After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

"Of course it's Xu'er's father-in-law. We don't have any other sons in our family."

Madam Xue didn't even lift her eyelids, and took a sip of tea.

"Xue Xu! When did he get engaged?! How come we had no idea?!"

Madam Xue stood up, not believing it at all. She was sure that the widow knew she was going to arrange a marriage for Xue Xu and deliberately preemptively said that Xue Xu was already engaged.

"You're just a woman! How could you arrange such a big deal as the third-ranked scholar's engagement all by yourself?!"

"Exactly! Without a respected elder in the family to oversee things, how can they expect to find a good marriage partner?"

The two Xue brothers, Xue Da and Xue Er, also looked disapproving, even though they didn't know that Madam Xue was going to arrange a marriage.

However, the two brothers tacitly and presumptuously felt that it was against the rules for a widow to arrange a marriage for her son without consulting the family.

With the head of the household gone, how can we not ask for the opinions of our eldest and second uncles?!

“I am Xu’er’s legal mother, and Aunt Li is Xu’er’s birth mother. How come we, as her mothers, can’t make decisions about Xu’er’s marriage, but you outsiders want to make those decisions?”

"Hmph! What a big mouth!"

Madam Xue was so angry she almost laughed. At this moment, she truly understood the catchphrase that the young master of the Jiang family always had on his lips!

"Ahem, what are you saying! What outsiders! We're all just concerned about Xu'er. Her status is different now, so we can't be casual about her marriage!"

Grandpa Jiang was determined to carry on with his grandstanding to the end, and Second Grandpa Jiang chimed in from the sidelines.

"That's right. I don't know what kind of family your sister-in-law has arranged for you. After all, Xu'er wasn't born from your womb. We share the same blood as Xu'er, and we're worried that you won't do your best!"

"What kind of family could they be interested in? Could it be some high-ranking official or nobleman from the capital?"

Two mouths trying to fight off four mouths is still a struggle.

Xue Yu'er was angry and anxious listening from the back room, but her mother wouldn't let her come out, saying that girls shouldn't act like shrewish women like them.

But she doesn't want to be virtuous and polite right now. She just wants to be a shrew. Being a lady is too stifling!

"Mother, Aunt, when did our house become so lively? In previous years, we never had many distinguished guests, so why are there such unpleasant guests this year?"

Xue Yu'er adjusted her tone, trying to make her voice sound less timid.

"You little slut, you cursed father and mother, do you even have the right to speak here!"

Madam Xue's mouth was always vicious. She still remembered the humiliation these women had caused her before they went to the capital, and she had been holding back her anger, waiting to return and take revenge.

Madam Xue shielded Xue Yu behind her, which was why she didn't want her daughter to come out; a young girl like her was no match for a shrew.

The other person will only keep poking at your sore spots, without caring whether you feel pain or shed tears.

The more pain you feel, the happier they are; the more you cry, the more excited they become!

"Yu'er is still a child. Second sister-in-law, what you're saying is quite disrespectful to an elder!"

"Hmph, just a concubine's daughter who was born to kill her own mother. You're protecting her, sister-in-law. Heh, that's right. You don't have any biological children. If you don't protect them, you'll have no hope in the future."

"How dare you speak to my mother like that! Your children are all your own flesh and blood, but unfortunately, none of them are successful. My second cousin is good for nothing, neither academic nor martial arts, and he can't even do basic accounting!"

My second cousin is quite good at accounting, but she managed to close down and sell a perfectly profitable shop. Second Aunt, you are truly blessed! And your good fortune is yet to come!

And Auntie, do you really think my eldest cousin took the several thousand taels of silver you gave him to buy goods outside? Go check out the brothels outside the city! You're guaranteed to be pleasantly surprised!

With red eyes, Xue Yu'er recklessly and bombarded the younger generation of the two families with her dirty secrets. Some of these things they knew, and some they truly didn't know.

Xue Yu'er wasn't bullied for nothing all these years because of her many interactions with her cousins. She knew some of their secrets, whether willingly or unwillingly.

She didn't investigate on purpose; it's just that those people were really arrogant. They once boasted that even if they lost several more shops, her parents wouldn't teach them a lesson, but would just give them another set of capital.

Hmph, they don't care, because this money isn't their hard-earned money, it's not what they earned by doing business far from home!

All this money was earned by my father before he died?! These bloodsucking leeches just squander money they got for free!

Xue Yu'er's eyes were bloodshot, and for a moment, both families forgot to refute her.

"Yanliu Lane? What Yanliu Lane?"

Madam Xue seemed to only then realize what was happening and pressed for an answer.

At this moment, Xue Yu'er just smiled and didn't say anything.

Want to know? Go see for yourself! A house in Yanliu Lane doesn't cost several thousand taels of silver, but it does cost to support the people living there.

Of my uncle's family, only my aunt is probably kept in the dark. That's good, that's good. This family is like a toad chasing a frog, ugly people playing with flowers!

Grandpa Xue's expression turned strange for a moment, and his eyes turned murderous as he looked at Xue Yu'er.

However, they stopped Madam Xue, who was still determined to get to the bottom of things. Second Master Xue felt that his elder brother was acting strangely, his eyes darting around as if he was plotting something.

The four men, who had been holding in their urine for so long, finally reached their breaking point and got up to leave.

The three members of the Xue family didn't even get up; at this point, there was no need to pretend anymore.

"Yu'er, how do you know about those things between their two families? I've never heard you mention it before."

And another thing, what exactly is this "Yanliu Lane" all about? I saw your uncle's expression change noticeably after you said that name.

Could it be that your eldest cousin did something outrageous, and your uncle knew about it but helped keep it from your aunt?

Madam Xue asked a series of questions. Although Aunt Li didn't speak, her eyes were fixed on the questions her mistress wanted to ask, and she sat waiting for the answers.

"Mother, do you really want to know?"

"This child! He's learned to keep us in suspense! Tell us, tell us!"

Sure enough, gossip is a common human trait, and the two women transformed into onlookers at this moment.

As Xue Yu'er recounted the affairs of the two families one by one, the two of them tightly gripped the handkerchiefs in their hands. Was this... this... really that explosive?

This family really knows how to have fun!

Where is morality? Where is ethics? Where is our address?

Oh, right, the address is in Yanliu Lane. I'll have to go check it out sometime!