The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure-Chapter 59 - Wipe Out He Family’s Lineage!
59: Chapter 59: Wipe Out He Family’s Lineage!
59 -59: Wipe Out He Family’s Lineage!
Now, this was something, as the Wang Family, with the exception of Wang Laozhu, went all out and even half the village came to watch the excitement.
But now that everyone was already there, and they were all staring, it wasn’t possible to send everyone back, was it?
They had no choice but to open the courtyard door and invite the people in.
The main room of the Li Family’s house was packed with people.
The whole village knew about the commotion Old Granny Zhang had caused at the Li Family’s house the day before.
Those families related to the He Family were worried that Wang Yongping would cause trouble for He Dawei and also wanted to notify the He Family, fearing that the matter wouldn’t end well.
Knowing that the He Family had gone to town to visit relatives, they rushed to the town overnight to inform the He Family.
The He Family also hadn’t slept all night.
He Dawei’s parents and his two older sisters, upon hearing the news from the visitors, were thunderstruck!
Especially Second Sister He, who was holding a wedding at home, nearly fell ill from the shock.
He Laoshuan of He Family Dam was also a well-known figure.
Within He Family Dam, five or six out of ten people bore the He surname.
They were a big clan, and almost every family was interrelated.
He Laoshuan, He Dawei’s father, was best known for the family’s ten generations of having only one son each time.
However, they did have manny daughters.
Especially their daughters, who were all quite beautiful and capable workers, with good temperaments to boot.
Most importantly, although the He Family had few males, the daughters were prolific once they married off, often having many sons.
This one fact made many families come asking for their hands in marriage, and the betrothal gifts they received were quite handsome too.
Through generations, the He Family had accumulated over a dozen acres of good farmland.
Also, because a daughter from a few generations ago had become a concubine to a minor Official and borne him a son, the little shop in town was a reward from that Official’s family.
Although that son didn’t make a success of himself and the daughter eventually died in the back house of the Official’s residence, the shop had been passed down to the He Family.
After ten generations, He Dawei was the only offspring left.
His parents doted on him excessively, as if he might fly away or melt in their mouths.
They worshiped their son like an ancestor, hardly ever going against his wishes.
Last year, because He Dawei had molested Miss Li from Qilidun, her fiancé broke He Dawei’s leg.
In any normal family, such a son would have been disciplined with a beating first.
Not the He Family, though.
They hated the Wang Family so fiercely that it made their teeth itch.
Even Miss Li was seen in their eyes as a lascivious temptress, leading men on.
Otherwise, how could their well-behaved son do such a thing?
It was all someone else’s fault!
At that time, He Dawei’s parents were so furious they almost wanted to fight to the death with the Wang Family, and they even pressured their daughters and sons-in-law to avenge their son.
The two daughters of the He Family, being beautiful and particularly capable, had a good standing in their marital families, mainly because they could bear sons.
Hearing that their only brother had his leg broken, they cried day and night, insisting that their husbands seek revenge for their brother.
Fortunately, both brothers-in-law were sensible men, knowing that their unlucky brother-in-law had not behaved properly.
Getting caught flirting with someone else’s fiancée and having his legs broken was getting off easy.
They only agreed verbally, but actually washed their hands off the matter behind his back.
It’s embarrassing to even speak of it!
In private, they were also relieved that the broken legs would confine him at home for a hundred days, keeping him from getting into trouble.
Little did they expect that just as he had started to behave, he would shock everyone when he did make a move.
It blew up into a huge scandal!
When they heard that he had impregnated a girl and that her future in-laws had discovered it and knocked on their door, the whole family was stunned.
And when they heard that the girl with the swollen belly was the same one he had harassed last year, everyone was dumbfounded!
Only He Dawei’s mother was still cursing.
“It’s all that little slut from the Li Family who seduced my son!
What’s it got to do with my son?
Go and make a scene at the Li’s; it’s that whore who doesn’t know how to behave, flirting around.
My Dawei is still a child, what does he know?
It’s all that little prostitute who seduced him—”
The two brothers-in-law almost flipped a table!
Without your son, could a girl get pregnant by herself?
Could he still be considered a child after getting a girl pregnant?
He Laoshuan and the two daughters of the He Family hadn’t recovered from the bolt from the blue when He Dawei himself started to protest.
“Mom, what are you talking about?
Jinzhi and I are truly in love!
I like her, I want to marry her.
What does Wang Family’s Fourth Child know about her?
He’s just a bumpkin.
It’s good that they broke off the engagement, now I can marry Jinzhi!”
Eldest Sister He was the first to snap out of it.
“Dawei, that won’t do!
That girl from the Li Family was already betrothed, yet she ended up pregnant with your child before even marrying you.
She can’t be a good girl.
Which decent girl would do such a thing?
Besides, we’re not even sure if the child is yours.
She could have been with someone else too.
We can’t accept this baby shrouded in mystery!”
He Dawei grew frantic: “Eldest Sister, what nonsense are you talking about?
The child in Jinzhi’s belly is mine!
What’s uncertain?
You’re the one who’s unclear!”
His outburst left Eldest Sister He reeling in anger.
Second Sister He was also furious, “Dawei, we can’t accept this girl into our family!
I just found a great match for you in town.
A family with a shop, land, two younger brothers, and well-off.
The dowry she will bring won’t be small either.
She grew up in a shop and is familiar with everything.
Once she marries into our family, our shop can start right away without you worrying about a thing!
You refuse such a good wife-to-be for a country girl?
What use could she be?
Moreover, what does it matter if she’s pregnant?
Once you marry, you’ll have plenty of children.
Dawei, listen to your sister’s advice.
That Li Family girl, we cannot take her!”
“I don’t care!
I like Jinzhi!
Jinzhi is so beautiful, there’s no girl in ten miles who is prettier than she is.
She’s smart and capable.
I want her!
Is the girl you’re talking about as pretty as Jinzhi?” He Dawei had never failed to get what he wanted since he was a child, and no one had ever opposed him.
His temper flared up at once.
Second Sister He was taken aback, “Marrying a virtuous wife is what matters.
Why does she need to be so pretty?
If she’s too pretty, you can’t even keep her—”
“Father, Mother, I don’t care, I want Jinzhi to be my wife!
Otherwise, I won’t marry anyone!
Let’s see what you do then!” He Dawei played his trump card.
The He Family folks were dumbstruck.
What were they supposed to do?
He Laoshuan took a puff from his tobacco pouch and calmed down.
“Dawei, do you really have to have that girl from the Li Family?
You know, with our family’s conditions, you could marry a better girl!”
“I just want Jinzhi!
Jinzhi is already carrying my child, and who knows, it might be a boy.
Then won’t the He Family line continue?
Anyway, if you don’t let me marry Jinzhi, I won’t marry anyone, and the He Family can die out for all I care!”
