After scolding Zhang Fangcao, Sister-in-law Niu turned her attention to Zhao Xiaofang, "Tian Jing's heart is too kind. Relatives she hasn't seen in eight hundred years actually extended a helping hand at the last moment."
"But there are some people who are born ungrateful. Under a wicked mother-in-law, they're pitiful, but with a kind person, they become overbearing and repay kindness with enmity."
"To free you from your mother-in-law's clutches, she tore the face of Uncle Li. She took on the reputation of disrespecting elders, yet she made sure you, an ungrateful wretch, were in good health."
"Anyone with eyes can see how much weight you've gained in the past ten days, how good your complexion is, better than when you first married into the Kūshān village."
"Someone who treats you with such sincerity, and you'd sell out your benefactor the moment you step out of the courtyard? I truly admire you, I admire you to the point of prostration. In this world, there's probably no one who can match your speed in betraying benefactors." — Su Dan Novel Network
"Sister-in-law Niu, you... I'm just telling the truth." Zhao Xiaofang said timidly.
"Yes, you're telling the truth. Why don't you tell us what you ate and drank at your third aunt's house? Are you not going to tell us those truths?"
"Why don't you mention how Tian Jing went up the mountain to cut stones and helped carry them down? And how Zhengguo, along with Suozhu, carried them over?"
"Why don't you mention that Tian Jing called Ouyang Lei to bring tiles and cement?"
"Why don't you mention that when there weren't enough stones, Tian Jing went up the mountain to cut more? She even paid for the money for cutting stones and logging, to be repaid only when you have the money?"
"Truly, sincere intentions fed to dogs. Even a dog wags its tail."
Sister-in-law Niu's barrage made Zhao Xiaofang cry, "Sister-in-law Niu, everyone knows these things."
"Oh, everyone knows? Then tell us something they don't know. How many meals do you eat every day? What do you eat at each meal?"
"I, I..."
"Xiaofang!" Li Rongguo's heart ached at his wife's evasiveness, her so-called truths, and her avoidance of important issues.
"I never imagined my own wife would be like this. This thing called conscience, do you not have it to begin with? Or has it been worn away over the past ten years? Or has the good life of your cousin's family bred jealousy in you?"
"Heh." Sister-in-law Niu sneered, "Li Rongguo, do you remember when your cousin's family's good life began? Do you remember when the production team, like a pool of stagnant water, started to become so vibrant?"
"It doesn't matter if you remember or not. What I remember is this: yes, Tian Jing treats me well, but it's because I don't scheme against people."
"Captain Ou made things difficult for Tian Jing, asking her to get good seedlings for everyone. She and Zhengguo ran around for a day and got the seedlings back for everyone."
"Everyone, put your hand on your heart and ask if your conscience is still there. When you're watching this spectacle, does your heart ache? Did any of you speak up to help? Did any of you speak up to support these two shameless people?"
"Li Rongguo said Zhao Xiaofang is jealous of the Li family's good life. What about you? Are you jealous?"
"Heh, I'll answer for you. Those who didn't speak up, those who are waiting to watch the show, are all jealous. You're even worse than Zhang Fangcao. At least she directly shows her jealousy. What about you? You're just watching coldly. A bunch of ungrateful wretches."
Tian Jing leaned by the courtyard gate, her eyes a little red. Sister-in-law Niu was genuinely defending her. "Sister-in-law Niu, come in and talk. Why get worked up with them? It's not worth it."
Hearing Tian Jing's voice, Sister-in-law Niu immediately turned around, asking with surprise, "Tian Jing, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. I've just been feeling sleepy. My mother-in-law was worried, so she sent Zhengguo to get a doctor."
When Tian Jing was drowsy, she had no awareness of the outside world. However, she felt a trace of malice that prompted her to wake up quickly.
After struggling with her own body for a long time, she finally woke up to hear the conversation between her husband and her mother-in-law.
Only after her mother-in-law left the room did she open her eyes and meet her husband's anxious and pained gaze.
She was also foolish, not thinking to direct her special ability into her abdomen to check. She had directly concluded that her special ability was intact and she was not pregnant.
"Eldest cousin-in-law, I saved you because the brown sugar I gave to Damai became the source of your mother-in-law's targeting you. I don't want to carry the burden of a life debt. Let's consider ourselves even."
"As for how your mother-in-law discovered you were drinking brown sugar water, whether it was your sister-in-law's doing or your own deliberate action, it's no longer important."
Zhao Xiaofang was extremely wronged. "Cousin-in-law, you... you can't say that!"
"I'm telling the truth. How was the secret drinking of brown sugar water discovered? Isn't it a mystery? I'm just stating my guess, just like you guessed I was in a coma, isn't that also a guess? Isn't it normal for pregnant women to be sleepy?"
"I, I thought..."
"You thought, I'll also think. Alright, I don't have time to waste words with you. Sister-in-law Niu, come in and talk."
"Okay."
Sister-in-law Niu strode into the Li family's courtyard. The gate quickly closed behind her. The roses on the gate bloomed more brilliantly than those on the wall.
Damai, standing beside her father, thought of how Aunt Tian Jing had anxiously asked if her hand hurt. Then she thought of her mother's feigned frailty. Her heart felt extremely heavy.
"Mom, how exactly did Grandma discover you were drinking brown sugar water? To save you, I directly pounded on this big door with my hand. The thorns on my hands only had time to be picked out in the evening."
"What is truly in your heart? Is there Dad? Is there me and Xiaomai?"
"Since I can remember, you've always been frail, needing Dad and me to protect you. Dad always advised you to endure, but why were you always caught by Grandma and bullied?"
"Why are things always so coincidental? So coincidental that as soon as you were bullied, Dad and I would appear? Things are always so coincidental that the moment I received brown sugar from my cousin-in-law, you were discovered after taking just one sip."
"Cousin-in-law asked me why I didn't go to the captain. How could I answer? Could I say you asked me to seek help from my cousin-in-law? I could only lie to my cousin-in-law, saying that Grandpa and Grandma fear Third Uncle, so they might fear Cousin."
"I lied to my cousin-in-law, and we finally escaped the cage with her help. I don't regret it."
"Our family will soon have a new house. It will be the second-best new house in the village, second only to cousin-in-law's. The happy days are just around the corner."
"I've decided to work hard and earn money to repay cousin-in-law, and to never forget cousin-in-law's great kindness in saving our family from the cage."
"But Mom, you're asking me now, are you asking if I regret it? Ask me! Ask me if I regret it, if I regret it! If I regret it!"
Damai's heartbroken cries not only brought tears to the villagers outside the courtyard but also to Mother Li inside.
Tian Jing also felt pity for this stubborn and sensible young girl. She decided to believe and try people's hearts one more time. "Minmin, open the door. Tell Damai and Eldest Cousin to come in. Sister-in-law Niu, I have something to handle at my place."
"Alright, alright. I'll head back first. I'll come see you again when I have time. Don't worry too much, and don't be too soft-hearted, or they'll bully you."
"I know, thank you, Sister-in-law Niu."
Li Min opened the door to see Sister-in-law Niu out. She then shouted to Damai, who was crouching on the ground crying with her knees hugged, "Damai, your cousin-in-law is calling you. Eldest Cousin, my older brother is looking for you."
Tian Jing nodded secretly. Li Min, though straightforward, had grasped the source of Zhao Xiaofang's change. At the same time, in her speech, she paid special attention to issues between men and women.
She looked up and playfully chided the person beside her, "Hmph! I'll settle accounts with you tonight."
Li Zhengguo gazed dotingly at his Tian Tian, "Okay, you can scold, hit, or make me kneel, whatever you want."
As long as you are well and safe.