Chapter 382 Aunt Zhuang, whom we haven't seen in a long time

Wasteland in Lianhua Village.

There was a lot of wasteland in ancient times, with Lianhua Village alone having several hundred acres.

Due to a lack of technology, most people don't dare to easily disturb wasteland, nor do they have enough money to do so.

Wan Qiqi is no ordinary person, so she attacked the wasteland.

Among hundreds of acres of wasteland, Wan Qiqi chose the best-located plot, the one most easily developed.

Even so, many problems were encountered.

Chen Yongxing spent almost all the money Wan Qiqi gave him before he finally cleared away the weeds and trees from the wasteland.

Then, because the land was dry, he led people to the mountain to draw water, which gradually moistened the soil.

Even so, few people were willing to help because they knew Chen Yongxing had no money.

As for Wan Qiqi, she hasn't returned, and who knows if she'll be paid after she did what she did.

Chen Yongxing and Wang Zhi led their men to work on the fenced-off wasteland, while a crowd of onlookers stood at the entrance.

Everyone was discussing the matter of reclaiming the land.

"With the Chen family making such a big show of things, they probably spent most of the money they gave to the eldest son of the Chen family before the New Year!"

"Who says otherwise?"

"You're saying the Chen family has money but doesn't know how to do business, so why did they buy a wasteland? Do they think they have too much money?"

"Isn't the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family in the restaurant business? I heard that it was her idea to clear the land."

"The Chen family is really something. How could they listen to this woman? Aren't they afraid of losing their freedom in the process?"

In ancient times, if you owed money and couldn't repay it, you had no choice but to sell yourself into servitude to pay it off!

There were indeed farmers who wanted to reclaim their own land, but they were ultimately cheated by the government and even lost their good household registration!

Therefore, the ancients were very cautious about land reclamation.

With Chen Yongnian working for the government and having a good relationship with Magistrate Fang, the Chen family would certainly not be cheated by the government when buying land.

Even so, developing the wasteland is extremely difficult.

Wan Qiqi understood the issues these people were discussing, but she was not afraid.

She stood at a distance and listened for a while. Just as she was about to go forward, she saw a long-lost figure in the crowd.

“I’m telling you, the Chen family must be delirious to believe this woman,” the woman said, making gestures as if to increase the credibility of her words.

“I also think Chen Wanshi is a bit strange. How can someone change so much?” someone else chimed in.

"If you ask me, she must have been possessed, otherwise how could she suddenly become so powerful?" The woman spoke with great enthusiasm, completely unaware of Wan Qiqi appearing not far behind her.

With an air of righteous indignation, she said, "Think about it, the Wan Qiqi we knew before was nothing like this. She used to fight bandits and do business... Wan Qiqi didn't know any of these things."

"Is that so?" Wan Qiqi said leisurely from behind her.

"Of course, would I lie to you!" the woman said confidently, turning around to talk to the people who came later.

The more people who listen to her, the more people will dislike Wan Qiqi.

Then, she paused, taken aback.

The woman in front of me was dressed differently from someone from the village, and she was wearing a silver hairpin in her hair, which was worth a lot of money.

She stared at him for a while, feeling that the person in front of her looked familiar, but she couldn't recall his name.

"Who...who are you?"

Wan Qiqi laughed at her question, "Aunt Dazhuang, you've just told me so much, yet you don't recognize me?"

Aunt Dazhuang was startled by what she heard and took several steps back before she could regain her balance.

The look in her eyes when she looked at Wan Qiqi was one of disbelief, as if she couldn't believe that this was Wan Qiqi.

Then, a sinister glint appeared in her eyes as she pointed at Wan Qiqi's nose and said, "Look at her, she doesn't look like Wan Qiqi at all. She's like a completely different person. She's definitely not Wan Qiqi!"

Wan Qiqi sneered twice, "Aunt Dazhuang, if you think I'm not me, then who am I?"

Aunt Dazhuang was stumped by her question and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

The other villagers, observing Wan Qiqi's changes over this period of time, naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Some people even spoke up for Wan Qiqi, saying, "Aunt Dazhuang, I think there's no problem. She is Yongniang's wife."

Aunt Dazhuang was not about to admit defeat.

She had never spoken to Wan Qiqi before, so she didn't believe she couldn't win the argument now.

She said coldly, "Even if she is Wan Qiqi, she has no good intentions. Otherwise, why would she buy several acres of wasteland?"

Wan Qiqi tilted her head and looked at Aunt Dazhuang, and couldn't help but sigh.

After several months apart, my eloquence hasn't improved, and my mind hasn't become any sharper.

She was curious: who gave this woman the courage to point fingers and act so arrogantly?

Aunt Dazhuang, however, didn't think so. Instead, she felt that Wan Qiqi had nothing to say, and quickly added, "You see, she herself admitted it, she just had ill intentions!"

"This person is wicked! Don't be fooled by her seemingly good appearance; she might have done all sorts of bad things behind the scenes, just like that Master Wan, who was thoroughly wicked!"

Master Wan is an untouchable wound for Wan Ziyan, and also a thorn in Wan Qiqi's heart.

It's unbelievable that Aunt Dazhuang, who disappeared from the village for several months, is so well-informed!

Her eyes suddenly turned cold as she narrowed her gaze at Aunt Dazhuang and said in a cold voice, "Aunt Dazhuang, do you know that there is a law in Daxing that anyone who defames another and causes serious consequences will be sentenced to death; even a light punishment will result in a hundred strokes of the cane!"

"Don't try to fool me!" Aunt Dazhuang didn't believe her at all.

Wan Qiqi smiled slyly, appearing calm and composed, and said, "Aunt Dazhuang, have you forgotten? Yongnian is now in the county government's criminal division. What regulations would he not know?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Dazhuang's face turned pale, as if she had just realized that Wan Qiqi's status had changed and she was no longer someone she could casually discuss.

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