Farmhouse Green Plum

Although Xu Yulan didn't understand what was going on, she was very aware of what was going on and quickly shook her head to explain, "No, this is an idea we came up with together. We thought we could guess lantern riddles when we go to lantern festivals in the future."

"Humph, you restless guy, since you don't want to show your respect, don't blame me for being rude!"

Before Zhang entered the house, she turned around and walked out again.

Are you going to cause trouble for Daya?

As the thought flashed through her mind, Xu Yulan hurriedly chased after him: "Aunt! Aunt!"

Zhang strode forward angrily, and while Xu Yulan was distracted, she had already reached the gate of the courtyard.

Just as she opened the gate, Xu Dahe, who was repairing the roof, heard the noise and asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"

"Dad, come down quickly and stop my aunt." Seeing him, Xu Yulan felt like she saw a savior. She shouted while rushing towards Zhang at the gate of the courtyard.

"Dahe, stay out of this!"

Zhang was about to leave after saying this. Fortunately, Xu Yulan arrived and hugged her arm, "Aunt, please don't cause trouble for Daya."

"What's going on here?"

Chen, who was busy in the kitchen, also came out when she heard the noise and asked in confusion.

"Mom, come and stop the aunt, she is going to cause trouble for Daya."

"Looking for trouble with Daya?" Chen was confused. Her sister-in-law was an adult, why would she look for trouble with a child?

She wiped her wet hands and came over: "Sister-in-law, what's going on?"

Zhang was extremely angry and immediately scolded: "The girl from the Song family is very restless. Since the beginning of the first month of the year, she has been looking for Yuzhi several times, wanting to learn to read from her.

Since we were from the same village, I didn't want to make things awkward, so I tactfully reminded her not to come to see Yuzhi again.

She turned around and went to instigate your Yulan to learn from Yuzhi. Humph, I'm going to go to the Song family and ask them how they teach their girls!"

Chen's eyes sparkled, and she smiled and said, "It's just learning to read, how did it get to the Song family's goddaughter?"

"My daughter mentioned a good family. Zhang straightened her back consciously and was not as polite to her sister-in-law Chen as before: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? Everyone knows that what the He family values is that our Yuzhi can read. She wants to learn to read so badly. Do I need to tell her what she is thinking?

When I came back from the Lantern Festival, Yuzhi told me that Daya had given her a wooden hairpin. I thought she was trying to please our Yuzhi so that she could meet Mr. He and become his concubine. I didn't expect her to be so ambitious and actually wanted to replace Yuzhi!"

Chen's expression changed. "Sister-in-law, you can't say anything without any evidence. A girl's reputation is more important than anything else."

"Reputation? Humph, she is shameless. Why should I consider her reputation?"

Having said that, Zhang pulled Xu Yulan away and was about to go to the Song family to make trouble.

Chen hurriedly stepped forward to hold her back, and spoke in a slow tone, "Sister-in-law, I'm afraid you're overthinking this. Daya has grown up under our watch. Not to mention our Xinghua Village, even in the nearby villages, there is no one more sensible and obedient than her. She is not that kind of person.

Besides, how old is she? A little girl who just turned 10, how could she think so much? I'm afraid it was just the Lantern Festival night, guessing riddles."

Xu Yulan on the side nodded vigorously and said aggrievedly: "We just want to be able to guess lantern riddles and win lanterns in the future. I explained it to them just now, but they didn't listen."

Zhang ignored Xu Yulan and sneered at Chen: "Sister-in-law, you have also suffered a lot. Do you dare to say that you didn't think about your future marriage when you were 10 years old?"

Chen fell silent. For a girl, getting married is like being reborn again, especially for girls from poor families like them.

Since they were young, their families have been training them as if they were the daughters-in-law of other families, and all they talk about is what will happen after they get married.

Everything they do is to make up for the loss of their families raising "outsiders" like them; the skills they learn and the qualities they develop are also for the purpose of marrying into a good family in the future.

Trapped in heavy farm work and without a sense of belonging, all they could hope for is the opportunity to change their fate by getting married. How could they not have thought about it?

After a long while, Chen said, "Sister-in-law, you also said that we have all been through it and know her hardships, so why should we destroy her?"

"If I don't make a scene today, she will marry Mr. He tomorrow and replace our Yuzhi?" Zhang was determined to go to the Song family and make a scene.

At this time, Xu Dahe came down from the roof and also advised Zhang: "I was bitten by a snake in August. I borrowed the Song family's cow to pull it to the county, and relied on Daya's help to identify and catch the ground tiger, so I saved my life.

Sister-in-law, we have to accept their kindness. For my sake, please don’t go to the Song family to make trouble.”

Chen glanced at her husband and felt that he had not made any progress at all. After all these years, he still didn't understand what kind of person his sister-in-law was.

It's all for his sake. Zhang is a selfish person. Don't even think about getting her to give in unless it involves her own interests.

As expected, Zhang still refused to budge. "What about our Yuzhi? As the saying goes, there are only thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days."

"Sister-in-law, listen to me, we can't make a fuss about this." Chen used a earnest tone and pulled Zhang back to the yard.

"So, since Yuzhi hasn't married into the He family yet, there might be some unexpected changes. The He family asked someone to inquire about it in advance, which shows that they care about the character of their daughter-in-law, not just her literacy.

If a lot of trouble arises right after the marriage proposal, the He family might think that it takes two to tango, and think that Yuzhi is not a good person, and our Xu family is not a good person, and might cancel the engagement."

Zhang was panicked, "How can we blame Yuzhi for this?"

"After all, the He family is from the village next door. They don't often interact with our village. They don't know Yuzhi's character, so they are naturally worried."

After explaining, Chen continued to persuade, "Secondly, the Song family is a big family in Xinghua Village, and the village chief has to give them face. Aunt Li and her mother-in-law are not easy to bully. Ma Chun'er was an example before. If the village chief hadn't been willing to mediate, she would have been thrown into the pig cage by now.

What's more, the Song family has an old man from the fourth room who is an official in another place."

Zhang frowned and pondered for a while before hesitating and saying, "If we let her go like this without teaching her a lesson, what will happen if that damn girl comes up with some evil ideas later?"

Chen sighed, "I'll go find Aunt Li and mention it in a subtle way. She's a smart person and she knows what to do."

When the sun set behind the horizon, Daya, Lai Di and Zhao Xiaocui came back from the county after selling herbs. After counting the accounts and dividing the money, they carried the firewood and pine needles that their companions had helped collect and went home.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Daya saw that an oil lamp was lit in the main room. Li was sitting at the upper seat opposite the door, with a dark face and a look as if a storm was about to come.