Liu Tangxi didn't go out for the next few days, so naturally he didn't know about the rumors outside.

She has been teaching the two little kids at home these days.

The little girl is still young and can’t even sew clothes, let alone embroider.

Zhang was either working in the fields or going to the mountains to look after the fruit trees, so she wasn't with them much.

Zhou was basically at home, so she often scolded her daughter when she saw that she was learning too slowly. However, most of the time, Liu Tangxi stopped her.

Not only that, Liu Tangxi would not teach them embroidery all day long.

Embroidery is very harmful to the eyes, and sitting all the time is not good for the body.

At first, Zhou was a little anxious when she saw Liu Tangxi taking her daughter out to play, but later, she was gradually convinced by Liu Tangxi.

"Embroidery is not something that can be done in a day or two. Fu Yao is very smart. It's not because she has just started learning and is young. She will get better after a while... I have seen many embroiderers who can't see clearly in their twenties or thirties. Most of them are because they don't protect their eyes well. For the sake of the future, you still need to rest properly... Sitting for a long time is not good for your health..."

Perhaps because he had been with children for too long, Liu Tangxi gradually began to play childishly. He played tumbling rope and skipping rubber rope with the two of them and had a lot of fun.

Zhang would occasionally go out to the fields, and heard a lot about Liu Tangxi outside.

Before, when people saw her, they would ask about Liu Tangxi's background indirectly. She always told people that her third brother's wife was a good girl. However, no one believed her.

Now, people started asking different questions.

"Daniu's wife, can Hanzhou's wife's embroidery really sell for a lot of money?" someone asked curiously.

"Yes, my third brother's wife is a good embroiderer, so the shopkeeper raised her salary." Zhang answered honestly.

Zhang is an honest person, and her words are even more convincing than those of Li.

"How much can Hanzhou's wife earn a day?" the man continued to ask.

Zhang didn't answer in a hurry, but frowned and thought for a while.

Seeing Zhang's reaction, the man breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I said it, it shouldn't be that much. How much does a man earn as a part-time worker? A woman——"

As they were talking, Zhang said, "I just calculated that my third brother's wife was embroidering all day long. She said she was afraid of hurting her eyes. If she was embroidering all day long, it should be more than twenty cents."

The man's face was very interesting. Looking at Zhang's serious expression, he left awkwardly.

Not only outsiders came to ask, but also people from the Wei family came to ask.

"Sister-in-law, did your daughter Shulan really learn embroidery from Han Zhou's wife?" This was Wei Dashan's wife, Wu, who was also Xu's eldest daughter-in-law.

"Yes. But she is still young and can't even hold the needle properly." Zhang said a little embarrassedly.

After getting the answer he wanted, Wu left.

That afternoon, Mrs. Wu came to visit with some cucumbers.

Li went to the mountain to look at the fruit trees, but Zhang did not go.

Wei Lao San was lying in the west room of the main hall, while Zhang's three sisters-in-law and three children were at home.

Zhang introduced Wu to Liu Tangxi.

Liu Tangxi had some impression of Wu. She remembered that when she went to the town with Zhang that day, she saw Wu in the crowd.

The reason why she remembered Wu was because Wu mentioned her name at that time, and judging by the expression on his face, he didn't say anything good about her.

She originally thought that the relationship between the Wu family and the third family of Wei was just average, but she never expected that they were so close.

Moreover, the way Mrs. Wu looked at her today really made her uncomfortable, as if she was probing something.

After Liu Tangxi greeted her lightly, she continued to embroider with her head down.

Fu Yao saw the dragonflies embroidered by Liu Tangxi and asked her a few questions from time to time.

Liu Tangxi was cold to Wu, but Wu didn't seem to care and praised Liu Tangxi enthusiastically: "Hanzhou's wife is so beautiful. There is no girl prettier than you in the whole village."

Liu Tangxi pursed her lips and gave an extremely awkward smile.

Then, Wu started chatting with Zhang and Zhou.

Although Mrs. Wu was chatting with Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhou, Liu Tangxi could feel that Mrs. Wu's eyes were always on the patterns she was embroidering.

Liu Tangxi didn't have a very good impression of the Wu family, so he kept silent and pretended not to see it.

Two quarters of an hour later, Liu Tangxi finally finished embroidering the dragonfly. She was about to show the embroidered dragonfly to Fu Yao, but unexpectedly, before she handed it to Fu Yao, Wu took it away.

Liu Tangxi frowned at Wu's rude action and was about to say something when Wu started to criticize him.

"Oh, it's so beautifully embroidered. Look at the stitches and the dragonfly. They look just like the real thing." Mrs. Wu showed the purse to Mrs. Zhang.

Zhang said politely, "Well, my third brother's wife really embroidered well."

"Thank you." Liu Tangxi said dryly, "But this is for teaching children. Sister-in-law, please return it to me after you have finished reading it."

"Don't be impatient, wife Hanzhou. I just think it's beautiful and want to take a closer look." Mrs. Wu said with a smile. After that, she seemed to have just noticed it and continued, "Oh, this is Lotus. This is really fate. My daughter is named Lotus."

Face... as big as a basin?

Liu Tangxi frowned. How would she know her young lady's name?

The adults were being polite, but Fu Yao refused to do it. The third aunt had clearly wanted to show it to her, but it was snatched away by someone else. While Wu was not paying attention, she reached out and snatched it from Wu. Before Wu could say anything, she quickly ran to Liu Tangxi's side.

"What are you doing? You are so ignorant." Zhou said to her daughter in a hypocritical manner.

However, people who are familiar with Zhou can tell that these words have no power at all and are more like encouragement.

Fu Yao was the smartest one. He sensed Zhou's attitude and even said, "My eldest aunt just passed away from my third aunt. Why are you blaming me, mother?"

Zhou glanced at Wu and pointed at her daughter: "You silly girl, your aunt is just looking at you."

Mrs. Wu looked unhappy.

Before Wu spoke, Liu Tangxi smiled and said to Zhou: "Don't be angry, sister-in-law. I wanted to show this dragonfly to Fu Yao in order to teach her a lesson."

Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay, don't worry, she'll learn how to use the needle first."

Mrs. Wu seemed to not understand what everyone was saying and interrupted again: "If you ask me, Fuyao is still too young. Why should she learn embroidery so early? She might as well go to light fires, sweep the floor, feed chickens and pigs, and do farm work. When you have a baby, you can just help take care of the baby. And Shulan, she's only two years old, right? She can't even hold a needle steadily. Look at her little hands, don't you feel sorry for her?"

Zhou became unhappy because her daughter was mentioned.

"Look at what my sister-in-law said. She wants them to learn because she loves them. If they suffer more now, they will suffer less in the future. Her third uncle is a scholar. Our Fuyao and Shulan don't have to work in the fields. They can just enjoy themselves in the future. Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law."

Mrs. Wu choked and felt uncomfortable. She glanced at Mrs. Zhou's stomach, stood up and said, "Okay, just consider it as meddling in your business." After that, she left.

"Bah! What nonsense! When we need them, no one from their family comes. But when we don't need them, they rush over. Maybe they are here to learn secretly." Zhou cursed at the door.

Zhang frowned, pursed her lips, and said nothing, but anger could be seen in her eyes.

Liu Tangxi: ...

So, what was that person doing here just now?

Saying that kind of thing in someone else's home and making the host unhappy, isn't that asking for trouble?

Liu Tangxi took a look at Zhou's stomach, stroked her back, and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's not good for your health."

Zhou suddenly opened up and began to talk to Liu Tangxi about the first wife's affairs.

"Third brother's wife, don't be fooled by the people in the first house. No one in their family is good. They don't do anything without gain. When my third brother wanted to study, my father saved money for him for a long time. But my eldest uncle went to my grandmother to take the money out, and secretly gave the money to his grandson as a dowry. His grandson was only six years old at the time, several years younger than my third brother. My third brother passed the imperial examination and became a scholar early on, but his grandson is nothing now."

Then, Zhou talked about how the family of Wei Lao Da was indifferent to them and did not help them after Wei Lao San fell ill.

After listening to this, Liu Tangxi probably understood.

Wei is the third child in the family and is in an awkward position. He is probably not loved by his parents.

Wei Hanzhou suffered a lot in the old house when he was a child.

"Well, don't worry, second sister-in-law, I won't." Liu Tangxi said.

When Li came back, Zhou told Li about Wu's visit.

Li's reaction was much more serious than Zhou's. She glanced at the door, cursed a few times, and said, "We should keep a dog at the door to prevent them from coming in."

I thought that since Zhou said such nasty things yesterday, Wu would not come again in the short term, but unexpectedly, Wu came to my house early the next morning.

Not only did she come, but also her mother-in-law Wang and her ten-year-old daughter He Hua.

Wei Daniu and Wei Erhu went to the town to do odd jobs, and the rest of Wei Laosan's family was at home.

Perhaps she had sensed the cold attitude of Wei Lao San's family, and after everyone spoke a few words, Wang stated her purpose directly, which was to ask Liu Tangxi to teach her granddaughter how to plant lotus!

"Daughter-in-law Hanzhou, teaching one is teaching, and teaching two is also teaching. Hehua can also help you. You don't have to give her much of the money you earn. Just giving her a penny or two will be enough." Wang said.

Liu Tangxi was stunned when she heard this. This was the first time she met such an unreasonable person.

So, not only does she want to teach others for free, but she also has to pay for it?

Liu Tangxi was almost laughing at Wang's anger.

However, before she could even open her mouth, Li was the first to quit.

"Sister-in-law, what you said is wrong. Nowadays, anyone who knows a little embroidery keeps it to themselves. How can you teach it to outsiders?"

Wu was a little unhappy when she heard this, and said, "Look at what Third Auntie said. Fuyao and Shulan are also outsiders. How come they can teach, but our Hehua can't?"

"Dashan's wife, we have separated. We are no longer a family now." Li said with a straight face.

Wang seemed to be well prepared this time. After hearing what Li said, she glanced at Liu Tangxi and said, "Sister-in-law, you have to think it over carefully. Han Zhou is a scholar now. If it gets out that he passed the exam and refused to acknowledge his family and married a wife who was almost sold to a brothel, I don't know if it will have an impact on him."

Liu Tangxi's face turned cold.

The people from the Wei family dared to take the money that the third brother Wei had saved for many years to give tuition to their grandson in the middle of the night, which showed what kind of people they were. They might do something to ruin Wei Hanzhou's reputation.

"What good will this do you?" Li's face turned red with anger.

Zhang and Zhou were also very angry.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

At this time, only two voices were heard saying the same thing at the same time.

“It’s not impossible to teach.”

“It’s not impossible to teach.”

The author has something to say: The male protagonist who is only heard but not seen╮(╯▽╰)╭,,