It hurt, but she wasn't angry or upset.

She pulled the corner of her mouth and smiled bitterly, "You are my mother, you hit me, I don't blame you. It's good to let you calm down. But mother, calm down and think carefully, is what I said really wrong? You are my mother, so I will speak my heart out. I only said a few words, and you got furious. But what you said to me and my sister in the past was much worse than this, wouldn't we be sad? It's just that we are young, and you are the mother, and filial piety binds us. If we grow up and listen to what you said to us again, do you think our mother-daughter relationship will be that good?"

Her heart was as cold as ice at this moment.

The relationship between her and Lu Chaoyun has never been decided by her alone. Whether they can be sincere or just maintain a superficial relationship depends on whether Lu Chaoyun can listen to her today.

Lu Chaoyun was so angry that her hands were shaking. No one had ever said such harsh words to her in her entire life.

After Jiang Muxia finished speaking, she lay down, closed her eyes slightly, and said nothing more.

I heard the sound of the door curtain and Lu Chaoyun left.

Jiang Muxia opened her eyes and sighed deeply. Lu Chaoyun was a straightforward person and his temper came and went quickly.

According to her guess, within three days, he and Fang Lanxiang will be reconciled as before.

She didn't ask for much, just that the two sisters didn't scold her and listened to what she said.

At least, she won't be left alone in her old age.

It was almost noon when Li Jiufu hurried back from the county.

From his still furrowed brows, it was clear that there was no progress in what he was trying to do.

He got permission to enter the room of Jiang Muxia and her sister first, and the first thing he saw was their red and swollen cheeks.

"Why is your face swollen?" Li Jiufu asked curiously.

"Oh, it was bitten by insects." Jiang Muxia smiled at him.

"How is it possible..." His face darkened, "Who hit you?"

Before Jiang Muxia could speak, Lu Chaoyun came in.

"Mom, I haven't seen my aunt for a long time. Please take me with you. Look, I'm dressed up. I've been lying in bed for many days. I also want to go out for a walk." Jiang Muxia pretended nothing had happened and asked Lu Chaoyun.

She herself did not realize her expectation of going to Li's workshop.

"Okay, I agreed on behalf of my aunt. But...his face?" Li Jiufu thought that it was the eldest wife's youngest son who hit him, and was thinking of settling the score with him.

"Brother, it's really okay." Jiang Muxia looked at his mother and said nonchalantly.

Lu Chaoyun didn't dare to look at her and turned his face away.

The mother and daughter's little actions did not escape Li Jiufu's eyes. He understood that it was his aunt who beat them.

"Aunt, why are you..." Before he could finish his words, Jiang Muxia pulled his sleeve and said, "Brother, let's go. I want to eat the food that Aunt cooked."

Li Jiufu let out a breath, carried her on his back and walked towards the donkey cart outside the yard.

"Wait." Lu Chaoyun stopped them, went back to the house, took out an orange-pink silk hooded cape embroidered with phoenix trees, and handed it to Jiang Muxia, "Put it on, it's windy outside."

Jiang Muxia's face was calm, but her heart was slightly moved. It seemed that Lu Chaoyun had taken her words to heart.

The mother and daughter got on the ox cart and drove towards Donggang Village.

The ox cart stopped at the crossroads. Inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of a fat woman sitting cross-legged in the sun on the north side of the street. She was holding a hemp rope in her hand, swinging the rope around and around with a pure smile on her face.

Jiang Muxia couldn't help but sigh, it would be better for a person who is born dull to live freely.

The two villages are separated by the Longchuan River, and it usually only takes a quarter of an hour to travel between them.

But today, something went wrong when we passed the threshing ground at the east end of the village, and it was already past noon when we arrived at Donggang Village.

The accident happened very suddenly. There was a big banyan tree by the grain drying field that could be hugged by five people. During the slack season, the villagers would gather under the tree to chat, and today was no exception.

In the threshing ground, quite a lot of people gathered in groups of three or five, forming a circle.

After greeting people, Li Jiufu continued to move forward. He didn't expect to hear an inappropriate strange sound in the crowd, "Hey, Aunt Ruzhou, are you going to eldest sister's house again? I think you should go to beg for money as soon as possible while their family is still here. If you are too late, you won't get even a penny." After saying this, he started to chuckle, laughing so hard that he fell backwards and forwards, and he was very happy.

Jiang Muxia looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman wearing a dark grey dress, with a bun on her head and a red face. Wasn't this Fang Guizhi who had scolded him for being stupid in his own home early in the morning?

Sun Lanhua beside her pulled her back to stop her from talking. She rolled her eyelids and snorted disdainfully, "Third sister-in-law, our family is five generations younger than hers. Now her eldest sister's workshop has gone bankrupt, so we don't have to rely on them to make a little money. Just listen to me, go to the new workshop in town, the wages are higher than theirs. The key is that you don't have to look at their faces anymore."

Lu Chaoyun was thinking of her elder sister and didn't want to pay attention to her, but then her daughter talking to her flashed through her mind.

What happened at home in the morning made her angry. She had not taken her daughter seriously before and even joined Fang Guizhi in scolding her daughter. Now Fang Guizhi mentioned her eldest sister's workshop again, and every word and action was full of malice towards the workshop.

She was raised by her elder sister, so naturally the feelings are different.

Fang Guizhi came to scold her, but she asked for it.

"Who am I thinking? Which man didn't tie his belt properly and exposed you? You are really exposed. I tell you and the Nan family, if you want to have a child, you can't go out naked. You'll embarrass yourself and you won't be able to get pregnant."

There was a low sneer from the crowd. The people from the Yuzhou family spoke so rudely.

He Nan's face turned dark red again due to anger, making her already normal face even uglier.

"You... Humph, don't be so proud for too long. Your workshop is about to collapse. Let's see who will take you seriously in the future."

"I don't need others to take me seriously. I have children, hands and feet. I don't steal or rob, and I live a harmonious life. Unlike you, tut tut tut, so pitiful." Lu Chaoyun didn't take her seriously at all. Want to piss her off? She almost got angry.

Fang Guizhi was so angry that she jumped up and down, glaring at Lu Chaoyun with hatred, and suddenly smiled, "I don't have any children, but it's better than you having two stupid and foolish girls. Based on your ability to raise children, I'm afraid your son will be ruined sooner or later. Oh, auntie, I feel happy just thinking about you having to raise three useless people in the future."

Fang Guizhi's face wrinkled with laughter, as if her own child had a great future that would bring honor to the family.

People in the grain field were whispering. Some scolded Fang Guizhi for her bad words, saying it was no wonder she couldn't have children. Some felt sorry for Fang Guizhi, saying that it was Lu Chaoyun who first scolded her for not having children. Some said that these two people were both bad people and were the same. Some people were just there to watch the fun.

More and more people gathered in the field to watch.

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