Daling Village has only one drying yard, but Zhao was digging for wild vegetables there with a bamboo basket.
When Jiao went out, she bumped right into Zhao. When she went over, she saw Zhao holding a shovel, digging up wild vegetables everywhere, leaving a mess in her wake.
"Zhao, what do you mean by this? There are so many wild vegetables in this drying yard, and you've ruined it like this. How are we supposed to dry our grain now?"
Zhao raised her head, hands on her hips: "What's wrong? What did I do wrong? I was just digging wild vegetables, not yours. Why should I care about what you do? We don't have any wheat either, so what business is it of mine?"
Hearing the commotion, Li Zheng quickly walked over.
Seeing the drying yard dug up beyond recognition by shovels, Li Zheng was furious: "Zhao, do you think you can harm everyone like this just because you don't have any grain? I order you to compact the drying yard right now, or you'll all have to move out of this village!"
The villagers gradually gathered around, expressing their dissatisfaction with Zhao's behavior and beginning to criticize her.
"Yes, if things don't go well, we should make them move out. When did our Daling Village get such a troublesome family?"
When Aunt Liu saw Zhao, she pointed at her and started cursing: "You selfish woman! You don't grow wheat yourself, so you deliberately go to the drying yard to dig up wild vegetables. There aren't many wild vegetables on the mountain, but you still have to do such a thing. No wonder your family is the poorest in the whole village!"
Zhao was no pushover either. Upon hearing Aunt Liu's insults, she jumped up and shouted, "Hmph, don't think I don't know the shameful things you've done! Knowing that Sanwang and Ruyan were already engaged, you secretly encouraged your daughter to seduce Sanwang, even drugging him and having that shameless thing done with your daughter! What happened before? Why didn't you let Yinxia marry Sanwang? What's wrong with you now, resorting to such despicable means to force your Yinxia onto Sanwang?"
These words immediately caused a huge uproar among the crowd. Aunt Liu was still wondering, "That's strange. Who knew about this? How did this woman find out?"
Since marrying into Lizheng's family, Aunt Liu has become much more arrogant. People in the village, out of respect for Lizheng, often avoid talking to Aunt Liu and keep their distance from her.
"You big-mouthed woman, what nonsense are you talking about? Yinxia and Sanwang did have a relationship before, but they were forced to separate because of Lao Liu. Now, I don't know what's going on between these two kids. Besides, how can we, as parents, interfere in our children's affairs?"
Zhao continued to scold, "Alright, you're the most hypocritical kind of person. You've completely forgotten how my sister-in-law has always taken care of you. Now that you've become in-laws with Lizheng, you think you can use such despicable means to force my Sanwang to marry your Yinxia? Impossible!"
What was originally something everyone kept to themselves and pretended not to know was brought to light by Zhao's actions.
Aunt Liu was so angry that her face turned ashen. She stepped forward to scratch Zhao's face, but Li Zheng said, "Alright, Zhao, you'd better go home and find a way to level the drying yard. Otherwise, your whole family will have to move out. This Daling Village can't tolerate busybodies like you!"
Privately, everyone shifted their focus to the matter between Yinxia and Sanwang, and some people were even willing to believe Zhao's words.
The plump aunt muttered under her breath, "Oh dear, it seems this really isn't just a rumor. I was wondering why Yinxia had red eyes this morning and why she wasn't working at the teahouse. Turns out, she was fired by Aunt Dashan?"
Zhao Heng walked over at some point and said coldly, "You don't know this yet? She was fired by Sister-in-law Dashan. Not only does a young lady not know how to behave herself, but she also acts like a boss in the teahouse. She really thinks she's a member of the Jin family. Bah, she's nothing!"
Liang Shuyan stepped forward and smiled slightly: "It's best not to make things up without any evidence. My son Sanwang is still young, and I don't want him to get married so early. Thank you all for your concern!"
Aunt Liu frowned, instantly feeling like she'd been tricked. Her eyes widened as she asked, "Auntie, didn't you arrange Sanwang's engagement a few days ago? How can you say Sanwang is too young?"
Aunt Liu knew exactly what was going on, but asking that question only put her in an even more awkward situation.
"I really didn't expect Aunt Liu to care so much about my third son's marriage. The engagement is with Ruyan, so it doesn't seem to have much to do with Aunt Liu. When the wedding will take place is up to me, his mother!"
Aunt Liu had never fallen out with Liang Shuyan over anything, but this time she was the first to lose her temper. She stood up with her hands on her hips and said, "Hey, Aunt Dashan, do you really not know what shameful things your third son has done? Your Sanwang got our Yinxia pregnant! What, are you trying to renege on your debt?"
"I'm renege on my debt? Aunt Liu, what are you saying? Don't you know that our Sanwang is already engaged to Ruyan? Why did you instigate your daughter Yinxia to dress up so attractively to seduce our Sanwang? Taking advantage of the conflict between Sanwang and Ruyan, you got Sanwang drunk and put him in Yinxia's room. As his mother, don't you really know this?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao immediately exclaimed, "Listen to this! Am I right? This Aunt Liu is two-faced. She did such a thing and still has the nerve to yell at me?"
“Auntie Dashan, you can’t just make things up. It’s a fact that Yinxia is pregnant. Anyway, your family can’t refuse to marry her, and you can’t deny it either!”
Liang Shuyan snorted coldly: "As everyone knows, Sanwang did like Yinxia at first, but Aunt Liu disagreed. The reason was that she looked down on us because we were poor and rejected the marriage. But knowing that Sanwang was engaged to Ruyan, she still tried to force our Jin family to marry Yinxia. Do you all think this is reasonable? Also, since everyone is here today, I want to say that I have expelled Sanwang from our Jin family. Therefore, this matter has nothing to do with our Jin family from now on!"
Aunt Liu was so angry that she knelt on the ground and couldn't get up. If she had known it would turn out like this, why would she have ruined her daughter's reputation and done such a foolish thing?
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