The little girl rolled her eyes, not even bothering to look at Fang Qing, and said with a pout, "That's right. Not all families don't value their daughters. Fourth Sister-in-law, please don't stoop to the level of those people who can't stand seeing others do well. We don't have those kinds of attitudes in our family."
And what about my mother? From my eldest brother to my third brother, she only had one criterion for choosing a wife: good character. And she had a very discerning eye.
"I dare not speak of anything else, but just the fact that she chose you from among so many girls shows that, in terms of character alone, you, Fourth Sister-in-law, are far superior to those women who deliberately jump into the water to extort men."
As soon as Shen Xiaohua said this, everyone in the room turned their attention to Fang Qing again. Everyone knew that the reason Fang Qing married Wang Changjiu was because she accidentally fell into the water and was saved by Wang Changjiu, which led to the marriage.
What surprised everyone was that a beautiful educated youth like Fang Qing didn't need to scheme to marry someone like Wang Changjiu. It was as simple as her beckoning him, and he would be eager to come running.
Following the principle of asking questions when you don't understand something, a girl in the village who was close to Shen Xiaohua spoke up before Fang Qing, who was momentarily stunned because of her guilty conscience, could speak up, "Xiaohua, what are you saying? Do you know something inside? Tell me quickly."
Shen Xiaohua wasn't the type of girl who liked to gossip, but she was fiercely protective of her own. Now that she considered Wang Chunni as family, she couldn't tolerate Fang Qing bullying her sister-in-law like that.
Ignoring Fang Qing's sudden deathly pale face, he said with disdain, "It's quite a coincidence. That day, Qiaoling and I went to the mountains to collect firewood. When we were coming down the mountain, we reached the grassy area by the stream at the foot of the mountain, and the rope Qiaoling was using to tie the firewood broke."
The firewood we had gathered was scattered all over the ground, so I helped her squat down in the pile of weeds to pick up the scattered firewood. Just then, I saw Fang Zhiqing standing by the river.
We thought he had lost something, and we were planning to gather the firewood and go over to ask him if he had really lost something, and then help him look for it.
Who would have thought that just as we finished gathering the firewood and were about to go over, we saw Fang Zhiqing jump into the river by himself.
We didn't understand what was going on at the time. Just as we were about to call for help, we saw Gao Zhiqing and Gu Zhiqing coming over.
It was only then that we realized she jumped because she saw the tall educated youth approaching.
At this point, Shen Xiaohua looked at Fang Qing with disdain and said, "It's just that Fang Qing is short and the weeds by the river are tall, so she didn't see that Gao Qing had a girlfriend with him, and Wang Changjiu was following behind."
So, although Gao, the educated youth, wanted to go into the river to save the person, Gu, the educated youth living in the same compound, knew her character all too well. She wouldn't allow her boyfriend to be involved with another woman, so Gu asked Wang Changjiu to save the person instead.
After Shen Xiaohua said this, everyone in the room, whether they believed it or not, looked at Fang Qing.
When everyone saw Fang Qing's expression change from fear at the beginning to anger now, how could they not understand?
Fang Qing's mental fortitude was ultimately lacking; she panicked and her face changed when she heard that someone had seen her jump into the river.
Hearing the whispers and pointing fingers around him, he knew that no amount of explanation would help, so he decided to vent all the anger he had been holding in.
What's puzzling is that Fang Qing ignored Shen Xiaohua, who had publicly criticized her, and instead turned her attention to Gu Xinyi, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines.
Fang Qing pointed directly at Gu Xinyi and began to curse:
"Gu Xinyi, you little bitch! The moment I saw you standing next to Brother Gao that day, I knew it was you who was behind this mess. Otherwise, why wouldn't Brother Gao have jumped into the water to save me!"
"Gu Xinyi, you heartless, viperous woman who would stand by and watch someone die! I'm not finished with you today!"
Before she could finish speaking, Fang Qing pounced straight at Gu Xinyi like an enraged bull.
In fact, ever since Shen Xiaohua mentioned the day Fang Qing fell into the water, Gu Xinyi's eyes had never left Fang Qing for a moment, and she paid extra attention to her every word and action. So, she was naturally prepared for such a sudden situation, and how could she let Fang Qing succeed?
So although Fang Qing was fast, Gu Xinyi's reaction was not slow either. Just as Fang Qing was about to pounce on her, Gu Xinyi calmly took a small step to the left.
Due to inertia, Fang Qing, who had exerted too much force, instantly lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground in a very unsightly and extremely embarrassing manner.
At this moment, the onlookers were all sighing with disbelief. The villagers were simple and honest, and no one expected that Fang Qing would use such methods to scheme against Gao Hongyuan.
Ironically, she failed to outmaneuver others and ended up getting herself into trouble by marrying Wang Changjiu, a man who couldn't find a wife in the village.
Most of the people present were there to help Wang Chunni with her wedding favors. Those who got along well with Wang Chunni were generally of good character, and naturally, they looked down on someone like Fang Qing who schemed against other people's boyfriends.
So when Fang Qing was seen falling to the ground in a disheveled state, no one felt sorry for her, and no one was willing to lend a helping hand.
Even Sun Xiaoxiao, who had been close to Fang Qing at the educated youth settlement, unconsciously took a step back, showing no intention of helping her up at all.
Faced with Fang Qing's disheveled state, Gu Xinyi showed no sympathy whatsoever, and instead pressed her advantage, continuing her furious rebuke:
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