Chapter 42 The Qin Family Scandal
After the bride and groom bowed, the bride was sent to the bridal chamber. Shen Changzhou went out to entertain the guests. Qin Zhen and Qin Zhi secretly brought cakes and tea. Because the veil had not been lifted yet, they could only eat some cakes to fill their stomachs.
Fearing that the bride would be bored sitting there, Qin Zhi started chatting with her, although Qin Zhi was the only one talking.
Outside, there were sounds of toasting and drinking, which lasted for a long time before Shen Changzhou was surrounded by the crowd and brought into the bridal chamber to make a fuss.
Everyone clamored to see the bride, and the aunt handed over a weighing rod.
Shen Changzhou took the scale, feeling extremely excited. Thinking that the person in front of him was the one he had promised to marry when he was young, and who had waited for him without regrets for so many years, Shen Changzhou felt a tenderness in his heart.
Shen Changzhou lifted the veil, and the person in front of him had a beautiful smile with flushed cheeks.
The two of them drank the wedding wine shyly under the jeers of the crowd. Everyone left without making too much noise, and even closed the door before leaving.
Shen Changzhou helped Ah Si take off his headdress and turned off the lights, filling the room with mist.
The moon blushed, turned around and disappeared into the clouds.
Three days after returning home, Shen Changzhou brought his wife, her grandmother, and his third uncle and aunt to Shitou Village.
He hasn't been back for more than half a month. Fortunately, he packed up all the valuables in the house before leaving.
Qin Zhen and Qin Zhi helped the blind grandmother to the backyard. There were many rooms in the backyard, so they chose a south-facing room for the old grandmother. Uncle San and Aunt San also chose one.
After tidying up the room, the Qin sisters began to prepare lunch, and the others were taken by Shen to visit the courtyard.
Qin Zhi prepared several dishes according to everyone's taste. One was steamed egg with minced meat for the elderly, which was easy to digest. He also made boiled fish, which was freshly caught in the spring water in the space. There was also a stewed pig's trotter that was soft and rotten. The vegetarian dishes included fish-flavored eggplant, stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Qin Zhen sneaked out while everyone was resting. She wanted to see how her father Qin Erzhu was doing.
Qin Erzhu could not be seen in the field because he was watching the show with great interest at home.
The whole Qin family was in an uproar. Xiaohong, who was six months pregnant, was found lying in the arms of Old Man Qin. Old Man Qin was confused, and Liu grabbed Old Man Qin's clothes and slapped him twice.
Qin Dahai's face was so gloomy that black water seemed to drip out.
Xiaohong pulled Qin Dahai and cried, saying that she was framed, but Qin Dahai didn't believe it. He thought that women from that kind of place were born to be lowly.
Considering the baby in her belly, the Qin family did not punish her too harshly. They just locked her up in the woodshed and gave her two bowls of porridge a day.
The only happy person in this family is Qin Lian. Humph, bitch, she whispers in Dad's ear every day, causing Dad to always teach her a lesson. Now, she can't even protect herself.
Before, Xiaohong and Qin Dahai hung out in the house day and night, and they didn't rest even when they were pregnant. The two of them made noises without any shame.
Qin Lian saw Qin Hu peeking through the crack of their door more than once. Even Qin Wen stared at Xiao Hong with lustful eyes.
Qin Lian thought that if Xiao Hong was locked up in the woodshed, she would at least be quiet. Unexpectedly, she was restless even after being locked up.
That night, Qin Lian got up to go to the toilet in the backyard, and she heard a faint sound coming from the woodshed in the backyard.
Qin Lian walked closer and actually heard her uncle's voice.
"Xiaohong, I miss you so much. Ever since you followed my eldest brother, you have never served me." Qin Lian got goosebumps all over her body. She quietly went back to the room and woke up her father Qin Dahai.
Qin Dahai listened to Qin Lian's words and went to the woodshed to catch the adulterer. This incident also alarmed the old couple Qin.
Liu's face looked extremely ugly. Such a shameless thing, who was more than seven months pregnant, had seduced the eldest brother and then the old man. Now she was even shamelessly seducing the youngest son.
"Dahai, where did you find such a cheap thing?" Liu scolded Qin Dahai angrily.
Qin Dahai looked as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly.
"Mom, don't be angry. If you don't like her, we can sell her away. I still have her indenture contract." Qin Dahai advised.
"But she is pregnant with your child." Liu was a little hesitant.
"It doesn't matter. The bastard in her belly is not mine at all. Mom can deal with it however she wants." Qin Dahai said.
Xiaohong's face turned pale. She didn't want to go back to live that terrible life again.
She knelt on the ground and begged Qin Dahai to let her go, saying that she would never dare to do it again.
Qin Dahai listened but felt a little soft-hearted. Under the current circumstances, his parents probably didn't have the money to help him find another wife, so he could only use Xiaohong as a tool to satisfy his sexual desires for the time being.
The quarrel in the Qin family's firewood room took a long time to be resolved.
Xiaohong should still live in the same room with Qin Dahai. If she is left alone in the woodshed, who knows what kind of harmful things she will do.
What no one expected was that something happened the next day.
Shen got up early in the morning. She had been a daughter-in-law for so many years and had long been accustomed to getting up early every morning to cook and serve her parents-in-law.
Although it is not necessary now, Shen is still used to getting up early to cook for her family.
After everyone had breakfast, Qin Zhi went up the mountain alone. Qin Zhi secretly took Ah Si's pulse. Ah Si's inability to speak was caused by acquired factors, and there was still a chance to cure it. Qin Zhi wanted to give her a surprise before his uncle left.
Ah Si was very familiar with Daliangshan and knew where the medicinal herbs she needed were, so she found them without much effort.
After going down the mountain, Qin Zhi found that there were many people gathered at the foot of the mountain, and there was the heart-wrenching cry of a woman.
When I got closer, I saw that the original owner's cousin Qin Hu was beaten black and blue by a middle-aged man, and there was no sign of stopping. Qin Hu was almost dying.
On the ground nearby, a woman was crying bitterly while holding a girl covered in blood. Qin Zhi knew the girl, whose name was Dahua. Dahua was not wearing any clothes, but was wrapped in a men's robe. She looked like she was no longer breathing.
"It was Hu Zi from Lao Qin's family who raped Da Hua. Da Hua refused to obey, so he hit her to death with a stone." Someone nearby was whispering.
"Oh my god, Hu Zi is only a teenager, how could he do such a thing? It's too cruel."
"Hey, let me tell you, this is the case of the top beam being crooked and the bottom beam being crooked. His father brought back a prostitute and made trouble for her at home every day. I guess Hu Zi learned bad things from them."
The villagers were talking about it, and some even cursed the Qin family for being shameless.
By the time the Qin family heard the news and rushed over, Hu Zi was already breathing out more than breathing in.
Qin Lian hugged her brother and burst into tears. After all, he was her elder brother.
Qin Dahai shouted for Dahua's father to give an explanation.
Dahua's father sneered and beat Qin Dahai up, threatening to sue him.
Qin Dahai had originally been hiding because he stole the banknotes from Wangxian Tower. How dare he provoke trouble with the government and attract the attention of the imperial court?