In the afternoon, Tang Youliang brought over the compensation money and publicly apologized to Song Erzhuang and his wife in front of the villagers, repeatedly assuring them that his son would not cause trouble for them after his release.
Tang Youliang was very polite, but Song Erzhuang acted as if he had done something wrong and apologized to Tang Youliang on behalf of his daughter.
He also asked Qiao Guilan to cook a few dishes so that Tang Youliang and his wife could have dinner at home.
Tang Youliang and his wife made up an excuse to politely decline.
When Song Erzhuang looked at his eldest daughter again, his expression turned rather unpleasant.
"Yinhua, all you care about now is money? They're all relatives, why do you need compensation? Look at you, you've driven all your relatives away!"
Song Yinhua: "Dad, even without me, our family is so poor that we don't have any decent relatives. All we have are terrible relatives!"
"What did you say?" Song Erzhuang snapped. "What did our relatives do to you? How could you say something like that? Doesn't it break Dad's heart?"
"Dad, is it me who hurt you by helping you get back the money you lent out, or your uncle and aunt who lent you money and then denied it?"
"And your most valued nephew, Song Hanwen, slapped you in public, as did your uncle who tricked me out of the jade pendant I found and has been framing our family for over a decade. Don't they make you feel heartbroken?"
"How can you be so heartbroken by a girl like me who always thinks of this family and stands up for you?"
Song Yinhua's words left her father, Song Erzhuang, speechless.
Song Erzhuang sighed and squatted down on the hilltop above the house.
Qiao Guilan scolded Song Yinhua, "Why are you saying all this? No matter what, he's still your biological father. What kind of girl talks about her own father like that?"
Song Yinhua was speechless. "Mom, since you also disapprove of what I do, then don't secretly send me messages asking me to stop Dad from issuing a letter of understanding. If Tang Dafei comes and destroys the house again, delaying Baogen's marriage, you and Dad will be crying."
"I don't disapprove of how you do things!"
When her own son's interests were involved, Qiao Guilan immediately took a clear stance.
“Your great-uncle’s family really went too far. Nobody does things like them. Our family has never offended them, we don’t even live in the same village as them, and we don’t usually have any contact with them. They’ve harmed our family like this behind our backs. It’s their own fault that their whole family is in jail!”
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A few days later, in the evening, Qiao Guilan cooked a pot of her son's favorite vegetable and peanut porridge, along with some pickled vegetables, to take to the health center.
Upon opening the jar, I discovered that the pickled vegetables were all gone.
"Cai Xing!" Qiao Guilan called out, "This girl has been away from home a lot lately, where has she been?"
Qiao Guilan searched the house and saw Song Yinhua packing clothes in the room. "Yinhua, we've run out of pickled vegetables at home. Go to Song Wu's house and buy some more. Baogen loves his. The porridge still needs to be cooked a little longer. Mom has to stay home and watch the pot."
At the westernmost part of the village, Wang Naiyun furtively slipped a bag of candy into her eldest grandson's hand.
She even peeled a piece herself and put it into her eldest grandson's mouth.
"Dabao, is it sweet? Is it delicious?"
Song Jiabao nodded.
"Grandma knows you love sweets, so she specially bought some and brought them to you. See how good Grandma is to you? You can stay here for now, and we'll come pick you up when your dad has more money."
Wang Naiyun kept muttering to herself.
“Dabao, if they mistreat you, tell Grandma, okay? Don’t be fooled by their pretentious act now; they’re actually wicked. They’ll take you away from Grandma. We have to be wary of these kinds of people. You need to know they’re all bad people. They’re raising you so you’ll take care of them in your old age, and they’re just trying to bleed you dry!”
The three-year-old child looked completely bewildered and couldn't understand what Wang Naiyun was saying, but he could sense that what Wang Naiyun was saying wasn't anything nice.
Song Yinhua came over with a glass bottle to buy pickled vegetables and saw Wang Naiyun and her grandson acting suspiciously, badmouthing their adoptive parents in front of the child and trying to drive a wedge between them.
The child is too young to understand now, but will he be completely unaffected when he grows up?
Did she also slander herself and tarnish her image in the eyes of her three children behind their backs in her past life?
Song Yinhua entered the courtyard. "Fifth Sister-in-law, I came to buy some pickled vegetables. When I came in, I saw your child with Aunt Han from the next village. Aunt Han kept talking incessantly in front of the child, I don't know what she was saying."
Song Wu Sao, who was working behind the house, quickly ran out of the yard and took the child away.
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On the back hill, Song Caixing leaned on Xie Daguang's shoulder.
Xie Daguang showered her with sweet words, and she was completely captivated.
"I went to great lengths to persuade my cousin Jianguo to stay up at night to catch the thief who was vandalizing the new house. I even spent a lot of money to get him to agree. You see how much I care about you! After your second brother's wedding, my mother will come to your house to propose marriage."
Song Caixing felt sweet inside after being coaxed.
Xie Daguang looked at Song Caixing in his arms, her face full of happiness, and thought to himself that she was too easy to coax.
Little did he know that Huo Jianguo was catching a thief in the new house in the middle of the night!
Xie Daguang suddenly wondered, could it be that Huo Jianguo also likes Cai Xing?
After the two stayed for a while, Song Caixing was in a hurry to leave, afraid that going back late would arouse suspicion.
As Song Caixing passed by the village store, she saw her mother, Qiao Guilan, talking on the phone.
It must be my third sister's call.
Song Caixing strode over, "Mom..."
"You're taking leave to come back for Baogen's wedding? Great, that's wonderful!" Qiao Guilan's voice rose several decibels with joy, and she didn't see the Fourth Sister behind her.
"What? You're going to arrange a marriage for your older sister? The guy is coming with you? Oh... he'll be here in the next few days... what's his situation like? Does he know anything about your older sister?"
I don't know what they said on the other end, but Qiao Guilan's face was beaming with joy.
"That's good. So, young man, you're from our county too?"
"She's a few years younger than your older sister, has no bad habits, and her family is a bit poor. After she gets married, she'll live with her parents and younger siblings. What's wrong with that...?"
"He's going to work in another city? What's the big deal? Lots of young men in the village go to work in other cities after they get married. It's not a big deal. I'll bring your second brother dinner and then go home and tell your eldest sister..."
After hearing the phone call, Song Caixing turned around and ran home to tell Song Yinhua the news.
Inside the space, Song Yinhua was harvesting rice in the field, and several small piles of golden rice grains were stacked on the cement drying platform.
Hearing Cai Xing's voice coming from the end of the space, she wiped her sweat, drank a few mouthfuls of spiritual spring water, and left the space.
"Big sister, I have good news for you. Third sister talked to Mom on the phone and said she wants to arrange a marriage for you." Song Caixing told Song Yinhua everything she had heard.
She was even more excited than Song Yinhua.
"My second brother is getting married, and my third sister will take leave to come back and attend his wedding."
Song Caixing spoke excitedly and incessantly, while Song Yinhua recalled her past life.
My younger brother, Song Baogen, notified relatives and friends at the end of the year, and the banquet was held in the first month of the following year.
To save on travel expenses, the third sister, Qiuxue, didn't come back for the New Year, and naturally didn't attend Baogen's wedding.
Baogen's wedding will most likely be brought forward this time, and Qiuxue will have to take leave to come back and attend the wedding!
After being reborn, everything seems to have changed!
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