Chapter 62: Sowing Dissension
Zeng Xiaoyan was really angry to the point of breaking down. Her elder sister knew clearly that she had married poorly, knew clearly that she had no decent dowry at all, and knew clearly that no matter how she lived, her father and stepmother would never care about her, yet she still sent the maid who came with the dowry to deliberately say those words to humiliate her.
Besides, no matter what her husband's family is like, it has nothing to do with her. Why should she interfere?
Aunt Zhuer saw that her tears were about to fall again, so she quickly wiped them for her with a handkerchief and patted her back gently: "Don't be sad, don't be sad, it's not worth it."
Xu Zhichun looked at Liang Mingliang, then at her, and stepped forward to pat her on the back. "Xiaoyan, Third Brother Liang, I think Cuiqiao is just trying to sow discord between you and your husband."
Zeng Xiaoyan and Liang Mingliang were both stunned.
Liang Mingliang didn't understand all these twists and turns and expressed confusion: "Huh? How, how do you say that?"
Zeng Xiaoyan suddenly understood what was going on and became even angrier.
"My elder sister is still so vicious! I made Cuiqiao so angry that she lost her mind. If it weren't for Sister Zhichun's reminder, I would have almost never thought of this."
She looked at Xu Zhichun with lingering fear, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.
Zeng Xiaoyan found some things difficult to explain, so Xu Zhichun spoke on her behalf to Liang Mingliang, saying, "That Cuiqiao clearly has bad intentions. She keeps saying she's doing this for Xiaoyan's own good, but every word she says is derogatory and insulting to your family. She's deliberately trying to provoke your anger, get you to blame Xiaoyan, maybe even start an argument with her, uh, a fight, or even tell the village head and your aunt. Everyone will probably blame Xiaoyan, and then she'll achieve her goal."
Xu Zhichun could see that Liang Mingliang was actually affected mentally, otherwise he wouldn't look so bad.
Just because Cuiqiao's words were so unpleasant and she made such a fuss in public, Liang Mingliang had to endure countless strange looks and contempt. For him, this was probably the first time in the history of the world. It was already very good that he did not turn against Zeng Xiaoyan on the spot.
The Liang family and he knew very well how Zeng Xiaoyan was treated. How could he not be indignant and angry when he was accused and humiliated by Zeng Xiaoyan's "family"?
Therefore, seeing through Cuiqiao's - or actually Miss Zeng's - sinister intentions, Xu Zhichun deliberately spoke as bluntly as possible in order to make Liang Mingliang come to his senses.
Liang Mingliang finally understood what was going on and angrily said, "That girl is so mean!"
Zeng Xiaoyan sneered: "She is my eldest sister's dowry maid, my eldest sister's yes-man and lackey. She can't do anything without my eldest sister's order. It's all my eldest sister's intention."
Liang Mingliang was stunned.
Zeng Xiaoyan glared at him, then turned her head away angrily.
She pursed her lips and felt aggrieved again.
She'd told him before about the grievances she'd suffered at home, but he'd dismissed them as overreacting. He felt that having enough food and clothing, and servants to look after them, was a life like heaven. How could she possibly feel wronged? Even if sisters occasionally bickered—it wasn't a big deal.
He had no idea how sad she was in the Zeng family's backyard.
Do you understand now?
Liang Mingliang said in a daze, "I thought that girl really wanted to vent her anger on you, but I didn't expect that doing so would bring any benefit to her, to Miss Zeng."
Zeng Xiaoyan raised her foot and stomped on him hard, sneering, "What benefit does she want? She just doesn't like me. As long as my life is a mess and chaos, she'll be happy!"
"ah?"
"You don't believe it?"
"No, no, no, it's not like that!" Liang Mingliang found it unbelievable. Being stared at angrily by his wife, he was so scared that he kept shaking his head and hands: "I, I, I, I just wonder how there can be such boring people in the world? I can't bear to think about it, I can't bear to think about it."
Zeng Xiaoyan thought about it and became even angrier, feeling frustrated that she was talking to a deaf person: "After all I've said, you still don't believe me!"
"I really don't."
Liang Mingliang complained that he was a little skeptical about life and felt dazed.
Brothers and sisters-in-law quarrel and even fight in the countryside, but it is always for the sake of interests, even for who can eat more. He really never thought that there would be people who are so boring and so selfless.
What’s the point?
Isn't this pure idiocy?
Is it possible that my sister-in-law is actually mentally ill?
Zeng Xiaoyan turned her head away angrily and said, "I wouldn't believe you."
Aunt Zhuer looked at Xu Zhichun: What should we do?
Xu Zhichun didn't know what to do, but since he already knew the sinister intentions of Miss Zeng, they would not quarrel or fight over it, and they could always communicate well about other things.
Small problems are not problems.
Matters of principle are fatal.
Xu Zhichun: "We still have a lot of konjac at home. Why don't you go back and take a rest?"
Zeng Xiaoyan hadn't finished venting her frustration yet, but she couldn't do it in front of Xu Zhichun and Aunt Zhu'er. She nodded and said, "We'll go dig konjac later. Sister Zhichun, you and Aunt Zhu'er don't have to go."
Aunt Zhuer smiled and said, "That's fine. You don't need to dig too much. I'll peel the konjac at home."
Zeng Xiaoyan and Liang Mingliang returned home and pretended that nothing had happened. They handed over the money as usual and went back to their rooms.
Liang Mingliang breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest. He thought his wife would be unhappy in front of his mother, but fortunately she didn't.
Zeng Xiaoyan threw herself on the bed and cried, not daring to make a sound. Her shoulders shrugged and she choked with tears.
Liang Mingliang was startled and rushed over to hug her shoulders in panic: "Wife, wife, please don't cry. I was wrong. I'm sorry. Please don't cry, okay?"
Zeng Xiaoyan turned aside and looked up at him, choking with sobs as she asked, "What did you do wrong?"
Liang Mingliang paused, "I, I, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Zeng Xiaoyan felt even more aggrieved: "You don't believe me."
"I don't!"
"My elder sister is really bad."
"I know, I know."
"Do you think that a life without hunger or cold and with servants is necessarily a good life? Have you witnessed my sister's kindness today? My mother is much more powerful than her. They have done many excessive things in the past. What right do you have to say that I am ungrateful and greedy?"
When she talked about what happened today, Liang Mingliang still felt a little scared when he thought about the feeling of being watched, despised, condemned, and accused by others.
He said from the bottom of his heart: "They are really bad, I really understand! Don't worry, we just ignore them, let's live our own lives, and don't worry about them. Anyway, if we are unlucky enough to run into them again, no matter what they say, I won't believe it, and neither should you. We can't afford to offend them, but we can at least avoid them."
Zeng Xiaoyan burst out laughing.
That's all.
She couldn't even defeat them, so how could she expect her husband to be able to defeat them?
He is right. If you can't afford to provoke someone, you can always avoid him.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Anyway, she doesn't rely on them for food now, and there are not many opportunities to meet them. It's okay for them to keep to themselves and be strangers.
Zeng Xiaoyan finally calmed down.
However, when she thought about having to go back to celebrate her father's birthday in a while, she became annoyed again.
As soon as she said that, Liang Mingliang also became annoyed.
In fact, his father-in-law and mother-in-law looked down on him. He knew that his sister-in-law was so vicious that he was even more disgusted. Thinking of the inevitable birthday party, which had to be a big one this year, it was really annoying.
The two looked at each other in bewilderment: What should we do? It seemed that not going was not an option.
(End of this chapter)
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