Chapter 372 Uninvited Guest
After Tong Huaqiong's family received Gu Baishuang's family, there were almost no relatives visiting her home anymore.
Ma Huateng, Hong Xiaoxi and other capable shop assistants invited Tong Huaqiong to dinner and drinks, but Tong Huaqiong asked He Chao and Gu Dashu to do it for her.
This first month of the year was pleasant and comfortable.
Chen Sufen's belly was getting bigger. There were no prenatal checkups in that era, so Tong Huaqiong invited Cai Wenpo into the house so that she could learn about Chen Sufen's condition in advance.
Midwife Cai checked and told Chen Sufen to walk around in the yard more often and not to eat or drink too much, especially not to take supplements, so as to prevent the fetus from growing too large and making delivery difficult.
Tong Huaqiong nodded secretly. It was not to be mentioned that Cai Wenpo was able to summarize a set of scientific knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth based on her experience.
She planned to invite Cai Wenpo to her home every month to check on Chen Sufen's pregnancy status, so that Cai Wenpo would have an idea of what to expect during the birthing process and Chen Sufen would suffer less.
Cai Wenpo brought news about Tong Pandi’s ex-husband, the Wu family.
Wu Musheng started looking for marriage before the New Year and had already found a family to marry him, but Wu Musheng went to a brothel in the first month of the year and was seen by the girl's family, so the marriage was called off.
After Wu Musheng's sister Wu Na's marriage with Boss Qian's daughter-in-law's cousin fell through, she got so angry that she had a fight with the daughter of the head of the Wu family. She got scratched on the face by the daughter of the head of the Wu family and now cries every day at home.
When Tong Huaqiong and Tong Pandi heard the news, they said that this was just the beginning and Wu Musheng’s “good fortune” was yet to come.
After Cai Wenpo left, she thought no one would come to her house again.
Tong Huaqiong made a mistake, as people from the Tong family came to her house on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.
Tong Huaqiong was not at home that day. She took Gu Taohua and Manager He to Pingchuan County to sign a contract for a new shop.
As usual, Hua'er was being watched by Mrs. Hong, Duo'er was playing with Man'er and Xiaolong Yaozu, and Tong Pandi went to the pig farm to feed the pigs.
She was mixing pig feed when she heard someone shouting. She looked up and saw her sister Tong Zhaodi entering the pig farm.
Tong Pandi was very happy to see his sister coming.
Although she had severed ties with her natal family, she still cared deeply about her younger sister.
"Sister, I went to my aunt's house to look for you, and they said you were here. Your aunt is really something. She didn't let you go to Taohua Dessert to do a decent and easy job, but made you feed pigs here." Tong Zhaodi started by "standing up for Tong Pandi" as soon as she opened her mouth.
Tong Pandi was very unhappy with what Zhaodi said. She scolded her, "Stop talking like that. If it weren't for my aunt, I wouldn't be able to leave the Wu family alive. I'm divorced now. My parents' family won't accept me. If it weren't for my aunt, I'd have nowhere to go. I raise pigs here. I don't have to worry about the weather. I get paid every month, I have food and drink, and no one makes me angry. This is much more comfortable than staying in the Wu family."
Tong Zhaodi gets angry when the topic of divorce is mentioned.
She had originally arranged a marriage with a man who was a merchant in Pingchuan County. He owned two shops and lived a very well-off life.
Although she was a second wife and would become the stepmother of two children as soon as she entered the house, the other party promised to buy a maid to serve her.
Now that the merchant heard that she had a divorced sister, he became cold towards her.
The matchmaker said directly a few days ago that he was afraid that this marriage would not be possible.
Tong Fusheng said that Tong Pan'di was still willing to listen to Tong Zhaodi, and asked Tong Zhaodi to persuade Tong Pan'di to return to the Wu family. During the New Year, he went to the town to drink and met the village head Wu Ren. Wu Ren said that if Tong Pan'di changed her mind and was willing to return to the Wu family as a concubine, he would arrange a good marriage for Tong Zhaodi and also support Tong Zhijie's studies.
Tong Fusheng didn't dare to come to see Tong Pandidi. He was afraid of Tong Huaqiong, so he followed Tong Zhaodi here.
Tong Pandi asked Tong Zhaodi: "Are you here to see me at my aunt's house? Did you come here on your own or did your parents ask you to come?"
Tong Zhaodi knew that her sister didn't like her parents, so she said, "Of course I came here on my own. I came to see how you were doing."
To be honest, the first time Tong Zhaodi saw Tong Pandui, she knew that her sister was living a good life at her aunt's house.
She wore a pearl flower on her head and old clothes because she was afraid of getting them dirty from feeding the pigs, but the material of the old clothes seemed good. And underneath the old clothes was a red coat, the style that Tong Zhaodi had seen on the rich ladies in Pingchuan County.
What’s more important is that Tong Pandi’s face is even more beautiful than when she was a girl.
Tong Pandi was quite relieved when he heard Zhaodi say that he was not sent here by his parents.
She smiled and said, "I am living a good life. This is the good life I have never had in the Tong family or the Wu family."
Seeing Tong Zhaodi looking at the jacket she was wearing, she said, "This new jacket was given to me by Taohua."
Tong Zhaodi disagreed and said, "Just look at the present. After all, you are a divorced woman with two children. You will know how difficult life will be in the future."
Tong Pandi did not stop stirring the feed and said, "No matter how bad it is, it is better than being in the Wu family."
Tong Zhaodi said, "Sister, don't you think about Hua'er Duo'er? They don't have the protection of the Wu family, and they have a divorced mother like you. Who will arrange marriages for them in the future?"
Tong Pandi said: "People who really like them don't care whether they have a divorced mother or not."
These words were analyzed by her aunt.
Of course, it’s not Tong Zhaodi’s fault that she doesn’t understand. No one in the Tong family has ever explained these principles to her.
Tong Zhaodi became angry when she saw Tong Pandyi’s indifferent attitude.
She said angrily, "Sister, you are so easy to say. Most men in the world care about it. Do you know that I could have married in Pingchuan County? When they heard that I had a divorced sister, they did not agree to marry into our family."
Tong Pandi glanced at Tong Zhaodi in surprise, feeling a little angry, but he still spoke calmly and reasonably.
"What does my divorce have to do with you? Anyone who dislikes you for having a divorced sister is not a good match. He dislikes you for having a divorced sister today. Do you believe that he will dislike you for other reasons in the future, such as not being able to give birth to a son?"
Tong Zhaodi shrugged off this statement.
How could she not give birth to a son? It is said that she has a plump butt which is a good sign for giving birth to a boy.
Tong Pandi cursed herself because she couldn't give birth to a son.
Tong Zhaodi was very angry.
What you say when you are angry is even more unpleasant.
"Since my sister can't give birth to a son, you think I can't give birth to one? No wonder my sister got divorced, it turns out she couldn't give birth to a son. The Wu family is a well-known family in our Black Dragon Lake. It's your blessing to marry into such a family, but you don't know how to cherish your blessing. Since you can't give birth to a son, you should be humble and submissive in front of your parents-in-law and brother-in-law, but you disobeyed your parents-in-law and brother-in-law and went against them. Now that you are getting divorced, you are happy, but you don't know how much impact it has on our family. Now the whole Black Dragon Lake people are laughing at our family."
Tong Zhaodi was extremely angry when she thought that she could not marry into Pingchuan County.
Tong Pandi was so angry after hearing this that he dropped the stick he was using to stir the pig grass and said, "Tong Zhaodi, do you think everything will be fine if you give birth to a son in the Wu family? The people in Heilongtan laugh at our family not because of my divorce, but because Dad and Zhijie are incompetent. Dad considers himself a scholar every day, but he doesn't know how to grow crops and doesn't work hard. He was still a student after he was over 40, and Zhijie went to brothels to drink at a young age. If Dad and Zhijie lived a down-to-earth life, who would laugh at us?"
"You are now blaming me for ruining your marriage. Zhaodi, let me tell you, that marriage in Pingchuan County is not a good one at all. Don't be fooled by what your parents said. Dad sold your aunt and me, and he is selling us now. You idiot, you still think it's good to be someone's stepmother."