"I never said such a thing, don't slander me," Huo Laowu denied.
The old lady had a back injury and, while lying in bed, refused to admit that anything had happened.
“Her third aunt came to my house and said that a fortune teller said she was a prostitute who seduced men everywhere. We just listened and didn’t say anything or go out to tell anyone. It was her own third aunt who told everyone.”
The Huo family spoke in unison.
The village chief had San Hongyan brought over for a face-to-face confrontation.
As soon as San Hongyan arrived, she said, "I also heard that everyone in Songzhuang Village knows that the fortune teller said Yinhua was destined to be a concubine and would end up selling herself."
Song Yinhua asked San Hongyan, "Third Aunt, who told you that?"
San Hongyan remained silent.
He was also weighing his options, wondering whether or not to expose his sister-in-law.
The sister-in-law promised that her son would work for Hanwen from now on.
"Third Aunt, your silence means you're admitting this is your own doing, that you're the one who fabricated rumors to frame me!" Song Yinhua asked San Hongyan. "You're my own Third Aunt, why would you frame me like this? Is it because Baogen got married and my dad asked you to pay back the money, and you're holding a grudge? Your family had some trouble, and my dad lent you my salary to help you out. We haven't asked your family to pay it back for years. Because Baogen needed money for his wedding, and you borrowed money and didn't pay it back, my family only forced you to pay it back, and you're framing me like this?"
The villagers who were watching the commotion were astonished; such a thing was unbelievable.
Lending money has turned into enmity.
"Isn't this an ingrate?" some villagers murmured.
Seeing that things were not going well, San Hongyan immediately said, "I heard it all from my sister-in-law."
"Third Aunt, are you still going to drag Aunt out as a shield?" Song Yinhua said deliberately. "Everyone in the village knows that the old swindler was hired by Aunt's nephew to commit fraud. The old swindler and Aunt's nephew have both been arrested and are currently in jail. How could Aunt possibly lie through her teeth?"
"It really is what your aunt said. I don't live in Songzhuang Village. You're my second brother's daughter. Would I make up lies about you for no reason?"
"Call your aunt over here, let's confront her face to face!" Song Yinhua said. "Let's see if it's your aunt who said it, or if you're deliberately framing me for not repaying the loan!"
San Hongyan felt embarrassed as she watched the villagers pointing and whispering among themselves.
If she doesn't go and confront her sister-in-law, she'll have to take the blame.
But if we confront her, we'll offend her, and her son won't be able to work for Hanwen anymore.
The village chief secretly sent someone to Songzhuang Village to invite Tang Suxiang over.
When the people of Songzhuang Village heard that there was something to eat in Huojiabao Village, they immediately called their friends and came to see what was going on.
When Tang Suxiang arrived, after hearing what had happened, she cursed San Hongyan inwardly for being a useless person who couldn't even handle this simple matter and had caused her to be called over for a confrontation.
“I never said these things to my sister-in-law. Since she said them to the old lady, that’s her own idea and has nothing to do with me. Don’t come looking for me.”
San Hongyan looked at her sister-in-law and said, "Sister-in-law, how can you deny it? And you're trying to frame me! I have no grudge against Yinhua, why would I slander her?"
“Yinhua said that her father lent you money, but you refused to acknowledge it. Yinhua then poured kerosene on you to force you to repay the money, and you held a grudge and slandered Yinhua.”
"Sister-in-law, how can you lie through your teeth?" San Hongyan was furious. "This morning you came to my house and urged me to go to Lao Huo's house to ruin Yinhua's life. It was also you who urged me to go to Daguang's mother to ruin Caixing's marriage with Xie Daguang."
"Sister-in-law, you're talking nonsense. Don't slander me. I never said any of these things." Tang Suxiang denied it to the death. "You said it yourself. If you dare to say it, you should dare to admit it. Don't drag innocent people down with you."
Tang Suxiang also said to Song Yinhua, "Yinhua, your third aunt is a terrible person. How could she slander you and Caixing like this behind your back? She's your own third aunt!"
The villagers from Huo and Song villages, who had come to watch the spectacle, started talking all at once.
Everyone is criticizing San Hongyan for doing nothing, saying she's always talking nonsense and stirring up trouble.
When San Hongyan tried to defend herself, her nearly seventy-year-old mother-in-law hit her on the back several times with a rolling pin, called her a troublemaker, and chased her away.
With the incident escalating and many people from Songzhuang Village coming to watch the spectacle, the people of Huojiabao Village also learned about the things that had ruined Song Yinhua's life when she was a young girl, thanks to her aunt.
People from both villages were discussing it together. Some people saw Tang Suxiang run to Huojia Village early in the morning to look for San Hongyan. Many people guessed that this was probably Tang Suxiang's doing again.
"Isn't she her own aunt? Why are you always causing trouble for her? She's only twelve years old, still a child. Saying she's a jinx is just ruining her child!"
"This brings us to Tang Suxiang's family."
Those in Songzhuang Village who had heard the gossip told the story of how Tang Suxiang's son and his gang caused Song Yinhua to fall into a cave and retrieve a jade pendant, which was then embezzled by Old Man Tang. From then on, Old Man Tang kept harassing Song Yinhua and slandering her everywhere.
The villagers all love to eat melons.
The story spread by word of mouth among the villagers, and the whole village knew about it.
But as the rumors spread, another scandal involving San Hongyan and her father-in-law was revealed.
Some say the eldest son was born to San Hongyan and her father-in-law, while the younger one was born to her husband; others say they were both born to her father-in-law.
Some people say that San Hongyan and her father-in-law are still together.
The more this story spread, the more bizarre it became.
Nobody knows who first broke this rumor.
By the time everyone came to their senses, the gossip had already gone viral.
San Hongyan's eldest son has already arranged a girlfriend, and they are currently choosing a date to prepare for the wedding.
The woman's family also heard these rumors, and immediately broke off the engagement, stating to her face that their daughter would not marry a child born of a close relative.
No matter how San Hongyan and her husband explained, it was no use.
The eldest son asked San Hongyan in person who his biological father was.
Is his grandfather his grandfather, or his biological father?
Is his biological father his biological father or his brother?
This question nearly made San Hongyan vomit blood.
During her wedding, the bride was teased for allegedly having an affair with her father-in-law.
This happened twenty years ago.
"Who spread these rumors?" asked San Hongyan's husband, Yu Jiaqiang.
This is clearly something someone deliberately spread.
The couple found out from their son's girlfriend's family who had heard the rumor from them.
Then they asked this person who told them it.
This is what so-and-so said.
They kept asking questions, layer by layer, until they finally heard the name of Tang Suxiang's daughter-in-law's mother.
Yu Jiaqiang asked his sister to inquire about the situation at Ding Xiaofen's parents' home.
As a result, this inquiry revealed the problem.
Ding's mother went to a relative's house in the same village for a banquet. After a few drinks, she started gossiping.
People gossip about everyone, including the daughter's in-laws.
The story of Song Erzhuang's family was used as a joke.
The eldest daughter is a jinx; the fourth daughter was defiled by a swindler; the second son broke his leg when he was young; his family gave money to their nephew to spend, and made their own daughter drop out of school.
Qiao Guilan told her to go east but not west, and when she asked her to do chores, she would abandon her own work to do others'.
The story about my sister-in-law's family was also brought up.
My husband's younger sister is having an affair with his father, his eldest son looks exactly like his father, and my husband has been a cuckold for twenty years, blah blah blah.
Ding's mother kept saying that she heard it from her own daughter and from her in-laws' mother.
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