Chapter 172

"Second sister-in-law, did you know earlier?"

The third daughter-in-law was taken aback and a little incredulous.

When I learned that Zhuang Siniang was having an affair with someone, in fact, the people of the entire Kuailiang Village didn't believe it at first.

Kuai Huaide is a scoundrel, like a toad and disgusting person, although the village said that they were rumored to be rumors, ruined the reputation of Zhuang Siniang, and everyone gossiped behind their backs, in fact, this malice was not aimed at Zhuang Siniang, but was dissatisfied with Kuai Wu.

He is lazy, drunk and troublesome, and is disgusted by everyone in the village.

Kuailiang Village is a clan system, all the resources in the clan are distributed by Uncle Kuailiu, and the annual land tax of the government is never paid by Kuai Wu, and Uncle Kuai is the master, so that the whole village can get together some and block it for him.

It's okay at the beginning, for the sake of the late Kuaijumin, you are silent about it, but you can't stand it every year.

Why did everyone work hard, Kuai Wu drank everywhere and made trouble, and asked the whole village to share the taxes for him?

After a long time, everyone complained deeply about Kuai Wu, and gradually became dissatisfied with Kuai Liu.

Under the calm and united appearance of Kuailiang Village, an undercurrent gradually emerged.

And the matter between Kuai Huaide and Zhuang Siniang is like an outlet, which makes many people who have long been dissatisfied with Kuai Wu vent their dislike by laughing at Kuai Wu.

"But in my heart, no one thinks that the fourth lady will really have an affair with someone, she is docile and cannot do such an ugly thing."

The eldest daughter-in-law sighed:

"After all the things that happened with the strangers were poked out, the people in the village began to think that Huaide was talking nonsense."

Uncle Kuai Sixth didn't believe it either, he remembered the farce of the past, and first asked people to tie up Kuai Huaide and beat him up - who knew that in the end this matter was true.

But is this really true?

Zhao Fusheng actually already has the answer in his heart, even if Zhuang Siniang really has an affair with someone, it is not a strange thing.

She was born with a hard life, she has never been loved and cared for since she was a child, she is not a lady, and she has experienced the entanglement of scoundrels in the middle, which has discredited her and made her situation even more difficult.

The appearance of a foreigner at this time was a rare warmth in her life, and it was not unimaginable that she would be shaken.

Zhao Fusheng looked at the face of the second daughter-in-law, and always felt that this taciturn second sister-in-law knew a lot of inside information.

"Did she really have an affair?"

She asked knowingly, looked at the second daughter-in-law, and the second daughter-in-law nodded silently:

"I'm really good with that stranger. At first, I didn't have this thought, the stranger had a wife in his early years, but his wife unfortunately died early, and then he brought two sons and a daughter to adulthood alone, and now he saves money by selling goods in the mountains, and wants to marry a wife for his son, and he lives very economically. ”

"Siniang saw that his clothes were sometimes torn, so she sewed and mended for him, and when she saw that he was a big man who was not good at washing clothes, she washed them for him, and the stranger said to the outside world that he gave her money and hired her."

In this way, the people in the village could not gossip.

Although the foreigner is old, he is thoughtful, and compared with Kuai Huaide's reckless impulsiveness, he has won the heart of Zhuang Siniang.

On the one hand, she is a sloppy husband who is indifferent and drunk, and on the other hand, she is a foreigner who helps her at a critical moment, she can't resist the temptation, and finally makes a mistake and leads to death.

"Second sister-in-law—"

The third daughter-in-law was still shocked, and she didn't believe that this honest man's second sister-in-law knew such a secret:

"Y-Did you know?"

Now, it's useless to conceal it, and the second daughter-in-law simply nodded:

"The two of them had a tryst in the mountains, and I bumped into each other once."

This second daughter-in-law is not shocking, and she is endless.

As soon as her voice fell, not only Zhao Fusheng was silent for a moment, but even the other three daughters-in-law of the Kuai family were stunned, staring at the second sister-in-law stupidly, unable to speak.

"The two of them were picking Baisu together, and when Siniang was working, the stranger was there to help her pick it up."

The second daughter-in-law said calmly.

Zhao Fusheng suddenly looked at her a little differently.

At first, she thought that this second daughter-in-law was very cautious, honest and introverted, and didn't talk too much, believing that trouble came from her mouth.

But I didn't expect that I would lose my eyes, although the second daughter-in-law is introverted, many things are in her eyes, and she can still hide secrets.

"You-" The eldest daughter-in-law stared at the younger sibling in a daze.

She smiled, "You look at me, I look at you, occasionally laugh at each other, and when you look at the situation, it's wrong." ”

"Second sister-in-law, didn't you scold them?" The fourth daughter-in-law was also a little incredulous, and asked in a low voice.

"Rebuke what?" Kuai's second daughter-in-law suddenly had the audacity to ask her:

"What kind of person is the fifth child, don't you know? The fourth lady just owes him a lot, and she has already paid it off in the past few years. What's more, does Siniang owe him? Her rhetorical question went unanswered.

The second daughter-in-law pulled the corners of her mouth and sighed:

"What kind of life does Siniang live, from morning to night, all year round, as long as she keeps her eyes open, she has never been idle for a moment."

"She has suffered enough, and we women must have hope in this life."

She lowered her head, and the shadow quickly blocked her from the brow below, so that the look on her face could not be seen, except for her gray hair, old, wrinkled and uneven complexion, and in some places a slightly darkened forehead.

"If she stays here, there is only one way to die, follow the stranger, at least she has a stutter, and she can live." After speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly:

"No matter how bad it is, it's better than following the old five, right?"

“……”

Kuai's second daughter-in-law's words were too unexpected.

Zhao Fusheng couldn't help but show surprise, not to mention the daughter-in-law.

"You, aren't you afraid that the second brother will kill you......"

The third daughter-in-law stammered, looking at the second sister-in-law's gaze as if she was going crazy.

"Third child, didn't you know it just as early?" The second daughter-in-law raised her head and stared at the third daughter-in-law with a smile.

"What?!"

At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law were shocked, and there seemed to be a piece of iron sitting under their buttocks, and they stood up with a bounce, staring at the third daughter-in-law:

"Third child, you-"

"I—I didn't—"

The fast-talking third daughter-in-law was visibly panicked.

Her lips instantly lost their blood, her face turned pale, and her whole body kept trembling:

"No, there's no such thing—"

"I've seen it all." Kuai's second daughter-in-law originally looked timid and cowardly, but at this time she became the calmest person among the four concubines:

"If you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts, and if they meet like this, sooner or later there will be an incident in the east window. Huaide stared at Siniang tightly, and the stranger lived under the same roof with him, and although the correspondence between the two was secret, it aroused his suspicions. ”

“……”

When the third daughter-in-law heard this, her hands kept trembling.

She was terrified.

"The night before the accident, the two men met under the eaves behind the circle and talked quietly." Kuai Huaide had already set his eyes on them, and when he heard the movement of the villagers outside the next house getting up, he followed him.

One was cautious, but he didn't expect the wall to have ears; A person who was resentful in his heart and intended to catch the adulterer restrained his steps.

There is a mental calculation or no intention, and the foreigner doesn't know that he is being targeted by Kuai Huaide.

But the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind.

When Kuai Huaide got up, Kuai's third daughter-in-law was also paying attention to Zhuang Siniang's side.

She heard the snoring of the old man in the next room, and the fourth lady of Zhuang opened the door, hesitated, and followed her.

"That night, I got up too."

The second daughter-in-law glanced at the concubine and said lightly.

The third daughter-in-law trembled.

Her thoughts went back to the night before the incident, when she walked behind Zhuang Siniang, and her heart was very complicated at that time.

not only pities what happened to Zhuang Siniang, but also hates why she doesn't fight for fornication with others, worried that her matter will be discovered by others, and is afraid that this ugly matter will be exposed, and she will end miserably.

Just when her mind was uneasy, she saw Kuai Huaide.

At that moment, the blood of the third daughter-in-law froze.

The ghost sent the gods, and she suddenly shouted loudly:

"Huaide, what are you doing there? It's like being a thief. ”

She cursed, and her voice was loud in the night.

As the saying goes, the grass scares the snake.

Kuai's third daughter-in-law's angry scolding at night not only scared Kuai Huaide, who wanted to catch the rapist, but even the pair of Zhuang and Chen, who were about to meet, were shocked, and the two quickly withdrew their heads and slipped back to their respective homes.

A crisis disappeared invisibly, and all this happened to be seen by the second daughter-in-law who was secretly spying on the side.

"You shouted to stop Huaide, scared off the four ladies and the outsiders, and made this matter a temporary concealment."

Kuai's second daughter-in-law stared at Kuai's third family:

"Isn't it?"

She seemed docile and silent before, but she didn't expect that there would be an aggressive side at this time.

The third daughter-in-law of Kuai, who was originally sharp and didn't seem to be easy to mess with, was asked by her at this time, her face was pale, and she didn't dare to say a word.

"Third sister-in-law, you-you-"

The fourth daughter-in-law's eyes widened, staring at the third sister-in-law:

"Is what the second sister-in-law said true?"

She knew in her heart that the third family was fierce, and she was famous in the village, if anyone wronged her or provoked her, she dared to carry a knife to make trouble at the door of people's homes.

But at this time, she was forced to ask by the second daughter-in-law, but her expression was weak and she didn't dare to say a word.

Such an attitude is already obvious.

The fourth daughter-in-law was stunned:

"This, this is impossible......" She kept shaking her head and looked at her sister-in-law again:

"Siniang had an accident that day, and the third sister-in-law slapped her a few times, beating her mouth and bleeding, and asked her why she was stealing——"

When she said this, tears suddenly flowed from the eyes of the third daughter-in-law:

"I'm afraid."

After saying that, she howled and cried:

"That's the fourth lady, it's the fourth lady!" While crying, she thumped her chest hard.

Her face was tilted upward, the bloody tendons on her neck bulged high, and she cried heartbreakingly:

"Fourth lady, I don't want her to die, my family was almost taken away by a kidnapper in Wulitun back then, and she desperately didn't want to bring my son back."

"Afterwards, a piece of meat was bitten off the back of her hand, and it was so rotten that it almost saw a bone, and she comforted me."

The third daughter-in-law, who looked calm before, finally couldn't hold back:

"She's been in pain for many days, she can't work, and the wolf-hearted thing of the fifth child still beats her, thinking that she is slow to do things and cooking is not delicious-"

"It is my lifeline, and if my son is abducted, I will not live. Siniang saved his life, and also saved my life, how can I see that something happened to her? ”

“！！！”

“……”

It's just shocking.

When Zhao Fusheng chatted with these women at the beginning, because of the life of Zhuang Siniang, he actually had a preconceived impression of these women in his heart.

Even when he was at Uncle Kuailiu's house, he said that the four concubines of the Kuai family were filial piety and simplicity, and the four of them had good morals, but she didn't believe it.

But at this moment, the words shouted by the third daughter-in-law shocked her.

This is where the complexity of human nature lies.

"That's interesting."

She muttered to herself, then a thoughtful look.

"Third sister-in-law-" The fourth daughter-in-law was also frightened by her performance, and shouted at a loss, but the third daughter-in-law only knew how to cry.

At this time, in the dead of night, Kuailiang Village fell into eternal night after the accident, and everyone's mood was not high, and there were not many activities outside.

After the chaos of the day and night, many people may not be asleep at this time, she howls so loudly, and the words she shouts are still very impactful, is she not afraid of being heard?

Zhao Fusheng frowned.

"Third sister-in-law, since this is the case, on the same day, why did you beat Siniang that day?" The fourth daughter-in-law asked puzzledly:

"At that time, you beat her so hard, and scolded her fiercely, I thought, I thought you were complaining that she had tarnished the reputation of our family and soiled our ancestors."

"I'm afraid—"

After the third daughter-in-law finished crying, her courage failed, and the realistic rules, identity and terrible clan system turned into an invisible mountain and pressed on her heart.

Her eyes were still very red and swollen from crying, but her face had faded from the previous impulse to go crazy desperately, and she said a little timidly:

"I'm afraid that people will know that she stole people, and I still cover for her, and my man will kill me."

"I don't dare, I don't dare to go with her, so I have to hit her and let the others see—"

She was a little weak-hearted.

"Since it's all said now, sister-in-law, why don't you spread it out."

Seeing this scene, the second daughter-in-law seemed to be very happy, and turned her head to look at the eldest daughter-in-law, and a sentence caught her off guard:

"I—...... I?"

"Yes."

The second daughter-in-law smiled:

"The two of them made an appointment, and the foreigner surnamed Chen left one day in advance, and the four ladies left the next day."

The five families were so poor that the bell sounded, and the fourth lady of Zhuang was penniless, and she didn't even have the money to cross the river.

Outsiders came to Kuailiang Village to buy Bai Su, but they didn't expect to eat and live here for a while, and they spent some money to help Zhuang Siniangzi buy grain.

Now that the two are going to elope, he doesn't have much money in his hand, and the rest of the money has to be kept with Zhuang Siniang and then go home for entanglement.

Therefore, the two discussed, and asked Zhuang Siniang to find the ferryman to lie, saying that there was something to cross the river, and they owed him money first, and then they would pay it back later - in fact, the two of them couldn't pay it back.

"Sister-in-law, you learned the news, found the ferryman who supported the boat in advance, gave him two money in private, and asked him to send the fourth lady across the river, and let him allow the fourth lady to owe money on credit, and give it again in the future."

The three concubines of the Kuai family are all secretly helping.

When the eldest daughter-in-law heard this, she did not refute.

Things have progressed so far, which has been very unexpected by Zhao Fu's business, but when the eldest daughter-in-law turned her head to look at the fourth daughter-in-law, she still raised her right eyebrow.

Kuai's daughter-in-law said:

"The fourth family, you also helped."

"Yes."

Unlike the previous situation where the third daughter-in-law desperately refuted, the fourth daughter-in-law admitted it happily when she heard this.