Chapter 266 The Hateful Farmer Prince
"Why did he hit you this time?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Cao looked at Tong Huaqiong.
She was a strong-willed woman who always felt that being beaten by a man was a shameful thing, and she kept the fact that Tian Fugui beat her a secret from everyone in the village.
I didn’t expect Aunt Tong to know so much.
In this case, the fact that she was always beaten by Tian Fugui must have been known to many people in the village.
It’s just that it’s better to keep your mind out of trouble than to talk about it.
Cao's first reaction was to feel ashamed.
"Yesterday, Fugui helped your family kill a pig. You gave us a pair of pig offal and a large piece of pork..." Cao's face turned red with shame. She thought that since it had come to Tong Huaqiong's place, there was no point in hiding it any longer, so she gritted her teeth and spoke.
Tong Huaqiong thought that it seemed that Cao and Chunni were beaten because of the pork incident.
I have to say that Tian Fugui slaughtered the pig very well, and he also helped Tong Huaqiong cut the pork neatly.
Although Tong Huaqiong was bothered by the fact that he beat his wife and daughter and they didn't like him, she still gave him a big piece of pork. When he took the pork back, she specifically reminded him not to think about his son all the time, but to stew the meat for Chunni to eat together.
Tian Fugui agreed to it verbally.
"He took the pork home. My mother-in-law and I went to the fields. Chunni cooked at home. When I came back, I saw that Chunni was almost fainted by his whip. I thought he was drunk at noon..."
As the main person in charge of slaughtering pigs, Tian Fugui had lunch provided by Tong Huaqiong's family, so he naturally drank a lot of wine.
"He wasn't drunk, it was Chunni who stole a piece of pork. Yesterday evening Chunwang wanted to eat meat, so Chunni stewed it. Chunni couldn't resist the temptation while stewing the meat, so she stole a piece of meat and was discovered by Tian Fugui. He beat her to death for a piece of meat."
Cao cried as she spoke.
"Wow, wow, wow..." Chunni cried out.
Tong Huaqiong found it hard to imagine that he almost whipped his daughter unconscious for a piece of meat.
Tian Fugui is guilty of a heinous crime, and Chunwang is also a hateful kid.
Tong Huaqiong guessed how Tian Fugui discovered that Chunni was eating meat secretly. It must have been Chunwang who told her.
"How hard was the fight?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Cao wiped her tears and said, "I shamelessly came to you to borrow the medicine from you... the medicine you used to apply to Chunni last time..."
The more Cao spoke, the lower his voice became.
She was not sure Tong Huaqiong would lend her the medicine.
After all, in this era, medicine is a precious thing, especially medicine for treating wounds.
The medicine Tong Huaqiong applied to Chunni last time was really effective. Chunni's wounds were almost healed within a few days after she returned home, and even the marks of old wounds had faded.
Yesterday, Chunni was beaten by Tian Fugui again and her body was covered with wounds. The wound on her calf had become inflamed and festered. She was afraid that if this continued, the wounds all over her body would fester and she would die, so she came to Tong Huaqiong to borrow medicine.
Tong Huaqiong said: "Medicine is a trivial matter."
Tong Huaqiong went into the inner room and took out the medicine box, and asked Cao to take off Chunni's clothes.
Tong Huaqiong gasped and wanted to execute Tian Fugui on the spot.
The injuries on Chunni's body were more serious than the last time she was beaten by Mrs. Luo.
"She was beaten with a bull whip." Cao looked at the wounds on Chunni's body and tears rolled down her cheeks.
"It's not a human thing, but it's so cruel. Isn't it just stealing a piece of meat?"
Tong Huaqiong was getting medicine to apply to Chunni while she was cursing angrily.
Chunni shrank back in pain.
"Be patient." Tong Huaqiong said.
"Aunt Tong, Fugui beat Chunni so badly for a piece of meat. Is he a human being..." Cao said.
Tong Huaqiong thought to herself, he is not a human being and it is not this time.
Didn’t he beat Chunni before?
In the past, Cao had endured it all, but this time something must have happened that was even more intolerable than Chunni's cheating and beating her, which made Cao step into Tong Huaqiong's home.
Tong Huaqiong guessed that Cao came this time not only to borrow medicine, but also to ask her for something more important.
After Tong Huaqiong applied medicine to Chunni, she found a clean old dress that Gu Taohua had worn and asked Chunni to change into it.
Cao felt very embarrassed. Last time Chunni had already worn Gu Taohua's clothes, but she hadn't had time to deliver them to Gu Taohua.
"Where are your injuries?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
Tian Fugui must have attacked Cao as well.
Cao felt embarrassed at first, thinking that she could no longer hide the truth from Aunt Tong, so she took off her clothes.
The wound caught Tong Huaqiong's eyes, and she thought that Tian Fugui was a really vicious person. He didn't hit Cao's face and hands, but only hit her body.
"You are a beast who is not human. How could you kill someone like this?" Tong Huaqiong continued to scold Tian Fugui while applying medicine to Cao.
Chunni cried and said, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't stolen the meat, my father wouldn't be angry. If he wasn't angry, he wouldn't have beaten me. My mother was beaten because she protected me."
Tong Huaqiong said, "Chun Ni, you are not wrong. Why can't you eat that meat? It's your father who is a piece of shit. By the way, it was Chun Wang who told your father that you eat meat, right?"
Chunni glanced at Cao and nodded timidly.
Cao tried to make amends for Chunwang, saying, "Chunwang is spoiled. He just said it casually. He didn't mean it."
Tong Huaqiong wanted to curse, and her sympathy for Cao was instantly reduced by half.
Cao is the mother of the crown prince in this world.
However, in this era when a mother's status is determined by her son, the mother of the prince is not just Cao. Cao was also shaped into the mother of the prince by the general environment.
Since Cao came to ask for help, Tong Huaqiong had to brainwash the prince's mother into believing that there was no benefit in favoring the prince.
"Do you really think Chunwang didn't do it on purpose?" Tong Huaqiong said bluntly, "Don't think that children are so innocent. Just look at the last time when we were eating corn at my house, Chunwang snatched Chunni's corn, and then went home to tell your mother-in-law about it and asked her to beat Chunni. It's not unintentional. Things like this have happened many times. How could Chunwang not know what would happen to Chunni if he told her about it? He went to tell her on purpose. He just wanted to see Chunni get beaten."
Cao was stunned.
Tong Huaqiong continued, "I don't want to say bad things about your son. After all, your son is spoiled by your mother-in-law, but as a mother, can you be sensible? Every time Chunwang makes accusations and Chunni gets beaten, he just watches the fun without any guilt. As a mother, have you told him that this is wrong?"
Cao lowered her head and said nothing.
Tong Huaqiong was right. Chunwang always told Chunni about his bad deeds at home.
Even if Chunni did nothing wrong, he would still find fault and complain.
Every time Chunni got beaten, it was Chunwang’s fault.
Cao never blamed Chunwang. She always felt that Chunwang was the only male in the family and the foundation of her foothold in the Tian family. She was reluctant to teach Chunwang a lesson.
Not only are they reluctant to teach him a lesson, but they will also make amends to him again and again.
"Chunwang is just a child, he will be fine when he grows up," said Cao.
Tong Huaqiong sneered and said, "Chunwang is not a child anymore. He doesn't feel bad at all when he sees his father beating Chunni and you. Do you expect him to be a good person when he grows up? It will be too late when he grows up. Just look at my Yaozu. He used to bully Maner, but I disciplined him later. Do you think he dares to bully Maner now? But I am not teaching you how to discipline Chunwang. After all, Chunwang is your son. What kind of person he will become and what kind of character he will grow up to have nothing to do with me, but it has nothing to do with you as his mother."
If it weren't for Chunni, Tong Huaqiong would not be interested in Chunwang, the prince of a farming family.
He's not her grandson.