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Chapter 264: Chapter 266 Gossip_1
After lunch, Qiao Duo’er headed to the Yang Family at the head of the village to buy wheat seeds.
Granny Yang was a daughter-in-law from out of town, skilled in seed soaking, and their two jin of seeds were one wen money more expensive than the grain store.
Even so, everyone still preferred buying from the Yang Family because the germination rate of their seeds was high. You’d have to scatter forty jins of seeds per mu of your own land, while seeds from the Yang Family required only thirty jins.
By this calculation, buying seeds from the Yang Family didn’t result in any loss at all.
Her family had a total of three mu of land, one mu of paddy field and two mu of dry land.
In winter, the paddy field could grow winter wheat, and the dry land could grow rapeseed, so she still needed to find some rapeseed from the Huang Family.
The Yang Family’s business was quite good, and when Qiao Duo’er arrived, there were already a few young daughter-in-laws waiting.
"The Yang Family’s folks have gone to someone else’s feast, they asked us to wait a bit."
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Then I’ll come back later."
She could just drop by Old Lady Huang’s House first, and by the time she got back, the Yang Family should have returned.
No sooner had Qiao Duo’er left than the women in the courtyard started to gossip.
As the saying goes, with three women, you get a drama. Now with six women standing in the Yang Family courtyard, how could it not be lively?
"That must be Fourth Boss’s wife, right? Look at that face, that figure, totally different from when she just married here. I just can’t take my eyes off her."
A young daughter-in-law said enviously, for Qiao Duo’er’s skin was delicate, her features exquisite and her figure slender. No wonder men couldn’t look away.
If she were half as pretty as Qiao Duo’er, she could literally wake up smiling from her sleep.
"What’s the use of just being good-looking? I’ve heard she and Third Boss have a scandal going on, and Third Boss even got beaten up by Fourth Boss."
"You can’t talk nonsense about that. It could cost someone their life!"
The young daughter-in-law who had just spoken with Qiao Duo’er warned, considering it involved a woman’s reputation. How could one spread rumors? 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
"I heard it from the people next door to the Tan Family. Weren’t they saying before that she had something going on with Sun Erhu? That story must be true."
"Whatever, I don’t believe it. Fourth Boss is so good to his wife. If she were promiscuous, would Fourth Boss treat her like that?"
"That’s just a rumor spread by Second Boss’s family. She even knelt down to apologize for that mess!"
"I can read faces, let me tell you. Fourth Boss’s wife has fine, long eyebrows, really bright eyes that slightly turn up at the corners, and a prominent nose. These are all the features of a promiscuous woman."
"By your logic, does that mean all pretty women are loose?"
"Why are you so smug just because you’re a bit pretty?"
"It’s clear you’re just spouting nonsense. Oh, I get it now, you’re just jealous because you’re ugly and can’t stand to see others who are pretty."
The two of them started arguing, and the others quickly intervened to prevent the fight from escalating further.
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Meanwhile, Qiao Duo’er had already arrived at the Huang Family, but Old Lady Huang looked a bit unwell.
Qiao Duo’er asked, "Aunt Huang, are you not feeling well?"
"It’s nothing serious, just a bit of heatiness. I got two doses of medicine from the doctor’s house, and I’ll be fine after taking them," Aunt Huang said truthfully.
Her mouth was covered in a ring of sores. While it wasn’t a serious illness, it hurt a lot when she ate.
"I have some honeysuckle at home, I’ll bring you some later. Drinking it as tea is the best way to cool down," Qiao Duo’er offered.
Aunt Huang hurriedly thanked her, "You’re such a good girl, so thoughtful. By the way, you came today for the rapeseed, right? I have it all ready. I was thinking about asking your uncle to bring it over tomorrow."
"Then I’m very grateful to you, Aunt Huang."
Old Lady Huang took out the rapeseed wrapped in an oilpaper from her home; afraid that Qiao Duo’er and her husband, being young, wouldn’t know how to plant it, she even took the time to teach Qiao Duo’er the method of planting.
