Sure enough, as soon as they stepped out of the gate, several women in the village surrounded them to inquire about the news.
The village lacked everything, but it never lacked gossips.
The village chief's wife, with a joyous expression, said what Su Xiaotian had taught her.
Upon hearing that it was just Xiaocao who saved someone, and that the person had come to express their gratitude, even proposing to recognize Xiaocao as a goddaughter.
Those women instantly found it uninteresting.
At this moment, what attracted the most attention? Naturally, it was romantic relationships.
However, on second thought, Xiaocao was too lucky. Among so many girls in the same village, besides Su Xiaotian and Su Xiaomei, Su Xiaocao was indeed the luckiest.
To be recognized as a goddaughter by someone from the city was also quite good.
Their families had been villagers for ten to eight generations, and they didn't even have anyone working for the state.
Of course, some people harbored ill intentions, thinking that perhaps Su Xiaocao's condition after saving someone was very serious.
"Sister-in-law, is Xiaocao alright?"
When that person spoke, if their eyes weren't so bright and shining, perhaps everyone would have believed they were genuinely concerned.
"She's fine, Sister Xiaocao is doing very well," Su Xiaotian replied quickly.
As expected, as soon as Su Xiaotian said this, that person's expression instantly turned cold.
Su Xiaotian snorted, knowing that person couldn't stand to see others do well!
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Just then, Su Changjiu's eldest daughter-in-law, Tian Xiaohe, came over.
Tian Xiaohe, before the family division, seemed alright. She did her share of work inside and outside the house without any issues.
But later, perhaps she was dazed by the liberating spring breeze, her mind was solely focused on getting rich.
She had been determined to contract the breeding farm. Using the prestige of her father-in-law, the village chief, to suppress other competitors, she managed to secure the contract for the breeding farm.
However, a breeding farm was not so easy to manage. The once well-run farm suffered immense losses under her management.
This was originally a risk shared by the entire family, but fearing that her in-laws and her husband's brother's family would benefit, she caused a family division as soon as she contracted the breeding farm.
Now that it was losing money, she had to bear the losses herself.
She had even signed a five-year contract.
The breeding farm was not making money, yet she still had to pay the village.
Because of this, Tian Xiaohe caused a lot of trouble for her father-in-law and mother-in-law, both inside and outside the house.
She even set her sights on Su Xiaocao.
Seeing her elder sister-in-law causing so much trouble and trying to gain advantages from her father-in-law and mother-in-law, the younger daughter-in-law, Zhang Caiyun, was not to be outdone.
As a result, the village chief and his wife were driven to the brink of madness by her.
Finally, the village chief and his wife completely divided the household. Except for the house in the courtyard, which was left for the elderly couple, everything else was distributed to the two sons' families.
The savings accumulated by the family over the years were all given to the two sons, leaving the elderly couple with nothing.
It could be considered a way to achieve peace of mind by not seeing it.
The family was torn apart by the strife.
The village chief and his wife were disheartened.
The two sons had disheartened the village chief's wife, which was why she was always worried that if Su Xiaocao were recognized by Xie Nan, she would have no daughter left.
In the future, she would be alone with no one to talk to.
Speaking of which, these two sons were indeed truly wicked.
After the family division, they barely visited their elderly parents.
They were even unwilling to enter the house during the New Year.
Over time, Su Changjiu and his wife also grew cold-hearted, focusing their efforts on saving money to prepare a dowry for their daughter.
"Mother, guests have arrived, why didn't you tell us? Do you still consider us family?"
She had heard from others that a well-dressed woman had come to the house and rushed over immediately.
Although she hadn't heard of the Su family having any wealthy relatives before, who knew if these two old people were hiding something from them?
In any case, if there were rich people visiting, they might as well try to get some benefits.
As she spoke, Tian Xiaohe did not forget to stare at Xie Nan.
As others had told her, this woman was well-dressed and clearly wealthy.
Moreover, women from the city looked different; it was just that their faces seemed cold, giving off an unapproachable vibe.
She wondered if she could gain any benefits from this.
As a daughter-in-law, her opening words were accusatory, which made Su Xiaotian frown.
Xiaocao's eldest sister-in-law, she used to seem alright. Why did she become like this later?
Did wealth truly corrupt people's hearts?
But the change was too drastic.
The village chief's wife had no temper whatsoever when looking at her eldest daughter-in-law.
She cared about her reputation and dared not speak disrespectfully.
Tian Xiaohe, on the other hand, would say anything.
"This is Teacher Xie, she's from the capital. Xiaocao saved someone in the capital, and they've come specifically to thank us!"
Upon hearing that the person was from the capital, Tian Xiaohe's eyes instantly sparkled.
Hearing that it was to thank their family, she became even happier.
"Oh my, let me tell you, our Xiaocao girl is the kindest and most good-hearted. Otherwise, she wouldn't have saved you, right?"
Xie Nan was unaware of the situation in Su Changjiu's family, but through the brief conversation, she gathered that the woman before her was likely Xiaocao's eldest sister-in-law.
Although she seemed a bit coarse, it was normal for rural women to be a bit coarse.
After all, she was Xiaocao's sister-in-law. With the thought of loving the person because of the one she loved, Xie Nan smiled and greeted Tian Xiaohe.
"Hello! My name is Xie Nan."
"Teacher Xie, I am Xiaocao's eldest sister-in-law. Let me tell you, I watched Xiaocao grow up since she was little." Tian Xiaohe, acting very familiar, reached out and grabbed Xie Nan's sleeve, completely disregarding whether Xie Nan would mind her dirty hands, as this was their first meeting.
Xie Nan tried to pull her sleeve back, but failed, and could only let Tian Xiaohe hold it.
But she felt very uncomfortable. Her personality had become increasingly cold over the years, and she rarely got close to people.
"Teacher Xie, you don't know, I always told Xiaocao that we should be kind to others. Only kind people receive good rewards."
Not only the village chief's wife couldn't stand it at this point, but even the onlookers were disgusted.
This Tian Xiaohe really dared to speak.
She watched Xiaocao grow up?
When she joined the family, how old was Xiaocao?
Rather than saying she watched Xiaocao grow up, it was more accurate to say her children were watched over by Xiaocao as they grew up.
Xiaocao, a young girl in her teens, had always looked after her nephews and nieces. When the village chief's wife was busy, Xiaocao even took care of the children's clothes and diapers.
And she had the nerve to say such a thing?
Furthermore, was "being kind to others" something someone like Tian Xiaohe would think of?
However, as outsiders, it was not appropriate for many to comment.
But the scornful glances from many people made the village chief's wife unbearable.
She coughed heavily, intending to remind Tian Xiaohe to stop.