But what came even faster than the rumors about the Shi family were the rumors about Cheng Fangyi, their stepfather.
"Daya, you're not going to school anymore. Is it because your stepfather is about to abandon you, and you're rushing back to cling to his stepfather?"
"Let me tell you, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Your stepfather is willing to support your education so that he can sell you for a good price in the future."
"Take advantage of the fact that your stepfather's biological child hasn't been born yet to get as much benefit as possible, so that you won't feel bad when you can't wear such a nice cotton-padded jacket."
"Your mother is pregnant again, and then your stepfather won't love you anymore."
"That's right, I guess you're living worse than a rock. I think you should pack up and run away soon."
Daya and her companions were stopped while carrying baskets, and they looked somewhat unhappy.
Hearing these people trying to sow discord, my anger reached its peak.
Erya was the first to start the fight.
"Hey, isn't that Aunt Huang? You're still here. Didn't I just hear you were going to buy a sewing machine for your daughter as a dowry? How come you bought it so quickly? It seems Aunt Huang has quite a bit of money. Does your daughter-in-law know?"
Su Qianfan was not to be outdone. He ran around the village whenever he had nothing to do and knew a lot of unspeakable gossip.
"Sister Taohua, I heard you're engaged to a worker in town. That's impossible. I saw you tying your clothes in the woods on the south slope a few days ago. Why are you taking off your clothes in such a cold weather? Your partner isn't here.
No, as soon as you left, I saw the youngest of the Shen family following you. Ah, it couldn't be..."
Su Qianfan pretended to be surprised, covering his mouth as if he had revealed some huge secret.
Taohua, who was called out, blushed, not sure if it was out of shyness or anger.
Daya imitated Su's mother, put her hands on her hips, and spoke loudly, hitting the other person's sore spot.
"Oh, this is Mrs. Dong, isn't it? Your son is your biological son, right? I don't see you got any new clothes, and the way you wear them looks like you're wearing a sack.
Look at your daughter-in-law's mother, she's so pretty in that flowery jacket and cotton trousers. You said your son does a lot of work, so he should be able to earn you a new set of clothes throughout the year. Could it be that your daughter-in-law is giving money to her mother? Oh, look at my broken mouth, what nonsense are you talking about?
The people who were gossiping were left speechless.
They just heard that Cheng Fangyi took Su Qing to the town to play, and when they came back, there were two pieces of cloth tied to the car.
Jealousy makes people red-eyed.
He couldn't help but stir up trouble, trying to break up the relationship between the Su family.
The people who were called out all showed constipated looks on their faces, and the Su family's children left triumphantly upon seeing this.
In Daya's house...
"Now I will assign you a task. You must complete it, okay?" Daya's young face was serious at the moment.
"Know."
"Saya, you know the most gossip. Take Brother Qianshan to the village and tell those people about it. Make sure everyone in the village knows before dark. Can you do it?"
Sanya said firmly, "I guarantee to complete the task."
"Okay, you can get five candies after I inspect the results."
San Ya pulled Su Qianshan out with excitement.
"Er Ya, remember not to exchange our things with their children, especially Aunt Huang's grandson. Not only that, you have to tell them why, and let her grandson make her die."
Erya received her task and ran away quickly.
"Brother Qianfan, you continue to go find my master and help them make more soap. Qianya and I will go to Shuiqu Village to deliver the goods. We will also go to other villages to see if we can find a few more sales outlets."
Daya didn't take these rumors in the village seriously at all.
Only the person who drinks the water knows whether it is hot or cold.
Cheng Fangyi's kindness to them is invisible to outsiders.
What they eat, wear and touch now are thousands of times better than before, and they are very content.
Besides, the reason they agreed to let Cheng Fangyi in was because he was good enough to Su Qing, and that was enough.
A week had passed by the time Cheng Fangyi learned about these gossips, and he only found out about them after Captain Zhao reminded him.
He didn't expect that he would be so jealous of others just because he brought back two pieces of cloth. It seems that Su Qing was so cautious and it was right to remind himself not to bring back too many things.
Cheng Fangyi wandered anxiously in front of the daya's house.
When Daya came back from outside, she saw Cheng Fangyi squatting and standing in front of his house, scratching his hair and sighing to the sky.
She had a guess in her mind that it was probably related to those rumors.
"Dad, what are you doing?"
The sudden sound scared Cheng Fangyi so much that he fell down on his butt.
"Daya, well, it's nothing. Dad just wanted to ask if you've done your homework."
Cheng Fangyi didn't know how to start. He didn't know how to deal with these little girls and was afraid that his words would be too harsh or his behavior would be out of line.
Daya burst out laughing. The children of the Su family are well-known in the surrounding area for their academic prowess. The principal has agreed that as long as they can stay in the top three, they don’t need to do homework, so they don’t have to worry about homework at all.
"Okay, Dad, I know why you're looking for me. Don't worry, I don't take those women's words to heart. We have our own lives, and no matter what others say, it won't affect our eating, drinking, and wearing new clothes."
Cheng Fangyi finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Next time you encounter something like this, just tell Dad and he will take care of it."
"Dad, I'm a big boy now. I can try to solve it. If I can't handle it, I'll ask you for help."
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