Seeing the time was right, Yang Lihua pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Sister, I've been walking this road quite often. I remember those acres of land north of the village belonged to Uncle Zhang Laogen. When was it sold?"
The woman didn't remember it for a moment, and was stunned for a moment before she suddenly realized and replied, "Oh, yes, Uncle Lao Gen's land was sold to the family of Master Tai Liu in Taijia Village to the north."
Yang Lihua smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I remember that the people working in the fields just now did look familiar. I once passed by Taijia Village and stayed at the Tai family's house for a while. That family is very kind and has an excellent reputation."
The woman curled her lips, looked around and saw that there was no one around. Her husband would take a while to come back, so she started to chat a little.
"You don't know, this person, you really can't judge by appearances. I used to think that Mr. Tai Liu was righteous and his family members were warm and kind-hearted, but now...tsk tsk!"
The woman was shocked and lowered her voice before continuing, "That family is really bad behind the scenes. I heard that they have the final say in the village and are domineering and unreasonable. A girl from our village married a young man from the Tai family, but that young man didn't know how to flatter him, so Mr. Tai Liu didn't like him.
"Master Tai Liu led the entire clan to ostracize this young couple. Not only did they not allow them to do their work, but when their family was starving to death, Master Tai Liu even threatened the entire clan, forbidding anyone from lending them food to save their lives.
"The young couple had no choice but to return to our village in tears and take away five kilograms of sorghum. It was so pitiful."
Yang Lihua's face turned pale when she heard this. She tried her best to suppress her anger and replied, "Sister, the rumors are not to be believed. I'm afraid this is just a misunderstanding!"
The woman waved her hands, as if she wanted to pat her chest and make a promise.
"Everything I said is true, how can it be just a rumor? The young man from the Tai family said it in front of us, how could it be false? These days, people of the same clan stick together and live together. If this doesn't happen, who would want to bring shame to their clan?"
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