Fortune tellers give eggs, the stepmother is a Taoist boss

Chapter 17 The Truth
Mrs. Ke Chen left Kejia Village and went straight to the residence of the township doctor.

Kejia Village belongs to Hongze Township, and it takes at least half a day's walk from the township doctor's house to Kejia Village.

In order to get the so-called justice as soon as possible, Mrs. Ke Chen gritted her teeth and hired a donkey cart. She was beaten all the way until the donkey's butt was swollen before arriving at the village doctor's house before noon.

Zhu Yougui, a doctor from Hongzexiang, was famous for his filial piety. When he saw Ms. Ke Chen kneeling in front of him with runny nose and tears, he couldn't help but stepped forward to help the poor-looking old woman.

"Mother-in-law, don't cry, but what kind of injustice have you suffered? Just say it, I, Zhu Yougui, will definitely make the decision for you."

Mrs. Ke Chen wiped away her tears and said, "Sir, you don't know the suffering of old age..."

"I am Ke Chen, the second daughter of Ke Lin in Kejia Village. Ever since I married into his family, I have worked very hard. Not only have I added a male child to his family, I also treat my two stepsons equally as if they were my own."

"It's a pity that the eldest son had a hard life and died of illness early. The second son, Xuesheng, was in good health, but it was difficult to find a wife. I asked people to look around and spent all my wealth to find a wife for him."

"I originally thought that although this second daughter-in-law was divorced and returned to her parents' family, she came from a wealthy family and was a well-educated and reasonable person. Alas, but I never expected..."

As she spoke, she began to cry again.

Zhu Yougui quickly poured her a cup of tea: "Old lady, but this second daughter-in-law is not good to you? Has she bullied you?"

Ke Chen pretended to push it, then picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.

She squeezed her tears for so long and felt so thirsty.

He put down the tea cup and sighed heavily: "Not only is she bullying me, my second oldest son joined the army a few days ago, and she started shouting about separating the family."

"I don't know what tricks she used. All the men in the village helped her and forced the two of us who were about to die to build a new house for her. Even our village chief talked to her and asked us to give six taels of snowflake silver. !”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yougui placed the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, splashing water: "That's unreasonable!"

His thick eyebrows knitted into a knot: "What does mother-in-law mean, is this evil woman not only unfilial to her parents-in-law, but also having an affair with others in private?!"

It was a shame to Hongze Township and a shame to him that there were such unfilial and disloyal people in Hongze Township.

Ke Chen blinked her old eyes and tried to squeeze out some more tears, but failed, so she lowered her head and pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes with her sleeves.

"Yesterday, the village chief also took the money my second son brought back from someone else. He said he had to hand it over to the second daughter-in-law to feel at ease..."

Although the second son's money should indeed be given to his wife after the separation, Zhu Yougui still wants to get this at this moment.

He felt angry and said in a rough voice: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I will go to Kejia Village with you right now. A wicked woman bullies her parents-in-law and commits adultery against her will. She should be severely punished!"

With two petty officials, Zhu Yougui rode a horse and followed Ke Chen's donkey cart to Kejia Village.

Sitting on the donkey cart, Ms. Ke Chen held her head high and arrogant. She seemed to have seen Jiang Fuyuan kneeling and apologizing to her under the scolding and beating of the township doctor.

A villager from the Ke family passing by carrying a hoe glanced at the proud Ke Chen, turned to his companions and said, "Look at her, what's wrong with her..."

Ke Chen is well-known in Kejiacun for being sarcastic. If she is so happy, it means that someone must be angry with her.

When the companions saw Zhu Yougui who was traveling with Ke Chen, they quickly lowered their voices and said, "Stop looking, let's leave quickly!"

After he reminded him, the villager carrying the hoe also saw the village doctor on the horse, and the two of them immediately turned around and copied into the side road in tacit understanding.

Zhu Yougui couldn't help but feel confused when he saw the strange behavior of the two villagers.

Why don't the people in Kejiacun seem happy to see them?
One or two of them may have had a disagreement with the Ke Chen family. After all, living in a village, it is inevitable to have some quarrels.

But at least seven or eight people along the way reacted like this, which is a bit suspicious.

To be able to sit in the position of a township doctor, it is far from enough to be reckless and warm-hearted. Zhu Yougui has been along the way, and the anger caused by Ke Chen's crying at home has become much smaller.

Thinking about it carefully, Mrs. Ke Chen's cry is a family thing after all, or he should also listen to what other Ke family members have to say... Thinking of this, Zhu Yougui reined in the reins and said to Mr. Ke Chen: "Old lady, you have worked hard all day long. , why don’t you go home first, and I’ll check on the situation in the village first.”

When Ke Chen heard this, the smile on her face froze on the spot.

"Sir, if I'm not tired yet, why don't I accompany you directly to that bitch's house..."

Zhu Yougui looked displeased: "Mother-in-law, be careful what you say. If you haven't made a decision yet, it's better to keep your mouth open."

Mr. Ke Chen still wanted to fight for it, but he was finally about to express his anger. How could he stop halfway?
She tried hard to hold it in and squeeze it in, but her eyes were so dry that she couldn't shed a single tear.

Seeing the way the old woman in front of him winked, Zhu Yougui suddenly felt that she was a bit annoying.

"Go back. If necessary, I will go find you."

This time the tone was harsh and decisive. Ke Chen had no other choice but to agree and drive back in the donkey cart.

She also wanted to return someone else's donkey.

The donkey owner felt distressed and angry when he saw the swollen donkey's buttocks. He insisted on paying an additional thirty cash from Ke Chen as compensation. If he didn't pay, he would complain to the official.

With no other choice, Ke Chen could only endure the pain and cut off her body to save her money and eliminate the disaster.

But these are all things for later, and are beyond the scope of Zhu Yougui's concern.

What he wants to know most now is whether the second daughter-in-law of the Colin family is, as her mother-in-law said, an unfilial and disloyal woman who deserves to be plunged into a pig cage.

Without Ke Chen around, the villagers in Kejia Village were obviously much friendlier to Zhu Yougui.

Most people know the village doctor and greet him politely when meeting him.

Zhu Yougui simply got off his horse and walked up to talk to the villagers when he saw them.

"Old man, do you know where the home of the second wife of the Colin family is?"

"Of course I know that the newly built house on the desolate slope in the north of the village is her home."

"New house? Then why does she want to build it on a barren slope?"

"Oh, that's a long story. Isn't it her fault of her nasty mother-in-law..."

The stories told by the villagers are completely different from what Ke Chen said. Basically, Ke Chen abused her daughter-in-law, deprived her of food and clothing, and forced her helpless daughter-in-law to leave the house with her two stepsons.

The villager sighed and said: "Thanks to the blessing of Immortal Fuyuan, Mrs. Ke got a few pheasants to raise after the separation of the family, and also got some wild vegetables and fruits. At least the family of three did not starve to death."

Zhu Yougui took a breath in his heart and couldn't help but ask: "Then do you know what happened when the family was divided? How did I hear that your village chief helped Mrs. Ke to divide a lot of property from her husband's family?"

"Why are there so many family assets? It's just the harvest of two acres of paddy fields in a year. The three acres of paddy fields in Ke Lin's family were originally cultivated by his second son. It's okay if he doesn't have all of them back."

The villagers said a little angrily: "The house on Huangpo was built at the urging of the village chief. The old woman of the Ke Lin family wishes that Mrs. Ke and her two children would sleep in the wilderness!"

Zhu Yougui:…

Is this really what happened?

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yougui thanked the villagers and asked the direction of the village chief's home.

He still needs to meet with the village chief in person to find out whether it is Ke Er Niang who is a flirtatious woman or Ke Chen who is a slanderer.

Regardless of the outcome, he will definitely punish the evildoer severely.

(End of this chapter)