How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 128: Spreading Rumors_1

Li Qiao: "..." "Nonsense! Everyone knows that Li Jinhua and I don’t get along. Even if there wasn’t the matter with Feng Bing coercing Jin, I would never have arranged for Li Jinhua to meet someone for a blind date."

"I don’t believe it either, but that’s just what people in the village are saying, with ’evidence’ and all."

Li Qiao guessed that Yu Feng was the source of the rumor: "Who said that?" If they wait until the charges of slander against Feng Bing are settled, others might start saying she intentionally caused Li Jinhua to marry Feng Bing.

Wang Nannan reported truthfully: "Mrs. Fang from the west end of the village, short, a bit dark."

The image immediately formed in Li Qiao’s mind, it was Mrs. Fang who usually stayed close to Yu Feng.

She took her leave and went straight to Mrs. Fang’s house, confronting her directly: "Mrs. Fang, I heard that you’ve been spreading that I arranged for Li Jinhua to meet Feng Bing?"

Mrs. Fang was flustered and hesitated for a moment: "Yes, it was Aunt Yu next door who said it."

Li Qiao understood, and she grabbed Mrs. Fang to confront Yu Feng together.

Mrs. Fang was reluctant to go.

Li Qiao said with a cold face: "Do we need to have Qin Jin come and invite you personally?"

Mrs. Fang was frightened. If Loser Qin came, wouldn’t her pots get holes in them? "I’ll go with you, I’ll go; just don’t tell Jin."

Li Qiao snorted coldly. She and Mrs. Fang arrived at Yu Feng’s house, went straight to the point, and explained the reason.

The neighbors followed, looking for excitement.

Yu Feng’s eyes evaded: "I was just trying to prove that you two sisters have a good relationship."

"Thank you so much! Li Jinhua and I have been at loggerheads for a long time! You proposed the marriage yourself, don’t pin it on me. Mrs. Fang, tell whomever you’ve told to clear this up immediately, or I’ll have Jin take you door-to-door to clarify," Li Qiao said, furiously.

Mrs. Fang turned her head and met Qin Jin’s gaze, instantly becoming tongue-tied: "I, I will clear things up with people right away."

Only then was Li Qiao satisfied.

Old Mrs. Qin also understood and was furious: "Yu Feng, what you’ve done is really despicable! We let slide the matter of Feng Bing coercing Jin, thinking it was over, but then you turn around and start rumors about Qiaoqiao, isn’t that shameful?"

Feng Bing was a second-time married man and not very handsome.

Yu Feng was also brash. Qiaoqiao arranging her sister to marry him was clearly telling outsiders that Li Qiao was pushing her sister into a pit of fire, wasn’t it?

Old Mrs. Qin firmly demanded Yu Feng clarify in front of the neighbors how this marriage had come about.

Yu Feng glanced at the furious Old Mrs. Qin and then at Qin Jin with his stern face. Unable to argue back, she bravely explained to everyone that she was the one who had proposed the marriage.

Yu Cuiying, in disdain, murmured to the person next to her: "Being related to her is embarrassing."

Someone joked: "Careful that Jin doesn’t get upset with you and stops buying your crafts."

Yu Cuiying wasn’t worried about that, as Old Mrs. Qin was a fair person and always kept her word.

After Yu Feng finished repeating herself, she felt utterly humiliated. As soon as people left, she couldn’t stand to look at anyone in her family and scolded one after another, finally taking out her rage on Peng Chunhua.

Peng Chunhua wasn’t someone to mess with. Without a word, she silently packed her things and, keeping her cool, waited until the cool of the next morning to return to her parents’ house.

When Feng Hu looked for Peng Chunhua, he found she was gone, her daily clothes taken with her. Since she was pregnant, the family was worried and searched everywhere for her.

Mr. Feng circled around the house and after accusing Yu Feng of causing trouble, the two of them ended up in an argument followed by a brawl, making the whole affair known throughout the village.

Li Qiao, who had previously not liked to gossip, had now decided to give tit for tat and exaggerated the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict in the Yu Feng family by spreading rumors and adding fuel to the fire.

Eventually, the rumors turned into a story of Yu Feng driving his daughter-in-law away.

It so happened that because Yu Feng was pressing their family to decide on a wedding date, Dong Lamei grew suspicious and uneasy, so she made a special trip into the village to inquire about the Yu Feng family’s reputation. The villagers unanimously warned her, "You really can’t marry into that family, one daughter-in-law nearly died from taking medicine, another one ran back to her parents’ house. If I were you, I’d rather marry my daughter further away."

Dong Lamei also wanted to find a good match for Li Jinhua, but the nearby matchmakers were unwilling to take her job, making her suspect that Qin Jin was undermining her from behind, yet she felt he didn’t have such influence. "Do you have a suitable candidate?"

"Me? Well, I do have a relative, he’s not bad-looking, and his family has plenty of land. It’s just that he’s a bit on the older side, 40 already..."

Dong Lamei: "..." 40? He’s a year older than her! What’s the point of getting a wife? Just endure and life will pass by. Her gaze fixed: "That young man is not bad, what’s his name? He looks a bit familiar, I wonder if he has a partner."

"You don’t know Zou Qing? The educated youth who can fix machines, heard he’s almost a university student, how could he take an interest in your daughter?" The villagers sneered, mocking Dong Lamei for being a toad lusting after a swan’s flesh. With Li Jinhua’s reputation, she should be grateful if anyone wanted her at all, yet she was still being picky.

Dong Lamei suddenly had an idea.

How could she forget? There were two male educated youths living in Feng Family Village.

Especially the one who also worked part-time as the principal of the village primary school. He had the looks and the stature. She would have Jinhua cling to him; Jinhua was still a maiden, and her partner would eventually learn she was clean. The bad rumors would naturally disperse.

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When Dong Lamei got home, she discussed her idea with Li Jinhua.

The two of them were in perfect harmony, completely in cahoots with one another.

If she couldn’t marry Qin Jin, marrying an educated youth would do. Even if he couldn’t pass the university exam, in a few years, he could return to the city, and she could still become a city person.

In the evening, Dong Lamei accompanied Li Jinhua to Feng Family Village, where they crouched at the entrance of the youth meeting point, mimicking cat and dog noises, trying to lure the educated youth to open the door. But no matter how hard they tried, the light in the youth meeting point never turned on.

Unable to endure, the mother and daughter had to leave.

Li Jinhua, not giving up, planned an accidental meeting with the educated youths early the next morning.

The youths got up early to weed the fields while it was still cool. She secretly followed them, ready to approach Han Ting or Zou Qing when one of them was alone and start a conversation.

But the five young men were almost always together, and she couldn’t find an opportunity to speak to any of them alone. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Du Xinxin, with her sharp eyes, spotted someone at the edge of the field: "Who’s that over there?"

Li Jinhua had no choice but to show herself, smiling, "It’s me. I had a little disagreement with my sister, and knowing that you are close with her, I wanted to ask you to speak a few good words for me."

The five of them exchanged glances. They had heard enough about the conflict between Li Qiao and Li Jinhua during the last month of their school review.

Moreover, Li Jinhua was the one who had been expelled, and Li Qiao had also mentioned the specifics to them.

In short, Li Jinhua was unscrupulous, and if they encountered her on the road, it was best to avoid her to not be tricked.

Wang Nannan flatly refused: "You should talk to Li Qiao yourself, we can’t help you."

Li Jinhua, wiping away tears, pleaded: "Please, I know I was wrong, but my sister has been ignoring me. A bachelor next door even wants to force a marriage on me. You are all righteous educated youths, if even you don’t lend a hand, I really have no one to turn to."

Several of them frowned.

Du Xinxin couldn’t stand the other party’s crying and thought about taking on the matter.

Before she could say anything, Han Ting said, "We’re outsiders and can’t get involved in your local affairs. If you don’t want to marry, you can report it to the commune, the township, but what use is there in looking for us who are out here working?"