The street was bustling with noise, and there were many people buying vegetables at this ti.
Yu Tingwan had just pushed Wei Zhao to the alley entrance when they ran into the dusty Wei Family couple.
"Dad, Mom."
Seeing that the two were okay, Hui Niang felt relieved, and a smile began to appear in her eyes.
Yu Tingwan let go of Wei Zhao and ran over to her, affectionately hooking her arm: "Finally, you’re back."
This trip was quite long.
Wei Zhao: ...
Hui Niang touched the girl’s hand.
She wanted to say that managing the household alone must have tired her out.
But the girl’s hands had beco visibly tender after days of applying ointnt.
Hui Niang also wanted to say Yu Tingwan must be exhausted, and she must have lost weight.
But the girl was in good spirits, and her face had even gained so flesh.
Hui Niang looked into her eyes with all her love: "Lang must have worried you."
Yu Tingwan nodded.
"Indeed, he’s a worry."
Wei Zhao: ...
Heh.
The family walked in, with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law closely bonded, while Wei Shouzhong pushed Wei Zhao.
Wei Shouzhong: "Lang looks good."
"This ti back in the village, the Wei Family’s old uncle asked about you, which shows he’s also worried."
Wei Zhao: "Mm."
Yu Tingwan felt she might have overlooked sothing, and after walking a bit, she finally rembered.
"What about the cow at ho?"
Hui Niang sighed: "On the way to the countryside, it slipped and fell, and it couldn’t get up."
The dead cow would usually be sold for at.
But Hui Niang couldn’t bear to do that.
After all, it had been with them for so ti.
So she and Wei Shouzhong found an open space to bury the cow.
Yu Tingwan still cared about it.
But what she cared more about was.
"But, Mum, Dad, are you okay?"
Hoping they didn’t fall too.
Hui Niang: "No harm, just a few scratches."
"Thankfully, we ran into a kind person who, knowing we were going to the Zhao Family Village, gave us a ride."
"Upon asking, we found out he was from our alley too. He felt it was fate and was very enthusiastic, and he helped with your uncle’s affairs."
"By the way, your dad and I returned with him, splitting ways only when we reached the county. He seed in a hurry; probably these days we delayed his matters."
"Later, we need to visit him."
Yu Tingwan: ...
She knew who it was.
"Oh."
"Wan Niang, your in-laws are back?"
Lady Zhao ca out with Nannan in her arms and laughed seeing the family of four.
"No wonder your mother-in-law dotes on you; you guys look more like mother and daughter than in-laws."
Looking at the side where Wei Shen and Wei Shouzhong stood.
They weren’t saying much.
As if they weren’t familiar.
More aptly, it looked like...
Wei Shen accompanying his young wife to welco her parents-in-law.
"Where are you going, Auntie?" Yu Tingwan asked with a smile.
"Going to the academy to take lunch to your uncle."
"When he gets busy, he ignores everything else."
Lady Zhao left in a hurry.
Watching her back, Hui Niang couldn’t help but think of her nephew.
Wondering if it would be troubleso to ask Mr. Zhao to help see if Ah Yu could get into the county’s academy.
But...
The students’ aptitude in the county is too high.
Ah Yu might not be able to keep up.
Back ho, Yu Tingwan poured hot water for the elders to warm up.
"What exactly happened on Uncle’s side?"
Wei Shouzhong and Hui Niang exchanged glances.
Yu Tingwan: "Is my cousin okay?"
Wei Shouzhong: "You haven’t t Ah Yu, right?"
"When you and Lang got married and we had the wedding, he didn’t co."
Over the years, Zhao Yu had been to Xilin Village.
But he didn’t stay long at ho, and his visits to Xilin Village were infrequent.
Yu Tingwan was busy at the Hu Family, with barely any ti to keep her feet on the ground, so they never t.
Yu Tingwan: "I haven’t t him."
Wei Shouzhong: "Well, your cousin is honest, and..."
He hesitated to speak further.
Hui Niang: "Let say it."
Looking troubled, she said, "Ah Yu has a certain charm."
Yu Tingwan: ???
What the heck???
Feeling a bit of interest, Wei Zhao, who was languid, raised an eyebrow.
Hui Niang sighed: "Although his academics haven’t been going well, quite a few girls fancy him, and now there’s trouble."
"The youngest daughter of the Village Chief from Sandun Village took a liking to Ah Yu, and years ago, soone ca over to help diate."
"Your aunt didn’t agree."
After all, not all Village Chiefs are good.
The Village Chief of Sandun Village was rather unreasonable.
His daughter was spoiled and had a bad temper, crying and insisting on marrying Zhao Yu.
The Yu Family wouldn’t agree.
They didn’t dare reach so high.
Angry, the Village Chief of Sandun Village loudly scolded the Yu Family for being ungrateful.
The Yu Family didn’t talk back and calmly apologized again and again.
— Yes, yes, mainly because Ah Yu has no skills and our family’s conditions are not good, we really can’t delay your daughter.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t argue back.
After all, she ca from Sandun Village herself and couldn’t afford to do anything that might cause trouble for her own family’s people.
Hui Niang: "For years, nothing happened. The girl later got engaged elsewhere. Who knew she’d set a trap."
"Ah Yu’s granny, that is, your aunt’s mother, had twisted her ankle before. This child had just returned from the academy, heard the news, couldn’t rest easy, and went to Sandun Village."
"Coincidentally, he was traveling with the youngest daughter’s elder brother, and perhaps being too tired, Ah Yu fainted along the way. He was rescued."
"By the ti your aunt’s family heard and rushed over an hour later, Ah Yu was still at their house, unconscious."
Hearing this, Yu Tingwan’s eyelid imdiately twitched.
"An hour?"
"Didn’t they notify anyone?"
"Seeing my cousin faint, they should have sent him to Aunt’s family’s ho."
If there wasn’t so conspiracy, Yu Tingwan wouldn’t believe it.
Talking about this made Hui Niang angry.
"We thought they were being kind."
"At the ti, it did feel odd, but seeing Ah Yu fine, there was no concern."
"Who would have known, a month later, they showed up at your uncle’s place. Out of nowhere, they claid Ah Yu had gotten their youngest daughter pregnant. No denying."
"They even threatened if Ah Yu didn’t marry her, they’d stir up trouble at the academy, blocking the way daily. Ruining his reputation, turning him into a laughingstock, forever putting him at odds with his scholarly pursuits."
Such people could indeed do what they threatened.
How could the Yu Family be threatened?
The son studied the Confucian classics, valued etiquette, and never quarreled with anyone.
After much consideration, the Yu Family could only grit their teeth and passively withdraw from the academy, staying stubbornly determined.
As she spoke, Hui Niang added a sentence.
"Back then, Lang hadn’t returned to Xilin Village."
Speaking tactfully.
Clearly, it was before Wei Zhao had rolled down the mountain of Xilin Village and been picked back up by Hui Niang.
Hui Niang: "Your aunt heard from outside inquiries that the girl was not very upright, and her engagent had already broken off."
"Now, being pregnant, she turned to bla Ah Yu, and how could she acknowledge that?"
During that fainting fit, they couldn’t be separated.
"But with Ah Yu staying at their house for so long, witnessed by the villagers. They claid your cousin lay on the youngest daughter’s bed that day, she looked after him too, and accused us of ruining their daughter, there’s no way to clear our na."
"They are unreasonable as the Village Chief, determined to let your cousin swallow this loss in silence. After you and your uncle stood your ground for long, losing patience, they directly led a gang into Zhao Family Village and took your cousin away bound."
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