They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 347 Apology
"The Qin family has severed all ties with her and will never associate with her again, nor will she have any connection with the Mo family. If she dares to plot anything in private or do anything to Madam Xu, Madam Xu can deal with her without having to worry about the Qin family at all."

"What happened yesterday was a disservice to Madam Xu by our Qin family. I almost had no face to see Madam Xu again. Fortunately, Madam Xu was blessed with good fortune and turned misfortune into good luck, which also gave our Qin family a chance."

"If Madam Xu needs any help from the Qin family in the future, the Qin family will do its duty without hesitation. Madam Xu, please just say the word."

Madam Qin looked at Xu Zhichun with earnest eyes, her words coming from the bottom of her heart, and felt somewhat uneasy.

She really wanted to strangle that bitch Qin Xiuhe after what happened yesterday.

Who would have thought? She was so bold!

Both bold and despicable.

Does she really think everyone is a fool? Madam Xu came to the Qin family's house to attend the birthday banquet. How could she possibly be having a secret rendezvous with someone? Fortunately, yesterday's events were a close call. If something had really happened, anyone who isn't a fool would have realized that Madam Xu was definitely framed and plotted against!

She got into trouble at the Qin family's house, so who was the person who plotted against her?
After this, who would still want to associate with the Qin family?

There was no need to wait for later; in her anger, Madam Xu had already made the situation impossible to resolve.

If, by some chance, Madam Xu were to commit suicide out of unbearable humiliation, the Qin family would be doomed! Magistrate Lu would not let the Qin family off the hook.

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Madam Qin, please don't say that. This matter has nothing to do with the Qin family. I know very well that our two families have always maintained the same relationship. I heard that the water lilies in the Qin family's lotus pond were specially purchased from Jiangnan. They are incredibly beautiful when they bloom. I would like to go and see them for myself."

Water lilies are ubiquitous in the water features of any modern park, so commonplace that they are indeed a rarity in this era.

Madam Qin was overjoyed: "Great! I'll definitely invite Madam Xu then."

The two exchanged a smile, and that was the end of it.

After Madam Qin took her leave, Granny Qin Qing and Mu Xiang opened the gift boxes she had brought one by one.

The package contained two boxes of pastries, a box of high-quality bird's nest weighing about two pounds, and a gift box containing a complete set of pearl-inlaid gold jewelry.

Granny Qin Qing was taken aback by the Qin family's extravagance. "This set of jewelry is worth at least a thousand taels of silver. The Qin family is truly wealthy."

Xu Zhichun was also somewhat surprised.

Granny Qin Qing smiled and said, "It's not too much as compensation, Madam can accept it without any qualms. Otherwise, they will feel uneasy."

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "What Granny said makes sense."

The matter was thus covered up.

Outsiders only know that Qin Xiuhe had a falling out with the Qin family, but they don't know why. The Qin family won't implicate Xu Zhichun, but Qin Xiuhe would like to, though she doesn't dare.

Without evidence, that's just nonsense.

Even if someone believes it, it's still nonsense.

By daring to "slander" him, she was essentially handing Xu Zhichun a handle to use against her. No matter how stupid or hateful she was, she wouldn't dare to do that.

As the weather gets warmer, the sweet potato vines are pruned and then grow back, only to be pruned again. Each time they are pruned, they grow back very quickly. Every household takes good care of them, filling every available space on their land with crops.

Xu Zhichun also had people pluck loads of sweet potato vines and specially transported them to the newly reclaimed land in Loujia Village to plant a considerable amount.

That afternoon, Xu Zhichun and Chunfen returned from Loujia Village and saw their aunt's eldest daughter-in-law, Mao, standing not far from their yard. She walked over and said, "You're finally back. Hurry up and go to the village head's house. He needs to see you."

Xu Zhichun suspected she had misheard: "The village head is looking for me?" The village head was looking for her, so why was it Mao who relayed the message?
Knowing that she didn't trust her own family at all, Mao rolled her eyes and said impatiently, "We didn't ask you to come to our house. You wouldn't dare go to the village head's house either?"

Xu Zhichun: "."

Qin Qing, the old woman who came out to greet them, was speechless; those words were indeed straightforward and honest.

"I understand, thank you."

"Hmph, you'd better hurry up."

After Mao finished speaking, he turned and left.

Granny Qin Qing was very puzzled: "No one from the village head's family came to say anything, but what Mao said is also true. If we go to the village head's family, they can't do anything."

Xu Zhichun nodded; she thought so too.

What she didn't expect was that her kind uncle and aunt had dug such a huge pit for her.
Xu Zhichun, accompanied by Granny Qin Qing and Mu Xiang, arrived at Liang Lizheng's house.

Besides the eldest uncle, aunt, and the Mao couple, there was also a young woman who was not familiar with them, and a boy of about four years old sitting next to her, who was eating a fresh cucumber.

She walked in, and everyone's eyes fell on her, especially the young woman. She glanced at her first, then showed a timid and fearful expression, as if she was very afraid of Xu Zhichun, or as if she had been bullied by Xu Zhichun.

Xu Zhichun was completely bewildered: What the hell??
If she weren't absolutely certain that neither she nor the original owner of this body had ever met this woman, she would have suspected that she might have bullied her in the past.

In short, she had a very bad feeling about this young woman.

She had never felt such intense disgust and aversion to someone after just one meeting; this was the first time.

Granny Qin Qing also keenly sensed something and glanced at the woman and the child beside her without making a sound.

"Madam Xu has arrived, please have a seat."

Liang Lizheng smiled and nodded at her in greeting.

"Thank you, Village Head."

Zhang rolled her eyes sourly, and before Xu Zhichun could even sit down, she immediately said, "Village head, now that Xu is here, shouldn't we get down to business? This is a joyous occasion for our family! Hurry up and tell us so Xu can be happy too!"

Xu Zhichun glanced at Zhang Shi. She probably couldn't be happy about something that made Zhang Shi happy.

Liang, the village head, didn't think much of Zhang's frivolous manner. As the village head, he had to step in and take charge of certain matters. "You all speak," he said. "Madam Xu, please listen to what I have to say. We can discuss it later."

Zhang sneered, "What could she possibly say? Even if she did, it would definitely be something nice!"

Xu Zhichun: "."

Oh dear, then it's definitely not going to get any better.

Xu Zhichun smiled and nodded at Liang Lizheng: "Yes, Lizheng."

Uncle Liang glanced at Zhang Shi: "Alright, enough with the nonsense. Xu Shi, recognize these people. This is Qing Niang, and this is Zheng Chang, the child Qing Niang gave birth to. This is Ming Lang's bloodline. They've worked so hard to finally find him. Take him back with you, and raise Zheng Chang well with Qing Niang from now on. Thank goodness, Ming Lang finally has an heir. You have hope for the future!"

"I'll just say one thing: Qingniang hasn't had it easy either. You have to treat her well, otherwise you'll be letting Minglang and the Liang family down. I will absolutely not forgive you! Do you understand?"

Zhang snorted and smugly echoed, "Xu, did you hear me clearly?"