Jiang Ersao has a very sharp tongue; she's quite adept at twisting the truth, and yet some people actually believe her.

It's also because the original owner left such a bad impression on everyone that it has now affected Gu An'an as well.

However, she didn't rush to refute, but just quietly watched Jiang Ersao crying her eyes out.

Jiang Ersao became more and more agitated as she spoke, and took the opportunity to clear her name, "I'm not good with words, unlike Lao San's wife who is so eloquent. No matter what, Er Ya's surname is Jiang, she's our Jiang family's child. How could I bear to sell her? It's just that Er Ya is unlucky, not born into Lao San's wife's womb, otherwise, how could her own mother bear to do it?"

The villagers all chimed in, "A stepmother is no good."

Some even stood with their hands on their hips, looking at Gu An'an, "Third brother's wife, what else do you have to say?"

Gu An'an had a lot to say. "Second sister-in-law, are you done talking?"

For some reason, upon hearing these words, Jiang Ersao felt a little guilty, as she felt that Gu An'an was too calm.

"Don't think you can fool everyone. Nobody in the village is stupid!"

Gu An'an laughed, "I know, everyone means well, but good intentions are often taken advantage of. Zhu'er is indeed not my biological child, and I couldn't have given birth when I was seven or eight years old."

These words startled the villagers, who remembered that Jiang Mingzhu was nine years old this year, while Gu An'an was only sixteen.

That seems to make sense.

"As for the clothes you mentioned, Aunt Li, could you take a look? I wonder whose new clothes are so worn out? If you take them to a pawn shop, the owner might just beat you up."

Aunt Li lived not too far from Gu An'an's home. Although she disapproved of Gu An'an abusing the children, she was fair in her dealings.

Gu An'an asked her to come and help in order to prevent others from showing favoritism towards Jiang Ersao.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ersao, who had been waving her clothes, quickly hugged them tightly to her chest, refusing to let Aunt Li see them.

Aunt Li immediately sensed something was amiss. "Cuicui's mother, let go and let me take a look."

Jiang Ersao panicked, "I know, the third son's family sent you a bowl of meat, so Aunt Li, please speak up for Gu An'an!"

Aunt Li just wanted to put an end to this confusing case, but she never expected to be framed.

Who would do this?

She was extremely unhappy. "What nonsense are you talking about? Your child goes to someone else's house during mealtime, isn't it just because he's eyeing the few pieces of meat in the third brother's pot? What kind of sister-in-law are you?"

Aunt Li was originally impartial, but now she has been pushed to Gu An'an's side by Jiang Ersao herself.

She was a little angry and tried to snatch it away, but Jiang Ersao wouldn't let her. Aunt Li grabbed a corner of the clothes and pulled it outwards. With a tearing sound, the clothes were torn into two pieces.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Ersao squatted down on the ground and burst into tears, crying, "My new clothes that I haven't even worn yet! Why am I so unlucky? I'm being bullied for being kind, and now they're ganging up on me!"

Aunt Li panicked a little when she heard this; she hadn't expected to tear her clothes so easily.

If I had known, she would never have done it.

"Thank you, Auntie." Gu An'an spoke up promptly, pointing to the half-piece of clothing in Aunt Li's hand, "Auntie, looking at this half-piece of cloth, do you think this garment is new?"

Other villagers gathered around, and one sharp-eyed person laughed, "These clothes are all worn through, how could they be new? If I haven't worn them for three to five months, I'll write my name backwards."

Actually, not all the women in the village were on good terms with Jiang Ersao; she was petty and liked to take advantage of others.

It's just that the two daughters-in-law of the Jiang family are arguing, and if you have to choose one, you'll definitely choose Jiang Ersao, since Gu An'an's reputation was so bad before.

But you can't just lie through your teeth, can you? If God finds out, wouldn't you be struck by lightning?

No wonder Gu An'an wasn't worried at all just now; it turns out she was certain that Jiang Lao Er's family was lying and wasn't afraid at all.

The villagers, regaining their senses, began to criticize Jiang Ersao, "Do you think we're all blind?"

"How could you do this, second brother? It's true, if you take this tattered clothing to a pawn shop, the staff there will beat you out of the house."

Seeing that Jiang Ersao's face, which was still half swollen, was now even redder, Gu An'an quickly added fuel to the fire, "There's a snake! Xiao Fei, get up quickly, there's a long snake behind your butt."

Jiang Xiaofei was a little tyrant who got into many fights because he was the boy in the family.

He was actually quite timid, and he almost cried when he heard those words.

"It's crawled inside your clothes and is trying to burrow into your head. The worm loves to eat the brains of chubby little boys like you."

The chubby boy was so frightened by what he heard that he almost peed his pants. He ignored his mother's previous instructions and ran out with his pants trembling.

Seeing her son's disheveled state, Jiang Ersao was so angry she wanted to tear Gu An'an's face off. "If you scare him into getting sick, I'll never forgive you!"

"I must have misjudged it," Gu An'an said, showing no sincerity whatsoever. "But second sister-in-law, I don't think your Xiaofei broke any arms or legs, did he?"

Jiang Ersao was immediately dumbfounded.

Gu An'an immediately burst into tears, "Everyone, please be the judge! I know I wasn't a good person before, but I know I was wrong and want to correct it. But my second sister-in-law is heartless! Not only did she send me tattered clothes to humiliate and frame me, but she also said I broke her son's leg. Why am I so unlucky? I've been married into this family for so many years and I don't even know if my husband is flat or round, and now I'm being framed like this! I don't want to live anymore!"

As a modern person who has watched countless films, Gu An'an's acting skills are not bad. After all, she was a pillar of the drama club in school.

Compared to Jiang Ersao's terrible acting skills, she could be considered the grandmaster, right?

She suddenly tried to ram her head against the door, which terrified Aunt Li, who quickly grabbed her and said, "Don't cry, child, everyone will stand up for you."

It's still the Jiang family that's shameless. Earlier, in order to get rid of Jiang Laosan's children, they spent some money to marry Gu An'an into the family.

A child under fifteen years old has to take care of four children of different ages; no wonder people go crazy.

Now that she finally gets a decent meal, her sister-in-law is eyeing it. Aunt Li comforted Gu An'an, but glared angrily at Jiang Ersao, "If anything happens to An'an, will you support these four children?"

Of course not!

The two older ones can still be sold for some money, but the two younger ones are just money-losing items.

Jiang Ersao never expected that she would be tricked by Gu An'an again. Thinking that she should not stay here for long, she was blocked by someone just as she was about to leave.

"Xiaofei's mom, what's the rush? Weren't we just settling accounts with Lao San's family? Why don't we settle those accounts again?"

Who wasn't amazed by Jiang Ersao's energetic performance just now?

They were just as annoyed with Jiang Ersao as they were with Gu An'an before. If they didn't give this woman a good beating, they would really be letting down after all the pent-up anger they had put up with!

The villagers are awesome!

Gu An'an couldn't help but chuckle to herself; indeed, the people here were simple and honest.

Jiang Ersao was now completely panicked. "What, what are you going to do?"