ebookland Chapter 332
Chapter 332
Butler Fang had a look of disgust on his face, and it was obvious that he hated the divorced Mrs. Fang to the extreme.
"She is quite resourceful. After she was made the wife, she asked the master to take her brother into the mansion and even found him a good job as a purveyor in the mansion. It's very lucrative!"
Zhong Ruyi listened attentively to the gossip in the Fang family compound. Under the table, she tightly grasped Chen Dongzhi's forearm with such force that it left several red marks on the man's hand.
Chen Dongzhi sat silently, without any impatience, and even raised some points that his wife didn't pay attention to, "Why is it that after so many years since she came into the mansion, your Fang family still only has two young masters and one young lady born to the previous lady?"
Butler Fang gave him an appreciative look, indicating that he had found the point in eating the melon.
He sneered, "That's because she has committed too many sins and can't have children! Because she was a secret prostitute before she entered the mansion, and she has had countless miscarriages in secret! How can she get pregnant when her body is broken?"
what?
Zhong Ruyi's eyes widened in shock, a secret prostitute?
Then how did she end up being accepted into the mansion by Master Fang? Didn't Master Fang investigate it carefully?
Butler Fang didn't notice her shock at all. Even if he did, it wouldn't stop him from wanting to spill everything in one breath:
"You think this is the end? Ridiculous!"
"Her brother is actually not her brother, but her lover. They have been in love since ten years ago, before she entered the mansion!"
Zhong Ruyi suddenly interrupted him and asked, "Are Madam Fang and her lover's surname Yang?"
Butler Fang didn't understand why she asked about this while eating melon. He was a little puzzled but still said, "Yes, the last name is Yang."
Upon learning that his surname was Yang, Zhong Ruyi thought that the person who delivered the canned food to Boss Zhao in Wuzhou also had the surname Yang. Could these two people be the same person?
Although he was interrupted, Butler Fang was not impatient at all, and continued, "How did the 3,800 cans of food from the previous two months get swapped? The problem lies with this Madam Fang's lover! He bribed the two servants guarding the back door of our house, and also bribed several maids to keep watch for him. The cans loaded in more than a dozen carriages were swapped without anyone noticing!"
There were more than just these few people who were bribed. Several others were also caught and dealt with together.
He had a fierce look on his face. Of course, he beat the maids, old women and servants to death when they were caught. He also looted all the gold and silver jewelry from the divorced Madam Fang before driving her away.
As for the mistress, since he had done such a thing, it was natural that Master Fang would not let him leave the Fang family alive.
Even though he didn't love Mrs. Fang, when he thought about how he had been forced to wear a cuckold for so many years, the anger in his heart could not be extinguished no matter what, and he had to find someone to vent his anger on.
He said everything that could be said, but he didn't mention the rest, such as how they found out that Madam Fang and her brother were not siblings but lovers, and that they sent people to investigate and found out that Mr. Fang had been given a chronic poison over the years, and that he gradually became physically unwell and exhausted, so he handed over some of his power to Madam Fang. The entire Fang family was like a house eaten away by insects, with holes everywhere.
Although Mrs. Fang walked out alive, her later days would not be any better than death. As long as she stayed in the town for one more day, Master Fang would not let her die easily and would keep her alive and torture her slowly.
After drinking a cup of tea, Butler Fang felt dry in the mouth and slightly sweaty, purely out of anger.
Back when the original wife was still alive, the whole mansion was peaceful and harmonious, and there were very few cases of people taking advantage of others. The mansion was kept in perfect order, and everyone praised the original wife. Even Butler Fang himself was promoted by her.
"Don't tell anyone else what I told you today, or I'll be in big trouble if my master finds out."
Zhong Ruyi nodded vigorously and pulled Chen Dongzhi, who was silent beside her and didn't know if he had heard what Butler Fang said, to assure her, "Uncle Fang, don't worry. We will forget everything you said today by tomorrow night! Didn't you just say that apples are delicious? I'll go pick some and bring them back to you now!"
It seems that none of the gossip she asked Jiang Qin to find out is accurate, and the gossip has to be revealed by the person involved.
After seeing off several carriages and Butler Fang who was waving at them, Zhong Ruyi always felt that she had forgotten something.
She couldn't remember it until the evening, until Chen Dongzhi said that she should ask Butler Fang if the person who met with the mistress was Boss Zhao. Then she slapped her thigh and said, "Oh! I forgot! I clearly wanted to ask, how could I have forgotten?"
Forget it, I'll ask him when he comes again in a few days.
Ever since the last time Chen's mother came to see her and said some unpleasant things, Zhong Ruyi has never gone to her hometown to see her. Only Chen Dongzhi would go back to see her when he has time.
Originally, they thought this situation would continue for a longer period of time, but unexpectedly, the two met each other while washing clothes by the river a few days later.
Since we met, we had to say hello. Zhong Ruyi called her "Mom" with a faint smile on his face.
Zhang Mingzhu was following her. He came back yesterday and brought her a big news: Zhang Mingzhu got engaged just three days ago.
“...? So fast?” Zhong Ruyi was so shocked that she couldn’t recover.
But the person concerned told her shyly that she just liked that man and wanted to spend her whole life with him.
Zhong Ruyi didn't know what to say. It happened that she had just made a few pairs of shorts and vests for her man last night. Now she took them to the river to wash and then took them back to dry. She could wear them when the weather got warmer in a while.
I happened to meet Chen's mother who was also there to wash clothes. After greeting her, she lowered her head and washed her pants. The atmosphere between them was a little awkward.
But this atmosphere did not last long. Zhang Mingzhu has always been a person who cannot stay quiet. Especially recently, when something good happened to her, she was in high spirits and loved chatting with people.
Soon she started chatting with Chen's mother, from what to eat in the morning to whose vegetables grew more delicious, the topic never stopped.
A few pairs of shorts and vests were washed very quickly. Zhong Ruyi glanced at Chen's mother and saw that there was still a piece of clothing left in the basin. She didn't ask for help anymore. She said goodbye and said she was going back, and left with Zhang Mingzhu, who looked unsatisfied.
"Hurry up, I have to go back and weed the watermelons in the field."
Zhang Mingzhu walked behind her, skipping and jumping, in a very happy mood. She saw a bunch of wild berries growing in the grass by the roadside, squatted down to pick them, and while picking, she said to Zhong Ruyi who was gradually pulling away, "You go back first, I..."
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure rushing towards him from the corner of his eye, and he seemed to be holding a stick in his hand.
"careful!"
Zhong Ruyi heard a sudden whistling sound of wind behind her, and Zhang Mingzhu's frightened shout telling her to be careful.
Be careful about what?
Before she could react, she felt a sudden sharp pain on the back of her head. She tried to turn around to see who it was, but was hit again.
Zhang Mingzhu threw down the wild berries in her hand and ran over with a look of anger and panic on her face. Behind her was Chen's mother, who had just finished washing clothes.
Seeing her daughter-in-law suddenly being hit on the back of the head with a stick by a woman who came out of nowhere, she became so anxious that she dropped the wooden basin in her hand, picked up a stone from her feet and chased after her.