flstandardbreds Chapter 126 The City Lord's Daughter Sends Help 3
Chapter 126 The City Lord's Daughter Sends Help 3
What happened in front of Luo Chen's house was seen by the neighbor Auntie Wang, who asked with a gossipy look on her face: "Xiaohua, what happened? Aren't you on good terms with Ma? Why did you beat them up today? Did they bully you? If so, tell Auntie Wang. Auntie has watched you grow up and will never let you suffer any injustice."
Luo Chen looked at the famous loudspeaker in this town. Whatever she knew would be known to the whole town the next day.
She rolled her eyes, and then cried, "Auntie Wang, I was so blind before. I thought they were good people. I didn't expect it. I didn't expect it... wuwuwu."
Aunt Wang quickly put down the basin in her hand and ran over to wipe Luo Chen's tears. As she wiped, she said, "Oh, good boy, stop crying. Tell me what happened."
Luo Chen choked up and said, "Ma, Madam Ma often told me before that she liked me and wanted me to marry her son, but today she came to my house and said that she just wanted me to be her son's concubine."
Aunt Wang was so shocked that her jaw dropped: "What? Become a concubine! Is this true?"
"It's true. I said I didn't want to be a concubine, and she scolded me, saying that I didn't know what was good for me. It was a blessing for me to marry her son as a concubine. She also cursed me that I couldn't marry a good family." Luo Chen cried even more sadly. "Auntie, although I have no parents, I have a grandmother and my own backbone. Which girl from a good family would give up being the wife and be willing to be a concubine?"
Aunt Wang was immediately furious. This little girl in front of her was the one she had watched grow up, and now she was so pitiful. How could this black-hearted person bully her like this? Moreover, although her family was not rich, she also knew that it was better to be a poor man's wife than a rich man's concubine.
"Bah! What kind of person is she? She is just trying to make a living in this small town. How can she be so noble? She even wants to take a concubine. I think her son looks like a decent person, but he still wears coarse linen clothes and eats simple meals every day. He can't even have a wife, yet she is thinking about taking a concubine. She is just daydreaming."
Luo Chen looked at the indignant Aunt Wang and revealed another big secret: "Madam Ma said Zhiqing is the son of the city lord."
Aunt Wang was choked up in the middle of her scolding: "Ahem, ahem, what did you say, the city lord's son! Is that true?"
"It seems true."
Aunt Wang didn't dare to scold anymore, and said awkwardly: "Why are the city lord's wife and young master in our small place? Are you mistaken?"
Luo Chen said naively: "No, I overheard Madam Ma and Zhi Qing talking about the City Lord's Mansion once."
Aunt Wang's legs went weak: "Really? Really?"
"Well, Ma was the city lord's concubine. She framed the legitimate son and was discovered by the city lord's wife. She almost lost her life. But because she gave birth to a son for the city lord, she was not killed. But both she and her son were driven out of the city lord's mansion."
When Aunt Wang heard this, she straightened her back again and said loudly, "I told you, how could the city lord's wife and son come to our small town? Ha, I was wondering if this woman is still flirting every day at such an old age. It turns out she is a concubine. It's really unlucky. I have to go home and tell my little tiger to stay away from that bastard from now on."
After saying that, Aunt Wang went back. Luo Chen returned to the room with a smile. Now that Aunt Wang knew about it, I'm afraid everyone in the town would know about it tomorrow.
Sure enough, the next day when Zhiqing went out to school, she felt that other people looked at her with strange eyes. Many of her former friends who used to get along well with her now kept their distance from her. Zhiqing was very puzzled.
The same thing happened to Ma. When she went out to buy groceries, she found that everyone was not happy with her.
When the mother and son returned home at night, they had no idea what had happened. It was not until Ma ran into Aunt Wang that she realized that her and her son's identities had been known.
When she first came, she claimed to be an orphan and a widow. Now she has become a concubine who was driven out of the house because she framed the legitimate son.
Ma was so angry that she wanted to find out who spread the news, but she only knew that it was Aunt Wang. But how could Aunt Wang, a country lady, know about her affairs? There must be someone else behind it.
They did not suspect Luo Chen because they also thought that Luo Chen could not possibly know. The mother and son suspected that the eldest lady could not bear to see them doing well and came to take revenge again.
The two kept a low profile for a while, but Zhiqing had to go out to school every day and could only endure the gossip from outside.
There were many people in the school who looked down on him and isolated him. The teacher did not show any reaction, but he no longer showed any preferential treatment to him. In the past, the teacher loved talents and often gave him guidance in private, but now he did not do that anymore and only treated him as an ordinary student.
Not only that, even the shop under Ma's name had almost no business. This shop was bought with Ma's private money. Since he was born into a merchant family, he naturally knew how to do business. The business has been good in recent years, enough to provide food and clothing for the mother and son, but it still cannot be compared with his previous life.
It took the two of them a long time to adapt to this, but now there is suddenly no business, and the lives of mother and son have suddenly declined.
The townspeople were smart, knowing that Zhiqing was the city lord's son, and they did not dare to offend him. They did nothing but isolate the mother and son, refusing to do business with them or buy things from their shops.
Luo Chen saw all of this, and his mood improved when he saw Ma and Zhiqing living in fear every day and having to face a life that was getting worse day by day.
She has now inherited her grandmother's business, treating women. People were not optimistic about Luo Chen at first, but the medicine here is as cheap as ever, so they decided to give it a try to save money. Unexpectedly, Luo Chen's medical skills were better than that of the old woman. Gradually, his reputation spread, and many ladies and girls from wealthy families also came to see Luo Chen, which made Luo Chen's life a lot better.
He can also take out some gold and silver from the space, and if you ask, it turns out to be a reward from a wealthy lady.
Seeing that Luo Chen's life was getting better, Ma became jealous. Their family used to have meat for every meal, but now they haven't had meat for almost a month. Also, because of the fierce intrigue among the students in the academy, Zhiqing didn't want to go anymore.
Ma refused and insisted that he go, saying that only by learning could he have a chance to return to the City Lord's Mansion.
Zhiqing has become increasingly silent these days and is no longer as cheerful as before.
Ma has recently set her sights on Luo Chen again, because her family's shop has completely closed down and can only be rented out at a low price. However, the rent is barely enough to cover living expenses and is not enough for Zhiqing's studies.
Seeing that Luo Chen was so capable, if she could marry Luo Chen, her son would have money to continue his studies. When she returned to the City Lord's Mansion, she would think of a way to get rid of Luo Chen. If she was sensible, she would give him some money so that he would not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life. If she was not sensible, it would be easy to make someone disappear in the City Lord's Mansion.