books44 Chapter 110 Gossip: Village Affairs
Chapter 110 Gossip: Village Affairs
Yang Huiyun was full of gossip and was just wondering where to tell it.
Since there were no outsiders in the room, her tone held a hint of disdain for the person she was about to speak to.
"This year it's not a drought, but the harvest isn't very good. At least our family can still make a living, but some people can't survive, so all sorts of monsters and demons come out."
Some climbed over the wall in the middle of the night to steal some vegetables; others went to a wealthy family in town to sell their granddaughter as a maid; still others stole the last bit of grain from their family to help their maternal relatives...
These are all considered normal.
There was a woman in our village who married into the village from another place. Less than five years into her marriage, she became a widow. She and her four-year-old son have been living with her mother-in-law ever since.
That old woman was generally inhumane, treating the mother and son like slaves.
Now that there's no food at home, she's really daring. To have her own food, she's actually going to sell her daughter-in-law…
Human trafficking? They're not even related by blood, and she just sells them like that? Lin Lanshan exclaimed in shock:
"Are there really people like that? That old woman is so vicious. She's just a daughter-in-law, and she just sells her off like that?"
Yang Huiyun coughed and said awkwardly, "Oh, it's not really selling. It is selling, but not the kind of selling people, you know?"
That's even more vicious! What a damn demon!
She's so hungry and has such audacious ideas, why doesn't she just sell herself? Isn't that forcing someone to die?
Lin Chunyi frowned and couldn't help but ask, "What happened in the end? What happened to that widow...?"
"Cuijuan was also a woman of strong character. She didn't say a word until everyone was asleep at night. Then she took a kitchen knife, went to the old woman's room, and chopped off a large section of her hair that was close to her neck!"
They said if she wasn't allowed to move out with her son, everyone else should just die. The bystanders, seeing the commotion had escalated, finally came to their father and managed to get them moved out.
Yang Huiyun continued indignantly, "When they were watching the play, everyone was engrossed and didn't think to lend a hand. But when someone was about to die, they suddenly remembered to go to the village chief."
Fortunately, Cuijuan dared to take such a gamble; otherwise, even if she escaped this time, sooner or later that old woman would still torment her and her son to death.
Lin Lanshan found it unbelievable. "She didn't give birth to her daughter-in-law, so it's understandable that she does bad things."
Isn't that grandson her biological grandson? Doesn't he need to take care of her in her old age? She's already so old, how can she be so cruel? Isn't she afraid no one will claim her body later?
Lin Chunyi coughed lightly, trying to bring her younger sister back to her senses.
Don't just spout off everything. You're an old man, after all... Keep your insults to yourself, don't let anyone hear you.
Yang Huiyun waved her hand and pursed her lips, saying, "What's a grandson? She didn't even care about her youngest son who died."
That old woman only cared about her eldest son's family who lived in town. Everyone said that her younger son was worked to death by her.
There's no need to listen to any more of this kind of plot. The old woman pins all her hopes on her eldest son, and in the end, she'll get absolutely nothing!
Lin Chunyi shook her head, already having a pretty good idea of how things would end. The wicked will be punished by the wicked; this old woman's suffering is coming to an end.
Thankfully, they don't live in the village, otherwise, all this messy stuff... I bet the two of them would be furious just from seeing and hearing it every day, and they wouldn't even be able to do anything about it. It's too much of a waste of their lives!
Seeing that Yang Huiyun's anger had not subsided, she advised, "Sister-in-law, don't be angry."
Let's not talk about these trivial matters anymore. It's not worth getting upset over other people's problems. How about we talk about something cheerful?
"You're right. That old woman will definitely get her comeuppance. Just you wait and see, hmph."
Let's not talk about her anymore. Let me tell you about the new residents who came to the village.
"That young man is so handsome, with fair and delicate skin, just like a rich man's son!" Yang Huiyun put aside the annoying topic and started talking about something else.
The two sisters thought to themselves: "Our sister-in-law has a sharp eye. Although Yang Yu isn't very popular at home, he is indeed a second young master."
Lin Lanshan chimed in, "Really? Rich young masters come to live in our village? How can they possibly get used to it?"
Yang Huiyun asked suspiciously, "How do you know he didn't come alone? Did I just say that?"
"..." Lin Lanshan: My foul mouth!
Lin Chunyi quickly interjected, "How could someone come alone?"
Whose young master is this, living in a perfectly good house and unwilling to be served by maids, choosing instead to run off to the countryside to suffer?
"No, his parents must be gone. Otherwise, he wouldn't be seventeen or eighteen years old, unmarried, raising two children in such a remote village like ours."
Who knows what he was thinking? Dad didn't tell us the reason. He talked to people for a long time, and then arranged for us to stay at the foot of the mountain.
The seemingly delicate and frail young master, along with two children under ten years old, actually decided to live at the entrance of a mountain road.
I don't know what Dad was thinking, he just agreed. Aren't they afraid a wild boar would come down and carry everyone away?
"Haha...hahaha, that's right, what are Uncle Lin and these new people thinking?" Lin Lanshan chuckled dryly.
Lin Chunyi remained silent, listening quietly.
But Yang Huiyun didn't let her off the hook, scrutinizing her from head to toe. She muttered, "Suitable, the more I look at her, the more suitable she is!"
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Although she didn't understand, Lin Chunyi had a bad feeling. So she opened her mouth to interrupt her sister-in-law's continued wild thoughts.
"Sister-in-law, it's almost noon, aren't you going to cook? Uncle Lin and Auntie should be back soon."
"Ah, it's me, Xiaoyi, I wanted to tell you..."
"Let's go, sister-in-law. Everyone will be hungry when they get back. Let's hurry up and cook."
Without needing a response, she simply got up, took Yang Huiyun's arm, and headed towards the kitchen.
……
The two sisters were cooking with Yang Huiyun in the kitchen. They had just finished preparing the vegetables and started steaming the buns when they started chatting about this and that.
This time, the two of them steered the conversation far away, talking about the drought, the drop in temperature, and the rising water levels.
Yang Huiyun lost interest in talking about these things. She would answer only one question at a time, unwilling to say a single extra word.
The three of them prepared lunch, and the rest of the family members gradually returned home.
Aunt Zhang carried Xiaoman into the kitchen. "I knew it," she said. "Xiaoyun is so restless. She was talking to herself all by herself at home."
"So it was you two chatting with her. When did you arrive? Xiaoyun didn't even call me back."
"My mother went to Aunt Wang's house to chat early in the morning, without taking me with her. She was so busy."
"How could I possibly bother you?" Yang Huiyun said with a smile after finishing cooking, teasing her mother-in-law.
Aunt Zhang said sternly, "Hey, you little brat, you're gossiping about your mother now, aren't you? You want a beating!"
"My two dear sisters, please stop Mother! I need to take the dishes over first!"
After Yang Huiyun finished speaking with a smile, she picked up a bowl of vegetables and quickly walked away towards the main room.