NFBE Chapter 624: The Orphan Girl Whose Husband Died Flying to a Branch 5
Chapter 624: The Orphan Girl Whose Husband Died Flying to a Branch 5
Mrs. Wei didn't expect that Ah Zhi, who looked so good, was living in such poverty.
"Chunlan, go get Miss Lin a hundred bucks. Our family is in need of some medicinal herbs. We want them."
One diao of money is equivalent to one tael of silver, or one thousand wen. The herbs in the backpack are only worth fifty wen, which can buy twenty baskets of herbs.
If it were someone else, they would definitely be tempted. One tael of silver would be enough to last for a long time.
Not to mention that Azhi is an orphan with no one to rely on. It is extremely difficult for her to have enough food. If she uses one or two taels of silver sparingly, it can last her for a year.
"Need not."
Ah Zhi hurriedly shook her head at Madam Wei and said, "I can sell the herbs myself. Madam Wei doesn't need to buy them. I know that Madam Wei's house is not short of herbs."
"Madam, you want to help me relieve some of the pain, but I don't want to trouble you. Thank you for your kindness."
Although the other party rejected her kindness, Mrs. Wei was not angry.
This time she looked at Azhi with even more appreciation.
He is well-educated and capable.
Even though Mrs. Wei loves her daughter, she is still not as good as Azhi in front of her.
With her beauty that makes people want to peek at her and such a smart mind, she is more suitable to enter the palace than Wei Li.
"Since you've said so, I naturally can't force you. How about this, from now on, when you pick herbs, you can send them to my house. This hundred yuan will be regarded as advance payment for the medicine."
"You can't reject me again. You can't be too polite when it comes to fate."
Mrs. Wei was still very gentle, but Azhi still refused.
"I know that Madam has a crush on me, and that's why she wants to help me again and again."
"But I absolutely cannot accept it. I will not accept any reward without merit. Madam, please accept it, otherwise I will not be able to sleep at night."
It’s not that Azhi is being too polite, there are just some things that need to be considered carefully.
If I accept the money now, some plans will be disrupted.
Seeing that Ah Zhi was really unwilling to accept the money, Mrs. Wei did not continue to persuade her, but asked the maid to give Ah Zhi a hundred coins.
"Well, since you don't want to accept it, I will give you a hundred coins as payment for the herbs in your basket. You can't refuse."
"Even if you sell the herbs to a pharmacy, they can sell it to others for double the price. One hundred coins is not much. I am just buying the herbs from you at the normal market price."
"If you continue to reject me, our fate today is over."
Seeing that Ah Zhi longed for family affection, Mrs. Wei used her gentleness to make her let down her guard little by little.
One tael of silver is alms, which is too kind and makes people wonder how to repay it. It is reasonable to owe Mrs. Wei a favor.
But if it was one hundred coins, it would be different. Just as Mrs. Wei explained, this was just the price of medicinal herbs on the market, and people wouldn't feel any psychological burden of owing a favor.
Ah Zhi nodded slightly and took the handkerchief handed over by the maid. There was a hundred coins wrapped inside the handkerchief.
"Thank you ma'am."
"No problem, you and I are destined to meet, maybe we can meet again in the future."
It was getting late, so Azhi said goodbye.
After Ah Zhi left the Wei residence, Madam Wei instructed the maid beside her, "Send someone to find out who this Lin Ping'er is. Keep a close eye on her and report anything to me."
"Yes, the servant understands."
Ahzhi had just returned home and hadn't even had a sip of water when the aunt next door ran in hurriedly.
"Aunt? What's wrong with you? What happened? Why are you running so hard? Do you want to drink some water and take a rest?"
Azhi poured a bowl of water and handed it to his aunt.
The other party drank it all in one gulp before he recovered.
At this time, the aunt grabbed Ah Zhi's hand and said excitedly, "Hurry up and go to the Chen family. Something terrible has happened. Yue'e has been bullied. That old lady Chen is so cruel and ruthless that she almost beat the three sisters to death."
"what?"
Ah Zhi's eyes widened in disbelief, "What are you talking about? Why do you want to beat the three sisters to death?"
Wang Yue'e gave birth to three daughters, but none of them was favored.
Old Mrs. Chen favors boys over girls and wants grandsons but not granddaughters.
If Wang Yue'e had not ignored her newly-born body and stared at her newborn daughter every day, perhaps all three daughters would have been drowned.
Some old people believe that if you want to have a son, you must drown all the previous daughters so that they will not block the son from reincarnation.
But this is all superstition and few people believe it.
But Old Mrs. Chen really believed it.
When Wang Yue'e gave birth to her second daughter, she wanted to secretly throw the child into the river.
Fortunately, Wang Yue'e noticed something was wrong.
Old Mrs. Chen, who usually disliked him, suddenly became very friendly to him and even offered to help take care of the children.
Wang Yue'e is not a fool. Does she really think that others can fool her with just a few words?
The eldest son of the Chen family is called Chen Dongliang. The old couple of the Chen family are very good to their eldest son, otherwise they would not have spent so much money to marry Wang Yue'e.
Old Mrs. Chen offered to help take care of the children. Chen Dongliang was very happy and thought that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would be eased.
As a result, Wang Yue'e discovered that the child was missing that night.
Chen Dongliang chased out with a hoe in his hand, and just in time saw Old Lady Chen muttering something, as if she was about to drown her second granddaughter in her arms.
Chen Dongliang rushed out on the spot to take the child back.
If it weren't for the mother-son relationship, Chen Dongliang would have wanted to report Old Lady Chen to the police.
After this incident, Chen Dongliang began to feel resentful, and at the same time he discovered the undercurrent between Wang Yue'e and Old Lady Chen.
After his third daughter was born, he became particularly wary of Old Lady Chen.
When Chen Dongliang discovered for the second time that Old Lady Chen wanted to get rid of her third daughter, he made a big fuss.
The couple and their three daughters lived in a side room with a wall between them. Except for eating together, they stayed as far away from each other as possible at other times.
This incident was still caused by Old Mrs. Chen.
A few days ago, Old Lady Chen started to urge Wang Yue'e to give birth, hoping that she would give birth to a precious grandson.
Unexpectedly, Chen Dongliang, who had just returned, heard it. He refuted Mrs. Chen on the spot and mentioned that they would not have a fourth child.
Looking at her disobedient son, Old Mrs. Chen was almost angry to death.
Perhaps it was because Wang Yue'e, who was standing by, said a few sarcastic words, which made Old Lady Chen have evil thoughts.
Thinking that their three girls were gone, the couple naturally started thinking about having grandchildren.
While the couple was out, Old Lady Chen falsely accused the three children of stealing money and started beating them with a stick on the spot.
Old Mrs. Chen wanted to beat the three children to death, so naturally she didn't hold back.
Fortunately, the eldest sister pushed her away and went out with her two younger sisters.
Old Mrs. Chen fell and her head was covered in blood.