The wicked mother-in-law doesn't try to whitewash herself; she only abuses her awful children.

Chapter 359 New Gossip
"Thank you, Master Su."

On the way back, Tong Pandi repeatedly expressed her gratitude to Master Su.

If it weren't for Master Su's reputation for virtue and willingness to lend a hand, her divorce wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

Tong Huaqiong expressed her curiosity about what Su Fuzi had said to the Wu family patriarch that made him agree so readily.

Master Su chuckled twice and said, “Do you think I’m a bookworm who only knows how to spout grand principles? A few days ago, I went to Fengle Restaurant for dinner and chatted with Boss Qian. He told me that the Wu family wanted to arrange a marriage between their eldest daughter-in-law’s cousin and his wife’s cousin. Wu Ren has a daughter, and the clan chief also has a daughter. Originally, the matchmaker was going to arrange a marriage for the clan chief’s daughter, but Wu Ren intercepted it, and the clan chief is still angry with Wu Ren. So I hinted to the clan chief that Boss Qian’s eldest daughter-in-law’s cousin studied with me for two years, and he listens to me the most. A few days ago, he wrote to ask me what kind of woman I should arrange a marriage with.”

Tong Huaqiong: "."

Before Su Fuzi could finish speaking, Tong Huaqiong and Gu Jingzhe Tong Pandi understood that the clan chief wanted Su Fuzi to act as matchmaker and arrange for his daughter to marry the cousin of Boss Qian's eldest daughter-in-law, bypassing Wu Ren.

I never expected that this matter would take so many twists and turns to involve Mr. Qian.

This Master Su is quite cunning.

Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but ask, "So Master Su agreed?"

In her opinion, the head of the Wu family was not a good person either. If her cousin were a good person, wouldn't it be a disaster to marry into the Wu family?

Master Su smiled and said, "I never said that the matchmaking would definitely succeed."

Tong Pandi was very grateful to Master Su. Master Su was all alone and had no one to serve him. She noticed that the threads on the sleeves of Master Su's clothes were worn out, so after returning to Qinghe Bay, she bought a piece of blue satin and sewed a shirt for Master Su.

Master Su received the shirt and put it on without hesitation.

Tong Pandi temporarily stayed at Tong Huaqiong's house.

After the divorce, Tong Pandi was full of energy. She worked with Cao Shi at Tong Huaqiong's pig farm and took the initiative to learn to read with Chen Sufen and Liu Yue'e in the evening.

Tong Huaqiong's pig farm focuses on scientific breeding methods.

Tong Huaqiong copied down scientific pig farming knowledge such as "Postpartum Care of Sows" and "Selection of Pig Feed" from her online space and taught it to Tong Pandi.

Tong Pandi has a good memory; she can usually understand something after hearing it twice.

Compared to Chen Sufen's talent in baking, Tong Pandi has a talent for animal husbandry.

Tong Huaqiong couldn't help but sigh, "The women of the Tong family are all very quick-witted."

In her previous life, Tong Dajiao was literate and raised a genius like Gu Jingzhe; as Tong Dajiao's niece, Tong Pandi was equally intelligent. She was just trapped in the Wu family in her previous life and couldn't use her talents. In this life, she is free from men and can manage the entire pig farm.

Tong Huaqiong plans to expand her pig farm after the spring, renovating and rebuilding the pigsties in the dilapidated temple, breeding her own sows and boars, and buying new piglets. Each and every step will require a lot of effort.

In winter, no one has to go out to work, and there's no need to do any work in the fields. Tong Huaqiong's former hired workers in the fields had nothing to do in the winter.

Tong Huaqiong hired several people to raise pigs, and Tong Pandi was in charge of coordinating their work.

With more pigs, a large amount of pig feed is naturally needed.

Tong Huaqiong and her brother Tong Pan set up a corn purchasing point in their own home.

Originally, this matter could have been handled by Gu Dahan, but Gu Dahan was busy with the village's water conservancy construction and didn't have time to deal with these things. The growth of winter wheat in early spring is crucial, and every winter the village organizes people to dig ditches, and Qinghewan is no exception. Every household sends at least one person to dig ditches in winter.

In addition, Tong Huaqiong felt that Tong Pandi was more suitable than Gu Dahan for communicating with the outside world, so she let Tong Pandi participate in purchasing pig feed.

Tong Pandi worked while breastfeeding her child, and didn't feel tired at all.

Duo'er, Man'er, and Xiaolong Yaozu were raised together, while Hua'er was well cared for by the Hong family during the day and became chubby and healthy. In the meantime, Tong Fusheng, unwilling to give up, asked an acquaintance to come to Qinghe Bay to persuade Tong Pandi to apologize to the Wu family and return to be the young mistress of the village head.

He was scolded by Tong Huaqiong and her niece Tong Pandi.

Of course, the Wu family's wish to marry the cousin of Boss Qian's daughter-in-law was dashed.

After Mr. Qian learned that the Wu family was unethical, he told his eldest daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law then exaggerated how the Wu family had mistreated her daughter-in-law to her aunt, and so the marriage was called off.

The outside world's turmoil had nothing to do with Tong Huaqiong. She was busy with the pig farm and expanding Peach Blossom Dessert in Heilongtan. She was busy until the twelfth lunar month.

After Laba Festival comes the New Year.

Before we knew it, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year was getting stronger.

During the holidays, visiting relatives and friends is inevitable. Liu Yue'e's older sister, Liu Yuechang, came from Moon Bay to Qinghe Bay to visit her parents' home and stopped by Tong Huaqiong's house for a visit.

While gossiping, Liu Yuechang mentioned a pretty girl named Luo Qiuyu from Moon Bay who worked as a maid in the Lian family in Pingchuan County. She had an affair with the young master and became pregnant. The young master of the Lian family was already engaged, but the Lian family was afraid that it would be bad if word got out that his fiancée had a child before the marriage, so they sent Luo Qiuyu back home.

Luo Qiuyu had a fiery temper; in a fit of anger, she drank poison, resulting in the deaths of herself and her unborn child.

Fearing that the Luo family would cause trouble, the Lian family sent their steward to Moon Bay and gave the Luo family one hundred taels of silver. Qiu Yu's parents accepted the money, but Qiu Yu's younger brother disagreed with taking the money and wanted the Lian family to put Qiu Yu's memorial tablet into the Lian family ancestral hall.

Tong Huaqiong felt that the Lian family mentioned in this gossip was so familiar.

She remembered that Huang Jingshan, the daughter of the wealthy Huang family, was engaged to the Lian family in Pingchuan County.

He then asked Liu Yuechang, "Which young master of the Lian family is the child in Qiuyu's belly?"

Liu Yuechang was not surprised at all that Tong Huaqiong was interested in this gossip. In the village, even someone as strong as Aunt Tong loved to listen to gossip. So she said, "It's the second young master."

The Lian family has three sons. The eldest son is already married, while the second and third sons got engaged one after the other.

Huang Jingshan's fiancé is the second young master.

Liu Yuechang sighed, "He calls himself a scholar, but I think he wasted his education. If he wasn't going to marry Qiuyu, why did he seduce her? Now he's ruined two lives. Before, people in our village envied Qiuyu for winning the favor of the Lian family and for living like a young lady from a wealthy family. Now it seems that was just a lie to fool Qiuyu."

Tong Huaqiong greatly admired Liu Yuechang's understanding.

Liu Yuechang sat in Tong Huaqiong's house for a while longer, then said goodbye and went home as it was getting late.

Without saying a word, Tong Huaqiong went to town the next day.

First, he went to inspect his own peach blossom dessert shop, and then went straight to the Huang family.

Ostensibly, they were delivering pigs to the Huang family, but in reality, they were revealing information about the Lian family.

Tong Huaqiong went into Old Madam Huang's room and told her about what Liu Yuechang had said about the second young master of the Lian family and Luo Qiuyu. Sure enough, the Huang family was still kept in the dark about the Lian family's scandalous affairs.

Old Mrs. Huang started shouting that she wanted to break off the engagement halfway through the conversation.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Grandma, I don't think I misheard and wronged an innocent person. You'd better send someone to inquire about it."

Grandma Huang said excitedly, "There's absolutely no mistake. Of the three young masters in the Lian family, only the second young master, who is engaged to Jingshan, is still studying. Even if the eldest and third young masters did something so outrageous as to harm a maid, this marriage cannot be arranged. Their family tradition is bad, and bad family traditions are passed down. My Jingshan must never step into the Lian family's fire pit."

Tong Huaqiong nodded, indicating that the old lady was right.