Chapter 119 Bad Memory
"Really? This Qianhuan girl actually did something so immoral?"
Cao said affirmatively, "Of course it's true. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family saw her washing the wild man's cloak by the river with her own eyes."
When Liu heard what Cao said, her heart skipped a beat. What should she do? Qianhuan had indeed put on the cloak of the young master of Zuixianju, and she had indeed gone to the river to wash the cloak.
Now that Cao had exaggerated the story, she didn't know what kind of rumors the villagers would spread about her daughter. She was extremely anxious.
Liang Lao Er didn't know about the cloak. When he saw someone slandering his daughter, he immediately slammed the table and angrily shouted, "Cao, stop talking nonsense here. When did my Qianhua help a wild man wash his cloak? Do you have any witnesses or evidence? If not, if you dare to gossip again, I will go to the government to sue you for slander."
"Who slandered your daughter? That day, several people heard the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family say this with me, and Xu Tingting can also testify. That day, a few of us went to your house specifically to see the cloak, but your wife stopped us outside the gate and didn't let us go in to see it. Xu Tingting said that she saw the cloak drying in the yard at the gate. If you don't believe it, you can ask these two."
So everyone looked at the two of them. When the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family saw that everyone was looking at her, she was suddenly at a loss. It seemed that she was in trouble again. How should she answer?
When the old woman of the Xie family saw her eldest daughter-in-law looking conflicted, she was afraid that her eldest daughter-in-law would say something wrong and ruin Qianhuan's reputation, so she kicked her eldest daughter-in-law hard under the table and glared at her fiercely.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family immediately said guiltily: "Aunt Cao, when did I ever say that? You must have remembered it wrongly."
When Aunt Cao saw her denying it, she immediately became anxious, "Didn't you say it yourself that day? Why don't you admit it now?"
Sister Xie's daughter-in-law hastily denied it, "What I said the other day was that Qianhuan was very diligent and washed a large basin of clothes by the river. You must have heard it wrong."
Cao turned around and looked at Aunt Zhao and Aunt Yang, the two of them had also gone to the river with her to wash clothes that day.
She said to them, "Aunt Zhao, Aunt Yang, you heard it when you went to the river to wash clothes that day, right?"
Aunt Zhao and Aunt Yang had both gone to Liang Laoer's house to sell chestnuts. Although they would gossip about others behind their backs, they would never cause trouble in public because neither of them wanted to offend the Liang family.
Aunt Yang said first: "Aunt Cao, which day are you talking about? I go to the river to wash clothes every day. I don't remember what you are talking about at all."
When Aunt Zhao saw Aunt Yang denying it, she also pressed her head and said, "I thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember it. I'm old and useless. My memory is getting worse and worse."
Seeing that they were all pretending to be confused, Cao could only look at Xu Tingting and said, "Miss Tingting, you young people have good memories. Tell us whether you saw a man's cloak drying in Liang Laoer's yard that day? I remember that day you said that this girl Qianhuan had a seductive look on her face and was obviously not a chaste woman. You said that she must have washed clothes for a wild man."
If it were in the past, Xu Tingting would definitely seize this opportunity to discredit Qianhuan, but now that she has seen through Jiang Lin's true face, Xu Tingting doesn't want to target her at all.
She just shook her head and said, "Aunt Cao, I didn't see any men's cloaks in the Liang family yard, and I didn't say anything like that. I'm afraid you remembered it wrongly."
Seeing that Xu Tingting also denied it, Cao became even more anxious. "Everyone really needs to believe what I said. Liang Qianhua cheated on a man, so she had the money to buy the mountain and build the house."
"Cao, let me tell you, I, Liang Lao Er, never hit women. But if you slander me again today, I will not be polite to you." Liang Lao Er pointed at Cao and said gritting his teeth. He really couldn't bear it anymore. She actually slandered his daughter again and again.
"What? You still want to hit someone? If your daughter hadn't stolen the wild man, then tell me where did your family get all the money to buy the mountain and build the house? Don't tell me you earned it from selling sugar-roasted chestnuts. Even if your family sold 10,000 kilograms of chestnuts, you wouldn't be able to earn that much money."
Liang Laoer didn't know how to answer because Qianhuan had told him and his wife not to let other people in the village know that their family used bitter chestnuts to make crystal tofu and sell it for money.
Seeing that Liang Lao Er couldn't say anything, Cao said smugly, "Why, you can't answer, right? You still dare to say that your daughter didn't earn the money by stealing wild men."
Seeing that Liang Lao Er and Liu Shi were silent, everyone began to discuss quietly, "Could it be that Qian Huan really stole the money from the wild man?"
When Liu Yingying saw Qianhuan being pointed at by others, she smiled secretly. She was very happy in her heart.
At this time, Qianhuan suddenly stood up and said, "I went to the mountain to dig up the Ganoderma lucidum and sold it for money. Cao, you have no evidence and you slander me without any evidence. If you do not do good deeds, be careful of retribution."
Everyone then realized that there was Ganoderma lucidum to dig on the mountain.
After hearing this, Cao was also moved. If Qianhuan, that cheap girl, could dig up Ganoderma lucidum, then if her family members went up the mountain, they would surely be able to dig some as well.
Cao had an idea to dig up the Ganoderma lucidum in her mind, and deliberately provoked her by saying, "You are talking nonsense. So many villagers in our village have never seen Ganoderma lucidum when they went up the mountain. Are you the only one who can see it? Why don't you tell me which mountain you dug it from?"
Everyone listened attentively, wanting to know where the Ganoderma lucidum was dug.
"Of course people in the village can't dig it, because I went to Mangfeng Mountain, which people usually don't dare to go to. Only that mountain can produce Ganoderma lucidum."
Mangfeng Mountain is the largest mountain in Yunfeng Village. It is full of wild animals, especially pythons. As soon as Cao said this, Qianhuan had already guessed what she was planning. Humph, if she has the courage, she can go and dig it herself.
"There are the most wild animals in Mangfeng Mountain. How dare you, a little girl, go there to dig Ganoderma lucidum?" Everyone was a little disappointed. They didn't expect it to be such a dangerous mountain.
"I have no choice. My father's leg is injured and needs money for treatment. In the old house, some people were reluctant to buy medicine for my father, which delayed his treatment for more than half a year. Later, when the relationship was severed, some people took away 20 taels of silver from my family. Some people don't care about their own sons, but as a daughter, I care about my father. For my father, I can only break in and look for Ganoderma lucidum."
Qianhuan pretended to be sad and said that anyone with a discerning eye would know that the people she was talking about were the people from the Liang family's old house. What she mentioned today also involved blaming the people from the Liang family's old house.
When Mrs. Liang saw that Qianhuan was talking about her family in a roundabout way, her face instantly darkened. She wanted to get angry, but Qianhuan didn't mention anyone by name, so she could only bear it. She held her anger in her heart and felt uncomfortable all over.
"Nonsense, how could a little girl like you know about Ganoderma lucidum? Why don't you tell us what it looks like? We will all believe it if you tell us. Don't you agree?" Cao was already planning to ask her family to go into the mountains to look for Ganoderma lucidum, and she deliberately continued to interrogate Qianhuan.
Those who were not afraid of death and wanted to go into the mountains to find Ganoderma lucidum to exchange for silver immediately started to make a noise, "Yes, why don't you tell me what the Ganoderma lucidum looks like?"
Liang Laoer and Liu looked at each other, not knowing whether Qianhuan had learned to recognize Ganoderma lucidum in her dream. If she couldn't answer, she would probably still be criticized.
Just when the couple was at a loss, Qianhuan's voice rang out again.
"Ganoderma lucidum looks like a mushroom, and like a small umbrella. This is what my father told me. My father's master was a hunter, and he taught me." Qianhua lied without blushing or beating her heart.
"Yes, that's what my master told me when he was teaching me hunting. But I'm just unlucky and have never encountered any Ganoderma lucidum. I didn't expect Qianhuan to have dug it up." Liang Laoer heaved a sigh of relief and hurried to help his daughter cover up the lie.
Everyone then understood and stopped asking questions.
When Liu Yingying saw that Liang Qianhuan had cleared her name with just a few words, she felt very unhappy.