Chapter 401: Tensions Rise
People in Shanshui Village are now full of questions.
But one thing is certain, this official wife is not as simple as they thought!
Repay a favor?
It sounds nice, but I don’t know what the intention is.
Sang Rou looked at Shui Qing and gasped, "Sister"
Shui Qing listened to the deliberately elongated tone, and the hairs on her arms stood up. She reminded: "You and Governor Ling were childhood sweethearts. Governor Ling is several years older than me. Maybe I am not my sister?"
The women in Shanshui Village originally didn't know what Ling Ran was like as the stepmother, but how can they not understand now!
A childhood sweetheart, a younger brother who is about the same age as Ling Ran, who married into the family after Ling Ran's mother passed away... Okay, as long as you are not stupid, how can you still not understand?
No wonder Ling Ran, a well-behaved official son, was reduced to working hard to earn a living in their remote and poor Shanshui Village!
The people in Shanshui Village are poor, and they are very clear about the relationship between their first wife and their wives. They just feel that Ling Ran's father is not a good bird, otherwise Ling Ran, the eldest son of his first wife, would not have been left outside for more than a year. try to find!
Sang Rou felt the obvious changes in the eyes around her. Even applying powder could not hide the blue and red color on her face. She took a deep breath and looked at Shui Qing with dissatisfied eyes: "Are you Hu Shuiqing?"
Shui Qing: .... It’s good not to pretend, at least it doesn’t sound like your hair is standing on end.
This was not Li Huyu, and she had no objection to the stepmother, but she had a strong objection to Ling Ran's stepmother who viciously wanted his life, and she couldn't live up to the expectations of a younger sister.
"Yes, why did Mrs. Ling come here this time?"
Sang Rou smiled and said, "I heard from people around me that you saved the eldest son of the Ling family. As a mother, I am not allowed to come and say thank you in person."
Shui Qing focused on thinking that the people around Ling Ce said that Ling Ce didn't tell her about this. Was it because he thought it was a trivial matter that didn't need to be said, or because he didn't want to or was on guard against her?
Since someone around Ling Ce would tell her, it meant that she had an informant. No wonder Ling Ce couldn't fight this stepmother.
But I wonder how much she knows?
"Mrs. Ling, you're welcome. We just wanted to find someone to come back to work and give us food to eat. We didn't really want to save him. It was just a coincidence." She would not consider it a sincere thank you.
I'm afraid I've already cursed her thousands of times in my heart!
Sang Rou didn't come here to say thank you. She had more important things to do: "Ling Ran is the eldest son of Ling Mansion after all. It's not decent to stay here all year round, so please call him out. I, the mother-in-law, are the leader." Go back with him."
Shui Qing immediately understood in her heart that the informants around Ling Ce who were bribed by Sang Rou were not very close. At least Ling Ce didn't tell him that Ling Ran was indeed not here with her.
It's good not to know. She doesn't know Ling Ran's whereabouts, so she can't send anyone to harm him.
Shui Qing smiled brightly and said half-truthfully, "It's not here with me. I don't know where he went."
Aunt Li quietly moved her steps, walked to the outside, waved to a few children, and whispered: "Go, go to the fields and call young and strong men over, the more the better!"
After two attacks on the village, the children were no longer the ignorant and ignorant children they were before. They were even more sensitive than adults. When they heard Aunt Li's words, bad thoughts suddenly appeared in their hearts.
They ran away, rushing towards the crowded fields outside the village.
She was afraid that Aunt Shui Qing would be bullied by outsiders because she ran too slowly.
The people who had just followed here to watch the excitement stopped moving now and crowded closer to Shuiqing.
Sang Rou narrowed her eyes slightly and frowned in disgust.
I just believe that Shui Qing didn’t tell the truth!
Ling Ran just went to Sihui to look for Ling Ce, how could he not come back?
The thin and fair boy who was supporting Sang Rou pointed at Shui Qing and scolded him: "You're lying! Ling Ran must be back. Where else could he go if he's not here with you? Are you trying to cover him up with all your lies?"
Ling Ran had no money or food, so he had to starve to death outside! He won't leave.
Of course it was uncomfortable to be pointed in the face and scolded. Before Shui Qing could speak, the women around her couldn't help it.
Li Dani took the lead and said bluntly: "Who do you think you are! How dare you say that my wife is lying!"
Aunt Zhang slapped his hand away, pointed it back, and yelled, "Shui Qing won't be here if she says she won't be here. Why do you say she's lying? Do we care where Ling Ran is? You don't even know." Why should we know?"
Aunt Li snorted coldly: "You treat yourself like an onion, who will use you to cook the pot?" You really treated yourself like a dish.
Shui Qing had known that middle-aged and elderly women had particularly strong fighting power, but today she just felt extremely comfortable.
Yes, this is what they need to do to deal with the people in front of them! Don't suffer.
Not only was Ling Qiang's hand slapped away, but he was also pointed in the face and scolded. He was unhappy now and winked at the boy beside him.
The book boy had his face slumped over his shoulder, motionless.
It's not that they don't know, it's that they don't dare. Look at these aunts, they are big and round, and their strong bodies can support both of them! If they really take action, they are afraid of being thrown out.
When Sang Rou saw her son being pointed at and scolded, she was so angry that she trembled and stammered: "You, you, you are extremely rude! Is this how you treat guests?"
Shui Qing wanted to laugh, but held it back, "But when you ask me to befriend someone, it doesn't look like I'm a guest, nor does it look like I'm repaying a favor. Instead, it looks like I'm here to arrest a prisoner.
By the way, when your son pointed his nose at me and framed me, you didn't say anything. Now he is pointed at by my people and tells the truth, but you jumped out and said that we are rude. You, hey, you can't use the same tricks on me, Ling Ran, that you used on him. "
She just doesn't need to do house fighting, but she doesn't understand it. After all, she didn't read novels for so many years in vain.
This little trick would make Ling Ran speechless if used on a teenage Ling Ran, but she is not Ling Ran, and she is not a teenager.
Sang Rou didn't expect that a country woman would react so quickly and have such a sharp tongue that her teeth were about to break.
Ling Qiang argued dissatisfiedly: "What nonsense are you talking about! My mother treats Ling Ran very well. She gives him all the delicious food, good drinks, good materials, and beautiful maids and servants first. Even when he made mistakes outside, it was my mother who pleaded for him in front of Daddy!
What else do you want my mother to do? It's obviously his own failure to live up to expectations, and he always makes Daddy angry. "
Shui Qing let out a long "Oh" and asked, "Did your mother only choose maids with average looks to serve you, and strictly require you to study hard and make progress?"
Ling Qiang asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"
Sang Rou quickly pulled her son's sleeve.
She was a little afraid of this country woman in front of her.
I just hope the master has never seen her!