However, figuring out how to expose the woman's lies proved to be a real challenge for Guo Xuantong.
These villagers all seemed to believe Jiang Tangtang's fabricated stories, and she had no help here.
Just as Guo Xuantong was having a problem, she saw a dirty woman with messy hair sitting in the messy grass.
The woman was crying and laughing intermittently, and she kept eating grass; she looked like a madwoman.
She had been in the valley for some time now, and although she looked down on the rustic villagers and didn't want to have much contact with them, she still had some general understanding of the village's situation.
The main reason is that her mother likes to lecture her, saying how much Lu Shiyan loves Jiang Tangtang and how he disdains other women. She also says that her daughter used to overestimate herself and try to squeeze Jiang Tangtang out, but ended up being blinded by her own tragic experience.
She looked at the woman in front of her with lifeless eyes, pursed her lips, and wondered if this was the woman her mother had mentioned who overestimated herself and ended up with a tragic fate.
She walked over, kicked her, and said, "You're the poor wretch who tried so hard to marry Brother Lu, only to end up blinding yourself, right?"
Fang Peiru shuddered and tried to get up to leave. But because she couldn't see, she fell to the ground again after only a few steps.
Guo Xuantong said discontentedly, "Why are you running away? I'm not a monster."
Fang Peiru lowered her head and remained silent. Guo Xuantong continued, "You were harmed so badly by that woman, don't you want to take revenge on her?"
"What's the point of living like this? You're blind and ugly. If I were you, I'd rather die with her than live like this."
Fang Peiru finally raised her head and said self-deprecatingly, "What can a blind woman like me do to God's own daughter? I only had a little scheme, and God took my eyes. If I had any other schemes, would I still be alive?"
Guo Xuantong scoffed and pouted, "You actually believe all that nonsense she spouted?"
"Isn't that right?" Fang Peiru asked, somewhat bewildered.
Guo Xuantong scoffed again, sneering, "I've seen plenty of these dirty tricks used by women in the inner quarters. My father used to have a concubine who claimed to have a lucky fate for her husband, so my father spoiled her rotten. But what happened? She just found a Taoist priest to lie for her beforehand."
"But I never expected that a country woman like her would have such a sharp mind and so many tricks up her sleeve. No wonder you were harmed like this and still think it's your fault. Her methods are, I must say, quite sophisticated."
Fang Peiru's expression changed several times. "You mean, all those blankets she wore were fake?"
Guo Xuantong pouted again, "Of course it's fake. She's only fooling you ignorant village women."
Fang Peiru thought about the miserable life she would lead after going blind, about how she had apologized to Jiang Tangtang but Jiang Tangtang still wouldn't forgive her, about her parents' tragic deaths, and about her younger brother's closer relationship with Jiang Tangtang than with her, his own sister…
All of this was just a trick she played. A surge of overwhelming hatred welled up in her heart.
Seeing Fang Peiru's contorted expression, Guo Xuantong smiled and asked, "Do you want revenge?"
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Fang Peiru's distorted face. "How can a cripple like me take revenge?"
Guo Xuantong said, "If you want revenge, I'm not unwilling to help you."
Fang Peiru gripped her cane tightly, and finally bit her lip, asking, "How can I help?"
A hint of disdain and malice flashed in Guo Xuantong's eyes. "Come with me!"
Meanwhile, led by Jiang Laowu, the villagers arrived at the cave. They were all amazed by what they found inside.
While marveling at what they saw, they were also filled with curiosity about the things inside the cave.
Someone asked, "Were these all placed in the cave by the gods in heaven?"
Before Jiang Tangtang could answer, a villager said, "They said it was a blessing from the gods. This must have been placed in the cave by the gods in heaven!"
"Is this what things made by gods look like?" Someone touched the steel rope in the cave and asked with some doubt, "Why does it feel like a rope made of iron?"
Someone immediately retorted, "How could this be made of iron? Have you ever seen an iron rope like this before?"
The man who had touched the steel cable earlier said, "I've never seen anything like it."
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The villagers were amazed and discussed it for a while, and basically believed what Jiang Laowu said.
Not only did they believe that Jiang Tangtang was blessed with great fortune and received divine guidance, but they also had no doubt that these things were placed in the cave by the gods.
The main thing is that there are no signs of moving around at all. These things look so magical that they can't think of any other reason besides that they were placed there by gods.
Everyone was full of energy and moved the things in the cave to the designated location according to Jiang Tangtang's requirements.
Jiang Tangtang didn't rest either.
She already had a plan in mind regarding how to build the cableway. She selected a group of people and began teaching them how to build the cableway.
While teaching everyone how to build the cableway, she also arranged for Su and Wang to go back and cook food to bring to the villagers.
Su hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
The batch of grain that Lu Shiyan brought back was almost gone. What would they do after that?
"Mother, don't worry! We have our own plans." Jiang Tangtang wasn't concerned about the food at all.
With so much food in the space, she could make as much as she wanted.
Only when the villagers are well-fed can they have the energy to work, and only then can the cableway be built faster.
Listening to her confident tone, and thinking back on all the difficulties they had encountered along the way, Su realized that with her there, every single one of them had passed smoothly.
Thinking this, she felt relieved and took her people back to prepare food.
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