Seeing that Xia Lan admitted it so readily, Sister Yang lowered her guard against Xia Lan.
After Qin Yu returned to the village, the aunties at the village entrance spotted him returning alone. Seeing that Xia Lan was not behind him, the aunties exchanged glances.
"Shitou, where's your wife Xia? Why did you come back alone?"
"Yeah! Where's your wife? Why are you all alone? Did they send you back home?"
"I knew it! Once this kid goes to the city, he definitely won't want to be near Stone anymore..."
"Go and bring Xia back right now!"
Several aunties chattered amongst themselves, and Qin Yu glanced at them and smiled faintly.
"No, aunties, my wife gave me money to go back to the village, demolish that house, and build a new one on a different site."
Qin Yu's words left the aunties speechless, and they looked at him in disbelief.
"What did you say?"
"You said Xia gave you money to rebuild the houses in the village?"
The aunts and grandmothers were no longer calm. Xia Lan was actually willing to give money to Qin Yu so that he could rebuild his house?
"After what happened, my wife is afraid to go home, so I thought I'd tear down the house and build her a more secure one," Qin Yu explained to his aunts, whose faces were stinging with bitterness.
"I still need to go see the village chief. I'm free right now, so I'll be going now, ladies."
Qin Yu walked past them and headed towards Xu Fulin's house.
The aunts and grandmothers behind them, their hearts filled with bitterness, looked at each other, their feelings indescribable.
"Xia is still too young. How could she take out all her money..."
"That brat really picked up a treasure. I thought he'd married an orphan and the two of them would never have a good life, but look at them now, they've both gone to work in the city and are even coming back to build a new house..."
"It's such a pity that Xia Lan is paired with Shi Tou! My nephew was already waiting to see her that day..."
The aunties, led by Aunt Hu, looked at Qin Yu with disdain and envy.
"Give me a break! You've really gone too far with your schemes. Xia Lan isn't stupid; she knows exactly what you're up to."
"The fact that Xia Lan is willing to take out the money proves that she is a good person and is willing to live with Qin Yu."
"That's enough for you. Look at your ugly faces and mouths."
Although Aunt Liu and the others were envious, they didn't say such sour things. Xia Lan was willing to take out the money, which showed her good intentions. Just for that intention, she was a good daughter-in-law.
"Tch." Aunt Hu and the others snorted lightly; she just couldn't stand seeing those two doing well.
"What do you have to be envious of? Your daughter Hu Li really likes Shi Tou, doesn't she? She pesters him every day to marry him, but why won't you? Isn't it because you look down on Shi Tou and think he's poor?" Aunt Liu looked at Aunt Hu with amusement.
Her envy was the most ridiculous thing; she used to look down on people for being poor and refused to marry her daughter to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu married Xia Lan, but then complained that Xia Lan had taken away his money and was a spendthrift.
After Xia Lan got a job in the city, they said that Xia Lan would definitely find a new love in the city and sent Qin Yu back.
She was the only one speaking.
“That’s Xia Lan’s money, not stone! Without Xia Lan, he’d just be a poor boy! What good would it do for my Xiao Li to marry him? Being pretty doesn’t put food on the table,” Aunt Hu retorted.
Of course she knew her daughter liked Qin Yu, but the boy was too poor, living in the most dilapidated mud house. How could her daughter enjoy any happiness if she married him?
Although Aunt Hu disliked Xia Lan, she understood very well that everything Qin Yu had now was Xia Lan's money, and that wasn't really his ability.
The poor boy is still the same poor boy; he hasn't changed.
The aunties nodded in agreement.
Everyone envies Qin Yu for marrying such a rich girl.
Qin Yu arrived at Xu Fulin's house, where Xu Fulin was doing his accounts.
"Uncle Xu."
"You're back?" Upon seeing Qin Yu, Xu Fulin put away the account book.
"Yes." Qin Yu nodded. "Is the goods ready? They need to be shipped out tonight."
“It was all prepared long ago, and it was packed separately as you requested,” Xu Fulin replied.
"It just so happens that you're back. I came over to see how you plan to build this house."
Xu Fulin led Qin Yu to the open space where construction was underway. Five men who were digging the foundation saw Qin Yu, dropped what they were doing, and ran over.
"Big brother."
Wang Tiezhu and the others walked up to Qin Yu, who patted them on the shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work."
“We’re brothers, we shouldn’t say things like that.” The third brother, Zhao Xiaolong, scratched his hair.
"Big brother has helped us so much, why are you being so polite about such a small thing?" Old Wu, Tian Min, grinned.
"We can dig the foundation today. I've already asked Lao Mo to get my older brother and sister-in-law a house like the ones in the city!"
"Thanks." Qin Yu patted Lao Wu on the shoulder and said gratefully.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Qin Yu's expression darkened, and he got down to business.
"Have you found any evidence?"
The five brothers exchanged glances and then looked at Qin Yu.
"Is there something you can't say?" Qin Yu looked at the five people's hesitant expressions and was sure they had found out something.
"Big brother, are you sure you were born into the Qin family?" The second brother, Wang Tiezhu, hesitated for a long time before asking Qin Yu.
"What did you find out?" Qin Yu didn't answer, he just looked at them.
Under Qin Yu's intimidation, the third brother spoke slowly.
“The five of us followed your orders and kept watch in the village for two days without any results. Then on the third day… we saw Qin Tao sneak out in the middle of the night, and the fourth brother followed him.”
"What was discovered?"
Qin Yu looked at the fourth brother, Chen Mo.
Chen Mo opened his mouth, seemingly hesitant about whether to speak.
"you say."
"Brother, I followed him to town and watched him enter a courtyard." Chen Mo glanced at Qin Yu.
"I found a corner and overheard what the people inside were saying. They said..."
"Speak," Qin Yu said, his face darkening.
Seeing Qin Yu's grim expression, Chen Mo said nothing more, but silently recounted what he had heard.
"What's wrong with you guys? You can't even handle a woman, and Qin Yu managed to rescue her?"
"You still have the nerve to talk! Didn't you say she was just an ordinary woman? An ordinary woman would make me lose a brother? Do you know how much money I'd have to pay to shut those people up?"
"Just deduct the amount from your account."
"Alright, alright, I know you're rich."
"You're so clever. You sent your own son to a rich family to enjoy a life of luxury, and brought back the rich family's son to raise as a laborer."
"Shut your mouth. Do you think you can just say things like that?"
“There are no outsiders here, just the two of us brothers, what are we afraid of? I was wondering why you insisted on taking your wife to the city hospital to give birth. Turns out you had your eye on that family all along. How come I didn’t think of that! What a huge loss.”
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