She constantly boasted that she had given birth to ten sons, all of whom were successful, that she was very fortunate, and that her granddaughter's marriage to a wealthy family was all thanks to her. She claimed that she had paid three hundred yuan to a master to increase her blessings and longevity.

Old Mrs. Zhou laughed at Song Yinhua for treating the blessing master as a fraud, and cursed Song Erzhuang's family as good-for-nothings who would be poor their whole lives.

Qiao Guilan was so angry that tears streamed down her face when she heard Old Lady Zhou's harsh words.

He blew his nose several times and wiped it with the corner of his clothes.

That night, she and her husband went to Grandma Zhou's house to deliver an old hen. She personally explained to Grandma Zhou that her little Xiao Si had not been violated and was not a slut.

The three youngest sons and their wives, who were still living with Old Mrs. Zhou, were all present.

They promised at the time that it was a misunderstanding and they wouldn't scold each other anymore.

But the next morning, Old Lady Zhou ran to the intersection and started cursing again.

Qiao Guilan couldn't understand why this was happening.

She had never bothered Old Lady Zhou, but Old Lady Zhou seemed to have a particular dislike for her family.

They used to cause trouble for her family and even took over her vegetable garden.

It wasn't until the third daughter, Qiuxue, went to high school and achieved excellent grades that Old Lady Zhou stopped bothering her family every few days.

Is my second aunt home?

"Gui Lan!"

Tang Suxiang called from outside.

"Second Aunt, why didn't you come to my house to play today? Little girl has been talking about you."

Qiao Guilan wiped away her tears. "I'll go right now."

"Your vegetables are growing so well!" Tang Suxiang looked at her sister-in-law's small vegetable garden and felt a pang of jealousy. "These cucumbers, greens, and the edamame next to them, how come all your vegetables are growing so well?"

Tang Suxiang walked around looking around, and deliberately asked, "Are there not a single old hens left in the chicken coop?"

Qiao Guilan looked embarrassed. "It's all because of my daughter Yinhua. She insisted that her father and I bring Grandma Zhou an old hen to apologize and explain to her that Xiao Si'er wasn't violated. Grandma Zhou's family agreed readily, saying it was a misunderstanding, but then..."

Tang Suxiang gloated, but feigned concern by offering a few words of comfort.

"Second Aunt, your old sow has gotten quite fat lately!" Tang Suxiang said, standing in front of the pigpen. "She must be about to give birth to piglets soon, right? She looks quite pregnant!"

"It will be another half month before she gives birth." Qiao Guilan also noticed that her old sows were much fatter this year. In the past, when the old sows were pregnant, their bellies were not this big.

"My family has already reserved two piglets."

"No problem, no problem," Qiao Guilan said politely.

The two chatted for a few minutes and then left together.

When Grandma Zhou saw the two of them come out of the yard, she joked, "Hanwen's mother, you still dare to associate with your second aunt?"

"I've heard that the seductive skills of flirting with other men are contagious. Aren't you afraid of passing it on to your daughter-in-law?"

"Oh dear, what a strange smell in the yard! I can smell it from far away, it's so pungent! Hahaha... Just kidding, Guilan, don't mind me, I was just joking!"

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After leaving the police station, Song Yinhua stopped by the market to buy a pound of pork and some daily necessities. She ran into Wang Naiyun, who was coming out of a pharmacy.

"Isn't this Yinhua? I heard you're destined to be a concubine, always seducing men, and you'll even end up selling yourself. Want me to introduce you to some business?"

Wang Naiyun deliberately spoke loudly for passersby to hear, thankful that her son hadn't married such a shameless woman.

Song Yinhua wasn't angry. "Aunt Han, I heard you have many lovers, and you're even having an affair with Wang Erniang's husband next door, but you can't assume everyone is like you..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wang Naiyun hurriedly interrupted, explaining to the passersby, "The fortune teller said she's destined to be a concubine, a slutty vixen who'll seduce other men. Don't listen to her nonsense."

Wang Naiyun was very flustered. She was having an affair with her neighbor, Wang Erdie, and no one knew about it, not even Wang Erniang.

“Aunt Han, I know your husband is paralyzed and your daughter-in-law ran away with all your money and your three children. You’ve tried several times to get me to marry into your family as free labor to help you clean up your mess, but I didn’t agree. So you’ve been spreading rumors and ruining my reputation.”

Song Yinhua knew many of Wang Naiyun's secrets.

In her previous life, Wang Erniang eventually discovered that her husband was having an affair with Wang Naiyun, and she went to their house to make a scene.

"Auntie, please stop ruining my reputation, and tell your son Han Zhiyuan to stop bothering me. I will not marry him."

People from Hanjiacun nearby advised Wang Naiyun, "Old Han, just let that girl go."

Wang Naiyun became anxious, "I didn't slander her. It's all over Songzhuang Village that people are saying she's a slutty vixen who seduces other men. It's not me who said that about her."

"Aunt Han, who told you this? Please come with me to the police station and tell the authorities who is spreading rumors about me." Song Yinhua said, grabbing Wang Naiyun to go report to the authorities. "Let's go now. I'm an unmarried young woman, and I've been slandered like this. How am I supposed to get married in the future? This must be investigated!"

"It has nothing to do with me, don't pull me." Wang Naiyun became frightened as soon as she heard that the matter had been reported to the authorities.

She tried to escape, but Song Yinhua held her tightly, preventing her from leaving.

“Aunt Han, no one has ever said that I am destined to be a concubine or a vixen before. These rumors started after I refused to marry your son and clean up your family’s mess.”

As Song Yinhua spoke, her voice trembled with tears, and she looked utterly helpless.

"Who can't see that it was your family who hired someone to impersonate a fortune teller and spread rumors about me behind my back, so that you would force me to marry into your family and become free labor... Aunt Han, I beg you, please let me go!"

More and more people gathered around to watch the spectacle.

They are all villagers from various villages in the town.

Among them were people from Hanjiacun and Songzhuangcun.

"It turns out that the Han family hired a fortune teller to spread rumors in our village. They're really wicked."

"It's absolutely awful! This rumor has spread like wildfire throughout the village. When I came to the market just now, I even heard Old Lady Zhou cursing at the door!"

"Didn't Old Mrs. Zhou say that she spent three hundred yuan to have that fortune teller perform a ritual for her granddaughter? She said that the ritual would bring her wealth, and these past few days Old Mrs. Zhou has been bragging about how her granddaughter, thanks to her, found a rich city family to marry into?"

Several villagers from Songzhuang Village were discussing it amongst themselves.

Some people from Hanjiacun advised Wang Naiyun not to pick a fight with that girl, saying that she wasn't married yet and that if word got out, she would never be able to get married.

“It wasn’t me. I didn’t hire a fortune teller to harm her. I heard it from Old Mrs. Zhou in Songzhuang.”

As more and more people gathered around, Wang Naiyun became afraid of being pointed at and gossiped about.

Villagers from Hanjiacun and other passersby have already started talking about how her husband got sick and her wife abandoned their three children and ran away with the money.

She goes to the village store to play cards every day, and her close relationship with some married villagers is also gossiped about.

She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, her underwear would be exposed.

She forcefully shook off Song Yinhua's hand, grabbed the Chinese medicine in both hands, and ran away as if fleeing.

"Aunt Han, don't go! I beg you to tell that fortune teller to stop harming my family. It's not that I don't want to marry into your family, it's just that I really don't have the ability to serve your husband and take care of your three grandchildren. I don't know how to serve people."

Song Yinhua chased after Wang Naiyun, pleading and begging all the way.

People who come to the market in town are all from the surrounding villages.

This commotion led many people to believe that Wang Naiyun deliberately harmed Song Yinhua, ruined her reputation, and made it so that Song Yinhua would be unable to marry and would only be able to work as free labor for her family, taking care of the sick and children.

...

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Song Yinhua carried the pork back to the village. When she passed by Grandma Zhou's house, she glanced at the long wooden plank blocking the road and was about to step over it.

Old Mrs. Zhou saw this and wouldn't let her leave.

“This is a public road, anyone can walk on it!” Song Yinhua lifted her foot to step over the long wooden plank blocking her way.

Old Mrs. Zhou called her son and grandson over, intending to teach Song Yinhua a lesson.

The old lady hurled extremely foul insults, mocking Song Yinhua and Song Caixing, saying one was destined to be a concubine and the other a slut.

A police car then drove into the village and stopped outside Grandma Zhou's yard, attracting a crowd of onlookers.