Chapter 362: Chapter 362: Her Schemes
Thinking about this, Mrs. Cheng felt immensely smug. She had always been smart, but made a foolish mistake in the major matter of marriage, marrying the wrong person, thereby living a life of hardship for so many years.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have had to scheme and plot like this now. Back then, she was the beauty of the village, although she was illiterate, she was hardworking. Because of this, Miss Shangguan took a fancy to her and made her her caretaker, looking after her daily needs.
She worked for half a year, until Miss Shangguan’s enemies came and ended her employment. Because of the arrival of the enemies, Miss Shangguan left suddenly, without settling her wages.
Luckily, she smartly stole one of Miss Shangguan’s bracelets, treating it as compensation for a month’s pay.
Previously, she knew the bracelet was a valuable item, thinking it could be passed down as a family heirloom, generation to generation. Unexpectedly, this bracelet could also bring her unexpected joy.
It surprisingly brought Old Jiang, a person with such status, to her door, thereby changing her daughter’s fate.
As for that letter?
Mrs. Cheng chuckled with satisfaction; it was absolutely a beautiful misunderstanding. The letter was not found when picking up Cheng Li, but belonged to another child. It’s just that the other child was long gone.
Anyway, that child wasn’t picked up for nothing; even though they only raised him for two days, at least it let her daughter live a good life, didn’t it?
Mrs. Cheng felt increasingly satisfied, singing softly to herself. Just as she was singing happily, the village chief returned. However, this time, the village chief didn’t come empty-handed; he brought some money that Old Jiang asked him to pass on.
This was the sum Old Jiang had promised Mrs. Cheng earlier, to buy out her twenty years of nurturing Cheng Li.
When Mrs. Cheng saw the money, she was overjoyed. Yet, she didn’t show it on her face, pretending to be unwilling, and said to the village chief: "I don’t want this money, I only want Cheng Li, can you ask Old Jiang to return Cheng Li to me, okay?"
The village chief didn’t know why Old Jiang was giving Mrs. Cheng this money, but upon hearing her words, he guessed a bit of the situation.
Thus, seeing Mrs. Cheng not looking sad, he didn’t know how to comfort her, and turned to leave. Of course, he left the money behind.
Once the village chief left, Mrs. Cheng directly locked the door, then hugged the big pile of money and went into her room.
In the room, Mrs. Cheng kissed the money fiercely, then muttered to herself: "Indeed, I’m the smartest woman. Just using a little trick, saying something seemingly true but false, sent my daughter to a wealthy family, and I also got a huge sum. I truly am too clever."
Mrs. Cheng’s smugness was entirely unknown to Old Jiang. At this time, sitting in the return car, he felt a little guilty. If it weren’t for Mrs. Cheng’s demeanor being so unpresentable, he wouldn’t have directly thrown money to buy out her nurturing of Cheng Li, just based on the fact that she raised Cheng Li for so many years.
Now, forced to make such a decision, he could only have someone look after her more in the future. After all, she raised Cheng Li, now all alone, seeming rather pitiful.
At this moment, Old Jiang was completely unaware that he had been played by Mrs. Cheng, someone he regarded as unimpressive and unworthy.
Returning to Xu City, Old Jiang hurriedly arranged for people to bail Cheng Li out. Although Cheng Li and Jiang Mingzhu both participated in the case of kidnapping military dependents, Cheng Li was an accomplice, with lighter charges, making it easier to bail her out.