Porky San shamelessly and loudly said, "I will marry her!"
In this era, only women were harshly judged. A man’s bad reputation didn’t much affect his life, let alone for someone like Porky San with a thick skin, who didn’t care at all. Even if he were accused of having affairs, he would still strut around the village. As long as he could marry a wife, that was all that mattered!
Ji Xiulan rolled her eyes and fainted. Lady Ding went berserk: "Marry my ass! My daughter must have been framed. You shameless bastards dare to harm my daughter, I will fight you to the death!"
Lady Ding went crazy as if she was about to lose her mind. Li Zheng said with a stern face: "Ji Dashan, why aren’t you controlling your wife?! Do I need to enforce the village rules on you?"
Li Zheng, as the head of the village, was like an emperor in Yangluo Bay. If you offended him, how could life be easy?
Ji Dashan quickly held Lady Ding back: "Stop making a scene. Li Zheng is getting angry, and we are in the wrong in this matter." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Lady Ding growled in anger: "All you know is to hold me back! Your daughter is being sold and you don’t even know it?! You just keep holding me back, say something useful for once!"
Ji Dashan stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say: "I, I, what should I say?"
Ji Xinhe lightly laughed: "Mother, you are putting it harshly. What if Sister Xiulan and Porky San truly love each other? How can you say she’s being sold? Besides, we borrowed twenty taels of silver from Porky San and haven’t paid it back yet. This time, it can be used to offset Porky San’s silver and considered as the betrothal gift. In this case, if someone’s selling her, it’s you, Mother. Who else would dare to take this ’sell-flesh’ money?"
Lady Ding almost crushed her teeth in anger, glared at Ji Xinhe, and trembled: "It was you, it was you, it must be you!"
Ji Xinhe smiled slightly, her eyes hiding a cold chill: "Yes, Mother, don’t you recognize me?"
Lady Ding looked at her cold smile, shuddered all over, and a trace of fear rose in her heart. She gasped for breath but couldn’t say a word.
Li Zheng let out a heavy, cold snort: "The night has grown late, let’s put an end to today’s events. Since everything has come to light, I won’t pursue it any further. For the sake of Yangluo Bay’s reputation, today’s matter must not be mentioned again. Disperse, everyone!"
With Li Zheng’s words, the crowd naturally dispersed quickly.
Ji Dashan approached hurriedly: "Let’s bring Xiulan home first..."
Lady Ding gritted her teeth, wanting to scold him again, but ultimately held back, picking up the unconscious Xiulan to bring her home.
Lady Ding turned her head and glared at Ji Xinhe: "You get back home too!"
It was clear she meant to settle accounts later.
Ji Xinhe wasn’t afraid of her at all, smiling brightly: "Okay, I’m going right away!"
Lady Ding stomped her foot angrily, holding in her rage as she carried Ji Xiulan home, planning to teach the kids a lesson later!
Xiao Bei quickly hugged Ji Xinhe: "Sister, you scared me to death! Thank God you’re alright!"
Ji Xinhe patted Xiao Bei’s head: "Don’t be afraid, I’m here, let’s go home."
Xiao Bei hesitated: "When we get back, Lady Ding will definitely make it hard for us."
Ji Dong coldly said, "She’s making it hard for us? I haven’t even started with her yet!"
Ji Xinhe was quite relieved. Her brothers were neither foolishly filial nor blindly obedient and knew when to resist. With this, she had nothing to fear. Could it be that she was afraid she couldn’t beat Lady Ding?
"Let’s go, back home!" Ji Dong said.
Ji Xinhe hesitated for a moment, turned her head and looked at Wang Er Ya who was standing there with a pale face, trembling all over.
Ji Xinhe raised the corner of her lips and smiled: "Er Ya, you should go home early too. Thanks to your testimony today, I was able to clear my name. I haven’t had a chance to thank you properly."
Everyone could hear the sarcasm in Ji Xinhe’s tone. Wang Er Ya’s face turned even paler: "I, I, I..."
She didn’t know what to say. Today, she framed Ji Xinhe, which was a fact, but Ji Xinhe was not harmed, and she nearly got herself in trouble. In the end, she had to bite Ji Xiulan to save herself. If it weren’t for that, she would have been the unluckiest person today.
Wang Er Ya shuddered in fear, thinking about it.
Ji Xinhe coldly laughed: "Er Ya, why is your complexion so bad? You see, it’s best not to do things that weigh on the conscience. Otherwise, you don’t know who might end up with bad luck in the end."
Wang Er Ya nodded her head shakily, her heart aflutter.
Ji Xinhe snorted coldly and left with Ji Dong and Xiao Bei to go home.
Night finally fell silent, and the peaceful little village returned to slumber. However, this peace would not belong to the Ji family.
After returning home, Lady Ding cried and made a scene. But other than Ji Dashan, no one in the family was affected by her behavior. She had to take care of Ji Xiulan as well, and now, she had to worry about Xiulan and Porky San’s scandal. Lady Ding truly felt like she was going gray from worry.
On the other hand, Ji Xinhe surprisingly had a good night’s sleep.
The next morning, Ji Xinhe woke up early as usual to do farm work, quickly adjusting to village life.
"Sister, do you think Lady Ding will really let Sister Xiulan marry Porky San?" Xiao Bei blinked and asked.
Ji Xinhe chopped pigweed and replied, "Who knows? Mother has always treated Sis like a little princess, hoping that she will marry someone high up in the future. Just a few days ago, she managed to hook Gao Zhiru. Now she has to marry the most despicable man in Yangluo Bay. Lady Ding must be the one who can’t accept it the most."
"What can we do then? We owe Porky San twenty taels of silver and the news of Sister Xiulan’s affair with Porky San has already spread throughout the village. If she doesn’t marry him, who will she marry?" Although Xiao Bei had a confused look on his face, a hint of schadenfreude could still be felt in his words.
Ji Xinhe pinched Xiao Bei’s cheek and smiled: "It’s not our place to worry about it."
Lady Ding initially took the twenty taels of silver from Porky San as Ji Xinhe’s sell-flesh money, so she confidently spent almost all of it. Now, it suddenly became Ji Xiulan’s sell-flesh money. Lady Ding’s heart must be aching terribly.
Ji Xinhe hummed lightly, feeling even more relaxed, and began humming a little tune.
At this time, Lady Ding was truly full of worries. Ji Xiulan lay on the bed crying: "Mother, are you really going to let me marry Porky San? I’m going to be an official’s wife in the future! Zhiru promised to marry me! How could that scoundrel Porky San be worthy of me, Mother!"
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