Chapter 68 Grandmother 3
◎The kind grandmother was deceived◎
During dinner, Yan Yue was worried and didn't know how to "break up the couple" so as not to make Mr. Jiang sad.
I heard earlier at the wonton stall that this couple angered their mother to death when they returned from their business trip; but today I learned another secret from the neighbor of the Kong family.
The old lady almost abused her grandson to death, and her son and daughter-in-law directly abused the old lady to death. Such a family is too terrible!
Even if the truth is different from the actual facts, it is better to avoid provoking such people. so--
This ghost marriage cannot be concluded!
Yan Yue was thinking hard, not knowing how to talk to Mr. Jiang, but Mr. Jiang spoke to her first: "Miss Yue, I have an unwelcome request..."
Yan Yue wanted to hide but couldn't, so she said tactfully: "Mr. Jiang, you have known each other for too short a time..."
"Uh, the girl knows everything?"
Mr. Jiang was stunned for a moment, then smiled sheepishly: "Although we haven't known each other for long, it shouldn't matter, right?"
Yan Yue advised tactfully: "What I mean is, why not get to know each other for a while longer?"
Mr. Jiang said earnestly, "Don't worry, young lady. I understand it very well!"
Yan Yue was in a difficult situation.
But this was the first time that Mr. Jiang had asked her for something after knowing each other for so long, and she couldn't bear to refuse, so she had to agree: "Then, why don't you bring her here, and we can meet and talk."
"Hey, hey!" Mr. Jiang agreed with a smile and went out in a hurry.
Chu Zhi asked anxiously, "Boss, this won't work! Mr. Jiang is such an honest man, wouldn't he be bullied to death by such a vicious woman who abuses her grandson?"
Nan Qing reminded her: "Mr. Jiang is already dead, he can't die again."
Yan Yue said, "There are many different opinions about the Kong family. What is the truth? Why don't we listen to the old lady's own words?"
The old lady of the Kong family has half-white hair and not the slightest sign of hunchback. Her clothes are simple and neat without too many decorations. At first glance, she is a person who can manage the household and act decisively.
"Hello Miss Yue."
There was calmness in Old Lady Kong's eyes as she bowed to Yan Yue neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although the years have left traces on her face, her tightly pursed lips and slightly strong and determined expression show that she is not an amiable elder like Mr. Jiang.
Although he is not very friendly, he looks so frank and should not be such a cruel person.
Nan Qing had already brewed a cup of hot tea and brought it over. Yan Yue gestured to the old lady, "Please sit down."
Mrs. Kong nodded and said, "Thank you, young lady. I dare not bother you any more if you have something to ask of me. I will just stand and talk."
Yan Yue was stunned. You want to ask for something? Propose?
But the old lady continued, "I have been wandering in the human world for half a year since I passed away, but I don't know why. It was not until I met Brother Jiang that I realized that I couldn't leave the world of the living because of my strong obsession."
Yan Yue asked: "What is your obsession?" You can't be asking me to help you get revenge, right?
The old lady replied: "Young lady, you don't know that I have committed a serious sin and almost killed my grandson. I heard that an evil ghost like me should be thrown into the oil pan purgatory in the underworld and be punished. But I don't know why I am just an ordinary ghost and can't even express my apology..."
Yan Yue thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because evil ghosts all think that what they do is right. And you have already realized that you are wrong, so you have not become an evil ghost."
The old lady sighed and said, "The wrong has already been done. What's the point of recognizing it? Since it's wrong, you should be punished."
Yan Yue asked back: "Since you know it's wrong, why do you still do it?"
The old lady said self-deprecatingly: "Because I am too stupid and ignorant."
Mr. Jiang spoke up for the old lady: "She didn't know that doing so would harm her grandson. She was also deceived!"
"Being cheated?" Yan Yue was very surprised. Who would lie to her about abusing her grandson?
After the stories of "The Kong couple returned from their business trip, they despised their mother and made her angry to death", and "The old lady of the Kong family abused her grandson and was caught by her son and daughter-in-law. She died from the abuse and eating dirt", a third version appeared.
Old Mrs. Kong was a capable person when she was young. It was precisely because of her strong temper that she and her husband were able to avoid being bullied while they were traveling for business.
She chose this daughter-in-law.
Because the son takes after his husband, he is kind and easy to talk to, and this kind of personality can easily put him at a disadvantage. She deliberately chose a daughter-in-law with a similar temperament to her, thinking that with a strong daughter-in-law to keep her in check, she would be able to die peacefully when she died.
When she married into the Kong family, her mother-in-law had already passed away. She had never experienced a mother-in-law or daughter-in-law relationship, so she had never thought about how to resolve a disagreement between two people with strong tempers.
When the couple was newly married, the family could still live in peace. However, conflicts began to accumulate during the daughter-in-law's pregnancy and completely broke out during her confinement. For more than half a year, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a quarrel almost every other day.
The son had to coax and persuade both sides, and it was difficult to deal with it. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and decided to take his wife with him to do business.
After not seeing each other for a long time, the accumulated longing turns into tolerance and forgiveness, which becomes the key to family harmony and friendship. Before the conflicts accumulate to the ignition point, the pain of separation is about to come again, and those differences and disagreements seem insignificant.
Three years of harmony were broken by the grandson's frequent and inexplicable illness.
The grandson was lively and active, and started running around the yard when he was less than three years old. Mrs. Kong was very happy at first, but who would have thought that the child suddenly became weak and sickly.
The doctor diagnosed that the child had weak spleen and stomach, and the child started to lose interest in eating and became thinner.
The son and daughter-in-law began to suspect that the old lady was not taking good care of her grandson, and conflicts broke out again.
But the child’s medical treatment and medicine require money, and the couple cannot afford it, so they have to go out to do business to earn money. The old lady was even more considerate to her grandson. She gave her money to him to buy fine grains and meat, and she only ate pickled vegetables and whole-grain cakes.
Unexpectedly, the grandson did not get better and still suffered from diarrhea easily. Because he needed to drink herbal medicine, he became even less interested in eating.
Seeing that her grandson was about to die, the old lady was so anxious that she prayed to gods and Buddhas everywhere. One day, he heard that there was a Taoist priest wandering around the area, who was a demigod who could bring people back to life, so he immediately went to visit him.
The Taoist priest said that the child would not live for more than a year. The old lady was so frightened that she knelt down on the spot and begged the Taoist priest for help.
The Taoist priest said that anyone who changes a person's fate without authorization will be punished by God. The old lady handed over a generous medical fee, but only got a pill the size of a quail egg in return.
The pills really worked and had a miraculous effect on my grandson's diarrhea, but after a few days, the disease recurred. The old lady gave away all her family savings and even knocked her forehead until it bled before she was moved by the "half-immortal" to come to her rescue.
The Taoist priest gave her a box of "Guanyin Soil", which was said to be the soil brought down from heaven by Guanyin Bodhisattva. It could cure diseases and prolong life when given to patients.
From then on, every time her grandson had diarrhea, the old lady would feed the child a piece of soil.
She also had doubts because her grandson's health did not improve and his face remained sallow. Later, when her grandson's belly started to get round, she felt that it was really effective because the child really started to gain weight.
Until her son and daughter-in-law came back and had a big fight with her.
She said it was the life-saving Guanyin soil, but her daughter-in-law grabbed a piece and stuffed it into her mouth, cursing, "Life-saving soil? Then eat it!"
The daughter-in-law was quickly pulled away by her son, but the old lady still believed it. In order to prove that Guanyin soil could save lives, she swallowed several fist-sized pieces of Guanyin soil out of anger. Unexpectedly, she felt unbearable abdominal distension that night and couldn't defecate.
She endured the discomfort and went to look for the Taoist priest, but unexpectedly, the Taoist priest's residence was already empty.
Only then did she realize that she had been deceived, and finally understood that her grandson's round belly was not due to weight gain, but rather to "abdominal bloating".
The anxiety of spending all the family wealth, the self-blame and regret of forcing her grandson to eat dirt, the shame and guilt towards her son and daughter-in-law, all these emotions piled up on her, making her feel like she had fallen into the cold and dark bottom of a river, unable to breathe.
I returned home in the dark, fell into bed, and never got up again...
The night was as dark as ink and everything was silent, as if all the sounds in the world had been frozen.
For a long time, Yan Yue didn't know what to say. Chu Zhi and Nan Qing were also silent, and both found it difficult to comment.
The old lady of the Kong family had tears in her eyes, and the originally cloudy eyes reflected the candlelight. "Now, my grandson is much stronger under the careful care of his son and daughter-in-law. But the couple has a rift because of my death and often quarrels. So I want to ask the girl--"
As she spoke, she knelt down in front of Yan Yue and said earnestly, "Explain the reason to my son and daughter-in-law for me. It was me who was blinded by greed and let someone cheat us of all our wealth, and even nearly killed my grandson! I am a sinner, and death is not a pity, but they must not create estrangement because of me, otherwise I will really be blamed for it!"
Yan Yue signaled to Jiang Lao and Zhou Lin, "Help him up quickly!"
Old Madam Kong was helped up, still bowing and saluting: "Please help me, young lady..."
"Miss Yue, please help her!" Old Jiang also spoke well of the old lady.
Yan Yue realized it belatedly, "Aren't you two...?"
Jiang Lao's honest face was full of confusion: "We? What?"
Yan Yue asked awkwardly, "The unreasonable request you want to make is to help her fulfill her wish?"
Jiang said honestly: "It's not easy for you, sister! Although you did something wrong, you were deceived. I really can't bear to see a good person being misunderstood. The deceiving Taoist priest should be punished!"
Seeing Yan Yue's dissatisfied look, Zhou Lin shrank his neck. After all, it was he who "lied about military intelligence" and she had already started preparing for the wedding. Who would have thought that this would be the cause and effect?
Yan Yue agreed to this matter: "Okay, I'll help you."
The old lady bowed again: "I know I can't repay you, but I hope I can repay you in my next life..."
"No need." Yan Yue smiled cheerfully: "You helped me with the City God Temple matter earlier, I still owe you a favor!"
When Bai Chen came back, he saw Yan Yue holding a crude portrait and telling the foggy people in the courtyard: "Remember his appearance. He is dressed as a Taoist priest, claiming to be able to bring people back to health, and deliberately deceives those who are anxious to seek medical treatment. It should be easy to find him. I will never break my promise to you, please!"
The fog flew away in all directions and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Then Yan Yue asked again, "Master Jiang, why don't you go?"
The two remaining clouds of fog said something unknown, Yan Yue nodded helplessly: "Okay! Then you must be careful and find a hiding place before dawn."
After that, Yan Yue raised her hand and picked up Xiao Bai, poking its little nose: "You come back so late again, I think you are so bored that you don't want to go home at all!"
Bai Chen lazily leaned on her arm and groaned, "I'm so tired..."
"In three days, it will be ready, right?"
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