The next morning, Xia Chunmei went to Jiujing Bay with Xia Ping'an.

Upon seeing Xia Chunmei, Xia Honghua was overjoyed and enthusiastic. She took Xia Chunmei's hand and introduced her to another woman in her room, saying, "Sister Yu, this is my niece. Look at her appearance and figure, you won't find anyone better than her for miles around."

Especially her cooking skills; everyone in the surrounding villages praises her. You know Landlord Wang from Xiaowang Village, right? He specifically asked my niece to host a banquet for their family.

Xia Chunmei always felt like she was on a blind date.

Li Yu looked Xia Chunmei up and down, and then said, "She is indeed a nice girl."

Upon hearing this, Xia Chunmei felt that Xia Honghua's smile became even brighter.

"Auntie, is this lady's family having a happy occasion?" Xia Chunmei asked.

"Yes, my son is getting married the day after tomorrow."

"Isn't this a daughter's wedding?"

Li Yu and Xia Honghua were taken aback.

Xia Honghua then smiled and said, "That family isn't hers when she marries off her daughter. I'll take you to meet them later."

"Oh, I see."

Xia Honghua: "Yes, that's right! You guys chat first, I have some mung bean soup in the well, I'll bring it to you."

Seeing their earnest performance, Xia Chunmei sneered inwardly. Did they think she, a fortune teller, couldn't tell whether the family was having a wedding or not, whether their daughter was getting married or their son was getting married?

If you want to play, then play! Let's see who can beat whom.

"Aunt Yu, what kind of dishes would you like to have? If you make ten different dishes, I charge twelve coins per table. But some customers only want me to make five dishes besides eggs, four of which are served in two bowls. That would make ten bowls per table, and the price would be cheaper, eight coins per table. Which would you like to have?" Xia Chunmei said.

“If the Huang family is going to do it, we’ll definitely do the expensive stuff. We’re not short of money,” Li Yu said, speaking with an air of wealth and arrogance.

"Then I'll make sauerkraut fish, sweet and sour fish skin, spicy fish balls, pan-fried grass carp cakes, braised crucian carp, braised grass carp chunks, steamed sea bass, sweet and sour carp, and Tai'an fish. Any problems?"

"You can decide this; I trust you."

How many tables are expected?

"About fifty tables."

"Thank you for your trust, Aunt Yu. According to the rules, I need to receive a deposit of fifty coins."

Li Yu didn't haggle and readily paid the deposit.

They didn't even ask how much food to prepare.

At this moment, Xia Honghua brought over some mung bean soup.

"Chunmei, this bowl is for you. You've never been to your aunt's house before, so you have to eat lunch at your aunt's house today," Xia Honghua said warmly.

"Auntie, you're too kind."

"Red Flower Girl, you are truly blessed to have such a niece." Li Yu smiled, looking at Xia Chunmei with increasing satisfaction.

Xia Honghua's smile deepened.

The smiles of these two people always seemed to have a deeper meaning.

"Chunmei, why don't you drink it? It's your first time visiting, so I specially added two spoonfuls of sugar. You should try it."

Xia Honghua urged Xia Chunmei to drink quickly, looking so anxious that she wished she could force-feed her.

"It's my first time visiting my aunt's house, so of course I have to try her cooking."

Xia Chunmei gulped down the mung bean soup in a few gulps, and said with lingering satisfaction, "It really is very sweet."

Seeing Xia Chunmei finish her mung bean soup, Li Yu and Xia Honghua exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a triumphant smile.

Xia Chunmei pretended not to see it.

Li Yu put down his bowl and got up to leave, saying, "Miss Xia, I'll be waiting for you at home then."

"Yes, Auntie, take care."

Not long after Li Yu left, Xia Chunmei lied and said she needed to go to the outhouse.

"I'll take you there." As Xia Honghua stood up, she suddenly felt dizzy and slumped back onto the stool.

"Auntie, are you alright?"

"I feel a little dizzy," Xia Honghua said, feeling lightheaded.

"I didn't expect the medicine to work so quickly. How do you feel after drinking the mung bean soup I pretended to drink?"

Xia Chunmei stopped pretending and looked coldly at Xia Honghua, who was in a daze. She spoke the most hurtful words in the sweetest voice: "You've been a widow for several years now, so you must be feeling very lonely. You don't need to thank your niece. If you want to thank someone, thank my second aunt. If she hadn't tipped me off, I wouldn't have known that you would use such a vicious scheme to harm me. Enjoy it, my dear little aunt."

Upon hearing this, Xia Honghua's eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at Xia Chunmei: "You..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xia Honghua collapsed.

Xia Chunmei then dragged Xia Honghua to the west wing, stripped her naked, and put her on the bed. Worried that anyone who came would immediately recognize that the person on the bed was not her, Xia Chunmei deliberately laid Xia Honghua on her side and let her hair down to cover her up a little.

After finishing her work, Xia Chunmei left.

Xia Pingan glanced at the west wing, a hint of pity flashing in his eyes: "Now Xia Honghua won't be able to face anyone after she wakes up."

"Don't be so overly compassionate. She framed me first. If you hadn't been following and monitoring her, allowing us to know about their plot beforehand, and if you hadn't switched the mung bean soup's location beforehand, I would be the one suffering today!"

You know I'm not your daughter, but they don't know that what they actually want to harm is your daughter 'Xia Chunmei,' not me, Xia Yuwei.

Fortunately, Xia Ping'an overheard the conversation between Xia Honghua, Xia Changjiang, and Li Yu; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to retaliate so smoothly by turning the tables on each other.

“I know she deserved it,” Xia Ping’an said. “Don’t worry, I won’t abuse my sympathy, especially since Xia Honghua isn’t even my sister.”

Xia Honghua is Xia Changjiang's younger sister, and is a cousin of Xia Ping'an, who is two generations removed.

About fifteen minutes later, Li Yu appeared furtively with a man who looked mentally unstable.

"Son, remember what your mother told you."

"I remember, I remember, go to sleep, take off your clothes and sleep with your wife, hehe."

Li Yu pushed open the back door, shoved her mentally challenged son inside, and then closed the door.

After closing the door, Li Yu didn't leave. She pressed her ear to the bed, listening intently. Hearing a strange noise coming from the bed, a smug smile spread across her face. She thought to herself, "My silly son finally has a wife! And a skilled orphan girl at that! She can do whatever she wants with him from now on!"

About fifteen minutes later, Li Yu thought her son had played enough, so she pushed open the door...

Li Yu walked happily to the bedside: "Miss Xia..."

Before the people behind her could even speak, Li Yu realized something was wrong.

This body doesn't belong to a teenage girl at all!

When Li Yu lifted her hair and saw what was happening, she was so shocked that she stumbled backward, her mind going completely blank.

At this moment, Xia Honghua's daughter-in-law, Zheng, arrived with two notoriously gossipy women from the village.

This was all arranged by Xia Honghua beforehand, but none of them expected that they would end up shooting themselves in the foot!

"Oh……"

The gossipy old woman, Ma, screamed in fright when she entered the room and saw Xia Honghua lying naked on the bed.

Xia Honghua was naked, and her body was covered in filth. They were all experienced women; how could they not understand?

Huang Jinzi, the mentally challenged son of the Huang family, was also shirtless, and he was the only man in the room. It was obvious what Xia Honghua and Huang Jinzi had done.

Ma: "Outrageous! Outrageous!"

After the initial shock, another gossipy old woman, Lin, looked at her with a mocking gaze: "Xia Honghua is really desperate, she's even hooking up with a fool. Li, now your foolish son can finally get a wife!"

Huang Jinzi, shirtless, chuckled foolishly as he watched Xia Honghua on the bed repeatedly calling out, "Wife, wife."

Zheng and Li had already come to their senses and were jumping up and down in a panic: "No, that's not how it is! Let me explain."

Mr. Ma: "What's there to explain?"

Lin looked at Zheng with a hint of schadenfreude: "Zheng Xiaolan, I thought you called us here for something else, but it turns out you called us to arrest your mother-in-law's prostitute. You're so filial."

"No, no, that's not it!" Zheng Xiaolan was practically spitting blood. They had clearly planned to come and arrest Xia Chunmei and Huang Jinzi.

How did the person in the bed become my mother-in-law?