Chapter 344 Niece Asks for Help
Tong Huaqiong felt no psychological burden at all when she drove away her brother and sister-in-law and Tong Pandi's parents-in-law.
Their arrival also reminded her that Tong Fusheng and Tong Zhijie might use her title as a lady of the village to commit fraud outside.
No, she had to prepare for the worst and nip this possibility in the bud.
So Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Jingzhe to go to the head of Yanguan Town to express that Tong Huaqiong had nothing to do with the Tong family and the Heilongtan Wu family. The head of the village immediately understood what Tong Huaqiong meant.
He was very happy that Tong Huaqiong and the Wu family of Heilongtan had severed ties, so that Wu Ren, the head of Heilongtan, would not have to use Tong Huaqiong's name to pressure him.
So when County Magistrate Liu summoned the village heads to the county, the head of Yanguan Town mentioned in front of many village heads that the township lord did not want to have anything to do with the Wu family, and emphasized that he hoped he would restrain his in-laws, the Tong family.
Wu Ren was so angry that he scolded Tong Fusheng when he returned.
You know what, fortunately Tong Huaqiong made it clear that she had cut ties with him, because Tong Fusheng and Tong Zhijie had been secretly showing off outside using Tong Huaqiong's title as the county lady. The wealthy families in Heilongtan wanted to use Tong Fusheng's relationship to do business with Tong Huaqiong, and had already given Tong Fusheng gifts.
After learning the news of the severance, he did not accept the gift, but instead publicized the severance of the relationship between Tong Huaqiong and the Tong family in Heilongtan.
Winter came in the blink of an eye.
The winters in Yanguan Town are still very cold. In Tong Dajiao's memory, it often snows heavily in winter.
The new house and new yard have been completed long ago.
Tong Huaqiong took the opportunity to move into the new room.
She is afraid of the cold and does not seek to live without hardship. Even in this era without heating, she wants to make herself more comfortable within the existing conditions.
The new room was well insulated, with the roof covered with layers of tiles and thatch, the walls thickened with stones, and a floor heating system installed.
After the heating was turned on, the whole house became warm.
Tong Huaqiong did not hold a housewarming celebration. Firstly, she just expanded the existing courtyard. Secondly, if she had held a housewarming celebration, who knows how many people would take the opportunity to establish a relationship with her.
After she moved into the new house, Manager He, Mrs. Hong, and Boss Qian also moved to Qinghe Bay one after another.
Of course, after the pastry shop in the city was established, Manager He conducted some investigations and found a suitable manager, and he still came to Yanguan Town to cultivate Gu Taohua.
The He and Qian families were new residents of Qinghe Bay, so naturally they wanted to build good relationships with the original residents of Qinghe Bay, so they held a housewarming banquet together.
He treated the villagers to a day of feasting and drinking without asking for any gift money.
With nothing to do in the winter, Tong Huaqiong sat in the warm house looking at the account book, while Hong and Chen Sufen were embroidering beside her.
Gu Xiaocao's father Gu Guangkui came to the door.
Gu Guangkui told Tong Huaqiong that he had taken a job these days to make furniture for the family of Zheng Wu Ren in Heilongtan. The eldest wife of the Wu Ren family, Tong Huaqiong's niece Tong Pan'di, was about to give birth in the next few days. After Tong Pan'di learned that he was a carpenter in Qinghewan, she asked him to tell Tong Huaqiong to go there.
Tong Huaqiong frowned.
She rejected the Wu family's advances and severed ties with the Tong family. She didn't know what this niece who married into the head of the village wanted her to do.
Moreover, she did not have a very good relationship with her niece. If they had a good relationship, Tong Panddi would have never seen her in all the time she had been in the Gu family, not even a holiday gift.
This relationship is not even as good as that with my stepdaughter Gu Baishuang.
Tong Huaqiong was afraid that Tong Panddi was relying on her pregnancy to be entrusted by her parents-in-law to set her up with him.
Tong Huaqiong asked, "How is Tong Pandi's life in the Wu family?"
"What can I say?" Gu Guangkui thought for a moment and said truthfully, "She has a bad relationship with her parents-in-law, and she also has a bad relationship with her husband."
"The relationship is not good?" Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and said, "How can it be not good? Her in-laws and husband treat her harshly?"
In Tong Da Jiao's memory, Tong Pandi was timid and honest in her previous life, and was beaten into a blood bag by Tong Fusheng and Wang. She didn't have a good life in her husband's family, and her mother-in-law and husband didn't like her and treated her harshly.
The corners of Gu Guangkui's mouth twitched, and he thought that her parents-in-law were indeed bad men, but Tong Pandi didn't suffer much either.
Tong Pandi and Tong Huaqiong are truly a close aunt and nephew, but they are also very hard to deal with.
When her mother-in-law scolds her, she fights back; when her father-in-law scolds her, she curses.
Some time ago, a man wanted to hit her, so she took a knife in the middle of the night and tried to chop the man up.
Gu Guangkui told Tong Huaqiong about Tong Pandi's daily interactions with her parents-in-law and men.
Tong Huaqiong became interested.
This is completely different from the Tong Panddi in Tong Dajiao's memory.
"Sister Tong, when I came here today, your niece quietly asked me to save her life. It's true that giving birth is like stepping into the gates of hell. The Tong family is not welcome in the Wu family. I guess her mother can't accompany her when she gives birth. You are the county lord now, and the Wu family won't say anything if you accompany her."
After hearing this, Tong Huaqiong suddenly remembered that in the previous life, Tong Pandi’s little daughter was drowned by her parents-in-law.
Tong Da Jiao also went to the Wu family’s house and scolded them.
But Tong Da Jiao had no memory of what happened to Tong Pandi later. It is possible that after Gu Jingzhe rose to prominence, Tong Da Jiao followed her son to the capital. Tong Pandi was a married niece, so Tong Da Jiao could not take her with her, and gradually lost contact with her.
After Gu Guangkui left, Chen Sufen put down her embroidery needle and said, "Is that Pan Di's sister that Uncle Guangkui was talking about just now?"
She was a little bit unbelieving.
She used to follow Tong Huaqiong to work for the Tong family. After getting married, Tong Pandi happened to return to her parents' home. This cousin gave her an extremely weak impression.
Tong Huaqiong said: "When people are pushed into a corner, nothing is impossible."
Mrs. Hong said, "Sister Tong, go ahead. Sufen is pregnant and can't go out, so I'll go with you. Your niece asked you to save her life, which sounds scary."
Tong Huaqiong closed the account book and said, "Okay, let's go tomorrow."
Since she was asked to save her life, Tong Huaqiong did not dare to delay and planned to go the next day.
The next morning, the sky was gloomy and it looked like snow was about to fall.
Hong murmured to herself, "The snow came early this year."
Tong Huaqiong looked up at the sky. To get to Heilongtan, one had to take a mountain road. She hoped that the snow would not fall so early to avoid making the road muddy and difficult to walk on.
Originally, Gu Dahan wanted to go with them, but the sows in the pigsty were about to give birth to piglets in the next few days, so Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dahan to stay at home to look after them.
She was afraid that if the pig gave birth, something might go wrong while Gu Dahan was away.
It happened that the private school was on holiday for one day, so Tong Huaqiong asked Su Chengmin to drive the car and go with her.
Since Su Chengmin's leg injury healed, his physical fitness developed in the army has made him a good worker.
Not only does he teach, but he also keeps busy after class, working in the pigpen at home.
Su Chengmin's car was moving very fast.
At Tong Huaqiong's request, she first went to Yanguan Town to find a midwife.
Tong Huaqiong was worried about the midwife that the Wu family had found for her.
Originally, Cai Wenpo didn't want to go to Heilongtan because it was too far, but Tong Huaqiong stuffed two taels of silver into her pocket, and Cai Wenpo happily got on the carriage.
In order to hurry up, Su Chengmin took a mountain trail after coming out of Qinghe Bay.
The mountain road was rugged, so Tong Huaqiong and Hong sat in the car wrapped tightly in their jackets.
Tong Huaqiong's mind is full of memories of Tong Dajiao. Tong Pan's birth took place in winter and it was initially said that the baby was stillborn. Tong Pan's birth felt extremely guilty about this and she started working without even taking a rest after the baby was born.
After the confinement period, when my mother-in-law urged me to give birth to a son, I let it slip. Then I found out that the baby was not a dead baby, but a baby girl who was drowned by my in-laws.
Tong Huaqiong had reason to believe that if she couldn't make it in time, Tong Pandi would not be able to keep the baby.