The Male Lead’s Wife in the ’80s

The Male Lead’s Wife in the ‘80s Chapter 36 – Her Past

Before her marriage, Su Man-er promised that she would never talk about the bride price. But who would have thought that Su Man-er, this disobedient idiot, would back out?

Her eyes venomously flickered. She raised her palm and again wanted to hit Su Man-er. “Do you believe I’ll kill you?!”

“Aiya, Mom! Don’t beat me. Don’t beat me.” Out of the corner of her eye, Su Man-er saw two women approaching. Her eyes flashed. While she leaned away to evade the hit, she cried out in panic and fear.

As soon as the two women heard Su Man-er’s cry, they were first stunned, then they raised their eyes and looked at Su Man-er.

When they saw that it was their friend who had been hit, they hurried to Su Man-er.

“Sister Gu, what are you hitting for? This is your daughter.” A woman came to Su Man-er’s side. While she shielded Su Man-er, she looked at Gu Chunzhi.

Another woman stood in front of Gu Chunzhi and disapprovingly said, “What are you doing? Why are you hitting her in a bustling place?”

These two women were Gu Chunzhi’s neighbors. They lived to the left and right of the Su family respectively.

Before Su Man-er got married, the two neighbors were kind to Su Man-er. When they saw Su Man-er, they often gave Su Man-er food.

When Su Man-er got married, her neighbors were reluctant to part with her.

Originally, they wanted to pay Su Man-er a visit to the village. Unexpectedly, they met here today.

However, they ran into an unpleasant scene. Gu Chunzhi, why did you ferociously beat someone? Gu Chunzhi looked like she was going to kill Man-er.

“Aunt Guiyuan, my mother wants to kill me. She said she wants to kill me. I’m so scared. I’m really scared.” Su Man-er’s eyes turned red and timidly shrank into Yao Guiyuan’s arms.

Hearing Su Man-er, Yao Guiyuan frowned.

She hugged Su Man-er’s shoulder and gently patted her. As she comforted her, she inquired, “Why did your mother hit you?”

Gu Chunmei was afraid that Yao Guiyuan and the other woman would learn about the matter of the bride price. Thus, her eyes shifted, and she quickly said, “My elder sister was angered by Su Man-er. Su Man-er was out of control earlier. She actually…”

“Aunt Guiyuan, Aunt Dongmei.” Su Man-er looked at Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei who stood in front of Gu Chunzhi. The rims of her eyes became redder, and she weakly said, “My mother gave my entire bride price to my little aunty for her new house. I just told my mother that she shouldn’t do this and that it wasn’t proper. My mother flew into a rage out of humiliation and said she would kill me. Aunts, do you think what my mother did is right? That’s my entire bride price. My mother deliberately asked my husband’s family for over 1000 yuan to build a house for my little aunty’s family! My husband’s family already had difficulties, but my mother… “

“Su Man-er!” Gu Chunzhi’s eyelids twitched. She glared at Su Man-er fiercely. Due to anger and panic, her voice was a little sharp. “What nonsense are you talking about? Who asked the Chi family for a bride price over 1000 yuan? Obviously, the Chi family only gave a few hundred yuan! Stop embellishing and talking nonsense!”

“What do you mean a few hundred dollars? It was clearly 1288 yuan!” Su Man-er pouted and quickly refuted, “My husband’s family doesn’t have that much money and borrowed a lot from the villagers. All the villagers know about this. If you don’t believe it, do you want to go to our village to ask?”

Gu Chunzhi, “…”

She didn’t expect everyone in the Biyun village knew about the matter of the bride price. Did the Chi family let this matter get out? The Chi family were blabbermouths!

Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei both looked at Gu Chunzhi in shock.

Did Gu Chunzhi actually ask for so much money?

Such a high bride price was really expensive!

It’s so “fortunate” that Man-er’s in-laws actually brought out the money.

For an ordinary person, not only would they not bring out the money, but they would also say that Su Man-er’s family was committing daylight robbery, right?

Yao Guiyuan looked at Gu Chunzhi in shock and astonishedly said, “Sister Gu, did you actually ask for so much money? Did you give the entire bride price to your younger sister?”

She glanced at Gu Chunmei. She recognized Gu Chunmei. After all, Gu Chunmei often ran to the Su family. It’s hard for her to not know about her!

Gu Chunzhi gritted her teeth. She denied, “No, how could I ask for such a high bride price? I don’t know about the matter of the Chi family borrowing money from villagers. I also don’t know what they borrowed the money for. It’s absurd to frame me!”

“Yes, I don’t know what the Chi family borrowed so much money for. You wrongfully accused us. Why is the Chi family so out of line?!” Gu Chunmei quickly echoed, fearing that Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei would believe she took the money.

Su Man-er gritted her teeth. She looked at Gu Chunmei and suddenly uttered, “All the money went into your pocket. Now you groundlessly accuse my husband’s family of wronging you. Little Aunty, you can’t be so heartless as a person. If you are so heartless, Heaven will strike you with thunder!”

“You…” Gu Chunmei wanted to retort, but Su Man-er spoke again, “If the money didn’t go into your pocket, where did you get the money to build your house? Your house is so magnificent and beautiful. It cost a lot of money, right?”

“My-my family borrowed it. My husband borrowed it from his friends.” Gu Chunmei’s chest tightened, and she straightened her neck.

Su Man-er asked, “Really? Did my uncle have such rich friends? Can you tell me who they are? I’d like to take my father to verify it.”

When she heard that Su Man-er was going to take Su Mingzhe to verify it, Gu Chunmei paled.

But she forced herself to calm down, straightened her neck, and said, “Wh…what would I tell you for? You poke your nose into other people’s business too much!”

Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei were not stupid. Looking at Gu Chunmei’s reaction, it seemed that what Man-er said was most likely true.

Gu Chunzhi was terrible. How could she be so heartless? She asked Man-er’s in-laws for so much money and even gave it all to her younger sister! Isn’t this deliberately making Man-er bitterly disappointed?

Looking at the reactions of Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei, Gu Chunzhi thought that the situation was bad.

She opened her mouth and wanted to say something. But Yao Guiyuan patted Su Man-er’s shoulder again and said, “Man-er, don’t be afraid. With me and Aunt Dongmei present, your mother can’t kill you. Besides, if she beats someone in public, others won’t stand idly by!”

Now many people had gathered around. Due to Su Man-er’s shriek, they gathered.

Su Man-er wiped a teardrop from the corner of her eye. “En, I’m not afraid. With you here, I’m not afraid.”

Seeing Su Man-er pretend to be strong, Yao Guiyuan and Hao Dongmei were very distressed.

They also knew a bit about this child’s past.

In the past, because they knew about this child’s past and saw that this child was beautiful and cute, they loved her exceptionally.

Seeing that the child was well dressed and pretty, they thought Gu Chunzhi loved her very much.

But now it seemed that they didn’t know the truth about certain things. Maybe this child suffered a lot behind their backs. For fear of damaging Gu Chunzhi’s dignity, she didn’t dare to talk about it.

Gu Chunzhi only felt the veins on her forehead bulge.

She gritted her teeth and calmly said, “Guiyuan, Dongmei, Man-er…”

“We also watched this child grow up, so we can’t stand her getting bullied. Sister Gu, I thought you were a kind person, but now it seems that you are not like that,” Yao Guiyuan solemnly said, and she resentfully looked at Gu Chunzhi.

Translator’s Corner:

I’m going on hiatus because I have exams coming up. I should return around June. Have a nice day!