newbobooks Chapter 25 Your Mother is an Abandoned Woman
Chapter 25 Your Mother is an Abandoned Woman
The sunset is beautiful tonight.
The sky was ablaze with color.
Under the old locust tree at the entrance of Taoxi Village, there are many stone blocks.
The stone benches were full of people.
The winter chill couldn't dampen their enthusiasm for gossip.
Regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter.
After dinner, the villagers always take a stroll.
This place became one of the quickest ways for villagers to get news from the outside world and relieve their fatigue.
It was originally the off-season for farmers to go up the mountain for winter hunting.
Because Liu the landlord had seized everyone's mountain and game, even if they went up the mountain, they could only dig up wild vegetables that Liu the landlord didn't care about.
Everyone simply stayed home every day.
They finished their meal early and came out to chat at the village entrance.
When they saw Aunt Wang carrying her grandson over, everyone looked at her curiously.
"Aunt Wang, why are you suddenly sick? I haven't seen you for days."
What happened to the injury on your face?
Aunt Wang found a crowded spot to sit down and smiled at everyone, "I just caught a cold and rested at home for a few days. As for my face, it was scratched by my cat."
"Wow! Your cat must be a spirit!" Everyone burst into laughter.
Know well.
Some people in the village saw her fighting with Liu Yuniang.
Aunt Wang was too lazy to explain to them, so she raised her voice and said, "You probably don't know why Jiang Lao Er's wife would come to this poor, remote place with her child all by herself?"
"You know?" Everyone looked at her suspiciously.
"You've been staying indoors these past few days, yet you're more well-informed than us?"
Everyone has a sense of curiosity.
They say it's like returning home in glory.
But Jiang Lao Er never returned after he became successful, instead bringing his wife and children back to suffer.
It's really puzzling.
Even more unbelievable was that Jiang Lao Er's wife, just like any other country woman, wore coarse linen clothes and went to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables and hunt...
They would never believe that nothing had happened.
The only difference between them and the country folk is that the whole family is literate.
In this place, those who can read and write are respected.
Therefore, why Lu Qingyao's family came to Taoxi Village has become the biggest unsolved mystery in the village.
Aunt Wang raised an eyebrow. "I heard it from the third son-in-law of the Liu landlord's family. He went to the capital a few days ago, and it's been the talk of the town ever since..."
"Everyone says that Jiang Lao Er's father-in-law embezzled military funds, and his whole family was convicted and exiled. Although Lu Shi wasn't implicated, she was still kicked out by Jiang Lao Er and sent to our Taoxi Village..."
"After all, she is the descendant of a disgraced official. We might get implicated. We should keep our distance from her family."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
However, the villagers, who were used to hearing only mundane gossip all day long, couldn't help but become more interested upon hearing this.
"Was Lu divorced by Jiang Lao Er?"
Aunt Wang neither shook her head nor nodded, "It's hard to say. I also heard that Jiang Lao Er's household already has a new mistress, a noblewoman from a high-ranking family, supposedly the daughter of a minister or prime minister. I'm afraid that woman will never go back..."
Everyone looked at each other.
Most of them had eaten at Lu Qingyao's banquets and naturally knew the principle that "he who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's money is bound to him."
They didn't blindly join in the commotion; instead, they stood up for her.
Especially Lu Qingyao's neighbors.
"I've seen wives divorce their husbands, but I've never seen one kick the child out with them. Miao Miao is just a tiny little girl. How could Jiang Lao Er and his mother be so heartless?"
"Who says it isn't?"
Some people didn't believe it. "Aunt Wang, don't talk nonsense. How can someone be divorced while still having a child? There's no precedent for that in our Great Qing Kingdom."
Aunt Wang lowered her voice, speaking mysteriously, "Don't you believe me? When Madam Lu first arrived, Master Liu wanted to help her out, so he had the idea of taking her as a concubine..."
Everyone was sighing.
Liu Fugui...who doesn't know the despicable thoughts of Liu the landlord?
He had an affair with every widow in the village.
.......
The sun is westward.
Jiang Miaomiao's mother still hasn't returned.
She babbled and asked her brother to take her to find it.
The two brothers carried her to the village entrance, where they witnessed this scene.
Everyone was so engrossed in listening that no one noticed them.
Jiang Miaomiao neither cried nor made a fuss, but listened quietly.
Hearing about my mother's past from someone else for the first time was quite shocking.
Jiang Zifeng handed his younger sister to his younger brother.
He angrily pushed his way to Aunt Wang.
Taking advantage of her momentary lapse in attention, he bit down hard on the woman's arm.
"Ouch........"
A piercing scream echoed through the sky, startling the birds in the old locust tree into scattering in all directions.
Aunt Wang was in so much pain that she grimaced.
The five-year-old baby in her arms almost slipped from her grasp and fell to the ground.
She gasped, clutching her arm and cursing, "You heartless bastard, why did you bite me? Are you a dog?"
"Hmph, old woman, who gave you the right to gossip and slander my mother?" Jiang Zifeng stood with his arms crossed, glaring up at her.
Although small in stature, he exudes a powerful presence.
When everyone saw that it was a child from the Jiang family, they immediately shut their mouths.
Gossiping behind someone's back is always wrong.
"You little brat, your mother's been abandoned, so why can't people talk about her?"
Caught off guard, Jiang Zifeng stepped forward, grabbed her arm, bit her again, and immediately ran away.
"I'll beat you to death..." Aunt Wang's face was contorted in pain.
He put down the child, raised his hand, and was about to hit Jiang Zifeng.
Despite his chubby appearance, the eldest brother is extremely agile.
Jiang Miaomiao wasn't worried at all that her older brother would suffer a loss.
He saw Aunt Wang rushing towards him.
Jiang Zifeng shifted his body to the side and hooked his foot...
"Ouch......"
He immediately fell flat on his face.
The ground trembled as it fell.
Jiang Miaomiao waved her little fists and babbled.
Go for it, brother!
No one could understand what she was saying, but they could tell she was very excited.
Several women stepped forward, helped the fleshy lump up from the ground, and offered some words of advice.
"Aunt Wang, you're already so old, why bother arguing with a child? Children naturally can't stand people talking about their parents behind their backs. Feng-ge'er bit you, why get so angry..."
"Take a bite? Look at what it's become!" Aunt Wang said, about to roll up her sleeves.
She could clearly feel that a piece of flesh had been bitten off her arm.
Excruciating pain.
But the clothes are thick, and the sleeves are narrow.
I can't get aroused no matter what I do; you can only see it when I take off my clothes.
Even the most shameless person wouldn't do something like taking off their clothes in front of everyone.
That brat is incredibly strong!
But everyone thought she was just groaning in pain.
Wearing such a thick coat, being bitten by a child is like a tickle; it can't hurt that much...
Jiang Zifeng's chubby face was flushed red in the glow of the sunset.
Her pouting lips actually made her look rather cute.
Someone couldn't resist giving him a pinch, saying, "Feng-ge'er even knows how to protect his mother now, he's a filial son..."
Aunt Wang was so angry that she gritted her teeth, stomped her foot, and stormed off with her little grandson in her arms.
The people at the village entrance gradually dispersed.
Lu Qingyao didn't notice anything wrong when she returned.
The next morning, she did not go up the mountain again.
I'm inexplicably in a good mood.
Holding Jiang Miaomiao, they prepared to take a stroll in the village, until they reached the big locust tree at the village entrance.
Early in the morning, instead of cooking, the villagers gathered together to chat.
When she came over.
The chattering and discussion that had been going on stopped instantly.
This is the usual situation.
The topics they discuss are always related to themselves.
I don't want you to hear this...