Chapter 211 Let's Ask Him in Person
Jiuyue looked confused, "Then what do you mean?"
Only then did Wang slowly say, "I've just heard it. I heard that Xiyuan has brought back another wife outside the house. Well, well, well. He's not the same as before when he gets ahead. You can have another sister in the future."
She looked at Jiuyue with a smile on her wrinkled face tossed by the years. However, the teary moles under her eyes made her look more sarcastic and mean.
After that, Jiuyue did not hear what she said. The only thing Jiuyue could see was her mouth opening and closing.
Seeing that she did not respond to her for a long time, Granny Wang tugged her sleeve, "Xiyuan's wife, why are you not talking? Are you excited?"
Jiuyue saw that she looked very concerned but still could not hide the gloat under her eyes.
It really disgusted Jiuyue.
"What's the point of being excited? Would you be happy if Uncle Wang bring you another sister?" She should take care of the children and respect the elderly who deserved respect. Granny Wang wanted to laugh at her? That was not gonna happen.
As expected, Granny Wang immediately stopped smiling and looked grimly.
"You wicked girl, what nonsense are you talking about? You are so rude. You don't have a mother to teach you how to behave, right?"
She has never been nice to such people who talked dirty. She immediately dissed Granny Wang with her hands on her hips, "Look at you. How can you be so sure that I'll be happy with something that you wouldn't enjoy? You just make up anything without confirmation. Aren't you afraid of the Speech Karma that you committed would come back to you later?"
Since Granny Wang was old, she was superstitious. As soon as she heard Jiuyue's words, she immediately jumped up.
"The karma will come after you and your whole family! You little wh*re, I will rip your mouth off!"
Cuihua heard it in the distance as soon as they got into an argument. She immediately ran over and protected Jiuyue behind her like a mother hen, "What's wrong? Granny Wang, you are old. You can't bully my little daughter-in-law!"
Cuihua was famous in the village for how tough she was. "She is very tall and has a daughter-in-law with her. If we really get into a fight, I would definitely not be at an advantage." Granny Wang thought.
At this thought, she immediately wimped out. Then she withdrew her highly raised hand.
"Who bullied your little daughter-in-law? You didn't even hear what she just said. She was really mean."
Only then did Cuihua turn around to look at Jiuyue and ask her, "Jiu, what did you just say? Don't be afraid. I will back you up!"
People were like this. Once she had someone to back her up, she would immediately become vulnerable.
Jiuyue was just angry earlier. As soon as she heard this, she immediately felt aggrieved.
She looked down at the yellow earth and couldn't stop crying.
Cuihua was even more worried to see her like this. She hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief from her waist to wipe Jiuyue's tears.
She wiped her tears while coaxing her, "My baby girl, what's wrong? Say something. I'm so anxious!"
This was the first time Granny Wang has seen a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along like this. She might not even love her own daughter this much.
Every mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would stir things up in their family. It can be seen from the idiom "Many years of wife made a mother-in-law" that everyone suffered through like this. However, the Wu family was different from that.
Jiuyue felt her concern. She couldn't help but sob on Cuihua's shoulder, "Mom... Granny Wang said that Xiyuan had brought back a woman outside. She also said I don't have a mother to teach me how to behave, woooooo..."
Cuihua was furious. She turned her face to Granny Wang and scolded her, "You old bastard, what are you talking about? Am I not her mother? Didn't I teach her?"
Wang defended herself, "She also said that I had committed Speech Karma and the karma would come back to me."
"Didn't you just commit a Speech Karma? Stop stirring things up in my family. My Xiyuan would never do that!"
She looked sure of herself, but Granny Wang snorted, "I'm stirring things up? You won't believe me anyway. When the woman is really brought back, don't blame me for not reminding you!"
After saying that, Granny Wang turned around and walked away.
Jiuyue was just a young girl in her first love. Even though she knew that it was normal for men to have a lot of wives and concubines, she was still annoyed.
She was even angrier that Xiyuan had promised that he would only marry her in his life.
"If he really brought another woman back, I... will never trust him again!" Jiuyue thought.
She was young and simple, and her thoughts were all shown on her face. Cuihua lived most of her life and saw through her at a glance.
She wiped the tears for Jiuyue and said in a soft voice, "I'm sure you know what kind of person Xiyuan is. He is really not that kind of person. I think there must be some misunderstanding. If you're still not sure, I'll go to Yongzhou with you. Let's ask him in person. Is that okay?"
Jiuyue subconsciously wanted to nod. She also wanted to ask him personally.
However, she thought of the fact that it was now the time for spring ploughing. Her family was already understaffed. If the two of them left, who would plow the field?
With this in mind, she shook her head, "No, mom, I'll ask Xiyuan when he comes back."
How could Cuihua not know what was in her mind? She smiled and patted Jiuyue's hand, "child, don't worry. Just hire two people for the ploughing. We will go for just two days. It won't delay anything."
"But..."
She still had concerns in her mind. If she didn't ask him, she could still tell herself that Granny Wang was lying and that Xiyuan was not that kind of person.
But if she went to see for herself and saw that he had another woman by his side, she was really afraid that she could not stand it.
Cuihua saw it clearly that she actually wanted to see him, so she directly interrupted Jiuyue, "Don't but. Pack the shoes and socks you made for Xiyuan and things like that tonight. We will visit him tomorrow!"
Seeing that she made the decision directly, Jiuyue then stopped dwelling on it. She gently nodded her head as consent.
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When Jiuyue returned to the house in the afternoon, she spread a piece of cloth on the table and was going to pack. She first put the spring clothes she made for Xiyuan on the bottom, then took out her shoes and socks and put them on the top.
At last, when she looked at the sweat towel that was placed in the cabinet, she hesitated slightly. Finally, she took it out and put it in the package.
However, she made up her mind that if she went there and found that he really had another woman, she would not give him any of these things to wear!
This night, Jiuyue did not sleep well at all. She seemed to be half asleep and half awake all night.
She dreamed that after she and her mother-in-law left, her second sister-in-law went out and was hit by a child, and the child in her belly was lost.
In the morning, just after dawn, she got off bed. She picked up the kettle on the table and poured herself a glass of cold water.
The cold water flowed down her throat all the way to her stomach. It seemed to make her feel a little better from the worry and anxiety.