Chapter 166 Casual Chat 2

Chapter 166 Casual Chat 2

He didn't stop his parents and brother from causing trouble, but when things got out of hand and he couldn't accept the consequences, he jumped out and started blaming his brother. Isn't that insane?

Wang Xiaozhi sighed, "They're just hoping for the best. It's like those gamblers. They've heard the saying 'nine out of ten gamblers lose,' and they might even believe it, but they always think that someone else will lose and they will win."

Who doesn't know that gambling addiction can lead to losing everything, even going bankrupt? They're just taking a chance and not taking the suffering of those who came before them seriously at all.

They never fall into this trap themselves, never stumble and get seriously injured, and even if they do get seriously injured, they don't learn their lesson until they're barely alive.

Xie Wanniang thought about it and agreed. As the old saying goes, the only lesson people learn from history is that they never learn from history.

As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun. If humanity didn't keep repeating the same mistakes, no one would realize that history always repeats itself in surprising ways.

She sighed, "My sister is right, people are always prone to wishful thinking."

Even she herself didn't react quickly enough when she first realized the danger?

If she hadn't harbored even the slightest bit of wishful thinking when her scumbag father and his family came looking for her, she wouldn't have been forced to jump into the river and end up penniless in Mingfu Village.

She clearly realized back then that getting involved with that family would definitely lead to her death.

Unaware that Xie Wanniang was reflecting on herself, Wang Xiaozhi and the others chattered about the details of the fights and feuds between Wang Erhu and Wang Sanhu.

From their revelations, Xie Wanniang learned that Wang Sanhu had broken off two weddings in the past year.

"They wanted to choose the best, but when the women inquired about their family, they learned about what Wang Sanhu had done, and that their family had actually allocated two acres of land to their eldest son and daughter-in-law in advance. Moreover, the eldest son and the second son were not on good terms, so they all found excuses to politely decline."

However, Wang Sanhu was clueless. He forgot what he had done in the blink of an eye. Every time a marriage he had arranged fell through, he assumed that his brother and sister-in-law were sabotaging him and had said countless bad things about him to others.

The relationship between the two brothers deteriorated further, and both Wang Eryou and Tan Xinghua were finding it increasingly difficult to control the situation.

As for how the eldest branch of the Wang family and the second branch of the family fell out.

Unable to control his son, Wang Er sought help from his older brother, Wang Erhu and Wang Sanhu, but neither of them respected their uncle.

After this happened several times, Wang Dayou got tired of it.

If that were all, it would be fine, but Wang Eryou and Tan Xinghua, for the sake of their own temporary harmony, actually had a brain fart and set their sights on Wang Dayou's family.

They gave Wang Dayou and his wife two options: one was to lend them twenty taels of silver so that they could use the high dowry to find a hardworking and capable girl for Wang Sanhu; the other was for them to introduce a girl to Wang Sanhu who met the above requirements.

Because Wang Dayou and his wife were the eldest uncle and aunt, they were taken advantage of by Wang Eryou and his wife and Wang Sanhu, who took it upon themselves to do so. It's not hard to imagine how upset they were.

Wang Dayou's wife advised Wang Eryou's family to lower their standards and not to pick someone who was perfect in every way and asked for a small dowry.

Such a good girl should definitely try her best to marry into a good family.

She was too embarrassed to directly say something like, "Don't you even know what kind of person your son is?" to Wang Eryou and his wife, but her words conveyed that attitude.

Having failed to shift the blame and even being criticized for their own son, Wang Eryou and his wife became angry with the eldest son's family.

Tan Xinghua spoke ill of her elder brother and sister-in-law to other women in the village. Some people, who loved to watch the drama unfold, would turn around and repeat what Tan Xinghua said to her sister-in-law, adding embellishments to the story.

Her sister-in-law was no pushover either. The two women got into a heated argument and even started tearing at each other. Although someone quickly pulled them apart and neither of them was injured, the feud was now firmly established.

The relationship between the two families soured from then on, and they even stopped seeing each other as often.

After talking about the two families, the two daughters-in-law of the village headman's family began to inquire about Xie Wanniang and the others' lives in Yi County.

Xie Wanniang explained things to them in more detail.

After a brief period of adjustment at the beginning, and with the opening of the shop, the lives of the two families gradually got back on track. Jiang Yuan also joined the army and began his military career. Xie Wanniang briefly mentioned some of the interesting little things that happened during this time, as well as the story of her buying barren mountains to grow medicinal herbs.

Other things, such as the fact that she had already opened two shops, how well the two shops were doing, how many things she had recently sent to the border troops, and the two times she had encountered danger outside the city, she chose to skip over them all, focusing on not reporting good news or bad news.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and helped tidy up, they took their local specialties and said goodbye and left one after another. Only then did Xie Wanniang stretch and begin to wash and change.

While helping her prepare warm water, Haitang whispered to her, "Xiaoyang's parents have been loitering around the door. The guards saw them and asked what they were doing. They then started asking the guards about Xiaoyang and you."

Xie Wanniang didn't take it seriously. "Let them ask all they want. I've already spoken to our people beforehand."

Haitang was not happy. "No wonder Xiaoyang is so young, but he already knows to be wary of them. They really don't know their place."

It's one thing for them to inquire about Xiaoyang; after all, she's their own daughter. Even if they know their motives aren't pure, no one can really say anything bad about them just because they're asking around.

But why were they asking about Xie Wanniang? They asked what her daughter did outside, how much money she earned, and how big her family business was... Their questions were practically accusing them of coveting her daughter's fortune.

This is absolutely shameless!

Hearing her muttering to herself, Xie Wanniang couldn't help but shake her head with amusement. "Let them be. It's pointless for them to keep thinking about it."

Even if her estate were passed down ten times, it would definitely not be inherited by that couple.

Let alone their ulterior motives, Xie Wanniang didn't even care about them.

Apart from Chen Lizheng, Dr. Chen, Wang Xiaozhi, and others with whom she had a good relationship, all other people and things in Mingfu Village were irrelevant to her. She could watch or listen to some gossip, but there was no need for her to take it to heart or make a fuss about it.

She quickly finished washing up and changed into clean clothes. "Okay, you should wash up and go to bed too. We have a lot of things to do tomorrow."

Haitang responded and nimbly went out to wash up.