Chapter 257 - A New House in a Remote Village
"Forced... to marry?" Fang Dingwu was completely stunned.
The man exhaled a puff of white smoke and shook his head. "I wouldn’t say forced, but... how should I put it? Brother, think about it. She’s a woman without a man taking care of the house, and she was married into Niujia Ping from outside. She still had to find a way to live, after all..."
Fang Dingwu quickly grabbed the man’s hand. "Brother, please tell me the truth. Has my sister-in-law suffered?"
The man patted Fang Dingwu’s shoulder. "Don’t worry, brother. Listen to me and I’ll explain... Wang Cuihong was always very beautiful. When Brother Dayong married her, many people were envious.
"Later, when the news of Brother Dayong’s death came back, she was left all alone. She couldn’t hunt and didn’t have any farmland, so how could she survive? It just so happened that Niu Geng, the son of the village elder, had taken a liking to her looks.
"He proposed to marry Wang Cuihong. The thing is, since Niu Geng already had a wife and Wang Cuihong had been married before, he said she could only be his concubine."
Fang Dingwu slammed his fist onto the table. "That’s taking advantage of her suffering!"
The man cast a glance at Fang Dingwu. "In this poor backwater village, there’s no such thing as taking advantage of someone’s suffering. Wang Cuihong herself didn’t want to marry him, but what choice did she have? She was a widow, and life was hard. Later, when Niu Geng approached her again, she eventually agreed to marry him."
"Then..." Fang Dingwu suddenly thought of something. "Did Brother Dayong have any children?"
The man gave Fang Dingwu a surprised look. "Brother Dayong didn’t tell you? He married Wang Cuihong shortly before he left to join the army. He was stationed at the border for years and never had children with Wang Cuihong. It’s precisely because of this that Niu Geng agreed to marry her. Otherwise, who here would want to raise someone else’s child?"
Fang Dingwu gritted his teeth. "I see... Thank you, brother, for telling me the truth."