After Liu was brought into the county town, Song Zhiping felt a strange itch in his heart. He remembered Song Wang's description of her slender waist, full hips, and alluring eyes. Thinking about it, he couldn't even eat his breakfast. So he had someone make the bed and waited eagerly for Liu to enter the house.

Song Wang knew Song Zhiping's character, so after carrying Liu Shi in through the side door, he hurriedly went to inform Song Zhiping, "Master, she's here."

Song Zhiping was overjoyed, but at the same time became nervous. He hurriedly stood in front of the bronze mirror to straighten his slightly wrinkled clothes, and then raised his face full of wrinkles in front of the mirror.

"Master is still as dashing and valiant as ever. When that Liu woman sees him, she will surely submit to him and forget about that country bumpkin."

These words were commonplace to the speaker, but the listener found them very comforting. Song Zhiping patted Song Wang on the shoulder and walked confidently toward the side door.

He stood in front of the red sedan chair, happily raising the curtain, but when he saw the person inside, his face instantly darkened, and anger flared in his eyes.

Liu was also surprised, and her already uneasy heart immediately became as wild as a galloping horse.

"It's you!"

"It's you?!"

The fact that the two spoke in unison surprised Song Wang, who was standing by. Fortunately, Song Zhiping's face was dark, otherwise Song Wang would have had to kneel down and beg Liu for forgiveness to avoid being retaliated against in the future.

It turns out that this Liu was not originally surnamed Liu. Her original name was Li Erya. Her mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died in the war. The Li family took pity on her and took her home to raise her, naming her Li Erya.

When she was thirteen, she was betrothed to Song Zhiping of the Song family. However, she received news that Song Zhiping's father had died in battle shortly after the marriage. Instead of staying to take care of her mother-in-law, she stole the fifty strings of copper coins issued by the government and ran away overnight.

However, she was robbed by bandits. In her moment of crisis, she met Yun Da. After Yun Da rescued her, the two fell in love. Li Er Ya changed her surname to Liu and married Yun Da.

Having lost both his money and his family, Song Zhiping went to the city with his elderly mother to make a living in order to escape his predicament. He gradually settled down in the city and became a wealthy man named Song Yuanwai.

Now that the two have met again, how could Song Zhiping not be angry, and how could Liu not be flustered?

"Zhiping, it's me..."

"Shut up!"

Song Zhiping was no longer in the mood for pleasure. He found Liu Shi disgusting, let alone touching her. So he filed a lawsuit against her in the county government, demanding that she repay three hundred strings of cash within ten days, or her whole family would go to jail with her.

Liu panicked. Comparing the whole family going to jail with three hundred strings of cash, she instantly leaned towards three hundred strings. The third branch of the family had the money, and even if they didn't have that much, they knew many people and could borrow from them. If the two families pooled their money together, they could surely scrape together three hundred strings.

Yun Da shared the same thought: as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. As long as people don't go to jail, that's better than anything else. Besides, they still have three branches of the family. The three branches of the family won't let them go to jail, after all, Yun Ruochun and the others haven't gotten married yet, and their reputation is very important.

The two quickly helped each other run back to the village, without even going home, and went straight to the door of the third house, crying and shouting.

"Third brother, sister-in-law, we know we were wrong. We shouldn't have had the evil thought of harming Chun'er. We deserve it, we deserve to die a horrible death. But we are still blood relatives. Please forgive us this time. We promise we will never do it again."

It is said that no one visits the temple without a reason. Old Man Yun glanced at the gate and felt annoyed and bloated. However, he was not good with words and if he started to scold, he would probably be led by the nose. So he slipped into Yun Ling's mushroom room.

Looking at the room full of people, Yun Ling couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She and Yun Ruoxia had come to the mushroom house to check on the mushrooms as usual, while Yun Chu was the first to come in when she heard the crying. Next was Zhang Shi, who seemed a little at a loss. Yun Ruochun came in because she couldn't find anyone at home. Finally, it was Yun's father.

Everyone looked at each other, and when Yun Ruochun said that Old Lady Yun had come out of the room, everyone in the room peered through the windows and doors.

Old Lady Yun was radiating anger, like a walking fireball. With a whoosh, she scooped up a basin of water with a wooden tub, opened the door with one hand, and splashed the water out without the slightest hesitation.

“Shout if you want, why are you crying? If you didn’t know better, you’d think my old man had died and I was wailing at his funeral.”

Old Lady Yun turned to close the door, but Liu Shi and Yun Da, disregarding their disheveled appearance, reached out to block the door and tried to come in. However, after Xiao Bai barked twice, the two hurriedly withdrew their hands, but this action completely blocked them from entering.

Seeing that there was no other way, Liu wiped the water off her face and shouted, "We are all members of the Yun family. If anything happens to us, you cannot just walk away unscathed. Don't go too far. Leave some room for maneuver so that we can meet again in the future."

Old Lady Yun replied, "Oh."

“We have now offended Master Song, and he wants to punish us. If our reputation is ruined, your four daughters will definitely be unable to get married.”

Everyone realized that this wasn't a request for forgiveness, but rather a demand for benefits, so they all came out of the mushroom house.

But what Yunling was thinking about was the relationship between the two families. In ancient times, blood ties and family reputation were of utmost importance. Women in the family could not have their reputations ruined, otherwise marriage would become extremely difficult.

Seeing that Old Lady Yun did not respond, Liu thought she had intimidated her and naturally stated her conditions, "Three hundred strings of cash. We only want three hundred strings of cash. Whether it's worth it to buy back the reputation of our four girls is up to you."

When the neighbors and passing villagers heard Liu's outrageous demand, they couldn't help but spit on her. Three hundred strings of cash! How could she say that? Even if a family didn't eat or drink, it would take them a long time to save up three hundred strings of cash. She was truly shameless.

Liu was naturally thinking of throwing caution to the wind; she was going to jail anyway, so what did she care about saving face? The thought of being able to disgust Pan made her even happier.

“Mom, I’m going out right now to beat them up and tell them to get as far away as possible. We don’t care about the men in the village. When we move to the county town, these kinds of things will be none of our business.”

Liu, who was close to the door, heard Yun Ruochun's words clearly. "Sister Chun," she said, "good news doesn't travel far, but bad news can spread like wildfire. If we go to jail, how will you fare?"

"If we cut ties with you, we can be as close as the heavens!"

After Yunling said this, there was a moment of silence, except for the clueless Xiaobai, which barked twice as if in agreement.

"Woof woof~ woof woof~"