Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 691: Chapter 691: Elderly Mr. Di’s Injury
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Ms. Wang was completely bewildered, how did the wedding turn into a marriage scam in such a short while?

Di Gaoyuan also couldn’t understand what just happened, he could only watch the soldiers coming and going blankly, and the center of the scene was in chaos.

Before long, all the people who came to the wedding were arrested.

Even after the crowd was escorted away by the soldiers, everyone was still shocked by this sudden turn of events.

The news of this marriage scam, through the mouths of the guests who had come to attend the wedding, spread rapidly!

Some said that Ms. Wang, blindsided by the sight of silver, sold her daughter for 500 taels of silver, but later regretted it and falsely accused the Sun family from Shangrao County of marriage fraud.

Others said that it was the housekeeper of the Sun family from Shangrao County who had set his sights on Di’s daughter, so he came to propose marriage, posing as the young master of his house. Unfortunately, Ms. Wang was blinded by the silver, and thus fell right into it.

There were even more saying that the young master of the Sun family from Shangrao County was severely ill, so the housekeeper’s son, fearing that he may not have long to live, came to get married on his behalf. The Di Family, however, regretted and refused to marry off their daughter, thus they counterattacked by claiming that the Sun Family had committed marriage fraud.

There were even more theories circulating…

Among the various speculations, Di Yelei had already helped Elderly Mr. Di return to the Di Family.

As soon as they reached home, Elderly Mr. Di weakly sat on the chair and closed his eyes, refusing to move at all.

Di Yelei noticed the poor condition of Elderly Mr. Di and quickly asked in a low voice: “Dad, are you tired? Do you want your son to assist you to the room to rest?”

Elderly Mr. Di opened his eyes with difficulty, shook his head slightly and closed his eyes again without saying a word.

Liu Sisi, who was standing nearby, saw Elderly Mr. Di’s state and quietly told Granny Hu something, who swiftly brought a basin of well water.

Liu Sisi quietly walked over, passing the herbal wine to Di Yelei, whispered a few words in his ear, and then stepped back silently.

Di Yelei looked a bit surprised by Liu Sisi’s retreat, looked down at the basin of water in his hand and whispered.

“Dad, your son is going to check your arm.”

Without waiting for Elderly Mr. Di to answer, he immediately rolled up Elderly Mr. Di’s sleeve, and then took a sharp breath of cold air!

Elderly Mr. Di’s arm was covered with dark bruises, a large area of it, which was quite alarming!

“Dad, how did this happen?”

Elderly Mr. Di finally opened his eyes a crack, tugged his sleeve back in place, clenched it in his hand and said, “It’s nothing.”

Nothing? Is it really nothing when your arm is bruised like this?

He wanted to inquire more, but seeing Elderly Mr. Di’s tightly pressed lips and lack of intention to speak further, he held back his words. He forcefully rolled the sleeve back up, wrung a towel dry, and proceeded to ice Elderly Mr. Di’s arm.

The well water in Di’s home was groundwater, warm in winter and cool in summer. The freshly drawn well water was freezing cold and just right for icing.

Since there were bruises all over both of Elderly Mr. Di’s arms, Di Yelei busied himself replacing the four towels soaked in well water in rotation. After replacing two basins of well water, which took about the time to drink two cups of tea, he finally stopped, put away the towels and said.

“Dad, how about you stop staying in the upper village and return to the county town with your son? Here…”

He looked up and saw that Elderly Mr. Di had fallen asleep, emitting soft snores.

“Dad, it’s easy to catch a cold sleeping outside, how about your son carry you inside to sleep?”

After calling out twice, Elderly Mr. Di still didn’t move.

After pondering for a while, he carefully carried Elderly Mr. Di into the inner room, fetched a thin quilt and gently covered him before tiptoeing out.

He summoned the two servants specially assigned to take care of Elderly Mr. Di, detailed the two of them on their duties, and then finally left the room.

Just as Di Yelei stepped out of the inner room, Elderly Mr. Di opened his eyes.

Gazing blankly at the tent ceiling, she remained silent for a long time.

Outside the house, Liu Sisi was methodically organizing everyone to pack up when Di Gaoyuan and Ms. Wang came to visit.

“Third Sister-in-law…”

Di Gaoyuan glanced around, of course, he saw Elderly Mr. Di and Di Yelei in the hall, but he did not enter the hall. Instead, he sought out Liu Sisi, “Third Sister-in-law, what exactly is going on today? I hope you can give a clear answer!”

Looking at Di Gaoyuan, who was pretending to be serious, a ray of disdain flashed in Liu Sisi’s eyes and quickly disappeared. People who are capable of killing their own father are beyond redemption!

She didn’t even want to say a single word more, she turned her head and walked directly into the kitchen next door, casually finding a stool to sit on.

“Go out.”

“Yes, Madam.”

The two old women who were busy cooking in the kitchen quickly retreated.

“What do you want to ask? Just ask away.”

Di Gaoyuan stood at the kitchen door, wanting to come in but looking down on the place. He gritted his teeth and stepped in.

“Oh! Aren’t you in a great display of power today? Not only did you slap me three times but also showed great might, causing quite a scene…”

Liu Sisi arched an eyebrow: “Old mother?”

“Cough cough… a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, it’s me… it’s Second Sister-in-law!”

Ms. Wang hurriedly explained.

“Let’s hope it’s a slip of the tongue. Such slips, I don’t want to hear a second time. Otherwise, I won’t mind tearing up your mouth!”

Liu Sisi looked at Di Gaoyuan who was beside her, not even bothering to beat around the bush with the two of them.

“You want to ask about the Sun Family of Shangrao County, right? Hehe! Didn’t you, Ms. Wang, take their money? Shouldn’t you know already?”

“What do I know?”

Ms. Wang’s eyes were spinning round and round, but she was still putting on a strong front.

On the contrary, Di Gaoyuan, who was beside her, had deep eyes and directly gave a fist greeting: “Third Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Please be clear.”

Liu Sisi looked Di Gaoyuan up and down. It is said that dogs who bite don’t bark, yet Di Gaoyuan acted as if he knew nothing at this time, regardless of whether he truly didn’t know or was merely pretending.

But it doesn’t matter at this moment.

“On the way back, Yelei mentioned that the Lord County Magistrate of Macheng County has already assumed his role early today. As for the details of this trial, naturally it’s up to the County Magistrate. If you two want to know the specifics, you should ask the County Magistrate.”

She turned her head to look at Ms. Wang again: “Ms. Wang, I advise you not to be too smart, or else your cleverness might end up hurting you. And about that matter with Brother Gao, you’d better let it be, or else… Humph!”

After speaking, Liu Sisi got up and walked out.

She won’t win any favors with more words, so she just didn’t want to say more. But there were some things she had to say.

What about Brother Gao’s matter?

This statement scared Ms. Wang, has she learnt everything?

Thinking this, Ms. Wang could no longer stay calm.

Just as she reached the door, she paused and turned her head back. She looked at the two people inside who were obviously shirking responsibilities, and shook her head helplessly.