farmer's little girl

Chapter 35 It's Okay to Be Discovered
Lu Guifang always knew that this sister-in-law was a smart person, but she never used her intelligence on herself, and she was always gentle and respectful to herself, so Lu Guili didn't think there was anything wrong.

Let her think about it, it's a good thing to be shrewd, and her elder brother is too honest, so it's good to have a shrewd daughter-in-law to help.

But when this kind of cleverness was used on her, she couldn't bear it!
But she is a married woman after all, so it's not good to have too much trouble with her natal family, especially now that her natal family is separated, and her parents live with the eldest wife, Lu Guifang will not easily offend the Hu family.

But she didn't intend to let her go so easily, so she sneered and said: "Yeah, why do I feel like you have arranged everything, just waiting for me, a fool, to jump in. But who told me to feel sorry for me?" My parents and my brother, so I admit this loss."

After finishing speaking, the man stood up, and said to Mrs. Cui and Old Man Lu, "Father and Mother, I'll go back first. If this is the case, my daughter doesn't have the face to stay here."

Cui tried to persuade her again and again, but she didn't stop.

After Lu Guifang left, old man Lu, Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Lu Mingchuan couldn't help looking at Mrs. Hu.

Hu's face was full of grievances, and he called out: "Auntie is blaming me, and she blames me for not keeping the door open, and making things like this."

It stands to reason that Cui Shi or Lu Mingchuan should have spoken to persuade her, but no one said anything, and everyone's expressions were very complicated.

Hu's mistake was that he was too comprehensive in everything. He took one step and thought about how to go in the next few steps.On the human face, he never easily offends others. This kind of person seems to be extremely smooth in his behavior, but it gives people a sense of distortion. After all, no one is perfect.

In particular, no one is a fool. After marrying and changing people with the Du family, the whole thing was done by Hu. Hu thought that her flawless face had already cracked, but she still couldn't bear it. Just know yourself.

And what Lu Guifang said was like a heavy hammer hitting her face hard.The seeds of suspicion have been planted, and it only takes time to take root.

Lu Jiaoyue's face was only a little red at the time, but it swelled up at night.

A huge slap mark lay across her cheeks, making the Erfang family feel distressed and angry at the same time.Mei's heart ached so much that she cooked some boiled eggs for her daughter to reduce the swelling.

Enduring the pain and swelling, I tried it, and the effect was not bad, at least the marks faded.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Lu Guili got married.

On this day, the Lu family was very lively, and people in the village who had a good relationship with the Lu family came to congratulate them one after another.

The water mats were set up in the morning, and until the afternoon was close to dusk, the people from Du's house came to greet the relatives.

The Du family used a carriage to greet the bride, and Du Lian, dressed in a red robe, drove here with a smile on his face.There were quite a few of his classmates accompanying him, and these scholars were all dressed up in different ways, very eye-catching among the crowd of country folks.

The villagers who came to eat the flowing water banquet all looked sideways, and they all commented that Lu Guili was really lucky, and they didn't know what the younger generation of the Du family liked in her.

After the welcoming team from Du's house picked up the bride in red and wearing a red veil, the Lu's side continued to shout again. The old man Lu and Lu Mingchuan and his son stood up with red faces and greeted the bride. We continue to eat noodles.

Different from the bustle and bustle in front, Erfang's side is very quiet.

Today Lu Minghai did not go out to sell tofu, and Lu Guangyi did not go to the fields, including Lu Guangzhi did not go to the gambling house today, and the whole family guarded Lu Jiaoyue carefully.

Lu Jiaoyue was still a little confused at first, but it was because Wu Lang had slipped his mouth that she understood why.

"Brother told me not to meet in front of you, because I was afraid that you would be sad."

It turned out that the family was worried that she would still remember that her marriage was robbed. After all, Du Lian was a good husband-in-law in the eyes of others.

For the whole day, Lu Jiaoyue pretended to be nonchalant, until she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she returned to her room after dinner.

Obviously nothing happened, but she couldn't help wondering if she was really sad because her family made such a move, but she just didn't realize it.

Sitting alone on the kang, leaning against the window and looking at the moon outside, Lu Jiaoyue quietly thought about the things between herself and Du Lian in her previous life.

In fact, it would be a lie to say that Lu Jiaoyue has no feelings for Du Lian.Yao Ji remembers that when she first married Du Lian, the two had a sweet and beautiful life.At that time, Du Lian treated her very well. He was very busy with his studies, but he always found time to accompany her.The joy of thrushing eyebrows, the beauty of red sleeves, Lu Jiaoyue has experienced these things before, and Du Lian even taught her how to read...

So much so that even though things have passed for a long time, Lu Jiaoyue still vaguely remembers that sweet and happy self back then.

Until Widow Du finally began to show her true colors.

In fact, Lu Jiaoyue also admired Widow Du, she could endure it for nearly a year before she had an attack, and it was only at the end, when she saw Widow Du's true face, that she understood Widow Du's perverted thoughts towards Du Lian.

At first, it was just because her backer, Shanmei's family, had collapsed, and Widow Du didn't dare to do too much to her because of Du Lian's face, but she just let her learn to do housework.Gradually, she went too far, not only asking her to do housework, but also leaving the work in the field to her.

She was afraid that she would complain to Du Lian, and she even warned her cryptically not to distract Du Lian, but she was so stupid as to swallow her anger as she said, afraid that Du Lian's heart would be distracted and his future would be delayed .

Afterwards, Du Lian passed the examination as a scholar, and at the same time, the situation at her natal family was getting worse and worse. The family was always noisy, and every time her father and mother came to give her something, she could see that her parents were getting worse and worse. The more haggard look.But at this time, Widow Du went too far, she even forbade her to have sex with Du Lian, in the name of fear of distracting his heart and hollowing out his body.

She didn't dare to speak in front of her son, so she beat her secretly, so that when Du's family moved to the county, Lu Jiaoyue and Du Lian lived in separate rooms.

The relationship between the two began to fade from that time on. Du Lian became more and more busy and went home less and less.Examinations for juren and talents are naturally not the same. Du Lian began to go out frequently with his classmates for study tours, frequently participated in some poetry conferences, and sometimes he would not come back for a month or two after going out.

And in order to support the family's family, she is too busy to be free every day, and she has no time to care about the emotional communication between husband and wife.Later, Du Lian looked at him more and more indifferently, even faintly disgusted.At first Lu Jiaoyue didn't understand why, but later she took a selfie with a mirror and realized that the person in the mirror was no longer the Lu Jiaoyue she was back then.

In the mirror, she was pale and shriveled, like a flower that had lost its moisture.

Lu Jiaoyue exhaled slowly, then reached out to close the window, got off the kang to turn off the lights, and then turned back to rest.

In this life, that person has nothing to do with me, not at all, so there is no need to think about him.

Lu Jiaoxing sat in the room blankly, until the sound of gongs and drums gradually faded away, and her heart dropped with a bang.

The sister-in-law finally married Du Lian.

She thought she would be unbearable, but who ever thought it didn't seem to be the case.

Qiao slammed the door open and walked in.

"Who are you putting on a mournful face for? We're eating outside, why don't you go out to eat!"

Lu Jiaoxing looked at her mother with some resentment, if it wasn't for her mother, she should be the one who married now.But her mother watched her so tightly that she couldn't do anything.

"Don't look at your mother with that kind of eyes, you will be grateful to me in the future, just such a shabby household, it's worth your effort for him!"

Lu Jiaoxing had always been tolerant in front of Mrs. Qiao, but this time she couldn't bear it anymore.She stood up abruptly, and said in a sharp voice: "Du Lian is not a shabby householder, he is talented, and he will definitely be admitted as a scholar. Which young man from all over the world can compare to him?!"

Qiao looked at her daughter with that look of 'you are finally telling the truth', and said, "I don't care if he is a shabby or not, I only know that you are my daughter, and I can control you. Since you don't want to eat , then don’t eat it!”

After finishing speaking, she turned and walked out, closing the door with a bang.

At this time, the Du family was as noisy as the Lu family.

Although Widow Du was not a good person, but Du Lian was promising, so almost everyone in the village came.

The courtyard was full of banquets, and even a few tables were placed outside the courtyard gate because there was not enough space.The west room of the room was vacated, and a table was set up, where several of Du Lian's classmates were sitting and eating wine.

Du Lian is also there.

There was a round of toasting outside. At this time, he was already a little drunk, and all his classmates were still pulling him to drink, saying one after another the four great joys in life. Today is the biggest joy, so today must drink.Not only to drink, but also to get drunk is the best.

Du Juan went back and forth several times to see what was going on inside from outside the door. First, Widow Du was concerned about the money for the wine, and second, to see if Du Lian was drunk.It wasn't until the people who were having wedding drinks outside dispersed that Xiwu drank for a while before they calmed down.

A group of Du Lian's classmates bid farewell to Du Lian by holding me by your arm. At this time, Du Lian had passed out drunk on the table.

Widow Du and Juaner came in, and they carried Du Lian to the east room with great effort.

Lu Guili covered her head and sat on the kang.In fact, she couldn't hold on for a long time, but the bride had to lift her hijab to get off the kang, so she could only force herself to hold on.

Suddenly hearing footsteps, she couldn't help feeling a little nervous, her heart pounding.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and what appeared in front of her was a woman's face.

She stared intently for a while, only to realize that the person in front of her was her mother-in-law, Widow Du.

"Mother..." Lu Guili called out a little nervously.

Widow Du drooped her eyelids, hummed, and pointed to Du Lian who was supported by Du Juan.

"Help your sister-in-law, Lian'er is drunk."

Lu Guili let out a quick sigh, got off the kang and went up to pick up Du Lian.Unexpectedly, Du Juan'er let go of her hand, and she was almost brought to the ground.It was Widow Du who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and grabbed the two of them.

"Go, go, go, let your man fall, let me see what you will do!" Then she turned her head and reprimanded Du Juan: "Who told you to let go so quickly? You see, she is so thin that she can be lifted by herself. ?”

The words scolded both of them, and Lu Guili was a little aggrieved. After all, she also felt that it was her fault, so she didn't say anything.

Du Juan'er was even more aggrieved, "Who knew she was so useless, she couldn't even support anyone!"

Widow Du glared at her: "Shut up, wake up your brother, and watch how I deal with you!"

Du Juan seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly stopped.

She stepped forward to help Widow Du put Du Lian on the kang, and then she went out first, Widow Du gave Lu Guili a meaningful look.

"Take good care of your man."

Lu Guili's face flushed red.

The day before she got married, her mother had told her about the relationship between husband and wife. Although she was ignorant, she understood what was going on.

Is it just that?It sounds like it hurts...

Widow Du went out soon, and Lu Guili stood in front of the kang, looking helplessly at Du Lian, who was lying on the kang with a blushing complexion.After hesitating for a while, he reached out to untie his clothes.

As he was solving it, his hand was suddenly grabbed by someone.

"Lu, Lu..."

Lu Guili let out a hey full of joy, and leaned over.

Widow Du crawled in front of the door and listened for a long time, until she heard movement inside, she straightened up.

She thumped her waist, and spat: "You're a fox, you're not afraid of dying on the kang!"

Thinking about it this way, she was really afraid that Lu Guili would die on the kang, so she watched outside the door all night.

The next day, before dawn, there was a muffled sound in the east room.

Sitting on a stool, Widow Du, who had been leaning against the door all night, was so startled that she almost fell to the ground.

She hurriedly kicked off the stool and opened the door to go in. She saw Lu Guili sitting on the kang with a pale face and covering the quilt, while her son was lying on the ground sprawled.

"Lian'er..." She hurried to help Du Lian, and then scolded Lu Guili: "You are a dead person, I didn't see your man fall to the ground!"

Lu Guili was extremely tired at this time, her body ached badly, and her chest was tight.Hearing this, she started to put on her clothes with trembling hands, and wanted to get off the kang to help Du Lian.Unexpectedly, before the person got up, his legs softened and he fell on the kang.

Widow Du scolded that it was useless, propped Du Lian up from the ground, and placed him on the kang.Only then did Du Lian regain his strength, pointed at Lu Guili with a surprised face, and asked her mother, "Who is this?"

The person he married should be Lu Jiaoyue, not this——

After taking a closer look, Du Lian realized that the person on the kang was actually Lu Guili, the Jiaoyue sister-in-law of the Lu family.

Du Lian has met Lu Guili before, so he still has some impressions of her.

But now it's not a question of whether he has an impression or not, but why this person is on his kang.Seeing that the other party's clothes were disheveled and there was something he didn't understand, Du Lian shouted in disbelief: "Mother, what the hell is going on!?"

When Du Juan heard the movement, she poked her head outside and looked inside.

Widow Du covered her old face, sat down on the ground, patted her legs and began to cry.

She has never been familiar with this kind of gesture, and she relied on it at the beginning, so that the house and land of the family were not taken over by the cousins ​​of the child's father.Over the years, she has relied on this hand outside to fight invincible hands all over the world, but this is the first time she has used this posture to face her son.

Only then did Du Lian understand what had happened.

How could the family have no money, how could he be married to Lu Guili instead of Lu Jiaoyue because of the five acres of land, how could it be like this! ?

Du Lian didn't believe it, but his mother cried like that, so he couldn't help it.

"...Son, my mother is afraid of distracting you, so she dare not tell you anything about the family. But last year, my mother was ill and sold the last two acres of land in the family... Your monthly Shuxiu, money for pens and ink, money for socializing with classmates, all these need money, but where can mother get money... Mother really has no choice, don't blame mother..."

That's right, in fact, the family doesn't have much money.Du Lian still vaguely remembered the hardest days when he was a child. Just after his father passed away, his uncles came to occupy his house and land. The mother and son were driven to live in a dilapidated house in the village.

Under the hunger and cold, he fell ill, and the whole family suddenly moved from the dilapidated house to their original home.It wasn't until later that he found out what had happened. His mother, who had always been warm and kind to others, showed her anger for the first time in her life. She took a rope and hanged herself in front of Lizheng's house. , came forward to help the family solve this matter.

After that, those relatives came to make trouble twice, and they were driven away by his mother each time.During that period of time, his mother wore a kitchen knife on her waist, and when she saw those relatives coming to the door, she would go forward with the knife to kill people, and those people gradually dared not come to the door again.

At that time Du Lian was already sensible, he hated himself for being too young, and even more hated himself for being incompetent.When his father was still there, even if his father was just a scholar who couldn't lift his shoulders or hands, those people didn't dare to come and bully him.

Because his father is a scholar.

He is the only scholar in Dujia Village.

As long as he can be admitted to the scholar, he can set up a door for the family.

Apparently, Du Lian and his mother had the same idea, and Widow Du was also trying her best to support her son to continue his studies.

At first, Du Lian knew that the family was difficult and worked very hard.In order to save money for his family, he practiced calligraphy either by dipping in water and writing on the table, or by holding a branch and writing on the ground.After I went to school, I didn't dare to ride an ox cart, because it cost money to ride an ox cart.The clothes he usually wears are always sewn and mended, and he is the worst dressed in the whole school.

When exactly did it become?

Oh, it was after he went to study in the town, the classmates in the town were so decent, and he was inferior in every way, so he couldn't help complaining to his mother.Since then, his mother never allowed him to save money for the family anymore.

His mother said that the money saved at home was all for him to study, and even if it was not enough, there was still land at home.

It's really unavoidable, if he doesn't dress well, his classmates will look down on him, and if he is too stingy in the day, no one will get along with him.During the holidays, if you don't send some gifts to the husband's family, how can the husband teach him with his heart.So it can't be saved, as long as he can pass the exam, all the previous investment can be recovered.

Gradually, he got used to this way of doing things.Seeing that his mother never mentioned it, he forgot that the family has always been unable to make ends meet.

It wasn't until now, when the family married him a sick child for the sake of five acres of land, that Du Lian really understood what kind of difficult situation the family was in.

But what can he say?
Blame his mother for not telling him the real situation at home?In fact, when his mother was ill last year, the family sold the last two acres of land, but he didn't realize what it meant at the time.Or to blame yourself?If it wasn't for him, the family wouldn't be in such a state.

Yeah, only him to blame, so he has nothing to complain about.It's just that it's hard to recover after all, Yan Ruyu's dream was finally shattered, he originally liked Lu's Jiaoyue.

Du Lian walked out staggeringly. Lu Guili wanted to stop her, but was glared at by Widow Du.

"Don't make trouble, you should know how our family married you!"

Lu Guili's face turned pale immediately.

After saying this, Widow Du chased after her, dragging Du Lian to Westinghouse abruptly.

"Son, don't blame mother, mother has no other choice. Mother knows that you like Lu Jiaoyue, don't worry, mother will let you marry her again, as long as you can pass the exam, mother will definitely let you marry her."

Du Lian glanced at his mother and said with a miserable smile: "How can I marry, how can I marry?!"

"If you can marry, you will definitely be able to marry. Then Lu Jiaoyue can't pick her hands or lift her shoulders. How can a countryman marry such a woman into the door, but if she is married into a poor family, the second wife of the Lu family will not agree. Then Lu Guili is not a long-lived person, as long as you are admitted as a scholar, then Lu Guili will be gone, and we will come to the door with a big gift, and the second wife of the Lu family will definitely marry her daughter to you."

"Really?"

"Really! Don't forget that your aunt is still at Lu's house. With her help, this matter will definitely be possible!" In fact, Widow Du is also very uncertain, but as long as she can comfort her son, it will be true.

Lu Guangzhi came back and said that Han Jin had heard some news and asked Lu Jiaoyue to meet.

Lu Jiaoyue did not hesitate and agreed.

The next day, it was still at the end of the village, still got on the carriage and drove away from the village, still on the hillside, Lu Jiaoyue noticed that Han Jin had a strange expression on his face.

"Are you okay?" Han Jin asked hesitantly.

Lu Jiaoyue didn't understand, showing puzzled eyes.

Han Jin paused, and said, "I heard from your second brother what happened at your house that day."

Lu Jiaoyue was taken aback for a moment, and said "oh".

"Your aunt is really too much, I think you are still a little red, why didn't you go to the county to see the doctor?" Han Jin asked casually.

Lu Jiaoyue touched her face and said, "I'm fine now, thank you for your concern, Uncle Jinzi."

How could it be all right?Han Jin looked at the fair and soft face with some distress, and there were still some red marks.A few days have passed, and there are still red marks, so it goes without saying that she must have suffered a big loss that day.

Although Lu Guangzhi said in front of his sister that he would not mess around that day, he was still upset and wanted to find an opportunity to teach his aunt a lesson.It's a pity that with his current ability, he couldn't do it at all, so he couldn't help but think of asking Uncle Zi for an idea.After Han Jin heard this, he didn't show it on the surface, but his heart was about to explode.While promising that he would handle this matter, she was very worried about her. Given her personality, she might have been frightened.

For the past two days, his mind was full of the matter of her being beaten, and his heart was on fire. He couldn't hold it back anymore, so he asked Lu Guangzhi to send a message to ask her out.

Han Jin touched a small bottle from his arms and handed it to Lu Jiaoyue.

"This is the wound medicine I sell in the pharmacy. It is used to remove blood stasis and reduce swelling. It is said that the effect is very good. You can try it."

Lu Jiaoyue hesitated: "Uncle Jin, my face is already healed, and I don't need to apply medicine."

Han Jin couldn't help but stuffed the small bottle into her hand, "Anyway, I've already bought something, so it's a waste if you don't use it."

During the movement, the hands of the two touched together, and Han Jin felt that little hand shrink back immediately.There was a hint of warmth between his fingertips, and he couldn't help rubbing his fingers.

Lu Jiaoyue lowered her head and said, "Uncle Jinzi, thank you."

Han Jin gave her a meaningful look and said, "You don't have to be so polite with me."

Lu Jiaoyue inexplicably felt a little flustered, and hurriedly interrupted: "By the way, Uncle Jinzi, what news have you heard?"

Han Jin was taken aback.

In fact, he asked Lu Jiaoyue out this time, not for business matters at all, but after hearing what happened that day from Lu Guangzhi, he was very worried about her and wanted to see her.But it's not that Han Jin doesn't have rules. Just as he was thinking about what to say to her, Lu Jiaoyue looked at him hesitantly: "Uncle Jin, you probably haven't heard any news at all, have you?"

Looking at her big watery eyes, Han Jin was suddenly speechless, unable to utter the excuse he had thought up.

"I heard that you were troubled by your aunt, uh..."

Han Jin really wanted to punch himself, why did he tell the truth?Does she think he is too abrupt, a hooligan who likes to tease big girls?

"what?"

Lu Jiaoyue was stunned, her face flushed instantly.

My heart was in a mess, thinking for a while why he cared about me so much, and thinking for a while that Uncle Zi must be entrusted by my little uncle to care so much about her, my mind was very messed up.

"Uncle Jinzi, I'm fine, thank you, thank you for your concern." She lowered her head, clutching the small porcelain bottle tightly in her hand, and whispered: "Uncle Jinzi, if there's nothing wrong, I'll take care of you." I just want to go back first."

In the last sentence, there was a hint of trembling in his voice, and Han Jin gave her a complicated look, "I'll take you back."

Only then did Lu Jiaoyue breathe a sigh of relief. Actually, if it was possible, she didn't want the other party to give it to her, but she didn't know where it was, so naturally she couldn't recognize the way home.

The two got into the carriage and didn't speak all the way.

When they arrived at the place, Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly jumped out of the carriage without even saying goodbye.

Han Jin looked at the beautiful figure that disappeared in the distance, and sighed with a smile: "Have you been found?"

It's good to be discovered, because he's tired of always being so secretive.

(End of this chapter)