Jiang's family arrived, led by a strong middle-aged man who grabbed Li Pangdan by the collar: "You brat, don't think I don't know how your mother died. You actually drove your mother to her death for this wretched woman. Let's see how I teach you a lesson today!"
Li Pangdan shook his head and said, "Uncle, listen to me, it's not like that. My mother and my wife couldn't get along, so we had to live separately. Besides, my mother's death had nothing to do with my wife!"
Li Pangdan was slapped twice and looked angrily at the man in front of him: "If my mother hadn't provoked others, how could things have turned out like this? Now, you're lecturing me. For so many years, my mother has been having an affair with Li Laosan. All the money and valuables in the family have gone to that beast. Who has she done right by doing this? What has she done wrong as his son?"
Yinxia came out and saw that Pangdan had been beaten. She felt sad and rushed forward to protect Pangdan.
"Please don't hit my husband. It was my mother-in-law who insisted on hitting me. My husband only wanted things to be better for everyone, so we separated and went our separate ways. Who knew this would happen?"
The man shouted, "How dare you say that? If it weren't for you, you bitch, how could my sister have died?"
The man was about to grab Yinxia's hair when Old Man Li walked over carrying a shovel and shouted at the man, "What? You still don't know what your sister has done? You're causing trouble in our Li family! My son was killed by your sister, and now it's my grandson and granddaughter-in-law's turn! What more trouble do you want to cause?"
With the commotion at Old Li's house, someone called Li Zheng over.
Li Zheng immediately ordered his men to tie up Jiang's brothers.
"You've come to Daling Village to cause trouble without understanding the situation. Do you know about your sister's affair with Li Laosan?"
The crowd began to discuss this Jiang woman, and the young men who had come to cause trouble felt very embarrassed and left with their faces red.
Jiang's brothers were severely punished by Li Zheng, and the matter was finally over. Li Laosan not only had to compensate the Li family for the money, but was also imprisoned. Daling Village was finally quiet for a while.
The market in Daling Village is under construction. In addition to some villagers coming to help, the villagers have also paid to hire some outsiders to help.
Because outsiders came to help, Li Zheng decided to build a simple cooking shed nearby and invite the women in the village to cook for them.
When Liang Shuyan learned of this, she brought several women from the village to the construction site, pulling a donkey cart loaded with wooden buckets, bowls, chopsticks, and other such items.
Following Liang Shuyan's instructions, Jin Daya picked some vegetables from the field and went to the construction site to help.
Old Mrs. Liu also came to the construction site and prepared some potatoes to cook.
Stepping into the tent, there was a stove made of earthen slabs, with some firewood inside, making crackling sounds. Jin Daya added water to the pot, and finally put the noodles she had made at home directly into the pot, and a pot of sticky potato noodles was ready.
Outside the tent, several men were washing their faces in basins. The late autumn weather was a bit cool, and the men sat down at a wooden table outside.
There were several plates of pickled vegetables, as well as some garlic and scallions on the table.
The people of Daling Village love garlic and scallions, which they eat with steamed buns. I also eat one or two when I eat.
Liang Shuyan placed a bowl of rice on the table.
"Alright, everyone, you've all had a long day. Sit down and eat. These radish strips and cabbage are homemade. Try them and see if they're good."
The village head sat in the middle, picked up his bowl, and began to eat.
"It's strange, I don't know why, but nothing tastes good to me at home, but this food tastes especially delicious today!"
The people around burst into laughter: "Is it because there aren't many people eating at home? It's not as lively as it is today with so many of us!"
"That's pretty much the idea. Look at all of us, each with a bowl of potato noodles, and it all tastes so good."
Everyone chatted and talked at the same time, one after another!
Jiao rushed over, intending to call Li Zheng back for dinner. However, upon arriving at the construction site, she found Li Zheng sitting at the table eating with everyone, and he ate two large bowls of food.
"Hey, really, you're something else. There's not enough food for everyone at the construction site, and you still come to eat there? What's wrong? Is the food I cook at home not good enough?"
Li Datou, who was standing next to him, laughed heartily: "Sister-in-law, it must be because your cooking is so delicious that the village head is reluctant to eat it."
"It's alright, Li Zheng is sitting here. We're all eating and chatting, it's quite lively."
Jiao shook his head helplessly.
“Look, Auntie, I don’t need to cook anymore. I can just cook on the construction site and let everyone eat.”
While eating heartily, Li Zheng said with a smile, "I have to say, you really should learn to cook properly from his aunt."
"What? My cooking isn't as good as his aunt's? Don't forget, she's a lady now. You can't just eat a lady's food whenever you want."
Liang Shuyan smiled, feeling a warm glow in her heart even though she knew Jiao was joking.
"You must stop calling me 'Ruren' from now on. If everyone sees it, won't they all think I'm their daughter?"
Jiao held Liang Shuyan's hand and said, "No, it's not like that. Everyone in our Daling Village feels at ease with you. Take this market in our village, for example; it's all thanks to your brilliant idea that it was built."
Several men from Lijia Village nearby said, "These shops that your Daling Village built yourself were really the woman's idea."
The village head nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I didn't think of that much at the time. The idea of having us all pool our money to build houses was also the wife's idea. I couldn't have come up with such a good idea in such a short time."
After everyone finished eating, they kept pacing around in circles. When they saw the market shops that had been built on both sides of the street, Liang Shuyan felt an indescribable sense of emotion.
"These shops should be completed before the weather gets cold. We can rent them out this spring and then start operating normally."
As Liang Shuyan spoke, she was thinking about the future market situation of Daling Village.
"I don't know, but I'd like to buy a shop like this in your village. Is that feasible?" Li Datou suddenly spoke up.
The village head hesitated for a moment: "Logically speaking, we should consult everyone's opinions, because this market was built with funds raised by everyone, and I should respect everyone's opinions."
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