Farming Happiness: Husband, Come and Plough the Fields

Li Haitang listened to the general idea and even guessed, and he was able to understand a little bit.

She didn't know how to comfort her good sisters. She had been the proud daughter of the Zhang family for nearly twenty years, but now she had the reputation of having multiple adulterous children. No one could bear it.

In particular, Zhang Ruyi had just suffered a blow from Lu Yuanqing, who had been entrusted with inhumane treatment, and had a miscarriage, and her body had not yet fully recovered, which made matters worse.

"Is there any misunderstanding?"

An adulterous child? Li Haitang couldn't believe that she had heard something about the Xia family through Zhang Ruyi's mouth. The Xia family is a well-known family in Kyoto, and is on par with the Zhang family.

When Xia married Zhang Zheng, Zhang Zheng was still a minor scholar, not outstanding at all among high-ranking young men. It was Xia who insisted and confirmed the marriage.

Zhang Ruyi's mother clearly had a better choice, but she ended up marrying Zhang Zheng. It can be seen that there was emotional connection between them.

How could a high-born lady have a concubine behind her husband's back? Not everyone is like Magistrate Xia's first wife, having a male maid by her side.

So, having a son through adultery is a bit of a saying.

"It's not a misunderstanding."

Zhang Ruyi shook her head, her mouth full of bitterness. If possible, she wanted to refute it more than anyone else, but the fact slapped her hard.

"what is going on?"

Li Haitang was even more confused now. She heard that there was still some room for change in this matter.

"Begonia is not an outsider."

Ruan Pingzhi sighed. They were married. Husband and wife were one body, both prosperous and devastated.

I wanted to postpone this matter until after the new year, but Zhang Zheng came to the door. It seemed that someone from the Zhang family had gotten the news.

Zhang Ruyi felt sad. No matter what, her mother had a disgraceful past, but she didn't want it to be revealed to the world after her death, causing a scandal and being talked about.

"The Zhang family wants to let Ruyi shed blood to recognize her relatives on the day of opening the ancestral hall."

With the entire Zhang family present that day, it was impossible for them to do anything, so they had to admit the specific results no matter what.

Once you bear the title of adulterer, not to mention everyone shouting and beating, it will also make people look down on you, then it will be more lively in Kyoto than the Yang Xu case. The common people are particularly keen on the grievances and hatreds between high-ranking families, and they just like to listen to gossip. .

"Here, can you think of a way to prove that Ruyi is the child of the Zhang family?"

Ruan Pingzhi had no choice. For the sake of the dead Xia family, they must try to avoid it, but what was depressing was that there was no chance to do anything that day.

He had vaguely heard that at the Lijia Village ancestral hall, people had to shed blood to identify relatives, and he still remembered that his cousin said that blood was used to identify relatives, which was unreliable.

At this time, they were in a passive position and had no other choice.

"This is difficult."

Li Haitang shook his head. It is unscientific to identify relatives by dripping blood, which involves hemolysis and coagulation. In Daqi, people believe that when two drops of blood fuse, they are relatives. On the contrary, they are not flesh and blood.

This method is ignorant and has no scientific basis. In fact, the accuracy is only about one-half.

But how could she talk about science with these Daqi natives? He will definitely be regarded as a monster and thrown into the Jingzhaoyi Yamen.

"Begonia, the old lady beside my mother said..."

Zhang Ruyi choked up, remembering her mother as gentle and always with a light smile. But Zhang Ruyi knew that her mother was unhappy.

Her mother's smile was very light, with a hint of sadness. She clearly wanted to see her father, but she always avoided him.

At that time, she was still young and didn't understand at all. She heard people in the family gossiping that her mother, Xia, was a lady after all, so unlike the sisters in Hualou, she loved to take care of things.

Zhang Ruyi finally understood now that her mother was unwilling to be close to her father. She clearly felt that her body was dirty, guilty, tormented, and entangled, which made her body weaker and weaker, deprived of energy and blood, and finally died of depression.

And that father, Zhang Zheng, didn't know why at all.

"After my mother married my father, she was not pregnant for a year. Because of the Xia family, the Zhang family was polite on the surface but sarcastic behind the scenes."

Zhang Ruyi knew this, and after she was born, the Zhang family ancestors also disliked her.

Xia was unable to bear children for Zhang Zheng, and Zhang Zheng looked down upon women and did not find a concubine. Xia was filled with gratitude.

She heard that there was a children's hall in the temple on the mountain, and the prayer for a child was efficacious, so she took the maid and the old woman up the mountain to pray for a child. On the way back, there was a heavy rain and the carriage overturned.

The group of people hid at the entrance of the cave to take shelter from the rain. At this juncture, the coachman and the maid went out to find firewood, and Xia was accompanied by the old nanny to take shelter from the rain.

Suddenly, two scoundrels rushed in, one of them looked out, and the other raped Xia.

The two men felt guilty as thieves. When they heard someone's footsteps, they picked up their pants and ran away. Before running, they took Xia's bellyband, the hairpin on her head and other items.

Because her body was not clean, Xia immediately wanted to commit suicide, but the old woman begged her hard.

It was just this one time, neither the driver nor the maid knew it, so they just treated it as a bite from a dog. Moreover, the scoundrel was a random target and didn't know anyone, so nothing would happen to him.

In order to cover up, the two of them pretended that Xia had fallen, her clothes were disheveled, and she had a few scratches on her body. Just like that, the coachman and the maid did not think much about it, and just escaped.

More than a month later, Xia's little girl's day had not yet arrived, so she became anxious and asked a doctor to take her pulse, and she found out she was pregnant.

This time, Zhang Zheng was even more considerate towards her. Xia held her stomach and felt even more miserable. She was very afraid of giving birth to a bastard, especially after being raped.

She couldn't die, so she could only hold on. Xia didn't know how she felt.

She was terrified all day long, for fear of giving birth to that scoundrel child. Xia planned to drink the medicine and take it away, but later she couldn't bear it. No matter what, it was still a small life.

Being a child is fate, and being raped only once, the hope for husband Zhang Zheng's children is greater.

But after Zhang Ruyi was born, all illusions were shattered.

Zhang Zheng had no idea what had happened. He thought that Xia had lost face in front of the Zhang family because she had not given birth to a son, so he was unhappy.

Later, Zhang Ruyi was not very clear about what happened.

However, the rogue met his mother by chance when he was out. When he learned of Xia's identity, he came to recognize her and shamelessly went to the Xia family.

The Xia family sent people to hunt down the rogue, but he was not killed, and then he disappeared.

This matter is a thorn in the Xia family's heart and must be removed sooner or later.

No, after so many years, a person who was about to disappear suddenly appeared. I wonder if there was someone behind him. That person found Xia Zhifu. Unintentionally, Xia Jixiang heard the secret, so he used the door-to-door gift delivery as an excuse to stimulate Zhang Ruyi. Originally, Xia Jixiang wanted to stir things up so that the two could not get married, but she came a step too late, and the two of them had already worshiped heaven and earth.