Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside

Chapter 1665: Chapter 1667: Engagement Settled

The village chief spoke, and only then did the villagers reach out to pull Lan Hua away from brutally beating Yang Xiaocui, rescuing Xiaocui.

Seeing the village chief arrive, Lan Hua seemed to regain her fighting spirit and cried out, "Village chief, you have to stand up for me. They’re bullying us, the Yang Family wants thirty taels of Silver to take the land deed for the west end of our land, that’s our family’s lifeline. Without that land, what will our whole family eat and drink?"

"You must intervene in this matter, Yang Dong almost strangled me just now, and everyone here sides with the Yang Family, forcing me to give these thirty taels. Our family agreed to call off the marriage, but the bride price was only six taels. The Yang Family claims they gave Xiaocui things, including the carriage hire cost, totaling twelve taels at most. How can they possibly ask for thirty taels? It’s such bullying!"

"They’re bullying us because my husband passed away, and my three sons aren’t here. Village chief, you must stand up for my family."

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Lan Hua grabbed the village chief’s arm, which made his face turn dark as the bottom of a pot, and he shook her off, saying, "Enough, I don’t want to hear your family’s nonsense. Your daughter did such disgraceful things, and you still have the nerve to ask me to defend you?"

"The Yang Family is being lenient by only asking for that much, you should just accept it."

At this point, Yang Dong stepped forward with the land deed in his hand, "Village chief, uncle, I didn’t take all of their family assets, only the land deed for the west end as collateral for those thirty taels of Silver. Look..."

"Fine, I understand, I’ll find time to transfer the land deed to your family."

Hearing this, Lan Hua was completely dumbfounded. She thought the village chief would help her out, but who would have thought he was also on the Yang Family’s side.

At this moment, Yang Dong’s father stepped forward and said, "Well, Auntie, considering everything, let’s call off the proposed marriage between our two families."

"Call it off, call it off." The village chief chimed in alongside, then looked at the gathering villagers, "If there’s nothing else, everyone should disperse and go about their business."

But before the crowd could leave, Xiaocui’s three older brothers returned with their wives and children.

Entering the courtyard, they saw their mother and sister sitting on the ground with disheveled hair, realizing something was wrong.

Upon arriving and entering the village, they heard everyone gossiping, saying their sister feigned fainting to deceive the marriage, that she might have had an affair with Yang Daniu, that it involved attempted murder, Miss Li’s uncertain fate, and even a cliff fall.

Each rumor startled them, having only left home for a couple of days to avoid the previous poisoning incident, and now so much turmoil had arisen at home?

Rushing back home, they were constantly subjected to the villagers’ pointing and gossiping.

"Mother!"

Upon hearing the voices, Lan Hua raised her eyes and saw her three sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren.

She seemed revitalized, as after all, these were her own sons, far more reliable than the village chief, so she began to wail again, "Sons, why did you return so late? Your mother has been bullied to death. Our land was taken by the Yang Family, the Silver is gone, we have nothing now. Quick, go and reclaim it."

Upon hearing this, the whole family raised their heads to look at the Yang Family, and the two sides faced off just like that.