Song Yan didn't think about anything else for the time being. When she came back yesterday, she put the large willow basket in her room. She could take something out casually without arousing suspicion from her family.

Song Yan wanted to make candied apples for her two children. She peeled the apples, added sugar, and steamed them in a pot over water, but used different spring water…

Because there was delicious food, Wei Ping and Wei An stayed by Song Yan's side. After preparing the food, Song Yan eagerly let the two children taste it.

Both children said it was delicious. When asked if the two bowls tasted the same, they said they did…

With nothing to do, Song Yan would just sit there in a daze.

Auntie had been staring blankly at Grandpa Cheng outside for quite some time.

Wei An: "Auntie! Why are you staring at Uncle Cheng like that?"

Wei Ping: "Auntie is worried about Uncle Cheng! The chickens haven't laid any eggs yet."

Wei An: "The chicken is too embarrassed to lay eggs because it's being watched."

Song Yan almost laughed! "But your Uncle Chen doesn't know?"

“Then I’ll go tell him.” Wei Andeng ran off.

"Uncle Cheng, Uncle Cheng, please come inside! You're making the hen too shy to lay eggs." Wei An looked at Cheng Yousuo earnestly.

"?" Cheng Yousuo was dumbfounded.

"Really? Grandpa, come inside. The eggs will be laid soon." Wei An looked back at his aunt standing by the window, then turned back to stare at Cheng Yousuo.

Cheng Yousuo followed the child's gaze and saw Song Yan. He realized he was making things inconvenient for Song Yan by standing in the yard like this. The chickens hadn't laid any eggs yet. His initially fervent emotions had cooled considerably.

Just then, someone from the knitting group came out again. All the people coming and going from the knitting group this morning were looking at him... Cheng Yousuo glanced at the chicken coop with reluctance.

"Hey...you're right!"

Cheng Yousuo scooped Wei An up in her arms. Wei An had been on the verge of death back then, but with Song Zhiqing by his side, the child was now lively and energetic. Her own children, Shuanzhu and Damei, were doing the same. "It's cold outside. Let's go inside! Tell your aunt I'm leaving now."

Last autumn, there was a rumor circulating in the brigade that Song, a educated youth, was chasing after the militia captain. Early this morning, Cheng Yousuo was again in Song's courtyard.

Gossip is a woman's nature. Especially among these uneducated women, gossip is an irreplaceable source of excitement.

Widow Wang and Wei Dazhuang's wife came out together.

"You're both daughters-in-law of the Wei family, so why don't you have the ability to make their husbands stand in your house for half a day?" Widow Wang said with a smirk.

Wei Dazhuang's wife: "I'm an honest and law-abiding person."

They weren't far apart, and they were talking quite loudly, so Cheng Yousuo could hear them clearly. "What are you saying?" Cheng Yousuo said angrily.

Song Yan saw Cheng Yousuo suddenly looking angrily at the knitting group from inside the room.

Wei Dazhuang's wife: "What did I say? I said I can't let other men stand in my yard for half a day."

Wei Dazhuang's wife knew that Cheng Xiuyun hated Song Yan the most, so Cheng Xiuyun would definitely be happy to be able to put Song Yan down.

Song Yan overheard Wei Dazhuang's wife's words as he came out. It was exactly what he feared. He had been soft-hearted, thinking Cheng Yousuo could leave if he stood there a little longer. Now, this had caused such a huge problem. But could Cheng Yousuo be blamed? Not really. He was just a pitiful father.

Song Yan held Wei Ping's spinning top in his hand and slammed it out with a whoosh.

Wei Dazhuang's wife was beaten so badly she fell flat on her back. "Ouch!"

…

The Cheng family.

"I haven't seen my eldest brother all morning, and there's still no sign of him," Cheng's second sister-in-law asked.

Sister-in-law Cheng: "He went to get eggs."

No one paid any attention to what Sister-in-law Cheng said. Since yesterday, her family had been searching everywhere for eggs.

Cheng Youfu knew where his older brother was, but a boy in his late teens couldn't think of such trivial matters.

As Sister-in-law Cheng was doing needlework, she said, "These days, eggs are such a rare treat. Where did my eldest brother go to buy some?"

Sister-in-law Cheng: "Only my sister's family has it. Why hasn't she come back yet?"

Second Sister-in-law Cheng and Third Sister-in-law Cheng exchanged a glance. Their eldest brother and sister-in-law were now frantic with worry. They couldn't understand basic social etiquette. Song Yan wasn't a petty person; why should she wait there? Besides, waiting at her house for half a day would surely cause gossip.

Second Sister-in-law Cheng: "I'll go take a look."

Sister-in-law Cheng: "I'll go too."

…

When the two sisters-in-law arrived near the Wei family's house, they heard shouting and cursing coming from the courtyard.

"What? You've already done it, and you won't let me say anything?" Wei Dazhuang's wife felt like her butt was about to break; she couldn't let this go unpunished.

Ouch!

A potato sent Wei Dazhuang's wife sprawling again. This time, she hit her even harder than before…

"This is making life unbearable! You can do it, but you don't dare let anyone say anything. Then why don't you do it at all? I've never heard of someone who cheats on their partner and still has the nerve to be right. Song Yan, you're a whore..." Wei Dazhuang's wife thought to herself, "Anyone can throw a tantrum. You hit me, so I'll throw a tantrum and show you. Let's see who loses face." She sat down on the ground and refused to get up.

“What they want to do is their business, why are you criticizing them?” said Widow Wang.

Oh no! The two sisters-in-law from the Cheng family took off running this way...

Wei Dazhuang's wife dared to throw a tantrum because she didn't think she was the one who was ashamed. If Cheng Yousuo's wife hadn't been pregnant, she might have been a little more afraid, worried that Cheng Yousuo's wife would beat her up. What could Cheng Yousuo, a grown man, do to her? She could handle two men like Song Yan if they came.

Everyone has a limit to the amount of pressure they can bear, and Cheng Yousuo was reaching his limit. He stubbornly insisted on waiting for the hen to lay an egg, but could one egg solve the problem? No. It was his mentality that was about to collapse.

The words of Wei Dazhuang's wife and the widow Wang were the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Second Sister-in-law Cheng and Third Sister-in-law Cheng rushed over and beat up Wei Dazhuang's wife and Widow Wang...

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