After staying busy during the day, several aunts and aunts of the He family sat in a place at night and gossiped, inquiring about the words, and learned that Yingzi was working in the workshop where tofu was made, the salary was high, the work was not tired, and it was very important for the owner's family, so they were extremely envious, and they inquired about whether there were good offspring in the Yunjia Village, and they also planned in advance for their daughter.

Yingzi didn't want to accept it directly, so she smiled and said, "When I go back and visit again, if I have a good family, let people bring the letter back, of course, good things must be close to my sister first." ”

A cousin who is @ more greedy for money on weekdays said, "If there are descendants who also work in the workshop, even if the family is poorer, they are not afraid." ”

"My cousin said that it was late, and several of the descendants in the workshop were married," Yingzi smiled and refilled the tea for the elders, and said, "Now everyone in the village raises chickens and pigs and sells them to the Zhao family's shop, and there are buds in the fields, which are much richer than in previous years, and the Zhao family's paddy fields will also be tenant out next year, I am afraid that the days will be even better, and the girls will have a good life when they marry in." Even the girls in our village have been stepped on by the matchmaker, and the descendants of other villages are vying to marry. ”

An old lady sitting at the top of the right was wearing a jade-colored shirt, with a silver hairpin inserted in the head mountain, showing that her family background was much better than that of everyone. And she came from Sanli Town, but she didn't get the same warm treatment as before, so she was a little unthinking, and when she heard her talk like this, she sneered and said, "The girl of Yunjia Village is popular? That was in the past, and maybe in the future. ”

Yingzi listened to the meaning of her words a little badly, remembered the incident a few days ago, and felt a sigh in her heart, and asked, "What did the fourth grandmother say about this?" Could it be that the daughter of Yunjia Village will not be able to marry at home in the future? ”

The four grandmothers pursed their lips, looked left and right at their own family, and whispered mysteriously, "It's not my wife who learns words, but I have recently heard that the girls in the village have bad behavior, and they are afraid that they will wear green turbans when they marry their families." ”

Green turban? This is heavy enough, everyone is surprised and curious, Yingzi also frowned, Yingzi Niang couldn't see her eldest daughter like this, so she helped, "Fourth aunt, this gossip is all false, it can't be true, there are many unmarried girls in Yunjia Village, if you hear us say this, I'm afraid you will come to the door to theorize." ”

Seeing that her words were questioned, the fourth grandmother immediately became angry and said loudly, "If I lie, the sky will thunder, everyone in our town knows it, a few days ago in Yunjia Village, a girl took the initiative to climb into the man's bed, but she slept wrongly, and was caught and raped in bed by the people of the whole village, not to mention how embarrassing it is." You say, who else dares to marry the daughter of the village, if they marry unscrupulously, won't the family be chaotic? ”

Everyone whispered, Yingzi's face changed completely, the elders in the village all gave a ban, and every family never revealed it to the outside world for the sake of their own face, why did even the fourth grandmother in Sanli Town know about it now?

The women talked for a while, but it was not good to go too far in front of Yingzi, so they endured the fire of gossip in their hearts, and turned to some homely gossip, and then dispersed.

Yingzi remembered this in her heart, tossed and turned all night, and sent her sister-in-law to marry on the second day, so she took the carriage of the fourth grandmother, arrived at the fork in the official road, and trotted all the way back to Yunjia Village.

She thought about it again and again, she still went to the workshop first, and told Rui Xue about it, Rui Xue responded like that day, and it was not with the purpose of wanting to spoil the marriage of the daughters of the whole village, after hearing this, she naturally knew the severity, and hurriedly said, "This is a major matter related to the entire village, or tell Li Zheng and the elders to make up their minds as soon as possible." ”

Yingzi responded, went back to her mother-in-law's house, and said this, her father-in-law threw down the farm tools he was repairing, and immediately went to Lizheng's house, and soon the whole village knew about it, and the family with a daughter was so anxious that their eyes were red.

You must know that a woman's reputation is the most important, if it really spreads in villages and towns near and far, the daughters of this village will not be able to grow at home in the future? It would be even more humiliating if there were relatives who came to the door to withdraw from their relatives.

Everyone ran madly to Lizheng's house, waiting for the elders to come up with ideas, the clan elders sat on chairs, snorted dry smoke, and were silent for a long time, and one of the black-faced old men said, "It's impossible for the people in the village to say this, no matter how you think about it, you can't run away from the Liu family in the Dongshan Pass." ”

"That is, they must have a grudge because of Qiao'er's marriage, so they smeared the reputation of our village like this." Another clan elder chimed in.

An old man on the opposite side who usually had some disagreements with Yun Sanye sneered, "This is not a smear, everyone knows in their hearts that this matter is true or false, if they are ruthless and driven out that day, how can there be such a disaster in our village." ”

The people in the village also complained in their hearts that Yun Sanye's family was tired of everyone, and complained that Qiao'er was shameless, but no one wanted to offend their family, and now someone started first, naturally there are those who follow, especially the daughter of the family, and said loudly, "A donkey dung egg spoiled a pot of soup, and my own daughter is not good at teaching, but it is a good daughter of someone else's family, if it really ruins the marriage, who can afford this responsibility?" ”

"That's it, that's it, she married herself off, but others were implicated."

Yun Sanye's face was flushed, and he wanted to defend himself, but he was glared at by Li Zheng, and immediately lowered his head in anger.

Li Zheng knocked the cigarette bag pot and said in a deep voice, "The matter has come out, let's think about solving it first, as for who is to blame for this matter, I will talk about it later." Several old brothers went with me to Dongshan Pass to find the old fox of the Liu family and ask, why did they have to come forward to refute the rumors. ”

Everyone nodded, several clan elders got up and went out with Lizheng, and the young descendants in the courtyard were not worried about the elders going alone, so they stood up a dozen or so, and also went over the mountain together.

Besides, Liu Lizheng, who fought for some benefits for Qi Niang that day, returned to his own village, and everyone spoke together, Mrs. Liu said proudly, "Or my old man has a way, let the Yun family be proud for a few days, and wait a few days, the news spread, and the daughter of their Yun family village has a bad reputation, even if Yun Qiao'er gives birth to a son, she can't raise her head, and she is not going to be trampled by my family Qi Niang for a lifetime..."

Liu Lizheng heard that something was wrong with her voice, and immediately asked, "What is the news spreading, could it be that his fourth uncle sent someone out to talk?" ”

Mrs. Liu then remembered that her old man didn't let her talk nonsense, and shrunk her neck in embarrassment, but she couldn't take back what she said, so she couldn't bear to ask her, so she made it clear.

Liu Lizheng immediately slapped the table and said angrily, "Fourth brother is really confused, how can you not discuss such a big matter with me." We can fight for the benefits of Qi Niang from the Yun family, just because we have this matter as a handle, he is good, and he actually took the initiative to say it, this is going to be known by the Yun family village, and he must come to the door. ”

How did Mrs. Liu know that the matter was so serious, and she whispered in fright, "The old man of my family is also distressed by his daughter, and he can't be angry for a while..."

Li Zheng also knew the temper of his fourth brother, sighed heavily, pondered for a long time, and asked someone to invite Old Man Liu, scolding him with his head and covering his face, and finally facing everyone in the house, "Everyone is going to bite to death about this matter, no matter how the people of Yunjia Village ask, they must pretend not to know, it is definitely not spread by us, otherwise the two villages will have a feud." ”

Everyone also knew the stakes, and nodded in unison.

Liu Li was wandering around the house for half an afternoon, but it was still not easy to show up, so he simply called his wife, packed up a few clothes, told his son a few words, and ran all the way to his daughter's house sixty miles away, temporarily avoiding the limelight and distracting himself.

Naturally, when everyone in Yunjia Village rushed to Li Zheng's house, only Li Zheng's son and daughter-in-law's family were left, and when asked where Li Zheng went, they all said that they went to a distant relative's house hundreds of miles away, and they didn't know the day of their return.

This is clearly hiding, Yunli is trembling with anger, and took people to Liu's house, the old man of the Liu family took his sons to the field, only the old woman and daughter-in-law were at home, and when they saw everyone coming in, they didn't get up to greet them, and when they heard Yunli asking where the old man was, Mrs. Liu pouted and said, "Our Qiniang has been wronged, and the old man feels uncomfortable, and he doesn't know where to dissipate." ”

Yunli was holding back his anger and asked again, "There are rumors outside that our village girls have bad character, did you deliberately release them?" ”

Mrs. Liu peeled the bread sticks in the dustpan, and said with a smile, "Yun Lizheng, what you said is so unreasonable, we are all honestly at home, where do we have time to go out and gossip, besides, the girls in your village are not afraid of climbing the bed, and they are afraid of people saying a few words." ”

A clan elder behind Yun Lizheng was so angry that his face turned pale, but he couldn't bear it, took two steps forward, kicked over the dustpan in her hand, and scolded, "You long-tongued women who can't run away from you rotten mouths, smash them all for me, let's take this breath first." ”

The descendants of Yunjia Village were already suppressing the fire, and as soon as they heard the orders of the elders, where was there any hesitation, they casually touched a stick, a flat pole and other things, and began to open it, what a big vat, a small man, a sack containing grain, and a jar of pickles, all of them did not fall, but in the blink of an eye, the yard was a mess.

Everyone was extremely relieved, standing in one place and sneering, looking at a few dumbfounded women in the clouds, they also felt much happier in their hearts, turned their heads and led people away, and one of them felt that they were not happy to smash it, and by throwing a hoe, they smashed a small jar in the corner of the courtyard to smash.

Mrs. Liu sat on the ground and began to scold her legs, "These goddamn things, they actually smashed my yard, there is really no royal law..."

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Liu family was quite bold, and when she saw that everyone in Yunjia Village was far away, she asked a few younger siblings to take care of her mother-in-law and children, and then ran to the field to call people.

When Old Man Liu and his sons came back to see it, they were also dumbfounded, Liu Laosan rolled up his sleeves, and was going to take his younger brothers to Yunjia Village to kill them again, but was stopped by Old Man Liu, "In the end, it is still our family to take the blame, if we investigate it and find a few people who passed the news that day, it is even more intelligible." It's better for us to endure it first, and when it reaches the ears of people in other villages, everyone will say that the Yun family is annoyed and angry, and it is too domineering, and our family is a poor person. ”

Liu Laosi is a smart one, and he was the first to agree, "What Dad said makes sense." ”

The rest of the sons are all reckless men, and the father took such an idea, so it was fine, but he still couldn't help but feel sorry for his own bad things, and secretly thought in his heart that he would have to take revenge if he had the opportunity in the future, which planted the seeds of mutual hatred between the two villages...