"So you know about this marriage? If you knew, why didn't you tell us earlier? We wouldn't have to make the trip."

"What? Marry into the wife's family?" Li Xiulan jumped up from her chair. She had been running around for a long time just to marry off her two nieces. Now, that girl Ye Xianchun actually wanted to take in a son-in-law.

"No, absolutely not."

"Yes, Cheng'er is the only child in my family. If he becomes a daughter-in-law, how can I face his father and the ancestors of the Qian family when I go down to the underworld?"

"Did this girl really say that?" She originally thought that this girl didn't like the scholar, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

"I can't tell lies."

"Sister Qian, I really didn't know about this. If I knew, I would never have arranged such a marriage for Qian Cheng."

Li Xiulan rarely addressed the scholar's mother like this: "No, I have to go to Changning Village again. This girl is too irritating. How can she make such an unreasonable request?"

The scholar's mother grabbed Li Xiulan's hand and said, "Mother Dabao, don't be angry. When you get there, you can ask her carefully. The eldest daughter of the Ye family is a good girl. She is filial and it is understandable that she wants to stay at her mother's knees to be filial. But it is not necessary for her to marry into our family. When she enters our family in the future, we will certainly not ignore her mother."

Li Xiulan was a smart person. She understood immediately that it seemed that the Qian family was very satisfied with her eldest niece. This was the purpose of her visit today.

"It is indeed my eldest niece who is ignorant about this matter. Don't worry, I will talk to her and let her know that there are not many outstanding people like your Qian Cheng. I want her to cherish him."

After washing clothes, Yu Pan'er was about to buy vegetables to cook. As soon as she went out, she met Tian who was waiting not far away.

Tian pretended to meet her by chance and greeted her enthusiastically: "Hey, you went out to buy groceries by yourself again."

Yu Pan'er looked up at Tian. Tian had moved to the alley for some time. She knew her, but they had never spoken to each other before.

Today, Tian greeted Pan'er so enthusiastically, but Pan'er was a little uncomfortable. She just said "hmm" lightly and walked quickly towards the vegetable market.

"I just happened to be going grocery shopping as well."

"We've lived in the same alley for so long, and I still don't know your name?"

"Yu Pan'er."

"Yu Pan'er, this name is really nice."

"Pan'er, I see your mother is back, why do you still have to do these chores?"

“It’s always me.”

The little girl was caught off guard and answered whatever Tian asked.

"Hey, you are such a sensible girl. You remind me of my niece Ye Shian."

The little girl looked up at Tian in confusion. Ye Shian, her aunt's sister was also called Ye Shian.

Seeing the little girl looking at her, she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Yu Pan'er said innocently: "My aunt's second sister is also called Ye Shi'an."

"Really? That's a great coincidence. I'd like to meet her if I have time. By the way, do you know where your aunt lives?"

Yu Paner nodded: "My aunt lives in the countryside."

"countryside?"

This girl's parents are carrying a lot of bags. Their family should be well off, so why are they living in the countryside?

"Did you remember it wrong?"

Yu Paner nodded affirmatively: "It's in the countryside. I've been there. It's called Changning Village."

"Changning Village." Tian silently memorized the name of the village.

After finding out what she wanted to know, Tian turned around and walked back.

Yu Pan'er looked at Tian's back in confusion, not understanding why she wanted to go back.

"Did you forget to bring your purse?" the innocent girl muttered, and then continued walking forward.

"Mother, mother, I found out, I found out."

Old Lady Ye: "So fast."

"Hey, that little girl of hers will answer whatever you ask her, she's very easy to coax."

"Where do you live?"

"They say they live in the countryside, in a village called Changning."

"Let's go now." Old Lady Ye pulled Tian and was about to go.

Old Lady Ye pulled and found that Tian didn't move, so she turned around and looked at her in confusion.

Tian: "Mother, do you know where Changning Village is?"

Old Lady Ye shook her head.

"It's already past noon, it's not appropriate to go now. Why don't I go and find out where Changning Village is, and then we can go and see my sister-in-law tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

In the room, Ye Lian'er was sitting on the bed with lifeless eyes.

She has been like this ever since the Qian family broke off the engagement. She has lost a lot of weight in the past few days. Tian feels sorry for her daughter, so she prepares special meals for Ye Lian'er, hoping that she will be happier if she eats more.

She had no interest in anything now. Even though she listened to every word that Old Lady Ye and the other woman said, she still had no reaction.

The next morning, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Tian went out after having breakfast. They had originally planned to secretly go over to take a look, but as luck would have it, they just went out when they ran into Li Xiulan who was also going out.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and followed tacitly. Seeing that Li Xiulan had hired an ox cart, they quickly followed.

The two originally wanted to walk there, but seeing that Li Xiulan was going farther and farther away in the ox cart, the two gritted their teeth and hired an ox cart, and followed her not far away.

Seeing the ox cart carrying Li Xiulan stopped at the entrance of Changning Village, they hurriedly got off the cart.

Li Xiulan got off the ox cart and walked quickly towards Ye's house. She didn't expect that someone would follow her.

When she arrived at Ye's house, she pushed the door and went in.

"Sister, sister, I'm here again."

As soon as she came in, she found that there were more people in the house. It turned out that Ye Shian bought four more maids yesterday.

Seeing someone coming, a maid immediately stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for my eldest sister, your wife, where is she now?"

The maid immediately pointed Li Xiulan in the direction: "Madam is talking to the old lady in the backyard right now."

Knowing where Yu Xiuying was, Li Xiulan immediately walked towards the backyard.

"Sister, sis."

Mrs. Liu was dozing off in a rocking chair at the moment, and Li Xiulan's loud voice woke her up immediately.

"Xiu Lan, are you here?"

"Mom, where is my elder sister?"

"I'm here." Yu Xiuying came out of the house holding Ziyuan: "My sister-in-law is here."

Although she didn't like this sister-in-law very much, and her behavior of coming back today after leaving yesterday made her feel uncomfortable, she still kept smiling.

"Big sister, do you know what that girl Xianchun said?"

Yu Xiuying had no idea what Li Xiulan meant by this incoherent sentence.

She angrily told the story of what happened yesterday when the scholar's mother came to see her, adding some exaggeration to the story.

"Sister, how can Xianchun say that? Xiucai is such a good young man, why doesn't Xianchun know how to cherish him? Besides, even if she gets married, she can still be filial to you, don't you think so?"

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