The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 351 She really is my aunt

Tong Huaqiong sat steadily in the carriage, waiting for Su Chengmin to start the carriage.

After waiting for a while, it still didn't start.

Tong Huaqiong thought the Wu family members were lying in front of the carriage to block it.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Tong Huaqiong asked loudly, holding Duo'er in her arms.

"Aunt Tong, I'm here."

When Tong Huaqiong lifted the curtain, she was astonished to see that Su Chengmin had carried three stewed chickens, pot and broth, from the Wu family's kitchen onto the carriage, along with several bowls.

"The chicken that Aunt Hong stewed shouldn't be given to the Wu family. You haven't had a hot meal all day, so eat something quickly." Su Chengmin handed the bowl and chopsticks to Tong Huaqiong.

The aroma of chicken soup filled the carriage.

Next, Su Chengmin hung the remaining three chickens on the carriage handle, and then brought over a flatbed cart and tied a cartload of charcoal to it.

Su Chengmin's style of doing things is just like Tong Huaqiong's own son.

The Wu family was furious, but with the constable Jiao present, they dared not stop the carriage.

Su Chengmin reached into his pocket and pulled out a fifty-tael silver note, handing it to Tong Huaqiong and saying, "Aunt Tong, this is the silver I took from the main house of the Wu family."

"Laifu did a good job." Tong Huaqiong smiled from ear to ear, waving the silver note in front of Tong Pandi and said, "This silver note is from Laifu for you. You've suffered so much injustice in the Wu family for so many years, you can't let them get away with it. Why not take this silver note? I'll hold it for you first, and I'll give it to you when we get home. Keep it as your private stash."

Tong Pandi looked at Tong Huaqiong's sly eyes and couldn't help but laugh.

It was only at this moment that Tong Pandi realized that this was her own aunt.

That's my aunt, who never suffers a loss.

Tong Huaqiong said to the onlookers, "This family is extremely unethical. They mistreated my niece and had midwife Ma try to harm her during childbirth. If I hadn't brought midwife Cai with me, my niece might have..."

"Don't even mention that we've been here for ages and they haven't even given us a hot soup. They didn't prepare anything for my niece's delivery. The room is cold, and the charcoal brazier is empty. I understand that every family wants a son, but I've never seen anyone treat their daughter-in-law like this during childbirth. Well, my niece is in danger, so it's not surprising that they did this."

After Tong Huaqiong finished accusing the Wu family, she raised her voice to the constable Jiao and said, "Lord Jiao, I'm leaving that midwife Ma to you. Interrogate her carefully. She's responsible for the lives of many pregnant women and newborns in the Black Dragon Pool area."

Midwife Cai called out to an old woman in the crowd, “Sister Xu, your grandson has been lame in one leg since birth. As far as I know, that child was delivered by Midwife Ma. Could it be that she took money from her enemies?”

Midwife Cai was worried that if there were no victims, midwife Ma would definitely not admit it.

She saw the matriarch of the Xu family in the crowd and didn't mind using her to strangle the midwife.

The woman surnamed Xu turned pale with anger.

Her grandson was clever and good-looking. His tutor said it was a pity about his legs, fearing it would be difficult for him to become an official in the future.

When the midwife brought the child out, she said the child was born with a limp.

They accepted it.

Sister Xu thought for a moment. Back when they first came to Heilongtan to run their paint business, they angered the other shops in Heilongtan.

During that period, people kept coming to them about their shop, but her family managed to stay put.

Perhaps their enemies couldn't take down her shop, so they bribed midwife Ma to take revenge on her grandson.

Sister-in-law Xu, having figured out the trick, rushed into the Wu family's courtyard, grabbed the midwife Ma, and started hitting her.

To tamper with a child during delivery is to cut off one's lineage; this absolutely crosses the bottom line for the people of Heilongtan.

The crowd rushed to the Wu family's residence and condemned Ma the midwife.

The Wu family members were rushed by the crowd and couldn't get out of the way; Qiao almost fell to the ground.

Jiao, the yamen runner, along with other officials, maintained order.

The midwife lay shivering in the snow.

"Serves her right. Our hands are meant to save the lives of mothers and newborns, but she took the opportunity to harm people and tarnish the reputation of us midwives." Midwife Cai spat outside.

Tong Huaqiong glanced outside. She had originally planned to send people to gather evidence of the women and newborns harmed by Ma the midwife, but now she didn't need to bother. Tong Huaqiong also knew the Xu family, who dealt in lacquerware in Heilongtan; they were a family that always sought revenge.

With Cai the midwife's shout, the Xu family will definitely find a way to get rid of Ma the midwife, that wicked woman.

Karma serves her right; she got what she deserved.

Lying in the carriage, Tong Pandi also wore a relieved smile.

This can be considered as her avenging her youngest daughter's past life.

"Let's go," Tong Huaqiong said to Su Chengmin.

Su Chengmin drove the carriage towards Qinghe Bay through the snow.

Cai, the midwife, placed the baby next to Pandi and breastfed him.

"This girl is lucky; her mother's milk came in right after giving birth," the midwife praised with great experience.

Tong Pandi looked at her youngest daughter with a face full of relief.

In her past life, her youngest daughter drowned before she could even drink a drop of milk.

"Pan Di, go to sleep," Tong Huaqiong said to Pan Di.

Tong Pandi was so tired that she could barely keep her eyes open, but she forced herself to stay awake, afraid that if she fell asleep and woke up, her youngest daughter would disappear like she had in her previous life.

Tong Pandi gazed greedily at his youngest daughter's flower-like face.

Tong Huaqiong knew what Tong Pandi was worried about, and said, "Pandi, since you asked me to come, it means you trust me. If you trust me, the child will be alright."

Tong Pandi nodded, finally unable to hold on any longer, and fell asleep with her head tilted to the side.

"Grandma, where are we going?" Duo'er asked timidly, sitting obediently next to Tong Huaqiong.

This kind of Duo'er reminded Tong Huaqiong of Man'er from before.

Tong Huaqiong patted Duo'er's head and said, "Let's go to my house."

Duo'er asked, "Will you still go home in the future?"

Tong Huaqiong didn't answer, but instead asked, "Does Duo'er want to go home?"

Duo'er thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No. Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad don't like me, and they won't like my little sister either."

Tong Huaqiong said, "Then we won't go back."

Duo'er clung tightly to Tong Huaqiong's arm, wishing her grandmother and maternal grandmother were as gentle and kind as her great-aunt.

Tong Dajiao had Duo'er place her hand on the hot water bottle, and then fell into deep thought.

After following Gu Jingzhe to the capital, I had no further memories of Tong Pandi.

In her past life, Tong Dajiao was kind to Tong Pandi entirely out of a desire to support her brother. When Tong Fusheng went to the capital with her, he forgot about Tong Pandi, so she stopped paying attention to Tong Pandi's life afterward.

She knew even less about Duo'er's fate.

But given that she's stuck with a family like the Wu family, coupled with Tong Pandi's cowardice, Duo'er's fate is unlikely to be much better.

Thinking of this, Tong Huaqiong straightened the flower in Duo'er's hair and said, "Duo'er, don't be afraid. I have older sisters and older brothers at home. No one will dare to bully you when you come to my house."

Duo'er nodded vigorously and said, "My mother told me that Sister Man'er is very, very good, and Sister Man'er is very amazing."

Why did Tong Pandi bring up Man'er out of the blue?
In Tong Dajiao's memory, Tong Pandi and Man'er had no interaction.

While Tong Huaqiong was preoccupied with fighting with the Wu family members, she didn't have time to think things through.

Now that I think about it, Tong Pandi and Tong Dajiao's cowardly image in my memory are completely different.

The current Tong Pandi is resilient, decisive, and loves his daughter.

So, is Tong Pandi from the previous life like her, or was she reborn with memories of the previous life?