The maid's road to success

Several people arrived at Wangjia Village. Bihe and Wang Ershun stayed in the village every day, while Wen Niang took her sewing basket and joined the team of people making shoes and handkerchiefs in the village to inquire for news.

Wen Niang was very good at embroidery and soon won the love of the aunties and ladies in the village. She also often gave guidance to the girls in the village, so no one was on guard against her.

"Sister-in-law, I am not blessed at all. I only learned and practiced hard to have my current skills. How can I compare to Sister Lianhua, who will soon marry into the county town and become a lady, with maids and servants serving her."

These days, Wen Niang is often praised for her young age and her excellent embroidery skills, saying that she is a blessed girl.

Today, I will use this as an excuse to bring up the fact that Wang Lianhua is going to marry Liu Xi.

Sure enough, two girls who usually don’t like Victoria regia said with a pout.

"She? She doesn't rely on luck at all. She just likes to pretend and fool the Liu family's shopkeeper."

The elder nearby pulled his daughter and told her not to talk nonsense.

"I didn't say that. She said that herself when she was showing off to us. She just beckoned Liu Xi and he praised her."

Another girl also said indignantly.

"That's right. My brother and I saw her pretending to be innocent in front of Liu Xi. She said that we bullied her in the village because she was kind and generous and didn't bother with us."

The two people began to chatter about the bad things Wang Lianhua had done.

When he sees the village girls have new clothes, he will deliberately dirty the clothes and pretend that he was not careful.

Or there is a girl who is more popular than her, and she would slander her behind her back, saying that she is fickle and is flirting with the boys in the village.

Wen Niang pretended to be surprised.

"She has two different faces in public and behind people. Can't Liu Xi see that? I see many girls with good family backgrounds and good looks in the county. How come he fell in love with her?"

Another aunt who was a little older called a few people to come closer and talk.

"I heard them arguing a few days ago. They said that Wang Lianhua had a rash on her face. What if Liu Xi saw it and regretted it because she didn't look like her?"

The group of women were all very surprised to hear this. Aunt Wang Er and Wang Lianhua kept the matter a secret.

Everyone in the village thought that Wang Lianhua was lucky and was spotted by a wealthy businessman in the county, who wanted to marry her and enjoy a happy life. But they didn't expect that it was because her face looked like someone.

"Don't say that nonsense. If the head of the Lotus family comes, they will fight you to the death."

The aunt was obviously a little angry that others did not believe what she said, and her voice became a little higher.

"Who is talking nonsense? I was pickling vegetables under the wall in the back yard that day and I heard them talking. We were just separated by a wall, how could I have heard it wrong?"

Wen Niang saw that everyone had successfully started discussing the marriage of Wang Lianhua and Liu Xi, and made everyone pay attention to the hidden story behind the marriage of Wang Lianhua and Liu Xi, which was bound to spread in the village.

The Wang family would certainly try to cover it up in a panic, but the more they tried to cover up the gossip in the village, the more suspicious people would become.

Liu Xi is currently investigating. As long as he hears the slightest bit of information, he will become suspicious and the direction of the investigation will be as they expected.

Contrary to Wen Niang's expectations, there was no further news regarding Wang Lianhua's case, but Wang Jinwang escaped back in a panic.

Wen Niang and Bi He looked at each other after hearing Er Shun's words.

"It's true. I was lying on the tree and watching. I saw Wang Jinwang was covered in wounds and was pulled back by a bullock cart and taken to the Wang family's old house."

Wang Ershun has been feeling an awkward atmosphere at home lately. He wants to see his sister and grandmother more often, but feels guilty when he sees Bihe.

Fortunately, he took advantage of the fact that no one was around and lay on a tree in the back mountain. Although the distance was not close, he knew Wang Jinwang too well, so it was definitely Wang Jinwang.

"Don't worry, I'll go see what's going on."

Wen Niang carried a basket and went to her aunt's house, where she had revealed the content of the quarrel between Wang Lianhua and Aunt Wang Er.

That is the neighbor’s house next to the Wang family’s old house.

"Hey, Miss Yu is here."

Wen Niang lived in Wangjia Village and always called herself Yu. She was the third child in the family.

"Aunt Jinhua, I suddenly remembered that you said your daughter is going to get engaged soon, so I brought some handkerchiefs I embroidered before to add to the festive mood."

Aunt Jinhua's daughter is about the same age as Wang Lianhua, and they were also engaged, but Aunt Jinhua's daughter was engaged to an ordinary peasant family, while Wang Lianhua was engaged to a wealthy businessman in the county.

The two families were inevitably compared with each other. Wang Lianhua married well, so they were often ridiculed.

Aunt Jinhua was also very disgusted with the fact that Wang Lianhua and her daughter always showed off in front of their family.

"Miss Yu is really good at handling things. She is willing to give such a good thing to our Erya."

Wen Niang smiled gently, glanced at the shy Erya, and said something.

"Sister Erya is beautiful, so this gift is suitable for her. In fact, Sister Erya is a rare beauty in the village. Although she is not as rich as the Lianhua family next door, her in-laws will definitely value her."

When Aunt Jinhua heard her mention the next door, she immediately whispered to Wen Niang.

"In the past, people said that it was useless for Erya to be prettier than Lianhua, and she would not marry into a better family than others. But now it seems that is not necessarily the case."

Wen Niang pretended to be ignorant and asked doubtfully.

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Aunt Jinhua asked Erya to go back to her room to make insoles first. After watching Erya leave, she lowered her head and said.

"The family has always boasted that their son was a tongsheng and their daughter had found a good in-law. Today, Wang Jinwang came back with injuries all over his body. I lay in the corner and listened for a long time."

"I just found out that Wang Jinwang offended a young master from a wealthy family, and the family held a grudge against him. They wanted to strip him of his title of Tongsheng, beat him up, and wanted to kill him. He managed to escape back with great difficulty."

Wen Niang covered her mouth with a handkerchief in surprise.

"It's so serious. Who did he offend that he couldn't even keep his title as a student? And they want to take his life."

Aunt Jinhua glanced around and lowered her voice.

"It seems that he didn't pass the exam by his own ability."

Wen Niang asked worriedly.

"If this gets out, will it affect Lotus's marriage?"

When Aunt Jinhua mentioned the marriage, there was a schadenfreude in her eyes.

"How can it not have an impact? My brother is the only student in my family, and he got in through dishonorable means. Who in ordinary families would dare to become related to such a person?"

Wen Niang said this in a seemingly kind tone.

"It's possible that it won't happen. Auntie is not doubting the marriage between Lianhua and the Liu family because Lianhua may look like someone. In that case, the other party may not mind these things and only care about Lianhua."

Wen Niang clearly felt that the joy in Aunt Jinhua's eyes disappeared. Just then, Aunt Jinhua's mother-in-law came back, so Wen Niang stood up and said goodbye.

After returning to the yard, Wen Niang told Bihe the news she had just heard.

"Wang Jinwang's incident has already happened. We should be on guard against Wang Jinwang's escape and against what the Wang family might do to Wang Lianhua's marriage."

Wang Ershun nodded and ran to hide on a big willow tree near the Wang family's old house. Bihe saw him rushing out in a hurry and hurriedly called out to him.

"Wait a minute, let Wen Niang tell you what to do."

Wang Ershun looked at Bihe awkwardly, waiting for Wen Niang to speak.

"I'm afraid Wang Jinwang will pack up and run away as soon as possible. By then, Wang Lianhua will definitely contact Qian Yuanwai and clean up the evidence behind them. I'm afraid it will be difficult for Liu Xi to investigate."

Bihe also agreed that Aunt Wang was a very cautious person, otherwise she would not have been able to hide the plan of having her niece sold so well.

"Aunt Wang is too sinister and cautious. We should be on guard. Who would have thought that Wang Jinwang would escape first? If they cover up all the evidence before Liu Xi finds out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to investigate later."

There was a hint of cruelty in Wen Niang's eyes.

"Then let her not take care of it. Bihe, get the Lost Soul Powder. Ershun, see if you can get Wang Jinwang to absorb it."

Wang Ershun thought for a moment and nodded.

"I have learned how to make candles. I can take this opportunity to add the Lost Soul Powder into the mixture. Lighting the candles at night will ensure that he will be affected."

Wen Niang nodded, and Bihe went to get the Soul-Losing Powder, and told Wang Ershun to use the detoxification pill first and then make candles.

"After Wang Jinwang uses the Losing Soul Powder, he will be unable to take care of himself for at least seven days. By then, Aunt Wang and your Uncle will have no time to take care of other things. Don't worry if they do something weird again. Only Wang Lianhua will be left. She has a bad face. Where can she go?"

Bihe was worried. She had never expected that Wang Jinwang's incident would break out before Wang Lianhua's. She always thought that the young master of the Bai family would make Wang Jinwang unable to recover, but who knew that Wang Jinwang would escape back.

Wen Niang patted her hands and comforted her.

"Don't worry, we can stop them if they come."