Fourth Aunt Xie said, "You went to the town yesterday and were not in the village. The second wife of the Zhang family, Mr. Zhang's mother, Mrs. Sun, came to visit you!"

Jiang Wan was stunned. Sun came to see her?

What are you doing with her?

She frowned and said, "She didn't make things difficult for my father, did she?"

Jiang Wan was worried that Jiang Weiran would be bullied by the Sun family.

After all, Sun was used to throwing tantrums and acting tough. The last time Jiang Wan went to the Zhang family to collect a debt, if she hadn't brought an axe, Sun would definitely have pounced on Jiang Wan and fought with him.

Fourth Aunt Xie waved her hands, "No! How dare she? Your father is under our noses, how can she bully him?"

"Then what is she doing here?"

Jiang Wan was puzzled.

Fourth Aunt Xie smiled mysteriously, "Come to think of it, it's all because of you."

"Me?" Jiang Wan pointed at herself, "I don't have any dealings with her."

Fourth Aunt Xie did not keep us in suspense and explained, "Ever since you asked Master Wang to build a kang for you, and said that if the villagers asked him to build a kang, the price would be half of what they paid, the kang has become something that every household in Lvshui Village wants. The Zhang family also wanted to ask Master Wang to build a kang for them, but Master Wang knew about your past with Zhang Caijin and could not stand Zhang Caijin deceiving you. He also knew that the Zhang family was lazy, greedy, and had bad character, so he did not want to build a kang for their family."

"The first and third branches of the Zhang family knew that Master Wang refused to build a kang for their family because of Zhang Caijin. They were so angry that they quarreled with Sun and said that her family had caused them trouble. They also said that they wanted to separate from Sun's family. Isn't it funny that they want to separate from Sun's family just for a kang?"

Jiang Wan grasped the key point after hearing this. She asked, "Fourth Aunt, how did Master Wang know about Zhang Caijin and me?"

Jiang Wan remembered the day when Master Wang came, and said that she used to chase after Zhang Caijin, and only felt stable after getting married.

How did Master Wang know that she was deceived by Zhang Caijin?

She also didn't tell anyone about her entanglement with Zhang Caijin?

Fourth Aunt Xie's face froze, her eyes avoided, and she stammered for a long time without saying anything.

Juhua couldn't hold it in any longer and said directly, "Sister Wan'er, we all know that you were deceived by Zhang Caijin before. You can't trust the mouths of scholars! Besides using sweet words to make people happy, what else can you do? When Master Wang was building a kang for our family, my mother, my sister-in-law and I helped together. When we had free time, we would chat with Master Wang."

"Master Wang praised you for being very different now, much more stable and sensible. Mother then said that since you got married, Brother Xie Lan's life has been getting better and better. As they chatted, they talked about Zhang Caijin. Master Wang didn't think much of Zhang Caijin, who acted like a weak scholar all day long, couldn't carry anything on his shoulders or hands, and yet was so close to you, with no awareness of the difference between men and women, and didn't care about Sister Wan'er's reputation at all. So we said that it was Zhang Caijin who deceived you, and you were blinded by his sweet words before, and that's why you got entangled with him."

Juhua hurriedly explained, "Sister Wan'er, please don't be angry, and don't blame mother and us for being too talkative and gossiping about you behind your back. We are speaking up for you. Zhang Caijin is just a show-off, good-looking but useless. How can he compare to Brother Xie Lan?"

Fourth Aunt Xie nodded and agreed, "Yes, yes, Xiaolan is good at both literature and martial arts, tall and mighty, much better than Zhang Caijin, that useless boy!"

Meihua also said: "If you want to find a man, you have to find someone like Brother Xie Lan, who is honest and capable like Dazhu."

Seeing their nervous faces, Jiang Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She didn't blame them. What caused all the tension?

Jiang Wan sighed again.

Even outsiders could see that Zhang Caijin was using sweet words to deceive the original owner, but the original owner himself couldn't see it.

She kept emptying her family's savings to subsidize the Zhang family and showed kindness to Zhang Caijin's family. Finally, she got her wish and married Zhang Caijin, but he betrayed her through promiscuity, squeezed out the last bit of her usefulness, and then ruthlessly abandoned her.

I don’t know whether the original owner wanted Zhang Caijin’s love or the status of the scholar’s ​​wife?

Jiang Wan didn't know, nor did she want to know.

"Aunt Fourth, Sister Meihua and Sister Juhua, I know you are doing this for my own good, to help me clear my bad reputation. I am so happy, how could I be angry?"

Jiang Wan smiled faintly, without a trace of anger on her face.

Fourth Aunt Xie and the other two were relieved and praised Xie Lan a few more times. Fourth Aunt Xie then continued, "My niece, I haven't finished yet. Yesterday, Sun came to visit you. Your father came out to open the door. As soon as Sun entered the yard, she looked around and kept praising your father. Your father asked Sun why she came. Sun said she wanted to meet you and get in touch with you, so she invited you to her house for a visit."

Jiang Wan sneered, "What kind of relationship can there be between her and me? And she even asked me to go to her house?"

"That's right! She is Zhang Caijin's biological mother. What good news do she have when she comes to you? It must be about building a kang! Master Wang looked down on the Zhang family and refused to build one for his family. Sun came to you to get closer to you and asked you to talk to Master Wang. And seeing that everyone in the village wants to build a kang, they are all praising how good and warm it is. The Zhang family is used to being lazy and enjoying it. Everyone has it, but the Zhang family doesn't. Aren't the Zhang family members worried to death?"

Fourth Aunt Xie twitched her lips and made a few sarcastic remarks.

Juhua said, "That old woman Sun has a sly look in her eyes. She must have no good intentions when she comes to visit Sister Wan'er. Sister, ignore her and pretend she never came!"

Jiang Wan curled her lips and said, "Don't worry, Sister Juhua. Sun is thick-skinned, and I can't be like her. Besides, I don't want to have anything to do with the Zhang family anymore."

Upon hearing this, Fourth Aunt Xie and Juhua smiled brightly and looked at Jiang Wan with even more fondness.

It seems that Jiang Wan really has no feelings for Zhang Caijin anymore, so she doesn't have to worry about the Zhang family coming to her house to talk about their past.

They chatted for a while, and then Fourth Aunt Xie went home to cook. She specifically told Jiang Wan not to do it herself, and asked Jiang Wan and his family to go to her house for lunch.

Jiang Wan went to the new kitchen and took out five pounds of meat and ten eggs for Aunt Xie, asking her to cook them at noon.

Fourth Aunt Xie couldn't help but try to refuse her, but in the end Jiang Wan took a firm attitude and persuaded Fourth Aunt Xie to take the meat and eggs away.

Jiang Wan had time to ask Xie Xueling, "Where are your elder brother and the others?"

Xie Xueling replied: "My eldest brother went to look for Hunter Wang early in the morning with his horse, and my second brother and Xiaohu went to collect firewood."

Jiang Wan understood and walked around the yard.

She found that the huge yard was clean and tidy, and it was swept and tidied in an orderly manner. There was nothing she could do about it.

Xie Xueling and Xiaoliu followed behind her like two little tails.

Jiang Wan was bored, so she took her two children to the room to read comic books and picture books. Not long after, Xie Lan, Xie Jing and the other two came back.

Jiang Wan walked out and saw that the three people all looked unhappy.

Xie Lan raised his eyes and saw her. He tied the black horse to the door, strode closer, and asked softly, "How are you?"

"I'm fine." Jiang Wan shook his head and looked at the black horse and said, "Take the horse to find Hunter Wang. What does Hunter Wang say?"

Before Xie Lan could speak, Xie Jing put down the firewood, looked anxious, and said first: "Brother Wang said that he couldn't cure the black horse's disease either, and asked us to be mentally prepared!"

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