Just as Ning Huan was about to explain to Zhou Lan that she had gone to the pharmacy to find a doctor for Zhou Jing'an, Zhou Yan suddenly rushed out from the corner!
Not long ago, when Zhou Yan heard that Ning Huan hadn't returned to the village, she immediately followed Zhou Lan, secretly wondering what Ning Huan had gone to do.
She had initially thought that Ning Huan might have run away while she was in town, and just as she was about to go up and talk to Zhou Lan, Ning Huan returned in a carriage.
That bitch can actually ride in a carriage! Thinking of this, she was furious. She noticed with her sharp eyes that there seemed to be a man sitting in the carriage.
"Oh, so that's why you weren't coming back. Turns out you went to town to pick up men!"
Zhou Yan's voice was shrill and piercing, and a group of villagers who loved to watch the excitement gathered around.
Ning Huan frowned and looked at Zhou Yan: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Zhou Lan chimed in, "Second sister, don't talk nonsense. How could Jing'an's wife be going to town to seduce men?"
Si Yan, who was in the car, also heard the noise. Just as he was about to stick his head out to see what was going on, Ning Huan turned to him and said, "I'm sorry, Manager Si, please wait a moment. My mother-in-law's second sister seems to have misunderstood something. I'll explain it to her."
Si Yan nodded and replied, "Okay, I can get out of the car and explain."
Zhou Yan shouted loudly, "Big sister, what's wrong with her flirting with men? Didn't Niu Dadan from our village have a bad relationship with her back then?"
Then, with a sorrowful tone, she said, "My poor third brother was already injured and lying at home. And this woman is so dishonest, always thinking about cheating on him!"
"Heavens above, you're so blind! You've found such a wife for my third brother!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers all pointed and whispered at Ning Huan: "We've always said that this woman is wicked. She hasn't even cleared up the matter with Niu Dadan before, and now she's hooking up with another man."
"I don't know where she finds so many men willing to be with her. She's ugly, and she acts like a shrew. How can any man like that?"
"She's cunning, isn't she? How did she manage to get the third son of the Zhou family to marry her? It was because she insisted on accusing him of touching her during dinner, even though he hadn't taken off his clothes. It's just that Jing'an people are honest and accepted it."
"This woman always causes trouble every now and then. If you ask me, we should go tell the village chief as soon as possible and have him tie her up and drown her in a pig cage!"
The villagers' whispers were not loud, but Ning Huan could hear them clearly.
Zhou Lan chimed in, "Don't talk nonsense! Jing'an's wife went to town today to fetch a doctor. Don't spread rumors about her having an affair!"
Then she tugged at Ning Huan and said, "Jing An's wife, say something, don't you think?"
Ning Huan nodded in agreement, "That's right, I went to town today to fetch a doctor for my husband. Who knew I was a little late on the way back and missed the Zhu family's oxcart, so I rode back in a horse-drawn carriage with the doctor from Renjitang."
As he spoke, Si Yan stepped down from the carriage, followed by a young apprentice carrying a medicine box. He bowed slightly to the villagers and said, "Si Yan, manager of Renjitang."
Hearing the villagers hurling vulgar insults, the young apprentice spoke up in their defense, saying, "This lady is so concerned for her husband. She kept telling my shopkeeper about his illness in the carriage, yet you all think so negatively of her. You even live in the same village; don't you know how shameful you are?"
The young medicine boy spoke bluntly, which made the villagers feel a little embarrassed.
He quickly apologized to Ning Huan: "Jing An's wife, I'm so sorry!"
"We misunderstood you, Jing'an's wife!"
Zhou Yan, however, persisted, saying, "Who knows if she has any relationship with this doctor? Especially since this man treated my third brother!"
"What if this poisonous woman is colluding with him to kill my third brother! Ning Huan, that shameless slut, always likes to seduce men..."
"Smack!"
A crisp slap rang out, interrupting Zhou Yan's incessant chatter.
Zhou Yan looked at Zhou Lan in disbelief, and then her cheeks began to burn.
She covered her face and asked in surprise, "Big sister...?"
Zhou Lan said coldly, "You still have the nerve to call me 'elder sister'? You've always disliked Jing'an's wife and caused her trouble, which is one thing. But today she kindly went to town to find a doctor for Jing'an, and I won't allow you to talk nonsense."
"Firstly, so as not to make Jing'an's wife feel wronged, and secondly, there's the town's doctor here, so we don't want to be laughed at!"
Zhou Yan covered her face with a wronged expression and ran away.
Zhou Lan ignored her and walked straight to Si Yan's side, bowing slightly to him and saying, "Doctor Si, my second sister is being unreasonable, please don't be angry."
Si Yan shook his head and said, "No, please don't worry."
Hearing that Si Yan wouldn't be angry, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Ning Huan was late getting home and thought her four little ones must be very worried, so she and Zhou Lan went back first.
Si Yan will arrive in a short while by carriage.
Sure enough, before Ning Huan even got home, she saw four little heads anxiously peering out the door.
The four little ones were almost frantic with worry; the wicked woman had never been gone for so long before.
I originally thought that with my aunt by my side, nothing would happen.
But when her aunt returned, the wicked woman didn't come with her. Instead, her aunt hurriedly started looking for her in the village.
Now they were completely panicked. Had the wicked woman run away and abandoned them and their father?
Just as the four little ones were getting anxious, Ning Huan and Zhou Lan returned.
The four little ones ran over first: "Mommy, why did you take so long to come back? I missed you so much!"
The second and third babies also said, "We thought you weren't coming back..."
Da Bao followed behind and said casually, "Why didn't you come back with everyone? I was worried about where you went."
Ning Huan said to them, "I went to town today to find a doctor for your father. I don't know the area well, and I forgot the way after I went a bit far. By the time I found the doctor, it will be too late to go back."
"Unexpectedly, the oxcart had already disappeared."
Upon hearing this, the four little ones had long forgotten about whether the bad woman was going to run away, and hurriedly asked anxiously, "Oh? What should we do then?"
"How did you get back without an oxcart?"
"Mother, you didn't walk back by yourself, did you?"
Ning Huan patted the heads of the four little ones: "I happened to meet the doctor who was coming to the village to treat your father, and I asked him to let me ride in his carriage back with him."
The four little ones finally breathed a sigh of relief. So that's why the bad woman hadn't come home for so long—because so many things had happened.
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