ds is for that illegitimate son. We can use this as leverage, making him agree to change his surname. That way, the recommendation quota from the Du family will be used, and it won't hinder his belove...The next day, a peddler came to the village selling goods. Liu Pingping borrowed an excuse to buy thread and prepared to go talk to him. In fact, she wanted to inquire about which apothecary shop in the area took in infants.

After the ripples of Shen's consciousness spread, under everyone's watchful eyes, Liu Pingping took a tumble. And as if by chance, she landed in the arms of the peddler.

The peddler was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground by Liu Pingping. Then, they kissed each other passionately in front of a group of gossipy women from the village, getting quite intimate.

This time, it was like a drop of water falling into a frying pan. Not only did Liu Pingping's eyes widen in shock, but even the peddler didn't react.

"Goodness gracious! To be holding each other and kissing in broad daylight, how shameless! Bah!"

A young woman's voice brought everyone back to reality. Liu Pingping, embarrassed, scrambled off the peddler and ran home crying. She knew her reputation was ruined.

The peddler also got up and bowed to the women who were buying things around him.

"My ladies, I, Zhang Hulang, though I peddle my wares through the streets and alleys, have never done anything improper with women. As you just saw, it was that young woman who rushed over, and I had no time to defend myself."

The people around saw it too. It was Liu Pingping who rushed over here in a hurry, then tripped over something and fell into the hawker's arms. She really couldn't blame him, Zhang Hualang.

"Zhang Hualang, we all saw what happened. It wasn't your fault, but the young lady's innocence has been ruined because of you. You have to give us an explanation!"

An elderly grandmother said, "After all, she's a girl from our village. We certainly have to look out for her."

“This...”

"Let's go visit Pingping's family at Liu's place first, and then we can talk."

When the old woman finished speaking, she turned her head and said to the young daughter-in-law beside her:

"Cuilian, go to the fields and call Old Li home. Tell him about what happened briefly."

"Okay, Mother."

Cuilian, the young daughter-in-law of Granny Sun, obeyed her mother-in-law's order and hurried into the field, clutching at the coarse edge of her skirt.

When Liàn Yī saw the crowd heading towards her house growing larger and larger, she retracted her divine sense. Just now, Liǔ Píng Píng had come back crying and was sobbing in her room. Liǔ Pózi didn't know what was going on and was asking her young daughter what had happened.

Joanne held her daughter close, frowning as she listened to the noises coming from the courtyard. Her brow was furrowed in deep concern. These past two days, she had been working while carrying her daughter on her back. Even though her mother-in-law and younger sister-in-law were at home, she wouldn't let them take care of the child.

Because she found that the two people were looking at her daughter with the wrong eyes, as a mother, she immediately became alert, so she never left her daughter's side.

Because she had passed the first three months of her pregnancy, she stayed at home doing light chores like cooking, feeding chickens, cleaning, and doing laundry. She was constantly busy all day long. It seemed she had overheard her mother-in-law and sister-in-law's plot and specifically reminded her elder sister-in-law to keep a close eye on the eldest daughter, so Zhuang Si Si was even more vigilant.

"Pingping, what's wrong Why are you running back here crying"

Lotus slipped into her elder sister-in-law's room and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, she's been going out a lot lately, and I have no idea what she's doing."

Zhuo Sisi shook her head.

The lotus shyly leaned over the ripples, planting a kiss on the rippling's cheek with a smile. Ripples rolled her eyes in exasperation at this familiar scene - he always acted like a lovesick fool whenever he saw her, insisting on kissing her. Her warm heart just couldn't resist his advances.

"Daya is so well-behaved, she never cries or makes a fuss. When she's hungry or needs to go potty, she just hums softly. She's such a good girl! I wish the baby in my belly was as easygoing."

The lotus sighed enviously.

Zhāng Sī sī touched her daughter's little head, smiling with a loving face and said:

"Dayaya is a sweet daughter, never giving us trouble at night. She just whimpers when her father wakes her up, pees and goes back to sleep. Anyway, I don't have any breast milk left now. Even gruel she eats with gusto, and has even put on some weight. She's completely settled in."

"I feel like my wife really took good care of me during the confinement period. I'm healthy and haven't developed any health issues. My hands and feet don't get cold anymore in the winter."

Ripple thought, "How could it not be good After drinking so much diluted spring water, even the dead would come back to life."

Two sisters-in-law were still chatting when they heard villagers clamoring into their courtyard, surrounding a peddler in the middle.

I'm going to take a look and see what's going on. You keep an eye on Dayaya, with so many people around, you can't afford to make any mistakes.

Zhang Sisi immediately got up and said.

"Well, sister-in-law, be careful. If something feels wrong, call your father-in-law and them."

Lotus touched her stomach and said, "This is not the time to be brave."

After running out, Zhuang Sisi was pulled aside by a familiar daughter-in-law who explained the whole story. After hearing this, Zhuang Sisi's mouth twitched involuntarily.

At this point, Liupozi also learned the ins and outs of the situation from her daughter's mouth. She almost fainted from shock. She snatched up a small broom from beside her bed and rushed out, glaring at Zhang Huilang who was being surrounded by people. She roared angrily:

"You scoundrel! You defiled my daughter's innocence! I'll kill you!!!"

Ripple thought this old woman was really forgetful, so she made her perform another pratfall in front of everyone.

"Bang!" With a standard five-point prone position, he landed at the feet of Zhang Huilang.

The frightened merchant jumped up immediately and said frantically:

"Everyone saw, she fell by herself, and I had nothing to do with it!"

The onlookers were also speechless. It seemed that Liu Pingping's ability to take a tumble on flat ground came from her mother.

"Give way, everyone, Uncle Liu is back."

A crowd gathered at the entrance, and when someone shouted, they instinctively parted to make way. Old Man Liu returned with his eldest and second sons. His youngest son had gone to town for odd jobs these past two days and was not home.

Then, Zhuang Sisi immediately stepped forward and helped her grandmother-in-law up. Only then did the whole family enter the main room. The chapter merchant who was involved in the incident, and Granny Sun, who knew what had happened, were left behind.

Those who remained to watch the commotion were invited away by Liu Dashan and Liu Dagu, and then the two of them also entered the main room.

Zhuang Sisi didn't want to participate, so she turned her head and went back to her room, telling her sister-in-law who was helping to look after the children about Liu Pingping's matter.

"Well, well, looks like Liu Pingping's plan to marry into the next village is completely sunk."

The lotus said with a hint of schadenfreude.

It wasn't that she was jealous of Li Pingping, but rather she felt that one should only eat as much rice as their bowl could hold. Don't be preoccupied with other people's glories. Although the title "prodigy" was quite renowned in the surrounding villages, it was ultimately just a pleasant sound, not something substantial or nourishing.

Getting married to another family, doing chores, eating meals, Liu Pingping didn't even bother to be extraordinary. If she got married and managed the household, farmed, embroidered to support her husband's studies, she wouldn't receive any benefits. In the long run, things would definitely escalate, and in the end, it would still be Liu's family cleaning up after her.

"If the mother-in-law were smart, she should take this opportunity to marry off her younger daughter-in-law. Zhang Huilang lives in town after all, and he definitely benefited from this situation. The dowry will certainly be high. With this money, her younger son could also get married."

The lotus lowered her voice and spoke.

Zhuang Sisi's eyes flashed, but she silently nodded. Maybe this could really work.to them at a second-hand price by someone. At most, they are just petty thieves.So when Guo Cheng'an was investigating the dismemberment case, he was also cooperating with plainclothes officers. The t...