The Pretty Peasant Wife - C89 Who Framed Me

Under Cheng Dagui’s scolding, Cheng Cai finally quieted down, and sat down with a gloomy face. For a moment, the entire room sunk into silence, and even a few children quietly sat at the side, not daring to speak.

Cheng Xi also sat beside the brazier with her head lowered in deep thought. Just who had she offended? Who was the one behind this Blind Lee’s actions, ordering Hu Ba to speak in order to frame them?

This Xu Family should not be possible, Xu Wenyu still hoped that they would introduce Zhao Ke to them, so he was not too late to please them, and definitely would not order the Blind Lee to say that.

So who? They might have been able to do such a thing, but it wasn’t right. Lady Lee was still lying on her bed, unable to get up after being beaten by Xu Wenlong, and with Xu Wenyu’s pressure, they probably wouldn’t have the chance to find him. Xu Erlang should not know either, since the private room in Lady Lee’s hands was discovered by him, it would definitely be confiscated. He did not have any money on him, so it was impossible for him to say anything.

Then who could it be? He did not seem to have offended anyone, and it was impossible for Xu Sanlang to offend anyone.

Unable to think of anything, Cheng Xi scratched her head in frustration and asked: “Father, who do you think would hate me and Xu Sanlang so much? “He actually plotted against us like that.”

Cheng Dagui raised his head to look at Cheng Xi, and said in shock, “You said that Blind Lee was ordered by someone?”

Old Madam Xu who was wiping away her tears snorted coldly, “This Blind Lee has always been accurate in her speech. Perhaps she was afraid that you would implicate the villagers.”

Cheng Dafu frowned, “Mother, that Blind Lee is a scoundrel who relied on lies to cheat others of their food.”

Cheng Xi knew that the old lady was still angry because she was expelled, so she spoke angrily in her heart. She did not bother with her, but Xu Sanlang, who was at the side, spoke in a low voice, “Xi and I will leave tomorrow.”

Cheng Dafu glanced at Xu Sanlang in disdain and scolded, “A man like you doesn’t even have the courage from the Xi, yet he forced you to leave already? I really don’t know what happened. ”

Xu Sanlang lowered his head and replied, “Blind Lee is right, I am a fiend.”

Cheng Xi glanced at Xu Sanlang, and knew that Xu Sanlang himself believed that he was somewhat tenacious to begin with. Later, he would often whisper his words in his ear, and only then would he suspect that something like this had happened.

Staring at Xu Sanlang, Cheng Xi said, “I am not a fiend. This Blind Lee, hmph, I will definitely let him see the light of day.”

Cheng Dafu looked at Cheng Xi in satisfaction, and nodded in agreement, “Xi is still the smartest.”

Cheng Xi was becoming more and more satisfied with this uncle of her who was originally unreliable. It was as if she could see through this uncle’s situation more clearly than anyone else in the Cheng Family.

When Cheng Dagui heard his big brother saying this to Cheng Xi, he started to think about whether he had offended someone, but after thinking for a long time, he still could not think of one thing. His popularity in the village was not bad, and he did not offend anyone.

Cheng Xi shook her head, and revealed her thoughts, “Impossible, if it was the past, it was possible, but this time it would definitely not be them, Xu Sanlang’s Fourth Uncle still needs a favor from us, it is too late to please us, we cannot be so organized.”

Old Madam Cheng who was initially angry heard their analysis and started to think. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Cheng Dafu, “Could it be Lady Zhang?”

Cheng Dafu shook his head, “Impossible, he does not have much money on him, the Blind Lee would definitely not help others if he does not have money. Furthermore, she stayed at home for the past two days and did not go out.

Cheng Xi felt that she was in a fog, she wondered, “Who could it be, why do they hate us so much?”

This matter had already spread across the entire Stone Bridge Village, and currently, the Xu Family were also discussing this matter. The Xu Family brothers and the Old Madam Xu stayed in the room to discuss this matter, and the Old Madam Xu said with a face full of thankfulness, “It’s good that these two fiends have left our house, the two stars of the Heavenly Demon Realm, if not our house would be finished. Fourth Brother, you can’t bring the two of them back.”

Xu Wenyu shook his head and replied, “Mother, there’s someone behind this.”

Xu Wenqiang’s mind was not stupid, upon hearing Xu Wenyu’s words, he said, “You said that someone bribed the Blind Lee to deliberately say that?”

Xu Wenyu nodded and replied, “I wonder what other troubles these two people have to deal with them like this.”

Old Madam Xu gloated, “That slut, she deserved it.”

Xu Wenyu said to Xu Wenqiang who was at the side, “Recently, that Xu Lan girl has been getting closer to them. Let her go and ask around, it might be our chance.”

Xu Wenqiang did not understand, “What chance?”

Xu Wenyu pursed his lips and replied, “Previously, I let that girl introduce us to the Zhao Family people I knew, but she kept pushing things around, and now their situation is not so good. Let’s take this opportunity to rope that girl in, out of gratitude, she will definitely be of use to us, and at that time, don’t worry about that girl playing tricks, and not introduce us to the Zhao Family.”

The Old Madam Xu looked at Xu Wenyu, and asked with slight suspicion, “Are you sure they know who that person is from?”

Xu Wenyu nodded his head, “I heard with my own ears that if Moon City people say their names with the same names, it could also be a coincidence. But if two people said their names at the same time, it would definitely not be possible to have such a coincidence.”

This matter was related to his little brother’s future, and was also indirectly related to his future prosperity. Xu Wenqiang was naturally very concerned, as he stood up and walked outside, saying, “I’ll go find Lan Girl, and ask her about it.”

Cheng Family, in the end, no one could figure out just what kind of person they had offended, but the food on the table was rather bountiful, the entire family surrounded the table, yet no one had the appetite to eat, just a few children who were still young, unable to hold anything in their hearts. After eating a little, they were all quiet, not even daring to emit a sound that was loud.

Cheng Chen, who was invited over to the main house for dinner previously, had also returned. When the Old Madam Cheng saw the empty space behind Cheng Chen, he asked with a darkened face, “This slut still has a temper? “Not coming over?”

Cheng Chen nodded and replied, “Eldest Uncle and Auntie are packing their things. They say yes, but say they are going back to their mother’s house.”

Cheng Dafu said in disdain, “I’m afraid she might be implicated, let her be.”

After a heavy dinner, they went back to their own homes and returned to their own rooms.

In Cheng Xi’s room, one hundred years old because she did not sleep well last night, and was awakened early in the morning, she had already gone to sleep early. Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang sat by the table, while Cheng Xi was still holding her head and frowning as she thought about things, and Xu Sanlang who was at the side spoke, “Let’s go to the county city early tomorrow, and continue staying in the village, we will implicate everyone.”

Cheng Xi looked up and glanced at Xu Sanlang, then said, “If I leave, I can’t solve the problem at the root. I’m thinking of a way to deal with that Blind Lee, to make him change his mind.”

Xu Sanlang was deep in thought too, and after a while, he said, “Why don’t we use money to buy his name and change it?”

Cheng Xi shook her head, and pouted as she replied, “Isn’t that letting him off easy, and with just this little bit of silver in our hands, it might not even be enough to bribe him. With such a painstaking effort to frame us, we should have received many benefits, furthermore we only have this little bit of silver, if we can successfully bribe him, we will have to spend it all on him. What do we do then?”

“How about we find Yu Zhaocai for help?” Although Xu Sanlang didn’t want to trouble Yu Zhaocai, he really couldn’t think of a way.

Cheng Xi sighed, and replied, “I don’t even know when he’ll be back. Forget it, we’ll just do as you say, we’ll go to the county city tomorrow, then slowly think of a way to sleep.”

Xu Sanlang couldn’t think of any good methods so he could only nod his head.

Lying on the bed, Cheng Xi couldn’t fall asleep for a long time. Thinking about the difficult situation she was in now, he felt really powerless.

She could slowly earn this money by relying on her hundreds and thousands of years of experience, but it would be difficult for her to have power in her hands. In an era where males were inferior to females, it was impossible for her to have power in her hands, and as for Xu Sanlang, even if he went to study and test, he would probably not be able to do anything at his age.

The more she thought about it, the more helpless she felt. Cheng Xi couldn’t help but sigh in her heart, this ancient era is really difficult to survive, thinking about those messy novels she had read before.

On the morning of the second day, when they woke up and saw the expressions of everyone in the Cheng Family, they all looked dispirited and listless. It was likely that they had not even gotten a good night’s sleep.

Cheng Xi followed Lady Wu to the kitchen to help with the cooking, allowing Xu Sanlang to pack up his stuff. After eating breakfast, she told her family that she would be going to the county city today. While she was busy cooking, there were loud noises coming from the courtyard outside.

“Why is it so noisy outside? Let’s go out and take a look.”

A bad premonition surfaced in Cheng Xi’s heart as she quickly followed Lady Wu out of the kitchen.

Once he went out, he saw Cheng Chen blocking the entrance of the courtyard, Cheng Dagui used his walking stick to protect the three of them behind him, the outside was filled with villagers, with a hoe in hand, they faced off against the people at the entrance.

Cheng Xi and the Wu family quickly walked over, without waiting for her to ask, she already knew the reason from the people outside, and only heard the leader say, “Don’t blame us for being ruthless, since you guys are not willing to break off all ties with the Twin Stars, and want to protect them, then you guys can leave our Stone Bridge Village, there are so many of us here, and we aren’t willing to be implicated by them.”

Cheng Xi looked at the man in the lead, he was around 40 years old, with a sharp mouth and monkey face, which made him look gloomy, and he was clearly not an easy-going person. Cheng Xi stayed in the village for a long time, so she was not too familiar with the people in the village.