Chapter 12: Old Yin-Yang Person

Xiao Liangchen, she remembered.

He was the gentle and handsome scholar next door to the original owner, and also her childhood sweetheart.

Of course, that was all in the past. When she was small, the original owner wasn't ugly at all. Not only was she not ugly, but she also fully inherited all the advantages of Du Ren Mei and Mrs. Zheng, looking jade-snow and cute, and she was also cheerful and lively. Xiao Liangchen was two years older than her, plus Zheng Qinghe, the three children were of similar age, so they often played together, and the relationship was very good.

Although it wasn't stated clearly, the adults of both families knew it well and intended to form a marriage.

However, in the year the original owner was twelve, the eleven-year-old Du Mingzhu woke up the vicious factor in her body and sent the first bowl of "tonic."

Since then, the original owner became more and more timid, and her person gradually grew out of shape.

What was even more terrifying was that everyone who was close to her had bad luck one after another, either bitten by poisonous snakes for no reason or pushed into the river for no reason.

The Xiao family and the Zheng family had been neighbors for many years, so they naturally knew it had something to do with the Du family.

For the sake of their son's safety, the Xiao family chose to protect themselves and didn't allow their son to associate with the original owner anymore. Xiao Liangchen was always filial and obedient, so he gradually alienated the original owner, and the two eventually became strangers.

Thinking of these, Du Ruo couldn't help but sigh secretly.

What is love in the world, it makes people unable to handle it. Perhaps part of the reason the original owner chose to give her the flesh was because of Xiao Liangchen. She had Xiao Liangchen in her heart, so she didn't want to marry another man...

"Discussing marriage is discussing marriage, nineteen years old, it's time to discuss marriage." For this little childhood sweetheart of the original owner, Du Ruo was indifferent.

Zheng Qinghe was stunned, carefully observing her face, "Are... are you okay?"

"What could I be okay with?" Du Ruo *pfft* laughed, "Don't worry, third brother, I stopped liking him long ago. Besides, I have a husband now. Although my husband is not at home, I can't give him a green hat."

Seeing her expression was light, not like she was forcing a smile, Zheng Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, "It's great that you can think it through, I was afraid you would cry!"

He specifically told Du Ruo about Xiao Liangchen discussing marriage, also hoping to completely cut off her thoughts and live a good life in the Jiang family in the future.

Xiushan Town was divided into South Street and North Street. South Street mainly operated some shops, selling firewood, rice, oil, salt, cloth, livestock, and various food and daily necessities; North Street was more favored by literati, with restaurants, brothels, medicine shops, medical clinics, and bookstores. The best Xiushan Academy in the town was at the end of North Street.

Du Ruo had no money and no time to go shopping, so she took Zheng Qinghe straight to the place where she came.

Sure enough, she saw the village ox cart under the willow tree by the roadside.

"Is Jiang Li's wife here? Come up, we're waiting for you." The old man driving the cart still had a smiling face.

Du Ruo gave him an egg and smiled: "Sorry, Old Tie uncle, I'm fat and slow, making you wait for a long time."

The old man was very happy.

An egg wasn't a big deal, but Du Ruo understood human feelings, which made him feel very warm.

Zheng Qinghe put the two old hens and the basket on the ox cart, then pulled Du Ruo behind the tree and took out two strings of copper coins from his bosom and stuffed them into her hand without saying a word.

"This is third brother's private money. Third brother is a bachelor, and there's nowhere to spend it, so I'll give it to you." He lowered his voice.

Du Ruo hurriedly pushed it back, "I don't want it, you save it to marry a wife!"

Every copper coin was the hard-earned money Zheng Qinghe earned by carrying sacks at the pier. How could she accept it with peace of mind?

"If you still treat me as your brother, accept it, otherwise I'll turn my face!" He didn't wait for Du Ruo to react, turned around, and ran away like a wisp of smoke.

"Hey, third brother! Third brother!"

Du Ruo chased a few steps, but she was fat and had short legs, so she couldn't catch up at all, and Zheng Qinghe's figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Sighing, Du Ruo had no choice but to put the money into her bosom and turned to climb onto the ox cart.

The wives sitting on the ox cart were still the same ones from the morning.

But unlike the morning, they were noisy and lively when they came, but now they were all pulling long faces and silent.

Du Ruo didn't know them well, so she naturally wouldn't open her mouth, just bent down to pull the cloth covering the basket in the swaying bumps of the ox cart.

"Yo, buying so many things, meat and eggs, it must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Du Ruo looked up, sure enough, it was that Aunt Lin again, opening her mouth as an old Yin-Yang person.

She wasn't in a good mood right now and couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her.

Seeing Du Ruo didn't say anything, Aunt Lin's momentum became even stronger: "Poor Jiang Li, working hard to earn a little money, having to support his grandmother above and his younger brothers and sisters below, living frugally himself, not willing to spend a single copper coin, but the wife he married is a fairy who doesn't know the hardships of the world, spending money lavishly, unable to eat coarse tea and light rice, only picking the good and expensive ones to buy, truly a sin!"

Du Ruo's hand paused.

She looked steadily at the middle-aged woman and said: "None of your business."

Aunt Lin's face stiffened, "How are you talking?"

"Why, am I wrong?" Du Ruo sneered, "It's my own family's money, I want to spend it however I want, I want to buy whatever I want, does it have half a copper coin to do with you? A dog meddling in a mouse's business, that's what people like you are!"

Originally, she had just married into Longquan Cun, thinking that they would all be in the same village in the future, and it would be best to have a good relationship, but some people just had to find scolding, so don't blame her for not being polite.

As soon as she said this, the ox cart was silent, even the ox didn't moo.

Aunt Lin lost face in front of so many people, and she was furious, "A new daughter-in-law with such a sharp tongue, she must not have been a decent thing when she was a girl in her maiden home! Yes, I have nothing to do with your Jiang family, but Jiang Li grew up watching me, and he can be considered my half-junior. I just can't stand you squandering his money, so what?"

She pointed to the direction of the town, "And that little white face just now, who is he? Sneaky and pulling and dragging, did you take Jiang Li's money to raise a wild man while he wasn't at home?"

This dirty water was splashed, and the other wives couldn't listen anymore, and they started to persuade.

"Oh, this can't be said blindly, I don't think it looks like it."

"Forget it, forget it, all in the same village, let's take a step back and say less."

"Maybe it's a relative, if this spreads out, how bad it would be..."

Du Ruo laughed.

This Aunt Lin didn't know what she had experienced, her head was full of male theft and female prostitution.

"I'll say it again, Jiang Li is my husband, his money is my money, I want to spend it however I want, you! Can't! Manage!"

"As for the man just now, he is my brother! Why, is Aunt Lin's family style so open? It doesn't matter if the son and daughter mess around together?"

"You!!" Aunt Lin was furious and rushed over to tear and fight with Du Ruo.

Others hurriedly pressed her down, "Oh, can't move, can't move, be careful of overturning the cart!"

The young wife who smoothed things over in the morning was sitting next to Du Ruo, covering her mouth and laughing at this time: "Oh, Jiang Li's wife, you said that wrong. Aunt Lin can't give birth to a son, there is only an only daughter in the family, so there is no way to mess around."

This remark was like stepping on a mouse's tail, Aunt Lin exploded instantly, and the spearhead immediately turned to the young wife.

"Yao Yulan, you little bitch, a person with a wicked mouth, relying on the power of your old man to show off in front of me, what kind of thing are you?"

"Yes, I am relying on the power of my old man, so what?" Yao Yulan retorted, "You are allowed to rely on the power of your man, but I am not allowed to rely on the power of my old man? If you have the ability, hit me, see who suffers!"

Aunt Lin was completely out of her mind with anger, and kicked toward Yao Yulan in a rage.

Yao Yulan didn't show weakness either, the two of them kicked each other, and their mouths didn't stop, taking turns greeting each other's ancestors.

The two chickens on the cart were frightened, *cluck cluck cluck* screaming, flapping wildly among the women, and for a time, chicken feathers flew everywhere, and several wives were also panicked, covering their faces one after another.

Just at this time, the wheel was tripped by a pebble, Aunt Lin didn't hold steady, her body tilted, and she fell off the ox cart straight. ===== CHAPTER 13 =====