After the child was born, when she knew it was a girl, she didn't even look at it.
I don't even know what she looks like, and there is no evidence to prove it.
However, it seemed that she heard the midwife Aunt Wu say something in surprise, but she forgot what she said specifically.
what is it?
"I, I was in a daze at the time and don't remember..."
Jiang Sanlang sneered: "Then first tell me how your child was picked up by me."
Han:……
She couldn't tell the truth, even if she didn't lose the child.
But if you say it's your husband, even less so.
Her husband is a scholar, and his reputation is extremely important. She would rather not have a son than prevent him from failing the imperial examination.
When Mrs. Chen Feng saw that her daughter-in-law was silent, she immediately replied: "Because the child is weak and has no energy since he was born, so, so..."
"So you threw her to the river?" Jiang Sanlang asked coldly.
Chen Fengshi nodded quickly: "Yes! We can't leave a dead child at home."
"Then tell me where your child who was born lifeless was left on the river, and why was I picked him up?" Jiang Sanlang asked aggressively.
"I lost it. Where was it thrown in the river? I can't remember the exact location. It's been so many years..."
Mrs. Chen Feng looked at her second daughter-in-law for help, "Ms. Han, do you know?"
Han bit his lip and remained silent.
The husband, Chen Changping, did not say that he had abandoned the child by the Chuan River. He only said that he had abandoned the child in Beishan.
But why did Jiang Sanlang say that the child was by the river? Did he deliberately deceive himself to confuse the public? Or was the child really not his?
But no matter what, the child must be his!
Jiang Sanlang turned to Sun Lizheng and said: "Li Zheng, my Yingbao has not been frail since she was a child. If you don't believe me, you can ask my neighbors if they have seen my daughter seek medical treatment or take medicine."
Everyone shook their heads: "We have never seen Ying Bao get sick, and we have never seen the Jiang family seek medical treatment for their children."
"Since my child was not frail, how could he become one of the Chen family's children who was frail and died at birth?"
Jiang Sanlang's eyes were burning, and he turned to Mr. Han: "Or is it because you couldn't give birth to a son, so you listened to the rumors, deliberately deceived, and wanted to steal my cherry treasure to give you a son?"
Han's eyes dodge and he muttered: "I didn't..."
Now she began to doubt her previous judgment. Maybe... maybe the baby girl was not hers at all, but so what.
"Also, my Yingbao was not picked up by the Chuanhe River. I brought her back from the south slope, several miles away from the Chuanhe River." Jiang Sanlang said firmly.
Chen Fengshi Hanshi:......
Chen Laoshuan glared at his second daughter-in-law angrily.
Han wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Sun Lizheng, "Okay, you all can calm down."
Pointing at Chen Laoshuan, "You are the head of the family, but you are fooling around with two women. I won't punish you today, but I can't encourage this evil trend.
Let's do this, you can pay two taels of silver to Jiang Sanlang's family as compensation, and let this be settled. Otherwise, I will have to send you to the county government office, and the Ming government will personally try this fraud case."
He was really fed up with the guys in Xichen Village who were doing all these crooked things instead of doing their business.
Seeing that the deadline for the autumn tax is coming soon, there are still several people in Xicun who have not yet paid. If he does not punish them, they will go to heaven.
Looking at his East Village, there were several households in difficulty last year, but this year they all paid their taxes early, which saved him a lot of trouble.
When Chen Feng heard that he was going to be fined, she was unhappy, "I said I was upright, why should I be fined money? Even if we admit the wrong person, we shouldn't be punished like this."
Sun Lizheng slapped the table and scolded: "What? What do you think I should do? Are you going to falsely accuse other people's children again and again? Is there any royal law?"
Chen Feng shrank her neck and became silent.
He glared at the second daughter-in-law again.
What a useless thing! There is no evidence at all, and he dares to persuade her to go to the Jiang family to have a child.
This time I have lost my face to grandma's house.
In the end, Chen Laoshuan had no choice but to pay another two taels of silver, otherwise Li Zheng would beat his wife, his second daughter-in-law, and him.
If his daughter took off her pants and spanked her in public, he would have nowhere to show his face.
On the way home, Chen Laoshuan couldn't help but scolded the two women, telling them to go back and keep their mouths shut, and not to tell their second son about this, so as not to affect his studies.
Besides, when Jiang Sanlang returned home, Zhou Mao had already collected the goods and left. The villagers also went back their own ways.
Give the two taels of silver to Chun Niang and tell her about the situation at Li Zheng's place.
"I think Chen Han seems to be a little unwilling, so we have to be more careful."
Jiang Sanlang sighed, "But that's good, things are finally brought to light."
He had always been worried that someone would come to ask for Yingbao, but when the day finally came, he was relieved when he spoke openly.
I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, I'm afraid of thieves missing me. Now that I know their tricks, I also have ways to deal with them.
No matter what, he will never give up on his daughter.
"What about the birthmark on Ying Bao's wrist?" Chun Niang asked worriedly.
Because the little girl always insisted on bathing and changing clothes by herself, Chun Niang didn't know that the birthmark on her wrist was gone.
In addition, Ying Bao drew a small red turtle for herself. Even if Chun Niang occasionally saw her daughter's wrist, she would only think that the birthmark was covered by her daughter's painting.
Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought, "Let's talk about it then. There is always a way. However, the Chen family did not mention the birthmark on Yingbao's wrist today. They must not know about it at all."
That's fine, you can think of ideas in secret.
Chun Niang thought thoughtfully: "Don't they know that Ying Bao has a birthmark on her wrist?"
"It's possible." Jiang Sanlang rubbed his chin, "That's really good."
At this time, Yingbao poked her head in: "Dad, are you back?"
Jiang Sanlang waved to her, "Bao'er, come here and let your parents see the birthmark on your wrist."
Ying Bao ran in obediently, rolled up her sleeves, and exposed her clean wrists.
The top is completely white, and there is no plum blossom mark from before.
"Huh? Why is it gone?" Chun Niang and Jiang Sanlang were both surprised.
Ying Bao smiled and said: "It was washed away by Bao'er."
She couldn't say that she was burned with charcoal, that would be more difficult to explain and would be very troublesome.
"Wash it off? What did you use to wash it off?" Chun Niang grabbed her daughter's wrists and looked over them.
Gone, the birthmark is really gone! There is only a small red mole the size of a needle nose, which can’t be seen without looking carefully.
Chun Niang couldn't help but smile.
Jiang Sanlang also breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, I am no longer afraid of any tricks from the Chen family.
"I washed it with golden ear." Yingbao said with a smile, "It took a long time to wash it."
Chun Niang hugged her daughter, almost crying with joy, and said distressedly: "Bao'er has rubbed off a layer of skin." It is estimated that only by peeling off a layer of skin can the birthmark be gone.
Ying Bao was speechless.
Just let your parents misunderstand like this. It's better to rub off the skin than to burn off a piece of meat.
Jiang Sanlang touched his daughter's head and sighed in his heart.
His daughter was so sensible that she actually figured out a way to remove the birthmark.
How must this child's skin be rubbed to remove a birthmark as big as a copper coin? It's still attached to the flesh.
"Does it hurt, Bao'er?" he asked, his eyes filled with mist.
"It doesn't hurt." Ying Bao shook her head.
"Good girl." Chun Niang hugged her daughter tightly and kissed her cheek, "My dear daughter."
The twin brother also came over and stretched his neck to kiss his sister, "Ajie (Awu) is a good girl."
Yingbao chuckled and pushed away the heads of the two younger brothers.
