I sold grilled fish in the 70s!

Chapter 226 Good intentions misunderstood

After the woman finished speaking, she used both hands to forcefully push the woman standing in front of her into the river.

The woman was Nuannuan's mother. Nuannuan had initially wanted to defend herself, but upon seeing her mother being thrown into the river by someone else, she instantly felt there was no point in explaining herself anymore!

Mother! Mother! Mother! Can you hear me? If you can hear me, could you please extend your hand to me?

Hahaha! I'm telling you, sweet girl, have you gone crazy from reading too much? Everyone in our village knows that this river is bottomless. If someone accidentally falls into this river, their family will prepare a coffin for them.

Waaah! Auntie, why? Why? Why did you have to push my mother into the river? My family always shares some of our good things with you.

We have never done anything to harm you! Ever since I started school, the first thing I do every day after school is to go to your house to teach your eldest daughter to read and write!

Go away! You brat, you always bring this up all the time. What do you mean by that? Do you want me to give you some money as payment for teaching my eldest daughter to read and write?

When Nuannuan heard the question the aunt asked her, she immediately shook her hands vigorously at the aunt.

No, no, no! Auntie, I've never had such a thought! I genuinely want to teach my younger sister to read and write. As you know, I've raised her single-handedly since she was born.

Although we are not blood sisters, we are very close! Auntie, do you remember when I first started school, I went to your house many times to persuade you and Uncle to change your mindset?

My goal was to get you and your uncle to allow my sister to go to school, but no matter what I said, you and your uncle just wouldn't let my sister go to school to learn to read and write.

Haven't I always told you that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent? Besides, once you women reach marriageable age, you'll all be going to your husband's family to bear and raise children. Why waste so much money sending your family's money-losing brats to school?

Yes, yes, yes! Sister Aqing, I completely agree with what you just said, and I won't hide it from everyone. Actually, Nuanya has come to my house many times before, urging my youngest daughter to go to some kind of school.

I repeatedly kept shutting Nuanya out of the house by saying that my family really didn't have that much spare money for my youngest daughter to squander.

But to my utter surprise, one morning my youngest daughter suddenly told me that there was a place where I could get salt for free.

The place where we collect the salt is very far from our village; it takes two or three days to walk there. So they wanted to ask me for two or three cents to take a bus.

I was still sleeping in bed, feeling quite groggy, when I heard about the free salt, so I immediately pulled out 50 cents from my sock and tossed it to my little daughter.

But I really didn't expect my youngest daughter to lie to me. She didn't use the money for the bus fare. Instead, she used it to enroll in a newly opened school nearby. You all know my youngest daughter has always been a good girl who would never lie.

Ah! Mother-in-law, what do you mean by that? Although I often play with Caijuan, I have never encouraged her to cheat you out of your money. That day, before she was about to hand over her tuition fees to the teacher, I even stopped her.

Haha! Warm girl, do you think anyone here, except your parents, would believe what you just said?

After Sister Aqing finished speaking, everyone present gently shook their heads at Nuannuan.

Why? Why? Why? Why is this happening? All I want is for everyone to be able to read and write, that's all!

Hahaha! Don't you think this is the funniest joke we've ever heard? Warm girl, do you really think no one knows about the shameful things you and the teacher at school have been doing?

This! This! This! Warm girl, you really need to think this through! How can you, a woman who is not yet married, do such a thing with a man?

Hey! Village Chief, have you ever heard the saying, "It's going to rain, and a mother will remarry"? Some things are done once they've happened! How can we illiterate people change that?

Yes! Yes! Yes! Village Chief, I think Sister Qing is right! It's just that this matter really makes us, who live in the same village as Nuan Yatou, lose face!

As you know, village chief! The villagers in our village all value arranged marriages. If an unmarried daughter takes a fancy to a boy, they'll bring a basket of farm eggs to your house to ask you to propose marriage.

My dear village chief, I wonder if, recently, Nuan's parents have brought a basket of farm eggs to your house to ask you to help Nuan find a husband for her?

I've heard that their hens love to lay double-yolk eggs! And I always feel that their eggs taste better than mine!

No! No! No! I've never eaten the eggs that Sister Aqing gave me! But recently, many people have been bringing free-range eggs to my house.

Those people all really liked Nuan Yatou! They really hoped that this little girl could marry into their family and become their daughter-in-law, but I refused their requests.

I also returned the farm eggs they had given me, because I had long wanted Nuan Ya to marry my eldest son, Weimin. Furthermore, when my eldest son and Nuan Ya were still in their mothers' wombs, my two wives had arranged their marriage before they were even born.

Nuan Nuan was stunned when she heard the village chief say that. Did she and Wei Min really have a marriage agreement? Or was the village chief just saying that to save face?

Haha! Village Chief, don't you think what you said is a bit embarrassing for you? You always taught us that we must be honest and trustworthy, and never lie to deceive others.

Because when your lies are exposed one by one, no one will believe you anymore. Also, Nuan'er has been following the schoolteacher around lately, and I'm pretty sure she's fallen for him.

No, no, no! Auntie, please don't say that! Because the gentleman and his wife have been married for many years and the couple is very much in love.

Oh no! Seriously? Warm girl, you seem like a very quiet and well-behaved child. How could you be like those seductive vixens who steal other people's husbands?