The maid's road to success

At night, there was a knock on the door. Bihe's grandmother put down her chopsticks and looked at Bihe carefully and said.

"It should be Ershun who is back. Do you want to see him? If you don't want to see him, I'll let him stay at the neighbor next door first."

Bihe put down her chopsticks and said to the old man who was worried about her.

"It's okay, let him in, I have something to ask him."

The old man walked to the door with an oil lamp, opened it, and said something to the person at the door. Then he saw a tall young man rushing in.

He stood blankly at the door of the room, looking at Bihe and Wen Niang on the kang, then knelt on the ground without hesitation.

"My brother is guilty. For my life, my sister suffered for many years and was sold away. It's all because of my brother. It's all my fault."

His head slammed hard on the ground. Bihe was hardened and didn't pull it up. After only three times, blood was already oozing from his head. Wen Niang glanced at Bihe and knew that she couldn't bear it either, but she didn't know what to say.

He hurried down and pulled Wang Ershun up.

"Brother Wang, what are you doing? You and your sister are of the same generation, how can you kneel like this? Get up quickly, grandma must be heartbroken."

Bihe's grandmother stood behind, watching the scene, and spoke carefully while wiping her tears.

"He asked him to kneel down, he is sorry for Bi He. If it weren't for him, Bi He wouldn't have to suffer so much. He owes Bi He."

When Wang Ershun heard Wen Niang's words, he knew that the person sitting on the bed was his sister. He immediately knelt down, took a few steps forward, and continued to kowtow to apologize.

"Okay, get up. Do you want me to forgive you just by kowtow a few times?"

Wang Ershun looked at his sister, red eyes and shook his head.

"I don't dare. I owe you too much. I can't repay you in this lifetime. I can only work like a slave to make up for the harm I have done to you."

The matter of blood relationship is truly magical. Bihe was sold when Wang Ershun was just a few days old. The two did not grow up together. Bihe couldn't bear to see Wang Ershun's head broken, but Wang Ershun's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at his sister.

"Okay, everyone, get up, sit down and talk properly. Don't keep saying you're guilty. After all, you were a baby back then and couldn't make the decision. Now that you're an adult, you should take responsibility, thoroughly investigate what happened, and give your sister an explanation."

An Ning was very strong and pulled Wang Ershun up from the ground in one go. Wen Niang also helped Bihe's grandmother to sit down on the kang. Everyone was waiting for Wang Ershun to explain what happened that year.

"I don't know all of them, I can only figure out a little bit."

"When I was nine years old, some kids in the village were fighting and said I was a cannibal. I didn't know why, but I fought them fiercely. Then they said I was able to survive because my family sold my sister in exchange for food."

"I collapsed at the time and went back to ask my parents, but they just said it was just nonsense from outsiders."

"But I once helped the village to tidy up the abandoned school, and I came into contact with many books. Uncle Wang San in the village was educated, and sometimes I would ask him about something interesting. One time I saw a medical book with many herbs drawn on it. There were several kinds of herbs that my aunt had always had, so I went to ask Uncle Wang San."

"After Uncle Wang explained it to me, he reminded me that the mixture of these herbs would weaken a person's spleen and stomach, leading to vomiting and diarrhea, so I became a little suspicious."

"People in the village always said that I was worthless. The kids who fought with me also said that I couldn't eat rice porridge when I was a child and kept vomiting and having diarrhea. I could only eat noodles, so my family sold my sister to me in exchange for food."

"At that time I didn't suspect my aunt, thinking it might be a coincidence, but later I hid in a tree and heard Sister Lianhua talking. She said that when she drugged that bastard, she didn't give him more drugs, so that he would die. Now she is competing with Brother Jinwang for a place in the academy."

"At that time I knew they were talking about me. During that period, a teacher came and only wanted to accept five children. I was diligent. The teacher wanted me to be the last disciple and did not want Brother Jinwang."

"After that, I paid attention to them and often hid behind the wall of my aunt's house to listen to their conversations. Gradually, I learned that they had drugged my rice porridge and caused me to have a weak spleen and stomach and be confused. They also caused my mother to have no milk. Their purpose was to persuade my parents to sell my sister to the wealthy man in town."

"I rushed into my aunt's house to question them, but they couldn't possibly tell the truth and beat me, saying I dared to talk nonsense. They reported me to the police, but I had no evidence, so I had to give up."

"I went back and told my parents that they had been to the old house and when they came back they advised me to just forget about it since I had sold it anyway and there was no way I could get it back."

"I couldn't stand living at home anymore after seeing my parents protecting my grandmother and aunt, so I came to live with my grandmother. I only sent a little money back every month, but I heard that half of it went into the money jar of the old house. I was even more disappointed and focused on looking for evidence from that year."

"I tried every means to follow the young master of that official's family and found out that the official didn't know my sister at all. It was when my aunt was selling herbs that she heard that the official liked pretty girls very much, so she said her niece was very beautiful and described her. The official immediately sent someone to secretly take a look, and she was indeed beautiful."

"I had a bad idea and gave my aunt one tael of silver, asking her to find a way to get the girl and then give her ten taels of silver. I told my grandmother to go back and tell my mother, but my mother disagreed and scolded my aunt. My aunt immediately went back and started to prepare medicinal herbs. She set up such a vicious plan and successfully made my parents sell my sister."

"Afterwards, my sister was lucky enough not to be sold to a wealthy man. That wealthy man went to trouble my aunt one time, but I don't know what my aunt said, and there was no trouble afterwards. I wanted that wealthy man to testify to prove my aunt's guilt. But unfortunately..."

Wen Niang listened carefully, sneered, and said what Wang Ershun did not say.

"He would definitely not agree. Once he told the truth, it would be confirmed that he bought and sold young girls to relieve his special and perverted habit, and he would be despised by the world. So you must have had a hard time at that time."

Wang Ershun nodded.

"He wanted to beat me to death, but luckily I was a good swimmer, so I jumped into the lake and escaped through the drain under the lake. He only knew that I was investigating my aunt's affairs, but didn't know who I was, so the matter was left unresolved."

"It's a pity that I'm incompetent. I haven't gained anything in all these years. I watched Sister Lianhua hook up with a wealthy businessman in Huai County, but I couldn't find any evidence at all."

After hearing this, Bihe looked at Wen Niang and wanted to ask her what to do.

"Since it is now certain that your aunt planned all this, then we should start with her. Yuanwailang will not work. His crime is more serious and he will not reveal your aunt anyway. Besides, what can it do if they find out after so many years? Did she let her sister-in-law have no milk to feed her child? Or did she accidentally touch her nephew's rice paste with her hands that were dipped in medicinal herbs, causing him to have diarrhea and vomit? These cannot convict her."

After hearing this, Wang Ershun stood up impatiently.

"Are we going to let this evil person go unpunished?"

Bihe gave Wang Ershun a stern look, and he immediately became depressed and sat down obediently.

"How could that be? The law can't control her. Even if it does, it can only punish her with a few sticks. She schemed against your family and caused Bi He to suffer for so many years. Naturally, we can't let her have an easy life."

Wen Niang had the intention of teaching Wang Ershun and Bihe a lesson, so she stared at them carefully and spoke.

"In this world, it is not fair to punish according to the crime. The most unacceptable punishment for a person is to see the things they care about turned to ashes. Watching the things they care about and own lose a little bit is the greatest torture for them."

At this moment, Wang Ershun suddenly understood his impulsive questioning just now. Why did his sister stare at him like that? It was obvious that she felt that he had underestimated this girl.

"Are you planning to attack her children?"

Wen Niang smiled and shook her head.

"What are you talking about? I'm not the kind of person who does all kinds of evil. I just thought that since her children could tell me why they didn't poison the Ershun brothers to death, I knew they were not good people. How could such a person seduce a wealthy businessman who has seen many beautiful women? How could her son become a student?"

Bihe looked at Wen Niang with a smile. This girl was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger again. She was obviously very smart, but she just said nice things.

"An Ning, go to the county and find out about this rich businessman and Wang Lianhua. Brother Er Shun, go find out about Wang Jinwang's exam and his behavior and whereabouts over the years."

After hearing this, Wang Ershun stood up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Bihe's grandmother.

"Let's go tomorrow. Where are you going in the dark?"

Wen Niang nodded and said to Wang Ershun.

"You don't know how to pry into things. Let An Ning and An Ping teach you how to get useful information. As for grandma, come with us to Wangjia Village. Since we plan to find out what happened back then, we won't leave for a while. Grandma and Bihe have been separated for so long. Living together can make up for the longing."

Originally, Bihe's grandmother was reluctant to give up the chickens and ducks at home, but later she thought that her granddaughter was more important, and what's more, she could kill them and take them to her to nourish her body, so she agreed immediately.

Wang Ershun was still looking at Bihe like a puppy, just waiting for her to talk to him. It must be said that Wang Ershun and Bihe looked very similar. If Bihe hadn't taken medicine and changed her appearance, these two would have looked like siblings, they looked very much alike.

Wen Niang couldn't stand the look in his eyes, it was just like when Bihe was young and she acted coquettishly and asked Wen Niang to accompany her to get tea and snacks.

"Okay, after all these years, your sister won't let it go so easily. Find out what happened. When everything is over, she will understand your feelings."

Wang Ershun nodded disappointedly and prepared to turn around and leave.

"Be careful when asking questions, don't let anyone find out."

After all, blood is thicker than water. Seeing him like this, Bihe couldn't bear to say a word of advice.

"Hey, I know, sister. Don't worry, I will definitely find out all the bad things Wang Jinwang did."

When Wang Ershun heard that his sister was willing to talk to him and was worried about his safety, he jumped three feet high and ran out with an unconcealed smile.

Looking at Bihe's grandmother, tears started to flow again. There were many rooms in her grandmother's house, so she cleaned up two rooms, one for Wen Niang and one for An Ning and An Ping. Bihe was pulled by her grandmother to sleep in her own room.

Wen Niang only knew that the candle in the main room was always lit, and from time to time she could hear the sounds of crying and talking.