Zhou Lan asked with some concern, "Sister-in-law, I know you're worried about home. But what if you go to town alone and get lost again like today, and there's no oxcart to get back?"
Ning Huan said, "Today I talked to Doctor Si in detail about how I sold the herbs to the clinic, which is why I was a little late. I'll go to town tomorrow to pick up the herbs."
After the two agreed on this, Zhou Lan ate her meal, chatted with Zhou Jing'an for a few minutes, and then went home.
Zhou Lan went back to her grandmother's place and had no idea how lively the Zhou family was that night.
Because of this eldest brother of the Zhou family, Zhou Dasheng has returned.
He had just returned when he heard Liu complain about how Ning Huan had bullied her and her son.
Liu cried, "And those four little beasts, they bullied your son so badly. They even hit him hard when they fought! I went to confront them, and guess what happened?"
Zhou's mother chimed in from the side, "Ning Huan even beat up your sister!"
Although Zhou's mother knew the whole story, she also understood that most of the injuries on her beloved grandson's body were caused by Liu Shi pinching him herself.
However, Ning Huan's actions were indeed unacceptable to her. In front of her, the mother-in-law, she brutally beat her sister-in-law. Wasn't this clearly a show of force to be beaten in front of her?
Zhou Dasheng is an honest and filial man with no ill intentions.
However, after spending a long time with Liu, he became a bit petty and always sided with his own family.
Moreover, although he was filial to his parents, he was blindly obedient and did not care about the truth of what his parents were doing. Whenever things didn't go his way, he would always stand up for his parents.
"Eldest son, you have no idea what this third son's wife is like, she's practically turned the world upside down! Our family just can't control her anymore..."
Hearing this, Zhou Dasheng frowned: "Ever since the third brother got sick, his wife has become increasingly outrageous. I never thought that she would start bullying you so much after I've only been gone for a short time!"
As he was speaking, Zhou Yan returned and, hearing her elder brother's voice, hurriedly came in, then burst into tears: "Mother, elder brother, sister-in-law, I've been beaten!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou's mother cupped Zhou Yan's face and saw a bright red handprint: "Oh dear, who hit me like that! How could they hit someone so hard!"
Madam Liu hurriedly asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened? Who hit you?"
Zhou Yan covered her face and said aggrievedly, "It was my older sister, she hit me for that bitch Ning Huan!"
Just now, Liu and Zhou's mother were complaining to Zhou Dasheng, and now Zhou Yan is saying that she was beaten because of Ning Huan. Zhou Dasheng is even more furious: "It seems that this third daughter-in-law will definitely not be able to get away with this unless she is disciplined."
Upon hearing that her older brother would stand up for her, Zhou Yan was immediately delighted.
Although Zhou's mother had initially wanted Zhou Dasheng to teach Ning Huan a lesson, she realized something this time: "Eldest brother, you are the eldest brother after all. It's not right for you to discipline your brother's wife. Maybe we should just let it go."
Zhou's mother's words were not without reason. How can it be considered that a man is interfering in a woman's affairs?
Zhou Dasheng hesitated, but Liu Shi, standing beside him, said aggrievedly, "Mother, you're right. But Ning Huan bullied us, mother and son. We are all Dasheng's wives and children. If we are bullied by Ning Huan, can't Dasheng, as a man, do something about it?"
Mentioning this incident reminded Zhou Yan of the day Ning Huan beat her so badly that her whole body ached, making her grit her teeth in hatred.
"Exactly! That day, it was clearly her and those four kids who were ill-mannered and did something wrong. I tried to reason with them, and instead, she beat me up!"
Before Zhou's mother could say anything more, Liu rolled her eyes and thought, "Mother, you have no idea how outrageous Ning Huan is. I heard that they secretly eat meat in their family, and they even shared it with my eldest sister and grandmother. They didn't give us any!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou's mother immediately became restless.
"That little slut! No wonder I saw a wild deer at their house last time. Turns out she was sneaking off to eat something good!"
She then looked at Zhou Dasheng and said, "Eldest brother, I'll go see what the third brother's family is up to tomorrow. They have meat but don't serve their mother. Are they trying to rebel against heaven?"
Zhou Dasheng nodded and said, "Mother, we'll go with you tomorrow and see what else Third Brother's wife can do!"
The next morning, Ning Huan took the Zhu family's oxcart to town.
She first went to Renjitang to say hello, then took the herbs and left, still holding the silver she had earned yesterday, intending to stroll around the streets.
Ning Huan bought a lot of the new flower cakes from the pastry shop and toys from the street vendors for her little ones.
Then she wanted to go to the fabric shop to buy some new clothes for the four little ones, herself, and Zhou Jing'an.
As soon as she entered, a man approached her and said, "Madam, are you looking to buy clothes? Our fabrics are all brand new, and we can make them for you tonight after taking your measurements."
As he spoke, he pointed to several bolts of fabric in the corner.
Ning Huan glanced at them. Although she didn't understand the trends of this world, the fabric of those clothes looked very old and the colors were outdated and ugly.
Not to mention that she, a person from the modern world, couldn't accept it, even when she was walking down the street just now, she didn't see any girl wearing such clothes.
"I don't really like the fabric of these clothes. Let me see some others."
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes and then smiled, "Madam, none of the other fabrics are as good as these. Take a good look at them again!"
He said that, but in reality, the fabrics he introduced were all old fabrics that had been sitting in the shop and he was worried about not being able to sell them when a country woman dressed in old-fashioned clothes came in.
If I could trick this woman into buying the fabric, that would be wonderful.
Judging from the fabric this village woman was wearing, which looked to be from ages ago, and her appearance, which resembled that of an ugly monster, he knew exactly how to persuade her to obediently buy the fabric.
"My lady, look at the clothes you're wearing. They're from several years ago, but they still make you look so beautiful. If you wore our new fabric, wouldn't you look even more radiant and charming?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Huan felt a chill run down her spine.
If it were in the past, the original owner would have bought it without hesitation upon hearing this.
But Ning Huan is now very self-aware; she knows she looks like this, yet the shopkeeper still insists on praising her.
Putting everything else aside, just the fact that she was forced to buy those fabrics made Ning Huan know what was going on.
It's clearly a case of ripping someone off by selling unsold stock.
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