After the incident with Shen Qiu, Mu Shaoling did issue the order, and many investigations and hostile approaches from the outside were temporarily blocked.
However, in Yangshu Village, Yang Chuxia’s surveillance of Shen Qiu did not relent. To be precise, after this incident, Yang Chuxia closely but inconspicuously kept an eye on everyone at home who could get in touch with the drunken crabs and shrimp.
Under her watchful eye, the last batch of shrimp and crab at home was finally dealt with, and the villagers who worked on it had all collected their wages and returned home to their own business.
However, the villagers could not be idle, so when they finished making drunken crabs, they picked up their baskets and went into the mountains to collect pinecones.
Of course, this was the hustle and bustle of the villagers. In comparison, Yang Chuxia’s family was a little more relaxed, as they only had to work on things like nuts.
As for the land, Yang Dachuan had already finished organizing it with others, and crops like broad beans had been planted.
Meanwhile, Ms. Wang began to work on everyone’s winter clothes with others.
One day, Yang Chuxia was at home looking at the account books for the drunken shrimp, drunken crab, and shrimp paste and doubanjiang, when Land Officer’s wife came over with a gloomy face.
"Auntie, what’s wrong with you?" Seeing Land Officer’s wife come over with a bad complexion, Ms. Wang hurriedly put down her work and asked.
At the sound of Ms. Wang’s question, Land Officer’s wife burst into tears.
The sound was so loud that it startled Yang Chuxia out of the room.
"What happened to Granny Hall?"
When she heard Yang Chuxia’s question, Ms. Wang seemed to be at a loss; meanwhile, Land Officer’s wife just kept crying and crying.
After a while, Land Officer Yang also came over, his face looking very upset.
Yang Chuxia asked, "Grandpa Hall, did you make Granny Hall angry?"
Land Officer Yang grumbled, "Nonsense, would I argue with a old woman like her?"
Upon hearing Land Officer Yang’s roar, Land Officer’s wife temporarily stopped crying, but she turned and yelled at him, "Humph, in the end, it’s because you are useless. Who else would dare to bully our Dayong?"
Yang Chuxia was a little confused at this point, wondering how it related to Uncle Dayong—it seemed wasn’t about Grandpa Hall and Granny Hall arguing.
"Huh, you really don’t know how to talk!" Land Officer Yang became furious at the mention of this, "She’s not my daughter, how could I control her?"
"It’s all your fault. Are there no other girls in the world? You just had to arrange such a marriage for Dayong. Look now, you’ve made my Dayong wait for so many years, and what’s the result? He’s ended up waiting for someone else’s wife." Land Officer’s wife grew more and more upset for her son, "I knew that little vixen wasn’t any good from the start. Now look, even sitting in mourning isn’t stable, marrying too soon in the mourning period. I said it wouldn’t work, but you insisted on making Dayong wait. Are you happy now?"
Yang Chuxia finally understood that it was probably a problem with Uncle Dayong’s marriage. From the conversation it sounded like the girl had married someone else, and she had done so within the mourning period.
"Granny Hall, don’t blame Grandpa Hall. He didn’t want this to happen, did he?" Yang Chuxia walked up and pulled Land Officer’s wife, "And, what exactly happened to Uncle Dayong’s marriage? Why don’t you tell us all, and let’s see if there’s any good solution."
Hearing Yang Chuxia’s words, Land Officer’s wife wiped her tears with her sleeve, then took Yang Chuxia’s hand and said, "Xiaxia, your Uncle Dayong is so unfortunate..."