Ye Wenxiu spat at Huang Qiukui, "What are you pretending to be so big for? Siyue doesn't even recognize her own mother anymore, so what kind of aunt are you? Siyue gave me meat to eat, but you couldn't have any, right? I'll make you so angry and hungry. That wild boar meat is really delicious. It makes your mouth water and your tongue is full of oil."

She finished speaking and walked away smugly. Huang Qiu Kui was so angry she almost rolled her eyes. "You bootlicker, you shameless slut!"

When Ye Wenxiu turned around and saw Huang Qiu Kui so angry, she even gave her a provocative smirk. Huang Qiu Kui was so angry that she fainted.

Ye Wenxiu did indeed go to Liu Dawang's house. She knocked on the door a few times and called out twice, "April, Ruyun, are you home?"

Upon hearing the voice, Liu Ruyun recognized it as Ye Wenxiu. "Cousin, who's knocking at the door?"

"Aunt Wenxiu is Uncle Tian's wife."

Liu Siyue understood. She wasn't familiar with the village and couldn't recognize who was who. Liu Ruyun opened the door and saw Ye Wenxiu with disheveled hair and wrinkled clothes. She quickly invited her in, "Auntie, what happened? What's wrong? Your hair and clothes..."

Ye Wenxiu then remembered that her hair had been messed up when she was fighting with Huang Qiu Kui. She had been so focused on the argument that she had forgotten to fix it. She smiled awkwardly and said, "It's nothing, we just had a fight."

The family was stunned. Aunt Liu said, "Wenxiu, did Tian hit you? How could she lay a hand on you? You stay here today. Don't go back unless she comes to pick you up."

When Ye Wenxiu saw that everyone was looking at her, she knew they had misunderstood. "You've misunderstood. It wasn't my husband who hit me. I get angry just thinking about it."

I was coming back from the village entrance when I passed the big willow tree. Guess what? Huang Qiu Kui was gossiping about April with those gossipy women. They were saying some really nasty things. I got so angry that I went up to argue with them, and the two of them started fighting.

But I didn't lose out either; I made her so angry she almost fainted.

Liu Siyue quickly searched for information about Huang Qiu Kui, but found nothing. It seemed she wasn't an important person. Wait, this person also had the surname Huang. Could it be related to the original owner's mother? She was curious about how those people were gossiping about her. Listening to some rural gossip was quite interesting.

"Aunt Ye, what did they say about me?"

"It's better not to say it, it's too awful to hear, and I'm afraid it will offend your ears."

"Auntie, just tell me, I'm not afraid!"

"Huang Qiu Kui is angry that you didn't bring her pork last time. She's using the fact that you're related to your mother as a cousin and her status as your aunt as an excuse. She said that you came home so late last night, and you were disheveled, so you must have been out with some random guy. She even said that the wild boar you hunted last time was given to you by that guy."

She even calls herself your elder; how could she ruin your reputation like this and smear you like this?

Everyone in the family was furious and cursing Huang Qiu Kui, but Liu Siyue didn't care at all. "Let them say what they want. As long as they don't say it to my face, I'll pretend I didn't hear it. But if they dare to say it to my face, then it's a different story."

Right now, all we should do is live our lives well; nothing else matters. The harsher they talk, the more they're jealous of how well we're doing.

Everyone, don't be angry anymore. It's not worth it for someone like that.

Auntie, thank you for protecting me like this. Please don't leave today; have lunch at my house.

"No, no, my family is waiting for me to go back and cook. I have to go back now and can't chat with you anymore."

"Auntie, wait a moment."

Liu Siyue quickly went to the eaves, took a piece of meat and gave it to her, "Auntie, add some dishes when you go back for lunch."

"No, no, that okra said that if I eat your meat, I'll start flattering you. If I take your meat, then she'll be right. It seems like I came here specifically for this piece of meat."

Everyone burst into laughter. "Auntie, you should definitely take this. It'll infuriate her and drive her crazy with jealousy. She won't even be able to flatter you properly; she'll only end up hurting herself."

Others suggested she take it, and she accepted the meat somewhat embarrassedly before hurrying away.

Liu Siyue was thinking about going to the county town tomorrow. Seeing that she was not speaking, Aunt Liu quickly comforted her, "Siyue, Auntie knows you are suffering. Don't take those people's words to heart."

Our family is used to it. The more you take it seriously and care, the more they talk. If you don't care, they think it's pointless, but they'll start talking about it again in a couple of days.

Liu Siyue was curious as to how her second aunt could tell she was suffering. "Second aunt, I'm fine. I don't care about any of that. Don't worry about me."

"Second Aunt knows, we all know. It's also because my womb is useless. I didn't give your second uncle a son, which made him a laughingstock and made his daughters unable to hold their heads up."

When Liu Siyue heard that the topic of having sons had come up, she thought, "This is getting further and further away from me. Second Aunt, you can't talk about this. My cousins ​​and other female cousins ​​are all good-for-nothings. Even if they have sons, they won't necessarily be filial. Just like my two older brothers, they're like good-for-nothings."

Second Aunt, don't worry, daughters are always their parents' most precious treasures. You and Second Uncle can look forward to enjoying a life of comfort from now on.

"I'm just worried that after you all get married, you won't have your own brothers to support you, and you'll be bullied by your husband's family."

"Second Aunt, you don't need to worry about that. As long as we have our own family and can stand on our own two feet, no one can bully us."

Second Aunt, just wait and see. Once we're doing well, all those people who used to look down on us will be eagerly coming to us, trying to curry favor. Second Aunt, you'd better hold on tight and not be fooled by their sweet talk.

"My second aunt knows that I sometimes feel resentful because the world is so unfair to us women."

"Don't overthink it. That's just how the world is, and it's not something you or I can change. The only way we can change ourselves and become stronger is to avoid being bullied and to earn respect."

That evening, Liu Dawang drove the village chief's oxcart to his house and temporarily tied the ox to the ground under the shed where firewood was stored in the yard.

As soon as it was light, everyone got up early and loaded all their things onto the oxcart. The cart was so full that there wasn't even a place for anyone to sit. Liu Siyue said to the others, "I was planning to take you to the county town because I had an oxcart, but it seems we can't go now. The oxcart is full and there's no room for anyone to sit. I'll take you next time."

"Father, April, you should go and come back soon. There will be plenty of time later."

Liu Siyue smiled and waved to them, "Stay home and wait patiently, I'll bring you some delicious food when I come back."

"Dad, April, please be careful on your journey."

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of your second uncle. You all stay home and review the characters I taught you."

Liu Dawang's lips twitched. His niece's words made him feel useless as her second uncle.

"Second Uncle, let's hurry and get out of the village." Liu Dawang and Siyue sat on the front of the cart. He cracked the whip, and the oxcart, carrying a load of medicinal herbs, slowly started moving.

She prayed that she wouldn't run into any villagers. If she did, they would ask her all sorts of questions, and some of them were even quite shameless, rummaging through other people's belongings without asking permission. They had absolutely no manners.

In this era, the most powerful weapon people use against their juniors is to intimidate them with filial piety and act as elders. As a modern person, she naturally doesn't care about these things, but if she wants to live here, she can't do anything too outrageous and can't cause trouble for her caring second uncle.

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