"Girl, come here!" the village chief called out in the direction of Luo Yunhe.
Luo Yunhe obediently walked up to the village chief, who then stuffed the purse in his hand into hers.
"I've found your money. This time, you'd better keep it safe and make sure they don't steal it again!"
"Why should I? That's my money! Give it back to me!" Zhang Lingling went crazy and tried to snatch it.
The older women were very perceptive; when they saw his movements, they stepped forward and blocked him, ignoring Zhang Lingling's crying and fussing, and wouldn't let him come forward.
"Husband, what are you still standing there for? That's our money! I didn't steal it. Don't you believe me?" Zhang Lingling looked at Su Jingxing with a wronged expression.
Su Jingxing looked hesitant, wondering if his wife had really stolen the 50 taels of silver.
After all, it's my wife's family...
Seeing his wife like this, could it be that this money really was a secret stash left to him by his father-in-law, which she just hadn't told him?
"Village chief, perhaps this money really was left to him by my wife's father-in-law!"
"Yes, this money was indeed left to me by my father. I didn't steal it at all. I didn't steal his money, and I've never even been to that place. How could I possibly steal his money? You can't wrong me like this!"
"Hmph, you haven't been there, but your sister-in-law has. Maybe she's sly and took someone's money, and now she's secretly letting you take it. They've already found it, and it's exactly 50 taels of silver. What a coincidence!"
"That's right, they've already done some petty theft, they deserve to get beaten up..."
Su Ruyi is now starting to doubt her second sister-in-law, after all, the two of them had a quarrel a couple of days ago.
If the injuries on my body were indeed inflicted by my second sister-in-law, then she must have stolen the money too. After all, she had 50 taels of silver on her but didn't hand it over; she thought she could secretly hide her private stash of money? No way!
“Ruyi, tell them I never went to that dilapidated thatched hut. That money was left to me by my father. How could I possibly steal it? Please speak up for me. The person who beat you must have stolen it. What does it have to do with me? That's 50 taels of silver from our family…”
Zhang Lingling looked at Su Ruyi with pleading eyes, hoping he would put in a good word for her.
After all, he believed that he, as the second sister-in-law, had treated his younger sister-in-law very well.
Su Ruyi pursed his lips tightly. He didn't look at his second sister-in-law and instead lowered his head, unwilling to look at her. His actions made the people around him even more certain that Su Ruyi had stolen the money and stuffed it into his second sister-in-law's hand.
Seeing the disunity within the family, Luo Yunhe couldn't help but sneer inwardly, then stuffed all 50 taels of silver into her pocket.
He believed that the 50 taels of silver were indeed left to him by Zhang Lingling's father, but so what? He hadn't even sought revenge on Zhang Lingling for beating him yet, so he might as well consider this a form of interest.
"Alright, what's all the fuss about? Stealing is certainly hateful, but if it's a habitual theft, then that's a sign of moral depravity."
"No one is allowed to spread this news out of me today. If you ruin the reputation of Yue Shang Village, I'll never forgive you!" the village chief said coldly.
He stood up, looked at no one, and left with his hands behind his back.
Once the village chief had left, the villagers, with childish nods directed at the Su family members, dispersed one by one.
Seeing that the matter was over and that she had gained 50 taels of silver for no reason, Luo Yunhe was in an extremely good mood and wanted to leave. However, Zhang Lingling would not let her leave so easily.
"Stop right there!" Zhang Lingling stared at Luo Yunhe with eyes that seemed to want to devour him whole.
"Give me back my money!" Zhang Lingling stretched out her hand.
"Ha! You said I should give it back to you, so I did? You clearly stole the money, so why do you want it back now? Should we go report this to the authorities right now?"
Zhang Lingling opened her mouth as if to say, "Report to the authorities," but Su Jingxing came over, grabbed her arm, and pulled her back several steps.
"Stop messing around! Of course I don't know what the pilot program is all about, but I can't report it to the authorities... unless you..." Su Jingxing whispered in Zhang Lingling's ear.
Zhang Lingling was furious when she heard Su Jingxing's words. She hated that this man was useless and could not give her any support or help at the most critical moment. He even cowardly hid away.
Even if she said it was money left to her by her father, she didn't believe it. She hated Luo Yunhe even more for so blatantly taking fifty taels of silver from her.
That was her only pocket money. If she lost even that, how would she live?
"What? If you insist that this money is yours, then I'll report it to the authorities right now!" Luo Yunhe acted like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water. After all, she had really been rummaged through, and she was insisting that she had lost silver. Who knew if it was true or not?
Seeing Zhang Lingling's disapproving expression, Luo Yunhe felt bored, dusted off her clothes, and then leisurely left the ancestral hall.
In a good mood, she walked lightly to the dilapidated house. Just then, there were already many people around the house. After marking the ground with white lime, they began to dig the foundation.
Luo Yunhe couldn't help either, and since he had already asked the village to help prepare the food and drinks, she simply went to her own vineyard.
With the nails in hand, she began to build the wooden frame above.
Each wooden frame had at least three iron nails, which she had firmly and securely embedded together.
They only managed to set up about 10 scaffolds in one day, covering four acres of land. There are still at least a thousand more scaffolds to be erected.
She plans to ask the villagers for help tomorrow.
In the evening, he went to look around the house and found that most of the foundation had been dug out. Since it was dark, the workers had already left.
Luo Yunhe tidied herself up and prepared to go to the fields.
As soon as she entered the village, she noticed that all the villagers were heading in the direction of the Su family's house, which piqued her curiosity.
After all, what else could possibly happen to the Su family?
When they arrived at the Su family's gate, they saw everyone looking around and peering inside. They could also hear howling sounds coming from inside the Su family's house.
"Auntie, what happened this time?" Luo Yunhe couldn't help but ask directly.
"What else could it be? It's just that my sister-in-law and I got into a fight... I heard it was a really fierce fight... They even called a doctor..."
Luo Yunhe: "...Weren't they on good terms? How did they end up fighting?"
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