As she spoke, Madam Du's eyes widened:
"Ha, I get it! When you first came in, you didn't utter a single word about concubines. You took my daughter's birth chart and tried to leave. If we hadn't reacted quickly, you would have all gotten away. What, you deliberately said ambiguous and vague things so that you could take advantage of our inattention and fool us into thinking my daughter would become someone's concubine?"
Having her secret exposed, Aunt Liu turned pale: "No, that's not what we meant. You've misunderstood..."
"Fine, let's say we misunderstood. Now that we understand, return Jin Hua's birth chart, and then get out of here, what a piece of trash!"
Aunt Liu clutched the box tightly; she had already got it in her hands, how could she give it back? She said urgently:
"Oh dear, Madam Du, calm down. Even though she's a concubine, our young master has her in his heart. Is a title really that important?"
Mrs. Du was so angry that she nearly fell backward.
Ye Caiping laughed when she heard this: "Since the title is not important, why can't Jin Hua be given the position of the legal wife?"
Aunt Liu looked embarrassed: "Oh...you guys don't understand...it's just that..."
Unable to find an excuse, Aunt Liu simply stopped pretending, her face slightly stern.
“Our young master owns the Jixiang Cloth Shop. Jinhua is just a country girl. Sometimes, one should know one’s place. Being able to become the young master’s concubine is a very respectable thing.”
"Believe it or not, as long as we spread the word that we're going to offer the young master a concubine, plenty of girls with respectable backgrounds will be eager to come to us. Forget eighty-eight taels, even ten or twenty taels would be more than enough to attract willing buyers."
"We gave eighty-eight taels because the young master has a soft spot for Jin Hua; otherwise, we wouldn't have given so much."
Ye Daquan was furious and suddenly swung the chair he was sitting on, ready to smash it over.
"Ah—" Startled, Liu Ma fell to the ground with a thud, quickly threw down Jin Hua's birth chart, and ran away.
Ye Daquan was furious and chased after them, carrying a chair.
The matchmaker looked at Madam Du and the others with an embarrassed expression: "Um... I didn't know. I thought you had already communicated about it."
She was utterly wronged; what kind of mess is this?!
That Zhou family is utterly despicable!
"Matchmaker, you really didn't know about this?" Madam Du said through gritted teeth.
The matchmaker exclaimed urgently, "If I utter even half a lie, may I die with my intestines ruptured!"
"They even deceived the matchmaker; that's even more hateful."
"Well... I'll be going now. I'll come again for any more celebrations..."
The matchmaker was too ashamed to stay there, so she turned around and ran away as if fleeing.
The servant who delivered the gift boxes was quite perceptive; he quickly loaded the dozen or so boxes onto a cart and pushed it out the door.
Jin Hua ran out and stared blankly as the people hired by the Zhou family pushed the gifts away and disappeared into the courtyard. She was completely stunned, and tears silently slid down her cheeks.
Even now, her mind is still blank, and she can't come back to her senses for a long time.
Ye Daquan carried the chair and chased after it for a long distance before returning.
As I entered the second gate, I encountered a servant pushing a gift box away, and I spat at him.
He saw Jin Hua standing in the hall. As she walked in, she cursed, "Just now you were shouting not to think too badly of that boy, saying he wouldn't take a concubine! Turns out you're the concubine yourself!"
As he spoke, he entered the living room and put the chair back in its original place.
"Shut up, stop cursing." Madam Du glared at him and pulled Jinhua over. "Now you see what kind of person he is, right? It's not that we don't want you to marry him, it's just that he never intended to marry you."
Grandma Ye sighed softly, looking at Jinhua with a wistful expression.
Mrs. Wei frowned deeply, feeling indignant and angry on Jin Hua's behalf.
Du pulled Jinhua along, saying, "Don't stand here, go back to your room and rest!"
Jin Hua shook her head: "He's not..."
"What?"
“He’s not that kind of person.” As she spoke, Jinhua’s tears fell in a steady stream. “He wouldn’t do this to me. He once said he would marry me and be with me for life. If he didn’t want to marry me, why would he say such a thing?”
Du's eyes widened: "Of course they're trying to deceive you! Didn't you see? The Zhou family even deceived the matchmaker! They're up to no good!"
"Also, last time Bagen told me that a man called you out late at night! That must be Zhou Ziyang, right? Humph, at the time I thought it was just a young girl unable to control her feelings and wanting to meet him. Now that I think about it, what do you mean by being unable to control your feelings? He's just up to no good! You won't even have a chance to refuse him."
Jin Hua swayed slightly. How could this be...?
She didn't believe it! She didn't believe it!
Thinking this, Jin Hua suddenly rushed out.
"Jinhua, you brat, where are you going? Come back here!" Madam Du was about to chase after her.
Ye Daquan grabbed her arm: "Let her go! They've already made it perfectly clear, why would she want to humiliate herself? Let her go and find out! If she can find out who the real wife is, then I, Ye Daquan, will be convinced!"
“But…” Madam Du stomped her feet in anger, but she was at a loss for what to do.
Old Man Ye felt extremely ashamed: "Let her ask, otherwise she will never give up."
Grandma Ye almost fainted, and Ye Caiping kept patting her back.
Wei retorted angrily, "Although we are farmers, we are making money at home. How can we be unworthy of that Zhou man? Don't you agree, little sister?"
Ye Caiping: "Mm."
"So what do we do now? Little sister is the smartest, think of something!"
Ye Caiping was somewhat displeased: "Second sister-in-law talks too much. Second sister-in-law must have a good idea."
Old Mrs. Ye glared at Mrs. Wei and said, "If you can't speak properly, then shut up."
Wei choked on her words; she was merely feeling anxious and indignant on Jin Hua's behalf.
...
Jin Hua ran out of the village like a madwoman, and didn't encounter any oxcarts on the road, she just ran.
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