Chapter 658: 658 A dye outbreak 1
“This isn’t Aunt Zhang.” Xiao Ailiu politely said, “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Aunt Zhang, is Old Zhang doing well?”
“He’s doing very well, much better than an ungrateful woman like you.”
Xiao Ailiu couldn’t keep her expression, so she hurriedly walked away.
There weren’t many villagers who were nice to her on the way.
There were quite a few people chatting under the big willow tree near the village well. When they saw Xiao Ailiu, they all started whispering, talking about how bad her character was.
Xiao Ailiu felt awkward and wanted to leave, but Aunt Wang Qi, with her sharp eyes, called out to her. “Xiao sister, you rarely come back to the village. Why not come over and chat for a while?”
“There’s nothing to talk about.”
“Don’t you want to know about something related to your sister-in-law?”
Xiao Ailiu became interested, “What happened?”
Aunt Wang Qi pulled her aside, “Let me tell you, your sister-in-law is having an affair!”
“What!” Xiao Ailiu was shocked and overjoyed inside,thinking that this time, Su Qingyue would be finished! But she pretended to say, “Aunt Qi, you can’t talk nonsense about this!”
“How can anyone dare to talk nonsense about such a big thing?” Aunt Qi whispered, “Yesterday morning, I saw Su Qingyue and Li Gui coming hand in hand from the south riverbank, with no one else around. It was obvious that they had been alone for quite a while. They were initially together, but when they saw me, Su Qingyue got scared and ran away immediately covering her face, clearly hiding something. Li Gui hurriedly left too, both of them had guilty expressions…”
Aunt Wang Qi had figured it out. Since Li Gui didn’t want to marry her daughter, she didn’t need to protect his reputation.
There were quite a few villagers eavesdropping on this matter.
Aunt Qi had already told several villagers about this, so even without eavesdropping, they would have known what she was talking about.
Wang Cuihua happened to be there, and immediately said, “Aunt Wang Qi, you old woman, you’re talking nonsense! How could Su Qingyue possibly have an affair? You even said the woman holding Li Gui’s hand was covering her face. If she’s covering her face, how can you know it’s Su Qingyue?”
“Who else in the village has that lake-green embroidered dress that the wife of the Xiao family bought from the town’s cloth shop?” Aunt Qi said, “I saw it very clearly. Since she dared to have an affair and got caught, she has to admit it. What am I afraid to say?”
Xiao Ailiu was also indignant, “There are so many cornfields along the river. Who knows what Su Qingyue and Li Gui did in the cornfields that can’t be seen by others!”
Now everyone looked at Xiao Ailiu.
Wang Cuihua said incredulously, “Sister Xiao, have you taken the wrong medicine? Instead of helping your sister-in-law clear up the misunderstanding, you smear her with this accusation. The crime of having an affair is no small matter. If it’s proven true and her husband’s family pursues it, she’ll be soaked in a pig cage!”
“You don’t know how vicious Su Qingyue is!” Xiao Ailiu pointed to her swollen face, “Look, my face is swollen like a balloon. All of you, take a look…” She also lifted her sleeve, revealing bruises all over, “My face and body are full of injuries, all inflicted by Su Qingyue and Chuan. That lowly Su Qingyue even incited my third brother to beat me. It’s a good thing my second brother has a conscience and bought me medicine, otherwise I really wouldn’t be able to get up…”
As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks. “I haven’t returned for so many years, and I just wanted to come back and see my three younger brothers. I truly realized my mistakes.”