Chapter 768: The Grandmother Who Favors Sons Over Daughters + Lin Yishi’s Death (1)
Chapter 768: The Grandmother Who Favors Sons Over Daughters + Lin Yishi’s Death (1)
At this moment, the heavy atmosphere in the room relaxed a lot. Seeing that Zheng had woken up, Li Anhe and his wife did not disturb her any longer and took "Shangguan Wenyuan" and others back to their home.
When Wang Cheng came to the side room carrying his niece, Zheng was already being supported by someone and leaning against the head of the bed. Although her expression seemed to have eased a little, she was still undisguisedly angry.
Seeing this, Xiao Yining couldn't wait to shout out, and before she even arrived, her voice had spread throughout the room, expressing her concern: "Grandma, you're finally awake!"
Zheng raised her eyes slightly and glanced at her indifferently. She hummed softly and asked her about another person: "Where is your safflower milk? Call her over. She needs to express her opinion on whether she wants Ah Shi as her granddaughter."
Upon hearing this, the uncle and nephew were both stunned and looked quickly at Lin Yuzan and his wife standing beside them.
Lin Yuzan's face was stern, and he sighed softly, his tone full of helplessness.
Wan Niang glanced at her husband worriedly, then moved to her eldest brother's side, took her daughter, and explained in a low voice: "Brother, as soon as grandma woke up, she said she wanted to punish Ah Shi. My parents tried to persuade her, and my husband also asked her to wait a few more days, but grandma was unwilling. She said that since Ah Shi asked Hu Ge'er to bring a message, it was obvious that she couldn't wait, and maybe she was planning to force her death today."
Wang Cheng nodded in understanding, and realized that it was inconvenient for him to stay here any longer, so he had to leave with his parents.
Unexpectedly, just as he said goodbye to Zheng, he was persuaded to stay by her words.
"Wang family boys, although family disgrace should not be made public, since that girl has brought the incident to Wan Niang, as her elder, I must give you an explanation. I also cannot let this matter affect Qing Jie'er's future marriage."
Xiao Yining: (?д?; ), this grandma is thinking too far ahead, this matter can still affect her!
The little kid looked at his three elders in confusion, but all of them focused their attention on him, with a hint of worry in their eyes.
Xiao Yining: ..., okay, reputation is more important than anything else, even though it’s a bit exaggerated!
Then, Zheng got out of bed without saying a word, and her body swayed due to the violent movement.
Seeing this, Lin Yuzan hurried forward to support her, and then heard her continue angrily: "Brother Zan, take me to see this shameless great-granddaughter."
Lin Yinhu, who was guarding beside her, hurriedly tried to comfort her: "Grandma, don't let your sister make you sick."
Zheng lowered her eyes, looked at him deeply, and said earnestly: "Brother Hu, you are indeed inferior to your uncle. When he was your age, he knew how to make choices!"
Lin Yinhu was shocked and stood there, watching the two elders leave.
The little girl also quickly looked at her mother and uncle, asking silently.
The Wang siblings looked at each other awkwardly, and Wang Cheng explained, "Qing Jie'er, your grandfather almost severed his relationship with your uncle because he wanted to teach him to go up the mountain."
Xiao Yining: (⊙?⊙)? Was her father so fierce when he was a child?
She stared at her father's back in disbelief and blurted out without thinking: "Dad must have been scolded a lot when he was a kid!"
Wang siblings: ( ̄_ ̄|||), on the contrary, it is the master who gets scolded more often!
Lin Yuzan: (╬▔皿▔)╯, this unfilial daughter never thinks about his good for a single day!
The group walked towards the cellar where Lin Yishi was imprisoned.
The cellar is hidden behind the Lin family's kitchen, two meters deep underground. Its area is comparable to that of the main house and was used by the original owner to store grain.
When Wan Niang first purchased this house, she was completely unaware of the existence of this cellar until Lin Yuzan discovered it by accident when burying a safety lock.
Now there is no grain piled up in the cellar, only boxes piled up like mountains with things obtained in Yanjing, and a prisoner.
Lin Yishi greedily picked up a large pearl in the faint light coming through the exit, her face full of joy.
A slight sound suddenly came, and the sound of messy footsteps slowly approached her along with the firelight.
Lin Yishi did not even turn her head. A hint of pride flashed in her eyes. She said in a hoarse voice, "Uncle, you are finally willing to let me go. I am now pregnant with Brother Shannai's child, and I must go to Yanjing with him to settle down. You are doing well in Yanjing, can you prepare a dowry for me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her back, causing her to fall forward.
She turned around in astonishment, only to see Zheng's face full of anger, holding a crooked wooden stick high in his hand, and attacking her mercilessly.
Zheng's crooked stick, which she had originally used to teach her eldest daughter-in-law a lesson, hit her shoulder heavily, accompanied by a loud shout: "You evil creature, you eloped with a man, committed adultery without a matchmaker, got pregnant secretly, and even wanted your cousin from the side branch to pay for the dowry. How could I raise such a shameless and unfilial descendant like you!"
Zheng was so angry that she was shaking all over. She raised the wooden stick in her hand high up again, and with a sharp sound, she smashed it hard at Lin Yishi again.
When Lin Yishi heard this familiar voice, she was filled with endless shock. She widened her eyes in disbelief and forgot to dodge for a moment.
With a "bang", the stick fell heavily on her again, this time hitting her forehead directly. Instantly, blood spurted out like a fountain, staining her pale cheeks and the cold ground red.
The pearl that Lin Yishi had been holding tightly in her hand lost control under the violent impact, slipped to the ground, and rolled in front of Xiao Yining.
"It's the South China Pearl that my uncle gave to Sister Qing!" Little Yining wanted to go down to the field to pick it up with such distress.
Lin Yuzan in the front had already taken action. He bent down and picked up the pearl that had rolled down. His eyes swept across the hemp rope not far away, and glanced at the bewildered Lin Yinhu, and then put the pearl into his daughter's hand. His nephew's angry questioning also rang in his ears.
"Sister, didn't I tell you not to touch anything here?"
Lin Yishi also came to her senses at this moment, and hurriedly protected herself, begging for mercy: "Grandma, don't hit me, don't hit me..."
Zheng was already extremely furious. He smashed things several times fiercely before he stopped due to exhaustion.
Lin Yuzan supported the old lady again at the right time and whispered to comfort her: "Grandma, you just woke up, it's not appropriate to be angry, calm down first."
However, before he finished speaking, Lin Yishi complained in a very aggrieved manner: "Grandma, my cousin lied to you. He lives a very good life in Yanjing. Look at the box behind me. It is full of gold, silver and jewelry that we have never seen in our lives. And you still say that he has a hard life."
Zheng looked up at the boxes. Many of them had been opened. The contents were revealed before her eyes. The glittering jewels and precious stones made her shocked.
She couldn't help but glance at her grandson, only to hear him speak frankly: "Grandmother, these are private rewards from the Emperor."
in private?
Zheng recalled the head she saw in the morning, and nodded with a clear mind: "Brother Zan, you must be careful and don't fall into danger. No one in the clan can help you, everything depends on you."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a surge of brute force coming from nowhere, raised the crooked stick high up, and smashed it hard at Lin Yishi.
Seeing this, Lin Yishi was terrified and screamed to avoid it, but she was still hit on the shoulder. She squatted on the ground in pain, tears streaming down her face. She looked at the old lady in doubt, "Grandma..."
"Shut up!" the old lady yelled, "Your uncle lives on the edge of a knife every day, how can his life be easy? You little bitch, you lean on a man and get pregnant with a bastard, you bring shame to our Lin family, I will beat you to death today, you shameless bitch."
Lin Yishi's face was horrified with pain, and she shouted threateningly, "Grandma, you can't beat me to death. The village head has long known that Brother Shannai and I came to Yanjing. If I die, Brother Shannai will definitely avenge me. If I don't write back for half a month, the village head will also inform the clan leader of our affairs and help Brother Shannai and I be together."
Zheng's hand suddenly stopped in the air, the crooked stick in her hand almost slipped, and her body swayed because of Lin Yishi's words.
She laughed in anger, her voice trembling: "You are going to make all the girls in Linjia Village ashamed because of you, and force our Lin family into a dead end!"
Lin Yishi raised her head and said proudly, "Grandma, if you hadn't forced my parents to separate me and Brother Shannai, we wouldn't have eloped. In the end, it's all because of you."
Zheng closed her eyes, trying to calm the anger in her heart, and said with a sad tone: "You are my oldest great-granddaughter. I personally raised you and always thought about you, but in the end, you only have complaints about me. You also implicated my other great-granddaughters, and even my granddaughters who are waiting to get married are implicated by you."
Lin Yishi pulled out an intriguing smile from the corner of her mouth: "Grandma, the village head is a reasonable man. He will never harm my sister and aunts. Just ask my cousin to let me out, and nothing will happen."
Zheng fell silent, as if pondering the pros and cons.
Lin Yuzan and the Wang brothers and sisters exchanged a hidden look, then raised a seemingly gentle cold smile and suggested: "Grandmother, since Ah Shi and Jiang Shannai are deeply in love, we can't forcibly break up this marriage. How about this, grandson will send her to Jiang Shannai, who is recovering from his injuries, so it will be convenient for someone to take care of her. After Jiang Shannai's leg injury is healed, grandson will hire a bodyguard to send them back to Linjia Village."
When Lin Yishi heard this, she immediately forgot the pain and shouted in surprise: "Uncle, what you said is true."
Unexpectedly, she did not get the response she wanted, but instead heard another creepy voice.
Zheng shook her head slightly and sneered, "What nonsense are you talking about, Zan? When have Ah Shi and Jiang Shannai ever been to Yanjing?"
Lin Yuzan: ...
The old man was slightly stunned, his smile became more sincere, and he suggested again: "Grandma, let me take care of Ah Shi. I can't let you have any grudges with the first wife."
Unexpectedly, Zheng still shook her head firmly: "I am already this old, even if there is a rift, the first wife will still support me. Some sins should be borne by me, an old woman, and you should not interfere."
Then, she lowered her head to look at her great-grandson and asked, "Brother Hu, did you hear what I just said? Is this person your elder sister?"
As Lin Yishi heard their conversation, her expression became increasingly frightened. She tried to stand up, but fell to the ground again.
She said hurriedly: "Grandma, what do you mean by what you said just now? Do you want Ah Shi to die? Hu Ge'er, Grandma must be crazy, you should try to persuade her. Little cousin..."
Lin Yinhu looked up blankly, staring at Lin Yishi, his mind constantly reappearing all the good things she had done to him when he was a child. At the same time, her almost hysterical appearance just now and the image of her grandmother lying unconscious on the bed kept interweaving, and he didn't know where he was for a moment.
When little Yining saw this scene, she sighed like a little adult. It was her grandmother who was forcing Lin Yinhu to grow up.
At this time, Zheng spoke again, her tone cold: "Brother Hu, if you acknowledge her, your parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters will be ashamed, and will be criticized for the rest of your life."
Lin Yinhu's body trembled violently, tears suddenly fell from his eyes, and he murmured: "She is not my elder sister. My elder sister will not harm her family. She is not my elder sister, not..."
The young boy became more and more excited, until finally, he lost his mind and pointed at Lin Yishi and shouted loudly: "Who on earth are you? You are possessed by my sister. Come out, or I will set you on fire..."
Lin Yishi shook her head desperately and stretched out her hand to try to touch the angry boy. "Brother Hu, I am really your elder sister. Don't be fooled by your grandmother. Brother Shannai and Uncle Lizheng are devoted to Linjia Village and will not harm us. Your grandmother is just scaring you, grandmother..."
Her eyes wandered among the crowd in panic, and as if she had suddenly realized something, she said without thinking: "Grandma is the monster, Tiger Brother, maybe my cousin's family is also a monster, Tiger Brother, think about it, the people in our Linjia Village are all honest, and there have been no powerful people in all these years. What ability does my cousin have to make the emperor reward him?"
"Brother Hu, wake up and don't be fooled by these people. Sister is going to be killed by them!"
However, the only response she got was Zheng's swinging crooked stick and angry shouts: "At this point, you are still stubborn and talking nonsense. It's just like what Tiger said. You are possessed by a demon and can't even recognize your family."
Insults and pleas for mercy were once again intertwined. Xiao Yining seemed to be shocked by this depressing scene. She turned around uncomfortably and stopped watching their judgment on Lin Yishi.
Wang Cheng, who was watching coldly from the side, also stepped forward at this time, took the emotionally collapsed Lin Yinhu to his sister's hand, and gently reminded: "Wan Niang, take the two children upstairs. Aunt Honghua hasn't come down yet. Maybe she is looking for us everywhere!"
Wan Niang nodded in agreement, glanced at Lin Yi Shi with mixed feelings, and took the child away without saying a word.
Little Yining lay on her mother's shoulder, watching her uncle walk to her grandmother's side and whispered to her, "Old Madam Zheng, let's wait a few days before dealing with your great-granddaughter. The situation in Yanjing is tense right now, and many people are eyeing Shunan..."
The sound gradually faded away, and the little boy and his companions returned to the ground, breathing fresh air, but they all looked at the entrance of the cellar at the same time.
Xiao Yining felt mixed emotions. In fact, the moment Lin Yishi was locked into the cellar by her father, she knew that she would die. However, the process of sentencing her to death still made her breathless.
She looked at Lin Yinhu silently. The hatred on his face had not diminished at all. She didn't know whether it was directed at Lin Yishi or the imaginary demon in her.
Thinking of this, the little girl couldn't help but hide in her mother's neck, muttering in her heart: No matter what the reason, the vest on her body must not fall off, otherwise she will still follow the old path of Time Traveler No. 1.
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