After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 122, Episode 0126: Recuperating and Enjoying the Show (Part 4)
Aunt Liu's family is one of only two outsiders in their brigade, having settled there fifteen years ago.

Aunt Liu married a cousin of the old Party Secretary Chen. After her husband's death, both her husband's family and her own family were heartless and robbed her of her money and property. They even kicked her and her two-month-old daughter out of the house.

Aunt Liu had nowhere to go at that time and was desperately thinking of taking her daughter to lie down on the railway tracks to follow her husband when she was encountered by Chen Manshan, the second son of the old Party Secretary Chen, who was on his way home.

Chen Manshan was simple-minded and always listened to his father. He would go to his father whenever he had a problem. When he met Aunt Liu and her daughter, he couldn't decide what to do, so he simply bought another train ticket and brought them back to see his father in person.

They didn't know much about what happened after that, only that Old Secretary Chen helped Aunt Liu and her daughter settle down in the brigade. They built a small courtyard near the Zhen family's house at the village entrance and settled down there.

The mother and daughter were the only ones. Aunt Liu was young and gentle at the time. She was able to build a house as soon as she arrived, so some people set their sights on her. Er Mazi, the old bachelor in the Second Brigade, was one of them, and he was the most outrageous one.

Aunt Wu: "Er Mazi's biological mother was still alive back then. His biological mother was a real woman. Whenever Er Mazi made a mistake outside, she never cared about him, but Er Mazi would go from house to house kneeling down. His father was a quiet person, and his mother was like that. From childhood to adulthood, he was no different from someone who had no one to care for him. When he was ten or so, he was the most stubborn person in our whole brigade."

Aunt Feng continued, "That's why he's in his twenties and still can't find a wife."

Aunt Wu continued, "Later, his mother passed away, and his father married a widow with two sons. After that, his mother really didn't care about him anymore. Even when Er Mazi was smelly, she wouldn't ask him anything."

Er Mazi probably thought he didn't need to worry because he had his parents. But after his mother passed away and his father remarried, he lost his place in the family. Once he realized that no one would plan for his future anymore, it was too late for him to regret it.

With a few whispers from his stepmother, Er Mazi's father kicked him out of the house with nothing.

Now he doesn't even have a place to stay, let alone get married.

Just then, Aunt Liu and her son settled in the brigade.

Er Mazi immediately set his sights on this wealthy young widow. If he married Aunt Liu, he would not only have a house, but all the money in Aunt Liu's possession would be his.

Aunt Feng clicked her tongue several times. "Aunt Liu isn't blind. Even if she wanted to find someone, there are plenty of hardworking and good men in our brigade. Er Mazi is dirty, smelly, and has the look of a scoundrel. How could Aunt Liu possibly be interested in him?"

Aunt Liu looked down on Er Mazi, and Er Mazi felt it was an insult to him. He felt that if he married Aunt Liu, he would be at a disadvantage. Aunt Liu had not only been with men before but also had a daughter, so why did she look down on him?
So, feeling resentful, Er Mazi tried to climb over the wall into Aunt Liu's yard one night. However, his physical abilities didn't allow it; Aunt Liu's yard wall was quite high, and Er Mazi failed to climb over it several times. Instead, he woke up Aunt Liu and her neighbors.

Aunt Zheng, who had been mostly a listener like Lin Yuexi, rarely chimed in: "It was so dark that we couldn't see who it was. We thought it was a thief, so my husband and I grabbed some tools to stop him from running away while calling for help to catch the thief."

That's right, Aunt Zheng is Aunt Liu's neighbor; their vegetable gardens are separated by a courtyard wall.

Aunt Wu patted Aunt Zheng's arm and comforted her, "It's not your fault. Anyone would have done the same. Besides, Aunt Liu has been doing quite well all these years."

Lin Yuexi: "...???"

What, is there something else going on here?
Aunt Wu and the others didn't keep Lin Yuexi curious for long before telling her the reason.

Aunt Zheng and Chen Fushan, one holding a stick and the other a carrying pole, blocked Er Mazi while shouting for help. People were poor these days and were most afraid of thieves. So, Aunt Zheng and her husband's shouts woke up the people nearby, and they quickly surrounded Er Mazi in layers.

Unexpectedly, Er Mazi suddenly shouted that he had come to see Aunt Liu at her invitation, and that he and Aunt Liu had been together for a long time, were in a relationship, and were already discussing marriage. At that time, Er Mazi was homeless and living in a dilapidated thatched hut, and he was filthy. No one believed him when he said this.

But that's just how it is. Even in a heroic village like this, not everyone is well-mannered and wants everyone to be well. Within two days, rumors that were extremely unfriendly to Aunt Liu spread everywhere.

At first, it was said that what Er Mazi said might be true, but then it changed and became more and more outrageous. It even spread that any man could enter Aunt Liu's courtyard. Some people even slandered Aunt Liu's husband, saying that he was not a martyr but was angered to death after discovering that Aunt Liu was having an affair.

Aunt Liu was gentle by nature, and after being hurt by the rumors, she jumped into the river at the village entrance one night with her little girl in her arms.

Fortunately, Aunt Zheng and her husband happened to be returning from Aunt Zheng's parents' home; otherwise, both mother and daughter would have perished that time.

Perhaps because she had already 'died' once and was no longer afraid of anything, or perhaps because she suddenly understood the principle that a mother's love makes her strong, from then on, Aunt Liu changed her former weakness and became more and more fierce and her fists harder and harder every day.

She is a martyr's family member, and her daughter is a martyr's orphan. Why shouldn't they be allowed to live?

When she encountered Er Mazi, the culprit, she launched a fierce attack. She wasn't afraid of being hit once, so she hit him twice, and even three times, until he could only run away in fear every time he encountered her.

Her transformation has brought joy to some, like Aunt Zheng and others, who are happy that she has finally stood up for herself; others, like some who are still old-fashioned or who are unhappy with their own lives, are less pleased with it.

Gradually, the rumors about her stopped circulating in the village, but gossip about her being a tigress and having no offspring continued.

"Before the Lunar New Year, the commune's food factory was recruiting people. Sihui went to take the exam, but unexpectedly, the food factory was only recruiting two staff members, and she passed one of them." Aunt Zheng smiled with a hint of pride in her eyes.

Aunt Wu glared at her feigned anger, "Alright, who doesn't know this job was found by your husband's gang?"

She was just saying it casually; she wasn't really angry that Aunt Zheng hadn't given their children a chance. They were all old friends, and everyone knew that Aunt Zheng and her husband had always felt guilty towards Aunt Liu and her daughter.

Although they felt the matter had nothing to do with the couple, they were both too honest, and since they were just friends, they didn't want to say much.

Moreover, isn't it a blessing in itself to have a friend who is a genuine person?

Aunt Zheng nudged Aunt Wu apologetically, "We can't help find a job, we just introduced her to someone when this opportunity came up. She got the job through her own hard work, and they only hire high school graduates, so I didn't mention it."

Upon hearing that they were only hiring high school graduates, everyone felt a sense of loss, though they also felt relieved.

The reason is simple: none of them graduated from high school.

Lin Yuexi even slowed her breathing. For a moment, she wondered if she was witnessing a chaotic love triangle from a domineering CEO novel.

Fortunately, the people who often hung out together were all of similar character and had a relatively open-minded personality. The chaotic situation had already passed before it even started, and the topic shifted from Wu Sihui to the educated youth.