Lin Yaoyao bit her lip and said, “Husband, I, I don’t know. I just know someone pushed me, and then I fell over…”
Hearing this,
Jia Yang’s anger flared up: “So, you didn’t see who did it?!”
Lin Yaoyao hesitated but nodded.
Jia Yang could no longer contain his fury and shouted at her, “You accuse Yun Niang of pushing you without even seeing clearly? Lin Yaoyao, you really are something!”
“I, I didn’t…”
Lin Yaoyao cried in grievance.
Mrs. Fang, seeing her daughter like this, said angrily, “Jia Yang, why are you shouting? Is this how a husband should behave? My daughter lost your child, and you treat her like this!”
“All of this is her own doing!”
Jia Yang’s voice was cold.
Upon hearing this,
Mrs. Lin hurried in, “Shut up! If you’re angry, take it out on me. I’m the one who hit Su Yun Niang, and I’m also the one who said she pushed Yaoyao!”
“Mother, you’ve really disappointed me!”
Jia Yang said this and left without looking back.
Lin Yaoyao’s father and brothers, who were outside, naturally heard their conversation. Now seeing Jia Yang come out, they didn’t know what to say and didn’t approach him.
Jia Yang had nothing to say to them either.
He just glanced at them and walked towards Jiang Yan: “Da Ya, I’m sorry, all of this is because of me. If it weren’t for me, your aunt wouldn’t be in this state today.”
Could a simple apology make up for the harm to her aunt?
Not a chance.
Jiang Yan asked in a not too loud voice, “What do you plan to do?”
Jia Yang knew that without a solution, Jiang Yan wouldn’t let it go. After thinking, he said, “I plan to divorce Lin Yaoyao.”
It wasn’t just to appease Jiang Yan; he really intended to divorce her.
Upon learning he wanted to divorce Lin Yaoyao,
Her father and brothers all came over to support her: “Jia Yang, you dare!”
Lin Yaoyao also struggled out, “Jia Yang, if you dare divorce me, I, I will die right in front of you!”
And now she was threatening him.
Would Jia Yang be swayed by her threat?
Just as Jiang Yan thought this, Jia Yang’s cold voice rang out, “Go ahead and die.”
She had liked him since she was young.
Loved him for so many years.
But he despised her so much!
Lin Yaoyao felt both hatred and unwillingness, shouting in agitation, “Fine, I’ll die, I’ll die!”
She didn’t believe he could really watch her die!
She underestimated Jia Yang’s dislike for her. Even when Mrs. Lin and others tried to stop her, he did not.
Lin Yaoyao fainted from anger.
When she woke up,
It was already late afternoon.
Finding herself back at her parents’ house,
Lin Yaoyao sat up and was about to get out of bed when her mother, Mrs. Fang, entered, “Yaoyao, you’re awake.”
“Mother…”
Lin Yaoyao barely spoke a few words before tears fell.
Mrs. Fang sighed, bringing over a bowl of cooked eggs, “Alright, stop crying. Even if you cry to death, he won’t feel sorry for you.”
Before Lin Yaoyao could respond,
Mrs. Fang continued, “Take care of your health, and when you’re better, we’ll find someone better than Jia Yang.”
“Mother, I’m not willing!”
Lin Yaoyao’s hands twisted the bedsheet into a mess.
Mrs. Fang rolled her eyes at her, “What can you do if you’re not willing? Your own body couldn’t keep the child.”
What she didn’t know was that the child in Lin Yaoyao’s belly wasn’t Jia Yang’s.
The reason it was lost with just one push,
Was because Lin Yaoyao had taken medication in advance.
Her goal was to kill two birds with one stone.
But she never imagined that while she got rid of the child, Jia Yang didn’t care and even wanted to divorce her.
…
Such an incident couldn’t be hidden, and soon Wang Xiuzhen and others found out.
Although they felt sorry for Su Yun Niang, they didn’t blame Jia Yang too much, considering the importance of having a son. Su Yun Niang not giving birth to one was understandable.
Su Yun Niang was unconscious for five days before waking up.
She expected Jia Yang to blame her, but his first words were an apology.
“You don’t blame me?”
Su Yun Niang asked hoarsely.
Jia Yang hugged her and said, “What silly things are you saying? It wasn’t your fault, why would I blame you?”
The witnesses,
Jiang Yan and others had already found.
According to those who knew, Su Yun Niang hadn’t cursed or fought with Lin Yaoyao at all; it was Lin Yaoyao who kept provoking her, ultimately causing her own miscarriage.
Upon hearing Su Yun Niang had woken up,
Jiang Yan and Jiang Ling came to check on her.
Once they confirmed she was fine,
Jiang Yan began to think about the sales of lard soap.
After much thought,
Jiang Yan decided to collaborate with Ouyang Siyun.
Firstly, they were more familiar, and secondly, his connections were broader than anyone else in town; if he was willing, sales would not be a problem.
Given that the lard soap still needed time to saponify,
Jiang Yan didn’t go to find Ouyang Siyun immediately but planned to do so later.
“Sister, is the lard soap ready yet?”
“Not yet.”
Such conversations happened almost daily.
Jiang Yan was both amused and exasperated.
She had explained it clearly to Jiang Ling, yet she asked every day.
As time passed,
The lard soap finally saponified.
Jiang Ling eagerly took off her outer clothes and started washing with the lard soap Jiang Yan handed her.
“Sister, this lard soap is so slippery…”
“Sister, this lard soap smells nice too…”
“Sister, the clothes get so clean…” Jiang Ling started chattering non-stop from the moment she began washing her hair, making Su Jixiang and Su Ping’an, who were watching nearby, eager to try it themselves to see if it really worked that well.
“Obviously, could anything I make be bad?”
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Seeing Jiang Yan speak this way, Su Jixiang and the others couldn’t help but laugh.
They were now sure the lard soap was fine.
Jiang Yan bought a box to pack it in and carried it to Baiwei Zhai.
Since it was still early for lunch, the restaurant wasn’t crowded.
When she arrived.
Shopkeeper Tian was cleaning the counter.
“Shopkeeper Tian!”
Shopkeeper Tian, upon seeing Jiang Yan, quickly put down his rag and came out to greet her: “Miss Jiang, you’re here. Are you looking for our boss?”
He asked because Jiang Yan rarely came to Baiwei Zhai without a reason.
Following his lead, Jiang Yan asked, “Yes, is he here?”
Shopkeeper Tian shook his head: “He’s not here, he’s gone hunting.”
Hunting?
Before Jiang Yan could respond, Shopkeeper Tian continued: “Miss Jiang, our boss should be back by noon. Why don’t you come back this afternoon?”
Having waited so many days already, she wasn’t in a rush: “Alright, I’ll come back this afternoon!”
Not long after leaving Baiwei Zhai, sweat started to trickle down Jiang Yan’s forehead.
As she wiped her brow, she overheard two men talking nearby.
“It’s way too hot this year, isn’t it? It’s not even July yet, and it’s already this hot. If this keeps up into July and August, people might just die from the heat!”
“Absolutely…”
Jiang Yan hadn’t paid attention to this before, but now that they mentioned it, she recalled last June. Was this year hotter than last?
And there was less rain this year.
At this rate, the bean sauce made in her shop might spoil quickly.
With this thought.
Jiang Yan thought of saltpeter.
If she had this, she wouldn’t worry about the goods in her shop spoiling.
Plus, she could sell cold drinks.
The more she thought about it, the better it seemed.
Jiang Yan inquired around, bought several pounds of saltpeter from a general store, and then saw someone selling fish, so she bought a grass carp over four pounds.
