The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

The woman scratched her hair awkwardly. "You can't say that. I just feel sorry for my daughter-in-law and want the whole family to take good care of her."

Zhou Laiying pouted and said, "Your family? You really love your daughter-in-law. Do you really think I don't know why your eldest son's wife took her daughter back to her parents' home and never came back? So you messed up the eldest son's family and made them unable to live, so you set your sights on the second son's wife?

I don't mean to look down on you. With our conditions, even if we don't marry a son of a high-ranking official, we have to find someone of equal status. Even if it's worse, we have to find a good old woman. We can't marry a woman like you, and we can't do things like poverty alleviation!"

After saying that, he pushed the woman away and ran towards his family, leaving the angry woman standing there, gnashing her teeth and saying, "She must be a bitch who slept with some leader! What are you so proud of? Do you really think anyone would want to marry such a dirty woman?"

Seeing that Zhou Laiying and the woman were getting angry while talking, Hua Rendong used her special powers to listen to what they were saying, but she happened to hear the woman's last sentence.

Hua Rendong rolled her eyes. What kind of person is this? Will she be destroyed if she can't get it? She had no doubt that after Zhou Laiying rejected her, this woman would make up dirty rumors about herself.

People like this need to be taught a lesson.

The woman just spat and turned to walk back, but she was suddenly slapped in the face. She covered her face and screamed in pain.

But before he could even scream, his neck was strangled. He couldn't breathe and his eyes rolled back.

Someone nearby exclaimed, "Ah, Old Chen's wife is entangled by willow branches, hurry up and save her."

Everyone rushed over and finally managed to tear off the willow branch that was wrapped around her neck. Old Chen's face had turned purple as the branch was strangled and she couldn't breathe.

People who didn't see what happened asked those who did, "What happened? How could it be like this?"

The people who saw it said, "Who would know? She was fine just now, but suddenly a gust of wind came and wrapped the willow branch around her neck. Look how her neck was strangled. It's so scary."

Hearing this, many people thought of a saying in feudal superstition that willow trees are yin, and perhaps the person was possessed by some yin object.

But no one dared to say such words in this era, but everyone silently took a few steps back, away from the range of the willow branches.

Old Chen's wife took a long time to recover. She looked at the willow trees with fear in her eyes. After she got up, she didn't even bother to say hello to the people who saved her. She ran home in a hurry. When she got home, she dived into the quilt. Even in the middle of summer, she felt so cold that her whole body was shivering.

After Hua Honeysuckle scared the person, he no longer paid any attention to her. However, people along the way who were not very familiar with her came over to say hello, and it was clear that their target was her.

Hua Jianshe and Zhou Laiying were dragged to chat with others, so they asked the children to go home first. The three siblings pretended not to hear the people behind them calling out and ran away.

When they got home, Hua Xiaohua said with lingering fear: "It's so scary. Why do these people have to talk to us?"

Hua Ai Dang shook her head helplessly, "Third sister, they are not trying to talk to us. They are trying to talk to Second sister!"

Hua Xiaohua suddenly realized, "No wonder, I was standing in front of my second sister just now, and someone pushed me. Did they think I was in the way?"

Hua Dahua said with a grin, "They say a girl from one family is sought after by hundreds of families. With Erhua's popularity, I'm afraid that in a few days, everyone in the county will be eyeing her."

Hua Honeysuckle glared at her unhappily, "How can it be so exaggerated? Maybe some of those people want to introduce a date to my elder sister and younger sister."

Zhou Laiying pushed the door open cursing, "Don't you even look at your own family's situation? You're shamelessly saying that our daughter can't afford the money? Can you afford a 200 yuan betrothal gift? You're all so wishful!"

Hua Jianshe's face was almost blooming with smiles. "Why are you angry? Who wouldn't want to pick someone with good conditions when marrying off? Doesn't this just prove that our family is the best family in the whole county? They say what they want, and we shouldn't just do what they want."

"That's not what I meant. If they come to say that, we should reflect on our own moral character. If we refuse, they will say that our daughter has high standards. Who knows what they will say about us. Don't let a good thing turn into a bad thing."

"Then our family is very picky. I will spread the word later that if the betrothal gift is not over 1,000 yuan, don't even think about coming to our house. I will make those people give up when they see the difficulty."

Zhou Laiying got anxious again when she heard this, "That won't do. What if there's a young man whose family is average but he's good? If you tell people about your 1,000 yuan betrothal gift, they'll all be scared away."

"Is a thousand yuan a lot? Why can't a good young man earn a few dozen yuan a month? If you want to marry a wife, you have to save half of it every month. If you can't save enough in one year, save for two years. If you can't save enough in two years, save for three years. If it's really that good, it's not like we can't negotiate."

Hua Dahua nodded in agreement, "Dad is right. If you really want to get married, why don't you think about saving money and rely on your future wife to be kind?"

Hua Xiaohua was stunned and murmured, "What if his family is poor and all his salary has to support the family, so he can't save any money?"

This time it was Zhou Laiying who poked her forehead with a finger in anger, "If you meet a family like this, you'd better give up the idea of ​​marrying them. Don't let your parents give you money after you get married, and then you give it to your husband's family. In the end, you will have nothing left, and it will be a bad ending. Remember, the girls in our Lao Hua family don't help the poor!"

Hua Rendong, who had been silent the whole time, looked at Hua Xiaohua twice more. Why did Hua Xiaohua's words sound like there was something else behind them? She had been playing with them in Beijing for so long before, but how come she didn't notice anything?

No, I have to find out later if there is such a person around Hua Xiaohua.

At night, the three sisters lived in one room. The room was big and the kang was big enough for the three of them to roll around on the bed.

Hua Xiaohua rolled around on the kang with the quilt in her arms for several times, and finally rolled into Hua Dahua's arms, "Big sister, look, my parents said that you can't marry someone whose family is burdened with money, so you should just ignore that guy."

Hua Rendong sat up and said, "What? Big sister has someone she likes?"

Hua Dahua pinched Hua Xiaohua's face and said to Hua Rendong, "What are you talking about? How can I like someone? There is a person who always tries to please me. I have rejected him several times, but he is like a dog-skin plaster. It is so annoying."

Hua Rendong observed carefully and saw the worry in Hua Dahua's eyes. It seemed that she was telling the truth. And judging from what she just said, she should not be the kind of person who would risk her life for love.

Since he was an unimportant person, there was no need to ask more questions, so Hua Rendong did not ask Hua Dahua about the man's background.