Chapter 235: Dai Zhenhua
"Bang—" The sound of the soy sauce bottle shattering, soy sauce splattered out, some people nearby were hit, their gazes instantly turned to Li Hongying.
The figure that had been asleep in her memory also stopped and turned to the source of the noise, a flicker of surprise flashed in her eyes as she met Li Hongying’s gaze, and then she slightly frowned.
Li Hongying was shaken by the arm by someone who got splashed with soy sauce, feeling a bit agitated, they couldn’t help but use some force. Due to a moment of pain, Li Hongying snapped back to her senses and found that the figure was still there, she hurriedly walked over in a fluster to grab the person.
By now, Li Hongying’s pant leg had already been soaked with soy sauce, emitting a scent of soy sauce all over her, the person whose hand she grabbed struggled to break free but failed, their face turned somewhat unpleasant.
"What are you doing?"
"Big sister—" Li Hongying’s voice choked up.
"Is this woman crazy, grabbing a young girl and calling her big sister at her age."
"I don’t think so, she’s been coming to the market recently to buy vegetables, seems quite kind."
"Could they be acquaintances?"
"Even if they know each other, it can’t be her big sister."
There was a buzz of discussion among the surrounding people.
"Madam, did you mistake someone?" Dai Zhenhua had been staring at Li Hongying’s face, she couldn’t deny it, deep down she had a suspicion that this person mistook her for her mother.
The face of the person in front was somewhat similar to her mother’s, the resemblance was most pronounced in the brows and eyes. Thinking of what her father had told them earlier, made Dai Zhenhua have no fondness whatsoever for her mother’s maternal family.
Li Hongying looked at the young girl’s face in front of her, knowing full well it couldn’t be her big sister, but she wouldn’t let go, holding onto a shred of hope, she asked, "Miss, do you, do you know someone named Li Honghua?"
"I don’t know." Dai Zhenhua immediately denied.
"Miss, think again, right, right, she should just be fifty years old now, fifty." Li Hongying’s eyes turned red all of a sudden, and her voice choked.
"Big sister, why are you holding onto this young girl, you’ve caused a mess, sort it out first, these are my new pants, I..."
Yi Roujing, on her way home, saw the scene not far away, noticing her mother-in-law Li Hongying grabbing a girl’s hand, surrounded by several women pointing and discussing who knows what, not far away a broken soy sauce bottle on the ground, Yi Roujing hurriedly quickened her pace towards them.
"Mom, mom, are you alright?" Yi Roujing shouted loudly.
Upon hearing Yi Roujing’s voice, Li Hongying immediately turned, seeing her approaching swiftly, almost running, she hurriedly walked toward Yi Roujing in alarm, "Roujing, don’t run, don’t run, mom’s fine, fine, be careful with the baby in your belly."
Upon hearing that Yi Roujing was pregnant, the women splashed with soy sauce wanted to reach out to stop her, now they could only talk, "Are you her daughter? Well, good, see what you can do."
"That’s her daughter-in-law." Someone around who recognized them explained.
"Daughter-in-law, huh, seeing how close they were just now, I thought she was the daughter."
Dai Zhenhua stared at Yi Roujing’s beauty, momentarily stunned, she was extremely pretty, even more outstanding than herself, rare indeed, for the first time seeing such a beautiful woman in Huaixi County.
"Mom, what happened?" Yi Roujing walked to Li Hongying’s side, asking with concern.
"I, I... This girl looks exactly like your aunt when she was young." Li Hongying said with a sad expression, looking at Dai Zhenhua, "Ever since your aunt turned eighteen, I’ve never seen her, and wouldn’t know where to find her."
Yi Roujing understood a knot in Li Hongying’s heart, "Mom, Ancheng will help look, I think aunt must be doing well, just someplace we don’t know."
"By the way, what’s the girl’s name?" Yi Roujing asked with a smile, suddenly having an idea, "Is it Zhenhua? Dai Zhenhua?"
Dai Zhenhua was shocked, she did not speak, but Yi Roujing felt this was an acknowledgment.
"Mom, she should be the granddaughter Mrs. Dai mentioned yesterday when Anmin and I went to Red Star Lane for a meal." Yi Roujing said with a smile.
"Yesterday, when we just arrived, Mrs. Dai mistook Anmin for her granddaughter Zhenhua when he entered. Later, when Anguo came to pick us up, Mrs. Dai said Anguo resembled her grandson Dai Zhenyan too, and what’s more, they are twins."
Yi Roujing felt there must be a reason for such coincidences in the world, if she really was Li Hongying’s eldest sister it would be nice, just afraid it was nothing but a false happiness.
Upon hearing she was the Dai Family’s granddaughter, Li Hongying’s heart sunk, as her big sister, back then, was sold by the family to hunters coming out of the mountains, and that man was surnamed Qiu, not Dai.
"I’m sorry, miss, I, I mistook you for someone else." Li Hongying said dejectedly, her heart cold, murmuring as if talking to herself to Yi Roujing, "Your aunt back then... that man was surnamed Qiu."
Dai Zhenhua did not expect these two people to know her grandma and others, nodded to them, then left.
Li Hongying kept watching the figure’s back unable to regain her senses, "But she really looks so like, so like..."
"Big sister, sort out this matter first." The surrounding people mentioned upon seeing Dai Zhenhua leave.
Yi Roujing noticed the soy sauce stains on several of them, as they were almost all wearing black pants, it didn’t show any color, just wet, "Sorry everyone, can I compensate you for laundry costs?"
Everyone knew washing would do, some said no need for compensation, just an apology would do, while others were delighted, some compensation was good.
Ultimately, Yi Roujing gave each person who got splashed with soy sauce a dime, after receiving the money, the surrounding people dispersed, some kind-hearted helped clean up the broken glass bottle, considering Yi Roujing was pregnant.
Seeing Li Hongying emotionally not well, Yi Roujing went inside to grab some soy sauce, as the bottle was broken, also bought a new bottle.
"Mom, don’t lose heart." Yi Roujing didn’t know how to comfort her, just supported her while walking back, suddenly a figure blocked the way.
"Second sister." Li Hongguang, lean as a pole, with a slight ingratiating smile on his face, "Ancheng’s wife is here too, second sister, I specially came looking for you."
Li Hongying was entirely immersed in the matter of her big sister Li Honghua, now seeing Li Hongguang, her eyes fiercely glared at him, voice shrill, "Li Hongguang, how dare you come looking for me, how dare you appear before me."
Li Hongying trembled all over, her eyes red, staring with ruthlessness at Li Hongguang, "Such sins, such sins, it’s all because of you, it’s all because of you."
Li Hongguang was somewhat frightened by Li Hongying’s appearance, "Second sister, what’s wrong?"
"Don’t call me second sister, I’m not your second sister, we’ve long severed ties, severed ties." Li Hongying screamed hysterically.
Li Hongying’s look, this was the third time Li Hongguang had seen it, the first was when they sold Li Honghua, the second was when they sold Ding Ancheng, and now this.