The three people living in the dilapidated temple, Grandpa Jiang, Grandma Jiang, and Aunt Xue, immediately noticed the marks on Jin Huifang's body that could not be concealed by her tattered clothes.
"Oh, Huifang. Let me give you a piece of advice. If you have another man, settle down and live a good life with him. Don't be fickle." Aunt Xue said sarcastically from the side.
"You shameless woman, you've done despicable things outside and betrayed my son. You still want to come back? Get out, get as far away as you can!" Old Madam Jiang slapped Jin Huifang hard across the face.
Grandpa Jiang didn't speak, but his attitude was ambiguous; he wouldn't let Jin Huifang return to the dilapidated temple.
With nowhere else to go, Jin Huifang had no choice but to return to Sheep Shit Alley.
Upon seeing Jin Huifang return, Ziyuan and Niu Liqiang mocked and beat her.
Jin Huifang was filled with boundless hatred; she wanted all those who had harmed her to die.
Jin Huifang was obedient and did whatever Zi Yuan and Niu Liqiang asked her to do.
Zi Yuan and Niu Liqiang thought they had tamed Jin Huifang and stopped keeping her locked up.
Jin Huifang was allowed to go out for a walk, and she used the money she had secretly saved to buy rat poison.
She originally planned to die with Jiang Tingjun, but by sheer coincidence, she ran into Ye Yunniang.
Ultimately, she couldn't bear to part with the child she had carried for ten months, so she decided to let Jiang Tingjun live.
Jin Huifang carried the steamed buns to the dilapidated temple first.
He knelt before Grandpa Jiang and his two companions again, humbly begging them to keep his affair a secret. His words were filled with the hope that Jiang Mingrui would settle down and return home so their family could be reunited.
These words touched the three men, and they accepted the steamed buns she had brought.
Jin Huifang returned to Yangshi Lane and gave Ziyuan and Niu Liqiang buns laced with medicine.
After the poison took effect, Zi Yuan and Niu Liqiang were too weak to struggle. Jin Huifang picked up a kitchen knife and dismembered the two men piece by piece.
Finally, he picked up Jiang Tingjun from the woodpile in the kitchen and carried him to Wanxia Lane, placing the child at the Li family's door.
After returning home, Jin Huifang washed herself clean and tore two strips of cloth.
He wrote down his account of the murder.
He wrote a letter to Ye Yunniang, asking her to take Jiang Tingjun in.
"Are Grandpa Jiang and the others alright?" Ye Yunniang asked worriedly.
"He induced vomiting in time and was saved from death." Bao Min didn't go into details.
Ye Yunniang knew they were still alive, and that was enough; she didn't want to ask any more questions.
Would you be willing to adopt Jiang Tingjun?
Ye Yunniang did not hesitate, "I'm willing."
Bao Min began to understand why Jiang Mingzhe had taken a liking to Ye Yunniang.
Regarding Jiang Tingjun's matter, out of respect for Jiang Mingzhe, Bao Min arranged for someone to handle all the formalities.
Outsiders don't know that he is the child of Madam Jiang, the woman involved in the recent sensational triple homicide case that has rocked the city. All they know is that his name is Li An, and he is the adopted son of the Li family.
Soon everyone in Wanxia Lane learned that the two widows in courtyard number 4 had adopted a child who had been abandoned in front of their door.
Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang gave the same story to the public: the child coming to their home was a matter of fate.
It's good that the child wasn't sick after seeing a doctor.
She looks about a year and a half old; she can eat by herself when given food. We'll raise her ourselves, hoping it will bring good fortune to our child.
I hope that when my son grows up, he will have a brother to help him.
Many neighbors say that Cai Damei and Ye Yunniang are kind-hearted. Of course, some don't believe it, thinking that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are only concerned with their reputation, and wonder how they treat their children in private.
Ye Yunniang and Cai Damei didn't refute these claims. They continued living their lives as usual. In time, everyone would understand whether they were sincere or not.
Of course, there were also those unscrupulous people who, seeing that Li Jun was a boy and had handsome features, figured he wouldn't be ugly. They came to Cai Damei and said that if any family didn't have a child, they could send him to raise. They could even make some money off him.
This man was Niu Dajiao, and Cai Damei hadn't even made a move yet. Ye Yunniang grabbed a sickle from the side and slashed at Niu Dajiao.
"I'll beat that idiot to death."
"Ah—help!" Niu Dajiao ran towards the door in fright. Ye Yunniang raised her sickle to chop, though she didn't really intend to kill Niu Dajiao.
This person isn't worth her risking her life for.
Ye Yunniang controlled the force and angle of her chop, tearing off both of Niu Dajiao's sleeves.
"Big-Foot Niu, if you keep talking nonsense, next time I won't just cut your sleeve." Ye Yunniang gripped her sickle and forcefully left a deep cut on the Ma family's door.
“I meant well,” Niu Dajiao said, jumping up and down inside the house.
"You're so kind, use it at your own home." Ye Yunniang glanced around at the Ma family's yard, which was covered in chicken droppings and so filthy that it was impossible to step inside.
“Pan’er’s mother is right. Niu Dajiao, you should focus more on your own family. Look at it, tsk tsk, it’s as filthy as a pigsty.”
"Exactly, you don't care whether other people want children or not. You should worry about your own family first. Your eldest son has been married for 5 years and still doesn't have children."
"I think Niu Dajiao isn't having children for someone else. She wants them for her own family."
"That's quite possible. Her son and daughter-in-law are too lazy to even have maggots in their anus, how could they possibly give birth?"
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The neighbors, who were watching from the wall and doorway, took turns criticizing Niu Dajiao.
"Bullshit! My Daliang is perfectly fine. There's nothing wrong with him." Niu Dajiao couldn't stand being cursed at Ma Xiaokou, so she jumped out of the house to yell at him. But when she saw Ye Yunniang holding a sickle and staring intently at her, she cowered back into the house.
She's not afraid of arguing, but she's afraid of getting hurt.
Niu Dajiao's cowardly behavior made everyone laugh heartily. Some of those who had been slandered by Niu Dajiao thought they could learn from Ye Yunniang.
From then on, whenever he heard a woman gossiping about him behind his back, he would grab whatever was at hand and hit her.
After being hit once, I instantly realized that my previous forbearance was too much of a blow to myself.
I felt so refreshed after the fight.
Evening Glow Alley quickly became infamous in the surrounding area. Everyone who knew about the alley was quick to resort to violence at the slightest provocation.
The people living in Sunset Lane are all ruthless.
That's a story for another time.
This time, everyone in Wanxia Lane looked at Ye Yunniang with new respect. They had thought she was an honest and weak person, but they hadn't expected her to be so shrewd and ruthless despite her quiet demeanor.
Ye Yunniang, who is rumored to be quite extraordinary, is trying on new clothes.
As October arrives, the weather is getting colder. It's time to make new cotton-padded coats for the family.
After several days of hard work, Cai Damei sewed new cotton-padded clothes for the two children and Ye Yunniang.
Ye Yunniang, wearing a new cotton-padded coat, twirled around.
"Mom, you're so good at cooking. It looks so beautiful."
Cai Da's joyful smile froze when he saw Ye Yunniang's belly. He reached out and touched Ye Yunniang's stomach.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Ye Yunniang asked, puzzled. Why was Cai Damei touching her stomach? She touched it herself and noticed she had gained some weight.
"It's nothing. My head just feels a little uncomfortable."
"Mother, you lie down and rest. I'll go fetch the doctor."
Following Ye Yunniang's movements, Cai Damei lay down on the bed.
Ye Yunniang turned around and went to fetch a doctor.
The doctor took Cai Damei's pulse and, finding her to be overthinking, prescribed medicine.
"Doctor, please take a look at my daughter-in-law as well. She's been working very hard lately, taking care of two children and me as well."
"Mother, I'm not sick," Ye Yunniang declined, saying she was perfectly fine.
Cai Damei took Ye Yunniang's hand and asked the doctor to take her pulse.
The doctor placed his hand on Ye Yunniang's wrist to take her pulse.
Cai Damei stared intently at the doctor's face, trying to discern something.
The doctor withdrew his hand. "She,"
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