Chapter 484 - Chapter 484: Chapter 476: Eerie and Mysterious_1 (1/2)

Chapter 484: Chapter 476: Eerie and Mysterious_1

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If the person concerned is not willing to talk, outsiders also won’t pry excessively into someone’s background.

“Distant relatives by three thousand miles, direct relations for five hundred years. Brother Qing and I are cousins; when I introduced him to his would-be wife, it was with the best of intentions, and I believe he has never held a grudge against me. We still get along quite well when we meet, no different from before,”

Liu Shengli mentioned this matter as he glanced at his wife beside him.

Originally, it was he who had taken a shine to Liu Qing’s matchmaking prospect and, by some means, deceived her into his hands and married her. This matter, indeed, left him feeling somewhat guilty.

“Didn’t you inspect Madame Zhao’s character before matchmaking? I have heard many rumors about Madame Zhao in the village.”

Qin Niu shifted the topic to Madame Zhao.

As for Liu Qing, the honest man, he was not interested at all.

“Ah! This is something I can’t clear even if I jump into the Yellow River. Back then, she and I had privately decided to be together for life; when Brother Qing found out, he came to confront me, and there really was no other way. I could only agree to help Brother Qing find another wife.

It happened to be fate.

When I went to prepare the betrothal gifts, I met a woman escaping calamity on the road, disheveled and emitting a sour stench.

At that moment, the woman’s silhouette was quite alluring, so I thought even if she was ugly, her figure shouldn’t be bad. Brother Qing was eager to marry and also really didn’t have much wealth, so he couldn’t afford much.

This woman fleeing the calamity just needed a meal to agree.

And sure enough, after a brief conversation with her, she consented.

So, I found a place to settle Madame Zhao, while I went to tell Brother Qing about this.

Brother Qing was very happy when he heard.

In the end, with my matchmaking, they tied the knot. Brother Qing was over the moon when he saw how beautiful and alluring the bride’s figure was. He even sent me half a pig and a whole pig’s head to thank me for the match I made for him.

It just so happened that after marrying Madame Zhao, there was still no sign of pregnancy after several years. But that kind of thing is just down to Brother Qing’s own bad luck. If it’s destined that they will have offspring, then surely there will come a day when Madame Zhao will get pregnant,”

Initially, I hoped to find out about Madame Zhao’s background from Liu Shengli.

But it turned out that even Liu Shengli didn’t know much.

Now it is basically certain that Madame Zhao was picked up along the way.

At that time, she was a wandering woman.

“Right, right, right, Shengli is very correct, having children or not is all a matter of fate. If it is not destined in one’s fortune, even if the child is born, it will be hard to raise,” Qin Niu agreed while continuing to inquire. “Liu Qing has been married to Madame Zhao for several years now, hasn’t he visited her family’s home even once?”

“He hasn’t. I asked Brother Qing about this privately once when we were chopping wood on the mountain. He told me that Madame Zhao claims all her family is gone. It’s better this way; her family being gone means no way back for her, at least she can stay honestly with Brother Qing,”

Liu Shengli viewed the issue entirely from Liu Qing’s interests.

A woman, without even one family member left, has nowhere left to go if she’s wronged by her husband’s family.

If her family is powerful, her husband’s family generally wouldn’t dare to mistreat her.

Qin Niu thought it was about enough with the probing; asking more would arouse suspicion.

Now it can be basically determined that Madame Zhao’s background is unclear, and it seems there’s nothing problematic with Liu Shengli’s family.

“Everyone has their own fate, if Liu Qing could be half as clever and capable as you, he wouldn’t end up quarreling with his wife every day. I hope that after he comes to work for me, he can get along a bit better with Madame Zhao,”

Having said this, Qin Niu stood up to take his leave.

“Alright, it’s getting late; I should be going. I’ll take this jar of wine with me, and tomorrow I’ll send over three taels of silver as my thanks for your hospitality. After the New Year, remember to come over and help me with work,”

“No need for money, this wine is a gift for you! Really no need!”

Liu Shengli and his wife got up to see him off.

Their words were exceedingly polite.

A jar of wine worth three taels of silver, how could Liu Shengli possibly not want it?

It was just the empty courtesies between adults.

“Please, no need to see me out!”

Qin Niu left Liu Shengli’s home and headed straight for Liu Qing’s house.

By this time, it was starting to get dark, though not completely so.

He stood on the village path outside, looking towards Liu Qing’s home, where the door was closed. There were no lights inside the house, no sound to be heard.