Chapter 166: I am very kind

Under the big tree outside the courtyard, Du Ruo was dumbfounded.

There was a woman standing next to her, a passerby. The two had just spoken a few words when they heard this commotion.

"Jiang Li's wife, didn't you say your uncle and aunt came to greet your grandmother? Why are they fighting?"

Du Ruo didn't have time to explain and hurriedly stepped forward to help Zheng Jiumu up.

Zheng Jiumu refused to get up and secretly gave her a wink.

Du Ruo suddenly seemed to understand something.

She raised her head, looking as if she were about to cry. "Aunt-in-law, I know you don't like me, but my maternal family came specifically to visit Grandmother. How could you use such a heavy hand and beat my aunt like this?"

Cao Shi was furious. "You fart, I didn't beat her, she beat me!"

"Oh my, I say Auntie, you beat her, so you beat her, why not admit it?" The woman interjected from the side. "Look, you're still holding the broom in your hand; it couldn't be such a coincidence that you were preparing to sweep the floor before the guests even left, right?"

Everyone knew this was a taboo.

Cao Shi was speechless, so angry she rolled her eyes.

Yan Pozi walked out of the house leaning on her stick and sneered, "What a good trick of shifting the blame; I really underestimated you all."

"What does the grandmother mean by that? Could it be that we came with gifts just to fight with you?" Zheng Lao Jiu looked heartbroken.

Du Ruo also said with red eyes, "My uncle and aunt are the most polite people. If Grandmother has any dissatisfaction with me, the granddaughter-in-law, you can vent your anger on me. How could you vent your anger on them? Don't you think you're being too much..."

The woman on the side watched with great interest.

Seeing a few villagers walking by not far away, she immediately raised her voice to call them over and explained the cause and effect with great excitement.

Of course, the version she explained was Du Ruo's.

The whole village knew Yan Pozi didn't like the children of the Second Branch, so they immediately believed it. They couldn't say anything to Yan Pozi, so they all began to blame Cao Shi.

"Auntie, this is where you're wrong. Guests are guests; how can you lay hands on them?"

"That's right, look at how you beat the aunt, covered in dust and dirt, and her clothes are torn."

"I've never seen such an unreasonable person; who would dare to be a guest at your house in the future?"

Hearing these stinging words, Cao Shi almost vomited blood, pointing at the big bump on her forehead and shouting, "Open your dog eyes and look, what is this? This is the evidence! The evidence that she beat me!"

Everyone looked at each other, then looked at Zheng Jiumu on the ground.

"Aunt-in-law, if you insist on saying I beat you, then so be it."

Zheng Jiumu sniffed, her expression pitiful yet stubborn. "When you beat me, I shouldn't have dodged, so you wouldn't have used too much force and hit the wall, injuring your own head."

Cao Shi was dumbfounded—it could be like this?

The crowd looked at Cao Shi with even more unkind eyes.

The woman was afraid the matter wasn't big enough and added fuel to the fire. "It's not that I'm saying, Auntie, whether your head was injured by Zheng's aunt, we didn't see it, so it's hard to say. But these eggs on the ground, it couldn't be that she threw them herself, right?"

Cao Shi opened her mouth, wanting to say it was indeed she herself who threw them, but even if she were stupid, she knew saying it wouldn't be of any use.

Because no one would believe it.

Who would throw away the gifts they were supposed to give?

Yan Pozi watched coldly, knowing that they had suffered a loss today. Her wrinkled face was extremely gloomy. "Enough, stop talking nonsense, come back."

After saying this, she turned and entered the house.

Cao Shi spat at Du Ruo and the others, and slammed the courtyard gate shut.

Zheng Jiumu then stood up with the help of her husband and niece. The woman and a few villagers gathered around to comfort her.

They also helped pick up the old hen and the cloth from the ground. As for the dozen or so eggs, they were definitely beyond saving.

Du Ruo expressed her gratitude and then helped Zheng Jiumu walk home.

When no one was around, Zheng Lao Jiu told her the whole story and finally said, "Don't blame your aunt; it's really because that woman's words were too ugly, we couldn't take it, that's why we struck."

Zheng Jiumu turned her head to look at Du Ruo, her eyes filled with scrutiny.

If Du Ruo blamed her for this, then she would never interfere in this cheap niece's affairs again.

But how could Du Ruo blame her? She only felt gratitude, being moved, and thankfulness in her heart.

"Aunt, actually you also love me very much, right?" Du Ruo hugged Zheng Jiumu's arm tightly, rested her head on her shoulder, and said with a grin.

Although Zheng Jiumu had always been cold to the original owner since she was a child, she had never treated her poorly.

Even when Zheng Qinghe and his two brothers were framed and targeted by Du Mingzhu because of the original owner, Zheng Jiumu had never vented her anger on the original owner.

Being able to do this was really difficult; she and the original owner had no blood relationship at all.

Zheng Jiumu wasn't used to Du Ruo's closeness, reached out to push her head away, still with that poker face. "Don't think too much, I didn't do it for you, I just couldn't stand that woman's character."

Du Ruo snorted with laughter. "Alright, alright, I believe you."

After arriving home, seeing Zheng Jiumu's disheveled appearance, Zheng Shi couldn't help but ask.

After hearing the whole story, Zheng Shi almost cried with anger. "How could they say such things about my Aman? My Aman is so innocent, so kind, so sensible, how could they not tolerate her?"

Du Ruo nodded repeatedly, lifting her chin. "That's right, I'm so kind, I haven't even killed an ant!"

Gouzi, who was playing with Shitou on the side, heard this and almost tripped.

Does the word "kind" have anything to do with the mistress?

She didn't kill ants, but she didn't know how many people she had pitted behind their backs, humph...

After tidying up her hair and clothes, Zheng Jiumu and her husband went to the construction site to help.

Du Ruo followed as well.

Although everything was left to Lu Gong to arrange, the house was hers after all, so she had to go and supervise the work from time to time.

There was strength in numbers; in just one day, the old house was almost demolished, and they were currently digging the foundation.

Lu Gong smiled. "Some places may need some small changes due to the terrain or soil quality. How about this, I'll redraw a detailed plan for you. After reading it, if you feel there are no problems, we'll follow the new one."

Du Ruo naturally had no objections; after all, he was the professional.

Two days later, under the strong persuasion of Zheng Shi and her daughter, the Zheng family finally returned.

Although it wasn't a busy farming season, there were certainly many chores at home; how could they stay outside every day?

Shitou and Suo'er were very reluctant to leave, and the siblings cried in each other's arms.

Gouzi, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief.

Hey, who understands the pain of babysitting, and a brat at that?

That afternoon, Lu Gong finally finished the plan and handed it to Du Ruo.

Du Ruo was helping to tidy up the bowls and chopsticks in the shed, so she washed her hands, put it on the table, and looked at it carefully.

"No rush, anyway, we're still laying the foundation, there's plenty of time. Du Niang Zi can take it back and read it slowly, just let me know when you're done."

After saying this, Lu Gong went back to supervise the work.

Du Ruo was engrossed in reading when Chun Hua walked in and called her. "Ruo sister, someone is looking for you outside." ===== CHAPTER 167 =====