As she spoke, she immediately added, "However, I am the daughter of the second wife, while Zhong Wenming is the eldest son of the first wife."
Upon hearing that she was from the second wife's family, Chi Yu asked again, "I came to the county town yesterday and passed through Qijia Village. I heard that Qi Mingyu got engaged."
That person, could it be...?
Chi Yu knew that in this world, two strangers shouldn't ask each other if they were engaged to someone.
If the other party is a good match, that's fine; if not, it could be seen as damaging their reputation.
Therefore, she didn't say those two words directly, but everyone present knew what they meant.
Neither Qiao, the aunt, nor Wang Yunjuan, the mother, were angry upon hearing this.
Zhong Yufeng waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, Sister Chiyu, don't overthink it."
Qi Xiucai's betrothed was Xue Mengyu, a girl from the Xue family in Anning County.
By the way, her family owns a business, mainly selling incense.
Most of the incense shops in our county and Anning County belong to their family.
Chi Yu was stunned when she heard this.
According to the original owner's memories, she knew very well that the Shen family always looked down on her because of her low status.
They felt that she, a hunter's daughter, was not good enough for her outstanding son who was about to become a scholar.
She thought that after her divorce, even if Qi Mingyu remarried, he would at least find someone from a wealthy family whose status was worthy of him.
Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be a merchant's daughter, whose family was in the business of selling incense.
However, thinking back to the time before her divorce, she emptied the Qi family's house.
When they divorced, I heard that Qi Mingyu had borrowed a lot of money from his clan. Then, with the continuous natural disasters that followed, I suddenly understood!
Even if Mrs. Shen thinks her son is so outstanding and remarkable, so what?
Since she came into the family, the elderly couple has stopped doing any productive work.
The person in the family who could earn money has died.
As for Qi Mingyu, studying still requires a lot of time.
Apart from a few acres of land, they had nothing, so life was naturally difficult for them.
Perhaps before, the Shen family would have acted arrogantly.
But given the debts and the fact that everyone is struggling financially, how could she possibly compromise her principles for a living?
Thinking about these things, Chi Yu couldn't help but slightly curl up the corners of her mouth.
Seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood, Zhong Yufeng said, "Sister Chiyu, you don't know how hateful my brother is."
Qi Mingyu was a good-looking man. When he stayed at the Zhong family's house, he was very polite and self-disciplined.
I'm getting on in years and want to choose a son-in-law, so naturally I want to choose a good one.
Seeing how outstanding he is, I couldn't help but feel a little girlish.
However, marriage is a major life event, and it's not something I can decide just because I like someone.
If you want to marry someone, you naturally need to inquire about them from all aspects.
When I learned that he had divorced and that the child had been taken away by you, Sister Chiyu, I felt somewhat strange.
My brother sided with Qi Mingyu, implying that it was all Chi Yu's fault.
If my aunt hadn't known you, Sister Chiyu, I might have been deceived.
Because of this incident, my mother harbored resentment and tried to leave with my father, taking my brother and me with them.
Not long after we left the Zhong family, we heard that he had met Xue Mengyu through his brother's introduction.
Not long after, I heard that the Xue family spent several hundred taels of silver on him.
I also heard that his supposed sister-in-law, Zhuang Zilan, who he claimed had frozen to death long ago, was actually still alive, but had hidden away to bear his child.
When Zhong Yufeng first learned of this news, she was overjoyed.
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