The old lady is reborn

After listening to his mother's instructions, Huai'an chatted with Manager He for a while, and then called the two flying eagles that followed him.

Shopkeeper He took his people away.

Song Ying asked Huai'an: "How long will it take to find out the truth about this matter?"

Huai'an: "Manager He and I have agreed on a one-month deadline."

A month later, Song Ying seemed to be more anxious than Manager He and asked Huai'an, "How is the matter you entrusted to me?"

Huai'an: "It's almost there."

Song Ying: "Almost done means it will take a few more days?"

Huai'an: "If mother is anxious, I can hand in the work today. But this matter also needs a place to talk."

Song Ying thought of the idle house in his hands. There was a house bought by Ning Chen's family with the money Ning Chen stole. Later, this house was ordered to be returned to the Rong family.

So he sent someone to inform Manager He. He and Huai'an also went there with people. Since he took over, he planned to sell it, so there were people cleaning and looking after the house.

Not long after Manager He came with his two concubines, the two Flying Eagles also came back and stood behind Huaian.

Shopkeeper He couldn't hide his anxiety: "Can at least one of the two children be mine?"

Huai'an asked, "Is your stepson married?"

Shopkeeper He nodded: "I have already arranged a marriage for him and found a wife."

Huai'an asked again: "Does your stepson have any children?"

"Yes, I have two daughters."

Huai'an nodded: "I see. Your two concubines, one is called Ruyi and the other is called Ruxin, right?"

"Yes, I named them after I bought them."

Huai'an: "Let's listen to what they say first."

Shopkeeper He said, "Okay. Ruyi, Ruxin, you two know what this is about today. If you two have anything to say, just say it now."

Ruyi stepped forward and bowed, then said: "I am Ruyi. My child is the first child of the head of the family, the eldest son. No matter how many children come later, he will also be the eldest son."

Ruxin sneered, "Your child? I don't know where your child is hiding now, and he dares not see the light of day!

Maybe she gave birth to another daughter. "

"What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"Every word I said is true. You and the stepson of the head of the family, He Bingliang, have known each other for a long time.

He Bingliang knew that the head of the family wanted a biological child, so he gave money to the housekeeper who bought the maids and got you in."

Ruyi listened and said calmly: "Listen to what you said yourself. Does it sound true? If we really had an end in mind and worked together to deceive the boss, then these things should be done in secret. How could we let you know?"

Ru was anxious: "How should I know? Because this He Bingliang is still trying to hook up with me.

I slapped him so hard that he no longer dared to attack me."

Ruyi laughed when she heard this: "I was slapped by you? You? Who do you think you are?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Manager He said angrily: "Shut up!"

After hearing this, Huai'an spread out a thick stack of documents-like papers on the table and said to Shopkeeper He, "Ruyi did know He Bingliang before."

Then he asked Ruxin, "You just said that Ruyi's child is hidden somewhere, what do you mean?"

Ruxin: "God couldn't bear it, the child born by Ruyi was originally He Bingliang's.

If it was a boy, there would be no need to change the baby. Maybe she gave He Bingliang another daughter."

Huai'an asked her: "Then according to you, where did this exchanged child, now Shopkeeper He's first child, come from?"

When Ruxin heard this question, she immediately lost her momentum: "I don't know about this."

Huai'an flipped through the pages of paper filled with words and said, "Let me talk about Ruyi first. If there's anything wrong, wait until I finish talking before you speak up."

Ruyi was originally a maid in the home of He Bingliang's biological father, who was the brother of the shopkeeper He.

After He Bingliang was adopted, whenever he visited his father during festivals or went back, he had to call his father uncle.

There was indeed some unclearness between him and Ruyi, the little girl from his uncle's family, more than two years ago.

Later, after learning that Shopkeeper He wanted to have a biological child and had already arranged to buy a maid as a concubine in order to have an heir, He Bingliang, who had been an only son for many years, returned to his original home and complained that his biological father had sent him away.

After being someone's son for so many years, if his father had a biological son, then all the family wealth would have nothing to do with me, and I would become an embarrassing existence.

He Bingliang's biological father and his brother He Zhanggui all started out in a shop decades ago.

After so many years, Manager He has expanded his business, but his brothers are still barely able to maintain that one shop.

After hearing what his son said, he made plans for his own son and sent Ruyi, who had an unclear relationship with He Bingliang, to Manager He.

Manager He has devoted all his energy and attention to business for so many years that he has never paid attention to the little girl who has come to his brother's family in the past two or three years.

When they learned that Manager He was planning to take in two concubines for the sake of safety, Ruxin had already entered the house, and "uncle" and He Bingliang had no time to do anything.

So the "uncle" asked He Bingliang to contact Ruxin privately. Unexpectedly, He Bingliang's wife was dissatisfied with Ruyi's unclear relationship with her husband, and Ruyi was now acting like her father-in-law's "second wife" and giving orders to her daughter-in-law.

In fact, she was just a concubine who was born as a slave and was younger than herself. She dared to act like a stepmother-in-law to herself, the legal wife. He Bingliang's wife had Ruyi caught when no one was at home and slapped her in the face.

Not only did Ruyi refuse to give in, she also yelled and cursed. He Bingliang's wife then ordered someone to beat her. After just a few hits, He Bingliang came back, stopped his wife, and scolded her for her misbehavior. Ruyi was now considered her father's person.

Seeing He Bingliang protecting Ruyi, his wife sneered and retorted: "You still know that she is your father's woman?"

After hearing this, He Bingliang first comforted Ruyi, and then went back to coax his wife: "We need her right now, how can we let her become cold to us? If father really has his own child, what good will it be for you and me?"

Ruxin saw this big drama when she first entered the He family. Although she might not know the whole picture of many things, she could probably guess a little by listening to their words and observing the situations between the people.

Later, when He Bingliang wanted to contact Ruxin again, Ruxin backed off.

Hearing this, Ruyi suddenly said, "It's impossible that he just wants to use me. We have been together for several years, and he has always been very good to me."

Ruxin couldn't help but say, "If he really values ​​you, why wouldn't he have no matchmaker or marriage proposal for several years without any explanation? Taking a concubine is a good way out.

If he really values ​​you, would he send you to someone else to be a concubine and give birth to a child?

He used to treat you as a joke, but later he just wanted to use you to protect his huge fortune.

You are not smart enough to protect someone who treats you like this, but you come to scold me every day to stir up trouble."

Huai'an took the opportunity to ask Ruyi: "Where is the child you gave birth to?"

Ruyi was a little confused: "It was said that she was a daughter, so she was taken out quickly and asked someone he arranged to send a boy in."

Huai'an then asked Ruxin: "Do you know where this boy came from?"

Ruxin's eyes were evasive: "How should I know? Shouldn't I ask He Bingliang?"

Shopkeeper He, who listened to this patiently, said: "So, Ruyi's child was adopted by He Bingliang from outside.

It's not my child at all. Not even the daughter who was taken away. Right?"

Ruyi was absent-minded: "Yes..."

Shopkeeper He took a deep breath before asking, "What about Ruxin's child?"

Ruxin said firmly: "Of course it's your child. I can't do something like what they did."

Huai'an nodded: "From the current point of view, Ruxin's son is indeed Shopkeeper He's.

But Ruxin did something else. "

Ruxin was nervous after hearing this: How come this person seemed to know everything? But she didn't want to lose the momentum of today's victory: "How do you know? You are not talking nonsense!"

Huai'an's eyes swept across the papers full of words calmly. During this month, the two flying eagles were secretly brought back to the mansion by Manager He. Like secret guards, they kept an eye on Ruyi and Ruxin every day.

They thought they were avoiding other people and meeting with different people like He Bingliang, but in fact, everything they said and did was basically heard by the two Flying Eagles.

At night, after everyone had gone to bed, Feiying recorded what he saw and heard that day and reported it to Huai'an on the same day.

Now Huai'an only said: "Of course, I was asked by Shopkeeper He to check the background of you two."

Then he asked Ruxin, "Do you want to say it yourself?"

As if unwilling to believe that Huai'an really knew everything, Ruxin asked back: "What can I say? I have already told you everything that happened."

Huai'an heard this and said, "You wanted to cheat, and you did it, but the situation changed later.

"The child who is now being raised in the mansion as Ruyi's son, do you really not know where he came from?"

Ru Xin is silent.

Huai'an: "Ruyi's child is your brother's child.

Your original intention was to take advantage of the situation after knowing all this. Since they wanted to find a child to take the blame, it just so happened that your brother's child was only five days old.

So when He Bingliang asked the midwife to find a boy, you specifically sent someone a message that if you gave birth to a daughter and there was no chance for you to compete, then your brother's child could inherit the family business.

Now that you have given birth to a son, you can expose this matter and return the child to your brother's family."

Recently, Ruxin's sister-in-law has been coming to her frequently to ask for children, and Ruxin can hardly bear it anymore.

Shopkeeper He was overjoyed. He had been very happy since he heard Huai'an say, "Ruxin's child is Shopkeeper He's."

Nothing else seems to matter anymore.

After this, Shopkeeper He acted very quickly.

Everything she provided for her stepson was much better than what he could have in his biological father's home, and she also found a wife for him.

When I wanted to have a biological child, I also talked to him about it. Since he had no interest in business and only wanted to sell all his life's property to make a living, Manager He would give him a portion of the dividends from the shop under his name, so that he could have food and clothing for the rest of his life.

But the stepson still tried his best to stop thinking about it. Shopkeeper He said, "People are not satisfied with what they have, they only think about what they have lost. This is normal.

I can understand what you are thinking, but since we don’t think alike, I can’t keep you here.

You four should move out. You can take everything in your yard with you. I almost raised you, but you stabbed me in the back. Our relationship as father and son is over."

After Manager He kicked He Bingliang out of the house, he asked the clan leaders and elders to open a clan temple, removed He Bingliang's status as a stepson from his own branch, and recorded his younger son, who was less than one year old, in the family tree.

He also asked the clan leader and elders to testify that he had severed all ties with his brother. He had been supporting his brother's family for all these years, but he had not received any gratitude from them. The family only wanted to seize his lifelong property.

The clan leader originally wanted to persuade him, but Manager He said that he was the one who paid for the clan school, the year-end ancestor worship, and he was the one who provided for the widows, widowers, and orphans in the clan. If he tried to persuade him, he would no longer care about these things.

Therefore, all parties involved had to sign the letter of marriage, and it was witnessed by both parties, the clan leader, and others.

Shopkeeper He returned home and sold Ruyi: "I am a businessman, but I also value keeping my promises.

If you don't want to, I will give you the indenture and the money. If you are willing, I will not treat you unfairly whether you have children or not.

But if you join others in bullying and harming me like this, then just go back to where you came from."

Manager He returned the indenture to Ruxin and gave her a large sum of money: “Your family sold you out, and you teamed up with your brother to use his child to pass him off as mine.

Your parents sold you, but your brother never thought of redeeming you. You are very close to your brother, and I don't know to whom your parents gave the money they sold you.

The person I entrusted actually gave you some face and didn't tell you in public. After the baby swap, if you gave birth to a son, you would expose the affair between Ruyi and He Bingliang; if you gave birth to a daughter, you and your brother would plan the next step to get rid of Ruyi.

You have a daughter, and I will keep you. After getting rid of Ruyi, the nominal mother, you want to take your nephew and daughter to get most of my property, right?"

Ru Xin is silent.

"You are the mother of my son, and for that, you should be free, have money and live a good life.

Everyone has things they cannot see. It is darkest under the lamp. I have been deceived by a woman for most of my life and I still don’t have a child.

You said that Ruyi was crazy for believing He Bingliang.

But you and your brother can do such a thing, which may be more shocking than those who have been confused in the past. This kind of thought and boldness... At your age, it is jaw-dropping.

Don’t think about planning anything as a biological mother in the future…”

After saying this, Shopkeeper He gave Ruxin another silver note and asked her to pack her clothes and hairpins before leaving.

Ever since the story of He's son being born in old age was recorded in the family tree, the story has gradually spread. Many people have speculated about who the mother of this youngest son is.

Soon, Shopkeeper He calmed down the discussion. The child's mother was the only daughter of a poor scholar in Beijing. After her parents died, she had no one to rely on, so she married him quietly.

After giving birth, my wife suddenly developed a high fever and could not be saved.

Many people saw Manager He taking his youngest son to the cemetery to pay homage.