Seeing Hanqiao's scratches and burns, Shen Zhonglei was so angry that he just whirled around the room.
After walking around for a few times, he was still angry and suddenly walked out: "I'll go find her to settle the score!"
Hanqiao quickly hugged Shen Zhonglei and said: "Master, it's right for the madam to be angry. It's because the servant didn't do a good job, let alone a tea cup. Even if the madam wanted to beat the slave to death, the slave would have no complaints.
"Madam is already very sad right now. Master, please stop scolding her for such a trivial matter!"
"My mother said she wanted to make you an aunt, what right does she have to hit you!" Shen Zhonglei was panting, but he didn't dare to move too much for fear of touching Hanqiao's wounds again, "You are too soft-tempered, that's why you were beaten.
She bullied her like this, and you must have suffered a lot from being in front of her these past few years."
"This slave and his family are all descendants of the Xu family. They depend on my wife for their survival. My wife disciplines this slave for her own good. How can I say that I am wronged!"
"If Xu Yurou was half as sensible as you, she wouldn't have done so many wrong things!"
"Actually, Madam is also confused for a moment. Just like what the old lady said, even if the Master is angry again, he still has to take care of Master Yuan Lin, right?"
As soon as he mentioned his son, Shen Zhonglei's anger immediately disappeared, and he showed a smile and said: "Yuan Lin, this kid is really enlightened now. He couldn't study in the past, but now he has made great progress. I received a letter from the mountain leader a few days ago.
The letter is full of praise for him!"
"That's great!" Hanqiao stood up with a face of surprise and saluted, "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master!"
"You are about to become your aunt, how can you still act like a slave?" Shen Zhonglei took Hanqiao to the side and sat down, and then warned, "The doctor said, you are not allowed to touch these hands in the past few days.
Shui, I will ask someone to pick two maids to bring them to you later. You are not allowed to do anything in the past few days, just recover and wait for me to marry you."
"Shh!" Hanqiao raised her hand to cover Shen Zhonglei's mouth, "The master is careful to say that this slave is just a maid. Thanks to the old lady, I don't mind it and give you a status so that I can legitimately stay by your side and serve you.
I don’t know what kind of blessing this slave has earned in her life, so it doesn’t deserve the word “marriage” from the master’s mouth.”
"As long as I decide in my heart that I want to marry you, I will treat you as my bed partner. It doesn't matter what other people think."
Shen Zhonglei and Hanqiao stayed in the room for a long time before finally reluctantly leaving.
As soon as they left, Hanqiao's smiling face fell instantly.
Looking at my left hand wrapped into a rice dumpling, I wonder if there will be any scars.
But with this price, if it can be exchanged for Shen Zhonglei's love and hatred for Xu, it would be a good deal.
If it doesn't work, I'll go to Mrs. Tong and buy some ointment to remove scars.
Now that Mrs. Xu is disliked by both Mrs. Shen and Shen Zhonglei, she will definitely not dare to do anything else in the short term.
But as long as Shen Yuanlin is still there, Shen Zhonglei will not deal with the Xu family ruthlessly.
So Xu will still get up sooner or later.
Now that she had just made a mistake and did not dare to make any big moves, Han Qiao had to get herself pregnant as soon as possible.
As for the affectionate promises made by Shen Zhonglei, Mrs. Xu might like to hear them, but Hanqiao didn't believe even a single word.
Maybe that was what he was thinking at the moment he said it.
But men are inherently fickle and fickle.
No matter how touching the words of love, no matter how firm the promise, how many years can it last?
She would not bet the rest of her life's happiness on Shen Zhonglei's mouth.
Only children are the real support.
Hanqiao's injury was not serious, and he was almost healed within ten days.
Seeing that if the delay continued, Shen Yuanlin was about to come back from vacation, and Shen Zhonglei found someone to settle the matter, planning to settle the matter as soon as possible.
Because the old lady said it was going to be lively, Shen Zhonglei directly invited officials from the government office and some good friends to come to his house to have a drink together and create a lively atmosphere.
Shen Zhonglei was eating in the front, but luckily no family members came to accompany him, so he was accompanied by Ping Niang and waited in the back room.
Hanqiao was now Aunt Guo, and she and Ping Niang were placed in the same courtyard. When they entered, they did not disturb each other.
Although the two of them met every day, there was really no friendship between them. This was the first time they were in the same room without outsiders.
In the past few days, Mrs. Xu claimed to be ill and had stayed away, so Ping Niang was doing everything by herself, which was really tiring.
After working hard every day, I feel sleepy as soon as I hit the pillow, and my back and legs are a little sore.
Ping Niang couldn't help but lament to Shen Yunhui that she was indeed old and her body and bones were not as big as usual.
So just accompanying Hanqiao through the process of taking a concubine had already made her very tired, and now she was sitting aside feeling sleepy and dozing off.
"Ping Niang, thank you." Hanqiao suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the room, "I know that now everyone in the family looks down upon me and says behind my back that I am a bitch who seduced the master.
, but we are servants and the master insists, so what can I do!"
Ping Niang didn't agree with Hanqiao's approach from the bottom of her heart. She was just used to being cautious at home and didn't express opinions easily, let alone talk about people behind their backs.
So when she heard that Hanqiao suddenly had a heart-to-heart talk with her, Pingniang didn't know what to say.
"Both of us are miserable people who can't help ourselves..." Hanqiao continued to play the emotional card on his own.
Mrs. Xu has been completely offended. Mrs. Xu is not Shen Zhonglei. No matter how much she admits her mistake or how eloquent she is, Mrs. Xu will not be half-hearted.
So Hanqiao doesn't want to make any other enemies at home.
Ping Niang has a daughter by her side. Although she does not have a high status in the Shen family, she is better than stable.
The most important thing is that Ping Niang is old and has no son, so she does not pose any threat to her.
Hanqiao doesn't expect to cultivate a deep friendship with Pingniang. As long as we can get along peacefully and not get in each other's way, that's fine.
"I don't dare to expect my sister to take more care of me in the future. I just ask that you don't despise me like other people and just ignore me..."
The more Hanqiao talked, the more emotional she became, and she was almost moved by herself.
Ping Niang's face became increasingly ugly. She frowned and pursed her lips, as if she was trying her best to endure something.
"Sister, what are you..." Hanqiao kept talking to herself for a long time, finally realizing something was wrong in the atmosphere, she raised her head and looked at Ping Niang.
Ping Niang finally lost control and ran quickly to the corner of the room, walked around the screen, and retched into the bucket of children and grandchildren.