C252 I'll pretend I never had you
I'll take it that I never gave birth to you
Xiu Chi did not comb her hair, nor did she wash her face. Her eyes were red, her eyelids were swollen, and her lips were dry.
The few men who were originally silent changed their expressions one after another, not to mention Aunt Chen and her mother who had been arguing intensely all this time.
These people were caught off guard by her sudden appearance and admission.
Aunt Chen crossed her arms and sneered: "Your daughter has personally admitted to this."
Xiu Chi's mother immediately extended her hand to hit Xiu Chi, and said: "This girl, she's really crazy. She dares to say everything smoothly.
As she spoke, she pushed Xiu Chi out, feeling both angry and angry.
However, Xiu Chi could not move. It was as if a nail had suddenly grown under her feet. She refused to leave no matter what, and even used her hands to grab onto the door frame.
"I'm not sick, and I'm not confused either. Even if I was confused in the past, I understand in my heart, I just seduced the Young Master Gu, and for no other reason, I like him, I like his looks, his identity, and I know that he's married and has a wife, but I'm not satisfied, I don't like you. Chen Erniu, I don't like you at all. If you want to break off the engagement, then break off the engagement, and don't try to find any excuses, to put it bluntly, you, Chen Erniu, have never liked this marriage either … "
Before she could finish her words, her father had already picked up the broom on the brick bed and was walking towards her.
"Girl, you are truly disgraceful. I might as well beat you to death and pretend that I never gave birth to a girl like you today."
As he spoke, the broom had already landed on Xiu Chi's body.
Xiu Chi was in so much pain that her expression twisted instantly.
She wanted to leave, but her father had already grabbed her arm, not giving her a chance to leave.
Xiu Chi cried for mercy, but no matter whether she fought back or begged for mercy, it was all useless.
Xiu Chi's mother stood at the side and watched. At the start, she scolded her daughter along with Xiu Chi's father, but after a while, she gradually quietened down and just sat on the brick bed, silently weeping. He would occasionally say the same thing: "Fight, fight! Beat her fiercely! If you kill her, you won't have to worry about it anymore."
In the beginning, the three members of the Chen family only watched from the sidelines. After all, in this countryside, it was normal for children to be beaten up since young, not to mention what Xiu Chi had said and done was to humiliate the entire family.
However, as time passed by, they could no longer bear to watch any further. Aunt Chen advised from the side as she stepped forward to try to pull Xiu Chi's father away.
"Stop hitting him. If this continues, the child will be broken."
However, Xiu Chi's father pushed her away, "I will teach my daughter, what does it have to do with you guys, get out of my way!"
Uncle Chen was pushed hard by him and almost fell to the ground, but luckily he was supported by Chen Erniu who was behind him.
Xiu Chi's father's broom unconcernedly fell onto Xiu Chi's body, she actually wanted to beat him to death, and had swung the broom all the way towards Xiu Chi's head.
Just as it was about to hit Xiu Chi, it was grabbed.
Chen Erniu, who had not spoken a single word since he had entered the courtyard, spoke out at this moment: "Uncle, if you continue to fight, you'll really break him."
I raised her so much that even if I beat her to death, what can I do? Furthermore, why did you guys come and say that you wanted to break off the engagement? Since you're saying that you're going to break off the engagement, then today's matter has nothing to do with you.
He tried to do what he did before and shake Chen Erniu off. Unfortunately, Chen Erniu had more strength at a young age and was taller than him by half a head.
Chen Erniu looked at Xiu Chi.
Xiu Chi was frightened by his beating. She hugged her head and cried so hard that her face was full of tears.
He no longer showed off the way he did when he pushed the door open to announce his worries. Carefully taking a peek at the situation, Chen Erniu's heart moved.
Naturally, Xiu Chi's father wasn't willing to let this go, and only coldly said: "Let go."
Chen Erniu said coldly: "I have nothing to do with annulling the engagement, but what if we don't break off the engagement today?"
An hour later, Chen Erniu drove the carriage out of the Gu household. On the way there, Aunt Chen grumbled non-stop.
You said that Xiu Chi was confused, I think you're the one that's been bewitched by ghosts, she already did such a thing, and you, instead, when we were betrothed to her, you were so noisy, and even thought so hard about disagreeing to the marriage, and now you're actually unwilling to break off the engagement, you're truly my son, your mother doesn't even know what you're thinking!
Chen Erniu looked at the sky in the distance and said calmly: "I'm not saying that, Xiu Chi is really going to be beaten to death by her father."
How do you know that he didn't hit his own daughter for us to see, to make you say those words. Think about our family, when did you and your brother ever make a mistake, we were all angry with you and your father, and we all yelled that we would break your legs, but up until now, didn't your two legs still grow up well on your bodies?
"Even if she isn't beaten to death this time, after we break off the engagement and prove that what happened before is true, we will still force her to her death."
"That was her fault. A girl like her did not know how to behave and did such a shameless thing. She should not be afraid of being poked in the spine by others."
Chen Erniu did not say anything again.
Aunt Chen was helpless, she only felt like she just punched cotton.
This little son of hers was naturally born with a bull-like temper. He didn't like to talk, but he was also stubborn to death. However, she still patiently explained everything she knew to her little son.
Back then, Erniu was so fond of Mian Niang, but she and Erniu's father had only both opposed it. Erniu did not cause any trouble, and in the end, still followed their wishes. Just like when he was betrothed to Gu Xiu Chi, he had always been against it.
She was confident that she could convince Erniu, but she still felt like scratching her head. She felt stifled and frustrated. How could such a thing happen to her family?
Thinking back to when Erniu said that he would not break off the engagement, Xiu Chi's father immediately stopped. Aunt Chen felt even more that her foolish son had fallen for her trap.
"This matter, is out of the question!"
Uncle Chen had always had a bad temper. He would often take a stick and chase his two sons and beat them up without saying a word. In his opinion, boys were born leathery.
Of course, even if they fought, they wouldn't see how good they were, but at least they didn't get crooked.
At this time, he was very angry in his heart, but he was very calm, and he did not even think about beating his son. The pipe knocked the ashes off the car, and he said to his youngest son calmly: "If this marriage does not end, you will not be able to raise your head up high, even for our whole family. This matter of a Gu family's daughter, you can't just marry someone, you marry her, and others will only laugh at you for being a living bastard."
Chen Erniu stretched his neck, and this fellow's tenacity rose again: "If I don't marry her, others will be certain that she did indeed do such a thing."
"That's her problem, her own family didn't teach her well, so what does it have to do with us?" When Aunt Chen thought about this, she immediately became angry. She and Xiu Chi's faces and necks became red from the fight. It was like the father and son pair had been drugged.
"But if we break off the engagement, Xiu Chi will immediately go find a dead end, and this matter will be related to us."
Aunt Chen was so angry that she almost fell flat on her face. She pulled her husband's clothes, pointed at his youngest son and said angrily: "Look, look, look, it's here again, you've decided on one thing, it's useless to say anything more. He won't listen."
It was as if such a long time had passed that they had not persuaded him to take his heart back from Mian Niang more than once. But even after so much time had passed, he still placed Mian Niang in his heart.
"Gossip is a killing knife. You can endure it. Your mother and I are already so old, but we can't endure it. Your brother and sister-in-law must also raise their heads and act like human beings." Thus, this matter cannot be avoided! "
Uncle Chen acted the same as in the past. He knocked on the pipe and made a firm decision. He wanted to explain this matter clearly along the way and avoid making a ruckus at home, so that the neighbors would know about it.
"Fine, I won't marry Xiu Chi." Chen Erniu nodded heavily.
The old couple looked at each other and revealed smiles as if a heavy burden had been lifted at the same time. Aunt Chen let out a long sigh and lamented, "Erniu, Father and Mother knew that you were a sensible child …"
"Do you agree to my marriage to Mian Niang?"
The old couple in the car instantly had stiff expressions.
The meal of gnarled soup was enough to fill the three mouths of the Song Family.
Song Zhien ate the most, after eating, he sat on the chair and did not even dare to move. He patted his stomach and asked his mother: "I feel like my stomach is bursting."
"What is this child saying?" Madame Song Li smilingly patted her youngest son, and couldn't help but feel a burst of bitterness in her heart.
His family was poor, so they couldn't afford noodles or meat. If his family was rich, why did they have to suffer so much?
Mian Niang stood up and cleaned up the table.
Song Zhien also stood up, he moved the chair behind him and said to him: "Little Young Master, you should just sit there and rest. "You can get up later and stroll around to eat, but you're not allowed to sit around."
Song Zhien immediately agreed. He looked at Sis A taking the tableware away, then looked at the leftover knobbly soup in the bowl and said to Madame Song: "Mother, just wait, when I grow up, I will definitely let you and Sis A live a good life. We will eat knobbly soup everyday, plus two eggs.
Madame Song Li couldn't help but laugh. These were the good days in the eyes of a child: knobbly soup, eggs, and all those delicious delicacies described in the book were too far away from him.
When Mian Niang finished washing up in the kitchen, she saw Uncle Chen returning. The two of them kicked at the front and back, and unexpectedly walked back, wondering where Erniu had gone to, when she saw Erniu pulling the horse carriage and chasing after them from behind. The faces of the family of three looked bad, but just as Mian Niang was about to greet her, Uncle Chen saw her snorting coldly and continued walking forward in the courtyard.
Aunt Chen looked at her coldly and followed behind him.
Mian Niang was puzzled, she did not have much of them, why did it feel like the two of them had a big opinion of him?
Xiu Chi did not comb her hair, nor did she wash her face. Her eyes were red, her eyelids were swollen, and her lips were dry.
The few men who were originally silent changed their expressions one after another, not to mention Aunt Chen and her mother who had been arguing intensely all this time.
These people were caught off guard by her sudden appearance and admission.
Aunt Chen crossed her arms and sneered: "Your daughter has personally admitted to this."
Xiu Chi's mother immediately extended her hand to hit Xiu Chi, and said: "This girl, she's really crazy. She dares to say everything smoothly.
As she spoke, she pushed Xiu Chi out, feeling both angry and angry.
However, Xiu Chi could not move. It was as if a nail had suddenly grown under her feet. She refused to leave no matter what, and even used her hands to grab onto the door frame.
"I'm not sick, and I'm not confused either. Even if I was confused in the past, I understand in my heart, I just seduced the Young Master Gu, and for no other reason, I like him, I like his looks, his identity, and I know that he's married and has a wife, but I'm not satisfied, I don't like you. Chen Erniu, I don't like you at all. If you want to break off the engagement, then break off the engagement, and don't try to find any excuses, to put it bluntly, you, Chen Erniu, have never liked this marriage either … "
Before she could finish her words, her father had already picked up the broom on the brick bed and was walking towards her.
"Girl, you are truly disgraceful. I might as well beat you to death and pretend that I never gave birth to a girl like you today."
As he spoke, the broom had already landed on Xiu Chi's body.
Xiu Chi was in so much pain that her expression twisted instantly.
She wanted to leave, but her father had already grabbed her arm, not giving her a chance to leave.
Xiu Chi cried for mercy, but no matter whether she fought back or begged for mercy, it was all useless.
Xiu Chi's mother stood at the side and watched. At the start, she scolded her daughter along with Xiu Chi's father, but after a while, she gradually quietened down and just sat on the brick bed, silently weeping. He would occasionally say the same thing: "Fight, fight! Beat her fiercely! If you kill her, you won't have to worry about it anymore."
In the beginning, the three members of the Chen family only watched from the sidelines. After all, in this countryside, it was normal for children to be beaten up since young, not to mention what Xiu Chi had said and done was to humiliate the entire family.
However, as time passed by, they could no longer bear to watch any further. Aunt Chen advised from the side as she stepped forward to try to pull Xiu Chi's father away.
"Stop hitting him. If this continues, the child will be broken."
However, Xiu Chi's father pushed her away, "I will teach my daughter, what does it have to do with you guys, get out of my way!"
Uncle Chen was pushed hard by him and almost fell to the ground, but luckily he was supported by Chen Erniu who was behind him.
Xiu Chi's father's broom unconcernedly fell onto Xiu Chi's body, she actually wanted to beat him to death, and had swung the broom all the way towards Xiu Chi's head.
Just as it was about to hit Xiu Chi, it was grabbed.
Chen Erniu, who had not spoken a single word since he had entered the courtyard, spoke out at this moment: "Uncle, if you continue to fight, you'll really break him."
I raised her so much that even if I beat her to death, what can I do? Furthermore, why did you guys come and say that you wanted to break off the engagement? Since you're saying that you're going to break off the engagement, then today's matter has nothing to do with you.
He tried to do what he did before and shake Chen Erniu off. Unfortunately, Chen Erniu had more strength at a young age and was taller than him by half a head.
Chen Erniu looked at Xiu Chi.
Xiu Chi was frightened by his beating. She hugged her head and cried so hard that her face was full of tears.
He no longer showed off the way he did when he pushed the door open to announce his worries. Carefully taking a peek at the situation, Chen Erniu's heart moved.
Naturally, Xiu Chi's father wasn't willing to let this go, and only coldly said: "Let go."
Chen Erniu said coldly: "I have nothing to do with annulling the engagement, but what if we don't break off the engagement today?"
An hour later, Chen Erniu drove the carriage out of the Gu household. On the way there, Aunt Chen grumbled non-stop.
You said that Xiu Chi was confused, I think you're the one that's been bewitched by ghosts, she already did such a thing, and you, instead, when we were betrothed to her, you were so noisy, and even thought so hard about disagreeing to the marriage, and now you're actually unwilling to break off the engagement, you're truly my son, your mother doesn't even know what you're thinking!
Chen Erniu looked at the sky in the distance and said calmly: "I'm not saying that, Xiu Chi is really going to be beaten to death by her father."
How do you know that he didn't hit his own daughter for us to see, to make you say those words. Think about our family, when did you and your brother ever make a mistake, we were all angry with you and your father, and we all yelled that we would break your legs, but up until now, didn't your two legs still grow up well on your bodies?
"Even if she isn't beaten to death this time, after we break off the engagement and prove that what happened before is true, we will still force her to her death."
"That was her fault. A girl like her did not know how to behave and did such a shameless thing. She should not be afraid of being poked in the spine by others."
Chen Erniu did not say anything again.
Aunt Chen was helpless, she only felt like she just punched cotton.
This little son of hers was naturally born with a bull-like temper. He didn't like to talk, but he was also stubborn to death. However, she still patiently explained everything she knew to her little son.
Back then, Erniu was so fond of Mian Niang, but she and Erniu's father had only both opposed it. Erniu did not cause any trouble, and in the end, still followed their wishes. Just like when he was betrothed to Gu Xiu Chi, he had always been against it.
She was confident that she could convince Erniu, but she still felt like scratching her head. She felt stifled and frustrated. How could such a thing happen to her family?
Thinking back to when Erniu said that he would not break off the engagement, Xiu Chi's father immediately stopped. Aunt Chen felt even more that her foolish son had fallen for her trap.
"This matter, is out of the question!"
Uncle Chen had always had a bad temper. He would often take a stick and chase his two sons and beat them up without saying a word. In his opinion, boys were born leathery.
Of course, even if they fought, they wouldn't see how good they were, but at least they didn't get crooked.
At this time, he was very angry in his heart, but he was very calm, and he did not even think about beating his son. The pipe knocked the ashes off the car, and he said to his youngest son calmly: "If this marriage does not end, you will not be able to raise your head up high, even for our whole family. This matter of a Gu family's daughter, you can't just marry someone, you marry her, and others will only laugh at you for being a living bastard."
Chen Erniu stretched his neck, and this fellow's tenacity rose again: "If I don't marry her, others will be certain that she did indeed do such a thing."
"That's her problem, her own family didn't teach her well, so what does it have to do with us?" When Aunt Chen thought about this, she immediately became angry. She and Xiu Chi's faces and necks became red from the fight. It was like the father and son pair had been drugged.
"But if we break off the engagement, Xiu Chi will immediately go find a dead end, and this matter will be related to us."
Aunt Chen was so angry that she almost fell flat on her face. She pulled her husband's clothes, pointed at his youngest son and said angrily: "Look, look, look, it's here again, you've decided on one thing, it's useless to say anything more. He won't listen."
It was as if such a long time had passed that they had not persuaded him to take his heart back from Mian Niang more than once. But even after so much time had passed, he still placed Mian Niang in his heart.
"Gossip is a killing knife. You can endure it. Your mother and I are already so old, but we can't endure it. Your brother and sister-in-law must also raise their heads and act like human beings." Thus, this matter cannot be avoided! "
Uncle Chen acted the same as in the past. He knocked on the pipe and made a firm decision. He wanted to explain this matter clearly along the way and avoid making a ruckus at home, so that the neighbors would know about it.
"Fine, I won't marry Xiu Chi." Chen Erniu nodded heavily.
The old couple looked at each other and revealed smiles as if a heavy burden had been lifted at the same time. Aunt Chen let out a long sigh and lamented, "Erniu, Father and Mother knew that you were a sensible child …"
"Do you agree to my marriage to Mian Niang?"
The old couple in the car instantly had stiff expressions.
The meal of gnarled soup was enough to fill the three mouths of the Song Family.
Song Zhien ate the most, after eating, he sat on the chair and did not even dare to move. He patted his stomach and asked his mother: "I feel like my stomach is bursting."
"What is this child saying?" Madame Song Li smilingly patted her youngest son, and couldn't help but feel a burst of bitterness in her heart.
His family was poor, so they couldn't afford noodles or meat. If his family was rich, why did they have to suffer so much?
Mian Niang stood up and cleaned up the table.
Song Zhien also stood up, he moved the chair behind him and said to him: "Little Young Master, you should just sit there and rest. "You can get up later and stroll around to eat, but you're not allowed to sit around."
Song Zhien immediately agreed. He looked at Sis A taking the tableware away, then looked at the leftover knobbly soup in the bowl and said to Madame Song: "Mother, just wait, when I grow up, I will definitely let you and Sis A live a good life. We will eat knobbly soup everyday, plus two eggs.
Madame Song Li couldn't help but laugh. These were the good days in the eyes of a child: knobbly soup, eggs, and all those delicious delicacies described in the book were too far away from him.
When Mian Niang finished washing up in the kitchen, she saw Uncle Chen returning. The two of them kicked at the front and back, and unexpectedly walked back, wondering where Erniu had gone to, when she saw Erniu pulling the horse carriage and chasing after them from behind. The faces of the family of three looked bad, but just as Mian Niang was about to greet her, Uncle Chen saw her snorting coldly and continued walking forward in the courtyard.
Aunt Chen looked at her coldly and followed behind him.
Mian Niang was puzzled, she did not have much of them, why did it feel like the two of them had a big opinion of him?