The next morning, Song Yinhua went to the town's health center to visit Song Caixing, and on the way, she stopped by the seed station to buy some radish and coriander seeds.
A village woman sweeping the yard saw her, greeted her, and asked if San Hongyan was her aunt.
"Tang Suxiang is your aunt, right? I saw her come to the village to see your third aunt early this morning."
Song Yinhua knew without a doubt that her aunt's visit to her third aunt was definitely not a good thing.
In my past life, my eldest aunt and third aunt often made fun of my parents, which was then told to my parents' home by my daughter-in-law.
Her daughter-in-law's family was then gossiped about to others.
Eventually, the news reached the ears of Li Wenxiu's family.
Cai Xing had a difficult childbirth; if the money had been sent in time, Cai Xing's life could have been saved.
The father was so angry that he went to his uncle's house and made a scene, demanding the money he had lent them. However, his uncle's family turned their backs on him and denied lending him the money.
The girl died, and the money that had been lent out was gone.
Betrayed by his most trusted brother, the father was so traumatized that he hanged himself.
However, the eldest aunt told her daughter-in-law about these things behind her back as a joke, and the daughter-in-law then told her family.
Because of this incident, Li Wenxiu's relationship with her uncle's family became estranged.
When Song Yinhua arrived at the health center, she saw her mother, Qiao Guilan, and Li Wenxiu whispering to each other. When they saw her, they stopped talking.
Li Wenxiu's attitude was somewhat lukewarm.
Song Caixing has lost a lot of weight, and she is now completely terrified.
She didn't know whether to keep or leave the baby in her belly, so she left it entirely to her parents.
Upon seeing Song Yinhua, while Li Wenxiu was out, she grabbed Song Yinhua's hand and cried, begging her to bring Xie Daguang to her.
She wouldn't give up until she heard Xie Daguang reject her in person.
Song Caixing cried in Song Yinhua's arms as if she had grasped at a straw.
But as soon as Li Wenxiu came in, she quickly wiped away her tears and kept her distance from Song Yinhua.
This morning, when Song Baogen brought Li Wenxiu to the health center, they had an argument outside the ward.
After Song Caixing got into trouble, Song Baogen went to find Song Yinhua.
Because of this, Li Wenxiu kept arguing with Song Baogen, demanding that he sever ties with Song Yinhua and forbid them from seeing each other. Song Caixing, who was in the ward, overheard this.
In this family, even her own mother had to be mindful of her sister-in-law's feelings, and she dared not offend her sister-in-law.
Song Yinhua sensed the subtle change in Song Caixing.
She didn't say much, greeted Li Wenxiu, and left.
Li Wenxiu remained indifferent throughout.
Song Yinhua asked her if she had any issues with her, and Li Wenxiu smiled and said, "No, you're overthinking it. You're too sensitive."
But when Song Yinhua took the initiative to talk to her, she was indifferent and aloof.
Song Yinhua couldn't worry about Li Wenxiu for the time being, so she didn't say anything more. She went to the seed station to buy seeds and then went to the vegetable market for a stroll.
She observed for a long time and discovered that there was an old lady selling vegetables at the exit of the market who was very talkative and had an exceptionally sharp tongue.
You can even talk the dead back to life.
Song Yinhua gave her twenty yuan.
"Just do as I just said, make the most of it, the bigger the commotion the better, but don't push me out of here, it has to be your own idea. If you're still here in seven days, I'll give you another twenty dollars, and if you do a great job, I'll give you another five dollars."
The old lady happily put the twenty yuan into her pocket, never expecting such a good thing to happen.
"Girl, just watch, I guarantee I'll do a perfect job for you."
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When Song Yinhua returned to the village, she happened to run into her third aunt, who was coming out of Old Huo's courtyard.
When San Hongyan saw Song Yinhua, she felt somewhat guilty and embarrassed.
"Yinhua, did you just come back from visiting Caixing at the health center?" San Hongyan made conversation. "I came to return the shovel. My aunt's shovel broke, so I borrowed one from your husband's grandmother."
Song Yinhua didn't expose her aunt's words, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then went back.
In the afternoon, Song Yinhua prepared several small vegetable plots in the yard and sowed the vegetable seeds she had just bought.
Villagers would occasionally pass by the courtyard and strike up a conversation with Song Yinhua.
There were also villagers in their forties and fifties and old men standing outside the courtyard, smoking and looking into the courtyard.
An old drunkard in his fifties from the west of the village entered the courtyard, saying he wanted to borrow a shovel.
Song Yinhua recognized the old drunkard as the lecherous old man who, along with another old man, had pinned the madwoman to the ground and tried to take advantage of her on the back hill.
She scared me away with firecrackers.
"I don't have a shovel at home, and I'm planning to go to town to buy one in a couple of days," Song Yinhua said, dismissing the old drunkard.
The old drunkard looked around the yard with shifty eyes. "Are you home alone?"
Song Yinhua ignored the old drunkard and continued sowing vegetable seeds.
"Sowing vegetable seeds? Do you know how to sow them? I'll help you." The old drunkard walked over and hugged Song Yinhua tightly. "I heard you like to seduce men, and you're a prostitute. From now on, as long as you ask, I'll come over to keep you company every day. The price is negotiable, and Huo Jianguo won't find out... Ah..."
Song Yinhua punched the old drunkard who was hugging her, knocking him to the ground.
"Little wench, why are you hitting me?" The old drunkard looked at his muddy hands and pounced on Song Yinhua again. "You little slut, stop pretending. I know everything. When you were a girl, the fortune teller said you liked to seduce men, mess around everywhere, and were a slut! Haha... Ah..."
Song Yinhua veered to the side, and the old drunkard missed his target.
She tripped the old drunkard and then grabbed a water ladle from the bucket and slammed it against his head.
"Don't hit me... Ahh... Help me..."
The tall and strong Song Yinhua pinned the old drunkard down under her knees and beat him mercilessly with a water ladle until he begged for mercy.
"Who told you I like flirting with men?"
The old drunkard, who had been beaten, confessed everything.
"Your third aunt told Grandma Huo, and now the whole village knows."
"Your third aunt said a fortune teller read your fortune, saying you're destined to be a concubine, that you'll bring death to people, that you like to seduce men everywhere, that you're a shameless little slut. Jianguo's fifth uncle told the villagers that anyone who wants to experience the pleasures of a woman should come to you, saying you're selling yourself at home... Ah... I'm telling you the truth, please stop hitting me..."
"Did my third aunt tell the old lady that the fortune teller said I have a tough fate and hate petty thieves who grope women? He said that every one of them I meet will die a jinx!"
"No, I didn't say that! If I had known, I definitely wouldn't have come looking for trouble. It was your third aunt who went to Old Huo's house and said that you, as a concubine, were selling your life!"
"I'll take you to the village chief now, and you can repeat what you said in front of him." Song Yinhua grabbed the old drunkard and headed to find the village chief.
The old drunkard kept begging for mercy, and even asked Song Yinhua not to tell Huo Jianguo, saying that he had also been deceived and would never dare to do it again.
Song Yinhua ignored the old drunkard's pleas for mercy and took him to the village chief's house.
Along the way, whenever they saw villagers, they would talk about the dirty deeds the old drunkard had done. The old drunkard kept defending himself, saying that San Hongyan had gone to tell Old Lady Huo nonsense, and that Huo Laowu had asked the old men and bachelors in the village to bully Song Yinhua.
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