Chapter Seventy-Three: The Great Wedding
Hu Dabao was originally an upright and simple character, and Hu Hui also followed Hu Dabao, so naturally he would not think about things badly. But Hu Dabao's wife is different - everything about Hu Xiang, she knows better than anyone else.
Liu Tian came to Hu's house to ask for marriage that day, originally Hu Dabao meant that if the young man himself had that intention, his parents would definitely not stop him, and expressed his agreement, but he was stopped by Hu Dabao's wife.
His wife persuaded him, saying that marriage is a major event that determines lifelong happiness, but we raise a daughter is not more important than a son, marriage is more important, and it is better to be cautious if you can't get it right but you want to put your whole life into it.
Hu Dabao thinks about it, he can't be too hasty just because Hu Xiang is his adopted daughter, besides, no matter how she says that she is also his daughter, it will take time to prepare for the marriage.
However, Hu Dabao and Hu Hui are in a very good mood, Liu Tian is a benefactor to the Hu family, and everyone knows his ability, and it is not a bad thing for the Hu family to be able to marry the Liu family.
That night, in the dead of night, Hu Dabao's wife confirmed that her husband was asleep, so she took the initiative to find her eldest daughter's bedroom. And when she arrived at her eldest daughter's place alone, she found that the lights in the room were on, and when she went in, she saw that Hu Xiang was sitting at the table quietly knitting a scarf.
Seeing his mother coming, Hu Xiang just smiled slightly, and did not look particularly surprised, and smiled and asked his mother to come in and sit down. It's autumn, and it's much colder than a month ago.
The wife tightened the scarf on her body and sat in front of Hu Xiang with a complicated expression. She opened her mouth and asked Hu Xiang why she didn't sleep so late. Hu Xiang said that he wanted to knit a scarf, and the weather was about to get cold, so he was going to weave a scarf for Liu Tian to bring it.
Saying that, Hu Xiang also smiled a little shyly, saying that Liu Tian just likes to be coquettish, and he didn't find it before, but he likes this kind of thing very much.
His wife looked at Hu Xiang for a long time, and after a long time, she sighed and asked, Are you really marrying Liu Tiancai because you like him? Hu Xiang stopped what he was doing and raised his head to look at his mother.
"Or else? Otherwise, don't you think...... Why should I marry him? ”
Hu Xiang asked with a slight smile, but the atmosphere between the two of them seemed very depressing.
"Now it's just me and you here, two people, Xiang'er, I don't want to talk nonsense with you, it's not early, isn't it?"
When facing Hu Xiang, his wife seemed a little indifferent, which was completely different from when facing Hu Dabao.
"I don't understand what you mean."
“…… Xiang'er, as long as you are willing to live a down-to-earth and peaceful life, our family will never treat you badly, and your father and I will give you what should be given to you. ”
Hu Xiang listened to his mother's words, did not squeak, just stared down at the scarf in his hand.
"There are some things that hurt feelings when you say them, don't you know that? Although you are not my biological child, after so many years, I have come to regard you as my own daughter. ”
"I know, mother, I am grateful to you and my father for raising me."
The wife sighed lightly, shook her head, and said, "Xiang'er, I didn't mean that...... I'm not as old as I was then, and I'm getting older. I've done a lot of wrong things in the past, especially for you...... I actually felt very guilty. ”
“……”
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and gently stroked Hu Xiang's hair, Hu Xiang only smiled slightly, but I could see a trace of stiffness and reluctance on her face.
"Xiang'er, if you are willing to be like me, forget the past, forget everything I said to you in the past...... Then, I can promise you that I will definitely let you live a happy life - even if you don't get married, there is no problem, you stay in the Hu family for a lifetime, and no one will gossip about you. ”
Hu Dabao's wife whispered, looking as if she was sincerely repenting of her past actions. When it comes to emotion, tears can't stop dripping.
Hu Xiang seems to be very sensible and very mature, she comforted her mother while telling her that she and Liu Tian are really just because they like each other, so don't worry.
After leaving Hu Xiang's house, Hu Dabao's wife came to the moonlight, stood in the courtyard, looked at the pale moon, folded her hands and muttered to herself and prayed for a while, and then dragged the tired figure back to her bedroom.
But the departing back seemed to me very uneasy and haggard. It was as if she had anticipated what would happen in the future.
Because Hu Xiang and Liu Tian have already discussed the matter of marriage, so Hu Dabao prepared for their wedding date very smoothly, half a month later, Hu Dabao held a grand wedding for his eldest daughter, and Hu Xiang married into Liu Tian's family.
However, the Hu family was not happy for long, and the atmosphere at home began to change gradually. Hu Dabao drank medicine on time every day and drank the traditional Chinese medicine that Liu Tian gave him, but his illness became serious again - not only him, even Hu Hui had abnormal symptoms.
Lin Fei and Hu Hui, a husband and wife, have never had children, and the reason may be that these two young people are not ready to be parents, but more importantly, Hu Hui's body is too weak.
After the hospital examination, the doctor clearly said that if Hu Hui gets married and has children, she is likely to have a difficult birth. It is also they who are more cautious about having children.
But Hu Hui, who was already weak, became weaker for some reason. At the beginning, due to the aggravation of Hu Dabao's illness, Hu Hui stayed in the Hu family to take care of him for a short time, but her own physical condition also deteriorated.
At the beginning, everyone thought that Hu Hui just had a cold, and this situation was not once or twice. Every time the season changes, Hu Hui, who is weak, will definitely catch a cold.
Hu Hui even thought so herself, but when she had more and more high fevers and collapsed on the bed, she was so weak that she could barely get up, and this situation lasted for more than a week, and everyone realized that something was wrong.
Hu Dabao's symptoms worsened, no one knew why, and Hu Hui's body, which was worse, also had problems, and the atmosphere of the Hu family became more and more gloomy.
However, this is not the end - the wife, who has been tired of taking care of her husband and daughter, one day, she actually fell with her. For a while, the Hu family had no one in charge, and it was almost a mess, so Lin Fei had to temporarily put down his work and return to Qingyun Town.
Hu Dabao trusts Lin Fei very much, this is an honest and good young man, and after arriving at the Hu family, he also began to learn about business management under Hu Dabao's teaching.
So with the help of Lin Fei, the Hu family has not had a particularly big crisis for the time being, but the fact that Hu Dabao, his wife and daughter fell together is still too strange.
What has to be suspicious is that during this period of time, Hu Xiang and Liu Tian did not appear at the Hu family once. However, because the two had just gotten married and were on their honeymoon, no one thought much about it.
However, for me, the idea is completely different from that of the Hu family. I saw the whole process, and all the things that Liu Tian and Hu Xiang did were exposed to my eyes. The two of them didn't go on a honeymoon at all, and this Liu Tian was almost completely and firmly eaten to death by Hu Xiang.
I didn't see Liu Tian at first, but after marrying Hu Xiang, I found out that he was actually a person with an extreme lack of identity.
This kind of thing may not seem important at first glance, but it can have a serious impact on a person's personality. Compared with me, an audience with a God's perspective, Hu Xiang sees through this more sharply, and I have to admit that Hu Xiang's vision is really vicious.
Even the people of the Liu family didn't know about Liu Tian's character flaws, Hu Xiang saw through this, and almost completely satisfied Liu Tian's needs in this regard after getting married.
So, in just a few months, in Liu Tian's heart, Hu Xiang has become the most important person in his heart, and her status has surpassed Liu Tian's parents. Looking at Liu Tian's attitude towards Hu Xiang, I feel more like a mother and son than a husband and wife.
Hu Xiang is a mother with clear rewards and punishments, while Liu Tian is a son who is willing to do anything that satisfies her in order to get his mother's praise.
In my opinion, it is clear that Liu Tian is being thoroughly used by Hu Xiang, but who made Hu Xiang do it cleverly, Liu Tian didn't notice it at all. Hu Xiang often makes a lot of demands, but there is a gradual process.
For example, at the beginning, Hu Xiang would ask him to refine many props for curses, and Liu Tian instinctively resisted doing this kind of thing. Although the underground burial master is a special profession, it is not an evil art, and this kind of props are specially made by evil and crooked people.
However, Hu Xiang's practice of whipping a piece of candy completely killed Liu Tian. When he is unwilling to do it, as long as Hu Xiang seduces him a little and gives him a set, Liu Tian will eventually compromise and do it.
In this way, Hu Xiang is very patient to consume Liu Tian's moral bottom line little by little, as Liu Tian is concerned, he has lived to the most vacant place in his heart so far, which has been completely filled by Hu Xiang, he doesn't know that he is being used by the other party, and he thinks that this is true love.
So Liu Tian gradually forgot his family motto, forgot his father's advice, and under Hu Xiang's guidance, he did more and more excessively, until finally, Liu Tian finally chose to agree when Hu Xiang proposed to let him curse his family.
I have to say that Hu Xiang is also a ruthless person, during this period of time, he is wearing down her husband's bottom line, and at the same time learning about the underground burial master with him. Now Hu Xiang also has basic common sense in this knowledge.
She knew that the Underground Burial Master could use spells, and that after using the spells, the Underground Burial Master would suffer some kind of punishment for breaking the taboo. But this has nothing to do with her, for her, Liu Tian is just a tool.
After confirming Liu Tian's ability, the only thing left was to convince him. Hu Xiang made up the story very cleverly, and after confessing that he was the adopted daughter of the Hu family, he moved it with affection and reason, so that Liu Tian completely believed that Hu Xiang had grown up under abuse in the Hu family before.
But after all, using spells would violate taboos, and Liu Tian still hesitated at the last moment. Seeing that her husband was unwilling to compromise, Hu Xiang used her last resort - she bluntly told Liu Tian that if he didn't help her, she would probably marry another man in the future.
Liu Tian was surprised, he said You are already married to me, how can you marry someone else? Hu Xiang laughed miserably, and said You don't know Hu Dabao and his wife at all, as long as it is for the sake of profit, they can do anything by any means.