Traveling through time and encountering war, I took the whole village to escape famine

Chapter 209 Zhang 4gui's Background 5

In this way, the Zhang family used Zhang Erdan's pension to pay off Zhang Goudan's gambling debts.

The thugs took the silver and left.

Old Madam Zhang stood there helplessly, "Mother-in-law, just do as you say. Goudan, don't forget your oath today. If you break your oath and treat Sigui badly in the future, you will be struck by lightning."

"Mom, my son knows."

"Go and bury the one in your room on the mountain! After all, you are father and son."

Not long after, Erdan's wife woke up and asked weakly: "Mom, where is my son? Aunt Ma said I gave birth to a son." Before Erdan's wife fell into a coma, she heard the child crying and also heard Aunt Ma say she gave birth to a son.

Mrs. Zhang felt very guilty when facing her daughter-in-law's questioning, and said hesitantly: "Second daughter-in-law, you should have a good rest first. The child... the child..."

"Mom, what's wrong with the child? Mom, please tell me what's wrong with the child."

Seeing the old lady hesitating, Zhang Dagui's grandmother winked at her daughter-in-law and said, "Second brother's wife! Listen to what my sister-in-law says. You have to hold on! Your child is gone..."

Zhang Erdan's wife was shocked to hear that her child was gone. Her husband was dead, and her son was gone. "What are you talking about? It's impossible. Mom, tell me this is not true. Mom, what do you think? I even heard him crying, how could he be gone?"

"Oh! Erdan's wife, listen to what Auntie said, you have to hold on! The child was born prematurely and you were too sad, so the child was born weak and died not long after birth."

Grandma Dagui held Erdan's wife's hand and said earnestly: "Don't be sad, kid. Listen to me. Losing the child is a good thing for you. You are still young, and it will be one less obstacle for you to remarry in the future, right?"

Erdan's wife fainted again when she heard the news. Old Mrs. Zhang looked at her daughter-in-law who had fainted again and said to Dagui's aunt with guilt: "Niece-in-law, come and see Erdan's wife."

"Aunt, my sister-in-law must be too sad. She will wake up in a while. Don't worry, I will take a look." Although Dagui's aunt is only a midwife, she knows a thing or two about common minor illnesses.

She put her hand on Erdan's wife's pulse, thinking that she was just too sad, but she didn't expect that Erdan's wife's pulse showed signs of heavy bleeding. When she lifted the quilt, she saw that Erdan's wife's pulse was already stained with blood.

She was so scared that her hands were shaking. She had been delivering babies for more than ten years and had seen women die from heavy bleeding during childbirth. But the case of Erdan's wife was different. It could be said that it was indirectly caused by her and her mother-in-law.

Her hands were shaking, and her voice was trembling, "Mom, Auntie, no, no, it's not good, it's bleeding, it's bleeding."

When Erdan's wife's family came the day after her death, they found a cold corpse. Out of guilt, the Zhang family gave Erdan's wife a decent funeral. They also built a cenotaph for Zhang Erdan and buried the couple together.

At that time, Aunt Ma and several other women who helped Erdan's wife give birth were very surprised to hear that Erdan's wife and the child were gone, because the child was obviously healthy.

However, the Zhang family had always told the public that the child was born prematurely with congenital defects and died not long after birth. In ancient times, it was very common for children to die at birth, so a few people discussed it in private, and no one else said much about the matter and it passed quickly.

Old Mrs. Zhang and Old Mr. Zhang died one after another within two years because of sadness and guilt.

Ever since the two elders passed away, Zhang Goudan has forgotten the oath he made and allowed Old Lady Zhang to torture Sigui.

Zhang Goudan told the whole story, of course omitting some important details. He just said that Erdan's wife followed Erdan because she was too sad, and his parents decided to give Sigui to the first wife.

"Although Sigui is not our biological son, he is also a child of our Zhang family. Since the relationship has been severed, he has no relationship with our first wife's family. It is entirely up to you whether you marry into the second wife's family or return to the second wife's family to start your own family. It is your uncle who has let you down over the years and failed to keep his promise to your grandparents." After saying this, Zhang Goudan took Zhang Po away.

After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the Zhang family treated Sigui so well, because it turned out that he was not their biological son.

Once, Ma's daughter-in-law, who helped Erdan's wife deliver the baby, said: "No wonder my mother-in-law often complained when she was alive that the boy left by Erdan's wife was very healthy, how could he die? My mother-in-law was still alive for a while at that time! I never expected it! Zhang Goudan's family is so shameless that they actually took the money earned by the father's life and treated Sigui like that. They are really conscienceless!"

Village Chief Zhang saw that the area was full of people talking and started to chase them away. "Go away! Now that you're done watching the fun, go back to do what you need to do. Can't you see it's going to rain soon?"

They arrived early and the tents were almost set up. This time, everyone who had finished their work gathered here to watch the fun. There were thousands of people from several villages, so it was really lively.

Everyone here was watching the excitement and no one noticed that another group of people were coming not far up the mountain road. From a distance, there were about two or three hundred people.

Two young men, about fifteen or sixteen years old, ran ahead and shouted at the crowds. "Which village are you from? Is your village chief here? We are from Tongshu Village. Our village chief asked me to come over and ask if we can be relocated in the vacant lot next to yours?"

Tongshu Village is five miles away from Kaoshan Village. Like Kaoshan Village, it is a mixed-surname village. Most of the villagers in the two villages know each other. Village Chief Zhang looked at the young man running in front and asked, "Are you the grandson of Village Chief Han of Tongshu Village?"

"Grandpa Zhang, yes, I am Han Yu. It turns out that your Kaoshan Village is here. That's great. My grandfather will be very happy to see you."

Village Chief Zhang looked at Yun He and said, "Brother Yun, this is Tongshu Village. Can we let them join us?"

Yunhe smiled and said, "Brother Zhang, why not? There is a small piece of open space over there. There are not many people in their village, so it should be enough for them. Village Chief Han and I are old acquaintances. We are not outsiders."

After Yunhe finished speaking, he said to the two Han Yus, "Go back and tell your grandfather that your village should be relocated in the vacant lot over there. Hurry up, it's going to rain soon."

"Hey! Thank you two grandpas. I'll go back and tell grandpa right away." After saying that, Han Yu ran away with another boy.