The group of people didn't hear what the stall owner said to his little baby. They were still angry that the stall owner wasted his time and left such a small baby on the stall in order to gain some fame for himself. The same words were said, The doll is lost, and the good reputation is gone.
"Actually, I just had a question. How could she bring her child out to sell things alone? No one in her family or her husband helped her? Are you so relieved?"
The guy walking next to Merlin couldn't help but sneered when he heard Merlin's words.
"What do you mean?" Merlin looked at him, narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you know something? Do you know her?"
"Xiao Wen?" Mr. Jiang looked at his assistant and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you know the origin of this woman?"
"Second Master, I know a little bit from what others say."
"Who are they? The guests in our teahouse?"
"Yes!" Xiao Wen sighed softly and said, "Let's go upstairs and enter the box first, and then I will tell you in detail. In short, it is a very tragic story."
Second Master Jiang nodded and led the group up to the second floor and into their exclusive box.
After everyone was seated, Xiaowen was busy making arrangements to serve tea, snacks, and dried fruits to everyone.
"It's lunch time. Do you want to have lunch?"
"Of course I want to eat. Tell Aunt Fan to prepare something tasty." Mr. Jiang smiled and looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. "Aunt Fan is especially looking forward to the two of you coming. She said she would prepare something delicious for you. .”
Xiaowen left the box, went to the dining room himself, and talked to Aunt Fan. When he saw Aunt Fan happily starting to prepare, he sighed softly and returned to the box on the second floor.
"Come on!" When everyone saw Xiao Wen, they waved to him. Merlin pulled a small stool for him and patted him, "Tell us quickly, what is going on with that woman? What is her origin? "
"I heard from regular customers in our store that the woman escaped from her home with her child. She didn't know what happened, so she fled to our border. It's been almost a year now."
"You ran away from home? Is it because the people in your family are bad? Your family has never looked for you?"
"Never, this is really strange." Xiaowen picked up the teapot, poured tea into everyone's cups, and said, "Some guests have seen how she looked when she first came here. Her whole body was in tatters and full of tatters. Her whole body is covered with injuries, not only to herself, but also to the little baby in the stall today, it’s simply too horrible to look at.”
"She was abused at home and suffered a lot, so she traveled all the way to come here." Shen Cha nodded, "Have you ever found out where she escaped from?"
"It should be around Qinzhou. Her accent sounds like someone from there. There was a famine in Qinzhou more than a year ago. Many people escaped, and some of them did make a desperate attempt to come here."
"Oh!" Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian looked at each other, "I remember being hungry. Although we accepted some refugees, we still sent them back according to their origins. The main reason is that there has been progress in disaster relief there. It is better for them to go home than stay here. Be more comfortable."
"Yes, it was for this reason that our brothers who guarded the city also thought she was a refugee from Qinzhou, so they sent her to a shelter opened by the Duke of Guo's Mansion. It was only later that they learned about the situation in the shelter and found out about her. He was abused by his family and had no choice but to escape from that home."
"Then she took advantage of the famine in Qinzhou and came here with the refugees."
Shen Cha thought back to the way she saw the woman just now. Although she had gone through many vicissitudes, she could still see that her life since childhood was very privileged. She was obviously very scared when facing people like them, but He was still very calm, proving his identity in an orderly manner. When facing everyone's accusations, his overall state was also very stable.
"Yes. Later, an enthusiastic lady asked her whether she wanted to stay at the border or go back to Qinzhou. She said she wanted to stay at the border and she couldn't go back to that home." Xiao Wen sighed softly, "According to what she said , she and her husband-in-law are family friends, a grandfather-generation relationship
They were relatively close, so we arranged a baby wedding for them and exchanged tokens. But when her husband-in-law grew up, he went to study in Xijing City, where he met someone he liked very much and wanted to marry her and get rid of this baby marriage. "
"That's right, it's just a baby kiss, not an engagement. If you really don't like it, both parties can negotiate to terminate it. Why force yourself? It's the same for yourself, the other party you kiss, and the person he likes. It hurts, doesn’t it?”
"At that time, the grandfather who arranged the marriage was still alive. He refused to cancel the marriage and forced her husband to marry her. As for the true love she met in Xijing City, she could only be a concubine."
"Do you spoil your concubine and destroy your wife?" Hongye sneered, "Sure enough, if this man is not a thing and doesn't resist this seemingly absurd marriage contract, the two women will have to suffer with him."
"But, since it was decided by our grandparents, even if we don't like each other, we should still treat each other with respect, right?" Shen Cha looked at Xiao Wen, "Why is it like this?"
"I heard that the first two years were considered peaceful, and there was no quarrel. Later, it was because the concubine had a child before the woman. The whole family was very happy, including the woman. They all felt very happy. A good thing. But then the concubine had a miscarriage due to an accident. It was already determined to be an accident, but only two or three days later, we found out that this woman also had a child."
"Ouch!" Merlin curled his lips in disgust, "I understand, that concubine started to slander that woman because she knew that she would not be able to accommodate other children after she had a child, so she deliberately made an accident. She had a miscarriage, didn’t she?”
"General Mei is right, that's what happened." Xiaowen sighed, "At this time, the grandfather passed away again, and the whole family regarded this woman as a nemesis, a mourning star, etc. Regardless of whether she had a child or not, she was imprisoned in a dilapidated courtyard and lived a very hard life, but the concubine suddenly transformed, flew up a branch and became the mistress of the family."
"Wait a minute!" Hongye raised an eyebrow at Xiaowen, "Don't this woman's natal family know that her child has been wronged?"
"Her natal family had already moved to Xijing City after she got married. The two parties have stopped contacting each other for a long time. They don't even know that their daughter is suffering." Xiaowen shrugged towards Hongye with a look of helplessness on his face, "Yes. I said, even if she knew, she probably wouldn't care. Her parents already knew that her husband-in-law didn't like her and asked her to marry him, so they probably wouldn't love her much."
