Chapter 170 Tong's Brother and Sister-in-law
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Tong Huaqiong ordered Gu Dashu and Hong Xiaoxi to comprehensively strengthen the security of Taohua Dessert.
The focus is on the Tong family.
She is not afraid of Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law.
She was worried that Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law would break into Taohua Dessert and affect other customers and affect Taohua Dessert's business.
If Gu Dashu discovered them, he would not need to show any consideration for their feelings and would just take them to the backyard.
After being on high alert for many days, Tong Dajiao's brother and sister-in-law still did not come to kill them.
Heilong Village does not belong to Yanguan Town, so villagers seldom go to Yanguan Town for shopping or going to the market. Tong Huaqiong's brother and sister-in-law had heard that Tong Huaqiong was doing business in Yanguan Town but had never found any evidence, and they did not even know that Tong Huaqiong had opened a shop.
Even if they knew that Tong Huaqiong was doing business in the town, they thought he was just setting up a stall to sell produce from the fields.
As for the shop, they felt that it was purely made up.
During the wheat harvest season, Tong Huaqiong did not go after someone brought a letter to her. Her brother and sister-in-law waited until everyone else had finished harvesting the wheat before going to the fields. It rained while they were harvesting, and the remaining two acres of wheat were almost wiped out.
The brother and sister-in-law sat on the ground and scolded Tong Dajiao, and also scolded Gu Dashu and others by their names.
Some time ago, he asked Gu Guangkui to take a letter to Tong Huaqiong to go back to her parents' home. When Gu Guangkui asked, he said that the letter had been delivered, but as for when Tong Huaqiong would go, he shook his head and said he didn't know. Until Gu Guangkui finished his carpentry work, Tong Huaqiong still didn't show up.
After enduring for nearly a month, the Tong brother and sister-in-law finally couldn't bear it anymore and set off for Qinghe Bay with their two children.
The four men carried dry food and crossed two mountains, walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, and finally arrived at Qinghe Bay.
In the past, Tong Da Jiao would bring her children and gifts to Heilong Village to visit her brother and sister-in-law, and her brother and sister-in-law had only come to Qinghe Bay twice.
One time was when he sent his youngest son to the Gu family to be raised by Tong Dajiao, and another time was when he came to attend the funeral of old man Gu.
It was Tong Da Jiao who hired bearers to carry the sedan chair here.
Tong Dajiao's elder brother Tong Fusheng considered himself a scholar. He never went to the fields and never climbed the mountains himself. After walking for a whole day under the scorching summer sun, he was so tired that he almost collapsed at the entrance of Qinghewan village.
"I'm so tired." Tong Fusheng sat under a tree at the entrance of the village to rest.
Tong Da Jiao's sister-in-law, Wang, was also so tired that her legs and feet ached. She sat down on a stone block under a tree and cursed Tong Da Jiao.
"I've been asked to go home three times but she won't go. Is she thinking the opposite or what? Why can't I send Da Han and Da Shu to go if she doesn't want to go herself? If I wasn't afraid that she would die in the Gu family, I wouldn't have come this time."
Tong Fusheng said: "I know my sister well. She wouldn't dare to rebel against her parents' family even if she had a hundred guts. She must have been troubled by something."
Although he was trying to comfort Tong Huaqiong, Tong Fusheng was still angry in his heart. When he saw Tong Huaqiong, he would definitely give her a good scolding and extort some money and two carts of grain from her.
The harvest from his own land was not good to begin with, and the wheat on two acres of land was sour. This is all the sister's fault. If the sister doesn't compensate him, who will?
"Dad, Mom, last time I told you that my aunt was doing business and opened a shop in town, but you didn't believe me. My aunt must have made some money and deliberately hid it from us. In my opinion, we shouldn't have come to Qinghe Bay first. We should have gone to Yanguan Town to inquire first." Tong Dajiao's nephew Tong Zhijie said.
"If my aunt opened a shop, she would definitely give the money she earned to our family. She wouldn't just keep silent about it." Tong Dajiao's niece Tong Zhaodi didn't believe what her brother said.
From her own perspective, Tong Zhaodi didn't believe that Tong Dajiao would open a shop and ignore her parents' family.
Tong Fusheng looked at the couple and said, "Zhao Di is right. None of the girls in our Tong family cares about their parents' home. Those rumors about opening a shop must be false."
Tong Zhijie sneered: “Dad, what you said means that my elder sister doesn’t care about our family.”
"Don't mention that rebellious girl."
When it came to their eldest daughter Tong Pandidi, Tong Fusheng and Wang became angry with each other and shared a common hatred for the enemy.
Tong Fusheng has three children in total: the eldest daughter Tong Pandidi, the second daughter Tong Zhaodi, and the youngest son Tong Zhijie.
The eldest daughter, Tong Pandidi, was born beautiful and gentle since childhood, and she obeyed Tong Fusheng and his wife's orders.
When she grew up, she was married by Tong Fusheng to the village chief of the neighboring village as a daughter-in-law.
The second daughter, Tong Zhaodi, is sixteen years old this year and is also very beautiful. She has been looking for a boyfriend since she was twelve years old, but has not yet settled on one.
The main reason was that Tong Fusheng was dissatisfied with the families who were looking for a match. He thought his second daughter was prettier than his eldest daughter and wanted to sell her for a good price.
It would be better to marry a rich old widower like Gu Baishuang.
The youngest son Tong Zhijie is fifteen years old this year, one year older than Gu Jingzhe and Gu Taohua.
He is the son that Tong Fusheng and Wang Shi had with great difficulty, and they treasure him like the apple of their eye.
Wang was in poor health after giving birth to Tong Zhijie, so Tong Zhijie was taken to Tong Dajiao's lap and raised for several years.
In Tong Zhijie's heart, everything in his aunt's house belongs to him.
In terms of inheritance relationship, he is ahead of Gu Dashu and Gu Jingzhe.
Speaking of Tong Pandi, the eldest daughter of the Tong family who made Tong Fusheng and Wang angry, she used to be very loyal to her family and, like Tong Huaqiong, she would bring everything home. But last year, she suddenly stopped bringing anything for the family.
Not only did they refuse to give it to the family, they also wanted to divide up the family's land and house, which made Tong Fusheng and his wife very angry.
Wang went to Tong Pandi's house several times, hoping to search for something, but was kicked out by Tong Pandi every time.
Tong Pandi also changed his attitude towards his younger brother Tong Zhijie, whom he had always loved, and threatened to make him cut off the Tong family's lineage.
Not only did she change her attitude towards her natal family, but also towards her husband's family.
She used to be gentle and docile in her husband's family. No matter how her parents-in-law bullied her, she endured it in order to get things from her parents' family.
In addition, she only gave birth to a daughter and could not hold her head up in her husband's family. She was extremely filial to her parents-in-law and very loving to her sister-in-law.
But also since last year, she had an argument with her in-laws, slapped her sister-in-law so hard that she fainted, and recently wanted to divorce with her daughter.
Tong Fusheng and Wang felt ashamed of their eldest daughter's abnormal behavior, and they felt upset whenever they mentioned this daughter.
"Dad, Mom, do you think my aunt will become like my eldest sister?" Tong Zhijie asked.
Tong Fusheng interrupted Tong Zhijie: "Don't talk nonsense, no one will not take care of our family, not even your aunt."
Tong Zhijie was silent.
It’s hard to say. In the past, Tong Panmei was a replica of her aunt. She was so devoted to the Tong family, but Tong Panmei changed in an instant.
Wang felt a little unhappy after hearing what her son said.
She remembered that Tong Panmei had changed last year when she and Tong Fusheng asked someone to tell her to go back to her parents' home to help, but she refused to go back. They also told her to bring a few taels of silver home to help Tong Zhijie, but she ignored them.
After Tong Panmei finally arrived at the Tong family's door, they found that Tong Panmei was like a different person.
But no matter what, they have already arrived at the village where Tong Huaqiong is. Now that they are here, they have to find out what the reason is that Tong Huaqiong is indifferent to the message they brought.
Ever since she lost her son to Tong Huaqiong, Mrs. Yan has seldom been around in the village.
Today was her first time walking around the village.
The weather was too hot, so she came to a big tree at the entrance of the village to cool off, and saw Tong Fusheng and his family sitting under the tree to rest.
Mrs. Yan recognized that it was Tong Da Jiao's brother and sister-in-law. After thinking for a while, she walked up to them and asked, "Aren't these Da Jiao's brother and sister-in-law and nephew Zhijie? Are you from home?"
Tong Zhijie would come to Tong Huaqiong's house from time to time to have a bite to eat. Knowing that Yan Pozi and Tong Huaqiong did not get along, he didn't want to pay any attention to Yan Pozi.
Then he thought of the rumor that Tong Huaqiong was doing business in the town, so he wanted to ask Mrs. Yan about it.
So he smiled and asked, "Aunt Yan, I want to ask you something. I heard that my aunt is doing business in town. Do you know?"
Mrs. Yan thought that Tong Da Jiao had been doing business without telling her brother and sister-in-law, and now her brother and sister-in-law were here to settle the score.
Of course she had to add fuel to such a good thing.
No matter how powerful Tong Da Jiao is, she will still be at a disadvantage when facing her brother and sister-in-law.
Mrs. Yan answered, "Yes, I sell cakes. I opened a big shop in the town."
Tong Fusheng's family was shocked to hear the news.
Tong Da Jiao opening a shop was beyond their understanding.
"Sister-in-law, don't lie to us. Does my sister-in-law have the ability to open a shop?" Wang looked incredulous.
Old Lady Yan laughed and said, "Don't you know? How could Big Foot have kept this a secret from even my brother and sister-in-law? She was afraid that you would take over her shop. Why not be on guard against my brother and sister-in-law?"
These words ignited the anger between Tong Fusheng and Wang.