Aunt Wei was in a particularly good mood this morning. While Xiaoxiao was out, she told Song Yan, "Our little fox spirit is back again. He's been eating a lot of noodles these past few days, making dumplings and rolling out noodles. The flour bag is almost empty. When I checked this morning, there was more than half a bag of flour left."

Song Yan nodded vigorously, indicating her agreement with her mother-in-law's words. "Our Master Huang is back!" Right in front of you!

Aunt Wei: "I checked on our hens the day before yesterday. The hens that lay eggs all have rosy cheeks. But our hens are so pale, how come they're laying eggs?"

Song Yan is truly blessed. That's what her mother-in-law thought to herself.

Song Yan was speechless; she genuinely didn't know chickens could have faces. Or perhaps there were some distinguishing features of a hen that lays eggs? Her mother-in-law's next words almost made Song Yan stumble.

Aunt Wei: "I checked the chicken's rear end the day before yesterday, and there were no eggs. Besides, I felt like the chicken wasn't even open! But yesterday you found two eggs. Hey! That's strange. Did I not check correctly?"

Song Yan made a decision: this batch of grain irrigated with the second spring water would be harvested, and if it was confirmed that both Shuanzhu and Damei could eat it, the chickens would not be allowed to lay eggs.

Unfortunately, the second spring water didn't have the ability to accelerate growth, otherwise Song Yan would have matured it immediately.

Ah! We really can't underestimate the wisdom of the working people! From then on, Song Yan observed carefully and finally understood the meaning behind his mother-in-law's words.

When a hen isn't laying eggs, its comb and the area around its eyes turn pale. Once it starts laying eggs again, its comb and the area around its eyes gradually become rosy. This is what's known as a hen's "chicken face."

As for reaching out to touch a chicken's rear end to check if it's started laying eggs, or touching its hindquarters to see if it will lay eggs tomorrow, Song Yan simply couldn't bring herself to do it; she couldn't bring herself to do it. Nor did she want to personally experience what it meant for a chicken to open its crotch.

But that's a story for another time.

Xiaoxiao's back, why hasn't she eaten yet? When Aunt Wei went into Song Yan's room, she saw Xiaoxiao's eyes were red and her clothes were wet. "Did you cry? Why did you cry? What happened to you?"

This couldn't be kept secret, and besides, she didn't want to hide it from Aunt Wei. Over the past few months, she had come to regard Aunt Wei as her elder.

Jiang Xiaoxiao told Aunt Wei what had happened.

Aunt Wei's joy vanished instantly. "What a beast! How could they do such a thing? Xiaoxiao, from now on, go out less, and don't go out alone, understand?"

The old lady gently stroked Jiang Xiaoxiao's head, her face full of heartache. "Were you terrified?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao told herself to be strong and not to cry. But seeing Aunt Wei like this made her want to cry.

Xiaoxiao's family is different from Song Yan's family; her grandmother has always doted on her. She's always been as loving as Aunt Wei.

When something like this happens, people usually like to blame the woman first. But Aunt Wei didn't.

Song Yan returned just as they were talking.

Xiaoxiao asked anxiously, "Did anyone see it? Can anyone testify for me?"

“They must have seen it. Second Aunt and Erzhuang are both very guilty,” Song Yan said. “Just because he doesn’t want to testify today doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to testify tomorrow. You don’t need to worry about that,” Song Yan said.

"Sister, have you thought about suing Cheng Yi?" Song Yan carefully observed Xiao Xiao's expression. If she was unwilling, Song Yan could choose not to use this method.

When they first discussed taking revenge on Widow Wang, that matter could wait. Song Yan didn't want Lao Du and Lao Zeng to make a move, and he wasn't in a hurry to do it himself.

But Xiaoxiao's situation is different. To protect Xiaoxiao from harm, Song Yan could act immediately. If Cheng Yi persists in pursuing Xiaoxiao, Song Yan wouldn't even hesitate to silence Cheng Yi forever to help Xiaoxiao escape. Why should such a good girl be ruined by a scoundrel?

After all, in the original story, Xiaoxiao lived in the shadow of this incident for the rest of her life.

"I'm going to sue him. I'm going to sue him to the end." Jiang Xiaoxiao's face was resolute; she had made up her mind.

Song Yan breathed a sigh of relief. Now Jiang Xiaoxiao had him, she had a home here. Here she had her sister's care, and Aunt Wei, a loving elder. Completely different from the lonely and helpless Jiang Xiaoxiao of the past.

"I'm going there right now. I want to sue him before he starts spreading rumors at their house," Xiaoxiao said.

"good!"

Just then, Youfu, Cheng Ersao, and Cheng Sansao all arrived.

When Youfu arrived home, he was covered in fish soup and looked extremely angry. His family asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't say. Something was definitely wrong with him.

Youfu felt that if this got out, it would damage Jiang Xiaoxiao's reputation, so he didn't want to say a word.

His family members took turns lecturing him, but he remained silent. It wasn't until his second sister-in-law said that he was still young and didn't understand social etiquette. "Tell us what's wrong, and we'll give you some advice. Don't do what happened last time. If we knew, we would definitely think it was inappropriate. Look how young you are, you haven't realized it yet."

This refers to him seeing his older brother standing in Song Yan's courtyard and not leaving. Being young and naive, he didn't think much of it and dismissed it as a trivial matter. But it resulted in a whole host of problems.

Fu Cai then hesitantly recounted what had happened.

When the Cheng family heard this, they were shocked. Jiang Xiaoxiao had come to help them! So, Cheng's second and third sisters-in-law rushed over.

Hearing that Jiang Xiaoxiao was determined to sue, the two hesitated. Their thinking was simple: if this got out, it would damage Xiaoxiao's reputation.

In the original story, Xiaoxiao had the same idea and backed down. But Cheng Yi's family took advantage of her and went further.

Song Yan: "I'm afraid Cheng Yi's family originally intended to cling to Xiao Xiao and spread rumors everywhere that Cheng Yi and Xiao Xiao are dating." Song Yan briefly explained the whole story.

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