Zhou Dashan angrily cursed at Yao Shi, "You bitch, didn't I tell you before not to cause trouble at Lao San's house anymore? Why did you go there again today!"

Madam Yao retorted, "What did I do wrong in the past? As the Zhou family's daughter-in-law, Ning Huan was supposed to teach those villagers about medicinal herbs, but why did she only teach our eldest daughter?"

"Can't I even go and ask? We're all family. Besides the eldest daughter, is it not okay for the second daughter? Can't I?"

It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because it made Yao furious. She had caused such a scene at Zhou Jing'an's house today, and her son hadn't said a word in her defense or disciplined Ning Huan.

When Zhou Dashan heard that Yao Shi had gone to make a scene over this matter, he was so angry he almost spit fire: "It's just learning about medicinal herbs. Since the third son's wife wants the eldest son to learn, then let the eldest daughter go. After all, the eldest daughter is your daughter. Do you think you'd be at a disadvantage?"

"It's not worth it to cause trouble between our third son and his wife and us over such a small matter! Don't you think our third son is already distant enough? If you cultivate a good relationship with Jing'an, you, as his mother, will surely enjoy wealth and honor in the future!"

Madam Yao knew Zhou Dashan was right, but she still refused to admit she was wrong. She muttered to herself, "Mothers are never short of riches and honors, but does this third son treat me like his own mother...?"

Seeing that Yao was about to say something more, Zhou Dashan suddenly became furious and interrupted her, saying, "You bitch, shut your mouth right now! You keep saying whatever comes to mind! Don't you even think about what kind of nonsense you've been spouting!"

Zhou Dashan usually went along with Yao Shi's every whim at home, and rarely lost his temper like this. However, ever since Zhou Jing'an's leg was cured at the clinic, Zhou Dashan has been frequently getting angry at Yao Shi.

This was unbearable for Yao, and she roared and cursed, "Why do you always curse me? It's just that the third son has fallen out of love with you, and you're blaming me? You're his father, yet you let your son lead you in everything. When you're upset, you run home and take it out on other women. You're a complete coward!"

As she spoke, she attacked Zhou Dashan, scratching several bloody marks on his neck.

"You crazy woman!"

Zhou Dashan clutched his wound and, seeing Yao's hysterical state, yelled, "I've spoiled you too much, that's why you're acting like this. From today onwards, you're staying home obediently and aren't allowed to go anywhere!"

And so, Yao was confined to her home by Zhou Dashan, though it wasn't that Zhou Dashan wouldn't let her go out. It was that Yao herself wanted to spite Zhou Dashan; she thought, "You tell me not to go out? Then I won't go out."

I won't go out when I'm buying food and clothes for the house. Do whatever you want!

The next morning, Ning Huan didn't want to go out, but Yang asked her to go to town with her to buy some things, so she went with her.

As soon as Ning Huan boarded the oxcart, she saw a woman she didn't recognize; it seemed she had never seen this person in the village before. But from the original owner's memories, she knew who this woman was.

This is Zhou Dashan's lover from the neighboring village: Liu Feng.

The moment Ning Huan saw her, she felt secretly smug. It was like finding a needle in a haystack; she'd been searching high and low, only to have this woman conveniently appear before her. Just when she was wondering how to find Liu Feng, this woman had delivered herself right to her doorstep.

However, perhaps because Ning Huan was Zhou's daughter-in-law, Liu Feng kept glancing at Ning Huan secretly, but her gaze was anything but friendly; she was practically glaring at Ning Huan with a knife.

Liu Feng was younger than she had imagined, looking about the same age as Zhou Jing'an. Thinking back to the look of disgust on Zhou Jing'an's face when he mentioned Liu Feng yesterday, and now the way Liu Feng was rolling her eyes at her...

Could it be that Liu Feng actually had her eye on Zhou Jing'an instead of Zhou Dashan at first?

Ning Huan was right. Before she married Zhou Jing'an, Liu Feng had actually intended to establish a relationship with him. At that time, the betrothal between Ke Ruxiu and Zhou Jing'an was known not only in the village but also in the surrounding villages.

Liu Feng knew she couldn't compare to Ke Ruxiu, and she didn't want to be Zhou Jing'an's legal wife. She would accept being a concubine.

She had gone to great lengths to seduce Zhou Jing'an, but was always thwarted by that woman, Ke Ruxiu. Taking advantage of their fierce rivalry, Ning Huan schemed against Zhou Jing'an and eventually married him.

Moreover, Ning Huan was a feisty person. Before Liu Feng could even get to know her, she heard about Ning Huan's feisty and unreasonable behavior towards Ke Ruxiu, which scared her so much that she dared not have any more ideas about Zhou Jing'an.

The original owner's memories were not very deep about Liu Feng, so Ning Huan did not know these things, but she could vaguely sense some clues from the way Liu Feng looked at her.

But none of that matters now. The most important thing is how to bring up Zhou Dashan's matter in front of Liu Feng.

Just then, Madam Yang spoke up and asked, "Sister, do you know what happened to your in-laws last night?"

Ning Huan chuckled inwardly; this was a perfect topic. But on the surface, she feigned ignorance: "I don't know, what happened to Father and Mother?"

Madam Yang quickly said, "So you didn't know? Your father-in-law and mother-in-law had a big fight, and afterwards, your father-in-law locked Yao in the house and wouldn't let her out!"

Ning Huan was shocked: "Really?"

Yang nodded: "Really? I heard they had a really big argument! Apparently, it's because Yao went to your house to cause trouble yesterday and got a good scolding from Uncle Dashan!"

At this point, an old woman who wanted to get closer to Ning Huan leaned in and asked, "What's going on? Did that old woman Yao cause trouble for Jing An's wife again?"

Ning Huan sighed, feigning sadness and innocence, "She caused a huge scene yesterday. Although my father-in-law has locked me up at home now, who knows if my mother-in-law will come looking for trouble again in the future?"

Seeing Ning Huan like this, the people on the oxcart started talking about Yao Shi, but most of them were saying bad things about her.

"This woman is always causing trouble. Before, she would run to whichever family had a problem, not content with just watching the excitement, she would always have to say something! Now she's gone even further, she's even starting to find fault with her own family."

"That's right. This Yao woman doesn't know how lucky she is. She's always causing trouble, acting unreasonable and capricious. Sooner or later, she'll squander all her good fortune."

Madam Yang nodded in agreement: "I think so too. Aunt Yao is always causing trouble for Ning Huan. She just curses at people when she can't get a straight answer!"