OBS Chapter 367: Poor Wife or Concubine of a Rich Family
Chapter 367: Poor Wife or Concubine of a Rich Family
Shen Zhao: [Gua Gua, Liu Ziyang scared me.
Please speak faster, I want to eat someone else's melon! 】
Guagua: [Mrs. Liu disagreed and there was a big quarrel!
Liu Rong secretly handed the letter to the wealthy Liu.
It was this action that directly cost Mrs. Liu her life!
When Liu Rong heard about this, he committed suicide out of love. 】
Shen Zhao: [My goodness, I really don’t know what to say about Liu Rong.
What about Liu Yiyun? She seems to be only three and a half years old.
Liu Rong said that he was thinking about his daughter, but has he ever really thought about how she will grow up at such a young age? 】
Gua Gua: [Liu Rong has a small courtyard with two entrances.
Liu Rong gave all his money to Liu Yiyun.
She even specially invited her former wet nurse to take care of her daughter.
The wet nurse had no children, so Liu Rong was the one who took care of her.
She is also very devoted to Liu Yiyun. 】
Shen Zhao: [What happened next? ]
Guagua: [Mr. Liu has earned a reputation as a loving wife.
It was three years later that he married another wife.
When Liu Ziyang was five years old, he married a new wife, Li Zhenzhu, who was Mrs. Liu's cousin.
As soon as Li Zhenzhu entered the house, she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, for Liu Caizhu.
Li Zhenzhu's attitude towards Liu Ziyang did not change.
She treated the twins and Liu Ziyang equally. She raised the three of them together and never treated any of them unfairly.
Shen Zhao: [If Liu Ziyang didn't know the fact that his parents killed each other, then his life would be pretty good!
As long as Li Zhenzhu, the stepmother, has no bad intentions and doesn't pretend to be fair to her but secretly support her, it's fine. 】
Guagua: [No, no, no, this method is outdated.
Your biological children are excellent, but your ex-wife's children are arrogant and domineering. Anyone with the naked eye can tell what you, as a stepmother, are thinking.
So Li Zhenzhu thought of a better way. 】
Shen Zhao: [Guagua, what can we do?]
Gua Gua: [Li Zhenzhu knew that in the heart of Mr. Liu, his first wife cheating on him was a thorn that could never be removed.
During the years when Liu Ziyang was growing up, she took Liu Ziyang to miss his biological mother, and the shadow of Mrs. Liu was almost always present in their interactions.
He brought his former servants to tell Liu Ziyang about Madam Liu's glorious business achievements, and secretly had someone paint many portraits of Madam Liu for Liu Ziyang to see.
The image that Mr. Liu showed to the outside world was that he was deeply in love with his first wife.
Li Zhenzhu taught Liu Ziyang to mention his mother more in front of his father.
When father and son are together, Mr. Liu is always forced to think of Mrs. Liu. Do you think how much real love he can have for Liu Ziyang?
He still maintained basic concern for Liu Ziyang, just out of respect as a father! 】
Shen Zhao: [How could Li Zhenzhu know the secrets of Mr. Liu and Mrs. Liu, and plan so well in front of Liu Ziyang? ]
Guagua: [Host, Guagua told you before that Mr. Liu had a concubine named Xu Qingniang.
Xu Qingniang’s personality is as quiet as a chrysanthemum.
He is always indifferent and his presence in the mansion is not strong.
But the rich man Liu always stayed in her room several times a month, and Xu Qingniang was treated well in the Liu Mansion. She had normal food and clothing, and had servants to serve her.
But Xu Qingniang has another identity. She is Li Zhenzhu's maid. 】
Shen Zhao was surprised and exclaimed,
[Wow, are the relationships between these characters so complicated?
Li Zhenzhu, the second wife of Mr. Liu.
Xu Qingniang, the concubine of Mr. Liu.
So Xu Qingniang is still Li Zhenzhu's maid? 】
Gua Gua: [Host, actually the big story that Gua Gua is telling you has not yet reached the most exciting part, please listen slowly.
Guagua will also control the pace and tell you faster. 】
Shen Zhao: [Okay, Guagua, continue! ]
Gua Gua: [Li Zhenzhu is the concubine daughter of a fourth-rank official in Linyang City.
She had two maids serving her.
One of them is Xu Qingniang.
Xu Qingniang came to Li Zhenzhu when she was seven years old.
Although the two are master and servant, they get along like sisters.
When Xu Qingniang was fifteen years old, relatives of the Xu family came to find her.
It turned out that there was a famine at that time, and the Xu family was forced to sell Xu Qingniang to the Li family as a maid.
Now that I'm feeling better, I think of my daughter and want to redeem her.
It was originally impossible and against the rules of a wealthy family.
But Li Zhenzhu is Xu Qingniang's master, so as long as she agrees, it's fine. Li Zhenzhu has asked Xu Qingniang and knows that she is willing.
He gave her three hundred taels of silver and two gold hairpins, and took the five taels of silver given by the Xu family for selling her body, and then returned Xu Qingniang's indenture.
Xu Qingniang went back with her family and lived a good life.
But the good times didn't last long, as his elder brother became addicted to gambling.
Not only did he lose money, he also owed a life.
The total amount must be eight hundred taels!
The Xu family members knelt down in front of Xu Qingniang one by one.
At that time, the rich man Liu was somewhat interested in Xu Qingniang and wanted to take her as his concubine.
Xu Qingniang chose to be Liu Caizhu's concubine between the two options of being someone else's concubine and going back to ask for help from the young lady. The eight hundred taels were considered as the concubine gift. 】
Shen Zhao: [Gua Gua, the path Xu Qingniang has chosen is also full of twists and turns.
Is it true that the Xu family wants to redeem Xu Qingniang? 】
Gua Gua affirmed: [Host, it is true.
The Xu family felt guilty towards Xu Qingniang, and because of the little money that Xu's eldest brother had earned from his business, they went to redeem Xu Qingniang.
But Brother Xu is not doing business at all.
He won some money from gambling!
One day, he met Xu Qingniang in a gambling house.
Li Zhenzhu's younger brother didn't learn good things and went out to gamble.
After Li Zhenzhu found out, she took Xu Qingniang to the gambling house to block people.
Li Zhenzhu did not get off the carriage, so it was Xu Qingniang who went to capture Young Master Xu.
There are actually two places where Xu Qingniang is particularly easy to recognize.
One is the half-moon flower on the forehead. It is small, but adds a touch of lightness.
The second is Xu Qingniang's appearance, she just grew up.
But she was a beauty when she was young, and she remained beautiful even when she grew up.
Brother Xu recognized Xu Qingniang based on these two points.
He was so excited that he ran forward to recognize his relatives.
The two siblings hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Later Xu Qingniang went back.
The Xu family also understood her hard work over the years and took great care of her.
Brother Xu still gambles as usual, but he gambles bigger and bigger.
Until finally he lost several hundred taels and his life.
Because Xu Qingniang accidentally revealed the dowry that Li Zhenzhu gave her. Even though it was only three hundred taels, this number still shocked the Xu family.
Brother Xu felt that he had a backer, and the girl's money was his money.
This led to this result! 】
Shen Zhao: [Haha, Xu Qingniang must be regretting it to death. Who cares that you guys are late to feel guilty and drag her into another road of no return.]
Gua Gua: [Host, this is not necessarily a road of no return.
After all, Xu Qingniang entered the Liu Mansion, and the rich man Liu was quite nice to her.
If she stayed in the Li Mansion, the best she could do was to have a servant.
The rich man's concubine and the servant's wife.
Even if Xu Qingniang were to choose, she might not necessarily choose one. 】
Shen Zhao: [Based on the current results, Li Zhenzhu supports Xu Qingniang in redeeming herself and becoming a free person.
Then, according to her status as a good citizen, she could find an ordinary person to marry as her principal wife and live an ordinary life, instead of being someone's concubine.
If girls can choose, who would be willing to be a concubine? 】
Gua Gua: [Host, I feel like I should continue.
You want to have a debate with Guagua.
The name means: Be a poor man’s wife or a rich man’s concubine?
Which one is better? 】
Shen Zhao burst into laughter.
[Guagua, you are also able to grasp the hot topics.
Don't say the two of us want to debate.
If this topic is released, it can also cause a wave of enthusiasm. 】
Guagua: [Indeed, there is a lack of such hotly discussed topics nowadays.
But maybe the government won't allow you to spread the discussion? 】
Shen Zhao waved his hand, [Let’s not talk about this, Guagua, let’s not go off topic! ]