Nanny Wang took the opportunity to tell the young lady about her grievances. The craftsmen had naturally heard the rumors outside, but this was their family affair, and because they were still working for the Fu family, they dared not say much, for fear that they would not be paid.
Now, listening to Nanny Wang's complaints, how they had clarified the matter, but not only had no one believed them, but they had been told even worse things. Then she went on to say how the young lady had become utterly haggard because of this matter. In short, she spoke so much that the craftsmen were filled with sympathy, while some were filled with anger towards the Fu family mother and son.
After they received the silver, there was more silver than their wages. And according to Wang Ma's implicit explanation, this extra silver was given to them by the young lady.
This made these craftsmen more grateful to Bei Yutang from the bottom of their hearts and felt that she was kind-hearted.
After they left Fu's house, Nanny Wang put away her miserable expression. Judging from the way they had just left, it seemed that the matter was almost certain to be settled.
Sure enough, half a day after the craftsmen left, the rumors outside changed direction.
A group of idle women were gathered together, gossiping. The hottest topic recently was, of course, the wealthy daughter the Fu family had just married into. This old topic had been rehashed for a few days, but they didn't feel tired of it. Instead, they talked about it with increasing relish.
"Before, I envied Fu Yi Bo for his good fortune, marrying such a good wife. Now it seems...tsk tsk." The woman looked disgusted.
"There's a saying that goes, 'Marry a virtuous woman.' The Bei family is so arrogant, it's really tiring for Scholar Fu."
"I think Fu Xiucai deserves it. It's his own fault for being so blind as to insist on marrying that kind of woman."
When a group of women were denouncing Bei Yutang, a woman carrying a vegetable basket heard what they were saying and couldn't help but stop.
"You've all been deceived."
When everyone heard her words, they all turned their heads.
"Aunt Zhou, what do you mean by that?"
"You all say that Miss Bei is unkind. I can only say that you have all been deceived by the Fu family. It wasn't Miss Bei who said that Scholar Wang and Scholar Li were mediocre, but Lin."
This woman was none other than the craftsman's daughter-in-law. She had been furious after hearing her husband talk about the Fu family. Now, hearing these ignorant women slandering the kind-hearted rich lady, she couldn't help but speak out.
"This is impossible!" Some people didn't believe it. They had been talking about it for so long, but Miss Bei didn't come out to clarify.
"How could it be impossible? My wife has been working at the Fu family recently. She saw and heard what happened that day with her own eyes. How could it be false? I heard from my wife that after the incident, Mr. Fu wanted Miss Bei's maid to take the blame. Don't you think this would ruin the maid's life? Tell me, how could he do such a wicked thing? And..."
The woman said a lot in one breath, pouring out all the affairs of the Fu family, which shocked the women around her.
The woman said without hesitation, "Well, I have to go back and make something for my husband. Just listen to this story for yourself, and don't tell anyone else, or my husband will think I'm nosy."
The women around nodded in response.
However, the more people say this, the faster it spreads, the more credible it becomes, and the more convincing it becomes.
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