"Yao Yulan, move aside."
Xu Ruantang completely lost her patience and spoke coldly.
When Yao Yulan saw that a large number of villagers had gathered, she became even more smug. "No way! With so many people watching, I won't let you take Brother Chen away."
"I'm taking him to see a doctor. You won't let me take him with me. If something happens, will you take responsibility?"
Xu Ruantang was driven crazy by Yao Yulan's stupidity. At least other women who are manipulative know to consider a man's life, but this one is just brainless.
"You little wife, why are you talking so aggressively?"
A middle-aged man stepped out from the crowd. Xu Ruantang looked up and realized it was the same man who had made things difficult for her last time.
The man, with an air of anticipation, first lifted the blanket to confirm that it was indeed Chen Ji, before letting out a soft snort and saying, "Comrade Yao meant well, but you're the kind of person who immediately tries to take responsibility. Comrade Yao isn't Chen Ji's wife, so what responsibility does she have?"
There was a commotion outside. Aunt Wang was washing diapers, so she quickly put them down, picked up the baby, and went out to see what was going on.
Upon discovering that Xu Ruantang was still at the door, they asked in surprise, "What are you doing? Little Xu is taking her husband to the city for medical treatment. What are you all doing here?"
"See a doctor? Who knows what she's up to? Comrade Yao already said to wait a bit longer, and when her brother-in-law comes back, he'll take Chen Ji to the city in a car. But she won't listen. Can't you see what she's thinking?"
The middle-aged man became more and more agitated as he spoke, his already ferocious face now marred by two deep lines of flesh, and his eyes wide open.
Aunt Wang was also a little angry, and she shouted in a loud voice, "Chen Lei! Stop talking nonsense. He's not even thinking straight. What are you waiting for? So you're not worried even though he's not your man?"
"What are you doing, you widow? Don't think that just because Brother Chen gave you some money, you can interfere in his family affairs!" Yao Yulan still remembered the grudge from when Aunt Wang pointed her out, and now she finally seized the opportunity to speak sarcastically.
Xu Ruantang pulled the cart forward two steps.
She stopped a step away from Yao Yulan, holding onto the cart shaft with one hand and giving it a gentle push with the other.
Yao Yulan fell backward and crashed directly into Chen Lei, a middle-aged man.
Chen Lei thought he could easily catch Yao Yulan by reaching out, but Yao Yulan fell with great force, knocking him back several steps and causing him to land on his bottom.
Along with that came the force of Yao Yulan pressing down directly on him.
"Ouch."
"Bang."
Xu Ruantang didn't even look at the two of them, but glanced around and said, "I'm Chen Ji's wife. How I take him to the city for medical treatment is my business. Anyone who stops me and delays Chen Ji's medical treatment is a murderer, and I will report them to the police!"
After Xu Ruantang finished speaking, she pointed at the two people on the ground with a cold look in her eyes: "You two had better pray that Chen Ji is alright. If you delay his treatment, then no one will get away with it."
She ignored everyone and simply picked up the cart and headed out of the village.
Fortunately, there is only one road here, otherwise Xu Ruantang would not know how to get out.
Even after she left, the villagers of Dahe Village had not dispersed.
"Chen Ji's new wife looks so thin, how come she's so strong?"
"Absolutely, she pushed the cart away even though he was such a strong man."
"Oh, Yulan, your butt..."
Yao Yulan struggled to her feet, but before she could even berate Xu Ruantang, he had already walked away.
Hearing the sound, she lowered her head and turned around with difficulty.
The rural land was covered in mud and water after the rain, and she was covered in mud all over her body.
Yao Yulan was furious and wished she could drag Xu Ruantang back immediately and give him a good beating!
"A shrewish and unreasonable woman!"
Yao Yulan cursed fiercely in the direction Xu Ruantang had left.
With no excitement to be seen, everyone quickly dispersed, those who needed to go to work went to work, leaving a group of women behind.
"See that?"
"What?"
"Haven't you noticed how much prettier Chen Ji's new wife looks? Her complexion is completely different from when she first came to our village!"
"Isn't that normal? Of course, it's different when it's been moisturized."
Several women burst into laughter.
Yao Yulan, who was about to leave, stopped going home after hearing this.
She had just noticed that Xu Ruantang looked different than before; her complexion was much rosier, and even her lip color looked better.
Aside from her still unfashionable clothes, she's becoming more and more beautiful.
She was still wondering, so she asked the middle-aged woman next to her, "Auntie, what's this about moisturizing or not moisturizing?"
Could it be that the well water at Brother Chen's house is different from the usual one?
The women exchanged glances, their faces displaying smiles that Yao Yulan couldn't decipher.
"Speak quickly!"
Yao Yulan was used to being domineering in the village, and now that she was anxious, she spoke up fiercely.
"Yulan is not married yet, so of course she doesn't understand what we're talking about. Yulan will understand the matters between husband and wife after she gets married!"
"So, Chen Ji is healthy? Then how did the rumors come about him being unable to have sex?"
"If I had known, I would have let my niece marry into the family."
The women were still chattering away, completely ignoring Yao Yulan's words.
"Not only is she perfectly healthy, she seems quite capable." One of the women smiled meaningfully. "This new bride doesn't know how to restrain herself and has made her husband sick. Did you see Chen Ji's face? His lips are all pale. It's not from exhaustion!"
Even if Yao Yulan was naive, she would understand after hearing this.
The laughter of several women reached her ears and sounded particularly jarring.
"Shut up! What are you laughing at!" Yao Yulan was furious when she thought of Brother Chen's handsome face and how he had been defiled by a shrew like Xu Ruantang.
She stomped her foot, yelled, and ran away.
Several middle-aged women watched her retreating figure and spat, saying, "Pah! Shameless! Chen Ji is already married, and she's still thinking about him all the time."
“Back when Chen Ji wasn’t married, she wasn’t this enthusiastic.”
"She's always eyeing other people's things; I don't know how Secretary Yao raised her daughter."
"She's so afraid of everything, and she envies others who are doing well!"
"Tsk tsk, Chen Ji's physique, waist, butt, all those muscles, he used to be a soldier, he came from the army, how could he not be formidable."
"How do you know how tough it is to come from the military? Have you experienced it yourself?"
"Nonsense! Someone in my family married a soldier, that's just hearsay! You gossip!"
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Oh dear, I really regret it. I should have asked my dad to find me a soldier too."
"If only I had known sooner, I wouldn't have known how hard it is to be a wife when I was a girl."
The voices of the group gradually faded into the distance, while laughter continued beneath the banyan tree. No one noticed that Chen Lei stood silently in the corner, his eyes fixed on the direction Xu Ruantang had left with a sinister gaze.
He had been humiliated twice by a woman, and the anger in his heart had long since outweighed his reason.
Chen Lei watched Yao Yulan's alluring back as she swayed her hips, then took off after her.
"Yulan, Yulan, wait for me." Chen Lei put away his sinister expression and forced a smile that was more like a grimace.
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