My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Yang Fenglan clutched the clothes to her chest, heartbroken.

"Mother, you're saying... you won't even lend me two coins?"

With so many people watching, Wang Guihua was afraid that her mother-in-law would be criticized for speaking too bluntly.

She quickly tried to cover it up: "Fenglan, what are you thinking? That's not what I meant. It's just that we really don't have a single penny left."

"Tsk tsk, let me see, white flour buns, eggs, green vegetables, and pork cracklings. You can't even afford two coins, yet you can eat so well?"

"It's not that he can't afford it. Zhou Qinghe earns more than ten taels of silver a year. How could he possibly spend it all?"

"What this means is that they simply can't bear to lend it."

Yang Fenglan looked incredulous. "Mother, you really won't lend me the money?"

“Oh dear, Fenglan.” Wang Guihua pulled Yang Fenglan up. “If your mother had money, how could she not lend it to you? The family really has no money. Last time when we were watering the fields, everyone in the family was sick or in pain, and all the money was used to pay for medical treatment.”

It's only been half a month since the last irrigation.

Yang Fenglan smiled wryly, "Speaking of the last time we watered the fields, my sister-in-law asked me and Jingyi to help the Zhou family water their fields first, and then everyone else would help me water mine."

"As a result, after we finished watering the Zhou family's twenty or thirty acres of land, the whole family fell ill and were in pain. In the end, they didn't even help me carry a single bucket of water."

"I was thinking we're all family and didn't hold it against you, but now that Jingyi is in trouble and can't work, my son and I are no longer of any benefit to the Zhou family. So, it's hard to even lend you two taels of silver, isn't it?"

"That's not how it works," Wang Guihua said, her voice lacking confidence.

"Sister-in-law, stop talking. I won't argue with you. It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't want to."

Yang Fenglan bravely wiped away the tears on her face, held her head high and stood tall, which actually made her look quite resilient.

“Jingren, Jingli, and Jingzhi are all well-raised and healthy. I don’t think Jingyi is like the Zhou family’s children.”

"Only you know whether it's from the Zhou family or not," Wang sneered.

"Heh." Yang Fenglan laughed angrily, "Mother said this to spread rumors and ruin my reputation, but actually it's because Jingyi's leg won't get better and he won't be able to earn money in the future. She thinks Jingyi is useless and doesn't want to acknowledge him anymore, right?"

Originally, Wang was unsure of the outcome. Among his peers, Zhou Jingyi was indeed a talented individual, and as a grandmother, she was reluctant to abandon her grandson who could earn money.

Now that Yang Fenglan said his leg wouldn't get better, what was there to be afraid of?

The Zhou family can't afford to support a cripple.

Besides, she already has three outstanding grandsons, Jingren, Jingli, and Jingzhi, so she doesn't need Zhou Jingyi.

Thinking it over, Wang felt even more confident. "You say I'm spreading rumors? Qingshan died early. Who knew that Zhou Jingyi was someone you had an affair with outside, or that he was Qingshan's son?"

Good guy!

They actually said such things.

Yang Fenglan smiled, then she had no worries at all.

"When Zhou Qingshan died, Jingyi was already three years old. Does Mother mean she likes to cuckold the Zhou family by saying this?"

"You still have the nerve to say that? I think Zhou Jingyi isn't even a Zhou family member! It's you and that Xiao guy. No wonder the hunter treated Jingyi so well. It turns out, things have been going on for a long time."

As Wang spoke, she looked smugly at the heads hanging on the wall.

It seemed to be announcing: Did you hear that? I've discovered a shocking secret: Yang has been involved with that hunter for a long time.

Eat quickly and pass it on!

However, the people did not think as she had expected.

"Why is Old Mrs. Zhou acting like this? Do you think we don't know who Xiao Yuanshan is?"

"Yes, back when Zhou Qingshan died out there, Xiao Yuanshan had already gotten married."

"Leaving aside the ancient history, even now, I feel sorry for the Yang family. They send food to the Zhou family every few days, but when they ask to borrow two taels of silver to save their lives, the Zhou family refuses to give it to them."

"Who says otherwise? We've delivered quite a lot in just the last few days. We delivered chicken soup the other day, eggs yesterday, and this morning we even went to the river to fetch water for the Zhou family to irrigate their fields!"

"Tsk tsk, the Yang family has gone to such lengths for the Zhou family, yet they won't even lend them two taels of silver!"