Chapter 45 Like an egg striking a rock—utterly foolish.
Chapter 45 Like an egg striking a rock—utterly foolish.
Zhang Yougen drove silently until they left Tujiazhuang and reached a deserted place. Then he said with a cold face, "You all heard what Xie Xiu said. If you dare to talk nonsense outside, he will definitely not let you go.
Think about his status! Even County Magistrate Wang and the Black Kirin Guards have to give him face. You should consider whether your efforts are enough to give him a beating!
Don't forget that Xu! That woman tried to switch Xie Xiu's daughter, but what happened to her now? She's been locked up in prison and will probably be exiled to the border soon.
If you also want to be exiled to the border, you can give it a try! Don't offend people so much that you cry and beg me to save you!
I'm just a small-time pickle shop owner, not that capable. If you cause trouble again, I'll have to find someone to write a divorce letter and kick you both out.
Don't say I'm heartless. The Zhang family still has a large family to support, and I have to consider them. I can't let the whole family suffer because of your nonsense."
Luo looked at Sun Qingqing's ugly face, quickly grabbed her hand, and advised her earnestly: "Qingqing, just listen to your father. It's not easy for him either. After all, he has to support a whole family.
Just think of it as a plea from your mother, please stop making trouble. Although Mr. Luo is older, he is still a scholar. He doesn't have to kneel when he sees an official, and he can also receive some rice every month, which is better than Song Xingzhou.
Now you've fallen into the water in broad daylight, and he's rescued you in public. Your reputation has been ruined. His willingness to marry you is a blessing in disguise.
You can marry him with peace of mind and let him study hard and prepare for the imperial examination. Maybe he will pass the exam this year, and then you will be his wife.
Even if he fails the exam, he can still earn some tuition by working as a tutor, which is better than no one wanting to marry you and you having to become a nun in a temple at such a young age.
Sun Qingqing buried her head, so Luo Shi couldn't see her expression.
"Mom, you don't have to say anything. I understand. It's not easy for you and Uncle Zhang. I will be a good boy from now on and won't make trouble again."
She raised her lips sarcastically: Even if she wanted to make trouble, what could she do? She was not raised by Zhang Yougen, and Zhang Yougen would not be soft-hearted towards her.
The Tu family and Xie Xiu had to consider some impacts, so even if they disliked her, they didn't dare to be too harsh on her in public.
Zhang Yougen is different.
He was her stepfather and had never educated her. To the Zhang family, she was just a burden and a pure nuisance.
If she dared to make trouble, Zhang Yougen would only need to tell her everything she had done, and he would be able to throw her into the abyss and make her unable to recover.
So what else can she do except endure?
But she was so unwilling!
She just had feelings for Zhu Xiucai. If Zhu Xiucai didn't want to, he could just tell her directly. Why did he have to scheme against her like this?
What Liu Zhichun said was right. As a country woman, she really had no control over whether Zhu Xiucai stayed in the academy or went out to play.
Only the Zhu family can do it.
All of this cannot be achieved without the cooperation of Zhu Xiucai.
But even if that man had no feelings for her, why would he be so heartless to a young lady like her?
He plotted against her with such vicious means, watching her fall into the trap and lose face and reputation in public!
I just hate that she was too stupid to realize that Zhu Xiucai was such a cruel and heartless person, and she thought he was a gentleman.
As a result, it ended up like this.
After returning to the Zhang family, Sun Qingqing stayed at home obediently, allowing Zhang Yougen and Luo to arrange the wedding and embroider the wedding handkerchief.
He looks like he has completely accepted his fate.
However, just when Luo and Zhang Yougen had been watching her carefully for three days and began to relax their vigilance, Sun Qingqing secretly went out and successfully met Zhu Xiucai.
The two met in a private room of a cloth shop.
Sun Qingqing looked at Zhu Xiucai, who was still gentle and handsome, with a complicated expression, in a daze.
Zhu Xiucai frowned, suddenly coughed, and opened his folding fan to cover his face: "Miss Sun's behavior is really inappropriate.
If Miss Sun has nothing to say, please leave. We are strangers, not relatives. Now that you are engaged to Brother Luo, it is really inappropriate for you to meet me privately."
When Sun Qingqing heard his words, she suddenly felt a surge of anger in her heart. She asked dissatisfiedly, "If you think it's inappropriate, why did you come to see me?"
Zhu Xiucai's expression changed, and he looked at her with a hint of mockery in his eyes. "Don't you know why I came to see you, Miss Sun? If you hadn't been sending messages and threatening me with death, why would I come out to see you?"
Sun Qingqing choked instantly.
However, it was indeed she who asked Zhang's younger brother to help deliver the letter, threatening to commit suicide so that Zhu Xiucai would come out to see her.
In fact, she didn't intend to scheme anything, she just wanted to ask him in person why he was so cruel to her.
Now that she finally met the person, she couldn't help but feel complicated, so she forgot to speak.
Who would have thought that just looking at him for a little longer would arouse his dissatisfaction and disgust.
He actually covered his face with a folding fan, refusing to let her look any further.
Sun Qingqing really couldn't understand.
She asked Zhu Xiucai, "I don't think I'm ugly, I could even be called pretty, but why are you so shunning me? Why are you so unwilling to marry me?"
Zhu Xiucai raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you really want to know?"
Sun Qingqing's heart started to panic, and she suddenly had a very bad premonition - the other party's reason would definitely make her very embarrassed!
But she still calmed herself down, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "Please tell me the truth, Mr. Zhu."
Zhu Xiucai sighed: "Since you want to know, then I won't hide it from you. You are indeed not ugly, and you can even be called beautiful. But beautiful women are not uncommon in Zhu's family.
Whether it was the maids or the concubines of the Zhu family, they all had their own beauty. Compared to them, Miss Sun's looks were not outstanding.
Moreover, the news that Mr. Xie's daughter had been switched had already spread like wildfire. Although everyone said that Miss Sun was poisoned and coerced by Mrs. Xu.
But the Zhu family still had some ability, and it was not difficult for them to find out the truth from Tujiazhuang.
Zhu said this, Miss Sun, do you understand now? "
After all, he was a scholar, and he had not suffered any loss at the hands of Sun Qingqing, so he spoke politely and not too harshly.
However, Sun Qingqing still understood the underlying meaning of his words - Zhu Xiucai looked down on her looks, and he knew that she was a mean person who repaid kindness with enmity!
Sun Qingqing tried her best to suppress the urge to cry, and laughed at herself, "It seems that I am not pretty enough, nor a good person, so I am not worthy of you, Mr. Zhu.
But even if I'm so despicable, can you still plot against me like that? Watching me fall into the water in public and be rescued by an old man, losing my reputation in front of everyone, wouldn't it be a great relief for Zhu Xiucai? "
Zhu Xiucai did not answer but asked, "Miss Sun, you jumped in by yourself, didn't you? I am very sure that neither I nor my family asked anyone to push you into the water.
You insist on getting involved, so you can't blame others. After all, there's no such thing as you can scheme against others without them being able to fight back. Don't you agree?"
This statement was tantamount to admitting that he and the Zhu family were plotting against Sun Qingqing.
Sun Qingqing laughed angrily.
She knew that Zhu Xiucai was right, but she still couldn't help getting angry.
She looked at Zhu Xiucai who was sitting opposite her and finally asked, "Zhu Xiucai, you dare to come to see me. Aren't you afraid that I will yell at you for molesting you and force you to marry me?"
Zhu Xiucai looked at her intently, and suddenly laughed sarcastically: "This cloth shop is my mother's dowry.
If you really shout like that, everyone will know that you are shameless, having an affair with a cloth shop clerk, and still having the delusion of throwing dirty water on me.
The owner and waiters of the teahouse next door, and even the grandparents and grandchildren who sang there, would all testify that I was drinking tea and listening to music in the private room of the teahouse at that time, and it was impossible for me to be in this cloth shop at the same time.
Now, Miss Sun, do you still want to shout? "
Sun Qingqing was trembling all over. She looked at Zhu Xiucai sitting opposite her in disbelief and suddenly felt deeply powerless!
It turns out that this is the strength of the wealthy Zhu family!
She actually wanted to plot against Zhu Xiucai. It was like hitting a rock with an egg. She was extremely foolish!
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