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

Chapter 757 Calling out to Brother Han Niu
The engagement ceremony was grand and lively.

Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin looked like a perfect couple standing together.

Su Chengmin was highly sought after in Shengjing. After rejecting Su Shihang's marriage proposal, many daughters of noble families and officials were curious about who the girl who had won Su Chengmin's heart was.

Many people found it unbelievable when they heard it was a peach blossom.

Some of the daughters from wealthy families who came to witness the ceremony for Su Chengmin had never met Gu Taohua before. They only knew that Gu Taohua had grown up in the countryside, and subconsciously felt that Gu Taohua was not a good match for Su Chengmin.

Everyone thought the same thing as Madam Lu: she was just a vulgar country girl who had clung to Su Chengmin when he was down on his luck, and Su Chengmin had no choice but to get engaged to Gu Taohua in order to repay a debt of gratitude.

After seeing the peach blossoms in the valley, I realized I was wrong.

In terms of both appearance and temperament, Gu Taohua was in no way inferior to the girls in Shengjing.

What surprised everyone even more was that Su Chengmin himself was very satisfied with this marriage. From the moment he stepped into the Gu family and saw Gu Taohua, the corners of his mouth never left his mouth.

Compared to Su Chengmin, the mighty general was so nervous upon entering the Gu family that he didn't know what to do with his hands and feet.

When they met Tong Huaqiong, the parents of both the man and woman greeted her politely.

With so many people watching, the mighty general couldn't very well stage a scene of old friends meeting again.

Although he was incredibly excited from the moment he actually met Tong Huaqiong.

To his bewilderment, Tong Huaqiong showed no emotional reaction towards him, greeting him formally as if he were Su Chengmin's elder.

He initially thought that Tong Huaqiong was hesitant to mention their past relationship in front of others, but after observing her for a while, he realized that Tong Huaqiong genuinely treated him as a representative of the man's family and friends.

The mighty general's heart was broken.

“Brother Han Niu, let me take you for a walk in the backyard,” said Madam Hong.

When she was a child, Hong was saved by the mighty general. The first thing she did when she arrived in Shengjing was to take He Chao to the general's mansion to express her gratitude.

When Tong Huaqiong's daughter and Min Hanniu's nephew got engaged, Hong took the initiative to take care of the groom's affairs.

She noticed that the mighty general was distracted and his eyes were darting around, and she quickly realized that he was looking for Sister Tong.

So, under the pretext of taking the mighty general to the backyard, she brought the mighty general to Tong Huaqiong.

Standing before her was the mighty general, and Tong Huaqiong realized that he was the original owner's childhood sweetheart. She couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

The mighty general doesn't look old. If Su Shihang is the number one handsome middle-aged man, then the mighty general is number two.

Perhaps due to his profession, the Mighty General possessed an extra touch of heroic spirit compared to Su Shihang; to put it simply, he was an upgraded version of Su Chengmin.

The mighty general blushed under Tong Huaqiong's gaze.

"Sister Tong".

When the mighty general spoke, Tong Huaqiong almost got goosebumps.

This childhood sweetheart clearly still has his feelings for his childhood sweetheart.

But the green plum has already had its core replaced.

Tong Huaqiong nodded to the mighty general and politely addressed him as "General".

The mighty general's heart broke again; Tong Meimei had finally become estranged from him.

"General, you've come to discuss the wedding date for our two children, haven't you? That's simple. We'll set it today, exchange the birth dates, and calculate the wedding date by comparing the dates. General, you heard that I've kept Gu Taohua for many years, and you thought I would postpone her marriage to Chengmin?"

“You can rest assured about that. I used to think that Taohua was too young and unpredictable, but now that she's grown up and can run the business on her own, I won't interfere with the wedding date.”

Not knowing what to say to the mighty general, Tong Huaqiong steered the conversation toward her children's marriages.

The mighty general did not respond to this topic. "Sister Tong, how have you been these years?" Despite trying to control himself, the mighty general's voice was still trembling with excitement.

Tong Huaqiong: "."

She discusses marriage with you, but he wants to reminisce about the past with her.

Tong Huaqiong said, "My business is successful, I have many children and grandchildren, and I am living a very good life."

These mighty generals saw it all.

These weren't the questions he wanted to ask, and as for what they were, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

I'd like to ask her how she's been living since she married into the Gu family.

I'd like to ask if her husband treated her well when he was alive?
I'd like to ask if she had any hard times after her husband passed away?
But under Tong Huaqiong's calm gaze, the mighty general couldn't bring himself to ask the question.

Tong Huaqiong is not Tong Dajiao. In her eyes, the mighty general is just her son-in-law's uncle, and she will not place any feelings on him.

But the mighty general clearly wanted to rekindle their past relationship.

The mighty general has not married all these years, and she understands from the hints in Old Madam Min's words that the mighty general only has Tong Dajiao in his heart.

Such a deep and affectionate childhood sweetheart is rare even in modern times, let alone in ancient times when it was possible to have three wives and four concubines.

Tong Huaqiong was not the valiant general's childhood sweetheart. She could be moved on behalf of the original owner, but she could not accept it on behalf of the original owner, much less give the valiant general any illusions.

It's better to clarify some things.

Tong Huaqiong sighed and called out, "Brother Han Niu."

This simple "Brother Niu" brought the mighty general back to his youthful days at Black Dragon Pool.

He had no father, she had no mother; the two shared the same plight and were inseparable since childhood.

Tong Dajiao always called him "Brother Han Niu".

One year, his mother fell ill, and he sold the family's grain to pay for her treatment. To earn money, he went to town to work as a laborer. Tong Dajiao would always wait at the crossroads and secretly slip him vegetable pancakes. To make sure he enjoyed them, she would secretly add a lot of oil and scallions when making the pancakes, without his father's knowledge.

He secretly used the money he had saved to buy medicine for his mother and helped take care of her.

Of course, he was also very good to Tong Dajiao. With the money he earned from helping out, he bought her new clothes and made her a silver bracelet.

Tong Fusheng was studying, and all the work in the fields and at home fell to Tong Dajiao. The mighty general helped Tong Dajiao with farming and filled the Tong family's water tank with water every day.

Tong Dajiao loved to eat wild jujubes. Every year when the jujubes ripened, the mighty general would go deep into the mountains to pick the best wild jujubes and give them to Tong Dajiao.

These memories kept replaying in the mind of the mighty general.

Of course, it also came to Tong Huaqiong's mind.

From an outsider's perspective, Tong Huaqiong finds the past between the original owner and Min Hanniu quite poignant.

However, this does not mean that she should make amends.

Min Han Niu was unaware that after Tong Da Jiao married into the Gu family, she transformed from a bright and elegant pearl into someone with dead fish eyes.

Harsh, vulgar, unreasonable
Strangely, Tong Dajiao had no memory of Min Hanniu after arriving in Beijing.

I don't know if Min Han Niu was already gone by then, or if Min Han Niu was one of the few bright spots for Tong Da Jiao. The beautiful past had faded away, and Tong Da Jiao didn't dare to face her childhood sweetheart, so she stopped seeing Min Han Niu.

Tong Huaqiong looked directly at Min Hanniu and said in a calm voice, "I've been doing well all these years, and I've forgotten many things from the past. In the countryside, just getting enough to eat took all my strength. Thanks to God, I've made a business and raised my children. Now, as long as my business continues to grow and my children are filial and successful, I'm content. I don't want anything else."

This means cutting ties with the mighty general emotionally.

The mighty general was naturally upset upon hearing this.