If you look closely at the official's face, you will see that he is frighteningly pale and haggard.
Combined with what the woman in Tsing Yi said just now, Hua Rujin gradually realized that the old man was probably infected with a difficult-to-treat disease such as liver cancer.
So, it is indeed a bit tricky.
She also seemed helpless.
"My family is unfortunate."
At this time, Weng Yuanwai's mind was no longer on his illness. He was quite relieved to see that his sister's family's great revenge was avenged and Nini returned safely and smoothly.
Signaling the woman in green to cover him with the quilt again, he said in a low tone: "I only had one daughter in my early years, and later I recruited Liu Jiang as my son-in-law. Who would have thought that this man was only respectful and flattering to me on the surface, but in fact he had already married my daughter into the family?"
The property is regarded as something in his pocket, and he keeps his wife outside without telling the old man and my poor daughter."
When he said this, his eyes were full of anger and he was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing.
"Master, don't be angry."
The woman in Tsing Yi worriedly comforted her for a long time, and then her mood gradually calmed down, and she continued:
"At first, the old man didn't believe it, and he only realized it when he saw his little girl depressed and died of a hemorrhage during childbirth. But after all, the old man moved a little slower, which made the traitor take precautions. For the sake of the family's foundation, the old man had no choice but to marry the Zhou family.
That’s how I got my young son today.”
As he said that, he looked at the two young children in front of him with sad eyes: "I don't regret the death of an old man. I'm afraid that the poor children like Ni Ni and orphans will be persecuted by that guy in the future."
Hearing this, Hua Rujin couldn't help but sigh.
No wonder the husband-in-law just stopped the couple from rewarding him with money.
It turned out that he had already regarded the Weng family's property as his own.
Moreover, they also obstructed Weng Yuanwai from redressing the injustice of Ni Ni's family, both covertly and covertly.
He dared to act so boldly while the old man was still alive. I really couldn't imagine what the new son-in-law could do after the old man passed away.
After pondering for a moment, she saw that there was no one else in the room, and then she answered:
"This matter is not difficult to solve. Instead of trying to find the outer room where your son-in-law is hiding, it is better to make a will earlier while the official is still healthy, so as to prevent your son-in-law from occupying the magpie's nest."
After saying that, he called Mr. Zhou to him and whispered to her in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou's face immediately burst out into a smile, and she whispered in her husband's ear repeatedly. Weng Yuanwai's sickly body immediately cheered up, and he praised repeatedly:
"Good idea, good idea. Miss Hua is really smart."
He raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Zhou, and immediately urged: "Go and get another two hundred taels of silver to thank Miss Hua again."
"No need."
Hua Rujin stopped Mr. Zhou who was about to move, glanced at the tray of silver on the table, and said with a smile: "Weng Yuan doesn't have to be so open to outsiders. It's fate that this junior and Ni Ni met each other. I just look forward to it."
Madam Zhou will be able to treat her well in the future."
"Miss Hua, you can rest assured. Although I am not as good as Ni Ni's own mother, after all, I am a husband and wife, and my sister's family has suffered such a disaster. How can I not feel more pity for her."
Although Hua Rujin still couldn't completely believe in Zhou's vowing tone, now she only had her heart towards this woman.
In comparison, the husband-in-law is even more unreliable.
"Please Madam Zhou, please bring me some paper and pen. I will write a suicide note for the old man."
"Okay, here's Miss Laohua."
Zhou responded politely and went to get pen and paper in person. Hua Rujin only gave a rough idea and quickly wrote a will for Weng Yuanwai.
Afterwards, it was handed into the hands of Weng Yuanwai. The couple looked at it carefully and felt very satisfied.
After everything was done, Hua Rujin was already a little tired after working hard for a long time, so she stood up and said goodbye to the couple.
"Ma'am, send the flowers for me, Miss."
Weng Yuanwai was filled with gratitude to her and ordered in a forced tone.
"good."
Mrs. Zhou nodded in agreement while putting away the money on the table, and took the two young ones out of the house with flowers like brocade.
Arriving outside the gate of the courtyard, Hua Rujin took the package from Zhou and was about to get on the carriage when she was hugged by Ni Ni.
She and Ting An looked back at the same time, only to see the little girl clinging to them and refusing to let go.
Zhou quickly stepped forward to persuade her, "Nini, your sister from the Hua family still has something to do, so don't delay me."
Hua Rujin knew that this little girl had suffered too much in the past few years and was very worried. When she first discovered her, it took a long time before she was willing to confide in her.
She slowly bent down, looked at Cheng Nini with warm eyes, and said comfortingly: "Sister, I will stay here for the time being. When your grandpa Goupi comes back from Jiangling City, I will accompany you to bury your mother."
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Cheng Nini remained silent, just pressing her little head tightly into her arms.
Seeing this situation, Weng Xian, Zhou's five-year-old son, also took the initiative to reach out his little hand to grab his cousin, and persuaded in a soft voice: "Sister, our home is not far from Jiangling City. If you want to be the eldest sister of the Hua family,
Yes, I will accompany you to see her from now on."
"Yes, I will come back to see you when I have free time in the future."
Thinking of the seriously ill Weng Yuan, Hua Rujin patiently continued to caress her: "Ni Ni is obedient, you see your uncle has been worried about your family in the past few years, and now that you are finally reunited, just stay at home and take good care of yourself.
Stay with your uncle."
Cheng Nini had always thought that her uncle deliberately did not want to take care of her family's affairs, but now that the misunderstanding has been eliminated, thinking about her uncle's current situation and the care and love that her uncle had for her family in the past, she couldn't bear to leave just now.
Slowly releasing her little hands, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Hua Rujin, then she got up and ran straight back to the yard, hiding her reluctance.
Zhou and Hua Rujin couldn't help but feel sour in their hearts when they saw this scene.
"From now on, I will entrust Ni Ni to Mrs. Zhou."
After admonishing her again, Hua Rujin couldn't bear to close her eyes as she looked at the little girl's little figure disappearing in a hurry.
Zhou nodded with a serious look: "Don't worry, Miss Hua."
The two said goodbye to each other, and Hua Rujin sat back in the carriage. As the sound of Ting'an barking at the horses was heard, the wheels slowly rolled away from the old house of the Weng family.
In the living room, Weng Yuanwai was lying weakly on the imperial chair, holding the suicide note tightly in his hands, and his vision was gradually blurring.
Looking at the figure walking in, his eyes were full of resentment and regret.
"What did my father-in-law, stepmother and Miss Hua say?"
Liu Jiang tiptoed in and looked at the dying father-in-law carefully, still with a respectful and flattering face:
"My son-in-law, I heard that Miss Hua is a widow, and I'm afraid she still had an affair with a cousin of the Cheng family. Now that my father-in-law wants to take in Nini, he has to be careful and don't get in the way of the widow and let her help.
Ni Ni took away this family property."
Weng Yuanwai suppressed the surge of blood and stretched out his hand tremblingly to lift up the suicide note: "Your stepmother is weak, your nephew is young, and your life is miserable. This family property can only be entrusted to a virtuous son-in-law.
I hope you will treat them, mother and son, kindly in the future."
"Father-in-law, don't worry."
As soon as Liu Jiang took the suicide note, he saw his hand hanging straight down. After some inspection, he found that the old man had died, and he felt ecstatic in his heart.
I hurriedly opened the suicide note and read it carefully, and found that I really wanted to take over the Weng family's business, and I became even more proud.
Seeing Zhou's mother and son and Cheng Nini running in, lying in front of the old man and crying loudly, he changed his usual respectful and docile attitude and angrily scolded: "Why are you crying? My father-in-law has been tortured for the past few years.
He should be freed, this is joy and mourning, why are you crying and howling like wolves?"
Then he stared at the suicide note in his hand and said with satisfaction: "Stepmother, just before my father-in-law passed away, he told me to let my son-in-law take charge of the family business. Your temperament is indeed as he said, and you are not able to take on heavy responsibilities, but little
My son-in-law is a tall man after all, and he can't take care of the affairs of the inner house, so I'll let my concubine Axiang help with the cooking first."
As he spoke, his voice gradually turned stern: "But my son-in-law has said it first. I will bring him into the house later. Although Axiang is just a concubine, she is the person entrusted by my son-in-law to give me gifts."
, stepmother and nephew had better be sensible and don't make things difficult for them, otherwise don't blame your son-in-law for being rude."
Leaving behind these harsh words, he walked away with a puff of sleeves.
Now Zhou only wanted to arrange the funeral arrangements for her husband and let him be buried as soon as possible. She forced down the angry young son Weng Xian and tried her best to persuade him: "Be obedient. Let your cousin be settled first and your father be buried."
Weng Xian and Cheng Nini looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and finally they threw themselves into Zhou's arms and burst into tears.