Chapter 267: Fighting for a way out for her daughter
Cao was silent.
Tong Huaqiong asked instead: "You came to me not just to ask me to borrow medicine, right?"
Ms. Cao sighed in her heart, Aunt Tong was indeed the first person in Qinghewan to go to town. People who do business look at things so keenly.
But she was embarrassed to say it.
She became timid after entering Tong Huaqiong's house.
Cao changed the subject and asked: "Aunt Tong, you have seen a lot, do you think wealth will change?"
Tong Huaqiong said directly: "He is definitely not the one who beat Chunni and you. It’s happened once or twice, and there are only zero and countless domestic violence cases. It’s impossible for you to expect him to change.”
Ms. Cao lowered his head and cried.
Every time Tian Fugui beats her, she insists on living as usual. Now it seems that she is a joke in the village.
Seeing Mrs. Cao, Tong Huaqiong still refused to say anything. Without giving up, she changed her question and asked, "You could bear it before, why can't you bear it now?"
Mrs. Cao gritted her teeth and said, "Aunt Tong, I I won’t hide it from you either , if he only beat Chunni and me, I could bear it. But now, he and my mother-in-law started going crazy these days and wanted to send Chunni to be a child bride.”
< br>“ Last night, my mother-in-law said that Chunni was stealing meat from the family and that the family could no longer afford to feed her. She was optimistic about her and would send Chunni away in the next few days. She said that Chunni had grown up and was ambitious and would not obey discipline. How can I exchange the bride price for being beaten into a well in the future? Why not let Chuni become a child bride now and earn a sum of money for Chunwang to marry."
Tong Huaqiong's head was like a firecracker. It kept ringing like it was exploding.
She persuaded Mrs. Luo not to beat Chunni, lest she get damaged and unable to exchange for the bride price. She never expected that it would have the opposite effect.
Mrs. Luo wants Chuni to be a child bride now.
Tong Huaqiong didn’t know what to complain about with such a brain circuit.
Tong Dajiao, who was comparable to his previous life, asked Maner to marry into the Zheng family.
But what comforts Tong Huaqiong a little is that it was Mrs. Luo's approach that made Cao dare to bring Chunni to her for help.
As long as Mrs. Cao is willing to disobey the man and her mother-in-law for the sake of her daughter, the matter will turn around.
"What kind of family is that?" Tong Huaqiong was curious about what kind of family Mrs. Luo could find for Chuni.
Mrs. Cao said with tears in her eyes: "It's from a family in Heilong Town. At first, my mother-in-law said they were a wealthy family. The boy in the other family's family is nine years old, two years older than Chuni. Chuni has enjoyed a lot of happiness there. . Later Chunwang spilled the beans and said that the boy was born stupid and could not speak well at the age of nine. "
What a sin!
Pozi Luo is so cruel.
But Chunni is not going to be a child bride now. She will become a consumable to Chunwang sooner or later if she stays in the Tian family.
In the future, Mrs. Luo and Tian Fugui might help her marry a rich widower or a defective son from a well-to-do family. If these two people had the means to get Chunni to be a concubine to a wealthy family, they would not hesitate.
"Fugui promised to the family in Heilongtan Town, right?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
"I agreed and said that I would give thirty taels of silver. I can't just watch Chunni jump into the fire pit. Chunwang is my son and I love him so much. It's true that Chunni will get married when she is old enough." I agree with giving the bride price to Chunwang, but now Chunni is asked to go there at such a young age I am totally unwilling to be a child bride in exchange for money."
"I argued with my mother-in-law about this matter yesterday, and I was beaten twice by Fugui."
"I am. I came to see you, Aunt Tong, because I had no other choice.”
Mr. Cao cried and said one by one.
Tong Huaqiong asked: "Then how do you want me to help you?"
It would be possible to use the power of Magistrate Liu to suppress Tian Fugui and prevent Chuni from being a child bride, but Chun Ni still wants to live in the Tian family.
Once unable to leave the Tian family, Chuni will be sold by Mrs. Luo and Tian Fugui sooner or later.
This matter depends on whether Cao is determined.
Ms. Cao said: "Aunt Tong, I wonder if you can hire me and Chunni to work in your land? They think Chunni is a loser. If Chuni and I can make money, Fugui and my mother-in-law For the sake of money, she probably wouldn't let Chuni become a child bride." Tong Huaqiong: "."
Originally, she thought Cao would bring up the idea of divorce, but she didn't expect Cao to have any idea at all. The thought of leaving Tian Fugui.
She can't say that Cao's idea is wrong.
After all, divorce has become free in later generations, but some women still cannot achieve a decisive divorce, especially women in the countryside.
Not to mention the women of this era.
If Ms. Cao divorces, her natal family will probably not tolerate her. She has no house or land in the village. Where can she go?
Tong Huaqiong felt a little desperate when she brought Cao's family home.
Seeing that Tong Huaqiong was silent, Chunni wiped her tears and said, "Grandma Tong, I am very capable. I can farm and weed pigs."
She does these tasks at home anyway. Gotta do it.
Ms. Cao said: "I saw that you have hired many villagers to farm in the Xishan area of your home, and the corn will be harvested soon. Can you hire me and Chunni, or feed the pigs in the pigsty? ”
Ms. Cao inquired and found out that Liu Qiaoyun and Gu Xiaocao from the village were working in shops in the town.
Even a girl as young as Liu Xiuxiu is in the shop, and she is doing quite well.
Ms. Cao didn't even dare to mention going to the shop. If Tong Huaqiong was willing to let her work in the fields or wait on the pigs, she would be satisfied.
She is very capable, and the average male labor force in the village may not be as capable as her.
If Tong Huaqiong agreed, she would be willing to pay half the money of other hired workers.
Tong Huaqiong was a little hesitant.
Her fifty acres of land do need people. The upcoming autumn harvest that is right in front of her requires people to break the corn and plow the ground. In the future, the expansion of the pig pen will also require manpower, and she has more business ideas that also require manpower.
It doesn’t matter if there is one more Cao and Chunni in the field.
But what Tong Huaqiong cares about is whether Tian Fugui and Mrs. Luo will come to cause trouble.
And when she thought that the money earned by Cao and Chunni would be given to Tian Fugui and Mrs. Luo to support Chunwang, she felt uncomfortable all over.
Why should the money earned by these two women be handed over?
However, since Mrs. Cao has come to the door, it means that she is still willing to fight for a way out for her daughter. She is a pure ancient woman. You let her live with you and let her strive for self-improvement. You let her leave her husband's family for a short period of time. It's simply impossible.
“It’s not impossible for you to work at my house.” Tong Huaqiong said.
Hearing what Tong Huaqiong said, Cao's sad face showed a hint of gratitude.
"What if Tian Fugui and your mother-in-law disagree? What if they call you away halfway through working at my house?" Tong Huaqiong talked about the current practical problems.
"As long as you are the wives and daughters of the Tian family, you will always be controlled by Tian Fugui and Mrs. Luo."
Ms. Cao was silent after hearing this.
She only wanted to ask Tong Huaqiong for job opportunities, but she had not thought about the problems Tong Huaqiong mentioned.
"What should we do?" Ms. Cao muttered to herself.
“Do you want to leave the Tian family?” Tong Huaqiong asked without giving up even though she knew Cao’s answer.
"Then how can I leave? I married into the Tian family. Unless Fugui divorces me, I can't leave the field. If Tian Fugui really divorces me, I won't live anymore. That would be so embarrassing. My Chunni, I The marriage of my natal sister and my niece will be affected." Ms. Cao vetoed it without even thinking about it.
As Tong Huaqiong expected, leaving the Tian family was not an option for her at all.