Chapter 495： Chen Zhao extra

Business is particularly good today.

The restaurant at home was packed with guests from out of town.

One guest also asked for food from the village, otherwise he would not be paid.

So I went to my vegetable patch and brought back a basket of vegetables, including courgettes, cantaloupe, loofah, ground eggs, green vegetables, spinach, yams, etc.

These vegetables were grown by my grandparents. They opened a lot of vegetable plots specifically for my restaurant. The two elders dug up the front and back of our house and planted dozens of fruits and vegetables on them.

Of course, I also give them money for their food. Sometimes the restaurant brings in fresh game, and after I prepare it, I will bring them a bowl to try.

I wash the vegetables and send them to the kitchen.

The person in charge of the kitchen is my son. He just got married. His daughter-in-law is from Linxian County. She has a gentle temperament and a first-class appearance.

The daughter-in-law is not only good-looking, but also hard-working, and her family is fairly well off.

The reason why his son was able to marry such a good wife was because his father-in-law's parents were in poor health and wanted to stay in Dongchen Village to recuperate.

It’s funny to say that this was not the daughter-in-law that my father-in-law mentioned to me at that time, but for some unknown reason, this was the one who got married.

My son saw that his wife was prettier than before, so he acquiesced and did not complain.

Fortunately, my daughter-in-law is a nice person, docile and polite, and she is considered a treasure.

It was not until later that a woman came to my door to quarrel with my wife that I realized why the person who married into my family was someone other than the one in the original marriage certificate.

The daughter-in-law cried and said that this was her sister-in-law. When she learned that her parents had sold her to a family in a village and was a businessman in the countryside, she cried and refused to marry her and threatened her with death to make her parents change their minds. My mother had no choice but to marry herself over.

However, the name on the wedding card has not been changed, because the eldest sister married another person under her own name. Unexpectedly, two years later, the eldest sister suddenly came here to make a noise and wanted to change the marriage.

The daughter-in-law was holding her little granddaughter, who was just a few months old, and crying. It seemed to me that she was very worried that her family would abandon her and replace her with her eldest sister.

I could only comfort her: "Qiong Niang, don't worry. Our family only recognizes you. You are the wife of my son Ming Media. If that woman dares to make trouble again, I will beat her with a rolling pin."

The daughter-in-law turned her tears into a smile, tied the baby behind her, and helped me wash and chop vegetables.

Two months later, the daughter-in-law's sister-in-law came again, and she also brought her own mother, the wife of the father-in-law.

That woman cried like a baby in front of me, saying that she was tricked by a man and that it was her sister's marriage, but she let her marry easily.

I just listened and had no intention of letting them into the house.

After they finished crying, I said: "That's because your family is not doing things properly. What's the use of coming here to talk about it now? To be honest, our family was deceived by your family. If it doesn't work, let's go The county government said.

When the mother and daughter heard this, they were stunned. The eldest sister was very willful and answered: "If you go to the county government office, go to the county government office. I don't feel comfortable, and Qiong Niang doesn't even think about it. How can she, a little girl, have enough food and clothing?" Am I going to be poor and hungry?”

When I heard this, my face darkened: "In that case, there are officials here, let's invite one to come and give you a verdict. But I have to say something ugly first, Qiong Niang is the daughter-in-law of my family's Ming matchmaker, and she is carrying a sedan chair. No matter what the officials say about the legal wife who has been brought into my house, this cannot be changed. On the other hand, if you commit the crime of fraud, you may be banished. "

After hearing this, the mother and daughter hesitated for a long time, and finally proposed that as long as they could stay in Dongchen Village, they would not talk about the past.

I sneered and asked the helper to drive them away.

But thinking that his daughter-in-law had to go back to her parents' home to visit her parents, she gave them a bag of corn.

It’s not that I have bad intentions, it’s actually that my daughter-in-law’s mother is still in that house. If I don’t give her any benefits, I believe they will torture her to death.

I turned back to the restaurant, sat by the flower window upstairs and looked out.

That's the Jiang family's mansion. I haven't been there for many years.

It’s not that I don’t want to go, it’s just that I don’t have the face to see sister Yingbao.

Ever since my father framed Ying Bao, my brother and I have never had the shame to see her again.

Even if I give birth to a child and the child marries a wife, I still cannot hold my head high in front of her.

In recent years, my sister has often come back to choose people from the village to travel to fairyland with her. My son also wants to go, but I am embarrassed to tell her this.

Now that our family can have such a prosperous and stable life, we already rely on her. I am satisfied and do not dare to ask for too much.

I remember that when I was young, I was afraid of being beaten and scolded by my mother-in-law. I always imagined that I could leave that home and be far away from my mother-in-law. Even if I was a concubine for a wealthy family, I didn't want to stay at home.

Later, after my mother-in-law died, I realized that it was fine when I had my mother-in-law. As long as she didn’t lose her temper or beat or scold anyone, she would actually sew my clothes and secretly cook some meat during the New Year. Tear off a piece and pop it into my mouth.

So I figured out that I should stay at home and take good care of my little brother so that he can grow up healthily.

Fortunately, I did it. Not only did I help Adi earn money, but I also helped him marry a wife and built a big inn for him.

Others said I was stupid. My father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law all scolded me for being a dog who didn't care about my family. I only wanted to support my parents' family, but they forgot that my husband's family was very poor before, and they all relied on my business to support them. The three thatched houses of her husband's house were renovated into five large tile-roofed houses.

Fortunately, my husband is very protective of me and does not allow my family to say a word to me, otherwise I will not care whether they live or die. Only then did my father-in-law, mother-in-law, aunts, uncles and uncles calm down.

As for complaining secretly in private, I am too busy to bother with them.

Later, Dongchen Village became more and more famous. Seeing this, I quickly bought several plots of land nearby, built a large yard, and moved in with my children and husband.

My brother didn't have much money to spare, so I shamelessly borrowed some from others and helped him buy a piece of land. It didn't take long for me to repay the money because my business was really good. People come to eat and drink in the evening.

Those guests said that the food here can cure diseases, so they are eager to eat five meals a day.

Later I discovered that the reason why they ate at my restaurant was because the vegetables at my house were grown in the magic circle. They said that the vegetables were protected by the sacred tree and were all spiritual food.

Since then, I gritted my teeth and hung a sign at the door, stating that the vegetables in the restaurant are from Shenshu Village and can prolong life.

After that, I raised the price of each dish, five times the price. Anyway, locals would not come to eat, and my guests were mainly rich people from out of town.

They don’t care about money. On the contrary, the more expensive it is, the more willing they are to buy it. In this way, I make a lot of money.

Some people say that I am a profiteer, and that it is no wonder that merchants are low-class and they are all a bunch of shameless people. But who can remember that when I had a sense of shame, I always ate chaffy vegetables and cut ice in ice caves to wash clothes in the winter, and my fingers were as frozen as radishes. generally.

Now that I have money, I can hire people to wash my clothes, carry water and chop firewood. In the future, my grandchildren can go to the school in Shenshu Village and study in the same school as the princes and princesses.

In the future, my granddaughter might be able to marry a young man from a noble family and become his wife.

I thought proudly that luckily I listened to sister Yingbao and set up a stall in the market and didn't leave the village even after we got married.

Now that I think about it, sister Yingbao is my lucky star. I really don’t understand why my parents abandoned her.

At this time, my little daughter ran upstairs and told me that the princess was back and talking to people in the village. She asked me to go and have a look.

I followed my daughter back to the village by accident. But I couldn't get close at all, because there were many, many people surrounding the Jiang family, most of whom were the emperor's imperial guards and the children of aristocratic families.

However, they did not make any noise, and only listened quietly to sister Yingbao talking.

She said that she would choose a group of children to go with her, and then come back ten years later and ask everyone if they were willing.

There is no one who doesn’t want to do this. Everyone raised their hands, including me.

I thought Sister Yingbao must not have noticed me, so I felt at ease. However, I didn’t expect that Yingbao, who was standing in the middle of the crowd, suddenly came to me. She asked me seriously if I really wanted to follow her.

At that moment, my eyes were red, I nodded and shook my head: "I lifted it for my youngest son, who didn't come to school."

My daughter was anxious and said quickly: "Mom, there is me. I also raised my hand."

Sister Yingbao laughed and agreed with me as my daughter and son.

I looked at sister Yingbao and tears kept falling down. It turned out that she was still willing to help me.

Later, a pair of my children followed Yingbao for ten years. When they came back, their identities were different.

The emperor summoned them to the capital and granted them official positions.

Before my daughter left, she gave me the elixir that Ying Bao gave her, saying that if I take it, I can stay the same for fifty years.

I ate it, and my face remained that of a man in his thirties. Everyone was envious of me for being a fairy. Even my daughter-in-law’s aunt also fawned over my daughter-in-law, because my grandson was also chosen to go to the fairy land.

As days passed, my restaurant became more and more prosperous, and my brother’s inn was renovated into a three-story building.

The first floor is a masonry structure, and the second and third floors are mortise and tenon wood buildings.

Because there are more and more guests staying in the hotel, and his yard is so big, he converted it into a building to accommodate more guests.

One day, I suddenly had a dream. I dreamed that I was back when I was a child, and I also dreamed of my grandma.

She was beating a child with a bamboo stick. I took a closer look and saw that the child was Ying Bao, who was a few years old.

I wanted to stop A Niang, but I couldn't.

At this time, I found myself and my eldest sister hiding behind the door and peeking.

Then, I saw many more scenes. Ying Bao was beaten with bruises all over her body. The skin on her arms, head and face even cracked, revealing bright red flesh.

She was lying in a haystack outside the yard, covered with an old reed garment.

I saw my childhood self walking over, throwing a piece of black flour pancake from a distance, putting a broken bowl next to it, and then ran away quickly.

I can clearly feel what I was thinking when I was younger. I was very scared of Ying Bao at that time, because her eyes were very strange.

But I never thought about helping her, and neither did the eldest sister. We would bring her some food after dinner. Sometimes I would go, and sometimes it would be the eldest sister. But I noticed that the eldest sister threw the black flour pancakes to her several times. The family dog ​​eats it.

But I didn’t say anything, and I didn’t think about complaining to Grandma.

Later on, Yingbao gradually got better, and I heard Grandma muttering to Grandma, saying that her life was really lucky, and she was living like this, which shows that she was a bitch.

Aniang was holding her younger brother Xu Bao in her arms, feeding him egg custard, and said: It doesn't matter if he is alive, there will be someone in the family who can work in the future.

So my eldest sister and I had some free time, and except for occasionally going to the river to fetch water, we left all the work to Yingbao.

After that, when I talked with girls in the village, I learned that the family named Jiang in Dongchen Village had moved away. It was said that they had moved to Jiangjia Village.

But I saw Yingbao secretly running to Dongchen Village several times, so I followed her quietly, and I saw Mr. and Mrs. Jiang hugging her and crying, and stuffing her with several boiled eggs.

I was thinking about bringing the eggs to Grandma when she came back, but I saw her sitting on the ground and eating all the boiled eggs.

I was very angry, so I went back and told my mother-in-law.

Aniang immediately took out a beating stick and went out. Under my leadership, she found Yingbao, pulled her over and beat her severely.

The Jiang couple protected her and were beaten several times. Finally, Sanlang of the Jiang family beat her mother and threatened her that if she dared to abuse Ying Bao again, she would be reported to the police.

But A Niang was not afraid at all and shouted loudly, saying, "What's wrong with beating her daughter?" Even if the King of Heaven comes, I will not be afraid.

In the end, the Jiang family and his wife were taken away, and Yingbao was also carried back home by her mother. Of course, a severe beating was inevitable.

But Yingbao seems to be very stubborn and runs away whenever she has free time. She wants to find her adoptive parents.

Later, Aniang bought an iron chain to tie her ankles and tied her under a big tree. She also held Xu Bao and pointed at her and said: She is just a bitch, don't treat her like a human being in the future.

Aniang also taught Xu Bao to beat her with a bamboo stick, saying that she was just a dog and could not survive without beating her.

The village chief couldn't stand it anymore and came over to scold her, and then Aniang untied the iron chain from Yingbao's ankle.

I heard the village chief whisper to Yingbao, telling her to live a good life, and when she grows up and gets married, she can leave here and do whatever she wants.

I saw Yingbao crying. She was beaten like that by her mother and she didn’t even cry. The village chief just said a few words to her in a nice voice, and she burst into tears.

At that moment, I felt a little pitiful for Ying Bao.

I knew I was dreaming, and I wanted to wake up, but I couldn’t. The pictures flashed one by one like a passing light.

I saw a flood in the village, and my family went to the county town.

I also saw my parents taking us to live with our aunt.

Once I went out to play with my aunts and sisters, and my second cousin’s Huasheng was hung up by a branch.

I saw my teenage self silently bending down and pretending to pull off my shoes, and quietly stuffed the gold-embedded flower into my armhole.

After I came back, I quietly put on Huasheng in front of the mirror, but I was caught by Ying Bao who came in.

I was very scared, and my second sister had been looking for the lost Huasheng and struggled for a long time. I decided to give up the Huasheng and put it under Yingbao's pillow.

Subsequently, Yingbao was severely beaten by her mother-in-law and put into a chicken coop.

Later, Yingbao was sold to the Flower House by her mother-in-law.

I saw my mother-in-law holding thirty taels of silver, and I happily said to my father: I didn’t expect that girl to be so valuable, and she sold thirty taels of silver. Now we can settle down in the county town.

(End of this chapter)