Chapter 3: The Gu Family's Nest of Evil Bamboo
The two bad guys finally calmed down.
The room was instantly shrouded in silence, and Chen Sufen's suppressed sobs were like sporadic firecrackers exploding from time to time.
Tong Huaqiong tried hard to search for Tong Dajiao's memory in her mind.
In her previous life, Chen Sufen ran to the Zheng family and begged them to release Maner after her protest failed. Naturally, the Zheng family was unwilling to do so.
Tong Dajiao, Gu Dashu and others captured Chen Sufen and brought her back to Gu's home, and ordered her stepson Gu Dahan to divorce her.
Chen Sufen, who had nowhere to go after being divorced, jumped into a well and committed suicide. After divorcing his wife, Gu Dahan went insane and eventually froze to death on the street.
If even one of Tong Da Jiao and her bunch of evil bamboos had not grown crooked, the eldest brother's family would not have been forced to the point of being destroyed.
Tong Huaqiong looked at Maner with complicated eyes.
Maner was shivering constantly.
Tong Huaqiong felt that it was her turn to tremble.
This girl is a hidden boss.
In their previous life, Tong Da Jiao and her three evil bamboos never thought that Man'er, who had been a widow in the Zheng family at a young age, would set fire to and kill all the people in the Zheng family and then disappear when she was ten years old.
When Man'er appeared in front of the Gu family again, she turned out to be the most favored concubine.
Guifei Maner naturally has to embark on the road of revenge.
She repaid back a thousand fold the suffering that Tong Dajiao and others had inflicted on her and her parents.
She was the one behind Gu Jingzhe's downfall.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't help shivering when she thought of Man'er ordering people to throw the bloody heads of all the male members of the Gu family into Tong Dajiao's arms.
This is the evil spirit that you cannot afford to offend!
"Man'er is so thin, give her an extra egg at night." Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but say as she looked at Man'er's pitiful appearance with her thin arms and legs.
She has to protect this evil god from the beginning.
"Why? She is a member of the Zheng family, but she still eats our food." Gu Taohua jumped up. If Man'er ate one more egg, she would eat one less.
Gu Dashu held Gu Taohua down and couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
He understood what his mother meant. It was because Man'er seemed too thin, so she wanted to give her some extra nutrition before going out.
It was also to stabilize my sister-in-law Chen Sufen.
Tong Huaqiong didn't bother to pay attention to the two villains, staring at Chen Sufen and said, "Big Boss's wife, just do as I say."
Chen Sufen and Gu Dashu thought of the same thing.
It’s over, it’s over. If her mother-in-law shows any favor to her, she and Maner will be in trouble.
It's just like the last meal before an execution.
"Mom, please, Man'er can't go to the Zheng family. As long as you let Man'er stay at home, I will be filial to you all my life. This life is not enough, I will work like a slave to repay you in the next life." Chen Sufen began to cry and beg.
"Grandma, Maner doesn't want to go to the Zheng family. I can pull weeds, I can cook, I can sew clothes... Maner will work hard at home... I will work to earn money for my uncle to go to school and for Yaozu to eat meat. Maner doesn't eat eggs and will only drink porridge from now on... Don't let me go... Wuuuu..." Maner and Chen Sufen cried together.
Man'er was still young and didn't understand why her grandmother insisted on making her go to the Zheng family.
Yaozu said that he sold her to the Zheng family. Only by selling her could his younger uncle go to school and Yaozu could have food to eat.
She doesn't want to go to the Zheng family and doesn't want to leave her mother.
She can work with her mother to sew shoe soles to earn money to support her uncle's studies, and save the delicious food for Yaozu.
"Okay, stop crying. Maner will not go to the Zheng family." Tong Huaqiong made the final decision.
Chen Sufen stopped crying. She didn't believe that her mother-in-law could be so kind.
He must have said that to steady her.
"No. Mom, we have all received money from the Zheng family." Gu Taohua widened her eyes.
"Mom, are you confused or what? If Maner doesn't go to the Zheng family, can the Zheng family let us go?" Gu Dashu looked incredulous.
"Grandma, if Maner doesn't go to Zheng's house, I won't be able to eat meat every meal." Yaozu said with drooling.
"Eat your father's leg."
"Look at the grown-up son you raised, but he still eats meat. I think he might end up in jail."
Tong Huaqiong pulled out the pillow and spanked Gu Dashu who was right in front of her.
Having not eaten for three days, and having beaten her son, Tong Huaqiong became even hungrier.
"I'm hungry. Go get me some food." Tong Huaqiong gasped in a hoarse voice.
Wait until she is full and see how she deals with the three bad bamboos in front of her.
Gu Taohua and Gu Dashu didn't even lift their butts.
Anyway, all the housework is done by Chen Sufen, and Maner is also responsible for it.
When Chen Sufen heard that her mother-in-law was hungry, she didn't bother to continue pleading and quickly got up and went to the kitchen to cook.
Maner followed Chen Sufen and wanted to help light the fire.
"Mom has really changed her mind and doesn't want Maner to go to the Zheng family?" Gu Taohua asked her second brother Gu Dashu quietly.
Gu Dashu gave Gu Taohua an expression that you know.
"Does mother have such good intentions? I can tell now. Mother wants to stabilize my eldest sister-in-law. She will send Man'er to the Zheng family when she is not paying attention. My eldest sister-in-law made such a fuss that day, and the housekeeper from the Zheng family was very unhappy. They said that the Zheng family did not want to hear crying at a wedding, so they changed the date for Man'er to marry. We will send Man'er to the Zheng family when my eldest sister-in-law is not paying attention. The matter will be settled now, and it will be in vain for my eldest sister-in-law to make a fuss then."
Gu Taohua curled her lips and muttered, "I shouldn't have told my sister-in-law at the time. I should have just sent the person to the Zheng family first."
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Dinner is ready.
Tong Huaqiong got out of bed and sat at the dining table.
Except for his stepson Gu Dahan who was sent by Tong Dajiao to carry cement at the dock, and Gu Jingzhe who was studying in a private school in town, all the bad guys in the Gu family sat around the table.
Chen Sufen was busy with Maner, one big and one small.
"Taohua, let me tell you, the material sent by the Zheng family is really good. The village head's wife said it was new material from the south. No wonder your clothes feel so light and soft to my touch."
A somewhat unfamiliar young woman was sitting at the table, pulling at her clothes and discussing the cloth sent by the Zheng family with Gu Taohua.
Tong Huaqiong searched in her mind and found that the evil bamboo was Gu Dashu's wife Liu Yue'e, who was also lazy and good at bullying Chen Sufen.
Normally, she would flatter Chen Sufen in front of her mother-in-law. During these three days, when Tong Huaqiong fainted, she went out to chat about other people's affairs and did not return home until dinner time.
On the dining table there was a large bowl of stewed cabbage, a large bowl of braised winter melon, a plate of shredded pickled vegetables, and a plate of fried eggs with leeks, which was considered half a meat dish.
Man'er lowered her head and placed her chopsticks while Chen Sufen served the rice.
"You are all dead, and you let a child serve me? I was unconscious for three days, and you didn't even pass me a pair of chopsticks?"
"Are you lazy people? You sit at the table and wait for a child to serve you. You have such a shame."
Tong Huaqiong was so angry at those bad guys that he was filled with rage. Seeing them waiting for their meals with a clear conscience, his anger grew even stronger, and he slammed the table with his palm, causing a deafening noise.
Maner was so scared that her chopsticks fell all over the floor.
"I'm not talking about you, don't be afraid." Tong Huaqiong couldn't control her anger and spoke a little louder to Man'er.
Man'er was so frightened that she almost fell down, but was caught by Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong picked up Yaozu who was sitting next to her, pressed Maner down on the chair, and said, "Maner, sit here when you eat from now on."
Liu Yue'e was dissatisfied when she saw her son being dragged out of the core circle at the dinner table, but she did not dare to protest when she saw Tong Huaqiong's unhappy look.
This old man is dizzy and crazy, and he can't tell relatives from strangers. Even if a money-loser wants to be the daughter-in-law of the Zheng family, she can't be better than her own grandson.
"What are you standing there for? Go help your sister-in-law serve the dishes." Tong Huaqiong shouted at Liu Yue'e.
Liu Yue'e raised her butt and left the table reluctantly.
Chen Sufen happened to be handing the meal to Tong Huaqiong. When she met Tong Huaqiong's eyes, she was so scared that she trembled a few times.