A few days passed in a flash, and Lian Xiaomin hadn't gone out at all. She stayed at home taking care of her younger siblings.

One evening, Zhang Wenyong came and brought her a cute little yellow dog, a male dog, and an aluminum lunch box filled with a large box of sweet and sour pork from a state-owned restaurant.

Zhang Wenyong put these things down and left without entering the house, saying that he had something to do at home.

Even when Xiaomin wanted to exchange her sweet potato for the puppy, he refused. He poked her forehead with his finger, told her to be quiet, then turned around and left.

These days, Xiaofu is very happy and plays with the puppy all day long.

He wanted to give the little yellow dog a name, but couldn't figure it out, so he asked his sister. Lian Xiaomin said directly, just call it Sweet Potato.

She made a warm doghouse in the kitchen room between the east and west rooms, so that Digu could go into the east room at any time. The room was big, so it was better to let Xiaofu play inside as it was too cold outside.

Xiaofu had been playing with the sweet potato by himself for several days. Early in the morning one day, he kept clamoring to take the dog to show it to his sister Xiaofeng and his brother Xiaogouzi. He wanted to tell everyone that he also had a sweet potato!

Lian Xiaomin looked at the little kid's boastful look and agreed. It just so happened that she also wanted to send some food to her aunt.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, she took a large backpack filled with 20 kilograms of sorghum rice, 10 kilograms of millet, and two kilograms of brown sugar, and carried it on her back. She wrapped Xiao Ya in a blanket in one hand and held Xiao Fu in the other hand, and walked towards her aunt's house.

Sweet potato runs around and follows me obediently. I have fed it delicious food these days and it is very energetic.

When she arrived at her aunt's house, Lian Xiaomin went straight into the yard. In broad daylight, most households did not lock the gates, so anyone who came could go straight in.

Only in the case of Lian Xiaomin's family, who lives in a remote location at the foot of the mountain and has a small family, would they have to lock the gate from morning to night.

Digua wagged his tail, barked twice, and ran to the middle of the yard first. Yufang heard the noise and came out of the house first. Seeing Xiaomin coming, she happily went to meet her, took the little girl from her arms, and said, "Xiaomin, you also brought a puppy from the old secretary's house?"

Lian Xiaomin took off the backpack and answered, "Yes, I asked Brother Sanyong to bring it to me. It's called Sweet Potato. Xiaofu is almost overwhelmed with joy. I've been playing with it for several days. Today I have to show it to Sister Xiaofeng."

Lian Qiuping pushed open the door, lifted the curtain and led Xiaofeng out. Xiaofeng saw Xiaofu playing with a cute little yellow dog, her eyes lit up instantly and she quickly ran over to see the puppy.

Xiaofu said happily: "Xiaofengjiejie~ Look, this is sweet potato. Its little tail has a patch of gray hair, but the little yellow-haired one doesn't have that."

The two little kids immediately started talking to each other, squatting on the ground and playing with the puppy.

Lian Qiuping looked at Xiaomin and said, "What are you carrying again, kid?"

Lian Xiaomin straightened up and said, "Aunt, I'll clear the kitchen for you first, let's go inside and talk."

Yufang followed in, holding Xiaoya in her arms.

After sitting on the kang, Lian Xiaomin took off her hat and scarf and said, "Last time when I was about to go home, I ran into Brother Sanyong and went hunting together. Later, he exchanged the prey for food, so I gave you some. It will last you a while. Anyway, it was all exchanged for prey, and I didn't spend any money to buy it."

Lian Qiuping couldn't refuse, so she cleaned up the things with tears in her eyes. Xiaomin was thinking about her and had given her things several times. She was a sensible and capable child, and look how well she took care of Xiaofu and Xiaoya.

This niece is more mature than other children of her age and has unparalleled abilities. She knows how to hunt, which is a good way out for her.

The little girl was put on the kang and crawled. Lian Qiuping was watching her. Yufang suddenly said, "By the way, Xiao Lingzi from the Xie family, who is the same age as us, is clamoring to play with you. There was a commotion at her house a few days ago, and I didn't have time to take care of her. How about I go and call her now?"

Lian Xiaomin nodded and said, "Then go ahead."

Lian Qiuping said, "Yufang, put on your scarf too. It's too cold outside. Don't shiver."

The little girl put on a red scarf, smoothed her braids, and went out.

The Xie family and the Li family are only three households apart and are quite close.

Lian Xiaomin pretended to be calm and asked Lian Qiuping casually, "Aunt, what's going on in the Xie family? Last time I saw Xie Xuwei walking his dog, and Xiaofu was admiring the dog, so I chatted with him for a while, and he looked so worried, I don't know what's going on."

Lian Qiuping sighed and said, "You haven't been here for a few days, so you don't know that something happened in his family. Even my mother-in-law heard the news and came back from Daliushu Village. She went to Brother Shengli's house early this morning."

"Big Cui Nai is back? What's the big fuss?"

Lian Qiuping continued, "Xie Xuwei is really unlucky. His fiancée had been dragging his feet on the wedding, but suddenly a few days ago he said he agreed to get married as soon as possible. As a result, the Xie family was not happy and proposed to cancel the engagement! The Cheng family refused to agree no matter what and refused to return the betrothal gift. They also complained everywhere that the Xie family was worthless and actually broke off the engagement."

Lian Qiuping moved Xiaoya closer to the kang, letting her sit against the pile of quilts for a while, and then continued, "In the end, the Xie family quit. What will happen to Xie Xuwei's reputation? How will he find a wife in the future? The whole family invited many people, young and old, to go to Chengjiazhuang to knock on the door. Guess what happened?"

Lian Xiaomin was looking at her aunt with bright eyes and asked quickly, "What's the matter?"

"Xu Wei's mother came back and told me that the Cheng family also found many relatives in the local area, and they were not angry either. The Cheng family's yard was crowded with many people..."

"…At this moment, in front of everyone, Xie Shuangxi and Zhang Xianglan produced evidence—the test report from the county hospital! They said that Cheng Baoru had secretly gone for the tests, and the doctors could testify. She had already been pregnant with someone else's bastard! She was afraid of being exposed, and wanted Xie Xuwei to take over her rotten dish!"

Lian Qiuping took a sip of water from the teacup and continued, "As a result, there was an uproar. Under everyone's questioning, Cheng Baoru had no choice but to admit it. Well, Xuwei's mother said that the Cheng family was in a very bad shape..."

After listening to this, Lian Xiaomin said quietly, "Cheng Baoru is in big trouble now."

"She was an adulterer and was later taken away by the Chengjiazhuang security team." Lian Qiuping also nodded. "However, with her father Cheng Qinglai around, she probably won't go to the farm or anything, but her reputation is doomed. You really can't believe she is such a person. It's probably her wicked brother who instigated her. Xuwei was in danger, he was almost killed." Lian Qiuping sighed.