bookrandom Chapter 252 I'll definitely break her legs!
Chapter 252 I'll definitely break her legs!
Chapter 252 I'll definitely break her legs!
Liu Laoda also harbored resentment. These past few days, rumors had been rampant outside, and his wife felt it was too shameful. She kept arguing with him, forbidding him from going out to look for Cai'er and not allowing him to bring Cai'er home to live.
Because of her, a married woman, she caused chaos in her family, which made him, as the eldest brother, very tired.
At first, he shared the same idea as his mother, thinking of bringing his sister, who had been abandoned by her husband's family, back. No matter what, Cai'er was his own sister, and he couldn't just stand by and watch her wandering around homeless.
Who knew that after searching for her for several days, covering an area of hundreds of miles, and even carefully looking into ditches and wells, they could not find her, neither alive nor dead.
If it weren't for the fact that both of her nephews said that Cai'er left on her own, they would have thought that Cai'er had been harmed by the Xie family.
Now they're increasingly believing the rumors circulating outside: Xie Laifu, that beast, has always treated Cai'er badly; maybe some man will secretly treat Cai'er a little better, and she'll take that opportunity to run off with him.
That makes sense!
So, his wife argued with him, telling him not to go out and look for her anymore, and he didn't want to look for her anymore either.
He frowned and said, “Mother, Father’s words are a bit harsh, but Cai’er hasn’t come back for so long. Maybe she really has run off with someone. She has done something immoral and disrespectful to her family. Let’s not look for her anymore. Let’s just pretend she never existed.”
Shen sniffed and sighed, “Do you think I’m not angry? I raised her with my own hands and feet, and found her a wealthy husband, but who knew she would be so useless, unable to please her in-laws or win over her husband.”
"So what if the Xie family divorced her? She can just come home, and I'll ask a matchmaker to find her another husband. But instead, she just ran away! How can she face me, the mother who gave birth to her with my life?"
Liu Laoda and Liu Laoer exchanged a glance and then realized that their mother wanted to find Cai'er another husband, which was why she refused to give up searching for her.
They thought that the mother wanted to take her home and raise her for the rest of her life because she couldn't bear to see her daughter homeless.
That's true. Given her mother's tendency to take advantage and not be taken advantage of, she certainly wouldn't raise Cai'er, who was abandoned by her husband's family, for nothing.
The two brothers secretly breathed a sigh of relief!
As long as the mother doesn't raise Cai'er for nothing her whole life, anything goes, and their wives won't make a scene behind closed doors.
If we can find Cai'er back and help her marry another man, and the family can get another dowry, that would be a good thing!
Old Liu's back was aching terribly. He glanced coldly at his wife, rolled his eyes, and said, "If you want to go find that unfilial daughter, go ahead. But I'm warning you, you're not allowed to bring her back and raise her for the rest of her life. Either you find her another family to marry into, or she can go wherever she wants. She can't step foot in this house. I can't bear the shame!"
Shen snorted and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to leave her to grow up as an old maid. If I really find her, I'll immediately ask a matchmaker to find her a husband. There may not be any young men, but it's not hard to find men with two legs."
Let the matchmaker arrange a marriage for a young man whose first wife died young. As long as he has some family wealth and good character, that's fine. After all, our daughter has been married and had children. Marrying a man whose first wife died is better than him becoming a concubine.
In short, we absolutely cannot find another heartless and ungrateful man like Xie Laifu for our eldest daughter.
Old Liu, clutching his back like a pregnant woman, went back into the house to find the few remaining bottles of wine from the New Year to rub his back.
Liu Lao Er's eyes flickered as he asked, "Mother, do you think it's possible that my eldest sister went to seek refuge with Feng'er's family?"
Shen raised her eyelids and sneered, "What are you talking about? Feng'er and Qingchuan are such a couple, they're practically worthless. Why would Cai'er go to live with them? They're barely making ends meet themselves, how could they possibly share a bite with Cai'er?"
“Mother, when you went to the Shen family to find Cai’er, didn’t you know that Feng’er and her family had already separated from the Shen family? Moreover, the people in Guihua Village said that Feng’er and her family went to town to do business. They must be making a fortune in silence.”
Shen simply didn't believe that her second daughter and son-in-law had the ability to make a fortune quietly, and she just scoffed.
"Don't you know what kind of people are in this village? They can say whatever they want, whether it's black or white, just by talking!"
If it weren't for those gossipy villagers, Cai'er might have already come back on her own. If Cai'er had heard the rumors and started thinking about suicide, then she would have raised a daughter for nothing.
Just thinking about it made Shen feel terrible, not knowing whether it was because she felt sorry for her daughter or for the dowry that hadn't even been promised yet.
Liu the eldest wasn't stupid either. Seeing that his mother didn't believe his younger brother, he immediately said, "Mother, don't think that just because Feng'er and Qingchuan are soft-hearted and incompetent, they'll amount to nothing in their lives. Although the rumors outside are a mix of truth and falsehood, there's no smoke without fire. Take Cai'er, for example. If we didn't have no news about her, why would outsiders spread rumors that she ran away with someone?"
Cai'er was obedient and sensible from a young age. She was diligent and capable, never disobeyed her elders, and would never do anything outrageous.
She has been married into the Xie family for several years, taking good care of her husband and children, being filial to her parents-in-law, and even taking care of all the work in the Xie family. How could she possibly run away with someone else just like that?
Besides, ever since Feng'er married into the Shen family, the couple worked from dawn till dusk, but she had no say in the Shen family and couldn't earn a single penny. Gradually, her parents stopped expecting Feng'er to support her family, and Feng'er had less contact with her family.
The couple separated from the Shen family and didn't even tell their family when they came back for the New Year. It seems that Feng'er and Qingchuan have learned their lesson and even kept the separation a secret. Who knows how their business is doing after so long?
Maybe she really has made a fortune in silence and is disgusted with her poor family, which is why she's keeping it so secret and doesn't even dare to come back to her family home.
Liu Lao Er thought his elder brother made sense and quickly echoed his words.
"Yes, yes, Big Brother is right..."
Shen was stunned for a moment, then gradually came to her senses and began to doubt her own perception.
Could it be that she really looked down on Feng'er and his wife and had such a deep-seated prejudice that she didn't notice anything unusual?
"Wait a minute... In previous years, Feng'er and Qingchuan would bring two little ones for the New Year. Even on New Year's Day, their clothes were patched upon patched. The whole family didn't even have a decent set of clothes, and the little they brought was very poor."
This year, when they returned home for the Lunar New Year, they not only brought half a basket of eggs, but also bought brown sugar and meat. The whole family even wore new clothes. I thought they had really gone up the mountain to dig up treasures to sell, but it turns out they made a fortune in business!
Now, the more she thinks about it, the more convinced she becomes that her second daughter's family must have prospered. With the addition of her two sons, she is even more certain!
Well, these couples haven't been able to say a word for years, but they've managed to produce a huge one!
The most hateful one is Feng'er. She made a fortune in secret, but she didn't give it to her mother as a gift. She kept it a secret from her so well!
Her face suddenly turned completely dark, and she gritted her teeth, saying, "That unfilial daughter Feng'er, if I find out she dares to hide anything from me, I will definitely break her legs!"