The old lady next door finally stopped scolding.
The whole world seemed to have fallen silent.
An elderly woman who usually boasted about spending money to hire a master to perform rituals for her granddaughters to bring them good fortune was traumatized and taken to the health center by her seventh son in a tricycle.
Song Caixing was so happy she wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Qiao Guilan was happy, but she felt even more distressed when she thought about her own few old hens.
"What a pity about our old hens."
"Your older sister told you and Dad not to deliver the old hen to Grandma Zhou's house, but you insisted on doing so and even slapped her," Song Caixing said indignantly.
Qiao Guilan glared at Song Caixing, "Have you finished all your work? Go cut pig feed!"
Song Caixing dared not speak out in anger, and reluctantly went to get a sickle and basket to prepare to cut pig feed.
Song Yinhua then came out of the house, picked up the basket and carried it on her back.
"Mom, I'm going to the county town today. I won't be home for lunch, and I might be home late tonight, so you don't need to wait for me for dinner."
"What are you doing going to the county town for no reason?"
“You and Dad are going to Baogen’s girlfriend’s house to propose in a few days, and then there will be a wedding. Caixing and I don’t have any decent clothes. Today we have nothing to do, so I’ll go to the county town to buy some fabric and make new clothes for everyone in the family.”
After finishing her sentence, Song Yinhua asked Qiao Guilan, "Mom, is there anything you want me to bring?"
Qiao Guilan was reluctant to spend the money. "Yinhua, it's not that Mom doesn't want you to go to the county town, but your brother is getting married. The dowry and banquet expenses are not small amounts. There are many places to spend money. You and Caixing are not without clothes. Our family is not rich. As long as you are clean, that's enough. There's no need to buy fabric or make new clothes."
“Mom, it’s okay if you don’t want new clothes. I’ll make one for Caixing, Dad, and Baogen each.” Song Yinhua’s words left Qiao Guilan speechless.
"Where did you get the money? Yinhua, you said before that the money from selling the old hen was to be used to help Baogen get married."
"The money I make from buying fabric comes from the wild vegetables and herbs I gather in the back mountains and sell at the market. I won't touch the money from selling the old hen; I'll save it for Baogen's wedding."
Qiao Guilan was relieved, but when she saw Song Yinhua was about to leave, she quickly called her back.
"Mom, is there anything else?"
Qiao Guilan looked a little embarrassed. "Mom doesn't have any new clothes either. Your brother's wedding is a big event, and Mom needs to have a new dress to attend the wedding. In a few days, when we go to the bride's house, I need to dress decently. I can't let the bride's family think that our family is poor and have a problem with Baogen."
Qiao Guilan gave a bunch of reasons, but the central idea was just one thing: she also wanted new clothes.
Song Caixing put down her basket and sickle. "Big sister, I want to go with you too."
Qiao Guilan: "What are you going to do? Go cut pig feed!"
Song Yinhua coaxed Song Caixing, "Caixing, I'll go to the county town and bring you back some delicious snacks. Wait for me at home."
Today she is not only going to the county town, but also to Tangzhuang Village to find out what's going on.
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The entire Tangzhuang village was abuzz with discussion.
Old Man Tang went around saying that his youngest granddaughter, Wang Yunyun, was the Tang family's lucky star, bringing him good fortune. However, in order to get rid of Wang the scoundrel, he made his most favored lucky star spend the night with Wang the scoundrel.
That scoundrel Wang is over forty years old, old and ugly, with nose hairs growing out of his nose.
They keep calling him "Little Lucky Star," but when it really comes down to it, they still treat him like a good guy.
The villagers gossiped privately, having a very bad impression of Old Lady Tang.
His family was originally the richest in the village. Their homestead alone was the size of three or four other families combined, and they had more than twenty rooms.
We have meat to eat at home every day.
Nobody knows how his family made so much money. He never thought about sharing the wealth and good life with the villagers.
Some people in the village had long been dissatisfied with his family.
Yesterday, a police car suddenly arrived, handcuffed Wang Xiaowei, and took him away.
Only then did the villagers realize that Old Tang's family had hired swindlers to cheat people out of money and harm them in various villages and towns.
Speaking of this scoundrel Wang, there were also victims in Tangzhuang Village.
As the story spread through the village, it became known that the Tang family was so wealthy because they swindled money from Wang the scoundrel in exchange for it.
No wonder his son, son-in-law, and grandson aren't big bosses, yet they have so much money.
For money, he even made his fifteen-year-old granddaughter accompany the old scoundrel.
Some villagers whose daughters had been deceived cursed Wang Yunyun as a "loose woman."
These words reached Old Master Tang's ears. When he learned that the whole village was cursing his family behind their backs and spreading rumors that his most precious granddaughter had been violated by Wang the scoundrel, Old Master Tang was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Tang Su'e cried and begged Old Man Tang to find a way to save her second son.
The old man demanded that Song Yinhua be framed, so that his son wouldn't be made a scapegoat.
Tang Suxiang was also present. She hadn't even eaten breakfast before riding her bicycle back to her parents' home to confront them.
When she arrived at her parents' home, she learned the whole story from her younger brother, Tang Youliang.
Wang Xiaowei, who was responsible for making contact with Wang the scoundrel, was arrested yesterday.
You could end up in jail.
Before Tang Suxiang could even confront Tang Su'e, Tang Su'e was already crying, begging Old Madam Tang to save the reputations of her second son and youngest daughter.
"Dad, it's you who's trying to harm Erzhuang's family. You can't let my Xiaowei take the blame, and my Yunyun too. They're all innocent."
Tang Su'e felt her heart bleed as she thought about how the villagers were now calling her youngest daughter a slut behind her back.
She valued her youngest daughter even more than her son.
As soon as his youngest daughter was born, her father consulted a master to predict her fate, who said that she would bring good fortune to him and the Tang family, and was the Tang family's little lucky star.
Of all his grandchildren, he was most pleased to have raised his youngest daughter himself.
He does everything himself, from changing diapers to soothing the baby to burping them.
They truly doted on their little granddaughter.
Only then did she have the opportunity to occupy the main room of the house, thinking that in a year or two, when her youngest daughter was a little older, she would find her a wealthy family in the city who did business.
But now the rumors in the village are so nasty that, let alone marrying a rich man in the city, even someone in the village might not want to marry their daughter anymore.
Tang Suxiang began to complain about her elderly father.
"Dad, it's all your bad ideas! Our family and Erzhuang's family are related, why are you always targeting them? You've even harmed Xiaowei and Yunyun!"
Grandma Tang was also annoyed. "Did I come up with this idea by myself? Weren't you all there? Didn't you come up with it together? Oh, now that something's gone wrong, it's all my fault?"
"Didn't you want to harm Erzhuang's eldest daughter?" Tang Su'e was even angrier at her father's attitude. "We're not even close to Yinhua. We rarely see her. Why would we want to harm her? She's even a relative!"
"What relatives?" Old Master Tang snapped, "It's just that a girl from the Song family married into our Tang family. That was ages ago. What kind of kinship are we still related to now!"
"Regardless of whether they're related or not, Dad, you can't drag Xiaowei and Yunyun into this!" Tang Su'e cried angrily. "Don't forget, the master predicted Yunyun's fate from the moment she was born. Yunyun will bring you good fortune, and good fortune to our entire Tang family. If you ruin Yunyun's reputation this time, our Tang family will never have a good life again..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Old Master Tang was so angry he almost jumped up. "Yunyun is perfectly fine. The girl who's with that scoundrel Wang is your fourth sister's daughter. Why are you crying like that?"
Tang Suxiang was taken aback and secretly asked Tang Youliang, "What's going on?"
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