"You what?" Shen Qiqi tilted her head and looked at him innocently, with a cunning glint in her eyes.

Lu Qing felt a little uncomfortable when she looked at him. He coughed lightly and turned his head away. "Nothing... nothing..."

In the ancestral hall, Liu Dazhu's wife was describing Shen Qiqi's "crimes" in vivid detail with several gossipy women from the village, adding fuel to the fire and wishing to portray her as an unforgivable sinner.

"I tell you, I saw her being lazy with my own eyes! She didn't do any work in the fields, and she was hiding in the house eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks! This lazy and gluttonous person deserves to be thrown into the pig cage!" Liu Dazhu's wife said indignantly, as if she had witnessed a heinous crime with her own eyes.

Outside the ancestral hall, Shen Qiqi was in a state of confusion.

She vaguely heard the voice of Liu Dazhu's wife coming from the ancestral hall. Although she couldn't hear the specific words, she keenly realized that a conspiracy against her was brewing.

An uneasy premonition came over her, and she knew she had to find out the truth as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Shen Qiqi paced back and forth in front of the village tailor shop, feeling anxious and uneasy.

Tailor Li, the owner of the tailor shop, is known as the "busybody". There is nothing in the village that he doesn't know.

Shen Qiqi bit her lip. Should she go to Tailor Li to find out the news?

But if we alert the enemy, won’t things make things worse?

She hesitated and struggled internally.

"Master Li," a deep voice sounded behind Shen Qiqi.

Shen Qiqi made up her mind and decided to go to Tailor Li to inquire about the news.

When I walked to the door of the tailor shop, I happened to run into Lu Qing coming out.

"Master Li, do you know what's been going on in the village recently?" Lu Qing's low voice sounded.

Shen Qiqi's heart tightened. It seemed that Lu Qing also noticed that something was wrong.

Tailor Li's eyes flickered. "Hey, these are just groundless rumors. Don't listen to their nonsense." He glanced at Shen Qiqi, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Shen Qiqi took a step forward and looked at Tailor Li sincerely: “Master Li, I know you are well-informed. Please tell me the truth. This is very important to me.”

Tailor Li sighed and lowered his voice, saying, "Liu Dazhu's wife is jealous of you marrying into the Lu family, and she wants Liu Dazhu to get a good job there, so she wants to drive you away."

Shen Qiqi suddenly realized, that's how it is!

She smiled gratefully at Tailor Li, and already had an idea in her mind.

Shen Qiqi went straight to Liu Dazhu's house with the information she got from Tailor Li and some key evidence.

When Liu Dazhu's wife saw Shen Qiqi, she immediately acted like a shrew, ready to use the same old trick again.

"Hey, isn't this the third daughter-in-law of our Lu family? How come you have time to come to my house? Are you here to steal something?" Liu Dazhu's wife said sarcastically.

Shen Qiqi sneered, "I came here to tell you that I know why you want to slander me."

Liu Dazhu's wife's face changed, and she forced herself to remain calm. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever slander you?"

"Stop pretending," Shen Qiqi pressed on, "You're jealous of my status in the Lu family and want Liu Dazhu to take my place as a man so that you can have more face in the village. Am I right?"

Liu Dazhu's wife's face turned pale, and her finger pointed at Shen Qiqi tremblingly, "You...you are slandering me!"

Liu Dazhu, who had just heard the whole story, was immediately enraged and yelled at his wife, "You're a spendthrift woman! You're always causing trouble for me!"

Seeing that her husband didn't help her, Liu Dazhu's wife panicked even more, her face covered in tears and snot. "I...I did this all for this family!"

Shen Qiqi looked at the couple in front of her and sneered in her heart.

She turned and left. When she reached the door, she stopped and said lightly, "This matter is not over yet."

Shen Qiqi is not some little white rabbit that can be manipulated by anyone.

She promptly found the village chief and several respected village elders, and presented them with the information revealed by Tailor Li and the evidence she had.

This melon is so big and fierce that the onlookers instantly exploded!

"My goodness, this Liu Dazhu's wife is too mean!"

"Exactly. To get to the top, they resorted to such despicable means!"

"It's really not easy for this girl Qiqi!"

The direction of public opinion changed instantly, and the villagers expressed their sympathy and support for Shen Qiqi.

When the village chief, Old Man Zhang, heard this, he was so angry that his beard stood up. He immediately decided to hold a meeting of all villagers in the ancestral hall to publicly deal with Liu Dazhu's wife, the "troublemaker".

In the ancestral hall, Liu Dazhu's wife was criticized so harshly that she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Under pressure, she could only apologize to Shen Qiqi tearfully, looking as miserable as she could be.

Shen Qiqi looked at her, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, secretly happy in her heart: "Want to mess with me? Your level is too low!"

The villagers also gave Shen Qiqi a thumbs up: “Qiqi, this girl is really brave and resourceful!”

Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing held hands and stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall, accepting the praise of the villagers.

Lu Qing looked at Shen Qiqi, his eyes full of love and pride.

At this moment, their feelings were sublimated and sweeter than honey!

In the crowd, a figure watched all this silently.

Old Mrs. Lu looked at Shen Qiqi who was surrounded by the villagers. The wrinkles on her face were twisted into a ball, like the knobs on an old radio. She felt sour in her heart, but she couldn't make trouble in front of so many people.

Old man Lu watched this scene happily, like a rich landlord collecting rent, with a smile on his face, as if he saw the hope of the Lu family's prosperity.

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