A farmer has a shrewish wife; he's busy making money every day.

It wasn't until she stepped out of the store and onto the street that Ye Qingxue finally came to her senses.

Before she even realized that she was still tightly gripping Zhao Ciyan's sleeve with one hand, she reached up with her other hand and grabbed his arm.

"Brother Zhao, thank you very much!"

Zhao Ciyan's eyes held a faint smile: "You smoked it yourself, it has nothing to do with me."

"No, that's not how it works. I'll give you five taels of silver first, and I'll definitely pay you back in a while."

"Brother Ye, you really don't need to be so polite."

"No, I don't like owing favors to others."

Zhao Ciyan sighed helplessly and took four taels of silver from Ye Qingxue's palm: "This prize was won in the lottery. Five parts of the credit goes to me for buying the table, and five parts to your luck. So I'll only take four taels from you."

Ye Qingxue tilted her head and thought for a moment, then realized it made sense. She looked at Zhao Ciyan with surprise and suspicion.

I didn't expect this person to be so petty after all.

"Okay, then let's do it that way, thank you."

"Let's go, where else do you want to go?"

"Let's go take a look over there!"

Wen Yanyu walked to the side and saw them chatting and laughing. For some reason, a bittersweet feeling welled up in her heart.

What's sour and astringent about it?

Perhaps he was a little unhappy to see Brother Ye getting along better with others.

Such emotions can also exist between friends.

Wen Yanyu told himself in his mind, deliberately trying not to think about the terrible situation.

"Brother Wen, come quick!"

Ye Qingxue turned around and saw Wen Yanyu standing there in a daze, so she called out to him loudly.

Wen Yanyu's gentle smile returned as she hurried toward them.

……

After a day of shopping, Ye Qingxue bought a screen and five new cotton quilts, which cost her quite a bit of money.

However, thanks to Wen Yanyu's recommendation, they avoided many detours.

Tomorrow, I'll go back to the house and clean it up a bit, then I can move in completely.

With happy days just around the corner, she needed to hurry up and deal with those in the desolate village who harbored ill intentions towards her.

Upon returning to the deserted village, they were surprised to find that Lu Meng and Li You were not home.

Ever since Ye Qingxue told them about Ye Hua'er that day, they have been restless all day long, and they get up shortly after Ye Qingxue gets up every day.

They had just returned when Ye Qingxue came back.

Today, to make matters worse, they didn't even come back.

Ye Qingxue's heart skipped a beat: something big was about to happen.

The couple was in a hurry; they started doing it so quickly.

Suddenly, a commotion arose in the distance, and judging from the direction, it was coming from the direction of Liu Baode's house.

Ye Qingxue quickly got up and went out, telling her parents to rest at home and not to go out and join in the fun.

They soon arrived at the place where the sound came from, and sure enough, it was Liu Baode's house.

She squeezed her way in with difficulty and saw Aunt Zhang with her two sons, pointing at a woman and cursing.

The woman's once neat clothes were now disheveled, torn in places, with many ambiguous red marks beneath the tears.

It's a leaf flower.

Ye Qingxue had never seen Ye Hua'er like this before. Although she didn't have exquisite hairpins and jewelry, she was always clean and tidy.

Today, however, she was exposed in such a disheveled state to all the villagers, and Ye Qingxue couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Ye Hua'er! You shameless woman! You already have a man, yet you still try to seduce my two sons and cheated me out of so much grain! You slut!"

Aunt Zhang was very emotional and kept cursing.

Ye Hua'er squatted on the ground, burying her face in her hands and sobbing uncontrollably, repeatedly shouting, "I didn't! I didn't have an affair!"

No one wanted to believe her.

Her parents were held down by the Liu brothers, struggling and their eyes were bloodshot, but they couldn't utter a sound.

Ye Qingxue heard the villagers surrounding her whispering and discussing among themselves.

"Hey, what happened?"

“How come you just got here? Aunt Zhang just went crazy and insisted on breaking into Liu Baode’s house. We were all terrified. Guess what? There was a woman lying in Liu Baode’s house. Someone saw it with their own eyes. She was naked.”

"Huh? Could it be... that flower girl?"

"Sigh, why are you still calling her a girl? She already has a man."

"This can't happen, can it? Isn't Er Yatou supposed to be the most well-behaved and sensible? She's also smart and is going to marry into a wealthy family."

"Sigh, the person has already been caught, so what excuses can they possibly have? It just goes to show that you can know a person's face but not their heart."

Ye Qingxue was somewhat surprised after hearing the general outline of what had happened.

How did Aunt Zhang manage to barge into Liu Baode's house so easily?

Even if you don't go to remote places to do bad things, you should still lock the door if you do it at home, right?

Aunt Zhang was blocked outside the door and managed to hide for a while. Even if Ye Hua'er couldn't escape, she could hide. How could she be caught directly on the bed?

unless……

Ye Qingxue suddenly turned to look at Liu Baode, who was standing to the side. He was looking down and his expression was not visible.

Ye Hua'er was hurt from the beating and fell down beside Liu Baode, sobbing: "I didn't have an affair! He forced me to come here today! I'm so innocent!"

He grabbed Liu Baode's trouser leg, looking at him with teary eyes: "Please, explain to them, it wasn't my choice..."

Anyone who saw her like that would feel sorry for her and want to pity her.

But her tricks didn't work today. Liu Baode kicked her away with force.

Ye Hua fell backward to the ground with a scream.

Liu Baode snorted coldly and spat at Ye Hua'er, "Why should I explain for you? You just wanted to get into my bed, didn't you? I refused you in every way, but you stood naked in front of me. What, now that everyone has found out, you're not going to admit it?"

Ye Hua'er's face turned deathly pale instantly. Enduring the pain, she got up and shouted at Liu Baode, "You're lying! You're the one who lied to me today, saying there was a treasure left by the Chen family in my house, that's why I came!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers' expressions all showed disgust.

"Then you're both greedy for other people's things and having affairs with men, which is even more disgusting."

Ye Hua'er flinched as the villagers scolded her, and looked around in a panic.

"No... I didn't... No... He forced himself on me! It wasn't my choice!"

Liu Baode suddenly squatted down and slapped her across the face: "Still trying to deny it? You're saying I forced myself on you?"

"Yes! It was you who forced me..."

"Then how will you explain to everyone where the seed in your belly came from?"

wow——

The villagers erupted in a huge discussion.

"You found out you were pregnant with my child, and you were afraid of being discovered, so you went to Doctor Li to ask him to help you get rid of the child. But he also had feelings for you, so in addition to me, you also hooked up with Doctor Li, didn't you!"

Ye Qingxue stared at Liu Baode's eyes and glared fiercely at Li Langzhong in the crowd, her words ringing out with conviction, a knowing glint in her eyes.

So this was all Liu Baode's doing; he deliberately invited Ye Hua'er to his house and deliberately left the door unlocked.

Presumably, Aunt Zhang was able to believe Lu Meng's words so quickly because Liu Baode was behind it all.

Chen's departure had already dealt him a heavy blow, and now that he had been cuckolded by a woman, he was bound to want revenge.

After all, he was a man, and he didn't care about reputation, but this infamy could destroy Ye Hua'er's life.

Ye Qingxue didn't know how Liu Baode knew that Ye Hua'er had gotten involved with Doctor Li. As far as she knew, Ye Hua'er was very cautious and it was impossible for her to let people easily discover that she had a relationship with Doctor Li.

The only people who knew about this were Lu Meng and his wife, Li You.

Just as he thought of those two people, Lu Meng's voice rang out.

"You slut! You've corrupted the morals of our desolate village! Today, according to village rules, we'll have you drowned in a pig cage!"