Chapter 42: Teach the Gossipers a Lesson

Liu Lan did not notice the change in Wang Guixiang's expression. She was worried that she might not be able to get back the 30 yuan subsidy this time!

It's all that idiot Song Xiu Yue's fault. She didn't even know how to admit defeat and ended up getting herself into trouble. She was even thinking about getting rid of Xia Juanjuan and letting Zhan'er marry her!

"Zhan'er's daughter-in-law, what are you talking about! I decided to marry you to Zhan'er! How could I do something bad to you and send you to jail? Forget it, I won't drink this mutton soup! If you didn't give the allowance to your mother, then don't give it to her! But I still want to remind you that you are a member of the Li family now! Don't do anything out of line! Otherwise, Zhan'er will divorce you, and I can't protect you!"

Liu Lan was afraid that Xia Juanjuan would really tell others about her instigating Song Xiu Yue, and also about Qiao Qiao's matter. She couldn't reveal the truth before she married Xu Zhiqing, so she had to return empty-handed.

Xia Juanjuan sneered: "Protect me? Mother-in-law, I will thank God if you don't go to great lengths to make Li Zhan and I divorce!"

Liu Lan didn't respond and just pulled Li Qiaoqiao towards her room.

Li Qiaoqiao came back to her senses after being beaten and started to cry and struggle to hit Xia Juanjuan: "Xia Juanjuan, you shameless bitch! How dare you hit me! I will tear your mouth to pieces!"

Xia Juanjuan was not ambiguous at all. She went up and slapped him again, with a sneer on her lips: "I warned you but you didn't listen. How dare you scold me in my room? I would be sorry to myself if I don't beat you! What if you dare to scold me again?"

Li Qiaoqiao's face was swollen and Lao Gao was crying loudly. He didn't dare to curse anymore and was pulled away by Liu Lan.

Back in the house, Li Qiaoqiao felt more and more angry the more she thought about it, and cried in grievance: "Mom! You...why didn't you just beat that little whore to death for me! She slapped me three times!"

Liu Lan was furious: "What are you talking about! Who told you not to be careful when you were with Xu Zhiqing? And didn't I remind you not to let him succeed so early? Men are no good. After getting something, they will never cherish it and will set their eyes on others! Now that little bitch Xia Juanjuan holds our lives in her hands. If you fight back today and make a big fuss, and she tells you everything, do you still want to marry Xu Zhiqing and go to the city to work as a worker and eat commercial food? You have no brains at all!"

Li Qiaoqiao was a little uneasy about what her mother said: "Mom... Brother Jiayuan is not that kind of person. He... He has promised to marry me, but not now. He has to wait until he returns to the city. If he marries me now, I will also be a rural hukou, and I will never be able to return to the city! Then what do you say... about Xia Juanjuan? We can't let her hold our power forever, right?"

Liu Lan glanced at her daughter coldly and asked, "Hey! Xia Juanjuan is not stupid! We can only take it slowly. By the way, you have spread the words I asked you to spread secretly two days ago, right?"

Li Qiaoqiao nodded and said, "It's all spread out! I know Xia Lanlan, and I asked her a few questions indirectly, and she told me that Xia Juanjuan eloped with a strange man the night before my fourth brother got married! I "accidentally" revealed it to Aunt Wu, the gossipy girl in the village..."

Liu Lan nodded: "Yes. That's good. But it's not enough to just do it before marriage, it's better to do it after marriage..."

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When Xia Juanjuan saw Liu Lan running away, she ignored her and sent her away, then carried the backpack and went into the mountains again.

The rabbit fur that Lin Yuru brought gave her an idea to get more animal fur to make a few pairs of boots for the winter. The amount of fur from the two rabbits was estimated to be enough to make one pair for the three kids, but not enough for her.

She has wild rabbits in her space, but she can't take them out at will, so she needs to go into the mountains for a walk.

Another reason is that she really likes going into the mountains to pick herbs and mushrooms. She used to live in a big city, where there were very few opportunities to get close to nature.

When she reached the village entrance, a group of women and men who were originally chatting at once saw her from a distance and immediately shut up, looking at her with strange eyes. The women looked at her with contempt, while the men were...blatantly malicious.

Xia Juanjuan frowned slightly, feeling that things might not be that simple.

"Oh, isn't this the daughter-in-law of the Li family? Going into the mountains again?" a middle-aged woman said with a smile.

Xia Juanjuan recognized that it was Aunt Wu, the most gossipy woman in the village.

"Could it be that there is a man waiting in the mountains?" Another new bride named Zhang Erni sneered.

Zhang Erni is somewhat pretty and has been very proud of herself since she was a child. But after she got married, she was compared to nothing by Xia Juanjuan. Her husband Wang Ergou often envied the Li family for marrying Xia Juanjuan. It was simply unfair.

Therefore, she was jealous of Xia Juanjuan's beauty to death. Now that she had the chance, she was going to be extremely vicious and unfaithful.

The people standing at the entrance of the village burst into laughter and looked at Xia Juanjuan with great interest, wanting to see her laugh.

Originally, the news that Lizhan was injured and unable to move had somehow spread, and Xia Juanjuan was the talk of the village as soon as she got married. Now, word has spread that she eloped with another man the night before her wedding. Wouldn't that cause an uproar?

If Xia Juanjuan didn't realize that something was wrong at this time, wouldn't she have lived in vain?

She looked at Zhang Erni, suddenly smiled charmingly, and said, "Who knows? Maybe it's your man?"

When Zhang Erni heard this, her face turned pale and blue. She jumped up and cursed, "Xia Juanjuan, what did you say? How dare you make up stories about my man, you shameless whore!"

With a "slap" sound, Zhang Erni was slapped.

Xia Juanjuan frowned slightly. There were too many jerk's. She had slapped them three or four times this morning and her hands were sore.

Zhang Erni and everyone in the village were shocked.

This new bride looked delicate and frail, but she acted so quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, without leaving any face or room for error!

Zhang Erni covered her face and was shocked for a long time before she stammered angrily, "Xia Juanjuan...you! You dare to hit me!"

Xia Juanjuan had a very good temper and even had a smile on her face, but her smile was a little cold, like frost flowers in winter, extremely cold and beautiful.

"You dare to scold me in public, why shouldn't I dare to hit you? Besides, if I hit you, I'm actually saving you, you should be thanking me."

Zhang Erni was confused.

She got slapped, but she still wanted to thank Xia Juanjuan for hitting her? How can this be justified?!