Chapter 318: Harboring the Remnants
"Since I married into the Gu family, I have taken good care of my mother-in-law, cared for my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and been tolerant of my sisters-in-law... I have fulfilled my duties as a daughter-in-law of the Gu family. I just didn't give birth to a son. How can you give me a son to humiliate me?"
"Mom, if you are dissatisfied with me, you can ask the clan leader to open the ancestral hall and divorce me in front of the clan members. You can't let Dahan have a child outside to hit me in the face."
Chen Sufen cried with deep emotion.
Gu Dahan said anxiously: "Sufen, Sufen, it's not like that...let me explain..."
When Gu Dahan is anxious, he can't finish his words.
This character further deepened the credibility of the matter in the eyes of officers and soldiers.
Chen Sufen roared: "What are you explaining? The child is already this big, what do you have to explain?"
Then he yelled at Tong Huaqiong, "You two lied to me together, saying you bought a girl to keep Man'er company, but I didn't expect it to be Dahan's illegitimate child. I was so blind that I felt sorry for him because he wasn't as good to him as his mother was. If this child hadn't secretly called Dahan daddy and Man'er hadn't heard it, I would still be kept in the dark."
Tong Huaqiong pretended to look gloomy and said to Chen Sufen, "My eldest daughter-in-law, family disgrace should not be made public. Now that there are outsiders here, can you please stop making trouble? Are you really going to let everyone see the joke of the Gu family?"
As soon as Tong Huaqiong finished speaking, Man'er cried and rushed towards Xiaolong, pushed Xiaolong and said in a fierce voice: "You are bad! This is my father! You wear my skirt and wear my velvet flower on your hair. I am so good to you, but you want to steal my father. You are as bad as your mother... wuwuwu..."
"Dad, you are my dad." Maner hugged Gu Dahan's legs.
"This is my father." Xiaolong hugged Gu Dahan's legs tightly and refused to let go.
Gu Dahan looked to the left and then to the right, sweating anxiously.
In the eyes of the officers and soldiers, this meant that they were both their dearest loved ones and were in a dilemma.
"I'm dead."
"Now the whole village is laughing at me."
"Your whole family ganged up on me and bullied me."
Here, Chen Sufen has already reached the point where she is holding a rope and is about to hang herself.
Gu Taohua and Liu Yue'e rushed over and snatched the rope.
Liu Yue'e said, "Sister-in-law, it's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. Even if elder brother gets a child outside, it won't affect you. If he wants to enter our Gu family, he will have to call you mother. You don't even need to get pregnant, you can just have a big boy, how great."
Chen Sufen cried even harder.
One of the older officers frowned. Is this daughter-in-law trying to comfort people? Why does she seem to be so sarcastic?
Liu Yue'e smiled at Gu Dahan and said, "Everyone in the village says that Big Brother is honest. It seems that you can't judge a person by his appearance. Big Brother works outside just carrying sandbags, but he can still find a woman who is willing to give birth to a son for him. It's not easy."
Gu Dahan looked embarrassed after hearing this.
Gu Taohua held the stick and said, "Brother, why did you recommend a driver to our family? It turns out he is your cheap brother-in-law. My sister-in-law is good to me. I want her now instead of my brother. Your cheap brother-in-law deserves to be hit by the carriage. I will throw him out today."
As he was about to go into the house to throw the person away, he was stopped by Gu Jingzhe.
The Gu family's yard was in a mess.
Tong Huaqiong was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She said in a stern voice: "This is outrageous!"
"Do you still see me as the head of the family?"
The officers and soldiers ate the melon for a while and then began to carry out their mission.
The soldier with the knife said, "Someone has reported that your family is harboring traitors. Everyone stay in the yard. We are going to search it."
Chen Sufen rushed towards the soldiers and said, "Yes, it's a traitor. This child is a traitor. Take them all away."
The officers and soldiers were furious after being hit by Chen Sufen.
But we can't do anything to Chen Sufen.
In their eyes, Chen Sufen was just a poor, crazy woman who was betrayed by a man.
Chen Sufen took the child and stuffed it into the soldier's arms, while Gu Dahan, Gu Taohua and Liu Yue'e tried to pull the child away.
The tug of war disturbed the officers and soldiers.
The soldier with the knife shouted a few times but it was no use, so he got so angry that he drew his knife.
Chen Sufen shrank back and made way for him.
The officers and soldiers avoided the crazy Chen Sufen and began to search.
When Magistrate Liu and Lord Liang heard that there was commotion in the Gu family's yard, they thought that they had a conflict with the searching officers and soldiers, so they walked into the Gu family's house.
When Chen Sufen saw County Magistrate Liu coming, she fell to the ground with a cry, and asked County Magistrate Liu to give her justice.
County Magistrate Liu coughed a few times and glanced at Tong Huaqiong.
He didn't believe that Tong Huaqiong couldn't even handle the farce between her son and daughter-in-law.
Unless she doesn't want to deal with it.
Tong Huaqiong came before County Magistrate Liu and cried out for justice.
"Master Liu, I am an ordinary citizen, how could I know any traitor? Ever since I made some money from business, some people in the village have been plotting to do bad things to me. Now they not only hope that I will be in trouble, but also accuse me of harboring a traitor. Master Liu, please make the decision for me."
County Magistrate Liu frowned and said, "Don't complain yet. Mrs. Huang said you brought two people from the city yesterday."
The officers and soldiers carried Su Chengmin from Gu Jingzhe's house to the yard.
Tong Huaqiong's heart was pounding, and she said, "You heard everything just now, County Magistrate Liu. This child is my Dahan's illegitimate child. This guy is the illegitimate child's uncle."
County Magistrate Liu said with a straight face: "From what I know, Gu Dahan is an extremely honest person. How come he suddenly has an illegitimate child?"
Tong Huaqiong glanced at Chen Sufen, gritted her teeth and said to County Magistrate Liu: "I'll tell you the truth. I'm a stepmother, and I don't like my stepson and his wife. I want to torture them in various ways. I was the one who found Dahan's mistress, and he didn't dare to disobey me. It was because the eldest daughter-in-law washed my feet with too hot water a few years ago. She deliberately wanted to scald me to death, so I have to punish her severely."
County Magistrate Liu's expression became increasingly grim.
Tong Huaqiong said, "Lord Liu, please don't rush to say that I am a wicked mother-in-law. It's true that I want to make trouble for my stepson and his wife, but I am also doing it for the incense of the Gu family. The eldest wife has never been able to conceive a son, and I will not be able to explain to my ancestors in the underworld. Now I bring the child home, and I am doing it for the incense of the first house."
Lord Liang was not surprised by what was happening before him.
Not to mention the mother-in-law's attitude towards her stepson's wife, many of his soldiers had to fight in the border areas and didn't go home for several years, and their mothers at home would torture their daughters-in-law.
It’s just that the way Widow Tong treated her stepson and his wife was too stupid.
Because her stepson's wife only used a little too hot water for her foot washing, she deliberately set about finding a mistress for her stepson.
However, this child is said to be a son, so why is he dressed as a girl?
Lord Liang asked Xiaolong casually, "You said you are a son, why are you dressed as a girl?"
Xiaolong was sobbing, but stopped crying when he heard Lord Liang's question. Confusion appeared on his face and he shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand.