sjar Chapter 26 Reasons for Being Sold
Chapter 26 Reasons for Being Sold
Old man Chen shut up, put his hands behind his back and went to the kitchen to boil water for Chen Ruotong to take a bath.
Chen Ruotong wanted to find out who else was in the family, so she asked with a smile, "Grandma, where did everyone else in the family go?"
Old Lady Chen and Chen Ruotong sat on a stool. Old Lady Chen patted Chen Ruotong's hand and said, "Your father went to the capital to look for you a month ago. Your eldest brother went to work in the fields, your second brother went to the next village to build a house, and your third brother works as an accountant in a silver shop in the city. He can only come home once a month. Your grandfather and I were waiting for news from you at home. Finally, you came back. Did you encounter any danger on the way?"
In order to explain the origin of her money in the future, Chen Ruotong could only make up a story: "Grandma, to be honest, my leaving this time was a good thing. In Pingyang Prefecture, my granddaughter disguised herself as a man and saved a child from a wealthy family. To thank me, the rich man gave me a lot of money and a house."
Old Mrs. Chen was stunned when she heard this. "How could this happen? How could a little girl like you save someone? They gave you money and a house, and you dared to take them? You have such a big heart!"
"Grandma, that child was beaten and was almost dying. Could I just stand by and watch him die? Of course not. I sent him to the clinic and he received timely treatment and was saved. Isn't this a life-saving favor? He should repay me!" Chen Ruotong winked cunningly.
"You are a greedy little girl, you are so bold!" Old Mrs. Chen tapped Chen Ruotong's nose and scolded with a smile.
Old man Chen came into the room cheerfully: "Granddaughter, the bath water is ready for you, go to your room and take a bath!"
Old Mrs. Chen took Chen Ruotong to the original owner's boudoir in the second courtyard.
The floor is paved with gray bricks, there are brand new tables and chairs, and pink bed curtains, it is very warm.
"Come here, let me give you a bath!"
"No need, I'll wash it myself, please go out and accompany grandpa!"
"Okay, okay, come over to eat after you finish washing!" Old Mrs. Chen turned and walked out of the room.
After taking a shower, Chen Ruotong found a light blue dress and dark blue embroidered shoes in the closet. Chen Ruotong entered the space and stood in front of the dressing mirror to admire herself, this little beauty. Wow! So beautiful! But she didn't know how to comb her hair, so she tied her hair behind her head with a pink hairband and went to the front yard.
This is a large house with two entrances. It is just that the yard is large and there are many houses. However, they are not brick houses but adobe houses with gray tiles on the roof. Only Chen Ruotong's room is paved with gray bricks, while the rest of the rooms are flat ground. It seems that this landlord is not rich!
Chen Ruotong and her grandmother came to the dining room, and Old Lady Chen served her a full bowl of rice and peeled two eggs for her. A plate of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a plate of braised fish, and a bowl of egg custard, it was quite rich!
"Mom, you made too much, I can't finish it, sit down and eat together!" Chen Ruotong called her mother awkwardly. She was really embarrassed to face her mother who was younger than her. There was nothing she could do. Her current identity was just a 14-year-old girl, someone else's daughter. If not calling her mother, what else could she call her?
"Mom has eaten, you should eat soon." Zhang stood behind Old Mrs. Chen.
"Grandma, please eat something with your granddaughter!"
"Grandma is so happy that my eldest granddaughter is back. I'll have something to eat with you." Old Mrs. Chen smiled.
Zhang went out to pour bath water for Chen Ruotong. Old Mrs. Chen continued, "Granddaughter, you've been out for more than a month. How are you eating? You look so thin!"
"Grandma, I've gained weight. Have I eaten well? Haven't you noticed that I've become whiter and fatter?"
"So you are really white, kid, why do you tie your hair up like this? I'll do it for you later!"
"Thank you, grandma. Let's eat quickly. After we're done, please braid my hair." Chen Ruotong said happily while eating.
Zhang's cooking skills are very good, and Chen Ruotong ate a lot. She felt very happy to have the care and love of her family, and she must take good care of this family and let them live a good life.
After dinner, Old Lady Chen combed Chen Ruotong's hair and said, "My eldest granddaughter is getting prettier and prettier. I wonder which stinky boy will get her in the future."
"Grandma, I'm still young, I don't want to think about this."
"Okay, I won't consider it, I won't consider it. As long as you are happy!" Old Mrs. Chen felt upset and thought: If the Wu family hadn't regretted the engagement, my granddaughter would have married into the Wu family now.
Through the conversation with Old Lady Chen, Chen Ruotong learned that the so-called landlord in her family only had fifty acres of land, a large adobe house, two cows, seven pigs, and more than thirty chickens and ducks. Perhaps this was considered a wealthy family in Chenjiabao, and they could save fifty taels of silver in a year by living frugally.
Her grandfather Chen Jichang and her father Chen Jianshu are both honest old farmers. Whenever they have some extra money, they buy land, and they buy a little every year, so this year, their family has a total of 50 acres of land. Old Mrs. Chen is a straightforward and lively old lady. She is 50 years old this year, her grandfather is 51 years old, and her father and mother are both 34 years old. Her mother Zhang is hardworking and capable, gentle and filial to the elderly.
The eldest brother Chen Dahai was eighteen years old and farmed with his father; the second brother Chen Erjiang was seventeen years old and was a bricklayer. He often went out to help people build houses to make money; the third brother Chen Sanhe was fifteen years old and had studied in a private school for two years. He could read and write and do accounting, so he worked as an accountant in a county silver shop and went home once a month.
The original owner, Chen Tong, was the youngest and the most favored in the family. Because the Chen family had no daughters for three generations, the whole family spoiled her and she was a little willful. But she was good at needlework and embroidery, and often took her embroidery to the county to sell, and she could even read a few words. Everyone in the family was capable and could make money, so they lived a relatively wealthy life!
But old man Chen was not good at judging people, and he chose Wu Qiming, a scholar from Wujia Village. Chen Ruotong was engaged to Wu Qiming, who was fourteen years old, when she was ten years old, and they planned to get married in early March this year. But last year, Wu Qiming passed the imperial examination at a young age, and the old Chen family was overjoyed. They were preparing for the marriage, but who knew that the old Wu family regretted the engagement! It was said that the number one scholar had married a princess in the capital.
The old Chen family was furious. The original owner, Chen Tong, even went to the old Wu family and said that she would go to the capital to ask the Wu boy face to face why they had made such a vow to each other in the past? Now he said he didn't want her anymore, so what was the value of their previous relationship? Was her reputation still there? She was a daughter-in-law that no one wanted, so who could marry her in the future? So, the original owner left the Chen family in anger and went to the old Wu family to reason, and then went to the capital to find Wu Qiming.
Unexpectedly, after she went to the Wu family and made a scene, she was deceived by Old Lady Wu and taken to Qingyang Prefecture City, where she was handed over to Shopkeeper Sun and eventually lost her life. The wealthy old lady was Wu Qiming's wife, the princess's wet nurse, who instructed Old Lady Wu to sell the original owner to a brothel. She had to be sent to a brothel to be abused in order to relieve the princess's anger. What a vicious woman, she just couldn't stand that Wu Qiming had loved the original owner, so she had to destroy the original owner and let the original owner fall into the mortal world, living a life worse than death, so that she would be happy and relieved.
But the Chen family didn’t know about the sale and thought the original owner had gone directly to Beijing to find Wu Qiming.