Shen Junmei: "..."

She didn't take the meat?

"Heh, even if you didn't take it, or even if you took some of our in-laws' money, it's still your fault!"

Ruan Jiaojiao pretended to be exposed, lowered her head, and said, "But, but..."

Seeing her like this, Shen Junmei's confidence and morale soared. She continued, "Hmph, you must have taken money from your in-laws. If not, I, Shen Junmei, will kneel down and kowtow to you, calling you my great-aunt!"

"No need to kowtow, just eat your pig feed."

"Okay! Wait... what?"

At this moment, Ruan Jiaojiao no longer pretended to have been exposed. A sly smile appeared on her rosy lips, which was both playful and cute.

An elderly woman walked out of the crowd. Wasn't she the same old woman who had asked Ruan Jiaojiao a question earlier and then given her chicken to eat?

This elderly woman is over ninety years old and is the oldest person in the village at the foot of the mountain, but she is very healthy and can still work and earn some work points.

Her surname is Xue, and everyone calls her Grandma Xue.

In such a remote village, the older the person, the more respect they receive, so everyone made way for Grandma Xue.

For no other reason than that whenever an elderly person in the family passes away, everyone asks Grandma Xue to change the deceased's clothes and chant sutras, supposedly so that the deceased can pass away more peacefully.

Grandma Xue was a woman with a tragic fate. When she was young, she was someone's concubine. She was falsely accused of having an affair with the family's farmhand and was thrown into the river to die. She then drifted down the river to a village at the foot of the mountain, where she was rescued.

She was resilient and survived. She married the man who saved her and gave birth to a healthy son the following year.

However, the villagers all said that her fate was too strong, and those around her could not bear it. So, not long after her son was born, her husband was killed by bandits, and her chubby son was taken away by wild wolves.

She said she wanted to protect her husband's soul, so she has remained a widow until now, enduring loneliness day after day for more than sixty years.

Fortunately, after more than sixty years of vegetarianism and Buddhist chanting, the dawn has finally broken—

Years ago, my son was carried off by wolves but was rescued by kind people. He later joined the army, lost his leg in battle, and now the country has sent him back with a large sum of money.

Grandma Xue used the money her son brought back to buy meat. Remembering Ruan Jiaojiao's kindness in giving her chicken, she returned a piece of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat to her.

When Grandma Xue told the story, many people who had wrongly accused Ruan Jiaojiao without even knowing the facts immediately felt ashamed.

Alright, Fu Ting's young wife said she's reformed, and she really has! It's all because of this Shen Junmei, who wronged an innocent person and lied!

"Sister-in-law, eat up."

Some children who had been watching the commotion had secretly brought over pig feed and placed it in front of Shen Junmei.

Not only Da Bao, but Xiao Bao also cried—when they were little, Fu Ting didn't have time to take care of them, so he entrusted them to Shen Junmei.

Fu Ting did pay, but Shen Junmei still fed the two ignorant little ones pig swill! If Da Bao and Xiao Bao don't eat, there's nothing else for them to eat, and they'll starve to death!

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet Da Bao and Xiao Bao are her own nephews. How could she abuse two children who know nothing?

"Jiaojiao, look, we're all family. Some things are better left in the past. I won't bully you anymore. Let's shake hands and make up, okay?"

Seeing that things were not going well, Shen Junmei started to play the emotional card and morally blackmail Ruan Jiaojiao.