Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 314 - 312

Chapter 314: Chapter 312

Shen Chengzong and Mrs. Li had been lurking near Landlord Tian’s house, waiting to see the outcome of things.

Now, seeing a woman in a bright red wedding dress, her head covered by a red veil, being escorted into the Tian Mansion by two older women, their anxiety was finally relieved.

Thinking of the riches of Landlord Tian’s family - even if they only managed to get a little crumb of it, it would be enough for them to live in luxury. Thinking about this, they couldn’t help but laugh till their teeth were showing but their eyes were not, then happily went home.

Landlord Tian had said, he wouldn’t commit a crime of forcing someone to be buried alive with the deceased. They only had to wait until Shen Yuzhu could be buried next to her husband many years later. Although Shen Yuzhu was married to a deceased, from this point on she would be the mistress of the Tian Mansion, living a good life there for the rest of her life. This was nothing bad, and it was a life many people couldn’t hope for - a life without worries about food and clothing.

When Bei’er and the second young master get married and give birth to a second son, they will also adopt one for her, so she can raise him. She will, in effect, be a mother then.

As older siblings, they thought they had been considerate of her.

Mrs. Lan was wrong about one thing in her conversation with Mr. Shen. It was about all the future property of Landlord Tian’s family being passed on to his younger brother.

Landlord Tian believed in the words of the feng shui master, but the reason he insisted on marrying a living woman for his son, not a deceased one, was also because he wanted to adopt a grandchild from the second branch to inherit the family business. After all, his younger brother’s son was also adopted from his line, so a grandson born from that line would still be considered his own flesh and blood.

If his son could not be adopted back, his grandson would certainly be possible. Thus, there wouldn’t be a break in their branch.

Landlord Tian and his wife were old, and he worried that his grandson would have no one to take care for in the future. Naturally, the daughter-in-law he would marry off would have to take care of him! Moreover, when they become old, there would be a daughter-in-law by their side taking care of them. It was a win-win situation! That’s why he gave out so many generous presents and silver ingots to make this marriage happen.

Second Master Tian agreed to let his son marry Shen Yuzhu out of gratitude for his older brother’s willingness to adopt a son for him, never having to worry about not having descendants. Firstly, it was to repay the favor of his brother’s adoption of a son, and secondly for his son to return the favor of being born.

Mrs. Lan took Shen Yuzhu to the town to meet up with Shen Chengguang. The two of them immediately took Shen Yuzhu to the Imperial Capital.

Shen Yuzhu thought she was being welcomed to a wonderful life as the part mistress of an official’s family. Who would have known that was actually the beginning of her hellish life? In any case, she escaped from the tiger’s mouth only to end up in the wolf’s den. There wasn’t a worst situation, only a worse one.

Twilight

When Shen Chengzong and his wife returned to the village, they received the villagers’ "congratulations" filled with deep implications. At first, they felt quite proud; however, an old woman who couldn’t stand to see this happening said, "Your daughter, Bei’er, has been crying miserably. You two have committed a sin!"

Mrs. Li froze in shock! Didn’t Bei’er have her own family? Why was she crying? She grabbed the old woman’s robe and asked, "Why is Bei’er crying? What happened to Bei’er?"

"The marriage you arranged yourself...your young sister-in-law didn’t want to marry, and the Tian family insisted on marrying her. Mrs. Shen had no choice but to marry your daughter to them!"

Boom, boom, boom!

Mrs. Li felt like being struck by lightning!

The old woman pulled her robe from Mrs. Li’s stiff fingers, shook her head and said, "That’s a sin!"

Regaining her senses, Mrs. Li hurried back home, storming into the main room, then starting searching everywhere.

"Shen Yuzhu, come out! You shameless girl, you promised the marriage, then reneged on it. In the end, your niece had to marry on your behalf. How could you do this to me, and how could you do this to Bei’er?!" Mrs. Li, coming from a butcher’s family, employed her naturally loud voice, shouting and cursing while looking for Shen Yuzhu.

"Shen Yuzhu, you good-for-nothing! Get out here now and go get my Bei’er back!"

Mrs. Shen had just come out from the toilet, seeing Mrs. Li making a ruckus, she began to quarrel vehemently.

The volume of their arguing was so loud that everyone in the village could hear it.

Mr. Shen just sat on the kang bed smoking, letting them argue.

A formerly good family was now like this, he was genuinely disheartened.

When Shen Chengzu and Mrs. Lu walked in, they saw Shen Chengzong trying to pull Mrs. Shen away from Mrs. Li, while the two women were cursing at each other, throwing all sorts of foul language around, never repeating the same phrases.

Shen Chengzu and Mrs. Lu ignored them and went straight to the old man: "Father."

"Fourth son is here, sit!" Mr. Shen patted the spot next to him.

Shen Chengzu went over and sat down:

"Father, my wife and I plan to move to the Imperial Capital in the coming days. We will still return once or twice a year."

Mr. Shen looked at his youngest son, who he had ignored since childhood, who was now also planning to leave.

Mrs. Shen had been distracted since Shen Chengzu and his wife entered, and when she heard they also planned to move to the Imperial Capital, she was unwilling!

The fourth branch was the most wealthy of the branches she could control. She needed to rely on them!

If Chengzu were to move to the Imperial Capital, a place she dare not go again! Thinking about the sons she gave birth to, each one ungrateful like a wolf, she couldn’t help but feel saddened. She couldn’t continue arguing with Mrs. Li and broke down crying on the spot, "Oh Lord! Each one of them has become heartless, all thinking of abandoning their parents to pursue their own wealth..."

Shen Chengzong and Mrs. Li, seeing Mrs. Shen shift her anger elsewhere, breathed a sigh of relief. But considering that even Shen Chengzu wanted to move to the Imperial Capital, the elder Shens would only have them to look after in their old age, they were unwilling.

"Fourth son, you’re heartless! As soon as you get rich, you forget your parents, and want to abandon your parents and enjoy the good life yourself!"

Mrs. Lu was angered by these words, "We’ll come back every year, and we won’t shortchange you on the maintenance fees! Moreover, we long separated our households. Where we choose to move is our own business! If we continue to stay here, I’m worried who my daughter will end up marrying and paving the way for!"

Mr. Shen fell silent after hearing her words. His fourth son’s family was disillusioned, and scared.

After a while, he finally spoke:

"That’s fine too, ever since you were little, you were raised by your third brother. It’s good to go and take refuge with him. You two brothers must help one another and don’t breed hatred against each other."

"Don’t worry, Father, there won’t be. Both my third brother and I aren’t those kinds of people."

Mr. Shen was taken aback for a moment. If he and his third brother weren’t the type, then who were?

Mrs. Shen, seeing the old master actually agreed to allow the fourth branch to move to the Imperial Capital, was immediately furious. She lunged at Mrs. Lu: "It’s all your fault, you filthy woman! You’ve turned my good son against his parents! You’re dreaming if you think you can abandon us and enjoy a life of luxury in the Imperial Capital!"

Mrs. Lu didn’t expect Mrs. Shen to suddenly lunge at her; she covered her belly and quickly dodged.

Earlier, during Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Li’s quarrel, a teapot had been knocked over from the table, leaving a puddle of water on the floor. Mrs. Lu didn’t notice the puddle and slipped, falling to the floor.

Mrs. Shen took the opportunity to step on her, landing directly on her stomach.