The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 125: Trouble!

Aunt Zhao looked around at the door, and when she saw Yu Tingwan come out, she was stunned.

"you……"

Who!

Her eyes were like autumn water, her lips were bright red, and her skin was as white as snow.

Zhao Niangzi had never seen such a beautiful woman.

Yu Tingwan stepped out of the door: "Auntie."

His voice is the same as before.

Aunt Zhao was taken aback and tentatively asked, "Wan Niang?"

"What does Auntie want with me?"

Seeing her like this, the girl wiped her face and explained, "I'm new here. The county town is not like the countryside. I have to be careful when I go out, so I smeared ash on my face."

Zhao Niangzi suddenly realized.

"No wonder."

"That's how it should be. That's how it should be."

Zhao Niangzi had thought this girl was quite nice before; even with the man like this, she hadn't developed any other feelings. Now, she couldn't help but like her even more.

She held Yu Tingwan's hand, unable to get enough of looking at her, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your parents must be good-looking, otherwise how could they have given birth to such a beautiful girl?"

Yu Tingwan wholeheartedly agreed with this point.

"That's it."

"I resemble my mother."

Yu Tingwan: "My father is known for his burly build."

Zhao Niangzi: ...

I understand the first part, but what does "burly and imposing" mean in the second part?
However, she didn't dwell on it too much.

"The saying 'better safe than sorry' is absolutely true. There are all sorts of demons and monsters out there. We are just ordinary people, so we have to be even more careful. Don't think that just because my husband is a scholar, he's respected when he goes out. But what does he amount to in front of the powerful and influential?"

"There was once a scholar whose wife was beautiful and was targeted by a beast. In the end, the whole family was either dead or went mad."

"Five years ago, a female vendor was kidnapped on the street. Her family chased after her, but in the end, they lost all trace of her and probably didn't even come out alive."

"Some relatives in the family have also been warned."

This place is far from the capital, and it's not that no one tries to travel great distances to appeal to the emperor. But officials protect each other, and before they even reach the city gates of the capital, there are countless ways to be stopped.

Not only were the road signs torn to shreds, but people were either dead or maimed.

Zhao Niangzi knew quite a bit about things in the county town. She sighed and shook her head: "These days, human life isn't everything. People suffer in silence. You're right to do this. I will never tell anyone."

Hearing her say that, Yu Tingwan also sighed.

Even if the injustice is redressed, what then?

The suffering that shouldn't have been suffered has been endured, and the deaths that shouldn't have occurred have occurred.

Fortunately, Madam Zhao did not forget her business.

There are few residents in the alley. The Wei family lives at the very end, and the Zhao family lives closest to the Wei family.

She glanced around the alley and, seeing no one around, pulled Yu Tingwan aside to question her.

"You know that we have guests at my house today."

Yu Tingwan: !!!

She knows all too well!

Zhao Niangzi: "They want the family to take in a student."

"He spoke of how talented the student was, and was humble and orderly."

"As soon as your uncle heard that you were from Xilin Village, he came to your house to ask around. He thought that he could make a decision if he knew more about the situation, but he was afraid that your husband would mess things up."

"Wan Niang, is Hu Yaozu really that despicable?"

Zhao Niangzi was also very troubled.

I'm afraid she really is a troublemaker.

"It's not that I doubt your husband's honesty, it's just that I really can't understand it."

"Master Chu came here out of personal favor, going to great lengths and almost asking your uncle for help. He even praised the student to the skies. To go to such lengths, he must have thought it through carefully. If the student really had a lot of faults, he wouldn't risk offending your uncle."

Yu Tingwan: ...Very good, very good.

It seems the Hu family is everywhere.

It turns out Wei Shen had already ruined things.

Yu Tingwan wouldn't mind being a bit smug again.

She said gently, "How many years has it been since we've produced any officials from such a poor and remote place? No matter how hard a poor student studies, he can't compare to the influence of the children of the powerful and wealthy. It's not easy for him to stand out. Let alone officials, even those who pass the imperial examinations are few and far between. That Master Chu himself has limited abilities, and in recent years, very few of his students have passed the county-level examinations."

"He has always valued fame and fortune. If that student is exceptionally talented and truly capable of passing the county-level exam, and then, under his guidance, passes the provincial-level exam, it would certainly bring great fame to Master Chu. How could he bear to entrust such a talented person to his uncle?"

Yes!

Zhao Niangzi frowned.

"How could he be so kind! Logically speaking, he can't stand to see others doing well."

“Your uncle is more capable than him, and he’s incredibly jealous of him in private.”

Yu Tingwan said softly, "Hu Yaozu is from our village, and I know his family situation better than anyone."

"He does indeed have exceptional abilities."

Yu Tingwan: "Otherwise, why would Madam Chu have taken a liking to him? Master Chu even intends to take him as his son-in-law."

Zhao Niangzi was stunned: "Huh?"

“This…I’ve never heard him mention this before.”

"Don't you understand, Auntie?"

Yu Tingwan smiled sweetly.

"Master Chu is clearly using Uncle as a stepping stone."

"After he passed the exam, no matter what, he was still his son-in-law, even though he wasn't the one who taught him. He was still the one who was in the limelight."

Zhao Niangzi: !!!

That's it!

What a thick skin!

No wonder Master Chu was willing to lower himself like this; it turns out he was the one with the biggest scheme.

Yu Tingwan: "However, isn't the purpose of teaching and nurturing people to help them succeed? If they really pass the exam, it will be a meritorious deed for Uncle. When the Chu family has a big celebration, Uncle and Aunt can also have a drink at the wedding."

But Zhao Niangzi was not at ease!
That's true, but why didn't Master Chu mention it at all?

Is it because he thinks that men have hearts as small as his?
She couldn't possibly let it go unpunished after being tricked.

Zhao Niangzi's face looked rather unpleasant.

But the worst was yet to come.

Yu Tingwan: "But that Hu Yaozu..."

She hesitated.

"what happened?"

Zhao Niangzi: "You speak!"

Yu Tingwan said softly, "It's not good to spread rumors behind people's backs."

“I can’t exactly tell my aunt that the Hu family values ​​their reputation, and only they know what they’re really like. The whole family is rotten to the core, and Hu Yaozu is a hypocrite. He’s harassed us more than once before…”

Yu Tingwan distanced herself from the situation, giving a vague answer: "A girl from the village."

"He also said a lot of cheesy things that made me feel disgusted."

Zhao Niangzi: !!!

"what!"

“In such a remote village, there’s only one scholar. We have to treat him with the utmost respect, just waiting for our ancestors’ graves to emit auspicious smoke. The Hu family has kept all those shameful deeds they did in the past a secret. Auntie is lucky she asked me; if you went to Xilin Village, you wouldn’t get a single word out of her.”

Her tone was cool.

"Hu Yaozu's daughter, Hu Yaozu's own aunt, was murdered back then."

"In their eyes, any woman is someone who should be at their mercy."

“If even blood relatives are like this, let alone outsiders. Uncle and Aunt, you must be careful. Those people are more terrifying than leeches. They won’t stop until they’ve sucked all the blood out of you.”

After saying that, she patted Zhao Niangzi's hand.

"It's just that Nannan is still young, so Auntie can rest assured."

"If she were the same age as that Miss Chu, maybe Hu Yaozu wouldn't have become Chu's son-in-law, and would have wanted to call her 'mother-in-law' instead."