When Jiang Zhiyun returned, a large crowd had gathered at the door of her house, and Aunt Hong was crying.

As for Jiang Zhiwan, Zhao Guifen, and Jiang Laosan, they were dressed in coarse white clothes, as if they had come to offer condolences, and they started cursing at the door.

This time, the main purpose was to swindle money, Zhao Guifen thought. Since her daughter had been reborn, these things were indeed unbelievable. But since they sounded so real, she had no choice but to believe them.

The eldest daughter's rebirth must be due to divine protection, isn't this just so that the old couple can enjoy happiness with their stepmother?

I didn't have so many unrealistic fantasies before, but now I'm really itching to go to a big city like Bianjing to enjoy life. I don't know what kind of good fortune I've accumulated over several lifetimes.

So whatever my daughter says goes.

Now, coming here with Wan Niang to cause trouble and demand money from Yun Niang is indeed the best course of action. Don't talk about severing family ties; what's wrong with a dead person coming to their own daughter for money?

After all, they are related by blood; even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected.

……

As Jiang Zhiyun approached step by step, she could hear the Jiang family of three singing opera from afar.

At first, she was worried about Zhang, but when Jiang Zhiyun got closer, she found that Ye Qi was protecting people well, and even coldly using his long sword to block the troublemaking family of three.

As for Zhang, she was so heartbroken that her face was covered in tears and she had already fainted. Yang Ge'er was also sitting on the ground crying.

"I want an aunt... an aunt!"

"Waaah, Auntie will definitely come back."

Ye Qi was very perceptive and spotted Jiang Zhiyun at a glance. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Yunniang walked over, but Jiang Zhiwan had her back to her. The family of three hadn't noticed Yunniang yet, busy acting and not paying attention to the reactions of those around them.

Jiang Zhiwan cried, "My youngest sister married into this family, and this happened so quickly. Now, you have to give us an explanation! What are you pretending to be, Zhang Shi, by crying like this?"

"Give us fifty taels of silver to pay for a life! Zhang is dizzy. Everyone, come and help us settle this matter."

"When we married her, the Xie family didn't give my parents any gifts. Now, they should at least give Yunniang some money for her funeral."

"Fifty taels, that's the lowest I can go. Yunniang earned so much money before, fifty taels is definitely more than enough. Didn't they also find ginseng?"

At this moment, Jiang Zhiyun stood with her arms crossed next to Jiang Zhiwan, who had been shouting the whole time.

She said lightly, "Elder sister, you're being too kind. I'm not even dead yet, why would I need funeral expenses?"

Jiang Zhiwan was startled and jumped up, patting her chest as if she had seen a ghost.

After a long pause, she pointed at Jiang Zhiyun and said incredulously:

"Jiang Zhiyun...you weren't bitten to death by the poisonous snake?"

That's not right. That bamboo viper is such a venomous snake. It's impossible for Jiang Zhiyun, a weak woman with no strength to even kill a chicken, not to be bitten to death.

She was certain that the snake was heading towards Jiang Zhiyun.

Now, how come he wasn't bitten, and there wasn't even a trace of dirt or dew on his body? He came back from the mountain with nothing but mud and dew on his body.

"How could it be? How could this happen?"

“Jiang Zhiyun, don’t be stubborn. You’ve been bitten by a snake. Go find Doctor Su right now. Go back to your parents’ home. We’ll get the money from the Xie family to pay for your treatment.”

She said this in a hurry.

He looked convinced he was afraid of being overturned. Jiang Zhiyun smiled and said, "I really didn't know when I was bitten by a snake."

“The three of you from the Jiang family standing at our door in your clothes is not only unlucky, but people who don’t know better will think you’re here to observe mourning. I remember my grandparents have passed away. If you’re going to observe mourning, you should go to the Jiang family.”

"What are you doing at the Xie family's house? What do you want money for? Could it be that Jiang Laosan and Zhao Guifen, you two need your life savings?"

Jiang Laosan glared at her, and just as a slap was about to land, Jiang Zhiyun dodged it.

Her father had been beating her since she was a child. Jiang Zhiyun knew the slap was coming the moment he reached out. She dodged it and gave a sarcastic laugh: "What? You can do such shameful things, but I can't?"

Zhao Guifen said coldly, "If we weren't concerned about you, why would we have come? You don't want your parents, you want to cut ties with your family, but none of that matters, because you are the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to."

“Your stepmother went through so much trouble to save you from the mountain, and all I got in return was such cold words from you? You’re so heartless,” Zhao Guifen said, sobbing as she spoke.

Jiang Zhiyun put down her basket and took out the basket that had contained the snake. At this moment, Jiang Zhiwan still didn't know what was inside.

He leaned closer to Jiang Zhiyun and said, "Little sister, be more sensible. If we weren't worried about you, how could our Jiang family be in this situation? This is all out of love for you, how could it be shameful?"

Wanting to continue speaking, Jiang Zhiyun opened the lid of the basket, where the bamboo viper was now coiled up, winding and twisting, making one's scalp tingle.

Unfortunately, Jiang Zhiwan didn't see it at first and even went over to see what Jiang Zhiyun was up to. As soon as she got closer, what she saw was this venomous snake. She was so frightened that she sat down on the ground and started to move around frantically.

"what!"

"Jiang Zhiyun, you're crazy."

"What? Didn't you lure it to bite me? Now you've forgotten your old friend?"

Aunt Hong, who was standing on Jiang Zhiyun's side, sensed something was wrong when she heard these words.

"Yunniang, what did you say? You mean that Wanniang went to the mountains not only to save you, but also to deliberately harm you with snakes?"

"Yes, that's why I was so confused when I came back. Aunt Hong, how come the person who harmed me is going around saying they saved me? They don't even blush. It seems they've been lying all their lives."

Jiang Zhiwan: "..."

Then Yunniang continued, "I was taking shelter from the rain in a cave when my sister came down the mountain and encountered a snake. It threw a lot of eggs at me. This bamboo viper likes to eat eggs and kept coming at me."

"Luckily, I always carry a dagger with me and I also have some snake-catching skills, otherwise I really would have been killed by my eldest sister."

The neighbors all understood what was going on:

“Yunniang is the victim, she wouldn’t frame Wanniang, would she? Judging from Wanniang’s expression, she knows exactly what happened.”

"Mother was truly heartless this night, even trying to harm her own sister. The punishment of drowning her in the pig cage was too lenient."

"This kind of person never learns from her mistakes; no one in the village should associate with her anymore."

Jiang Zhiwan actually wanted to defend herself, but now, faced with so much criticism and the fact that Jiang Zhiyun was the victim, she couldn't refute her own statement.

Zhao Guifen didn't want to stand there and have people poking her nose.

She was good at saving face: "As a mother, I don't know any of these intricacies! My wife is kind-hearted and would never do something like murdering Yunniang."

“Both of them are my children. Now the two sisters are not on good terms. It is Yunniang’s choice to attack Wanniang and even say some slanderous things about us here.”

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like