Chapter 461: The Trouble at Zhang's House
Chapter 461: The Trouble at Zhang's House
Farmers are farmers. If you give them some face, they will climb up the ladder.
If it weren't for the fact that her son had insisted on marrying a cheap prostitute from a brothel.
She would not let her son marry a peasant girl.
After all, Jiangjia Village is far away, so it is easier to control her when you marry her. Unlike the girls in the town, they would run back to their parents' home after making a little trouble.
It will be difficult to explain or fool people when the time comes.
Moreover, she had heard from the matchmaker that the Chen family lived a good life and was not very poor. If she married their granddaughter, she would not only bring back a betrothal gift, but also a dowry of at least two taels. For this reason, she told the matchmaker that she wanted to meet Chen Hongxia.
Her attitude was as bad this time as it was good the last time she went to the Chen family.
Considering that Chen Hongxia had not yet married into the family, she managed to hide her disdain for the Chen family.
She just pulled the corner of her mouth and continued.
"Okay, come in first. The alley outside is narrow, so don't squeeze in." Fearing that they might say something wrong and be laughed at by the neighbors living in the alley, Li quickly stepped aside and motioned for them to come in.
"No, let's just say it here. Your family clearly gave Zhang Jiabao a concubine and had a child, but you lied to us and said that your son was honest and upright. You know what you are up to! Don't think that we farmers are easy to bully. If you piss us off, I will take the whole family to the government to file a complaint!
I want to see how the county magistrate punishes you! Everyone, take a look, don't marry your daughters to this family. You probably don't know that Zhang Jiabao brought back a concubine of very low birth, who is even shameful. What a despicable thing, and he still wants to trick my granddaughter into marrying him? Dream on!"
How could Old Chen tolerate others bullying his granddaughter like this?
Instead of coming in, he stood at the door and shouted loudly.
Almost everyone living in this alley heard it.
Li secretly thought that this was not good.
She wanted to drag Old Chen in, but Chen Tianfeng stood in front of her and pushed her away.
"If you dare to touch my grandfather, just try it! You shameless old man, do you dare not take responsibility for what your family does?" Chen Tianfeng also cursed.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Jiabao and his father Zhang Wei came out after hearing the noise.
Chen Hongxia had sharp eyes and saw a piece of peach pink skirt exposed at the door of Zhang's main hall.
You can tell it's a woman at first glance.
But the Zhang family had no maids at all.
There were no servants.
So, this person should be the concubine, who was hiding in the main room and eavesdropping.
"Why do you still have the nerve to ask us? You beast, your family doesn't look that rich, not even as rich as the rich families, but you learned to take concubines first. If you want to take concubines, then take concubines. Tell the truth, you are lying to our family.
Fortunately, we found out. Otherwise, the engagement would be cancelled tomorrow. What would happen to my sister's reputation? You are such a person who wants to harm other people's girls. Don't you feel ashamed? Are you a man?"
As soon as Chen Tianfeng saw Zhang Jiabao, he wanted to punch him, but Chen Hongxia stopped him: "Brother, don't hit me, otherwise you will be wrong even if you are right."
Chen Hongxia's voice was very low and only Chen Tianfeng heard it.
After saying that, she rubbed her eyes and burst into tears.
"I am so miserable. How could such a disaster happen to our honest family? God help me, otherwise how can I live a good life after marrying into the Zhang family? I heard clearly yesterday that Zhang Jiabao said that after marrying me, he would give this bastard to my name and tell others that I was the one who gave birth to him. He also said that he had outlasted his parents.
He promoted his shameful concubine to be his legal wife. I heard everything. If you don't believe me, you can go in and see if he has a beautiful girl! I beg you all here. If he cheats on other girls in the future, please tell the girl. This is a good deed to accumulate merits!"
Chen Hongxia cried miserably.
The people watching the excitement in the alley also felt uncomfortable and panicked.
Every family has a daughter.
They put themselves in the Chen family's shoes.
If their daughter was deceived like this, they would even want to kill her.
Although daughters are not as good as sons, they are also brought up in pampering.
How can I tolerate being bullied like this?
"You are talking nonsense. What concubine? There is no concubine. She is my niece from my mother's side. She is just here for fun. What concubine or not? If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart."
Li became anxious.
She quickly thought of an excuse and yelled.
She seemed to want to explain, but Chen Hongxia didn't give her the chance at all.
"Really? Your niece is really shameless. She didn't resist when Zhang Jiabao hugged her. She got pregnant before they even got married. Since she's your niece, why don't you marry her? Why do you have to ask a matchmaker to come to my house and ask me to look at her? Do you dare to confront me in court?"
Chen Hongxia was not afraid at all, she spoke in an orderly manner.
Even threatening.
How could Li dare to say that? For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
She turned her head and looked at Zhang Jiabao and Zhang Wei.
But the father and son didn't even open their mouths to help her.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
"Alright, I know you feel wronged, but let's not argue with them. It doesn't matter if we don't get married. At most, I'll support you for the rest of your life. I tell you, if I hear you say anything bad about our family outside, you'll just have to wait for me!"
This time, the Chen family not only came to reject the marriage, but also wanted to make a bigger fuss about it so that the Zhang family's neighbors could see their true colors.
To prevent the Zhang family from cheating people again in the future.
In this case, if someone has a conscience, they might tell the woman.
Chen Tianfeng pulled his sister's sleeve to stop her.
A girl's reputation is the most important. If she is too much of a shrew and word gets out, how will she get married in the future?
After cursing, Chen Tianfeng left with his family.
As a result, Wang Ruer, who wanted to vent her anger and curse, couldn't even say a word.
She was so frustrated.
The Zhang family didn't even have a chance to fight back.
All the way to the alley, every household was gathered at the door, watching the Chen family leave.
"Bang——" Li slammed the door shut.
The whole person was furious.
"It's all your fault. You had to bring trouble back. I'm afraid all the neighbors have heard about it. How am I going to live from now on? I won't live anymore!"
She ran back to the house crying, thinking her son would come to comfort her.
However, even though her tears had dried up, no one paid any attention to her.
When I went to the main room again, I found that the three of them had eaten all the food.
Li suddenly felt disappointed.
Yan'er, who returned to the room with Zhang Jiabao, smiled charmingly.
For her, the fact that Zhang Jiabao couldn't find a wife was more beneficial than harmful.
As long as she gives birth to the eldest grandson of the Zhang family, and then persuades the emperor, she will definitely be promoted to the legal wife in the future.
The biggest reason why she chose Zhang Jiabao was because he was the only son.
Therefore, she hoped that Zhang Jiabao could not get married.
So much so that everyone ate an extra bowl of rice at noon. Mrs. Li was stingy and only cooked enough for four people.
Therefore, she ate from Li's bowl.
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