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It was dark when I came in last night, but now I took a closer look at the small courtyard. It was neatly tidied up. It seemed that the Zhao family was living a good life relying on Father Zhao's craftsmanship.

Although Zhao Xiaoya was not favored, it was impossible for the Zhao family to not even have a dowry. She paid fifty taels of silver to marry her precious son, and most of the family property was lost.

After sizing up the Zhao family for a long time, Aunt Li made up her mind to bring some back.

She had some concerns in her mind, so she pretended to slap the door panel hard, which seemed harsh in the quiet morning.

Liu Caifeng frowned when she heard the noise outside. Then she heard Aunt Li's roar and immediately came back to her senses, remembering the big show she had prepared.

She quickly stood up and pushed Father Zhao next to her, but today he slept like a dead pig. She then remembered that in order to prevent him from falling asleep and causing bad things when he woke up, he had been drugged. No wonder he couldn't wake up.

"Good-for-nothing." Liu Caifeng spat, put on her shoes and hurried out. Stepping out, she immediately raised her voice and pretended to shout, "Who is it? You came to the door so early in the morning to make a noise!"

Aunt Li's eyes lit up when she heard Liu Caifeng's voice, and she immediately replied: "Hurry up and hand over my tiger son!"

"What Huzi? Aren't you the sister-in-law of the Li family? Why, you came to our Zhao family looking for your son?"

"Huzi said last night that he would come to your Zhao's house to play with his wife. He didn't go back all night. Please open the door quickly and call Huzi out."

The sound of the two singing together was particularly clear in the quiet early morning. Several neighboring houses had been awakened, and they couldn't help but curiously poked their heads in to take a look.

"What kind of tiger is in my house? Don't talk nonsense."

"Isn't that right? You won't know until you go in and look for it."

"It's really embarrassing." When Liu Caifeng saw people gathering outside the door, she immediately looked furious, "Zhao Xiaoya, that damn girl, I know how restless she is. She knows how to seduce men into the house at such a young age."

Chapter 2 Designing to ruin reputation (2)

Zhao Xiaoya?Several villagers gathered outside Zhao's house looked at each other in confusion. How could Zhao Xiaoya, who was so thin and timid, do such a thing as seducing a man?

"Auntie, she is your daughter. Don't ruin your daughter's innocence by being confused." The person who spoke was Sister-in-law Liu who lived next door. She had only been married to Dashan Village for a few years and was not familiar with Zhao Xiaoya. However, she had a good impression of her who didn't talk much and always smiled when meeting everyone. She couldn't help but say something fair.

"I am her mother, how can I still accuse her unjustly?" Liu Caifeng replied rudely, "This damn girl, see if I don't teach you a lesson today. Are you deaf? Zhao Xiaoya, get out of here!"

Seeing that there was no movement, Liu Caifeng directly led people to push open the door of Zhao Xiaoya's room. In the dark room, she could only vaguely see someone lying on the bed. She stepped forward with a sword step and slapped her down with her palm, "You shameless bitch, why don't you get up!"

Zhao Xue was sleeping soundly and was slapped in vain. She opened her eyes in a daze, but before she could recover, she was slapped on the face again. The pain made her eyes red, and she called out aggrievedly: "Mom? Why did you hit me?"

Hearing Zhao Xue's voice, Liu Caifeng's body stiffened, and she lowered her head to take a closer look. It was amazing, she turned out to be his precious eldest daughter!

She turned pale with fright. There were many people crowded into the room, not to mention there were many spectators in the yard, at least a dozen people.

Liu Caifeng's mind was empty, so she quickly pulled the quilt in her hands and wrapped Zhao Xue tightly.

Li Hu, who was awakened by the sound of people, rubbed his eyes and sat up. When he saw Aunt Li, he called out blankly, "Mom."

"Look, my tiger cub is really here!" Aunt Li didn't notice anything was wrong with Liu Caifeng and yelled, "It's so shameless that she dragged my tiger cub to lie on the same bed and cover her with a quilt."

"It's true." The villagers watching the excitement whispered, "I didn't expect that Xiaoya doesn't look like this person..."

Li Hu was pulled out of bed by Aunt Li. He remembered her explanation and shouted: "Mom, my wife... Huzi wants a wife!"

"Mom knows." Aunt Li glanced at her stupid son with admiration, and ignored Liu Caifeng's uncomfortable expression and said: "Sister-in-law of the Zhao family, since the matter has reached this point, our Li family is a sensible person and will not embarrass you. I will send a matchmaker to set a date to pick up Zhao Xiaoya tomorrow. Can it be done?"

"Yes! Of course." Is there any reason Liu Caifeng shouldn't be right at this moment? Although she doesn't know why Zhao Xue is lying on Zhao Xiaoya's bed, there is no need to ask now, as long as the crime is pinned on Zhao Xiaoya, "Our marriage is settled."

"Okay." Things went as planned, and Aunt Li smiled heartily.

Zhao Xue, who was lying on the bed, was stiff and motionless, biting her lower lip. She knew that she must not let anyone know that it was her who was lying on the bed, otherwise her life would be over.

Aunt Li grinned and was planning to take advantage of the crowd to talk about the dowry. Now that Zhao Xiaoya was caught in the same bed with her son, she could only marry into their Li family. Naturally, she had to get some money back.

At this moment, there was a loud exclamation outside.

"Isn't this Xiaoya?" It was Sister-in-law Liu who spoke. She looked at Zhao Xiaoya who appeared sleepily at the door of the kitchen, and grabbed him with a few strides, "Why are you here? Your mother said you were hiding a man in the bed and were making a fuss."

Zhao Xiaoya blinked her eyes innocently, "Sister-in-law Liu, what are you talking about? I don't understand, I've been in the kitchen. Last night I was going to carry water into the house for my father and sister to wipe themselves, but I was so tired that I fell asleep without realizing it. I didn't wake up until I heard the noise outside."

Sister-in-law Liu's eyes sparkled when she heard this, "You mean you've been in the kitchen since last night?"

Zhao Xiaoya nodded.

"You are in the kitchen, then who is lying on your bed?"

Zhao Xiaoya was in the kitchen just now and heard clearly what was going on outside. She knew that if she didn't come forward, the mother and daughter would definitely blame her for losing their virginity, so she chose to show up when many villagers gathered outside. Now that everyone was watching, Zhao Xue couldn't escape safely.

The suffering she endured in her previous life was sent back to Zhao Xue.

Zhao Xiaoya tilted her head and answered honestly, "Maybe it's my sister. My sister said she wanted to talk to me last night, so I asked her to wait in my room."

The sound from outside came clearly into the room, and Liu Caifeng felt that her eyes were dark.

Aunt Li was a little confused when she heard this. She pushed away the person blocking her sight, and sure enough she saw that the person outside was Zhao Xiaoya.

Liu Caifeng brought Zhao Xiaoya to her last time. She was thin, dark and ordinary looking, but because of her nimble hands and feet and her ability to work, she didn't care about her appearance.

Now that Zhao Xiaoya is not in bed, that bed...

Aunt Li's eyes fell on the quilt that Liu Caifeng was guarding. She was happy when she thought that the Zhao family had another daughter who was famous at a young age and immediately stepped forward to pull the quilt away.

"What are you doing?" Liu Caifeng shouted.

"Let me take a look." Aunt Li insisted on pulling away the quilt and started pushing and pulling with Liu Caifeng.

Li Hu saw him nearby and pulled up the quilt too, shouting, "Daughter-in-law, I want a wife!"

"Let go, you idiot." Liu Caifeng was afraid that Li Hu would really pull the quilt away, so she slapped him with her hand in panic.

Li Hu was slapped. He felt stupid at first, and finally couldn't help crying, "Mom, it hurts so much."

Aunt Li is such an independent child. Although she is stupid, she is still at the forefront of her heart. When she heard Li Hu cry out for pain, she immediately yelled protectively: "Kill with a thousand swords! If you dare to hit my son, see how I deal with you!"

The room was in chaos, Liu Caifeng was holding on to the quilt with all her strength, and was beaten several times in vain by Aunt Li, making her teeth itch with anger.

Zhao Xiaoya quickly squeezed in, "Mom, aunt, please stop fighting."

She tried to pull him away, but she seemed to have tripped accidentally. She pulled randomly with her hands, pulled the quilt apart hard, and fell directly to the ground.

Zhao Xue only felt her eyes light up, and her whole body was immediately exposed to everyone's gaze.

"Look! It's really Zhao Xue!"

There was an exclamation, and Zhao Xiaoya quickly stood up and covered Zhao Xue with the quilt again, "Sister, it's all my clumsiness, I'm sorry! Sister, I'll cover you back up."

Zhao Xue knew it was over when she saw everyone, and pushed Zhao Xiaoya away with both hands, "Get out of here! You don't need to pretend to be kind."

Zhao Xiaoya was pushed to the ground, with tears in her innocent eyes.