Chapter 173

What kind of role did the fourth daughter-in-law play in this matter, and what did she help Zhuang Siniang?

Zhao Fusheng thought about it for a moment and thought of a key person:

"Kuaiman-the daughter of Zhuang Siniang?"

"Yes, sir." The fourth daughter-in-law happily admitted:

"That girl is Siniang's heart and liver, and she is the only existence she can't let go."

"With her here, Siniang has been hesitant and reluctant to leave." As she spoke, tears filled her eyes.

"A woman is stupid, and a child is a piece of flesh that falls from her body."

In the past, Zhuang Siniang faced the hardships of life, and it was her guilt about Kuai Jumin's death that supported her to live and survive.

Ironically, the kindness in her humanity happened to be the death game that trapped her.

And after the child was born, the child became her invisible cage again.

"The stranger urged her several times to leave the child and go with him." She sobbed softly and whispered.

"She can't bear it." The second daughter-in-law said:

But she doesn't want to think about it, she is still young, how many children will she have in the future? I can't afford to spend my whole life in this mud. ”

Kuai San Niangzi also cried:

"The people of our village are fierce, and the little girl is the flesh and blood of the Kuai family, and she can't take it away."

Things have developed to this point, it has been very unexpected to everyone, many things that should be said and things that should not be said have been said, and the four concubines spread out their hearts and said it, only to find that the four of them were involved.

The third daughter-in-law's worries were dispelled, and she said:

"To put it mildly, she eloped with someone by herself, and at most she was scolded behind her back, and the sixth uncle and others knew what kind of life she was living, and they would not pursue it."

"Maybe I'll be glad she escaped life." The second daughter-in-law also answered.

As soon as she said this, the rest of the group fell silent for a moment.

The torches stuck in the walls illuminated the room dimly and brightly, and there was a strange, tacit understanding flowing through the room.

The originally eerie night was a little warmer because of this special and taboo topic.

It's been a long time—

"But if she eloped with someone with the blood of the Kuai family, then the situation would be different, the people in the village couldn't afford to lose this face, and they would find a way to arrest her back!"

Several women said this, with nervous and frightened looks on their faces:

"If you are caught back then, it will be a dead end."

"So Zhuang Siniang was finally arrested by the villagers and died after being arrested by the villagers, which led to the revival of the ghosts?"

Or—

"She was reluctant to give up her daughter, and she was caught when she left with her daughter?"

Although the actions of the four concubines of the Kuai family were somewhat unexpected by Zhao Fusheng, adding a few sparks of humanity to the bloody truth behind this ghost case, the final result remained the same, and the luck of Zhuang Siniang did not support it to the end.

"No!"

The eldest daughter-in-law shook her head, she gritted her teeth:

"The stranger persuaded Siniang for a long time, and she finally - in short, she finally agreed to leave."

After speaking, she looked at the fourth daughter-in-law:

"The fourth family, you say."

The fourth daughter-in-law nodded:

"I know that she is reluctant to be full - that little girl, so I want to take the little girl with her on the day she leaves, hide it, and don't let her see it, lest she relents and changes her mind again."

Her eyes were glistening with tears, but the corners of her mouth were raised:

"I made up my mind, this little girl has no mother, she will be the daughter of the four of us in the future, and we will raise her well for Siniang."

"She is the flesh and blood of our Kuai family, raise her in the future, find a good in-law for her, and never let her meet a muddy ball like Lao Wu like her mother."

Several people also answered.

In other words, this is an invisible consensus reached between the four concubines.

"But what happened in the end?" Zhao Fusheng sighed and asked.

"Man-full-" The fourth daughter-in-law opened her mouth a few times, but she couldn't remember the name of the daughter of the fourth lady of Zhuang, and finally reluctantly gave up and said:

"The little girl is gone, I can't find her—"

The four concubines were all frightened crazy at the time, and they had no intention of doing their work that morning, looking for the daughter of the fourth lady of Zhuang Zhuang.

"She's still young, and the village is so big, where can she go?" The fourth daughter-in-law pinched her sleeves and wiped her tears:

"There are ponds, water and wells in the village, and I am afraid that she will be left unattended and fall into the water for a while, so I can't care about anything else."

The eldest daughter-in-law said at this time:

"Siniang can't find her daughter, and she can't care about outsiders, so she is so anxious that she wants to go crazy and look for her daughter everywhere."

"Wilder, this dog thing is not human."

Kuai's third daughter-in-law suddenly scolded:

"This dog thing, the plague seed who should cut off his head, he saw Siniang looking for a child, so he pestered her, threatened her and said that he knew her ugly things, and let her obey him, and he hid this matter for her, and from then on, God did not know it, and everyone will be better in the future!"

"Phew! Bah! Bah! ”

Kuai's second daughter-in-law also spat heavily:

"He took the opportunity to insult Siniang, Siniang shouted for help, scratched his face, I rushed into the fifth child's house, and he wanted to bite Siniang back."

Kuaide didn't succeed.

But he remembered that he had taken care of Zhuang Siniang in the past few years, regarded her as a bag, and borrowed a lot of money for Kuai Wu to drink for her, and now he is in debt.

Seeing that he is almost thirty years old, he has not yet married a wife, and the reputation of the village is bad, Uncle Kuai Liu wants to protect him for him, but no serious family is willing to marry into his family.

Now that it has reached this point, Zhuang Siniang did not succeed, but cheapened the foreigner who lived in the house.

Why?!

If others can have something to do with her, why can't she herself?

He hated himself for luring the wolf into the house, and hated Zhuang Siniang's watery flowers, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he wanted to make a big fuss regardless of it, and the fish died and the net was broken.

"Huaide borrowed wine to strengthen his courage, and after I drank and scolded him, he went to Uncle Kuailiu's house and reported that the fourth lady had an affair with someone."

When the second daughter-in-law said this, there was a look of regret on her face:

"The sixth uncle didn't believe it, so he tied up Huaide, and at the same time privately sent Changshun's daughter-in-law to come to us and informed the fourth lady of the matter."

"Wait."

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he suddenly realized something.

She stopped the second daughter-in-law's story, looked at her, and her eyes gradually deepened:

"Zhuang Siniang came to have an affair with a foreigner, you know, does anyone in the village know?"

After she finished asking, the four daughters-in-law all lowered their heads.

After a long time, the second lady suddenly laughed.

She raised her head boldly and looked directly at Zhao Fusheng:

"What do you think?"

This ghost case in Kuailiang Village is getting more and more interesting.

At first, Zhao Fusheng thought that the villagers of Kuailiang Village believed in the clan, and acted stupidly, fiercely and fiercely, unkindly, cold and mean.

But digging deeper, it is not everyone's absolute evil, but the mixture of good and evil in human nature, which eventually causes a catastrophe.

Zhao Fusheng sighed:

"In other words, the people in the village have been rumoring for a long time."

As Kuai's second daughter-in-law said: paper can't hold fire.

Since the matter between Zhuang Siniang and the strangers has caused gossip, then the actual person in charge of Kuailiang Village, Uncle Kuailiu, must already know it.

How should the village elder, who created this unhappy marriage out of a moment of pity many years ago, choose when faced with such rumors?

Kuai Huaide reported Zhuang Siniang's adultery, and Uncle Kuai's sixth uncle made people tie him up, and let people beat him, and let his eldest grandson Kuai Changshun's daughter-in-law go to Zhuang Siniangzi and say in advance-

This move is very intriguing.

"Uncle Kuai Sixth tied up Kuai Huaide, who was making trouble, and at the same time let his eldest grandson's daughter-in-law come to ventilate and report the news-" Zhao Fusheng concluded, looking at Kuai's second daughter-in-law:

"He's hinting to let Zhuang Siniang go quickly."

“……”

Kuai's second daughter-in-law's eyes gradually turned red.

The other three concubines wept silently and sobbed silently, but in the face of Zhao Fusheng's statement, no one refuted.

Faced with this scandal, the village's initial choice was to pretend to be deaf and dumb – a good side of the village.

It can be said that Uncle Kuai's actions vividly show the benevolent side of the wordless care of the family elders.

But why did things come to this point, and in the end, irreparable consequences were brewed?

What went wrong?

Zhao Fusheng's expression was sharp, and the second daughter-in-law cried silently for a long time, and finally took a long breath, raised her eyebrows, and drooped her eyelids, blocking the despair in her eyes:

"When Changshun's daughter-in-law came, she mentioned that the sixth uncle said that he would try this matter in the evening."

What happened on the day of the incident was: In the morning, the fourth daughter-in-law wanted to hide the daughter of Zhuang Siniang, so that she could leave Kuailiang Village with peace of mind - Later, the little girl disappeared, and everyone searched for the child with all their might - near noon Kuai Huaide lost his mind and wanted to take the opportunity to insult Zhuang Siniang, but was stopped by Kuai Er's daughter-in-law - the more the unwilling Kuai Huaide thought about it, the more angry he became, and he exposed the matter to Uncle Kuai Liu in a fit of anger - Uncle Kuai Liu tied up the bad Kuai Huaide, making him unable to separate, and at the same time sent his eldest grandson and daughter-in-law to report the news -

and, finally, the case will be heard in the evening.

In other words, the evening is the deadline for Zhuang Siniang's elopement.

But she didn't take the chance.

"The boatman won't cross her?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

"Nope."

The eldest daughter-in-law shook her head:

"The boatman took my money, and I promised to make up for him in the future, and he only sent the fourth lady to cross the river today."

Her tone was firm and her demeanor was very firm.

Zhao Fusheng heard a very important clue from her words, and couldn't help but look up at her, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The eldest daughter-in-law didn't notice the strangeness of her expression, nor did she realize the message revealed in her words, and said:

"My mother's house is not far from Zhuangjia Village, and I used the excuse that I heard that the fourth lady was going back to my parents' house today, and asked her to help me bring something when I went back, so as to urge her to leave quickly."

In Kuailiang Village, the family of Uncle Kuai and the four concubines of the Kuai family, even though they did not discuss with each other at this time, because of the good side of human nature, they formed an invisible tacit understanding, and wordlessly urged Zhuang Siniang to leave this mud.

The four concubines Zhao Fusheng will not mention it.

Uncle Kuai and his wife may be atoning for their sins.

Perhaps on the day of Kuaijumin's death, his soul was imprisoned in a kind of cage called 'self-blame', judged by his own conscience and morality, from which he could not break free in this life.

The suffering of Zhuang Siniang deepened his judgment of his 'sins'.

"My third sister-in-law also scolded with a black face, saying that the fourth lady didn't leave earlier if she had something, did she want to delay until late at night and not come back tonight to do things?"

The fourth daughter-in-law also said with tears in her eyes.

As she spoke, she smiled and turned her head to look at the three ladies on the side.

Kuai San Niangzi was bowing her head and wiping her tears, and when she heard the words of Kuai Si's daughter-in-law, she couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed:

"Who let her cry there slowly, this is reluctant, that reluctant, what is reluctant? What's there to remember about this home? Broken home? Rotten stove? Dog old five? ”

"It's us—it's the sixth uncle, the sixth uncle." The second daughter-in-law raised the corners of her lips, and showed a gentle look on her face:

"It's her daughter."

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then they cried one after another.

"Then why didn't she make it in the end?"

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Zhao Fusheng was curious about why this move of many people conspiring to send Zhuang Siniang to escape from the fire pit did not succeed.

"She went to the river, but in the end she didn't get on the boat, and when we saw her, we saw that she came back with a little girl."

The flame of hope in the eyes of the second daughter-in-law dimmed, and the whole person's face looked a little gloomy and sad.

"She said she wouldn't leave." The eldest daughter-in-law also seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, as if the vitality on her body had been sucked away.

"Why?"

Zhao Fusheng didn't expect that Zhuang Siniang chose not to leave:

"Doesn't she know the consequences of staying?"

She said she had found what she was looking for.

The second daughter-in-law said.

As soon as her voice fell, the third daughter-in-law suddenly became angry:

"This slut, why didn't she leave!"

The woman who was heartbroken before, the woman who cried 'Four Ladies', suddenly turned her face.

She seemed to have forgotten where she was at this time, and she no longer remembered Zhao Fusheng's identity, but got up and walked back and forth angrily in the house:

"Why didn't she go! Why stay! This damn woman! Did she give birth to a child and become a mother, and she forgot that she was also a person? I only revolve around children in my life, and I don't even want my life? ”

"Damn it! Damn it! ”

The other three concubines seemed to have forgotten to persuade her to calm her anger, and everyone was immersed in their own thoughts.

"What did she get?"

No one can answer Zhao Fusheng's question, and in fact, to this day, these people from Kuailiang Village can't figure it out.

Zhao Fusheng thought carefully about the only variable in this matter - the daughter of Zhuang Siniang.

What did this little girl do in this incident?

She persuaded her mother to stay?

"Nope."

As soon as this idea arose, it was vetoed by Zhao Fusheng.

She thought of what the second daughter-in-law said when Zhuang Siniang came back, and Zhuang Siniang said: She has already obtained what she is pursuing.

What is Zhuang Siniang pursuing in this life?

A happy and contented life? What are the attachments and needs of daughters? A normal husband, a stable family? The two speculations before and after can be crossed, that is, the daughter of Zhuang Siniang did something and changed her mind about wanting to elope with a foreigner.

"What did she do when she came back with her daughter in her arms other than saying these words?" Zhao Fusheng asked.