Chapter 448 Trouble Comes from the Mouth

Sister-in-law Sun was completely caught off guard and was left dazed and disoriented by the beating.

She was also a big, burly woman, and had never been beaten like this in Guihua Village before. She roared and fought back, grabbing Sun's collar by the back of her neck.

Old Mrs. Zhao's brows furrowed: "Third son, your wife is being bullied, what are you standing there for!"

Zhao Youcai then realized what was happening and rushed forward to pin Sister-in-law Sun down.

No matter how strong Sister-in-law Sun was, she was still just a woman and no match for Zhao Youcai. After being pinned down, she did not stop and began scratching Zhao Youcai's neck, launching an indiscriminate attack.

Zhao Youyin quickly went over to help, and the two grown men finally managed to subdue Sister-in-law Sun.

Old Mrs. Zhao took out a string of copper coins from her sleeve and threw them hard at Sister-in-law Sun: "This is Sun Xiaolei's wages for the past few days, not a penny less. Take it and get out of Dahe Village. Don't ever come back again!"

"You Zhao family really are ungrateful!" Sister-in-law Sun roared. "When you needed help, you would politely ask my Xiaolei for help, but now that you don't need us, you want the Sun family to get lost. Do you really think the Sun family is easy to bully? Also, your eldest granddaughter Zhao Chunhua and Xiaolei have already slept together. You've offended me, hahaha, just wait and see how I deal with Chunhua..."

"Shut up!"

Old Mrs. Zhao shouted sternly.

"Isn't that right?" Sister-in-law Sun said arrogantly. "You people are all so angry, isn't it because Xiaolei and Chunhua had physical intimacy? It's understandable that you're angry. I'll take this insult. You've hit them, you've scolded them, now shouldn't we sit down and have a proper discussion about the two children's marriage..."

"Pah! Shameless!"

Sun couldn't hold back and slapped him again.

“My daughter is innocent, don’t ruin her reputation here! Sun Xiaolei, if you still respect me as your aunt, come and explain this to your mother!”

Sun Xiaolei stood up with his head down, limped over, and said in a low voice, "Mom, stop making a scene. Nothing happened between Chunhua and me. Let's go back..."

"It didn't happen? How could it not happen? I bought that medicine for you myself, why didn't you let Chunhua drink it?" Sister-in-law Sun's eyes widened. "You good-for-nothing! I planned everything for you, and you can't even handle this little thing. How could I have given birth to such a coward..."

Standing to the side, Cheng Wanwan's voice was extremely cold: "Sister-in-law Sun, I went to the pharmacy and asked. What you bought was sleeping potion. An overdose can be fatal. In a sense, it can also be considered poison. This has nothing to do with innocence anymore. You deliberately murdered your own niece. If we report this to the authorities, you, the mastermind, and Sun Xiaolei, the accomplice, should be sentenced to exile three thousand miles away."

All of Sister-in-law Sun's words were stuck in her throat.

"Chunhua hasn't woken up yet!" Madam Sun roared. "If anything happens to my daughter, I'll burn your entire Sun family down!"

Sister-in-law Sun panicked at this moment. When she bought the medicine, the shopkeeper seemed to have reminded her that she could only put in half a packet. In order to get things done as soon as possible, she told Xiao Lei to put in a whole packet. Could something really have gone wrong?

"If you cause any more trouble in our Zhao family and dare to ruin Chunhua's reputation outside, our Zhao family will take you to the authorities!" Old Mrs. Zhao said angrily. "Just looking at you two makes me sick. Get out of here now!"

Sister-in-law Sun quickly picked up the copper coin that had fallen to the ground, grabbed her son, and left.

The courtyard finally became quiet.

Sun's head, which had been held high, drooped. Her voice was filled with regret and self-reproach: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been so blind as to marry Chunhua back to my parents' home... If this hadn't happened, how would I have known that my sister-in-law was this kind of person? And Xiaolei, such an obedient and honest boy, how could he dare to do such a thing to Chunhua? I was blind, I was so blind..."

"You know that much!" Old Mrs. Zhao glared at her coldly. "From today onwards, you just need to take good care of Xuanxuan. Don't interfere in Chunhua and Donghua's marriages! Third son, tomorrow go to the city to buy some things and go to the Shen family to thank Afu. If it weren't for Afu, our Chunhua would have been ruined!"

Zhao Youcai nodded repeatedly.

Cheng Wanwan handed the sleeping Zhao Mingxuan to Madam Sun and said calmly, "Third Aunt, the ancients said that trouble comes from the mouth, and that's certainly true. The Sun family has been farming in Guihua Village for generations, and they probably couldn't come up with the idea of ​​'making the rice undone' even if they racked their brains.' What kind of inspiration did Sister-in-law Sun receive?"

Sun's face turned pale; she already knew why.

"The news about the Zheng and Lin families came from your mouth, and Chunhua is suffering because of you." Cheng Wanwan's gaze sharpened slightly. "His third aunt still needs to be careful with her words. Remember, some things can be said and some things cannot be said. The saying 'trouble comes from the mouth' is not an exaggeration."

Grandma Zhao wholeheartedly agreed: "Third daughter-in-law, you should learn from your eldest and second sisters-in-law. When you want to talk, go do some work. When you're tired, you won't want to talk anymore. If I hear you spouting nonsense again, you won't be allowed to eat for a day!"

Mrs. Sun readily agreed.

Cheng Wanwan went inside to see Chunhua. She asked a doctor to give her medicine, and Chunhua would probably wake up tomorrow. She was fine.

The next morning, Chunhua did indeed wake up, but the old lady was worried that she wasn't fully recovered, so she specially brought her over to ask Cheng Wanwan for leave.

"Aunt, I'm sorry for causing you trouble..."

Chunhua looked remorseful. Yesterday, her accident caused the restaurant to close early, offending many customers who had made advance reservations.

Cheng Wanwan patted her shoulder: "Making money is secondary. The main thing is that you need to take care of your health. Rest at home for a couple of days first."

Grandma Zhao told Chunhua to go back to bed quickly, then pulled Cheng Wanwan into the house: "I thought about it all night yesterday and have a few suitable candidates in mind for Chunhua. They are all children I've watched grow up in the village. Listen to their opinions and give them your consideration..."

Just then, Afu's voice rang out from outside: "Auntie, the old lady asked me to bring you a fresh deer leg to try."

Cheng Wanwan hurriedly went out and saw Afu holding a large deer leg that weighed at least seven or eight pounds. The cut was still bleeding and looked very fresh.

Wei Hongying quickly took the deer leg and went into the kitchen to process it.

Afu scratched his head: "I also brought some tonics to see Chunhua. Has she woken up? How is she feeling?"

Grandma Zhao smiled and said, "You child, why are you being so polite? Chunhua's father went to the Shen residence early this morning, so it seems you didn't run into him. Don't worry, Chunhua is already awake. I told her she couldn't stay in bed, so she's probably working in the yard. Why don't you go and take a look?"

Afu nodded, picked up the supplements, and went over.

Cheng Wanwan touched her chin and exchanged a glance with Grandma Zhao.

The old lady understood the look in her eyes and stammered, "Afu is a good child, but he's a year younger than Chunhua..."

"It's too early to think about these things now," Cheng Wanwan chuckled. "We need to see if the two children have these thoughts first, observe them slowly, and don't expose them, otherwise it will be easy to cause embarrassment."

Grandma Zhao nodded.

She really liked Afu, and her husband liked him even more; he probably wished he could be their grandson-in-law.

But this is something that can't be rushed.