If this goes to court, and the officials ask who Yang Meiqin served, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?
The women in the village weren't sure if their husbands were having affairs. What if they were also having an affair with Yang Meiqin? Wouldn't that tarnish their children's reputations?
The villagers, always eager for a good show, threw down their melon seeds and started chattering amongst themselves.
“Li, it was clearly your Yanping who climbed over the wall into someone else’s house, yet you’re falsely accusing them.”
"Exactly, exactly, they're even dragging us into this."
"You also hit someone, so there's no point in saying anything when you get to the yamen."
"And Yang Meiqin, it's not honorable for you to take this to court. The officials might charge you with intentional seduction. Don't you know what kind of person you are?"
"Exactly, exactly. As the saying goes, if a female dog isn't promiscuous, a male dog won't come to her."
"I'm talking about you, Yang Meiqin."
"Yes, yes, that Yanping's wife, hurry up and bring your mother-in-law and Yanping home!"
As everyone discussed the matter, they all looked at Huang Qingqing and unanimously agreed that she was much better than Li Shi, who was so loud and boisterous. Although she was a new bride, she didn't seem like a weak and easily manipulated person. It would be better to let her take the lead in this matter.
Huang Qingqing had calmed down and regained her composure; her vision was no longer so dark.
She's not the type to just cry and whine when things go wrong; life has to go on. She can't just walk away right now; if word gets back to her parents, it'll be embarrassing, and her parents will definitely be upset.
Huang Qingqing closed her eyes, let out a sigh, and said politely to the villagers, "Thank you for helping me carry Lu Yanping home, everyone."
Upon hearing this, Li jumped up, slapping her thigh, her voice shrill and piercing: "Go back? This can't be left like this! Qingqing, this whore stole your man, you beat her to death!"
Huang Qingqing glanced coldly at Li Shi, her tone sarcastic: "Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If a man wants to go out and eat shit, do you think I'd complain about shit? You wouldn't find it disgusting if I stepped on it, but I would!"
After saying that, she strode away. Now she was utterly disappointed in Li Shi and in Lu Yanping. Since she couldn't divorce on their wedding night, she would take the lead in the family.
Li was stunned. She hadn't expected Huang Qingqing to speak so harshly and didn't know how to refute her.
Huang Qingqing actually dared to call her shit? Yang Meiqin jumped up, ignoring the pain in her body, and cursed at Huang Qingqing's back: "You have a face uglier than a pig's, no wonder Lu Yanping would rather eat shit than date you. Look in the mirror, you deserve to be a widow."
As soon as Yang Meiqin finished her rant, the onlookers burst into laughter and began pointing and whispering about her.
When Yang Meiqin realized what had happened, her face turned pale and then red, wishing she could disappear into a hole in the ground. How could she have acted so rashly in a fit of anger, comparing herself to excrement?
It hurts so much to slap myself in the face.
The innocent Yang Meiqin had no idea how badly Lu Yanping had implicated her. She fantasized about entering a grand mansion and living a life of luxury, unaware that it was a living hell.
Gu Nanjiao noticed early in the morning that the atmosphere in the village was a bit off. People were pointing and whispering about her, saying things like, "Poor Lu family daughter-in-law, she didn't even get to consummate her marriage." She thought they were talking about her. But after being pulled aside and questioned for a long time by several women, she finally learned that it was Lu Yanping and Huang Qingqing's marriage.
It turned out that Lu Yanping had gone to the widow Yang Meiqin's room in the middle of the night instead of consummating the marriage, and was caught red-handed by Li Shi and given a good beating.
Poor Huang Qingqing encountered such a disgusting thing right after marrying into the family. She insisted on going back to her parents' home, but Li Shi stubbornly stopped her. Huang Qingqing refused, so Li Shi knelt down and begged, and only then did she agree to stay.
The women sighed deeply; Li Shi, as a mother-in-law, was no longer a respectable figure.
Gu Nanjiao was speechless. Li Shi kneeling down to beg was not like her usual style, but the others had exaggerated the situation.
For example, if someone's chicken dies, the next day it can be rumored that someone's aunt has died.
The villagers have little entertainment, so they gossip about these things; otherwise, the intelligence agency at the village entrance wouldn't be able to gather so many people.
As for Lu Yanping's matter, if it ferments for a while, who knows what kind of rumors will spread about it.
Listening to the people next to her talking about Lu Yanping and Huang Qingqing with such seriousness, Gu Nanjiao suddenly lost interest in listening. Perhaps when she first married Lu Yanzhao, they said the same thing about her, maybe even more unbelievable, because the original owner's behavior was truly astonishing.
Gu Nanjiao made up an excuse to go home.
The woman next to her nudged the other woman with her elbow and whispered gossip, "Do you think Yanzhao and his wife have consummated their marriage yet? It's been so long and there's still no sign of pregnancy?"
Gu Nanjiao paused and frowned. Why did the gossip have brought up her again?
Gu Nanjiao didn't want to listen; she was afraid she wouldn't be able to resist arguing with them.
Another woman winked and said, "I think those two cousins from the Lu family are both the same; they marry women but leave them unmarried." She then gestured with her chin to the woman next to her to look at Gu Nanjiao, who was walking away. The woman glanced at her and understood.
He whispered, "You have a sharp eye. Just by looking at the way she walks, you can tell she's never been deflowered."
"The eldest and second branches of the Lu family are so lucky. They always manage to find such eager wives."
“Lu Yanzhao is a scholar, and he’s handsome. Everyone would be eager to have him.”
“Even Master Huang’s daughter was eager to marry someone like Lu Yanping, but he’s nobody.”
"Poor Lu family wives, each one of them has such a hard life."
...
After Gu Nanjiao returned home, Lu's mother pulled her aside and talked about Lu Yanping and Huang Qingqing.
Gu Nanjiao was both amused and exasperated: "How did you find out?"
Mother Lu said, "The whole village is talking about this now. This Li woman is really something. Let her make a scene. This new bride has just entered the house and she's already making a scene that everyone knows about. How embarrassing."
Lu's mother sighed. She had a vague feeling that her son's marriage would be brought up again, and she was very worried. Although Lu Yanzhao did not go to see any shady people, he threw Gu Nanjiao, who was naked, out of the bridal chamber on their wedding night, causing Gu Nanjiao to go crazy and threaten to hang herself, which became common knowledge.
The gossip about their family lasted for half a year before it gradually stopped.
"I don't know what Huang Qingqing will do. If it were me, I would get a divorce. I would never live such a miserable life."
Upon hearing Gu Nanjiao's words, Lu's mother's heart skipped a beat.
...
At Lu Lao Er's house, a man's cursing voice could be heard: "You useless woman, what are you doing alive? What can you do? Are you a pig brain?"
Yesterday, Lu Yanping was drugged and severely beaten by Li, so he did not wake up when the villagers carried him home.
When Lu Lao Er sobered up and heard about this, he gave Li a severe beating, cursing and beating her at the same time.
"You're happy now that you've ruined Yanping? I'll beat you to death, you stupid woman!"
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