Liu San Niang and Feng Xiu'er were clearly tempted.
A look of surprise flashed in Aunt Wang's eyes; she didn't understand why Jiang Wanwan wanted that piece of land at the foot of the mountain.
However, this is not something she can control.
Jiang Wanwan was worried that things might change, so she added another bundle of firewood. She deliberately said, "Oh, since the aunties don't dare to gamble, then let's not gamble. Village chief, let's go out and take a look."
In the eyes of Liu San Niang and Feng Xiu Er, her behavior was clearly a sign of her guilty conscience.
The two became even more convinced that the Jiang family had indeed borrowed money at interest!
"Wait, who said we're not going to gamble anymore?" Liu San Niang stopped Jiang Wanwan.
Jiang Wanwan stopped, her face serious, and looked at Liu Sanniang. "I see that neither of you can make up your minds. Why don't you ask Uncle Dali and Uncle Dayong?"
To avoid them going back on their word, the heads of both families should speak first.
Jiang Dali is Liu San Niang's husband, and Jiang Dayong is Feng Xiu'er's husband. Jiang Dali and Jiang Dayong are cousins, and Liu San Niang and Feng Xiu'er are usually on good terms.
However, Aunt Wang had always disliked these two families; one could even say she hated them.
There are reasons for all of this.
Aunt Wang's husband is named Jiang Dazhuang, who is Jiang Dali's older brother and Jiang Dayong's cousin. Ever since Jiang Dazhuang fell off a cliff while gathering firewood on the mountain, he has been bedridden and needs to take medicine every day to stay alive.
This made Liu San Niang feel very unbalanced.
She felt that all the money the whole family earned should be used to buy medicine for Jiang Dazhuang, and that apart from her sister-in-law who could do some work, Jiang Dazhuang's three sons and one daughter couldn't do any work at all.
In Liu San Niang's view, Wang's family was like freeloaders at home, while she still had to earn money to support her brother-in-law who was lying in a hospital bed.
She often confided her troubles to her best friend Feng Xiuer. Over time, Feng Xiuer gave her advice and suggested that Liu San Niang bring up the matter of dividing the family property.
Liu San Niang often urged her mother-in-law to quickly separate Wang's family from her.
Jiang Dazhuang's mother was also ruthless. She actually believed Liu Sanniang's words and wanted to separate Jiang Dazhuang's family.
Aunt Wang naturally refused. Her husband was still ill and needed medication to stay alive every day. In addition, her four children were still young and she was unable to help with the housework.
Jiang Dazhuang was deeply distressed upon learning of this. Knowing he had become a burden to his wife, he chose to hang himself one afternoon when no one was around.
Because of this incident, Aunt Wang hated Liu San Niang and her husband, as well as her own mother-in-law, to the extreme.
She thought the division of the family property would end with her husband's death, but to her surprise, the day after Jiang Dazhuang was buried, her mother-in-law, along with Liu San Niang and her husband, kicked the entire family of five out of the house.
Among them, Feng Xiuer and her husband also interfered. In the end, only two or three acres of poor land and a few dilapidated thatched houses were given to Aunt Wang's family of five.
Therefore, Aunt Wang always opposed Liu San Niang and Feng Xiu'er.
Jiang Dali and Jiang Dayong remained hidden in the crowd, silently watching the spectacle. They had originally planned not to get involved; even if their wives lost the bet and had to pay compensation in silver or land, they could simply say they had never promised anything and that it was just a joke by the women.
If they win the bet, then needless to say, the wives' promises are the promises of the head of their household, and they are binding.
However, neither of them expected that the little girl would call them out.
Now, the two of them were in a difficult situation.
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