When Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao arrived at the small square, the two large wild boars had already been butchered. The village chief, the brigade leader, and Accountant Wu were already overseeing the distribution of the meat. The small square was filled with the sounds of adults chatting and children playing, making it as lively as the New Year.
"Weiwei! Third brother!" Liu Guilan spotted the two and waved to them from afar.
Ye Weiwei followed Huo Xiao over and called Liu Guilan "Auntie," which made Liu Guilan very happy. She held Ye Weiwei's hand and looked her up and down, as if she couldn't get enough of looking at her.
"Don't go up the mountain alone next time. If you want to go, let Lao San go with you. He hasn't wasted his years in the army. He can protect you."
She only found out about Ye Weiwei's trip into the mountains when Da Hu brought pheasants and rabbits to her house. She was terrified. Later, she heard from Da Hu that Ye Weiwei was perfectly fine and had been incredibly lucky. She had picked up a lot of pheasants and rabbits on her way down the mountain, and everyone who had gone up the mountain with the village chief to find people had benefited from it. She became even more satisfied with Ye Weiwei as her daughter-in-law.
She looks like a fairy, is lucky, and knows how to handle things; there's really nothing wrong with her.
Ye Weiwei nodded obediently: "Okay, I'll listen to my aunt."
"Ye Zhiqing, are you really dating the third son of the Huo family?" an auntie asked curiously.
Ye Weiwei readily admitted, "It's true."
Another aunt, Zhou, was puzzled as to why Ye Weiwei would choose Huo Xiao, a country boy, over a city guy like Zhao Mingzhe, especially since Huo Xiao had a limp. She asked, "Are you really going to marry Huo Xiao? You're not just playing with Zhao Zhiqing to spite him, are you?"
Ye Weiwei's expression was serious. "Auntie, dating without the intention of marriage is just playing around. You can't just say things like that."
Aunt Zhou was startled by Ye Weiwei's sudden stern expression. She pouted unhappily and said, "I don't believe that a city girl like you would actually marry a country bumpkin!"
As she spoke, she looked at Liu Guilan and said, "Huo family, you better be careful. Don't just think about your third son marrying into a higher social class. Be careful not to get scammed. What will happen to your third son if he gets the quota to return to the city and leaves?"
"Yes, it's the Huo family. I think our country girls are just fine. They're honest and capable. What can someone like Ye Zhiqing do if she can't lift a finger or carry anything?"
Other aunties chimed in.
Many families in the village had their eyes on Huo Xiao and wanted to marry their daughters to him. Although he had retired from the army with a limp, they heard that his retirement pay was quite substantial. He was also capable and could hunt wild boars in the mountains, even catching two at a time. How could such a good son-in-law be given to an outsider?
Before Liu Guilan could speak, Aunt Chen, who always got along with Liu Guilan, said sarcastically, "You don't know this, do you? Do you all think the Huo family is stupid? Although Ye, the educated youth, can't do farm work and earn work points, she has money. I heard from the people at the educated youth settlement that Ye has seven or eight hundred yuan and a lot of bills. The Huo family must have their eyes on the money and bills in that young girl."
Liu Guilan's face turned ashen with anger. "Chen Daniu, don't assume everyone else is like you, you heartless wretch! Your son is a good-for-nothing, your daughter a thief, and after she gets married, she's always eyeing her husband's family's possessions and sending them back to her own family, causing chaos in their home! Aren't you just jealous that my third son is successful and found a good partner? If you're so capable, why don't you make your son as capable as my third son? Who can you blame for your own son's lack of ambition?"
Aunt Chen was a notorious shrew in the village, and she doted on her son. Anyone who dared to say a bad word about him was like a disgrace to her. She couldn't stand it and angrily pointed at Liu Guilan, cursing, "What's wrong? Are you getting angry because I exposed your scheming? Bah! Do you think everyone doesn't know? Otherwise, why was your third son the only one who ran so fast when Ye Zhiqing fell into the water? You must have been eyeing this piece of meat for a long time, right?"
She gets angry whenever the topic of saving people comes up!
This person should have been saved by her Jinbao, but the third son of the Huo family had to interfere and steal the opportunity!
Otherwise, Ye Weiwei is now Jinbao's girlfriend, and all the money and banknotes she has belong to her son!
Aunt Chen grew angrier and angrier, feeling that the Huo family had deliberately stolen her son's good marriage!
"Ye Zhiqing, you'd better open your eyes wide and see clearly. Don't be fooled by the Huo family's seemingly respectable appearance; they're ruthless at heart! Tell me in front of everyone today, have you been threatened by the Huo family? Don't be afraid. As long as you nod, everyone in our village will stand up for you and make sure no one bullies you!"
Based on Ye Weiwei's possessiveness towards Zhao Zhiqing, she absolutely did not believe that Ye Weiwei would abandon a fiancé like Zhao Zhiqing and fall for a country cripple!
There must be something going on here!
If she ruins this marriage, then her son will have a chance.
The thought that Ye Weiwei had so much money and tickets that would all go to her son Jinbao filled Chen Daniu with excitement.
Ye Weiwei looked at Chen Daniu's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance and sneered inwardly. She remembered that this was the old woman of Sun Jinbao, the scoundrel who bullied the original owner of the body, mentioned in the book.
After being forced to marry into the Sun family, the original owner was tormented by this vicious mother-in-law. She never expected that she would dare to spread rumors and sow discord in front of her.
Isn't this just handing over a kill?
Ye Weiwei looked coldly at Chen Daniu, "Aunt Chen, you're really up to no good! Do you really think I don't know that you've been spreading rumors behind my back today, slandering my innocence with Huo Xiao?"
Upon hearing Ye Weiwei's words, Liu Guilan could no longer hold back and pounced on Chen Daniu, grabbing her hair and slapping her face three times with her other hand.
"I'll teach you a lesson for spewing filth and spreading rumors about my Weiwei and Lao San! You shameless, heartless bastard! Listen to the nonsense you're spreading in the village, is that even humanly uttered? You black-hearted, rotten-necked wretch, are you trying to drive those two children to their deaths?! You're a scourge who threatens to kill people with your words, you deserve to be sent to jail and shot! Today you're spreading rumors to drive my Weiwei and Lao San to their deaths, who knows who you'll drive to their deaths tomorrow! I'll beat you to death, you wicked devil..."
Ye Weiwei didn't expect Liu Guilan to be so fierce, beating Chen Daniu so badly that she couldn't fight back at all. The key thing was that Liu Guilan was also reasoning with her while beating her, which made those around who originally wanted to break up the fight give up.
The Huo family is right. Chen Danu should be taught a lesson so she'll remember it. Otherwise, with that foul mouth of hers, who knows how many more people she'll harm!
By the time the village chief learned what had happened and came to separate them, Chen Daniu's face had been beaten black and blue.
Liu Guilan showed her no mercy, slapping her repeatedly across the face.
Anyway, this shameless woman has long since lost all shame, so there's no point in keeping her face.
Anyone who dares to slander her Weiwei and Lao San will not be let off lightly!
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