Sun Chengyuan was even more furious, "Cousin Cui'er was involved too? I'm going to ask her!"
After saying that, he got up and angrily ran to Li Cuier's house next door.
At this moment, another uninvited guest arrived, who turned out to be Shi Wenxia.
"I heard that my eldest cousin got married. My mother is bedridden and unable to get up, so she specially asked Xia to come and send a dowry gift." She said very politely.
On such a joyous occasion, Madam Zhou would naturally not send anyone away, especially since this girl had visited once before and left a good impression on her.
So Shi Wenxia was welcomed in and seated at the table with Xiao Youran, Yun Manying, and a few other girls.
Shi Wenxia seemed very interested in her, always asking her all sorts of questions, which annoyed Xiao Youran to no end.
It wasn't until Shi Wenxia feigned curiosity and asked about the ominous rumors on Sanyang Mountain that Xiao Youran said seriously, "Those are all rumors."
"So it was just a rumor?" She looked relieved and patted her chest. "I was so scared! I thought a child had really fallen into the pit and died..."
Xiao Youran immediately became alert. The clan chief had ordered a silence on the matter of Siwa and Shitou being attacked on Sanyang Mountain, so no matter how fiercely the rumors spread, no matter how the villagers explained, they would never reveal the truth. Outsiders would never know that two children were actually pushed into the pit that day.
So how did Shi Wenxia know that a child had fallen into the pit?
Could she be involved in this matter?
But she and Stone Four Children are clearly unrelated, so why would she want to harm them?
Could she be the mastermind behind the attempt to buy Sanyang Mountain?
Why did she buy Sanyang Mountain? Did she know there were coal mines on that mountain?
Moreover, she kept asking herself why she came here and why she didn't go back to Dingzhou. It seemed like she was just chatting casually, but it always felt like she was testing something.
Suddenly, alarm bells rang in Xiao Youran's heart: there was something wrong with this Shi Wenxia!
She saw a plate of peanuts on the table and pushed it towards Shi Wenxia, saying, "Sister Shi, these peanuts taste really good, you should try them!"
After saying that, she picked up a peanut herself, peeled it, and put it in her mouth to chew.
However, Shi Wenxia's expression changed, and she quickly waved her hand, "I hate peanuts the most, you guys eat them."
Little Youran asked curiously, "These peanuts are spiced, they taste different from the ones we usually eat. We all like them, so why does Sister Shit hate them?"
She suddenly really liked the nickname, Sister Shi, Sister Shit, hehehe.
Shi Wenxia smiled and reached out to take the largest peanut, handing it to Xiao Youran. "If you like it, eat more!"
Xiao Youran took it, peeled it, put it in her mouth, and chewed it with a crunchy sound.
Shi Wenxia patted her head. "When I was little, I once choked on a peanut and almost died, so I'm afraid to eat peanuts now."
Xiao Youran's heart sank.
This Shi Wenxia has indeed been reborn!
No wonder he kept asking so many questions; he suspected she had also been reborn.
Thinking this, she put on a regretful expression, picked up another peanut, peeled off the shell, and put it in her mouth, eating it with relish.
Seeing her actions, Shi Wenxia felt much more at ease.
If Xiao Youran were also reborn, she certainly wouldn't dare to eat peanuts so casually.
In her previous life, Jiang Youran had personally fed Shi Wenxia's two-year-old daughter a peanut, nearly choking to death on it. From then on, the Yun family tacitly agreed never to see a single peanut again. And Jiang Youran, too, could no longer bear the sight of peanuts.
This event occurred in the third year after Shi Wenxia entered Yunfu.
Xiao Youran recalled her past life and sneered inwardly.
Before this incident, Shi Wenxia loved eating peanuts, especially peanut soup that was cooked until soft and tender. Therefore, the mansion always kept a lot of peanuts on hand.
The cooks would boil the extra peanuts in salt water and eat them. If they boiled too many, they would dry them and store them for a long time to eat slowly.
That time, Shi Wenxia was holding that person's only daughter, who was two years old, and came over to show her off. She casually grabbed a salted dried peanut and gave it to the little girl.
Shi Wenxia was so busy showing off her new hairpins and bracelets that she didn't notice that her daughter had already stuffed a small peanut, shell and all, into her mouth.
When she was flailing her limbs and her face was flushed red, the adults realized that she had choked on a peanut.
They managed to dislodge the peanut stuck in her throat with a bang, and both of them were quite frightened.
Because her daughter was almost killed by peanuts, Shi Wenxia developed a psychological trauma related to peanuts. Whenever she eats peanuts, her whole body tenses up and she has difficulty breathing.
Jiang Youran also suffered from considerable psychological trauma; whenever she saw peanuts, she would react as if she had seen a ghost and quickly throw them far away.
At this moment, both of them were satisfied with the result of their mutual probing.
It's truly a case of judging a person by their appearance.
Xiao Youran sneered inwardly. He was really quite something, managing to be reborn and trying to seize the opportunity to take over the Sanyangshan Coal Mine by relying on his memories from his previous life.
Fortunately, the two servants that Steward Zhang had with him that day knew martial arts, which saved the two children from certain death; otherwise, someone would have been killed.
Did he even want to hire someone to kill him?
Shi Wenxia probably never expected that he would learn martial arts in this life.
Uh... actually, it's just light footwork.
Uh... actually, it's just... a kind of light-footed skill that's barely even good enough to climb onto roofs and tear off tiles, only good for escaping...
Hmph, with your lousy skills, that's more than enough to deal with her!
Xiao Youran asked, "Sister Shit, you keep saying your mother is bedridden, so how come you don't have to stay home to take care of her and are so free to visit people everywhere? Did you receive my eldest sister's wedding invitation today?"
Last time it was Chinese New Year, this time it's a wedding banquet?
The third daughter of the Yun family, Yun Manying, who was eleven years old after the New Year, was two years older than Shi Wenxia. She spoke in the manner of an older sister, "Yes, according to custom, when Mother is seriously ill, daughters should stay by her bedside to take care of her and should not run around."
Shi Wenxia's expression turned awkward.
Xiao Youran smiled and said, "Third cousin, I suppose Sister Shit has already invited a famous doctor to treat her mother?"
Shi Wenxia's eyes were slightly red. She nodded slightly and quickly seized the opportunity to say, "My mother has improved, so... that's why she asked me to come and help Sister Yun with her wedding attire."
However, Yun Manying understood the implication in Xiao Youran's words and asked, "In Wufeng County and even the entire Taizhou Prefecture, isn't the most famous doctor Dr. Gu the most famous? Little cousin, did she invite your master to come and treat her mother?"
Xiao Youran innocently shook her head, "No, her mother is very wealthy and noble, and my master is just a country doctor. How could he be qualified to treat her?"
Shi Wenxia looked embarrassed. "No, no... it's just that my mother's condition has stabilized, and I don't dare to trouble Doctor Gu."
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