peasant young lady

Chapter 236 Provoking Discord
When Xiu'e saw Cheng Xia entered the door, she quickly hid the divorce letter in her arms, and kept looking for a place to hide while hiding it.

Cheng Xia was immediately happy, it seemed that she was quite intimidating, and her threatening words were not in vain.But right now, Cheng Xia tried her best to put on a smile, handed the big and small bags in her hand to Xiu'e, and said very gently, "Look, this is specially given to you after I sent my sister-in-law away just now." I bought it, do you like it?"

Xiu'e stared at Cheng Xia suspiciously for a while, making sure that she had no malicious intentions this time, and then glanced at the things she handed over. As a result, all her attention was taken away by just one glance, and she abruptly handed over the divorce papers. Throwing it aside, he directly took all kinds of hairpins and stuck them on his head, and looked left and right with the small mirror in the rouge box.Touch this and try that too, she can't put it down for everything.

"You gave this to me?" Xiu'e asked uncertainly.

"That's right," Cheng Xia nodded affirmatively, picked out a step from the inside, and smiled to put it on for Xiu'e. Seeing her dodge, she couldn't help laughing, "I see this is more suitable for the clothes you are wearing now, I'll give you a try to see if it looks good."

"You," Xiu'e grinned at Cheng Xia, "don't you hate me, what are you doing now?"

Cheng Xia sat on the kang next to Xiu'e with Bu Yao, and smiled nonchalantly, "I used to hate you, but now you are going to be my sister-in-law, why don't I treat you better?"

When Xiu'e heard this, it made sense, so she took all the big and small bags into her arms, and hummed, "You're smart."

Cheng Xia lowered her eyes and let out a sneer, then raised her head, still in the warm spring breeze, she handed the specially selected dress to Xiu'e, "Why don't you try this one, I bought it at the best tailor shop in Chong'an County, go Good material, Shu brocade."

"Okay, okay," Xiu'e couldn't wait to take off her clothes, and started to try them on as if no one else was there.

Cheng Xia looked at her dark skin, curled her lips, and stepped forward to help her adjust, "How is it, doesn't it look good?"

"It's beautiful, it's beautiful. I've never worn such a beautiful dress before." Xiu'e couldn't stop turning around, her heart was already full of joy.

Xiu'e couldn't stop putting the hairpin bracelet into her closet, Cheng Xia's eyes flashed coldly, she went up to get what was already in her closet, and asked her with a sneer, "Why do you still have this?" ?”

Xiu'e looked at it and shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "You mean castor beans, grandma gave them to me, and they are always kept in my room. She comes here every day to get some."

"Oh," Cheng Xia responded meaningfully, and handed one to Xiu'e, "Do you want to try it?"

"No, I can't," Xiu'e quickly refused, "Grandma said that only sick people can eat it, and I can't eat it."

"That's it," Cheng Xia smiled clearly. It seemed that her warm offensive was really effective, and she began to let go of her defenses.

Cheng Xia watched her put everything in the cabinet, then smiled, "Xiu'e, what's the matter with you and my elder brother?"

Xiu'e smeared a thick layer of rouge on her face, one part light and one part heavy. Cheng Xia almost burst out laughing when she turned her head suddenly, but she held back.

Xiu'e was still satisfied, feeling that something was wrong with Cheng Xia today, but she had a good attitude, and Xiu'e's voice became gentle, "Grandma asked me to be with your elder brother. I decided I didn't want to."

Although she wanted to laugh, Cheng Xia told herself to hold back. She took the rouge in Xiu'e's hand and wanted to smear it on her, but Xiu'e mistakenly thought it was someone who came to grab something, so she held it and refused to give it to her.

"I'll put on makeup for you. I promise it's better than you messing around on your own." Cheng Xia raised her eyebrows and motioned for her to bring the rouge box over, then asked her to wash her face and sit at the table to apply rouge to your eyebrows Then she put on lip balm, and finally parted her hair and restyled her.

"Xiu'e, do you want to leave the Cheng family?" Cheng Xia asked casually.

"Why?" Xiu'e suddenly turned her head to look at Cheng Xia, with suspicion and caution on her face.

Cheng Xia smiled, "What are you trying to do in the Cheng family? If you want money but don't have money, you still have to be angry with my grandma. What kind of person is she? You must have been deeply touched during this time. Don't tell me, do you really want to live forever stay here?"

"There's nothing wrong with that," Xiu'e tugged at a lock of her hair, pouting, "You don't want to drive me away, and then let your sister-in-law come back."

Cheng Xia sneered, "I'm sure I'll kick you out, but if I kick you out, I won't let my sister-in-law come back and suffer this humiliation."

Xiu'e stood up abruptly, leaving Cheng Xia some distance away, then pinched her waist and said, "What are you going to do? Your sister-in-law, you have already stamped your handprint on the divorce letter, and you kicked me out. Marry a daughter-in-law? Given the current situation in your family, do you still have the money to marry a daughter-in-law?"

Cheng Xia hugged her chest and smiled coolly, "Wouldn't it be better if you didn't have one? With a man like my elder brother who can't have children, and someone like my grandma and my father who insist on grandchildren, any girl who gets married will end up with my sister-in-law." That's what happened."

"What, why can't you have a baby? Who are you talking about?" Xiu'e asked with her eyes wide open.

"I said my big brother." Cheng Xia looked surprised, "You don't know, do you?"

Xiu'e took two steps back again and again, and sat down on the bed, "How is that possible?"

"Hey, no one told you about this?" Cheng Xia pouted and shook her head, "My grandma and my father are too unkind, it's too much to lie to you."

"What's going on?" Xiu'e asked nervously.

Cheng Xia simply moved a small stool and sat in front of Xiu'e, and said in a straightforward manner, "To be honest, you have seen that a woman like my sister-in-law can finally make up her mind to put her fingerprint on the divorce letter. Because following my elder brother can only be wronged. I took my sister-in-law to see a doctor at the shopkeeper early in the morning. The shopkeeper said that my sister-in-law is fine, and it’s not that she can’t have children. My grandma and my brother are hiding it, my sister-in-law can only bear it for my brother's face."

"Hey," Cheng Xia sighed, "My grandma is not satisfied with my birth. She feels that my sister-in-law is now standing on the same front with my mother, threatening her, so she insists on letting my sister-in-law and my brother divorce, and then marry you in." , why? Because you don’t know these things. You listened to my grandma again. After two or three years, my grandma will have to find you again. The reason, but you have been in this house for so long, and you have always been helpless, just like my sister-in-law, and you don't have any close family members around you. What else can you do, you can't bear it. "

Cheng Xia shook her head and sighed, "That's why I don't want my sister-in-law to stay here all the time. I heard that my grandma gave you a few pennies to buy rouge powder. Can it be the same as the one I bought now? My grandma didn’t really treat you well at all, she just fooled you. As for me, I’ll tell you the truth while they’re not at home. If you want to hear it, just Listen, if you don't want to listen, you insist on jumping into the fire pit, I won't stop you, it's up to you."

Xiu'e's face was cloudy and uncertain, her small eyes rolled around, and she couldn't stop looking at Cheng Xia, as if she was considering the truth of what she said.

Cheng Xia reached out and took out the castor beans from her cabinet, and handed them to her, "Grandma put these here with you, and then come here every day to get some, do you know why?"

Seeing Xiu'e shaking her head, Cheng Xia laughed again, "Because this stuff is poisonous, it will kill you if you eat it. She takes out a little every day for my mother, you see my mother is getting worse and worse now, just eat this Yes. My grandma wants to poison my mother to death, but she can’t keep things in her own room, because I will ask her for an explanation if I find out. I am unreasonable, and you have already seen it. Once I If something happened to my mother, I will definitely report it to the county magistrate. At that time, my grandma will directly say that everything is with you. She doesn't know. Do you think the county magistrate will arrest you? By then you will say even if you have a hundred mouths I don't know."

Xiu'e heard Cheng Xia's words, and a sudden chill came out of her body, "I, I don't know if what you said is true or not?"

Cheng Xia shrugged, "How about this, when my grandma comes back, you pass this to her to eat, just say you tasted it, it tastes good, and say it's filial to grandma, then you force her to eat it, see if she eats it That's it."

"If she eats it, you will treat what I said today as nonsense, and you will still follow what grandma said, marry my eldest brother, and then go to have your children and live your happy life."

"Does she want to eat?" Xiu'e asked anxiously.

Cheng Xia smiled, "What does it mean if she doesn't eat it, so I'll tell you again? You are a shield and a scapegoat, and you will be the one who will be pushed out in the end for whatever murders and arson she does in the future." Cheng Xia Xia clapped her hands and stood up, "Okay, I'm going to take care of my mother."

Before going out, Cheng Xia suddenly turned her head and smiled at Xiu'e, "The things I bought for you today, excluding the clothes and rouge, only the jewelry cost 15 taels of silver. Hand, I will never starve to death, it is better to go anywhere than you are at Cheng's house."

Having said that, Cheng Xia stopped talking and went directly to another room to take care of Mrs. Zhang.

Boiled medicine for her, fed her to drink, and wiped her body again, until it was getting dark and Gu's and the others came back, Cheng Xia left and went back to the bamboo house.

In Zhushe, she has been restless, she is waiting for a result, waiting for Xiu'e's final decision.

Early in the morning of the second day, before the sky was fully lit, he heard a knock on the door, Cheng Xia was overjoyed, it seemed that it was done.

Cheng Xia first comforted Xiaolong who was frightened and crying, and asked Yang Dalang to take care of him, then dressed and opened the door, looking at Gu Shi who was about to barge in, Cheng Xia directly pushed her out, and went out by herself. After closing the door, he pretended to be inexplicable and asked Gu Shi, "Is there something wrong?"

(End of this chapter)