Chapter 2131: Chapter 2131: Involving the Song Family

Aunt Hong found it difficult to speak, after all, it was a family scandal. The way her children were made her lose face.

Initially, she didn’t want to talk about it, but since this matter also involved the Song Family, she gritted her teeth and decided to explain more clearly.

“Back then, when you came to bid farewell with Gouwa, you gave me thirty taels of silver. After you left, Boss’s wife came to ask if you had given me something. Of course, I denied it, otherwise they would have coveted this money.”

Aunt Hong even cursed them, saying that since they took in a child without any connection to them, how could they possibly expect any benefits? It wasn’t as if they had nothing better to do.

However, despite this, Old Man Hong and Ms. Yu still harbored suspicions. After a few unsuccessful attempts at probing, they took advantage of Aunt Hong’s absence to search her room.

Unexpectedly, they did find three taels of silver, but of course, those three taels were not given by Shu Yu. They were what Aunt Hong had saved up before Old Man Hong passed away.

Over the years, that was all the money she had, otherwise, she wouldn’t have sent Gouwa away.

Aunt Hong claimed the money was hers, and First Yu and Ms. Yu believed her.

But even with just three taels of silver, they weren’t willing to let it go, trying to coax it out of the old lady by saying it was for birthday gifts for their kids or claiming they needed to see a doctor or required nutritional supplements.

The excuses were endless, and Aunt Hong realized they wouldn’t stop until they’d swindled all the silver out of her hands. At the time, her thoughts were quite simple, thinking she still had thirty taels of silver to fall back on, so to avoid trouble, she gave up the three taels little by little.

The couple kept calculating in their minds, only stopping when they’d almost finished taking everything, finally satisfied.

Aunt Hong finally had some peace, but life… started to change.

First Yu and his wife felt they could no longer gain any benefits from her, so their attitude towards her naturally changed. It was no longer just indirect insults; sometimes even the food was divided into two classes.

Occasionally, if she came back late, there wouldn’t even be any cold leftovers.

Of course, Aunt Hong didn’t just take this lying down. She scolded her son for being unfilial and her daughter-in-law for being a troublemaker. But even if she wasn’t a pushover, life was still filled with tension, with no peace of mind.

Aunt Hong was utterly disheartened, grateful she had hidden the thirty taels of silver notes elsewhere, and thankful she had sent Gouwa to his uncle’s place.

After this incident, Aunt Hong had no more expectations from her son and daughter-in-law, and she definitely wouldn’t hand over her silver.

Until the end of the year before last…

“At the end of the year before last, the capital was in chaos for a while, and many rebels gathered outside the city, hiding in the mountains.”

Shu Yu knew about this. It happened at the end of the year before last when Chenggu County’s chaos diverted attention, followed by actions in the capital. From Aunt Hong’s words, it sounded as if this matter also involved them?

Aunt Hong said, “There were many people hiding in the mountains, and the Hong Family’s cemetery happened to be there. After the rebellion ended, the cemetery was destroyed. You know, when Gouwa’s father passed away, the enemies of the Song Family were still lurking somewhere, so we didn’t dare bury him in the Song Family’s cemetery. My husband decided to bury him near the Hong Family’s cemetery. So when the Hong Family’s cemetery was destroyed, his grave suffered too.”

Little Song Le became nervous upon hearing this, “Was my father’s grave damaged?”

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