Chapter 219: The Village's Idle Seal
Chapter 219: The Village's Idle Seal
In the afternoon, the news that Xu Xiulian was not chosen by the man spread throughout the village. It was said that the man who was supposed to meet Xu Xiulian fell in love with Jiang Xiaohe on the way and turned around to meet Zhang's family.
The women were sewing shoe soles under the banyan tree in the village, with mocking expressions on their faces.
"I see that man is fat and has big ears. He doesn't look very good, and he looks much older..."
One of them exclaimed, "You don't know yet, Zhang Xiu'e only cares about the man's good conditions and nothing else. I heard from my wife that the man runs a food business in the next town. He is almost 30 years old and has several children at home. If Xu Xiulian really marries him, she will just be someone else's concubine!"
What?
"Would Zhang Xiu'e be willing to let her daughter become someone else's concubine?" She clicked her tongue a few times after saying this.
"That's right. If Xu Xiulian gets married, will she be about the same age as his child?"
When they heard this, everyone had a look of disgust on their faces. Zhang Xiu'e really only cared about money and didn't care about her daughter's happiness.
But when everyone turned around, someone said, "That Jiang Xiaohe is really a foxy woman. Look, that man just glanced at her and then turned back to look at her. I think she is not a good person either."
At this time, someone disagreed: "Wang family, what you said is wrong. Is it wrong for someone to be good-looking?"
Someone agreed: "That's right. After Jiang Xiaohe left Zhang Dashan, we saw that she had been law-abiding and had led the Zhang family to live a good life. I don't think this is her fault. It's clearly that man's fault."
This statement was recognized by many people. Everyone laughed again. The Wang family member pursed his lips and said, "I just said a few words casually."
No one responded to her, and she felt embarrassed, so she kept silent...
Xu Xiulian cried bitterly at home: "Now everyone in the village laughs at me."
Zhang Xiu'e felt distressed, but she was more annoyed!
Seeing her daughter so sad, she quickly persuaded her: "It's okay, it's okay. This marriage is over. I'll find you another one! I'll find you someone better than this one!"
Xu Xiulian threw herself into her arms and cried bitterly, saying angrily, "Mom, you must not let Jiang Xiaohe go!"
Zhang Xiu'e patted her on the back: "Don't worry, mother will definitely make up for your shame today!"
After hearing what she said, Xu Xiulian started crying again.
On the other hand, when Li Taohua returned home, Chen Guifang immediately became dissatisfied: "Didn't I tell you not to go out these few days?"
Li Taohua looked happy: "Mom, we don't have to worry about Xie Sheng being discovered."
Chen Guifang looked at her with a slightly frown.
Li Taohua said, "Mr. Xie did something bad yesterday. The guards came to look for him, but now that they can't find him, they think he has fled because he is afraid of the crime."
"Really?"
Li Taohua nodded, and finally felt relieved.
Chen Guifang also exhaled, and said to herself, "That's good, that's good." But she also thought, "Your brother will be back in a few days. I'll ask him to help you find a good marriage then."
Li Taohua took her arm and said, "Mom, don't worry. As long as I can find a good marriage, I will definitely treat you well in the future and let you wear silk and satin and eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."
Chen Guifang still felt relieved by these words, but she reminded them, "You guys made a lot of noise last night, and Wu Xiulan next door brought this up this morning. With her mouth, who knows how she'll spread rumors about you in the village."
Li Taohua's face flushed slightly, and it was unclear whether it was out of shame or anger, but she immediately said, "Let her say it! There were thunder and lightning last night, and the villagers would not believe her."
Chen Guifang didn't say anything and turned around to go about her business. After He Qing left, there were so many things to do at home!
At this moment, Wu Xiulan was indeed talking about this with others under the banyan tree.
The village chief's wife said, "Did you hear it wrongly? Did you hear the thunder and lightning last night clearly?"
Seeing that they didn't believe her, Wu Xiulan suddenly became unhappy: "Anyway, I'm telling you, keep an eye on your man, or you'll cry someday."
After saying that, she picked up her basket and walked away somewhat unhappy, cursing on the way: "She heard it clearly last night. She is so old, how could she have heard it wrong?"
When passing by Chen Guifang's house, Li Taohua looked at her with her arms folded, with a look of sarcasm on her face: "Aunt Wu, you came back after gossiping with the villagers."
Wu Xiulan looked a little embarrassed, but before she could say anything, Li Taohua said, "Aunt Wu, instead of wasting time gossiping about me, you might as well clean yourself up. You are a few years younger than my mother, but you look much older than her." After saying that, she turned and went into the house and closed the door.
It's really infuriating! Wu Xiulan was standing at the door, rubbing her hands together, she really wanted to beat this damn woman to death!
"Bah, a house full of bitches! You are the only ones who are so proud of yourself. The elder one used to cheat on someone, and the younger one is cheating on someone now too! When you are done with all the bad things, someone will take you and your whole family in!" After she finished cursing, she still felt unsatisfied. It turned out that when she was young, she saw her husband coming out of Chen Guifang's house several times. At that time, her mother-in-law was still alive and would not let her make a fuss, so the matter just passed. However, she was still angry and had not vented it yet!
When she got home, she had another quarrel with her husband, which made her husband Zhang Yougen so angry that he ran out of the house!
As she ran out, Li Taohua happened to open the door. When she saw Zhang Yougen, she shouted, "Uncle Zhang, are you arguing with Aunt Wu?"
Zhang Yougen cursed angrily: "You've been acting like a crazy woman all day long!"
Li Taohua smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, why don't you come and sit in our house? Aunt Wu may have heard some gossip in the village and is angry now. If you come and sit in our house, maybe she will calm down in a while."
Zhang Yougen said somewhat embarrassedly: "That's not good."
"What's the big deal!" Then he invited the person into the house.
After they entered the house, they heard Wu Xiulan next door still scolding him, and they felt very awkward for a moment.
Chen Guifang was feeding the pigs in the back. When she came out, she saw Zhang Yougen at home and immediately tucked her hair behind her ears.
"Mom, Uncle Zhang and Aunt Wu were arguing, and Aunt Wu beat him up... Uncle Zhang, please sit down. I'll go get you some water."
Zhang Yougen nodded somewhat unnaturally.
Li Taohua glanced at her mother, then went to the kitchen, sneered, and said in her heart: Wu Xiulan, aren't you very powerful? Let me see, if you knew that your man came to our house, how would you go to the village to spread the news.
At this moment at Zhang's house, Wang Qiuxia looked at Jiang Xiaohe, wanting to say something but stopping herself.
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