"So what is the purpose of the Taoist priest?" Meng Yuan couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know yet, but I have a bold guess. Maybe the person behind everything is my master, in order to help me avoid the disaster of life and death on my twenty-eighth birthday."
Although the master has always been unreliable, it is a matter of life and death for the apprentice. What if he is reliable once?
"What about me?" Meng Yuan then asked, "Why did your master come to me?"
"This..." Shen Qingqing frowned and thought for a long time, "Maybe you are the key factor for me to successfully travel through time? Just like Yao Yinzi, the plan cannot be completed without you."
As she spoke, she sighed to herself, "It's a pity that you don't remember that old man's appearance. Otherwise, we can communicate and figure out whether he is the old man."
Meng Yuan thought for a moment and replied: "I am not the only one who has met the old Taoist, there is also the man from Xinghua Village. How about we go to Xinghua Village tomorrow and ask the matter clearly."
Shen Qingqing nodded, "Let's go and give an explanation to the original Shen Qingqing."
In fact, the words she questioned Shen Dahua before were not made up by her, but the pain that had been hidden in the heart of the original owner for many years.
The original owner lived a happy life for several years when she first came to the Shen family. At first, Shen's father and mother treated her very well and provided her with delicious food and drinks. She was the first person who thought of her. I think it was at that time that Shen Dahua fell in love with her.
Later, for some unknown reason, the attitude of Shen's father and Shen's mother suddenly changed. They began to despise her and hate her. From the initial sarcastic remarks, they evolved into beatings and insults. She changed from the favored little princess in the family to a maid and servant who could be bullied by everyone.
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The original owner asked her parents more than once why, but no one gave her an answer. Every time she asked, she got a beating.
Later, she learned to be good, and no longer asked why, she opened her eyes every day and immersed herself in work, learned to be good, and learned to please. She also learned to be patient when facing the bullying from her siblings, just to let those who once loved her
The mother looked at her again.
Even when her parents ended up packing her up to marry a man they didn't like, she didn't hate her parents, but vented her pain on the innocent child.
To be honest, Shen Qingqing didn't like the original owner's weak character, but he could understand her mood.
If she had not been favored by her parents from the beginning, her psychology would not have become so distorted later. Having it and then suddenly losing it is the most painful and unacceptable thing.
Shen Qingqing thought, take this opportunity to ask everything clearly, give the original owner an answer, and let her leave without regrets.
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After breakfast the next day, Shen Qingqing entrusted the four cubs to He's care, hitched a carriage and prepared to go to Xinghua Village with Meng Yuan.
Before setting off, Shen's father and Shen's mother took Shen Dahua, who had been abandoned and returned to her parents' home, to Yanghua Village to settle the score with her.
Mother Shen was tall and strong, with a strong body. She also had a voice that could make half the village howl.
"Shen Qingqing, get out of here! I worked hard to raise you up. Is this how you repay me?"
"It's not easy for your sister to be pregnant, but you are still relying on your cleverness to sow discord between couples. Do you think you are doing human affairs?"
"If I had known you were a black-hearted white-eyed wolf, I should have thrown you into a cesspool and drowned you to death!"
Mother Shen walked and howled all the way, the effect was comparable to an advertising truck carrying a loudspeaker. After a while, all the villagers in Yanghua Village ran out to watch the fun.
Wang Tiezhu couldn't bear to listen to her dirty words, so he stepped forward and persuaded: "Sister, I am the head of Yanghua Village. Let's stop scolding. What happened? Tell me and let everyone comment on you." Commentary.”
"What should I say about this? Wuwu...I feel embarrassed even if I say it!"
Shen's mother wiped away her tears and cried, "I am Qingqing's mother. Ever since Qingqing got married, she has never returned to her parents' home to see me and her father. Even the fact that she opened a noodle shop in the town has never happened. I heard it from other people’s mouths.”
"It's okay to be unfilial to your parents. Who asked us to be elders? What else can we do if we don't let our own children go? But she should never harm her own family!"
Shen's mother sat on the ground with her arms raised and cried, "Her sister has been married to the Zheng family for two years, and she finally got pregnant. Seeing that life is about to get better, she actually ran over to instigate a relationship between the couple!"
"Her sister was so angry that she had a few quarrels with her. She even beat her sister and aborted her sister's children! Can you tell me whether she is cruel or not?"
The villagers in Yanghua Village were dumbfounded, "No way, Qingqing is not such a person!"
"That is, although Qingqing has a big temper, she is definitely not the kind of person who makes trouble over nothing. There must be some misunderstanding. You'd better find out first."
Mother Shen didn't expect that even though she had been labeled as unfilial, no one could help her. She was so angry that her face turned red and her neck thickened.
"There is no misunderstanding! What misunderstanding can there be? Shen Qingqing has not brought a needle to her parents' house for more than half a year since she was married. Am I wronging her?"
"Her sister just gave birth to a child, and she is lying in front of you. Are you all blind and can't see it? Who is willing to tell the scandal about his family to others unless he is really forced to do anything?"
"You are from the same village, so you must close your eyes and help her speak. Who would pity me as a mother?"
Shen Qingqing, who came after hearing the news, heard her plausive remarks and became angry on the spot. She rolled up her sleeves and was ready to fight.
Meng Yuan stopped her in time, "Qingqing, don't go, leave this matter to me."
No matter how unreasonable and noisy that shrew is, in the eyes of outsiders, she is Shen Qingqing's biological mother, and her gift of giving birth and raising a child is unparalleled. Especially in this era where filial piety is valued, if Shen Qingqing really touches her, she will be punished. If the unfilial hat is placed on your head, what is reasonable will become unreasonable.
"I know you don't care what outsiders think, but I do. I don't want you to get an unwarranted reputation because of those bedbugs in the gutter. So, let me take the blame for this evil person."
Shen Qingqing met his serious eyebrows, raised her lips, smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will give you the opportunity to be a villain."
Meng Yuan patted the back of her hand to comfort her and walked into the crowd.
When the villagers saw him coming, they consciously made way for him.
Meng Yuan walked up to Mother Shen and looked at her condescendingly, with a cold look on his face.
Mother Shen raised her head with a ferocious expression, "Hey, son-in-law, you are here, where is Shen Qingqing? Call her out quickly!"
"Son-in-law, who is your son-in-law?" Meng Yuan's voice was colder than his eyes, "What good things did you do before Qingqing got married, and have you forgotten all about it?"
As he spoke, he took out a piece of yellowed paper from his sleeve pocket.
Mother Shen instantly understood what he was going to do, and jumped up from the ground, trying to snatch the contract away from him. As soon as she raised her arm, she was kicked to the ground by Meng Yuan. This chapter has been completed!