After being instigated by Li Caie, Cui Xi not only forgot Xu Lanzhi's good deeds, but also became single-mindedly determined to avenge Xu Lanzhi for taking her child.

Following Li Caie's instructions, she watched from afar as Zhaodi and Yindi went to town to buy eggs. After a while, when Wangshi took Sidi, Niandi, and Pandi to pick green beans, and Jiedi went out to deliver food to Erzhuzi, she deliberately ran over in a panic and said loudly, "Lanzhi, are you home? Please help me!"

Xu Lanzhi rushed out to ask her the reason.

Cui Xi said sadly, "Lan Zhi, Bao Gen's child still won't forgive me. He refuses to eat anything. He's just recovered, and I'm afraid he'll get sick from starvation. Could you ask Jie Di to try and persuade him? He and Jie Di are quite close."

Xu Lanzhi readily agreed and instructed Jiedi, "Go quickly and deliver food to your Uncle Erzhuzi. After you're done, go check on Baogen. Oh, and take these two steamed buns from home to Baogen."

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Cui Xi said that Bao Gen was throwing a tantrum at home and that Xu Lanzhi should deliver the food herself. After saying that, she took the basket of food from Jie Di's hand, pulled Jie Di away, and repeatedly told Xu Lanzhi to deliver the food herself, saying that Jie Di would have to stay at her house for a while.

Xu Lanzhi was in a dilemma. Erzhuzi was a bachelor, and he lived alone. If she, a widow, went to deliver food, wouldn't that make her a target for gossip?

But now only Tang Qiqi and she are at home. Erzhu was injured while saving her, and she has been having her daughters deliver her meals recently. It's past mealtime now, and Erzhu can't move, so he must be hungry.

Xu Lanzhi thought for a moment, realizing she was just going to deliver some food and would be back soon, so she didn't care about what others were saying.

She carried Tang Qiqi in one arm and set off with a basket in the other.

Tang Qiqi felt that things were not so simple. When Xu Lanzhi was talking to Cuixi just now, Cuixi's eyes were darting around, and she looked like she had done something wrong. In fact, she kept urging Xu Lanzhi to hurry up and deliver food to Uncle Erzhu. She felt that something was not right.

Tang Qiqi is now practicing speaking every day. She can now call her mother and grandmother, but she is not yet fluent in other words.

To remind Xu Lanzhi, she made another effort, waving her little hands and glaring at her chubby little legs as she began to speak: "Mother, don't go, don't go."

Xu Lanzhi stopped in her tracks, her face beaming with joy: "Qiqi, what were you saying to your mother just now?"

"No, Mother won't go!" Tang Qiqi felt like she couldn't even speak properly, and finally managed to utter these words in a garbled voice.

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Xu Lanzhi actually understood. She patted Tang Qiqi and said, "Qiqi doesn't want to go. Uncle Erzhu is hungry. Let's go and come right back."

Helpless, Tang Qiqi grabbed Xu Lanzhi's hair and said, "Blow-dry, you bad person! Blow-dry, you bad person!"

Xu Lanzhi was confused and said with a smile, "You little rascal, you've grown quite temperamental. If you don't want to go, you'll pull your mother's head. Let go, it hurts!"

Tang Qiqi let go, still repeating, "No way, you're such a jerk!"

"You mean Cuixi is a bad person?" Xu Lanzhi finally understood, but she didn't take it to heart and said with a smile, "Qiqi, you can't say that, your Aunt Cuixi."

Tang Qiqi tried to persuade Xu Lanzhi for a long time, but Xu Lanzhi remained unmoved. Tang Qiqi had no choice but to use her trump card and start crying.

When she cried, Xu Lanzhi became more vigilant, because Tang Qiqi almost never cried; every time she cried, it was to tell herself something.

Xu Lanzhi began to take it seriously. She put down the basket and asked Tang Qiqi, "Qiqi, do you want your mother to go and deliver the food herself instead?"

"Mmm!" Tang Qiqi stopped crying.

The "hmm" might be a coincidence, but Xu Lanzhi preferred to believe it was true, as she knew Tang Qiqi's abilities better than anyone.

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She thought about it and decided that she might as well take this opportunity to find out the truth.

To avoid worrying Tang Qiqi, Xu Lanzhi whispered, "Qiqi, is this okay?" Then she told Tang Qiqi her plan.

Tang Qiqi listened attentively and replied simply, "Okay!"

Xu Lanzhi is now certain that Qiqi not only understands her words, but can also express her opinions.

Xu Lanzhi picked up the basket, carried Tang Qiqi, and headed towards Erzhu's house.

As she walked, she turned into an alley and after a while finally arrived at Erzhuzi's house.

She deliberately paused at the doorway, and noticed a figure hiding in the distance. Xu Lanzhi smiled slightly and entered Erzhu's house with a confident air.

A moment later, Li Cai'e barged directly into Erzhuzi's house, where Xu Lanzhi was holding Tang Qiqi and watching Erzhuzi eat.

Li Caie immediately shouted, "Xu Lanzhi, you shameless whore, do you crave men that much? You're so eager to find your lover. You used to try to avoid him, but now you're sharing meals and sleeping in the same bed. You're really disgracing Tangjiagou!"

Upon hearing this, Erzhuzi's veins bulged on his hands, and he cursed, "Li Cai, are you blind? Sister-in-law Lanzhi only came to bring me a meal. If you keep spouting nonsense here, and people believe it, how will she live?"

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Li Caie said sarcastically, "Oh, Erzhuzi, are you feeling sorry for her now? I promised you my sister before the New Year, but you absolutely refused. You two must have already started an affair back then!"

Xu Lanzhi remained calm, but Erzhuzi couldn't stand Li Caie's treatment of Xu Lanzhi, so he picked up the bowl in his hand and smashed it at Li Caie.

Li Cai'e was afraid they wouldn't make a fuss if they didn't get angry, so now that she had an excuse, she tore her hair into a mess, ripped several holes in her already tattered clothes, smiled at Erzhu and Xu Lanzhi, and then suddenly ran to Erzhu's door crying out, "

"He's hitting someone! Erzhuzi is hitting someone because of her lover!"

With that shout, the whole village, young and old, came to watch the spectacle once again.

Li Cai'e sat on the ground and threw a tantrum. When she saw that there were many people, she cried and said, "I accidentally saw Xu Lanzhi sneaking into Erzhu's house. I was curious, so I followed her. I didn't expect to catch them doing something. They were so angry that they both beat me up."

Li Caie's words were so detailed and convincing that the villagers, used to blindly following the crowd, didn't even think before they started to parrot what she said.

Some people whispered, "With so many people in the family, she manages to find ways to support her mother-in-law and children so that she can have a secret rendezvous with Erzhuzi."

No wonder Erzhuzi was willing to risk his life for you! Go and fetch the village head! Now that she's caught red-handed, Xu Lanzhi must be drowned in a pig cage!

Li Cai'e cried as she said, "I'm afraid the village chief won't lead the attack. He's been protecting Xu Lanzhi's family all along. Who knows what's going on? Take those two wolf skins, for example. Everyone brought them down the mountain, so why did those two scoundrels each get one? Didn't everyone else work for nothing?"

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When the topic of wolf pelts came up, even those who were just there for the spectacle got caught up in the drama. No one objected to going up the mountain to rescue people.

Those two fine wolf pelts could fetch a good price, and the village head waved his hand, giving one to Xu Lanzhi and one to Erzhuzi each. Everyone had long dared not speak out against it.

"Yes, call the village chief! We can't let this adulterous couple get away with this!" The crowd was indignant.

Everyone was talking excitedly, but Xu Lanzhi remained completely calm as she carried her child out. She said unhurriedly, "Do they all need to find the neighborhood chief?"

Li Cai'e spat and said, "Don't be so smug. Although the village chief protects your family, no one can protect you after you've done such a shameless thing. Those two wolf skins, that cow, and the chickens and rabbits should all be distributed among the villagers!"

Everyone shouted excitedly, "Yes, it should be shared with everyone!"