Chapter 64 Chapter 64 This matter must start from...
This story begins when Chen's second sister-in-law Yang returned to her parents' home not long ago. On that day, Yang took the festival gifts home and rode the village ox cart as usual to return to her parents' home. However, when the day came for her return, there was no news from her.
At first, Chen's mother, Mrs. Yu, thought that her daughter-in-law might want to stay at her parents' home for a few more days, which was not a big deal, so she did not let her son go to pick her up.
But after a few days, there was still no news, not even a single person was seen. She panicked and asked her son to go and see if something had happened at Yang's family.
Unexpectedly, when Uncle Chen went there, he was dumbfounded again. The Yang family said that Yang had never gone back. This was strange. How could a person disappear in broad daylight?
After Uncle Chen came back, he discussed with Old Man Chen and Mrs. Yu and decided to report to the police.
At this time, another problem arose. The Yang family suddenly came and changed their words, saying that Yang had returned and was now at home.
At this time, no matter how stupid they were, Mrs. Yu and Old Man Chen could sense that something was wrong, so they asked the Yang family what they meant and why the people didn't come back.
The Yang family seemed to be afraid that the Chen family would report the matter to the police, and they also felt that the matter could no longer be covered up, so they told the whole story.
The news was explosive. It turned out that during the few days that Yang had returned home, she had hooked up with a traveling merchant who came to the northern villages to collect silk. Of course, the traveling merchant was none other than Yang's former lover. They had fallen in love with each other when they were young, but the traveling merchant's mother would never agree to her son marrying into such a poor family, so the two were forced to separate, marry, and have children.
Logically speaking, the two should have ended their fate, but the merchant's wife died of a serious illness not long ago. The merchant was heartbroken and went out. He decided to collect a batch of silk and sell it in the south. Then he met Yang again. The two old lovers met each other and were attracted to each other. One said that his wife looked the same as before, and the other said that her husband was still as handsome as before. They looked at each other and wanted to be together again.
But after all, Yang was already married and had several children, unlike the merchant whose wife had just died and had only several young children at home. Also, Yang was afraid that her husband would find out and come to their village to cause trouble, so the two of them discussed it and decided to have Yang's parents lie and say they had never seen her.
However, Yang's parents were timid and afraid of trouble. Although they did say what Yang said at the beginning, they panicked when they heard that the Chen family was going to report to the police for fear of being implicated, so they told the whole story.
"I know it's our Yang family who has wronged you, and we are willing to compensate your Chen family."
"There's nothing we can do about it. It's all bad fate...why not, the in-laws should just help them get together?"
Old Man Chen and Mrs. Yu were silent, not saying a word, and Old Man Chen's face was even more terribly gloomy.
Although the two people in front of him spoke nicely, how could Chen Laoer bear this?
"My son-in-law said he is willing to give your family 50 taels of silver..."
"Bang..." Chen Laoer slammed his palm on the table, making a bang.
"where are they?"
Mother Yang was terrified, "This, this, this..."
Yang's father remembered his son-in-law's request for them to tell him, so he said, "He's at home."
So Chen Laoer went to Yang's house without saying a word. Old Man Chen and Mrs. Yu were afraid that their son would mess things up in his impulse, so they went there too.
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"My eldest and second brothers don't know yet. Grandma and I won't tell them."
San Ya was left at home to look after the house, but she was very panicked and didn't know what to do, so she went to the village entrance to see if her grandparents had returned, but she happened to miss Chen and the others on the way.
After hearing this, Chen was also confused. It took her a long time to recover, and then she began to worry, "How long have your grandparents been gone?"
"I went there yesterday."
He went there yesterday, why hasn’t he come back today?
Chen couldn't help but feel anxious. She didn't have time to think about what was going on with Yang, and she began to worry about her parents and second brother. You know, after all, they didn't have any acquaintances in their own village, but they had no acquaintances in other villages. Everyone was sticking together, and it would be bad if something really happened.
Thinking of this, Chen said, "I'll go take a look."
"I'm going too." Su Hong followed behind.
As for Su Tao, Su Li, San Ya and Lian Gu, they were left at home waiting for news.
San Ya was originally going to go with them, but Chen Shi stopped her. "You wait for us at home. If we don't come back by night, you take your two sisters and your niece to find the village chief and your two brothers."
San Ya's two brothers, one works in the rice shop of Fourth Aunt, and the other works as a handyman in a restaurant, and they don't come back usually.
San Ya then nodded.
After saying this, Chen took her eldest daughter away.
When they came back, it was already afternoon. Not only Chen and Su Hong came back, but also Chen's parents and second brother Chen Laoer.
They all looked haggard and their complexions were not very good. They looked as if they had not rested for a long time.
Especially Chen Laoer, there was blood on the corner of his clothes, his face was dark blue, his eyes were staring straight at one place, and as soon as he came back, he rushed into the house, "Bang."
It was the sound of a wooden door closing.
Old man Chen also looked unhappy and was sitting in the main room smoking a pipe.
Mrs. Yu sighed even more, "What a sin..."
"It's all our fault..."
When Su Li saw this scene, she didn't dare to go up and ask her mother Chen what had happened.
However, Chen suddenly said, "This is really too much. Dad and Mom, why don't we report it to the police?"
"Report to the police? What police? Aren't you ashamed enough?" Old man Chen shouted without thinking.
Mrs. Yu also said, "You can't report it to the police... What will happen to your second brother if you really report it?"
If such an embarrassing thing were to spread, where would my son put his face?
Moreover, she had secretly asked when she was in the county, and just as that bitch Yang said, she and Erlang did not have a marriage certificate, nor were they registered with the county government. According to the current laws of the Wei Dynasty, if there was no marriage certificate and no registration with the government, even if she really had committed adultery, it would be fine...
To this day, Mrs. Yu still remembers the lawyer asking, "Why didn't you hire someone to write the marriage certificate?"
Why not write it? Mrs. Yu didn't know how to answer him. Could it be that before this, she didn't even know what a marriage certificate was? She didn't even know how to write the word "marriage certificate". In their country, isn't it just a pair of red candles, a piece of cloth, and a few tables of people to get married?
"Oh, this is your fault." The lawyer shook his head, as if it was Mrs. Yu's fault.
Then he added, "But it doesn't matter. There is another way. If you can come up with 80 taels of silver, I will help you forge a marriage certificate so that you can go to the county government and win the lawsuit against them."
"Then, at the very least, I'll get 60 strokes of the cane, and at the worst, three years of imprisonment and exile to the border. How about that?"
80 taels? Mrs. Yu seemed to be burned by fire. She came to her senses in an instant and quickly waved her hand, "Where can we get so much silver?" Even if they sold it, they would not have it.
"Okay, I don't think you have any, so there's nothing I can do." The lawyer waved his hand to express his helplessness.
At this time, a man came over and called the lawyer,
"Let's go. What are you talking to this old woman about? You don't earn any money."
"Well, I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway."
The man laughed, "You really are quite free."
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"Is this the only way?" Chen said unwillingly.
Old Man Chen didn't speak, and neither did Old Lady Yu.
For a moment the room was strangely quiet.
"If she wants to leave, let her go. From now on, just pretend that Dalang, Erlang and Sanya don't have such a mother." Suddenly, Chen Laoer's voice came from the room.
Then Chen Lao Er came out and said, "I still don't believe it. I can't live without her."
"Second uncle is right." Su Tao, who probably understood the matter, suddenly spoke in a low voice.
Seeing this, Chen glared at Su Tao.
Su Tao shrank her neck.
Only then did Chen look at Zeng Laoer and his parents.
"Then Dad, Mom, and Brother, why don't you eat first? You haven't eaten all day."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Lao Er said,
"eat."
After the meal was ready, Chen Laoer picked up the bowl and ate several large bowls. If Old Man Chen hadn't called him, he would have continued eating.
"Then I won't eat. I'll go chop wood."
After Chen Laoer finished speaking, he went into the house, took an axe and went to the yard to chop firewood.
Mrs. Yu stood up and wanted to let her son go in to rest, but was stopped by Old Man Chen.
"Let him go. He's feeling bored. If he doesn't do something, he might get bored to death."
Only then did Mrs. Yu stop moving.
After finishing her meal in a hurry, Mrs. Yu finally had time to talk to her daughter.
She looked at the things her daughter brought with a look of disapproval, "Didn't I tell you not to take these things? What if your mother-in-law and the others are unhappy?"
Chen said, "They asked us to bring these."
But Mrs. Yu didn't believe it.
"Even if your mother-in-law asked you to take care of them, you should be more sensible. By the way, where are your son-in-law and his family? Why didn't they come with you this time?" In previous years, when the daughter came, she would also bring her son-in-law, but this time she didn't.
Chen then remembered that she had not told her mother that her husband and son were going north, so she told Yu Pozi and Old Man Chen about it.
When Mrs. Yu heard that her son-in-law and two grandsons had actually gone to the north, she was stunned for a moment. She felt sad and said, "We didn't even know about it."
"They left in a hurry and didn't have time to tell you."
"Why…"
When my second son encountered this kind of thing, my son-in-law and grandson also went to the north with an uncertain future.
Could it be that their luck was really bad? Or was it that they had committed too many sins in their old age?
Chen couldn't help but sigh. Yes, why does everyone have so many things and hardships?
Ultimately, it's all because of poverty. If it weren't for poverty, my second sister-in-law wouldn't have run away with someone, and my husband and son wouldn't have to leave their hometown to make a living.
It is because of poverty that we encounter these problems and are powerless to do anything.
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"Mom, you and Dad should go and get some rest. You didn't sleep last night."
Chen felt very distressed when she saw her mother, Mrs. Yu, looking very tired.
Mrs. Yu also rubbed her forehead and said, "I need to take a rest. You know where the rice and vegetables are at home. I'll give you the key. You can take care of it tonight. Thank you for your hard work."
Logically speaking, these things should not be done by a married daughter. When a married daughter returns to her parents' home, she is called a aunt and does not have to work. However, Mrs. Yu is really too tired, both mentally and physically.
Maybe I am old now, not as good as before...
Chen, however, had no opinion on what should or shouldn't be done. Whether she was married or not, this was her home. "You and Dad go and have a rest. Leave the rest to me."
Only then did Mrs. Yu feel relieved and went into the house. However, Old Man Chen was a stubborn man. No matter how Mrs. Chen persuaded him, he just said, "I won't go. Why should I sleep in broad daylight? I won't sleep."
"Leave me alone. I'm not that old yet."
Seeing this, Chen had no choice but to give up. Her father was very stubborn and could not be persuaded easily.
Since she couldn't persuade him, Chen gave up and went to feed the chickens and ducks. After feeding them, she swept the house inside and out, and then washed all the clothes in the house for the past few days. Only when there was nothing left to do at home did she sit down and have a good rest.
At this time, Chen Laoer was still chopping wood in the yard. His clothes were soaked with sweat, and his forehead and temples were covered with sweat, but he seemed to be unaware of tiredness and never stopped.
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