The Lu family resumed their busy lives. In the dead of night, Sun sneaked into He Jiuniang's room. Gou'er was already asleep, and she was still assembling the sewing machine.
He was startled when he saw Mrs. Sun come in.
"Mom, what are you doing? You scared me by sneaking around like that!"
He Jiuniang twitched the corners of her mouth, not understanding what the little old lady was trying to do.
Sun glared at her, walked over, pulled up a small stool, sat down, and watched her fiddling with the parts. She asked, "Tell me honestly, how did you resolve the Dong family matter?"
When He Jiuniang came home and said that the Dong family's matter had been resolved, everyone asked her how she did it. He Jiuniang kept quiet and only told everyone to focus on their work.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it, no one else dared to ask. They just kept this kindness in their hearts and would treat the mother and daughter even better in the future.
After pondering for several days, Madam Sun still couldn't understand how a woman could control such a powerful local family. Worried that she might be bullied outside, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and finally decided to come and ask her for clarification.
"Didn't we say it's all in the past? Why are you still asking?"
He Jiuniang tried to bluff her way out of it, but Sun slapped her hand: "Stop being silly! Be honest! I've heard that the Dong family is not easy to deal with. Did you agree to some conditions with them?"
He Jiuniang didn't know how to explain to her that she was actually the one who was difficult to get along with in the eyes of the Dong family.
"No, really no! I'm just a woman, what kind of conditions could I possibly agree to? Anyway, our family can still run our stall just like before, isn't that enough? Why worry about so much?"
In the eyes of the Lu family, she did not have the ability to make the Dong family wary of her. Exposing her abilities now would be counterproductive. He Jiuniang thought it over carefully and realized that they needed to be given time to adapt.
In addition, the fact that Dong Dacai apologized to her in public was indeed embarrassing, and afterwards they warned each of them not to talk about what happened that day. So even if the Lu family wanted to investigate, they couldn't find anything, which actually helped them cover up their own misdeeds.
"You woman, why do you always take everything upon yourself? You said yourself that you're just a woman, why are you so eager to stand up for yourself! Gou'er lost his father, and you're all he has left. What will Gou'er do if something happens to you?"
Seeing that she was unwilling to talk, Mrs. Sun slapped her again, but her eyes reddened the next second.
It's all because these people in the family are useless. When something happens, He Jiuniang, a woman, has to go out and solve it all. She feels terrible about it.
She originally thought that if the Dong family insisted on making things difficult, they would just give up the business, as long as the family was safe and sound.
But somehow, the third son's wife managed to get the Dong family to stop interfering in the matter. Lianhua even said that people on the street had been very polite to them these past few days. Most importantly, those thugs had gone to their stall to apologize and returned the money for the clothes they had stolen.
This shows that the third son's wife must have used some methods. She doesn't care about the methods, but she cares about the third son's wife's extreme actions and what she might do to seek justice for her family that would be detrimental to herself.
With the third son gone, she was determined to protect the third branch of the family no matter what.
He Jiu Niang didn't expect the old lady to cry. She blinked and said, "Mother, if you cry any louder, you'll wake up the dog and you'll have to take it to soothe it back to sleep."
Sun: ...
"Don't try to change the subject! You can keep it from others, but you absolutely can't hide it from me! Tell me, did that rich man Dong...bully you?"
She had already inquired about it; that rich man Dong was lustful and had a large number of wives and concubines in his backyard. He was no good person!
She supports He Jiuniang's remarriage, but it must be to an honest and upright family. She would never allow her to become Dong Dacai's concubine for the sake of the Lu family!
"Pfft!"
He Jiuniang couldn't help but laugh. This little old lady thinks a lot!
"What are you laughing at? I'm serious! Did he bully you? I'm bringing my two older brothers to your door tomorrow to demand justice for you! Is there no law anymore?!"
The old lady grew angrier the more she thought about it. If her perfectly good daughter-in-law really did something like that, how could she face her third son?
"No, no, really not!"
He Jiu Niang sighed. It seemed that the old lady wouldn't give up easily without a reasonable excuse.
So she said, "Actually, I just had my master act in a play with me!"
What play?
"It was quite a coincidence that Dong Caizhu's old illness flared up and he went to seek medical treatment. I had my master tell him that only I could cure his illness, and if he didn't want to die from it, he shouldn't make things difficult for the Lu family. He had no choice but to agree, and he even went to the clinic to apologize to me! Dong Caizhu was afraid of death, and for the sake of his own life, he naturally dared not offend me again."
She shifted the blame to Manager Ren and briefly recounted the events.
"real?"
Sun looked at her, her expression somewhat bewildered.
"Of course it's true. Only my master can cure that disease. My master taught me the method, and we teamed up to trick Dong Dacai, which solved our family problems. If you don't believe me, you can ask my master."
He Jiuniang blinked, sighed with some disappointment, and continued, "It's wrong to lie to people in the first place. My master told me not to tell anyone, but who knew you would climb into my room in the middle of the night and torture me to extract a confession?"
Seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, Mrs. Sun finally felt relieved.
"I was just worried about you, wasn't I? That rich man Dong isn't a good person, and you're... well, never mind, never mind. Since there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep. You should go to sleep early too..."
As Sun was speaking, she got up to leave, but He Jiuniang grabbed her and winked at her, asking, "Wait, are you going to compliment me on my looks? Go ahead and compliment me, finish what you have to say before you go!"
"Get out of here! Who wants to compliment your looks? Aren't you ashamed! Go to sleep now, don't waste money on lamp oil!"
With that, he ran off as fast as the wind.
He Jiuniang smiled and shook her head, feeling warm inside.
The little old lady is so cute!
After several nights of hard work, He Jiuniang had assembled the first sewing machine. It was the most common type with a foot pedal, which had been phased out in the postmodern era, but in this time, it was absolutely unique!
That evening, after dinner, He Jiuniang moved the sewing machine into the yard so that everyone could witness the moment of miracle.
Since it was just for demonstration purposes, I specifically went to the workshop and picked out a piece of discarded scrap material to use.
After threading the string, He Jiuniang sat down, placed her feet on the pedal, and said smugly, "This round of locks can be finished in the blink of an eye, so watch carefully and don't blink!"
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