Chapter 661: 661 Watching the Xiao Family’s Joke
Although Wang Qigu liked to gossip, she hesitated, considering that Xiao Yuchuan beat up Shi Cai and Zhao Shugen just because they said a few bad things about Su Qingyue. If she told him that his wife was having an affair and he didn’t believe her, that would just add fuel to the fire… Her old bones couldn’t take that…
Realizing this, she began to hesitate.
Xiao Ailiu’s wife was no easy target. Wang Qigu had seen that since before their marriage. With such a bad apple in the Xiao Family, there was no way Su Qingyue would have an easy life.
Wang Qigu also made up an excuse to leave.
Nobody wanted to be the first to spread the gossip, so everyone went about their busy day or took time to rest in the shade.
Xiao Yuchuan followed Su Qingyue back to the Xiao Family.
When everyone dispersed, Xiao Ailiu went home and saw Su Qingyue sitting with her eyes closed and Yuchuan massaging her shoulders from behind.
Yishan sharpened all the hunting arrows, placing them neatly on a stone by the fence in the yard. Qinghe was feeding some rice to the three chickens his wife bought.
The chickens’ legs were tied, and they were placed in a corner of the yard.
He pushed his wheelchair over and scattered the rice on the ground next to the chickens.
Seeing the food, the chickens immediately began pecking at the rice.
Xiao Ailiu thought that even though the villagers were gossiping wildly about her and Yuchuan’s affair, the Xiao family home was still peaceful, meaning her three younger brothers still didn’t know about Su Qingyue’s infidelity.
She looked at Su Qingyue with disdain and wondered if her third brother would continue to massage her or if her family would continue to provide a place for her to stay.
Even with her eyes closed, Su Qingyue sensed Xiao Ailiu’s malicious gaze.
This woman had shown her such false sincerity this morning, and now she looked so poisonous… There was no doubt she was playing a double game and might be spreading rumors outside.
Ding Er happened to pass by the Xiao Family’s courtyard fence with his hoe and saw Xiao Yuchuan massaging Su Qingyue’s shoulders. He called out in surprise, “Oh, Chuan, is your wife still worth your care?”
Xiao Yuchuan’s face darkened, “What business is it of yours, Ding? Have you become a gossipy village woman? If I don’t care for my wife, who will!”
Ding Er had meant to discuss things further but didn’t think it was appropriate to do so in front of Su Qingyue, so he just gave Xiao Yuchuan a sympathetic look and left with his hoe.
Xiao Yuchuan didn’t know what had happened, and just said to his second brother with a grim face, “Don’t you think Ding Er is acting like he’s on drugs?”
“That guy spends too much time in the town’s kiln; that’s just how he is. Don’t mind him.”
“True.” Xiao Yuchuan bowed his head while massaging Su Qingyue’s shoulder, looking at the top of her head from where he was. “Wife, why don’t you lie down on the bed and I’ll massage your whole body?”
She pushed his hand away, “Third brother, it’s really not necessary!”
As soon as she got home and sat in the chair, her third brother came over to massage her shoulders, and when she went to the secondary bedroom, he followed… She just sat back down in the yard, thinking it better to be in the sunlight than alone with him in a room.
Perhaps she was so eager for family affection in this life because she had no family in her previous life.
Maybe the three Xiao brothers saw her as their wife.
But in her heart, they were like her family.
Other than the trouble with her third brother and the times her second brother forced himself on her, she mostly got along well with her second and fourth brothers.
As more villagers passed by, some had strange, mysterious expressions, while others seemed like they wanted to speak but stopped themselves.