zhou Pozi and their daughter into the mud.
Zhao's mouth twitched when she heard this. She felt sorry for Taohua for having such a mother.
Old Man Chen and his son Chen Xiuhe surrounded Chen Mufeng and talked.
They first asked him about his life in Fengqi County. When they learned that everything was fine and that he was still living in the same courtyard as his classmates, they were relieved.
Chen Mufeng didn't tell his family about Yao'er, but he didn't hide anything that needed to be said.
Although Wang was angry with Mrs. Zhou, she was happy to see her son back. She talked to Chen Mufeng for a long time and kept talking.
Chen Mufeng took a lot of effort to deal with my mother.
He looked at Chen Xiuyuan and saw his third brother sitting there without saying a word, looking lonely and dull, as if he was out of his mind.
Of course he knew the reason in his heart, but he pretended not to know it at this moment.
After all, he was taking the imperial examination in Fengqi County, so how could he know what was happening at home?
He coughed lightly, walked over, and pretended to be ignorant and asked: "Third brother, what's wrong with you? You look unhappy, what's the matter?"
As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at him with embarrassed expressions.
When Chen Xiuyuan heard Chen Mufeng's question, his body stiffened. He opened his mouth, but didn't know how to start.
His expression became increasingly lonely, with tears welling up in his eyes.
Chen Mufeng naturally saw it, felt bad, and lowered his eyes.
I wondered if I shouldn't bring this up, but since my third sister-in-law was not at home, people would think it strange if I didn't ask.
He frowned, turned to look at Old Man Chen and the others, and asked in confusion: "What's wrong? What happened at home?"
Without waiting for Old Man Chen and the others to answer.
Qian curled her lips and spoke first: "What else could it be? My third brother's wife ran away and no one knows where she went. We can't find her anywhere. The Yu family came to our house every day to make trouble and asked the Chen family to pay 30 taels of silver. If not..."
Before she could continue speaking, Chen Xiuhe beside her glared at her.
Qian shut up instantly. Although she was unhappy, she didn't say anything else.
Chen Mufeng already knew the whole story, but he didn't expect the Yu family to come and make trouble and demand that the Chen family pay 30 taels of silver.
He frowned, thinking about the character of the Yu brothers. He was not surprised, but he couldn't help being angry.
No wonder Yaoer would rather go to Fengqi County to find me than go back to her parents' home.
If Yao'er went back to her parents' home, she might find someone else to marry, or be sold to an old man as a concubine.
He didn't show it on his face, nor did he reveal too much emotion. He pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Why did the third sister-in-law leave suddenly?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent again.
Wang looked embarrassed. She suddenly felt that her youngest son was a little immature. Why did he keep mentioning that unlucky star?
Chen Xiuyuan lowered his head, clenched his fists and remained silent, struggling internally.
It's not that he didn't blame Wang. He blamed Wang for breaking up his happy family and he also hated Wang for driving away his daughter-in-law.
But Wang is his mother. What can he do even if he is angry and resentful?
Old Man Chen sighed and said with a melancholy look: "Liu Lang, this is a long story, and it can't be explained in a few words. Anyway, something happened in the family recently, and the third brother's wife passed away. Your third brother is very sad, so don't mention it in the future. From now on, just pretend that this person doesn't exist in the Chen family."
This old woman stole the third son's wife's money and drove her away. It was really disgraceful and he was too ashamed to say anything about it.
Chen Mufeng glanced at Old Man Chen and knew that his father was embarrassed to say it.
He lowered his eyes, didn't continue asking, just nodded in confusion.
Then he looked at Wang, frowned again, with a complicated look in his eyes.
Mother stole Yao'er's money and drove Yao'er away. It was really too much.
He wanted to say something, but thinking that others didn't know about this, he swallowed his words.
On second thought, if my mother hadn't done this, I would never have been able to be with Yao'er.
We should thank my mother for breaking up the couple, but it's hard for my third brother.
His eyes fell on Chen Xiuyuan, and he felt bad seeing that his third brother was lonely and sad.
If the third brother finds out in the future that Yao'er is with me and has his own child, I wonder what he will think?
Chen Mufeng suddenly felt a little guilty, as if he had stolen the woman from his third brother.
After saying a few halfhearted words of comfort, he quickly hid back in the house.
He left in such a hurry.
But no one suspected him and just thought he was tired and wanted to go back to his room to rest.
After Chen Mufeng returned to the house, he neither read nor rested, but took out rice paper to paint.
He did not paint out of a sudden desire to show off his taste for art, but purely to sell them in town for money.
I have to go to Beijing to take the exam, and Yaoer is pregnant. Not to mention the travel expenses, Yaoer also needs nutrition and someone to take care of her.
After arriving in the capital, you have to find a house to settle down, and every aspect costs money.
Even scholars who had never bowed to the temptation of money began to worry about money.
My mind is full of thoughts about how to make money.
Chen Mufeng thought that now that he was a juren and had some fame, if he took his paintings to the Mobaozhai in town to sell them, he thought he should be able to get a good price.
I just don’t know how much it can sell for.
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