Chapter 56 [56] Tang An’s Scandal
Qian Tingting didn't sleep well that night because as soon as she lay down on the bed, her stomach started to hurt severely again. She went to the toilet twice but it didn't work, so she had to go to the hospital.
The doctor in the emergency department said that it was because he hadn't eaten meat for a long time and that eating too much all at once caused gastrointestinal discomfort.
You need to make the transition first before you can gradually add meat.
I was prescribed some anti-diarrhea medicine and some gastrointestinal medicine.
Qian Tingting felt that there was no need to buy medicine for the stomach and intestines, and that she could just go to the cafeteria to drink rice porridge and eat steamed buns.
Tang Yuanyuan didn't tell her and just asked the doctor to prescribe the medicine and pay for it.
Qian Tingting held the medicine in her arms, close to her body: "My grandma said that farmers are not pampered, so we should save as much as possible."
Tang Yuanyuan: "From now on, you can spend your own money. You don't need to remember these words anymore. Learn to spend your money on yourself."
Qian Tingting nodded heavily: "Yes!"
Tang Yuanyuan directly gave her twenty yuan: "This is an advance on your salary. You will get it every week. Work for me during the winter and summer vacations."
Qian Tingting shook her head, unwilling to accept the offer: "I can fetch water myself. Just give me five dollars a week."
Tang Yuanyuan stuffed 20 yuan into her hand and said, "The first priority when working for me is to obey me, your boss."
"Whatever I say, you do."
Qian Tingting still only took ten yuan: "I can earn money fetching water, more than one yuan a day. Add ten yuan, and I'll be very comfortable. I will work hard to earn money during the winter and summer vacations."
Tang Yuanyuan smiled slightly, the Qian family was really blind.
She is able to endure hardships, be independent, and be filial. As long as they have a little more patience, Qian Tingting can work hard for the family for the rest of her life.
But they are unwilling to pay even a little more.
Qian Fei was so cruel at such a young age. He could abandon his sister, his mother and his grandmother. Now he was working as a workhorse for his son, and in the future he would be working as a workhorse for his grandson.
They discard those who are truly filial to them and only protect those who are heartless and ungrateful.
Ten years later, they will definitely regret it.
"My mother told me that people work to earn money so they can live a good life, not to save money."
“If you’re not having a good life, it’s because you’re not making enough money.”
“Then work hard to make money.”
"From today on, forget what your mother and grandmother said and learn to spend money normally."
Qian Tingting sniffed and nodded.
In the cafeteria in the morning, she ate rice cakes and fried dough sticks sprinkled with icing sugar for the first time.
Tears welled up in her eyes: "Delicious!"
Li Jing smiled: "Exactly, delicious food is the most wonderful thing in the world. How can anyone not like to eat it!"
Huang Yan: "I'll fetch you some water from now on, so just drink as much as you can."
Qian Tingting sniffed again: "You are so nice, I thought you all didn't like me."
"So, you guys are so nice."
Huang Yan: "As long as you stop saying that girls can't be greedy, I won't hate you anymore."
Qian Tingting was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Only then did she realize that she had become another grandmother without knowing it and was trying to control other people's lives.
She is really stupid.
No wonder everyone dislikes her.
It turns out that it’s not because she is poor, but because she is just another grandmother.
"sorry."
"I will never say anything like that again."
Huang Yan: "Who told me to be magnanimous? What happened in the past is in the past."
Qian Tingting was like a child being called out by the teacher: "I definitely won't say anything."
"I really know I was wrong now."
Li Jing: "Thank God, you finally realize how outrageous you were before."
When Qian Tingting thinks back on the past now, she feels ridiculous. Why could she be so self-righteous? Why could she trust her grandmother so much?
Looking back now, there are really flaws everywhere.
It is obvious that the four-year-old Xiaobao can eat meat. Her clothes are always the old clothes that her mother asks from her uncle's sisters, but her younger brother does not have to pick up other people's old clothes. At home, only she, her mother and her grandmother always wear old clothes.
I used to feel proud, thinking that the money I saved helped my family live a better life.
She used to be like a monster.
Qian Tingting took a big bite of the millet cake; it was so sweet.
"snort!"
Li Mu held the dinner tray and sat opposite Tang Yuanyuan, ignoring her as if she were air, while eating the meat buns in big mouthfuls.
Tang Yuanyuan was not polite and took the fried dough sticks from his plate to eat.
Li Mu snorted again: "Hey, these are the fried dough sticks I bought, why do you eat them?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I thought you came over to give me some fried dough sticks."
Li Mu took a look at the breakfast on her plate and took a piece of millet cake.
Tang Yuanyuan: "The midterm exam is coming up soon. How can you score? You're not still at the bottom of the class, are you? I want to go to university in Shanghai. If you don't pass, we have to break up."
Li Mu: "Who's counting down? You're the one counting down. Just keep your eyes open. I'm definitely going to get into Shanghai."
Qian Tingting was attending classes at school, but the Qian family was in the midst of a bloody storm.
A wedding in the countryside lasts for two days. Wang Laizi, the bride's escort, came happily on his bicycle to pick her up. But when he learned that the bride had run away, he got so angry that he turned hostile on the spot.
He only had two words: "Pay back the money!"
But Grandma Qian was reluctant to spend the money she had already earned. Money was her life's most precious thing in her life, and she felt safe only when she had money and food.
She was someone who would rather eat two meals a day and wear patched clothes than not see her money and food increase little by little. She knelt down, howling, "My family has suffered a disaster. Everyone in the family is sick. We've given all our money to the hospital. We have no money left, really no money left!"
"Please, let me go, let my family go. From now on, I will be your slave."
But Wang Laizi would not sympathize. The marriage was arranged by the Qian family themselves. She was very happy these two days to be able to marry a beautiful high school student. Everyone knew about it. The betrothal gift was given generously and the wedding banquet was also decent. Today, she even asked several cousins from the next room to pool together eight bicycles and hung big red flowers on them to come in a grand manner.
Telling him now that his wife doesn't want to and has run away, isn't that a slap in his face?
If you don’t pay back the money, I’ll destroy it!
Moving food.
There are pigs in the pigsty and chickens in the cage, and neither is allowed to stay.
The whole family was crying and wailing, and the great-grandson who had just been released from the hospital was so scared that he cried loudly.
Mrs. Qian suddenly remembered and grabbed Wang Laizi:
"My granddaughter is promised to you!"
"The betrothal money has been collected. Tingting is your wife. Go to the school and bring her home to be your daughter-in-law to continue your Wang family's lineage."
Wang Laizi hesitated a little: "Is this okay?"
Grandma Qian Tingting: "Why not?"
"The betrothal gift has been received, the marriage has been arranged, and the marriage is complete. You are my grandson-in-law."
"If you had listened to me earlier and held the wedding the day before yesterday instead of delaying it until today, and entered the bridal chamber, Tingting would have been yours. Then you could have said whatever you wanted."
"What else could possibly happen?"
Wang Laizi also regretted it, mainly because he didn't want to force the marriage now. Qian Tingting had good grades, and she was the only one in the area who got admitted to No. 1 Middle School for free. Everyone knew that she would be a good candidate for university in the future.
The Qian family came to propose marriage. Wang Laizi was not stupid. He knew it was the adults' idea at first glance. He didn't dare to think that this matter would be successful. How could he dare to pay the betrothal gift and hold a wedding banquet without thinking? The risk was too great. He had to meet Qian Tingting in person.
Qian Tingting didn't get out of school until Friday afternoon, and it was dark when she got home. He didn't go to Qian's house until Saturday.
Qian Tingting didn't know the arrangements of the adults at home at that time. She usually got up in the morning to make breakfast, wash clothes and sweep the yard.
She does all these things so her mother can relax a little.
Her family didn't let her go to the fields that day, so after she finished these things, she reviewed her homework and recited her English book in the yard.
The graceful young girl was holding a book and reciting foreign words. Wang Laizi had never seen such a girl before.
The key point is that when Qian Tingting saw him enter the yard, she asked him, "What are you doing here at my house?"
Wang Laizi understood instantly that the Qian family did not mention the marriage proposal.
He lied as if possessed by some unknown force: "I'm just passing by and want to ask for a drink of water."
Qian Tingting didn't understand what was going on, so she went to the living room and poured him a glass of water.
She didn't laugh at his appearance, nor did she look at him strangely: "Drink the water and leave."
Wang Laizi immediately decided to marry her!
Although he knew in his heart that the other party would definitely look down on him, it was his family who sold him to him.
When a girl is paired with an uncle, the uncle is of course the proud one.
He wanted Qian Tingting, who could teach their children to speak foreign languages and go to college in the future. Who would dare to laugh at him for being a slacker?
Although Qian Tingting may not be willing to be his wife sincerely because of the trouble she has caused in the past, at least her son will have a bright future!
He nodded to Mrs. Qian on the spot, agreeing to the marriage, and then went home to get the betrothal gifts and hold the wedding.
When he came back on his bike, Qian Tingting was indeed tied up in the house.
This educated person is different. She was sold out by her own mother and grandmother, but she could still reason with them: "Mom, grandmother, believe me, go to the city to work, you don't need to be literate, you can all earn money. My classmates said that my grandmother can sweep the streets and earn 60 yuan a month, and my mother and aunt can wash dishes in a small restaurant and earn 150 yuan a month. The two of us can make 300 yuan, which can cover my father and uncle's medical expenses. I can also earn money by fetching water at school. How can we eat two meals a day in the future? During the winter and summer vacations, my classmates said they will take me to earn money. I can earn money for my own tuition and for you. Our family will not be bad off. Believe me."
Wang is not like those women in the village who always curse with their organs.
This good student is different.
This plan will cost the family several hundred yuan a month.
He not only married a wife, but also married a woman who is good at making money. After they get married, he can let her be the head of the household.
Wang Lai Zi became even more determined and decided to marry Qian Fangfang.
After paying the betrothal gift, they went to find the chef for the wedding banquet, buy food, and notify relatives to attend the banquet.
Wang Laizi is going to marry a high school student!
So the wedding was scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
Wang Laizi rubbed his chin and thought, "If I go to the school and arrest someone, will they bring Qian Tingting home for me?"
The person was not at home and was taken away by his classmates.
Mrs. Qian slapped her knees and said, "You're stupid! Of course you can't go to school and ask for it openly. Just bring someone with you, squat at the school gate, get a car and bring her back. We'll write you a wedding invitation, collect the betrothal money, and hold the wedding banquet. Tingting is your wife, and no one can say a single thing about her. Just bring her home. Once the matter is settled, you can send Tingting to school, and she won't be able to go to school anymore."
"If I have another baby, I won't live with you wholeheartedly."
"You are still my good grandson-in-law."
Wang Laizi thought this was the truth. Seeing the Qian family's condition, they had no money to compensate him.
He paid a thousand yuan as a betrothal gift, and Qian Tingting became his wife.
But there was a problem. Qian Tingting was definitely not going back to Qianji Town. He didn't know when Qian Tingting would leave school, and he couldn't wait for her at school all the time.
"Well, tomorrow you go to school and take Qian Tingting out of school. I'll hire a van."
The village chief's son bought a van to deliver goods personally, and he will borrow it for a day tomorrow.
Mrs. Qian said, "We can definitely trick Tingting out for you. The main thing is, she had a falling out with her family last night. If we go tomorrow, she might still be mad, so we might not be able to trick her out. Let's wait a few days. Her classmates are not easy to deal with. Wait until Saturday, when they'll all be home, so it'll be easier to get her out."
Wang Laizi: "Okay, you write me a marriage certificate first."
Mother-in-law Qian: "Good grandson-in-law, you are the one who smashed all the pots and pans in our house. This, at least, will cost fifty yuan--"
Wang Laizi gave him a hundred yuan.
Qian Tingting's father could read and wrote a wedding invitation. Wang Laizi put the invitation in his pocket and caught a rooster to go back to the wedding hall.
With a marriage certificate and a wedding banquet, Qian Tingting is Wang Laizi's wife.
Qian Tingting's mother was a little reluctant: "Mom, Tingting is determined to study. She is actually right. This thousand yuan is not enough for Tingting's father's medicine. Otherwise, let her go to school. You take care of the land at home, and I will go to the city to wash dishes."
Mrs. Qian sneered, "Why, you want to rebel too? Like your daughter who raised a wolf for nothing? And throw all your family away?"
Qian Tingting's mother shook her head: "Mom, that's not what I meant. The truth is, what will Tingting's father do with the medicine money in the future? I just want to go to the city to wash dishes. Tingting only has two years left. If she can get through this and go to college, she can earn money. Isn't this more money?"
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family also said: "Mom, I also want to go to the city to wash dishes. The child can't live without a father. I want to go and earn money for his medicine."
Mrs. Qian narrowed her eyes slightly, and the coldness in them was like a knife, sweeping across her two daughters-in-law.
The eldest son is thirty-six, and the youngest is only thirty. They were both strong laborers, but now they are useless. They need someone to take care of them for the rest of their lives. The daughter-in-law has gone to the city. At this age, she has seen too many wild men outside. How can she still be interested in her own sons? If her heart becomes wild, who will take care of her two sons for the rest of their lives?
Neither of my two daughters-in-law can go to the city!
But she would not tell this to her two daughters-in-law.
She said, "We are farmers. Land is our lifeblood. If we lose our land, we'll lose our lifeblood. We'll be cursed and scolded, and we'll be punished by God!"
"Don't worry about the medicine money. I won't let my two sons go without medicine. I'll hire someone to build two pig pens and catch a few more piglets. Selling them at the end of the year will also be a considerable income. As for chickens, we can raise dozens more. Normally, the three of us, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, will work a little harder to plant the dozen acres of land. We don't have to spend money on food and drink, and we won't run out of money for medicine."
Qian Tingting's mother could only nod and say, "Mom, both of the pots and pans at home are broken. I'll go buy some new ones."
Mrs. Qian counted the bowls and pots and gave 61 yuan, not a penny more, and took the remaining money back to her room.
She usually locked important food in the cabinet, but in the entire Qian family, the deceased old man Qian actually knew that the money was not hidden in the cabinet, but in a broken jar under the bed.
A broken jar was taken out from under the floor tiles under the bed. Inside it was money wrapped in a layer of paper. There were probably more than 5,000 yuan.
If it weren't for the pesticide incident this time, which cost two thousand yuan, there should have been more than seven thousand yuan in it.
Now that the old man is gone and his two sons are also dead, she is so anxious!
Yes, the Qian family actually lives a very good life. Mrs. Qian and her husband have been frugal all their lives. They usually bear any minor problems they have, measure their meals carefully, sell one-third of the harvest from the land in exchange for grain, and pick up other people's old clothes.
She was also good at controlling her children and grandchildren. Even the grandson from the eldest wife's house was not good at studying. He dropped out of school and got married early. He went to work in the south with his wife and gave her 500 yuan every year when he came back.
What a heartless person!
Mrs. Qian was filled with resentment. How could a woman who didn't know how to be filial to her parents and grandmother have the qualifications to study and go to university?
All this is Qian Tingting's fate.
It must be God who wanted Qian Tingting to stop studying, which is why her family suffered this disaster. Otherwise, why didn't anyone accidentally ingest the pesticide?
Women should do their duty. If you go beyond the limit, God will punish you.
But this granddaughter actually dared to disobey his orders.
She grew up eating pig bran, and when she got married she was in dire straits. When she was very hungry, her husband only allowed her to eat pig bran once a day, just to stay alive. If she dared to eat more than one bite, she would be beaten.
Isn't this the kind of life a woman should live, surrounding her husband, giving birth to sons, and raising sons?
She has been living like this all her life. She has been kneeling for so long that she has forgotten how sad and painful she felt when she was young and faced such treatment.
After living in hardship for so long, you won’t even realize you’ve become a ghost.
She seemed to see Qian Tingting repeating her life, saving money, saving money, husband and son, slaps, punches, cooking, washing clothes, farming and raising pigs.
Hahahaha!
It was on days like this that a twisted and dark smile appeared on her wrinkled face.
One by one, no one can escape.
Can't escape.
In the evening, Tang Yuanyuan and Yu Fangfang went to eat at a stall outside the school. She recognized him again and said, "Isn't that Wang Erniu?"
"What is he doing?"
Yu Fangfang raised her chin proudly: "Of course it's to protect me."
"How about it, do you have a real lady-like demeanor?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "So, he actually follows you silently at this time every day?"
Yu Fangfang nodded: "Is this what a real bodyguard is? Humph, I wonder if anyone dares to come after me again, I will kill him."
Tang Yuanyuan was convinced and gave her a thumbs up.
Yu Fangfang said with great interest: "My mom said that you should be worth a lot of money now. Do you want to get one for yourself?"
"I'm very experienced in this. You have to make it a little mysterious, like the secret guards in ancient costume dramas."
It was still the inspiration that Tang Yuanyuan gave her last time. In movies and TV dramas, when the heroine is in danger, the hero always comes to rescue her.
She created a bodyguard for herself, so if she really encountered trouble, she wouldn't have to wait for someone to rescue her.
Tang Yuanyuan shook her head: "I'll just forget it."
Anyway, she usually lives on campus and does business with Li Mu during holidays. Besides, she doesn't have anyone she trusts to be her bodyguard.
Her wealth isn't that outrageous.
This week, Qian Tingting had the happiest days in the past fifteen years.
She is a bit like Li Jing. What she looks forward to most every day is the moment when the bell rings and she rushes to the cafeteria!
Even after she finished her meal, she still had to rush to the dormitory building to fetch water, but her steps were lighter than before. I have never seen anyone like her who could fetch water for others and still smile so happily.
Tang Yuanyuan is now bringing food to Li Jing, and she is used to going out to eat something after evening self-study every day. Today she had fried food again, so she also brought some meat for Qian Tingting. When she returned to the dormitory, Qian Tingting had just finished fetching her last dose of water, and she ate the fried meat skewers with big mouthfuls. She was so happy!
Tang Yuanyuan asked while soaking her feet, "By the way, we have another day off tomorrow afternoon. How are you planning to spend your weekend?"
Qian Tingting didn't have any plans: "I'll just read some books and do some homework in the dormitory."
Li Jing: "I'm going to Tang Yuanyuan's store with my mom. I want to buy some thicker clothes."
Huang Yan: "I'm going to the movies on Saturday. Who's coming with you?"
Li Jing: "I'll go, I'll go."
Tang Yuanyuan herself had no interest in movies, so she asked Qian Tingting, "Have you seen the movie?"
Qian Tingting shook her head. She didn't even know what a movie was.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Then you and Huang Yan go and see it together. To do business, you need to be knowledgeable. You can't do it without knowing everything. I'll pay for it."
When Li Jing heard that it was related to business, she nodded and said, "Okay."
The three of them agreed to meet at the cinema entrance at nine o'clock on Saturday morning.
Qian Tingting didn't know the way to the county town very well, so she left home at eight o'clock. When Wang Laizi and the Qian family arrived at the school, it was almost nine o'clock, so naturally they didn't find Qian Tingting.
Several people were in the van, squatting at the school gate for a whole day, thinking that she would always return to school at night. Huang Yan was an only child. She played with Qian Tingting for a whole day and asked her to come to her home to play in the evening. Her home was not far from the school, so she stayed at Huang's house at night. It was not until the weekend afternoon that she returned to school with Huang Yan.
Wang Laizi made a wasted trip on Saturday and came back on Monday.
The Qian family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law lied that they were delivering clothes to Qian Tingting. Although the security guard recognized that these two people were the parents who wanted to take away the child to be a shampooer last time, after all, it was a family matter, and there was no reason to prevent parents from looking for their own children, so he let the two people in.
After searching for a long time, I finally found Qian Tingting's class in the teaching building. This class happened to be a self-study class: "Tingting!"
Qian Tingting turned around and saw her mother and grandmother standing in the school corridor.
She pretended not to see it, looked away and continued doing her homework.
Tang Yuanyuan crossed her arms and said, "You guys who sold your granddaughter and daughter, how dare you come to school?"
"Qian Tingting has severed ties with you. You should go back."
The originally quiet classroom was filled with chattering from the students.
"It's disgusting. They actually sold their daughter for a thousand yuan."
“Why don’t the police arrest people like this?”
Tang An's gaze fixed on the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, then he looked away uncomfortably.
Mrs. Qian walked straight into the classroom. The head teacher stood up and said, "Sorry, parent, if you have anything to say, please wait until after class. The students are still doing their homework."
Mrs. Qian said, "Teacher, it's urgent. The child's father is in the hospital again. The doctor said he is dying. I want to take the child to the hospital to see him one last time."
Qian Tingting: "Isn't he drinking his medicine well? You still want to lie to me?"
Mrs. Qian burst into tears and said, "Everything was fine at first. You ran away from your marriage, and the Wang family didn't take you back. They smashed the house and beat you up. Your father was seriously ill, and then, then, ah!"
"He's at the People's Hospital. After all, you are father and daughter. Go see him for the last time. He wants to admit his mistake to you."
Qian Tingting said with a cold face: "I have severed ties with you, please leave."
The head teacher said, "Both parents, student Qian has already said he won't be going. Please leave."
Mother Qian slammed her hands on the ground and wailed, "Grandma raised you with all her heart, how could I raise such a cruel child like you? This is your biological father, and you didn't even bother to see him for the last time!"
Tang Yuanyuan: "Since he's dying, why are you two fighting here? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to see your son again?"
Qian Tingting had not thought of this at first. Her eyes became even colder and she lowered her head, not wanting to even glance at them.
Yu Fangfang propped up her chin and said, "If I had known this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were coming, I would have brought some raw eggs. I've never hit anyone with raw eggs before."
Tang Yuanyuan didn't have any eggs, but she had ink. She poured the smelly ink directly on the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. "Classmates, don't be soft-hearted. This is someone who sells his daughter!"
Huang Yan was the first to throw a ball of paper over: "Go to hell!"
Li Jing threw the rice ball that she hadn't finished eating in the morning over.
The students couldn't help it, they threw ink and paper balls, and one mischievously rubbed the paper balls in the bag of spicy strips with red oil and threw them at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
The teacher took a few steps to the side and said, "Hey, students, how can you hit others? This is not a good habit."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law even had ink on their teeth. They couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to go out first and discuss it later.
The students were all playing and there was a lot of noise in the classroom. The teacher slammed the podium with her blackboard stick several times but couldn't make the students quiet down. Of course, she also had a smile on her face.
Huang Yan was still filled with righteous indignation: "How can there be such a shameless elder in this world? He wants to sell his own granddaughter, and he still has the nerve to come here and cry? How can rural people be like this?"
Tang Yuanyuan brushed the test paper without looking up: "What's so strange about this? It's not just in the countryside, this kind of thing happens in the city too. During the summer vacation, I was also locked up at home, just to exchange me for a thousand yuan betrothal gift. The accomplices who locked me up should not be sitting in the classroom and attending classes. They still have to take the college entrance exam in the future."
Suddenly, the entire classroom became quiet and you could hear a pin drop.
The classmates' eyes were all on Tang An.
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