Knowing that Yu Dexin admired Yang Cui and had offered her a large sum of money to marry her, Hua Yuqing was extremely jealous.
So when Hua Yuqing saw Yang Cui, she couldn't help herself and deliberately said that her cousin should go home early that night, making Yang Cui's imagination run wild.
In fact, Hua Yuqing was pleased to learn that Yang Cui had rejected Yu Xinde, but she felt that Yang Cui was playing hard to get. In her opinion, no woman would refuse a man from a well-off family with good abilities who offered a large sum of money to marry her, especially since Yang Cui was a poor and ignorant village girl!
So she wanted to make Yang Cui misunderstand and upset her, hoping that Yang Cui would back down.
Little did Yang Cui know, she didn't care at all.
After having dinner at the Star Gazing Tower, Yang Cui talked to Cen Xiao about Qiuqiu.
"Brother Cen, you came all this way to find Qiuqiu. I'd like to ask you, what are your thoughts? Are you going to take him away?"
"What future is there in staying in a small mountain village, young master..." Dao Ba spoke casually, but before he could finish, Cen Xiao glanced at him, and he immediately shut up.
Yang Cui: "I will send him to school in December. Now I am giving him his early education. As for his living conditions, they are not as good as what you provide, but they are not worse than what you provide."
Cen Xiao said, "It's clear that you treat him very well."
If things weren't good, why would Yuan Qiu be so afraid of being taken away? Children aren't ignorant; they know very well who is good to them.
“I adopted him, so naturally I will treat him with sincerity. Qiuqiu is also a sensible and intelligent child. I like him very much, so I don’t want him to get hurt.”
Dao Ba exclaimed in surprise, "You just said you'd give him his first lessons? You can teach him?"
"Well, even if my ex-husband was a scoundrel, he was still a top scholar. What's so strange about me being literate? It's just that my handwriting isn't very good."
The original owner of this body was illiterate; this was an excuse Yang Cui came up with, since no one would suspect she was a transmigrator.
Dao San: "Your ex-husband was a third-place scholar in the imperial examination? Lin Shikang?"
An Dafu said angrily, "Isn't that the bastard? None of those Lins are good people..." An Dafu told Cen Xiao and the others everything that the Lin family had done to Yang Cui.
“Everyone in the county knows about these things; you can find out by asking around,” said Madam Wen.
"Uncle and Aunt, why are you still saying those things?"
Dao Ba looked at Yang Cui with sympathy, but his eyes also revealed admiration for her: "You're really amazing!"
"Thank you for the compliment," Yang Cui said with a smile. "Let's continue talking about Qiuqiu. Brother Cen, if I may ask, what do you do? I heard you joined the army. Are you going to continue in the military? If so, I definitely won't let you take Qiuqiu with you. He needs more than just material support; he needs love too. If you take him away, you won't have time to take care of him, and he'll be so lonely. Besides, he doesn't accept you right now. By the way, how many children do you have? Judging from your appearance, you must have some wealth. Will your wife and children look down on Qiuqiu's background? Will they…"
"I am not married and have no wife or children."
"ah?"
Yang Cui was stunned.
Come to think of it, Cen Xiao is getting on in years. In an era where people get married at fourteen or fifteen, Cen Xiao is still unmarried at his age, so he should be considered a "leftover man".
“I see…” Yang Cui drawled out the last syllable, then continued, “Brother Cen, although you saved me, I still need to verify your identity.”
Cen Xiao nodded: "You can investigate. In fact, I have no reason to lie to you. After all, you... don't have anything worth lying to me."
Yang Cui knew, of course, that she had nothing to lie about, but she couldn't be careless about something like recognizing a relative. If she treated Qiuqiu well now, what if she found out later that it was a misunderstanding and then treated Qiuqiu badly, even abandoning her? In the end, it would be Qiuqiu who would suffer. Yang Cui couldn't let that happen.
“Once my leg injury heals, I will naturally verify it,” Yang Cui said. “As it stands, Qiuqiu has a lot of opinions about you, so even if it is verified in the future that you are his uncle, I will not let him go with you if he is unwilling. Of course, I will not stop him if he wants to go with you, but please do not force him.”
“I have no plans to get married yet. If he insists on staying here, I will stay here with him. But when he grows up…” Cen Xiao hesitated for a moment and said, “We’ll see.”
Cen Xiao had no mother since he could remember. Soon after, his stepmother came into the family, and with a stepmother came a stepfather. Without a mother, a child is like a blade of grass, and he deeply understands the bitterness of that experience.
Now his nephew has become an orphan at a young age, and his situation is even worse than his. Fortunately, he has met a kind, strong and wise adoptive mother. Cen Xiao is actually very willing for his nephew to stay with Yang Cui. As for their living conditions, Cen Xiao will provide them with enough money so that they can live without worry about food and clothing.
Hearing Cen Xiao say this, Yang Cui felt relieved. To be honest, she really didn't want Qiuqiu to leave!
Yang Cui smiled and said, "Then you can come to see him anytime. Relationships need time to develop, and I also hope that more people will care for him."
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Lin'an Village.
Lin Mingcai's sentence was suddenly increased from five months to five years. When Lin Niu heard the news, she vomited blood on the spot!
"My son! Waaah... That wretched woman Yang Cui, may she die a horrible death! May she die a horrible death!" Lin Niu wailed.
Lin Niu and Lin Qiu knew that Lin Mingcai had been released from prison. Lin Mingcai had also secretly returned for a meal. At that time, Lin Mingcai told them that no one knew that he had been released, and that Yang Cui had just won the case and was at her most vigilant. He wanted to take the opportunity to kill Yang Cui to vent his hatred!
Although they didn't know exactly what Lin Mingcai was going to do, he spoke with such confidence that they believed him and waited at home for "good news." However, what they received was news that their son (husband) had attempted to murder for money and was sentenced to five years in prison!
There was no way to cover it up, and soon the whole village knew. One by one, members of the Lin clan came to ask Lin Niu and Lin Qiu. Lin Qiu naturally denied it, insisting that Yang Cui had framed her, but no one believed her.
The news spread like wildfire. Not only did the villagers find out, but people from the surrounding villages also learned about it, further tarnishing the reputation of the Lin family.
Lin Niu fell ill.
The Lin family suddenly had two more elderly people to take care of.
Although the family had separated, the old man was sick, and the son and daughter-in-law could not ignore him. However, Lin Qiushi cried all day long until her voice became hoarse, and she was absent-minded in everything she did, so the work of taking care of him fell on Chen Shi.
Lin Chenshi was naturally unhappy: "You're always courting death! You're already in jail and you still don't know how to behave yourself. You had to make things this bad. Now look what happened, the whole family is suffering because of you! I've really had the worst luck to marry into your Lin family!"
"Shut up!" Lin Mingfa said irritably.
"What? Can't I even say anything? My son and daughter can't even find a spouse, I don't even dare to go out, can't I even say a few words?" Madam Chen retorted loudly, "I really owe your Lin family something, I don't know what sins I committed in my past life to be stuck with your whole family."
Every day, arguments and complaints could be heard at the Lin family home.
Lin Chunmei was distraught. Now that her marriage was off, things couldn't go on like this. She had to think about her own future. She then went into her mother's room...
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