"Oh, Wanwan, you're back?"
Cao Guihua's voice came from afar, sounding very warm and friendly.
Grandma Yang muttered with disgust, "How shameless!"
During the Spring Festival, Cao Guihua also came to Yang Wanwan's house. She leaned against the door and chatted, appearing very affectionate, as if the incident that had happened at Yang Wanwan's door had never occurred.
He came again today, he's such a clingy pest.
Yang Wanwan didn't speak. Grandma Yang said, "Cao Guihua, it's the Lantern Festival today. You have a lot of things to do at home. You should go back and take care of your own things. We're busy at home."
Cao Guihua seemed not to understand Grandma Yang's implied meaning at all, and sat down on the stone bench with a smile, watching Hu Youjin clean the chicken's internal organs.
"Oh my, two hens! They're so fat, they must weigh about seven pounds! You can have a good holiday."
Yang Wanwan originally intended to ignore such a shameless person.
However, thinking of the thief who stole the things, Yang Wanwan suddenly had a new idea.
Although Cao Guihua is fond of taking advantage of others, according to Yang Wanwan's understanding over the years, she is not capable of stealing.
Yang Wanwan struck up a conversation: "Aunt Guihua, I came back from the county and heard that in a village in the eastern district, someone who used to steal vegetables and eggs from other villagers got caught and went to jail. Have you heard about it?"
Upon hearing the gossip, Cao Guihua immediately perked up: "Really? Which village is it from? Tell me, and I'll see if I recognize it."
Yang Wanwan shook her head: "I don't remember very clearly."
Cao Guihua said disappointedly, "Why don't you remember clearly? Stealing is unacceptable. I know I have bad habits like being greedy and sowing discord, but I know that stealing is wrong."
Yang Wanwan paused speechlessly for a moment.
You know you're greedy and like to sow discord, right?
Cao Guihua continued, "Wanwan, I'm just a rural woman with little education, and I sometimes make foolish mistakes. I've learned my lesson from what happened last year, so please don't hold it against me. Is that alright?"
Everyone present stopped what they were doing and stared at Cao Guihua as if she were a monster.
Cao Guihua said embarrassedly, "Don't look at me like that anymore. I will never gossip about your family again, and I will never bring anyone to your house to bother you."
Yang Wanwan smiled and said, "Aunt Guihua, we're all neighbors. Let bygones be bygones, and don't keep thinking about it."
Cao Guihua was overjoyed: "Really? That's wonderful!"
Grandma Yang asked, "Did your husband say that about you?"
Cao Guihua looked somewhat embarrassed. "Yes."
Grandma Yang said, "You too, your Tianxi is such an honest man. He does everything in the fields, and you can't even grow a single vegetable properly, but he's never said a word to you. Why don't you know how to bring him honor and always end up doing things that hold him back?"
Cao Guihua said, "Tianxi said that it was a good thing that I was arrested last year. It taught me a lesson. Since then, I have been much more obedient, and I have done a better job at housework than before. Tianxi said that we should also thank Wanwan."
Grandma Yang was quite pleased to hear this and chatted with Cao Guihua, letting bygones be bygones.
She was always worried that her granddaughter was too strong-willed and that people would say she was ruthless, and that no one would dare to associate with her.
Cao Guihua took the initiative to reconcile, so people shouldn't say that Wanwan is heartless anymore, right? They should know that Wanwan's actions were correct, right?
Seeing Grandma Yang's attitude, Yang Wanwan secretly shook her head.
She didn't think Yang Tianxi was an honest man at all. Would an honest man allow his wife to occupy Yang Wanwan's drying ground during the double harvest season? Would an honest man allow his wife to bully Yang Wanwan and her siblings with Cao Xinchun and the others? It might be one thing if it happened once or twice, but it's been going on for several years.
Now, it's probably only because they see how capable Yang Wanwan is, not only doing well in school in the county but also earning money through part-time work, that they've quickly changed their attitude.
In her opinion, this is the kind of person you should never befriend; who knows when they might bite you in the back?
However, since Yang Tianxi himself is not showing up, and Cao Guihua is so shameless in coming, there's no harm in not using her.
Grandpa and Grandma's worries were not unfounded. Although Yang Wanwan didn't care about what others said, since she could let others work for her and her siblings, why not use them?
Yang Wanwan's eyes darted around, and she came up with a plan.
Yang Wanwan asked, "Aunt Guihua, have you ever had any vegetables, dried vegetables, eggs, money, or anything like that stolen from your house?"
Cao Guihua shook her head without hesitation, "No."
Has anyone gone missing in that village?
"I haven't heard of it."
Yang Wanwan wondered if the thief was targeting her own family.
Who's so blind? Didn't they see that Yang Wanwan said that if anyone targets her family, she'll fight them to the death?
She sighed, "I don't know who it is, but they keep stealing things from my house."
Cao Guihua immediately perked up and asked a lot of questions, which Yang Wanwan answered truthfully.
After a pleasant chat with Grandma Yang, Cao Guihua happily went home.
Before leaving, Yang Wanwan gave her a melon.
Grandma Yang was puzzled, but she didn't say anything. The money was all earned by Wanwan, so Grandma Yang wouldn't interfere with Wanwan's decisions.
Besides, her granddaughter is becoming more and more capable, so Grandma Yang feels that she doesn't need to worry about her.
Melons at this time of year are naturally very expensive.
Although Cao Guihua said she would change her bad habits, old habits die hard. Having gotten a good deal, she kept making a fuss about it as she walked, until all the neighbors knew that Yang Wanwan had given her a melon.
That night, after everyone in the family had fallen asleep, Yang Wanwan slipped into the virtual space.
In the early hours of the morning, Yang Wanwan saw on her social media that a dark figure had sneaked into her yard.
The shadowy figure first pushed the door of the main room, but found it wouldn't open, so it went to the chicken coop.
He plunged headfirst into the chicken coop, stuck out his rear end, and stole eggs.
Yang Wanwan emerged from the space and kicked the dark figure hard in the buttocks, sending the thief flying into the chicken coop.
The entrance to the chicken coop was only the size of a book. Although the person was thin, he was still an adult and of course could not enter the chicken coop.
The thought that the thief might have entered her house after Er Ye and Shang Tao fell asleep filled Yang Wanwan with rage.
So she summoned the stone man and managed to stuff him into the chicken coop.
He casually had the stone man feed him a mouthful of chicken droppings.
The man was thrown into the chicken coop and immediately became stunned. The smell of chicken droppings in his mouth made him dizzy, and he vomited uncontrollably, shouting, "Help! Someone help me..."
Before he could even shout, Yang Wanwan had already banged on the pot lid in her hand, yelling, "Thief! Thief!"
Before long, a dozen or twenty neighbors had gathered, all of them very enthusiastic: "Wanwan, where is the thief? Don't be afraid, we'll help you!"
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