Liang Shuyan smiled and helped Yinxia up: "It's alright, I certainly won't tell your mother about this. You just need to tell me, whose child is this?"
Yinxia lowered her head, her lips moving slightly: "Auntie, it's Fatty's."
She said this casually, but Liang Shuyan was filled with anger. This Yinxia kept shouting that she wanted to marry Sanwang. Did she want to marry Sanwang while pregnant with another man's child? Did she think Sanwang was a fool?
"Since the child is Pangdan's, why say it's our Sanwang's? Do you think our Sanwang is easy to bully?"
"No, Auntie, I didn't mean it. It was my mother. She said that as long as I marry Brother Sanwang, I can have anything I want. And the teahouse might belong to Brother Sanwang. Then I'll be the boss's wife."
She had really underestimated Aunt Liu's cunning. She said softly, "Alright, Yinxia, I don't want to talk to you about this anymore. I'm going back now. But Sanwang and Ruyan will be getting married soon. Go back and tell your mother to come and help."
Upon hearing that Sanwang and Ruyan had gotten married, Yinxia immediately cried and said, "Auntie, why? Does Sanwang not like me anymore? He promised to marry me!"
Liang Shuyan couldn't help but scoff inwardly: "These two, mother and daughter, really are daydreaming. Knowing they're pregnant with another man's child, they still want to marry Sanwang. What kind of people can have such a pipe dream?"
“Get up! I’ll say it again, you’re already pregnant with Fatty’s child, how can you become the daughter-in-law of the Jin family? What, do you and your mother think that the Jin family’s door is so easy to enter? Go back, from now on, our two families will still be neighbors, but Sanwang’s marriage has nothing to do with your family.”
Yinxia's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She opened the door and hurriedly ran towards the Jin family's courtyard.
When Aunt Liu saw her daughter running back crying, she hurriedly asked, "Did your aunt ask about you and Sanwang? Now that Sanwang is back, are you two going to get married?"
Yinxia lay on the kang and burst into tears: "Mother, stop talking. Sanwang is going to marry Ruyan. My aunt said that Sanwang is going to get married, but it has nothing to do with our family anymore."
Aunt Liu, holding a broom, angrily threw it aside: "What?! This old woman from the mountains, how can she be so shameless? My daughter is pregnant with your Jin family's child, and you actually don't want my Yinxia anymore! I'll show you what I'm made of!"
Yinxia panicked and grabbed her mother, saying, "Mother, what are you doing? Don't go! Aren't you embarrassed enough already?"
“How is this shameful? You are pregnant with Sanwang’s child, and they still won’t marry you. What is this? Since it’s like this, we’ll go to the authorities. How can I let my daughter suffer such injustice for nothing?”
Yinxia knew that this matter could no longer be kept secret and had to be told, otherwise, who knew how much more humiliation her mother would suffer? She simply couldn't imagine it.
Yinxia's legs trembled, and she suddenly knelt on the ground: "Mother, this child isn't Sanwang's. Now, Aunt Jin knows about this. Please, don't embarrass yourself!"
When Aunt Liu heard the news, it was like a bolt from the blue. She stared wide-eyed and walked towards Yinxia step by step, grabbed Yinxia's hair, and lifted her up.
"You brat, tell me, whose child is this? Tell me!"
Yinxia's hair was being pulled painfully. She covered her hair and cried out, "Mom, please don't pull my hair! I'll tell you, it was... it was Fatty!"
"When did this happen? Tell me, how did you get involved with that Fatty Li? Tell me?"
Yinxia finally couldn't keep her secret any longer, and she said, "That day, you asked me to fetch water, but I ran into Li Pangdan on the way. He said his mother was sick and asked me to cook for her. I thought there was still plenty of time, so I went to help with the cooking. Who knew that after we finished eating, I was washing the pots when I felt dizzy. You can imagine what happened next. When I woke up, I found myself lying next to Pangdan."
Aunt Liu stomped her feet in anger: "Oh dear, so it was this Jiang who stirred things up, getting you and Fatty drunk and then locking you in a room, which is why that happened! Jiang, you vicious woman, if I don't tear you apart, you won't know that I, Aunt Liu, am no pushover either!"
Yinxia sat on the ground, wailing. During this time, Fatty hadn't come to see her, so she assumed it was all a misunderstanding.
Aunt Liu found Jiang, who was threshing grain in the threshing ground with a shoe sole. When she saw Aunt Liu rushing over, she already had some plans in mind.
"You wretched woman, how could you scheme against my Yinxia? If you've set your sights on her, why can't you come and propose marriage? You're just trying to steal her dowry, aren't you?"
Jiang put down her work and stretched: "Don't try to frame me in front of so many people. I didn't mean it that way. Although my son Pangdan hasn't found a wife yet, he hasn't thought about marrying your Yinxia."
Aunt Liu, hands on her hips, angrily roared, "If that's the case, why did you get your fat son drunk and lock him in a room with my Yinxia? I've seen plenty of losses like this, but I never imagined you'd have such a scheming mind!"
Jiang burst into laughter: "Fine, let everyone tell me, when it comes to scheming, who's more cunning than your Aunt Liu? To ensure her daughter marries into the Jin family, she actually got Sanwang drunk in the middle of the night, leaving him alone with Yinxia. What, you miscalculated and now you're coming after me like this?"
People in the threshing ground started talking: "Oh dear, what happened? Did Aunt Liu's scheme against Aunt Dashan fail?"
“When it comes to scheming, no one can outdo my mother. I admit it. I saw the methods my mother used, which is why I was left alone in a room with Yinxia. Even if my mother doesn’t admit it, I accept it. I will come to propose marriage another day. Aunt, please don’t be angry.”
Aunt Liu didn't expect that the fat man would actually admit it, and in front of so many people. Aunt Liu wanted to refuse, but when she thought about how Yinxia's belly was getting bigger every day, she thought, why not get married quickly and wait until Yinxia really gave birth to the child before thinking of a solution?
Jiao was a widow raising her child. She had long wanted to find a wife for her son, Fatty. However, given the family's current situation, they were struggling to even have enough to eat, let alone have the money to find a wife for Fatty. Therefore, she came up with this plan.
Aunt Liu persisted: "Jiang, let me tell you, if you don't agree to this marriage, I will sue you for instigating your son to defile my daughter's purity!"
"Auntie, there's something I want to tell you!"
Chunyan blushed and approached Liang Shuyan.
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