"Hmph, I bet Lin Cuiying got the money from somewhere and is squandering it like this. She'll lose it all sooner or later."
"Exactly, where would a divorced woman get so much money?"
"Maybe he sold himself to earn this money."
The two women speaking were Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao from the village. They didn't get along with Lin Cuiying, and seeing that the Lin family had bought so many things, they were even more jealous and their words became increasingly harsh.
"Pah, Aunt Zheng, watch your mouth! My sister isn't that kind of person!" Lin Tiandong was furious when he heard Aunt Zheng's words and glared at her, shouting loudly.
"Hey, Tiandong, you're so protective of your sister, could it be that she's really done something?" Aunt Zhao said sarcastically from the side.
"What did you say?" Lin Tiandong was so angry that he was about to rush up and hit her.
"Hey, Tiandong, don't be impulsive." Lin Changgeng grabbed Lin Tiandong and looked at Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao, "You two watch your words, don't talk nonsense."
"Tch, so what if we talk nonsense? If you're so capable, show us the evidence to prove Lin Cuiying is innocent," Aunt Zheng sneered, speaking with disdain.
“That’s right, don’t blame us for making things up if you don’t have any evidence,” Aunt Zhao chimed in.
"You..." Lin Tiandong was so angry that he was trembling all over, but Lin Cuiying pulled him back.
"Tiandong, don't waste your breath on them." Lin Cuiying glanced coldly at Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao. "We should just live our own lives and let them say whatever they want."
After saying that, Lin Cuiying led her family into the house.
Seeing this, Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao glared at each other again.
"Hmph, you're no better than me."
"You're no good either."
"Your mouth deserves to be washed with excrement..."
Before Aunt Zheng could finish speaking, a sound suddenly came from above.
She subconsciously looked up and was met with a basin of swill being poured over her head.
Whoosh!
"ah!"
Aunt Zheng let out a scream, and people around her quickly moved away, but quite a few people were still splashed with swill.
Aunt Zhao, who was closest to the swill, was also drenched in swill.
"Who? Who's blind?" Aunt Zhao raised her head angrily.
"It's me." Lin Cuiying walked out of the yard with a broom, her face expressionless.
When Aunt Zhao saw it was Lin Cuiying, she immediately became furious: "Lin Cuiying, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Yes, I did it on purpose." Lin Cuiying did not deny it. "You're talking badly about me, and I have nowhere to reason with you, so I can only tell you with some swill."
"You... Lin Cuiying, you just wait!" Aunt Zhao was so angry she couldn't speak, and threatened to take revenge on Lin Cuiying.
Lin Cuiying sneered, "I'm waiting. Come on if you dare."
"You wretch, you dare to lay a hand on me!" Aunt Zheng wiped the sour, smelly swill off her face, grabbed a stone from the roadside, and was about to pounce on her.
Aunt Zhao took a half-cut wooden stick from somewhere and the two of them wrapped it around her from both sides.
Lin Cuiying directly swung the broom in her hand.
"Oh dear, my goodness..."
"Oh my god..."
Before the villagers who were watching the commotion could even figure out what was happening, they heard Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao scream like pigs being slaughtered, and then they fell flat on their backs in the mud.
"Ah, Lin Cuiying, I'll kill you!" Aunt Zhao got up from the ground and raised a broken wooden stick to smash Lin Cuiying.
Lin Cuiying reacted quickly, snatched the wooden stick, and threw it at Aunt Zhao.
"Ouch!" Aunt Zhao cried out as the wooden stick brushed against her body and fell.
Meanwhile, Aunt Zheng picked up a stone and threw it at Lin Cuiying.
With a "thud," it didn't hit Lin Cuiying, but instead hit Aunt Zhao's leg.
"Ah, Zheng Pingfang, you blind fool, where did you throw that? Ah, my life is in danger..." Aunt Zhao screamed.
Lin Cuiying kicked Aunt Zheng over.
"You dare hit me?" Aunt Zheng lunged forward to scratch Lin Cuiying's face.
Lin Cuiying nimbly dodged, and then threw a few more punches at Aunt Zheng.
"You heartless, despicable hussy!" Aunt Zheng screamed, sprawled in the mud.
"That slut who got divorced..." Aunt Zhao started cursing when she saw that neither of the two could beat Lin Cuiying.
As Chen carried the wooden basin across the courtyard gate, her fingers were still trembling, and the water from washing the vegetables dripped down the side.
She heard her own weak voice tremble in the wind: "You two girls, please watch your mouths."
"Pah!" Aunt Zheng spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva. "What are you pretending to be so kind to? Your daughter stole that dirty money from a man..."
"Splash!"
The water used for washing vegetables in the wooden basin completely soaked the two of them.
At that moment, the air suddenly became quiet.
Those who had come to watch the spectacle fell silent.
Everyone in the village knows that Chen is the most honest person in the village and usually doesn't speak loudly. But today, they never expected to see Chen splash water on the two most shrewish people in the village.
"Good heavens!" Aunt Zheng wiped the water off her face and shouted incredulously, "Chen Yuqin, how dare you splash me?"
Chen's hands trembled as she gripped the wooden basin, but having already poured it out, she had nothing left to fear.
She took a small step forward and said softly, "If you keep spewing nonsense, don't blame us for being impolite. We won't let you bully us!"
"You...you dare to talk to us like that?" Aunt Zhao's eyes widened, she could hardly believe her ears.
"Chen Yuqin, you've really grown bold!" Aunt Zheng was trembling with anger. "I think your Lin family has gone too far, daring to offend even us!"
“We haven’t offended you; you’re the ones who came here to cause trouble.” Lin Cuiying stepped forward, looking coldly at Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao. “If you keep talking nonsense, don’t blame us for being impolite.”
"You...you just wait!" Seeing that the Lin family mother and daughter were of one mind, Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao knew they wouldn't get away with it today, so they left in a huff after uttering these harsh words.
"Hmph, daring to bully our Lin family, they don't even know who they are." Lin Cuiying spat disdainfully as she watched Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao's retreating figures.
"Alright, let's not argue with them." Chen patted Lin Cuiying on the shoulder. "Let's just live our own lives."
"Yes, Mother, I understand."
After the two went inside, Lin Tiandong rushed over, "Mom, Sister, are you alright!"
When Chen put down the basin of water, her whole body was still trembling.
Lin Cuiying took the basin of water and asked Lin Yuelan to pour a glass of water for Chen Shi before turning to answer Lin Tiandong, "My mother and I are both fine."
"If it weren't for Dad holding me back, I would have come out long ago..." Lin Tiandong looked angry and was slapped on the head by Lin Changgeng.
"What are you doing out there, a man? Are you going to imitate Zhao Sanhua, swearing with your hands on your hips, or roll around on the ground like Zheng Pingfang?"
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