Reborn as a devoted sister-in-law, she leads the entire village to prosperity.

"Miss Yu, why are you speaking to me like that? What have I done to offend you?"

Xu Xiucai felt a little flustered, wondering why Yu Banxia had suddenly changed like this.

It has to be said that although Yu Banxia is a bit stupid and ugly, with the things she sends, at least he will live well and eat well.

They won't go hungry, nor will they be as pale and thin as before.

Seeing his behavior, Yu Banxia couldn't help but laugh out loud.

As the one who benefited from the situation, she has now completely changed and will never fawn over him again, so of course he can't accept it.

"No, we're not close. Don't try to get too familiar with each other. Men and women shouldn't touch each other."

"You call yourself a scholar? How can you not even understand this simple principle? Have you wasted all those years of studying the classics?"

When Xu Xiucai heard her say such unpleasant things, his face instantly darkened.

"Miss Yu, do you really have to say such harsh things?"

"I came to visit you with good intentions, but you didn't even know the facts and uttered such vicious words. Is this the kind of upbringing your Yu family has?"

"No wonder your father could only ever be a lowly scholar, unable to even properly raise his daughter. How could he be worthy of taking the imperial examinations and becoming an official!"

"That's still better than you being shameless. If you don't want to marry Yu Banxia, ​​why are you stringing her along day after day? You shameless thing."

"Yu Banxia was right, you're a shameless scoundrel, and you call yourself a scholar? Bah!"

Yu Banxia turned around in surprise, only to find it was Yu Meihua.

She really couldn't understand why this girl would suddenly come to help her.

Yu Meihua felt a little uncomfortable when she saw Yu Banxia looking at her curiously.

"What are you looking at? We're practically related by blood, how can we just stand by and watch you get bullied by outsiders in front of your own village?"

Yu Banxia couldn't help but laugh when she saw her like this.

This girl isn't really that bad.

It's just a little jealousy between girls, a few teasing words exchanged in daily life, nothing serious.

When she arrived, she retorted, and they were even.

"Xiaxia." Yu Banyue also rushed over upon hearing the news. Seeing that Yu Banxia looked normal, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Auntie, Auntie, this Scholar Xu is bullying my aunt."

"They say they're here to visit their aunt, but that's not the case at all."

"I think he just knows we hunted wild boar and wants to freeload off us. He's supposed to be a scholar, how shameless!"

He also said that his aunt was ill-mannered and mocked his grandfather, saying that it was no wonder he could only be an old scholar and was not worthy of taking the imperial examination and becoming an official.

Even the good-tempered Yu Banyue couldn't help but turn pale upon hearing this.

"Xu Xiucai, you call yourself a scholar, how can you be so shameless?"

"Why did you, with your scholarly integrity, accept all the things my Xiaxia used to take?"

Xu Xiucai trembled with anger, and Yu Banyue followed up, saying, "Since you are so high and mighty, then return the things that my Xiaxia gave you in the past!"

"As the sage said, only women and petty men are difficult to deal with!"

As he spoke, he turned to run.

"Fugen, Fusheng, grab him, don't let him get away!" Yu Banxia suddenly called out.

Nine-year-old cousin Fugen and seven-year-old nephew Fusheng quickly stepped forward and pulled the person back.

"So all you've learned after all these years of hard study is this one sentence?"

"Your comprehension is so poor, anyone who didn't know better would think you're a complete idiot."

Nine-legged fish?

"What is a 'nine-leaky fish'?" Yu Meihua asked curiously.

Yu Banxia glanced at her before kindly explaining, "He didn't start school at nine years old. He's eighteen this year. Hasn't he been studying hard for nine years?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Yu Meihua counted on her fingers.

"He studied hard for nine years, yet he didn't even know that 'women and children are the most difficult to raise,' meaning that women are delicate and children are fragile and need to be carefully cared for. What else could he be but a fish that slipped through the net?"

"Pfft... Yu Banxia, ​​when did you become so sharp-tongued? I was a little unconvinced when you criticized me before."

"Now that I hear it, it really does sound pretty good." Yu Meihua couldn't help but burst into laughter after hearing it.

Xu Xiucai pointed at Yu Banxia, ​​his lips trembling, the words "only women" were on the tip of his tongue, but he ultimately couldn't utter them.

"Let me go! This is an insult to culture! Yu Banxia, ​​you gave me those things willingly, why should I return them?"

Yu Banxia laughed: "Yes, indeed. After feeding a dog for a while, the dog thinks it can act as its master just because it's been fed."

"You!" Xu Xiucai's eyes widened.

The commotion quickly attracted villagers from other villages who were watching the excitement in Anping Village.

He was somewhat surprised to hear Yu Banxia insult Xu Xiucai like that.

The fact that the youngest daughter of the old scholar was infatuated with Xu Xiucai and wanted to marry him was common knowledge among the villagers in the surrounding villages.

Something seems off today.

"How dare you insult me ​​by calling me a dog!" Xu Xiucai's eyes were bloodshot.

Yu Banxia shrugged, a rather unseemly gesture, and was slapped by Yu Banyue.

Yu Banxia quickly smiled at her sister, then looked at Xu Xiucai: "Whether I gave those things voluntarily or you hinted that I should give them, you know the answer in your heart."

“I’ve made it very clear that I’ve been playing with and raising dogs for the past two years, but you’re absolutely not going to try to take advantage of me.”

"Don't come looking for me again. I, Yu Banxia, ​​have no connection with you, Scholar Xu!" After saying this, he called his nephew and niece and walked towards the village.

Xu Xiucai's face turned ashen with anger, and after a long while, he finally uttered, "Yu Banxia, ​​I, Xu Ziyan, will remember this humiliation I have suffered today!"

After saying that, ignoring the laughter of the crowd, he turned and left.

"Pah, this Xu scholar is truly shameless. He even bragged to me that the youngest daughter of the old scholar Yu was in love with him."

"Turns out, they were just teasing him."

Some people looked at the young man who had spoken with a meaningful look. It was just something the girl said to save face, and this guy actually took it seriously.

No one expected that Yu Banxia would have such backbone, actually breaking off relations with him in public.

If Xu Xiucai passes the imperial examination in the future, the Yu family will likely be in trouble.

Once the excitement subsided, the crowd dispersed, though some shameless individuals stayed behind to continue watching Anping Village prepare the pig slaughtering feast.

They just keep refusing to leave, and Anping Village, for the sake of face, might give them some pork stew to try.

These days, everyone only eats meat when there's a big event in the family or during festivals.

Anping Village got such a big wild boar, what's wrong with sharing some?

Yu Banxia carried her four-year-old niece back to the cooking area, where Wu Zhuxiang saw her return.

She quickly wiped her hands and pulled the person aside: "I heard that Scholar Xu came looking for you? My sister-in-law was watching the pot and couldn't leave. How could that person be so shameless, especially since he's a scholar?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, he didn't get away with it this time," Yu Banxia comforted her.

Wu Zhuxiang carefully examined Yu Banxia's face and, seeing that Yu Banxia hadn't lied to her, finally felt relieved.