"These days, you can just label someone and then claim it's all hearsay?"

"You think there's such a good thing in the world? Jiang Zhiqing, if you can't produce even a single piece of evidence, I definitely won't let you off the hook!"

Jiang Nuan couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Strangely enough, judging from their figures, Chu Xin'er was clearly more muscular.

Ye Nian'an is beautiful, but her delicate appearance makes her seem rather weak and lacking in fighting ability; she's not even as good as me.

When arguing with Chu Xin'er, Jiang Nuan wasn't very scared.

But whenever Ye Nian'an's gaze swept over her, Jiang Nuan would always feel a pang of fear.

"What happened?"

Shi Minghui walked over with a livid face.

His distribution area wasn't around here, so when Chu Xin'er and Jiang Nuan started arguing, he was completely unaware of it.

It wasn't until someone else came over to inform Shi Minghui that he realized people were arguing.

Chu Xin'er immediately pointed at Jiang Nuan and shouted, "Captain, she has no evidence whatsoever. She said my sister-in-law went to deliver gifts to you last night. That's capitalist behavior! What benefits are she trying to gain!"

Shi Minghui's face darkened even more: "Jiang Zhiqing, did you really say such a thing?"

Jiang Nuan suddenly felt attacked from both sides and said with great grievance, "I...I didn't say it...No, I did say it...but I only heard it from others, it's not like I saw it myself."

"You dare to accuse us of capitalist practices based on hearsay and without any evidence? Do you know how serious the consequences of such a accusation are?"

Without hesitation, Ye Nian'an stepped forward, yanked aside the male educated youth who was protecting Jiang Nuan, and slapped her hard across the face.

Snap!

In an instant, a bright red five-claw mark appeared on Jiang Nuan's face!

It's burning hot, and it hurts terribly!

Jiang Nuan covered her face, looking at Ye Nian'an in disbelief: "You... how could you hit someone when you were just talking to them!"

"Isn't it true that the one who started it is the one who's cheap! If you have evidence to prove these things, I'll cooperate with the investigation without hesitation. But you're talking bad about me for no reason, so who else should I hit if not you!"

"You...you!"

Jiang Nuan was so angry that she started shedding tiny pearls.

What kind of nonsense is this?

She grew up in the city and had never been slapped by anyone.

How long have they been in the countryside? First, they were slapped by Lin Xiaojiao, and now it's Ye Nian'an.

I've lost all face in front of everyone.

Shi Minghui felt relieved by the slap.

After all, Ye Nian'an was wrongly accused of capitalist behavior, and the recipient of the gift was Shi Minghui!

If it weren't for the fact that Jiang Nuan was a female educated youth, Shi Minghui wouldn't have let him off so easily!

After slapping the fan, Ye Nian'an looked at Shi Minghui and said, "Captain, I think this matter must be clarified to see who is spreading rumors, otherwise it will only tarnish the reputation of our two families."

"Comrade Ye is right. Let's go to the square during our lunch break and have a meeting to see who's been gossiping and clarify this matter!"

Shi Minghui never expected that Ye Nian'an would come to his house and incidentally save his second daughter-in-law and grandson, but he never expected to be accused of such a serious crime.

To clear the name of my savior, I must settle this matter for him.

Just then, Chu Yan and the others arrived.

"Niannian, are you alright?"

Chu Yan immediately came to Ye Nian'an's side and asked softly.

Ye Nian'an shook her head: "I'm fine, it was Xin'er who got into an argument with someone because of me..."

After learning the whole story, the Chu family was also very angry.

She glared angrily at Jiang Nuan.

Jiang Nuan was speechless for a moment, and could only burst into tears.

She felt that the Chu family had gone too far, bullying her, a weak woman, just because they outnumbered them.

So after finishing their work in the morning, Shi Minghui gathered everyone at the square.

Wang Xingbang and Lin Xiaojiao led Wang Zhiqiang through the crowd. They had heard that Jiang Nuan had been caught gossiping about Ye Nian'an by Chu Xin'er that morning.

After Ye Nian'an arrived, he slapped Jiang Nuan across the face.

Lin Xiaojiao said gloatingly, "Hahaha~ It's like the flood washed away the Dragon King's temple; they served their own people right!"

The feeling of watching from the sidelines is incredibly satisfying.

"Hey, you should say less. If you hadn't spread rumors like that, this wouldn't have happened."

Wang Xingbang spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

He knew that Lin Xiaojiao had spread the word. Yesterday, after Lin Xiaojiao went out to take out the trash, she immediately came back and told him about it.

Wang Xingbang just didn't expect that this old hag would be so loose-lipped, spreading the word to so many people in no time.

The fact that Shi Minghui had gathered everyone at the square for this matter gave Wang Xingbang a bad feeling.

"Don't worry, so many people know about it, how can we find the source?"

"And did I say something wrong? Look, the captain specially summoned everyone to the square for a meeting about the Chu family's matter. He made such a big fuss. I don't believe he didn't accept any gifts!"

"That's capitalist behavior! Even if the sky falls, it'll be fine! And this Ye Nian'an, she didn't even come to work this morning, but she sent the man's family over."

"Aren't they all as lazy as pigs? They eat meat every day, I bet their whole family will starve to death sooner or later!"

"Hey, hey, shut your mouth."

Once everyone had sat down in the square, Shi Minghui got straight to the point: "Everyone has been busy all morning. The midday sun is too strong, so I won't take up any more time."

"I'm sure you've all heard some rumors about the Chu family. I, Shi Minghui, here as the captain and with my personal integrity, guarantee that they are all completely unfounded!"

"Last night, Comrade Ye and Comrade Chu came to my house and happened to find my second daughter-in-law unconscious. It was Comrade Ye who saved my second daughter-in-law and also saved the baby in her belly!"

"If giving gifts is a capitalist practice, then if I gave Comrade Ye wild boar meat and eggs to repay a debt of gratitude, wouldn't I also be considered a capitalist?"

These words caused an uproar among the crowd.

People had heard about the Chu family being demoted, so when rumors spread that the Chu family had engaged in capitalist practices and bribed Shi Minghui, they believed it to some extent.

After all, there's an old saying that goes, "There's no smoke without fire."

If they could be demoted to lower levels, what kind of good people could they have been before?

But they never expected that... Ye Nian'an wasn't there to bribe, but instead saved the captain's second daughter-in-law and her unborn child.

This person can be considered a great benefactor of the Shi family, the kind of person one would kneel down and worship.

“I can testify! Sister Nian'an and Brother Yan came to my house yesterday, and my second sister-in-law suddenly fainted. It was Sister Nian'an who gave her timely treatment and even diagnosed that she was pregnant.”

"My second brother and sister-in-law are ecstatic! They even took the day off to go to the town hospital for a checkup!"

Shi Gandang also stood up and spoke.

During his holidays, he usually stayed at home and didn't go hunting in the mountains behind the house. Instead, he helped his family with chores to earn work points. He was furious when he heard rumors about the Chu family.

If he catches anyone spreading rumors about the Chu and Shi families, he'll teach them a lesson!