After lunch and a short rest, everyone went back to the fields to harvest.
It makes a difference to have four more strong laborers, not to mention that the four brothers of the Ye family never cheat or slack off when doing their work.
At the end of the day, a lot of crops were harvested from Ye Juaner's fields, which was equivalent to the work of the couple for several days.
In the afternoon, the news that the four brothers helped Ye Juaner's family with the autumn harvest had spread throughout the village, making everyone envious.
On the way home from work in the evening, people would stop Ye Juan'er from time to time to talk to her, causing her to quickly fall behind while the others went home first.
"You two can rest easy this year. Hiring four strong men like this would cost a fortune!"
"My family harvested the crops several days earlier than you did, but now you've caught up with us in just one day. I think you've harvested more than me."
"Ye Juan'er, your nephews are really worth it. They work really hard!"
Ye Juan'er was so happy to hear this that she smiled from ear to ear and was so proud that she kept chatting with the villagers along the way.
As a result, when I was almost home, I was suddenly stopped by someone.
Ye Juan'er was a little tired at this time, but she still forced a smile.
After all, the Ye family had just returned to the village not long ago, so Ye Juan'er naturally wanted everyone in the village to know how good they were and let them integrate into the village as soon as possible.
When she looked up and saw that the person who stopped her was the village chief's wife, she became even more attentive.
"These four brothers are really capable; look how much work they did throughout the day.
"How's the harvest going on your farm? If you're too busy, ask them to come and help you tomorrow."
At noon, Old Mrs. Ye was still saying that she wanted to send her children to private school after the autumn harvest was finished in the village.
Nowadays, every family is busy with the autumn harvest, and children who can go to private school can basically help work in the fields, so the scholar simply gave everyone a holiday and said that they can continue to go to school after the autumn harvest.
So Ye Juaner also wanted the four brothers of the Ye family to flatter their sister more in front of the village chief's family.
However, the village chief's wife did not come to her for the autumn harvest.
She reached out and pulled Ye Juan'er aside and asked, "I heard that you and Widow Liu came back to the village together this morning?"
"It's not like we were returning to the village together. I came from the fields and was about to go home to cook, and she seemed to have just returned from outside." Ye Juan'er didn't understand what the village head's wife meant by this question. "What's wrong? Do you have something to ask her? Is she not at home? Then I don't know where she is."
The village chief's wife shook her head, looked around to see if there was anyone around, and then asked quietly, "I heard people say that Widow Liu is pregnant? They said you knew it too, so I came to ask you."
"What?" Ye Juan'er was startled by this and waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't talk nonsense like that. I don't know anything!"
Widow Liu has been a widow for more than ten years. Who could she get pregnant with?
"They said it with all sorts of details, saying that Widow Liu went into town today to see a doctor.
"And it's been a while since I last saw you. People are starting to get morning sickness."
When Ye Juaner heard the word morning sickness, she was stunned.
Seeing her like this, the village chief's wife immediately asked, "Did you remember something?"
Ye Juan'er hesitated and said, "When she came back from outside this morning, she didn't look very good, and she looked like she was worried.
“After chatting with some old ladies sitting at the entrance of the village, she vomited for some reason.
"I felt sick at the sight, so I left immediately. Could it be..."
Ye Juan'er immediately shook her head after she finished speaking: "That shouldn't be the case. It's been so many years. Although she has a bad temper, she doesn't look like someone who would do such a thing!"
"Can this thing be written on your face for you to see?
"Okay, I get it. I'm just here to ask about the situation. Don't spread this around.
"I'll go back and sound out Widow Liu to see how she plans to handle this.
"Ah, you see, this is such a scandal. If it gets out, it won't be good for our entire village. She will even ruin the reputation of the village."
After the village chief's wife finished speaking, she left in a hurry.
Ye Juan'er didn't bother to chat with others anymore and trotted all the way home.
Liu Quan had been home for a while. When he saw her coming back, he said, "You're walking too slowly. If you don't come back soon, I'm going to ask my son to look for you. You're a grown-up, how could you get lost in the village?"
Ye Juan'er didn't have the time to joke with him. She looked around and saw that her son was not at home, so she went up to him and told him exactly what the village head's wife had said.
"No way?" Liu Quan found it hard to believe. "Widow Liu is certainly not a good person, but you can't just talk about things like that."
"I didn't say that. I just heard it!" Ye Juan'er said, "You know what? Several families in the village are waiting for the autumn harvest to find marriages for their children. If this is true, those families will hate her to death!"
"Whether they hate us or not is none of our business, so you better keep your mouth shut.
"If Widow Liu knew that you had spread this, wouldn't she come to our door every day and curse us?"
"I know. You're not even telling me." Seeing Liu Quan's lackluster reaction, Ye Juan'er felt a bit disappointed. "I'm just talking to you behind closed doors! I'm not stupid. I can go out and tell everyone about it."
Ye Juan'er said this, but after dinner she couldn't help but run to Old Ye's house and told the matter again to Old Mrs. Ye.
"Pregnant? How old is she?" Old Mrs. Ye opened her eyes wide in shock. "Besides, she has been a widow for so many years. Whose child could it be?"
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