"What kind of spectacle did you just see?" Aunt Zhang asked, knowing her best friend's personality.

"Oh dear, Ding Ermei from our village, the one with the military officer son, was just arrested by the police, and she's still handcuffed!" Aunt Qiu was working, but it didn't stop her from chattering away.

"What?" Aunt Zhang's vegetables fell into the wooden bucket, splashing water everywhere.

Didn't Ding Ermei take her grandson to eat wontons? How could she get arrested by the police just for eating wontons?

"You didn't expect this either, did you? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that such a spectacle would happen today." Aunt Qiu said, making "tsk tsk tsk" sounds.

If you were to ask who Aunt Qiu disliked the most in Zhoujia Village, it would undoubtedly be Ding Ermei.

Ever since Zhou Bingchen became an officer, Ding Ermei has always walked with her head held high in the village.

A group of old women from Zhoujia Village were chatting together. Someone mentioned that they had bought meat for dinner that day. Ding Ermei would say, "What's so special about eating meat? When my Bingchen comes back, he'll buy as much meat as I want."

Someone said they wanted to buy a bicycle this year. Ding Ermei would say, "When my Bingchen comes back, I'll make him buy me a bicycle, and I'll also make him take me for a ride in a car."

After several times, the old women in the village stopped wanting to include Ding Ermei in their conversations.

But Ding Ermei has a thick skin!

Ding Ermei feels uneasy if she doesn't show off her "military officer son" in the village every two days.

Aunt Qiu had been annoyed by Ding Ermei.

Aunt Qiu's family finally had a meal of meat, and Aunt Qiu didn't even wipe her mouth, her lips still greasy and shiny, just to show off when she went out. Unexpectedly, Ding Ermei belittled her completely.

Would Aunt Qiu be happy about this?

Seeing Ding Ermei's bad luck today, Aunt Qiu felt as refreshed as if she had eaten a popsicle on a hot day, from head to toe.

"Qiuju, did you really see Ding Ermei being arrested by the police?" Aunt Zhang asked after she came to her senses.

Aunt Zhang looked at the pile of vegetables and felt worried.

It looks like Ding Ermei won't be coming back today. If these vegetables don't sell, will she have to stay here until evening?

"Yes! Why would I lie to you? Several people in our village saw it. Even Zhou Dachui, the village secretary's younger brother, saw it," Aunt Qiu said cheerfully.

"What are we going to do? How did Ding Ermei get arrested?" Aunt Zhang was extremely worried, her brows furrowed tightly.

"I heard that Ding Ermei robbed someone, and also... what... what... she harassed a young policeman," Aunt Qiu said, pursing her lips.

Aunt Qiu was also misled.

Just now, when Aunt Qiu was standing on the side of the street watching the commotion, there was a passerby standing next to her who had just watched the commotion at the wonton stall.

The passerby was standing far away and saw from a distance that Xiao Geng had twisted Ding Ermei's arms behind her back and was searching her body while pinning her to the ground. Ding Ermei shouted that Xiao Geng was a hooligan.

Passersby thought Ding Ermei was very pretty and came to see her appearance.

As a result, he almost gouged out his own eyes.

Pooh!

The old woman is so ugly, how dare she say the police were harassing her? It must have been the old woman who harassed the police, that's why they arrested her.

The passersby were overwhelmed with a sense of justice at this moment.

Before Ding Ermei's figure had even disappeared from sight, passersby were already talking animatedly about how Ding Ermei "attempted to harass a young policeman but ended up getting arrested instead."

Aunt Qiu stood aside, listening in stunned silence.

Good heavens! Ding Ermei is already an old hag, how dare she flirt with a young police officer with red lips and white teeth? She's incredibly audacious!

After the passersby left, Aunt Qiu finally came to her senses and quickly ran over to share this big gossip with her old best friend, Aunt Zhang.

"Oh my god! Zhou Fugui's family is going to be so embarrassed!" Aunt Zhang exclaimed in shock.

"That's right! Ding Ermei is definitely going to be detained today. Let's see how she'll have the nerve to look down on people after this." Aunt Qiu said with a gloating expression.

"Qiuju, can you watch the stall for me? I'll go tell Pearl." Aunt Qiu stood up and said.

"Chunhua, I don't know how much you're selling these vegetables! I'll go tell Pearl!" Aunt Qiu said anxiously.

"Five cents a bunch, you can sell them however you like! Keep the money from the two stalls separate. You've never been to the Zhao family's place before, so you don't know the way. I'll be back soon." After saying that, Aunt Zhang took off running.

"Hey! So I'm here to do free labor for you, Zhang Chunhua? No way, this is too tiring. I need Zhang Chunhua to treat me to a fried dough stick later." Aunt Qiu muttered, rubbing her lower back before squatting down to slowly tidy up the vegetables.

On Zhao Zhenzhu's side.

Just as Zhao Zhenzhu finished chopping the meat, Aunt Zhang came knocking on the door, panting.

"Auntie, what happened?" Zhao Zhenzhu asked.

“Pearl! I just heard on the street… that your mother-in-law was arrested by the police. Do you… want to go to the police station to see her?” Aunt Zhang said, panting.

“Auntie, I know about this. I was planning to go back to the village to report it after lunch,” Zhao Zhenzhu said calmly.

The world is vast, but nothing is more important than Zhao Zhenzhu eating.

Moreover, it concerns Ding Ermei.

Zhao Zhenzhu wouldn't go back to the village to deliver the news on an empty stomach.

Since Ding Ermei has already been arrested, whether Zhou Fugui finds out sooner or later, the result is the same.

"Huh?" Aunt Zhang was stunned.

“Auntie, my mother-in-law was at the wonton stall just now…” Zhao Zhenzhu told Aunt Zhang what had happened earlier.

"I heard that Ding Ermei was arrested for harassing a policeman? Oh, she beat up a policeman?" Aunt Zhang suddenly realized.

She knew it!

How dare Ding Ermei harass a junior police officer? Even if the junior officer doesn't arrest her, Zhou Fugui won't let her off the hook.

"This is truly a case of 'three men make a tiger'! How did the story get so distorted over time?" Zhao Zhenzhu said, both amused and exasperated.

“I’ll go back to the village and give them a heads-up! Pearl, you don’t need to show up. I’m afraid that old geezer Zhou Fugui is unreasonable and will blame you,” Aunt Zhang said.

Aunt Zhang was thinking of Zhao Zhenzhu's best interests.

Ding Ermei was arrested because Zhao Zhenzhu refused to buy her wontons.

Although what happened next was Ding Ermei's own doing, Zhou Fugui certainly wouldn't think that way.

Aunt Zhang and Zhou Fugui's family had been neighbors for over ten years, and she knew that apart from Zhou Bingchen, none of the Zhou family members were good people.

“Auntie, there’s no need to make a special trip. Many villagers came to the town market today, and someone must have seen my mother-in-law being arrested. You still need to go back to your parents’ home to see your grandmother! You don’t need to worry about this.” Zhao Zhenzhu didn’t want to trouble Aunt Zhang.

"Then... okay!" Aunt Zhang agreed.

Aunt Zhang was willing to return to Zhoujia Village to deliver the news because of Zhao Zhenzhu.

Since Zhao Zhenzhu said it wasn't necessary, Aunt Zhang didn't want to meddle.

Besides, Ding Ermei entrusted a large amount of vegetables to Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang felt that she had done a lot of help by selling Ding Ermei's vegetables today.

It wasn't just Aunt Qiu who was arrested for misunderstanding that Ding Ermei was "harassing a young policeman," but also Zhou Dachui and his wife, villagers from Zhoujia Village who were standing next to Aunt Qiu watching the commotion.

After watching the excitement, Aunt Qiu came to chat with Aunt Zhang about gossip.

Zhou Dachui, however, took off running towards Zhoujia Village.