The Dog King of Siheyuan Tears and Rebirth

"Aunt, I really can't say this, you have to promise me not to tell anyone."

"No, no, absolutely not. Hurry up and tell me!" the aunt said anxiously.

"Some people say that the Yan family is too stingy. They think that marrying one wife is enough. In the future, the second and third sons in their family will not marry wives. One is enough. Three sons and one wife can save on the bride price and continue the family line. What a cost-effective deal!" Liu Lan said shockingly.

"Who said that? How is this possible?" the aunt said in surprise.

"Even if it was said by an old lady at the entrance of your alley, I still don't believe it. It's too unbelievable."

"Hey, what else did you hear about this gossip?"

"Also, I heard that the whole Yan family likes widows, especially Teacher Yan. He stares at a new widow in their courtyard all day long and wants to divorce his wife and marry a widow home! Do you think this liking for widows can be hereditary?" Liu Lan continued to talk nonsense.

"Hey, maybe this is true. There is a widow in their courtyard, her name is Qin Huairu. I've seen her. She looks like a vixen. It is said that she seduces people every day in exchange for food! She is also a husband-killer. Anyone who gets close to her will be unlucky. Just now, an old man in their courtyard was sent to jail because of him." The aunt gossiped.

"So it's true! Then I have to go back and talk to my family. I really can't marry into this family. They are stingy, lustful and promiscuous. Auntie, you are busy. I'm going home." Liu Lan said.

"Okay!" said the aunt.

After Liu Lan left, the old woman hurried to her good sister's house next door to share the new gossip she had heard today.

Liu Lan, on the other hand, kept asking around and spreading the word along the way. Soon by the time she got off work in the afternoon, she had already walked all over Nanluoguxiang.

Back in the canteen of the steel mill, Liu Lan found He Yuzhu proudly, "Zhuzi, is my dish ready?"

"Hey, Sister Lan is back!" He Yuzhu said happily, "I've been preparing for this for a long time. How's it going? Have you finished your work?"

"Hey, what can't my sister do?" Liu Lan said confidently, "Just wait and see! In a few days you will know the reputation of the Yan family."

"Okay, Sister Lan, this is the lunch box I prepared for you. It contains half a pound of meat." He Yuzhu smiled and handed the lunch box to Liu Lan.

"Haha, the pillar is a waste, that..."

"Salary, right? That's okay. We'll go collect it together when it gets paid, and I'll give it to you right away." He Yuzhu replied sensibly.

"Well, Zhuzi, don't say that I'm a money-grubber. The family's life depends on me alone..." Liu Lan explained.

"Hey, Sister Lan, don't mention this. My family is living a good life! You know I married a girl from a wealthy family." He Yuzhu said.

"Haha, I know, I know,... OK, I'm going home then."

After saying that, Liu Lan went home with her lunch box and a smile on her face.

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A few days later, the story of the Yan family really began to spread in Nanluoguxiang. The rumor was even more exaggerated than what Liu Lan said. It was said that in order to save food, the Yan family not only divided the pickles by the root, but even mixed the poop of her youngest daughter with cornmeal.

What's even more outrageous is that the three members of the Yan family, father and son, were planning to share the eldest son's wife, and they had been having an affair with the widow in the courtyard for a long time.

That day, matchmaker Wang came to the Yan family and said directly after entering the door, "Teacher Yan, I can't take care of your eldest son's marriage. You should find someone else!"

"No, what's going on?" Yan Fugui asked puzzledly.

"Teacher Yan, you must have heard the rumors about your family. Whenever I mentioned your family, the girl's family scolded me and said I was hurting people. I really can't do this for you, or I won't be able to continue my job as a matchmaker. I just want to tell you, don't come to me to propose marriage in the future."

After saying that, Matchmaker Wang left without looking back.

Seeing Wang the matchmaker like this, Yan Fugui was also puzzled, and asked Yang Ruihua next to him, "Old woman, have you heard anything? It's so weird! This Wang the matchmaker is really not good enough to help, but always makes things worse. I won't look for her next time."

"I haven't heard anything!" Yang Ruihua asked in confusion, "Is there any gossip? How about I ask someone about it this afternoon?"

"Well, your idea is good. Hurry up and find out. I also have a feeling that there must be some rumors. People in the alley look at me with strange eyes these days." Yan Fugui nodded.

After lunch in the afternoon, Yang Ruihua went to ask the neighbors around her. At first, she asked a few women she knew, but they all looked at her strangely and refused to answer her, saying they had never heard of it.

The shrewd Yang Ruihua could see that they didn't want to tell her, and an ominous premonition instantly came to her mind.

Yang Ruihua had no choice but to go directly to Aunt Qiu, who was her best friend, to ask about it. "Aunt Qiu, I want to ask you something. Today, matchmaker Wang said that she couldn't arrange the marriage that my family had arranged. And I noticed that everyone was looking at me strangely. Have you heard any gossip about my family?"

"Well," Aunt Qiu said embarrassedly, "Aunt Yang, this is hard to say. Have you really not heard any news?"

Seeing Aunt Qiu's expression, Yang Ruihua was more certain of his guess. "Oh, Aunt Qiu, who would tell me about this? Please tell me. Otherwise, our whole family will be kept in the dark. Please."

"Well, I told you not to be angry. You can't blame me. I heard the rumors a long time ago, but I was afraid that you would be angry and a little embarrassed, so I didn't dare to tell you. Those words are too, too harsh." Aunt Qiu said embarrassedly.

"Tell me, tell me now. It's not you who spread the gossip. How can I blame you?"

So, Aunt Qiu told Yang Ruihua the gossip she had heard with a constipated look on her face, which made Yang Ruihua dumbfounded and extremely angry.

"Who? Who is it? Isn't this destroying our family?" Yang Ruihua roared.

"Aunt Yang, I don't know about this. I heard it from the old Hu family at the entrance of the alley. I asked them at the time, but they said they didn't know either. Later, she asked around and said that the family of the girl you were dating had come to ask about your family. I guess they spread the news because they asked around too much. Has your Jie Cheng been on a blind date recently? So there are more people asking around?"

"That's right. My Jie Cheng is on a blind date!" Yang Ruihua said anxiously, "You are busy. I will go home first. I have to talk to my old man and see what to do."

After saying that, Yang Ruihua ran home in a hurry.

"Old Yan, Old Yan, something bad has happened, something bad has happened. There are rumors about our family outside." Yang Ruihua ran into the house and said to Yan Fugui.

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"What? Since when did my family have to share a daughter-in-law? And with the Jia family, and eating the shit of the fourth brother, who shameless person spread this rumor?" Yan Fugui said angrily.

"Old Yan, I asked around, but there's no definite news. They just said that a lot of people who wanted to have a blind date with our family came to ask about our family, and the gossip spread more and more."

"Hey! What's going on? What should we do with our family in the future? How can we find a wife?" Yan Fugui said in annoyance.

"Old Yan, what should we do? Can you think of a solution quickly?"

"What can I do? I don't know who spread this. You said a lot of people are asking about it. Who should I turn to? I can only wait until the rumor dies down." Yan Fugui said helplessly.

"Hey!"

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