What Cheng Yajun discussed with Jiang Moli's family is unknown to the others.
All the villagers knew was that the child Jiang Moli gave birth to was taken away by the Jiang family, and the next day they found a foster family in a neighboring county who had been married for over ten years without children, and sent the child away far away.
Jiang Moli was restricted from leaving the house. Moreover, Huang Yan dumped all the housework on her, and would beat or scold her at the slightest provocation.
Third Aunt lived next door and could hear the sounds of Jiang Moli being beaten from time to time.
She sighed and warned her children, "She brought this on herself. Why did she have to choose such a desperate path instead of living a good life? Don't follow her example. People like her will be looked down upon wherever they go."
Xiao Jing and Xiao Qiang naturally wouldn't follow Jiang Moli's example.
Xiaojing always kept her distance from men, while Xiaoqiang was devoted to Wang Qiuju and would never be unfaithful.
Auntie San sighed, "But women as heartless as Jiang Moli are rare. No matter how bad Cheng Yajun was, he never wronged her. First, he wanted to break off the engagement, and when that didn't happen, he secretly started having an affair with a town official. But even though she made such a scene before the wedding, Cheng Yajun didn't do anything to her, did he? And ever since she had the child, even Huang Yan, who has such a mean nature, has been working hard to take care of the child, keeping him by her side all day so she could rest. Who would have thought that the child was an illegitimate child from outside?"
People naturally sympathize with the weak.
Especially for men who have been cuckolded, the humiliating title basically accompanies them for life.
He'll be cursed for the rest of his life as a cuckolded bastard.
So even the third aunt, who never spoke to the neighbor, couldn't help but shed a tear of sympathy for Cheng Yajun, not to mention the eldest aunt, who always sided with her eldest brother's family.
Upon hearing about Cheng Yajun's situation, she abandoned her work in the fields and returned to her parents' home.
Not only did he cry in front of his elder brother, sister-in-law, and nephew, but he also made sure to say how pitiful his nephew was when he was in front of the old lady.
After crying, she couldn't help but complain to Fang Qiao, "How could you say something like this in front of everyone? We're family after all. If you knew, you should have told the family in private a long time ago, and we would have dealt with it quietly. Now, we've made a laughing stock of our family in front of everyone. How embarrassing! Poor Yajun, he'll be laughed at for the rest of his life."
Before Fang Qiao could speak, the old lady glanced impatiently at Aunt Cheng: "It's Jiang Moli who's cheating. Why don't you go to her house and scold her? What kind of logic is it to come here and complain about Xiao Qiao? If you can't speak properly, then shut your mouth!"
"Mother," Aunt Cheng said aggrievedly, "Jiang Moli deserves to be scolded, but isn't Fang Qiao completely blameless? She's a daughter-in-law of the Cheng family, yet she doesn't have a single thought of sharing honor and disgrace. She felt good about blurting it out, but she's brought shame upon the whole family!"
The old lady was extremely annoyed; the older her eldest daughter got, the more left-wing she became.
No wonder she didn't like listening to this girl talk; her breath was so pungent. She was supposed to be someone who had received education about modern women holding up half the sky, but she was more feudal than an old lady with bound feet from the old days!
What time is it?
Are they still clinging to that old idea of sharing honor and disgrace within the clan?
Fang Qiao already knew that Aunt Cheng was biased, so she didn't bother to get angry with her and corrected her expressionlessly: "Aunt, stop talking about our family. It's true that I'm a daughter-in-law of the Cheng family, but I'm only Cheng Baidong's daughter-in-law. We broke off all ties with the family next door a long time ago. It's Cheng Yajun who's the one who's embarrassed, it has nothing to do with us."
Aunt Cheng made Fang Qiao choke for a moment, feeling a little embarrassed, and argued, "They say they've severed ties, but in the eyes of outsiders, Bai Dong and Ya Jun are still brothers. How can Bai Dong be proud when his brother is cuckolded?"
Fang Qiao didn't care: "Anyway, we're not in our hometown, so why should we care what others say?"
"..."
Aunt Cheng never won an argument with Fang Qiao, and in the end, she sat there for a while, holding her anger, before leaving.
The eldest son's family had a lot of messy affairs. Even though the old lady didn't go out all day, a group of old friends would come to visit her and talk, saying things she didn't want to hear.
The old lady simply asked Cheng Baidong to find a flatbed cart and take her out for a ride.
She hasn't traveled far from home in over ten years.
My legs aren't very strong, so I stay home for months on end without going out. This time, with my grandson home, it's a good opportunity to go out for a stroll and relax.
Third Aunt's family had a flatbed cart, so Cheng Baidong laid a layer of bedding inside, let the old lady sit in the middle, and let several children sit on it as well.
Finally, he pulled the cart, with Fang Qiao following beside him on a bicycle, and the group set off in a grand procession.
Heading north out of the village, you'll find yourself facing a river.
The old lady reminisced about the past, talking enthusiastically about many things that happened when she was young.
Further ahead is the former residence of educated youth.
During the day, the educated youth in the educated youth center all went out to work, so there were hardly any people in the center.
The old lady mentioned that the houses where the educated youth lived were quite old. They used to be inhabited by tenant farmers of landlords. Half of the families in Chengzhuang Village used to be tenant farmers of landlords. Cheng Baidong's grandfather even lived here before.
Further ahead, there was a large cemetery.
As people get older, they are no longer bothered by burial sites. Everyone has to go through this day, so many elderly people will choose their own tombs in advance to avoid unfilial descendants choosing a place that doesn't suit their taste.
The same goes for the old lady.
She had her eye on the place where she would live from the very beginning.
The old lady was in a good mood. Even when talking to Cheng Baidong about where she would be buried, she was smiling the whole time. She also chattered on about the funny things that happened when she and her husband were young.
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