Sun Xiuju was actually quite pleased to see the two arguing, but she didn't expect Zhou Amei from across the street to be so talkative.
She hadn't expected to be seen receiving the package. She immediately shouted:
"Zhou Amei, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Ye Xiaoxiao and Li Yaqin then headed towards Sun Xiuju together.
"So that's why you told me secretly, and told me not to say that you told me. It turns out you were the one stirring things up."
Ye Xiaoxiao originally planned to turn the tables on Sun Xiuju. She and Yaqin had just discussed pretending to have an argument, just as Sun Xiuju had suggested.
It would also be good for the third brother to cure Sun Xiuju's problem.
If the argument gets heated, eventually the father-in-law will go to the postman to get to the bottom of things, so that Sun Xiuju can be found out about the stolen goods.
But someone actually saw it, so there's no need to ask anymore.
"Third Sister-in-law? Sun Xiuju?"
Li Yaqin realized, "She accepted the package, and now she's trying to sow discord between us?"
Li Yaqin immediately feigned grievance. She had always disliked Sun Xiuju, and this time she was even making trouble for her.
Fortunately, her sister-in-law didn't come over and start arguing with her. Instead, they discussed putting on a show for Sun Xiuju.
Ye Xiaoxiao and Li Yaqin exchanged a glance: "Let's go find her!"
The two men immediately grabbed Sun Xiuju by the arms and dragged her into the house.
"Don't listen to her nonsense! I don't know anything, I didn't take it. Believe me, I'm one of your family."
Sun Xiuju panicked and started talking nonsense.
"Where's the package?" Ye Xiaoxiao asked coldly.
"What package...?"
"Enough with the nonsense!" Li Yaqin stepped forward. "Zhou Amei saw it all; it was you who accepted it. And you still dare to frame me?"
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Sun Xiuju turned to run, but Li Yaqin grabbed her arm: "Trying to run? No way!"
As the commotion raged, the parents-in-law, along with the third and fourth sons, came out of the house, looking on in bewilderment at the scene.
"What happened?" Li Jianguo and the others asked with a frown when they returned from the fields at noon.
As soon as Ye Xiaoxiao explained the situation, Li Jianguo and Li Chenhui's faces immediately darkened: "Sun Xiuju, where is the package?"
Sun Xiuju was quite frightened, but she didn't want to admit it: "Don't listen to their nonsense, it's not true!"
"Everyone saw it with their own eyes, and you're still trying to deny it. Why do you always cause trouble?" Li Chenhui turned around and went back into the house to look for her. The house is so small, where could she possibly hide?
He soon found the package, and Li Chenhui angrily handed the photo in the envelope to his sister-in-law.
He then dragged Sun Xiuju into the house: "You come in here!"
"Smack!" A sharp sound rang out, followed by Sun Xiuju's cries: "Oh dear, why did you hit me...?"
"You still dare to ask why?"
Li Chenhui was furious. "You accept someone's package and then stir up trouble? Don't you want to be taught a lesson?"
"I...I just wanted to see..."
"What are you looking at? Are you just jealous of how well others are doing? You're useless yourself, all you do is envious of others!"
Everyone in the courtyard heard a "slapping" sound coming from inside the house, along with Sun Xiuju's cries:
"Hey, stop hitting me, I was wrong..."
Ye Xiaoxiao, carrying the package, was so engrossed in looking at the photos that everyone else ignored Li Jianguo's dark expression and rushed into the Li family home, peering through the door and windows of Li Laosan's house to watch him beat his wife.
Seeing that the commotion had subsided, Auntie Haohao immediately came over, only to find a lot of people watching the scene unfold. She looked both amused and exasperated.
"Oh my god, sir, please stop hitting me..."
"Ah, I'll never do it again, God, please don't hit me. I know I was wrong..."
Congratulations on successfully retrieving the photos! Your reward is a point-and-shoot camera and 10 rolls of film.
[A point-and-shoot camera?]
Ye Xiaoxiao thought that in her past life, the thing she used most was taking pictures with her phone.
I've never used a point-and-shoot camera; it's the digital cameras that everyone used when they were kids.
But we'll talk about that later, seeing Yaqin come out happily.
Ye Xiaoxiao immediately apologized to her, after all, her in-laws were there at the moment, so she had to put on a good show.
"Yaqin, I'm so sorry, I've made you suffer," Ye Xiaoxiao said apologetically.
Li Yaqin waved her hand: "This isn't your fault. It's Sun Xiuju who's really awful. People like her should have been taught a lesson long ago."
As the two were talking, they saw Li Chenhui pulling Sun Xiuju out of the house.
Sun Xiuju, her hair disheveled, wiped away tears as she said, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong..."
Li Chenhui said sternly, "Apologize to your sister-in-law!"
"Sister-in-law, I'm so sorry..." Sun Xiuju said, crying, "I shouldn't have accepted your package, and I shouldn't have framed Yaqin..."
Seeing her like this, Ye Xiaoxiao didn't say anything more: "Alright, just don't do this kind of thing again."
Seeing that the third brother had dealt with his wife, Li Jianguo and Liu Juan waved their hands, deciding they didn't want to get involved anymore, and went back to their room.
He thought to himself that his children were all troublemakers. He figured he should save some money and give the money away as soon as possible, especially with someone like his third son's wife.
It's amazing how something can go wrong even when everything is going well.
The news quickly spread throughout the village. Everyone said that Sun Xiuju was a bad person, daring to open her sister-in-law's package without permission and sowing discord.
Sun Xiuju has been feeling ashamed in the village these past few days, avoiding everyone she sees. Meanwhile, Ye Xiaoxiao's small shop is doing better and better, with people coming to buy things every day and listen to the radio, making it quite lively.
Li Chenyang noticed his wife was in a bad mood and only learned about this matter after overhearing what the people at the door were saying.
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