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

Chapter 624 Looking for a village girl to take over his wife
Ever since Tong Fusheng learned that Tong Pandi was in charge of Tong Huaqiong's pig farm, he had been thinking about repairing their relationship. However, relying on his status as an elder, he was unwilling to take the initiative to back down. He wanted to take advantage of Tong Zhaodi's wedding to have Tong Pandi attend the wedding and thus repair their relationship.

He simply couldn't believe that Tong Pandi, a divorced woman, could refuse the olive branch offered by her parents.

Especially since Tong Zhaodi is going to marry Wu Musheng, and if Tong Pandi is truly willing to reconcile with the family and give the family money to take care of Zhijie, then Tong Fusheng will let Tong Zhaodi bring Hua'er and Duo'er to live in the Wu family. In the future, the marriage of the two sisters will not be affected by their mother's divorce.

Even if Tong Pandi doesn't think about himself, he should at least think about his two daughters.

Knowing what Tong Fusheng and the Tong family were thinking, Tong Pandi raised her head and said to Tong Zhaodi, "I have nothing to do with the Tong family anymore. Your marriage is none of my business. I'm not going back."

Tong Fusheng only cares about the little money she has now, why didn't he care about her when she was penniless after the divorce?

Tong Zhaodi said with dissatisfaction, "You are, after all, a daughter of the Tong family. You haven't come home to visit your parents even once in the past two years. People in the village say you are unfilial."

Tong Pandi said, "I would be unfilial."

What can you do?

In her previous life, she was filial to her parents and in-laws, but she didn't receive any good things in return.

Seeing that Tong Zhaodi still showed no sign of leaving, he instructed his maid, Xiao Chi, to see the guest out.

Xiao Chi half-pushed and half-pulled Tong Zhaodi out of the house.

Enraged, Tong Zhaodi gritted her teeth, convinced that Tong Pandi harbored resentment because she was going to marry Wu Musheng.

After Tong Zhaodi left, Tong Pandi smiled and shook her head, continuing to drink tea and look at the account books with Madam Hong.

Unlike her previous life, because of her divorce, Tong Zhaodi did not go to the prefectural city to become someone's concubine, but instead married Wu Musheng.

Therefore, Tong Zhaodi will not harm the original wife and her daughter as she did in her previous life.

The only family she can continue to harm in this life is the Wu family.

In Tong Pandi's view, this was just dogs fighting.

In this life, it would be best for Tong Zhaodi to remain firmly tied to the Wu family.

Seeing Tong Zhaodi come out of Tong Pandi's courtyard looking furious, Tong Huaqiong felt relieved.

However, Tong Zhaodi did not go back immediately. The carriage she hired was parked not far from the weaving workshop, and Tong Huaqiong saw a girl get off the carriage.

The girl turned her head, and Tong Huaqiong saw that it was Wu Na.

Tong Huaqiong thought to herself that she probably came with Tong Zhaodi.

After all, Tong Zhaodi is about to become Wu Na's new sister-in-law.

"Aunt Honglian."

Gu Honglian rubbed her hands together as she came out of the old house, intending to go to the weaving workshop to warm up, when Wu Na called her back.

Gossip enthusiast Tong Huaqiong also wanted to see why Wu Na was yelling at Gu Honglian.

Gu Honglian looked Wu Na up and down and asked, "What are you doing in Qinghe Bay?"

Wu Na said, "Can you take me to Ruinian?"

Tong Huaqiong's ears perked up when she heard this.

So Wu Na's purpose in coming to Qinghe Bay was to visit Gu Ruinian.

Tong Huaqiong sighed, "I have to say Gu Ruinian is quite capable; even in this state, there are still girls who care about him."

This guy has an absolute obsession with romance.

Even after Gu Ruinian became a cripple, he still stayed by his side.

Finally, after Wu Na removed a hairpin from her hair, Gu Honglian agreed to take Wu Na back to the old house to find Gu Ruinian.

The old house hasn't had any visitors for a long time.

Ever since Xu Xinghua married into the Lian family, Gu Youtian has been severely impacted and has been depressed at home ever since.

They don't farm or do any work.

The old man was initially surprised and delighted to see the guest, but his expression changed when he saw Wu Na.

Wu Na's arrival reminded Grandpa Gu, Gu Youtian, and others of Wu Ren's ruthlessness, how he had driven them from Pingchuan to Qinghewan without leaving any room for negotiation.

Wu Ji has now closed down, and the entire Wu family has returned to Black Dragon Pool.

Wu Na was preoccupied with thoughts of Gu Ruinian, and Wu Ren, knowing her feelings, kept a close eye on her. This time, it was Tong Zhaodi who brought her out.

Wu Na's eyes reddened when she saw Gu Ruinian.

The sight of Grandpa Gu and the others nearly made their eyes pop out.

Even the most obtuse person could see Wu Na's feelings for Gu Ruinian.

Now, Gu Ruinian's marriage is a major headache for Grandpa Gu and his wife Gu Youtian. Ever since his dream of marrying into the Xu family was shattered, Grandpa Gu has asked matchmakers to find a wife for Gu Ruinian quite a few times in the past six months.

In the past, as long as someone was a scholar, even if their family was poor, they could still arrange a good marriage.

Nowadays, in the Qinghewan area, as soon as a matchmaker is heard to be engaged to Gu Ruinian, the matchmaker is beaten out as soon as she steps into the courtyard. Families that are not beaten out are asked for exorbitant dowries.

The Gu family relied entirely on Tong Huaqiong for their livelihood; wouldn't an exorbitant bride price be the death of them?

Just as I was dozing off, Wu Na's pillow appeared.

Jia Shi changed her previous cold attitude towards Wu Na and took Wu Na's hand, calling her "elder niece".

Wu Na is the best marriage prospect in Gu Ruinian's eyes right now.

The old house tacitly created a space for Gu Ruinian and Wu Na to spend time alone together.

Gu Ruinian also knew that Wu Na was the only opportunity he could seize.

These days he has to fetch water and farm, he's so tired he feels like dying every day. Heaven knows how much he wants to get married and leave all the farming and water-fetching work to his partner.

He used to look down on the village women who only worked hard, but now he wished he could be taken in by them.

However, the brides required a high dowry, and the Gu family could neither afford nor was willing to pay a sum of money for Gu Ruinian to get married.

Both Grandpa Gu and Gu Youtian and his wife hoped that the woman would come to marry into the family. If all else failed, they would accept Gu Ruinian from any capable family that needed a son-in-law.

However, Hong Xiaoxi raised the bar for finding a husband in the entire Qinghewan area, making people like Gu Ruinian undesirable to families with daughters who wanted to find a husband.

Wu Na's arrival left Gu Ruinian with mixed feelings.

Wu Na was not one of the village's chosen concubines, but rather a girl who was doted on by the village head. Gu Ruinian worried that Wu Na would not be able to work after marrying him, and that he would have to support her instead.

He absolutely did not want to get out of bed.

This autumn harvest, from picking the ears of corn to threshing the kernels, Gu Ruinian's hands were peeled and his whole body was tanned like charcoal.

He didn't want to do that kind of life even for a single day.

I doubt Wu Na could do it either.

Adding to the fact that Wu Na wasn't good-looking, Gu Ruinian always felt frustrated with both Xu Xinghua and Wu Na.

But when Gu Ruinian saw the ten taels of silver that Wu Na took out, he wished he could marry Wu Na the next second.

Wu Na can't do housework, but she has a dowry.

After getting married, the dowry given by the Wu family was enough for the two of them to live on.

Besides, the Wu family dotes on their daughter and would never want to see her suffer. After marriage, they can still rely on the Wu family for a living.

Gu Ruinian was determined to seduce Wu Na.

However, he couldn't let Wu Na see his intentions; he had to make Wu Na willingly marry into the Gu family.

Gu Ruinian refused the money and said coldly, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing Gu Ruinian's thin appearance, Wu Na's eyes reddened, and she said, "Brother Ruinian, are you upset that I didn't come to Qinghe Bay to see you?"

Gu Ruinian pursed his lips and remained silent.

Wu Na still felt resentful towards her.

“It’s not that I didn’t want to come to Qinghe Bay to see you, but my parents wouldn’t allow it. They’re very strict with me. If it weren’t for my sister-in-law… oh, I have a new sister-in-law now, it’s my ex-sister-in-law’s younger sister, Tong Zhaodi, who secretly brought me here today.”

Seeing that Gu Ruinian remained silent, Wu Na became anxious and said, "Brother Ruinian, say something! What will it take for you to talk to me?"

Gu Ruinian glanced at the silver in Wu Na's hand, thinking she had taken the bait.

He wasn't completely unlucky; a great traitor still came knocking on his door.