However, at the wedding two weeks later, Song Yinhua did not attend. Qiao Guilan and Song Erzhuang, a married couple, came uninvited, gave their wedding gifts, and were seated at the most inconspicuous table in the corner, sitting with a group of children.

Because they were so inconspicuous and mostly children, even when offering toasts, people automatically ignored this table.

At the wedding, Song Qiuxue and her daughter Zhou Qiaoyun embraced and wept bitterly, still connected at heart even after eighteen years of separation.

Song Qiuxue cried so much that her eyelashes fell out.

Qiao Guilan was heartbroken for several days because of this.

The girl who sacrificed her three children to support her studies in the provincial capital has become someone else's daughter. She wasn't even invited to the wedding, and now she calls the other girl "Mom" but doesn't even look at her.

Sitting at the same table as Qiao Guilan and her husband were Tang Su'e and her daughter Wang Yunyun.

The mother and daughter also arrived uninvited.

Tang Su'e wanted to sabotage the wedding, so she secretly told the groom that Song Qiuxue had been ruined by some thugs hired by Tang Dafei and was unable to have children. However, the groom said that Song Qiuxue was already pregnant.

Not only did she fail to ruin the wedding, she also made the groom feel even more sorry for Song Qiuxue, believing that she had been bullying Song Qiuxue in the past.

When Tang Su'e saw that Qiao Guilan and her husband were also seated at this table, she deliberately said, "Second Uncle and Second Aunt, you raised Qiuxue and sent her to university in the provincial capital, why are you seated at this table too?"

These words stung Qiao Guilan and Song Erzhuang.

Wang Yunyun deliberately chimed in: "Qiu Xue went too far. I heard she married Cai Xing off to a drug addict. Cai Xing didn't want to, so Qiu Xue scolded her, saying that it's good enough that someone who has given birth is willing to marry her, and she's still being picky. Does she think she's a virgin?"

"What did you say?" Song Erzhuang asked excitedly, his voice rising a few decibels, drawing the attention of the surrounding guests.

"You didn't know about this?" Tang Su'e asked. "Cai Xing got married two years ago without informing you? Her husband is a drug addict who gambles, frequents prostitutes, and uses heroin."

Qiao Guilan almost fainted on the spot.

Tang Youliang and his son Tang Dafei came over and chased Tang Su'e and her daughter Wang Yunyun away.

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As autumn arrived, Song Yinhua was weeding in the vegetable garden.

A jeep drove into Huojiabao Village and stopped outside the gate.

Several people in military uniforms walked in carrying Huo Jianguo's black-and-white photos and personal belongings.

"Comrade Huo Jianguo died in the line of duty and was posthumously awarded the First Class Merit. These are his belongings and the pension he received."

When Song Yinhua saw Huo Jianguo's black and white photo, her mind went blank.

After the troops left, news of Huo Jianguo's death spread quickly.

When the news reached Songzhuang Village, Tang Suxiang said that it was absolutely true that Song Yinhua was a jinx reincarnated.

The villagers all believed it too.

Even Li Wenxiu believed that the fortune teller was right: her eldest sister-in-law, Song Yinhua, had weak ties with her relatives and would bring death to them.

My grandparents died shortly after I was born.

Her mother didn't have any more children for five years after giving birth to her.

After finally getting married, her husband was cursed to die.

The gossip quickly spread and everyone knew about it. Qiao Guilan and Song Erzhuang wanted to find a matchmaker to introduce their eldest daughter to a potential partner, but no matchmaker was willing to take the job, and no man dared to risk being cursed to death by marrying Song Yinhua.

A woman who owns a large orchard and a wonton shop with a huge customer flow has aroused the envy and covetousness of many people.

Song Yinhua became a piece of moving fat meat.

Everyone wanted to take a bite and tear off a piece of the juicy meat.

The wonton shops in town are frequently disrupted by customers, and villagers wander around the courtyards at night.

Someone knocks on the door in the middle of the night, and someone smashes the window in the early morning.

A woman, a widow, with a mentally ill mother-in-law and a young adopted daughter, was easy to bully.

If Song Yinhua hadn't kept a few black wolfhounds, she probably would have been torn to pieces by these lustful villains long ago.

Luo Tianba would come to see Song Yinhua every few days, promising that as long as she followed him and became his concubine, he could guarantee her safety in the village and that no one would dare to bully her in the future.

Song Yinhua refused without hesitation. Luo Tianba tried to force himself on her, but the black wolfhound bit him, almost tearing his crotch off.

With several black wolfhounds around, the village bullies and greedy villagers began to gather together, trying to bite and kill a few of the black wolfhounds to cook and eat.

Some village women treated Song Yinhua like an enemy, secretly cursing her for being immoral and seducing their men.

Some people even go so far as to say that Song Yinhua was a jinx, a harbinger of misfortune, who killed her own husband and then went on to seduce other women's husbands.

No matter how much they cursed Song Yinhua behind her back, and no matter how much their men wanted to kill and eat Song Yinhua's black wolfhound and take Song Yinhua away, they did not succeed.

The black wolfhounds were all large dogs, and they were frightening just to look at from a distance, let alone get close.

Moreover, these black wolfhounds would bare their teeth and attack anyone who approached, except for Song Yinhua and her daughter, and the mad old woman.

They will not eat food given to them by anyone other than Song Yinhua.

Some villagers stuffed poison into meat and fed it to the dogs, while others put sleeping pills into sausages, but the black wolfhounds didn't even glance at them.

A villager got an anesthetic injection from a veterinarian and was about to inject it into a black wolfhound when two of the dogs spotted him and charged at him, nearly biting him.

The villagers, who coveted Song Yinhua, tried every possible method, but they couldn't budge her in the slightest.

Just then, Song Caixing, who hadn't returned home for several years, suddenly went back to her parents' home.

"Dad, Mom, Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law, the fortune teller said that Eldest Sister is so rich now because she has absorbed our good fortune."

Upon hearing Song Caixing's words, Song Baogen's face immediately turned cold. "Caixing, you were raised by your eldest sister. How can you say such things about her? Fortune tellers are all liars. How can you believe their nonsense?"

"Second brother, even if my eldest sister raised me, she can't steal my good fortune!"

"Caixing, why did you come back now of all times? And you come back to cause trouble. What are you up to?" Song Baogen asked angrily.

Song Caixing felt a little flustered. She stammered for a moment and said, "I can't stand that my eldest sister is taking away our whole family's good fortune. I don't mind, but second brother, your good fortune has also been taken away by my eldest sister. Aren't you angry? My eldest sister will also take away the good fortune of your eldest and second children..."

"Don't cause trouble here, get out!" Song Baogen pointed to the door, trying to drive Song Caixing away, but was stopped by Li Wenxiu and Qiao Guilan.

"It's rare for Cai Xing to come back, so don't chase her away as soon as she returns!" Qiao Guilan scolded Song Baogen.

Li Wenxiu also spoke ill of Song Baogen. She had long believed the fortune teller's words and thought that Huo Jianguo died because he was cursed to death by Song Yinhua.

Now that Song Caixing says that the family's good fortune has been absorbed by Song Yinhua, which is why Song Yinhua is so rich, she is now completely convinced.

Why is Song Yinhua so rich?

That must be because I absorbed their good fortune.

Seeing that Song Baogen was so resistant, Song Caixing asked Li Wenxiu to go to Tang Suxiang's house to discuss with Tang Suxiang's family how to resolve the issue of Song Yinhua draining their good fortune.

"Hanwen's factory has been doing poorly for the past few years. After graduating from university, Xuewen went to help out at his brother's factory, but he couldn't become a high-ranking official. It's all because Yinhua stole his good fortune. We can't just let this go like this." Tang Suxiang had already received the news from Old Man Tang in advance and was cooperating with Song Caixing and her husband to deal with Song Yinhua.

After whispering among themselves for a while, the group decided to go find Song Yinhua and ask her to hand over the profits from the orchard and wonton shop.

These blessings were taken from them and should be returned to them.