Chapter 023: The Night of the Dark Moon and the High Storm
But after taking a look at the situation in the yard, there was a smell of gunpowder, and Hu Nanxi immediately stopped talking.
While Hua Rujin was angry, she tried hard to think about Hua Chengan's words, and then recalled the scene where she met Ye Chengwei at the county government office today, and gradually realized that something was wrong.
Obviously, he was not discussing the same thing with me at that time, otherwise how could he deliberately emphasize "that's all" after asking the question, and he was not even clear about his intention to go to the county government office.
Awkward!
Magistrate’s wife?
She suddenly realized that when Meng Yutang persuaded Hu Nanxi to withdraw from the Ye family's marriage, was he making a wedding dress for Hua Shiyu?
If Ye Chengguan was really as miserable as Mrs. Meng said, how could she be the top scholar in high school? As a fellow scholar, she knew best the daily life of a top student.
This woman is really scheming and ruthless.
No wonder she desperately wanted to keep the original owner in the Dou family, but it turned out that she simply didn't want to stand in the way of her daughter. She was really selfish to the point of being crazy.
Glancing at Meng Yutang with a fierce look, Hua Rujin asked solemnly: "Second Aunt really just went to Meng's house to ask for money last night?"
"Ahem, of course, otherwise, where else could I go in the dark?"
Meng Yutang pretended to be calm, coughed lightly and covered her mouth to clear her throat.
"But I heard that my cousin is going to be the county magistrate's wife?"
Hua Rujin looked at her meaningfully again.
"It's just children's nonsense. Why do you care about it?"
Meng Yutang answered seriously.
"Too."
Seeing that she refused to admit her debt, Hua Rujin deliberately provoked: "My second uncle was just a scholar back then, and my second aunt spent hundreds of taels of money on the doorstep to get my grandmother to agree to the marriage. This young master of the Ye family is only the top scholar."
I'm afraid that the Meng family will spend all their wealth and others may not like it."
"Hey you......"
Meng Yutang had a heart attack.
Thinking of the rejection I received when I went to the Ye family today and the tortuous experience of marrying into the Hua family, I was hit in a sore spot.
At first, because I was infatuated with Hua Junxu's beauty and knew that Hu Nanxi was greedy for money, I spent nearly two hundred taels of silver on the Hua family to get Hu Nanxi's consent.
For this reason, Mr. Meng was ridiculed for a long time.
Hu Nanxi heard that this dead girl was trying to instigate a relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and hurriedly came out to rescue her: "What are you talking about? What's wrong with your cousin wanting to be the wife of the county magistrate? If she really has this ability, it's her destiny."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she gradually realized that her daughter-in-law had some other agenda when she wanted to withdraw from the Ye family's marriage.
Although I don't like this damn girl Rujin, if she really gets married into the Ye family, it will be a great event for the ancestors, and I might be able to earn a lot more money.
Alas, it is a pity after all.
Now I can only point to the granddaughter of the second room and give it a try.
Besides, now that the family is separated, she has to be more devoted to her second wife.
Not wanting to argue with Hua Rujin anymore, Hu Nanxi quickly set her sights on Shu Jinxuan and the two little beans.
Looking at the candied haws on the grass target held by his grandson, he angrily accused: "It's such a hot day, Jinxuan, why did you buy so many candied haws, but two three-year-old children can eat them all?"
No, it’s just a waste of money.”
"I......"
Shu Jinxuan looked at the candied haws scattered on the floor in front of Hua Junxu with a depressed look on his face, as if he had eaten yellow lotus in his mouth.
Hua Rujin also felt helpless at the old woman's partiality.
Fortunately, I can leave this miserable yard tomorrow, otherwise I will die of depression.
Seeing that Shu Jinxuan, an elegant young man, was stunned by her scolding, Hua Rujin sneered and shook her head: "Grandma is really good at talking. She used the money from selling her son and daughter to let her grandson ruin her. My cousin feels sorry for his younger brother and sister Hua."
What you earn is clean money, and you can always sleep peacefully even if you really waste your night."
"you you......"
Hu Nanxi suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath. She was panting heavily and was held tightly by Meng Yutang. She couldn't find any words to refute for a while, so she started to cry and rebuke again: "What a good son and granddaughter I have raised.
Why did I remarry three times in my life..."
Hua Youen and Hua Muyang felt bored and immediately stopped crying. They quickly covered their ears with a bunch of candied haws in their hands and sneaked into the house.
Meng Yutang and Hua Junxu turned their backs helplessly.
Hua Rujin walked towards Meng Yutang with heavy steps, staring at her with sinister eyes, which made people's hair stand on end.
When passing by Meng Yutang, Hua Rujin suddenly stopped in her tracks, with a sinister smile on her lips:
It's not just a dirty trick, who can't do it?
For a while, I also had the idea of taking the path of the evil person so that the evil person has no way to go.
After his eyes paused on her for a few seconds, he strode back to the main room.
Hua Rujin felt angry and distressed when she saw the two little bean sprouts sitting on the bench dangling their calves as if nothing had happened. They each held a candied haws of sugarcane in their hands. They were already so bald and unwilling to eat them.
He stepped forward and stared at the two of them quietly, guessing at that moment that Hua Youen must have deliberately gone out to show off to Hua Chengan.
Speaking of which, he is a poor child. He has not received any love from Hu Nanxi in the past few years since he came back. Even Cai Baiwei is cold and indifferent towards the little girl, unlike the original owner and Hua Muyang.
"In the future, just tell me what you want to eat, and I will buy it for you, but we won't do such annoying things."
Hua Rujin looked at her with burning eyes and warned her warmly.
Hua Youen bit her lips and nodded slowly.
Hua Muyang handed the candied haws in her hand to Hua Rujin's hand and called happily: "Sister, you eat it."
"Sister, I've already tasted it."
Hua Rujin smiled and touched Hua Muyang's little head: "Eat quickly."
At this time, Cai Baiwei brought the prepared meals and greeted Hua Junnian. Shu Jinxuan sat down and heard the crying and singing outside, feeling a little overwhelmed and wanting to go out.
But this time, he was stopped by Hua Junnian.
"Don't worry, let's eat."
I thought what the second sister-in-law did today was a good deed, but I never thought that she had been deliberately scheming against this family.
It is true that I am blind, and it is a pity that my daughter's marriage to the Ye family is a pity.
And his mother's favoritism for his second wife in front of him today made him feel even more chilled.
I don’t know what it was like for Rujin to be alone with them in the past.
Thinking of this, he became even more depressed.
The atmosphere in the room also became a little solemn, and everyone ate their food in silence.
Night gradually fell, and the yard gradually became quiet.
The candlelight in Hua's backyard was trembling, and the busy figure printed in the willow window on the east side danced for a while before gradually stopping. Then the lights were extinguished one by one, and the entire yard was completely engulfed in darkness.
In the dark night, the Dou family in the south of the city seemed to be shrouded in a thick layer of haze, making Nuo Da's mansion look extremely eerie and terrifying.
The boy on night watch walked nervously in the alley in the corner of the house with a lantern in his hand, his vest getting cold with every step he took. No matter how he walked, he felt like he could never finish the familiar path, which seemed to have no end.
As his thoughts wandered, suddenly a white shadow flashed past the eaves.
The lantern in the boy's hand was swaying until he saw a familiar face, and his whole body began to tremble with the rhythm of the lantern's swing.
"Three...three...three..."
"laugh......"
The lantern fell to the ground and the fire gradually went out.
The white shadow passed over the eaves and disappeared in an instant, leaving only a pair of bloodless pupils looking tightly into the sky.