Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 516 Rumors

Chapter 516: Chapter 516 Rumors

Actually, Xia Xinshan had a very good prospects in the matchmaking market right now.

Many households even wanted to marry off unmarried daughters to him.

In the past, there had been a couple of discussions about such matters, but the situation was different back then. Old Mrs. Song had been asked to play matchmaker, but she didn’t agree, mainly because she was worried that the ties with Ma Cuifen and Hai City weren’t cleanly severed.

But what exactly had happened now?

Song Yunuan was very curious, but it wasn’t appropriate for her to go asking around, as she had many things to focus on.

Moreover, there were some things her uncle couldn’t say.

Song Yunuan went to Nanshan County Town. Old Mrs. Song had bought a house there but rarely stayed in it, so she decided to rent it out.

The renters were a couple who had returned to the city two years ago; they hadn’t been allocated a house and had been living with their parents, where the small space and the growing number of people living there led to increasing conflicts, reaching such an irreconcilable state that they had to move out.

So, they were preparing to rent a house.

After thoroughly checking inside and out, the young couple was very satisfied.

They then rented it for six yuan per month.

Considering current conditions, it was quite a bargain.

The main reason Old Mrs. Song agreed was that Sister Zhao had told her the young wife was tidy, efficient, and had a good nature, but her mother-in-law was too cunning, and her sisters-in-law were bullies too.

The couple had a son and a daughter, both around eight or nine years old, who also looked clean, well-behaved, and clever.

Therefore, she agreed to rent to them for six yuan.

Old Mrs. Song had no choice.

She couldn’t really move to the city anyway.

The factory was expanding, and though she wasn’t working there anymore, her presence was still required in many areas.

And, most importantly, a house that isn’t lived in will fall into ruin.

It definitely needed to be kept alive with human presence.

Old Mrs. Song and Sun Jinrong were discussing the rental, and there was also a contract that needed to be signed. After Song Yunuan finished drafting the contract, she went to look for Zhou Xiaohua.

Thus, she found out smoothly from Zhou Xiaohua why her uncle and Ma Cuifen decided to break off their marriage certificate.

Turned out, Ma Cuifen’s husband, Li Zhiqing, had remarried.

Ma Cuifen was extremely distressed upon learning this and went to the riverside to clear her mind, accidentally falling into the water. Luckily, Xia Xinshan, who happened to be fishing in the river, saved her.

Song Yunuan: ...

It must have been a suicide attempt.

After telling the story, Zhou Xiaohua grabbed Song Yunuan’s arm and said, "Little Nuan, Little Nuan, do you think your uncle is silly? Saving someone and then feeling obliged to marry her? Clearly, Aunt Cuifen still misses her former husband."

Song Yunuan glanced at Zhou Xiaohua: "You seem to know everything. How’s your studying going? Did you pass your end-of-term exams? Will you get your diploma when you graduate?

By the way, did you do last quarter’s report? I asked you to analyze the reasons for profitability, did you do that?"

Zhou Xiaohua immediately looked distressed.

She was just a sales clerk, and even though she was now a team leader and earned a lot more than the other two, she was still a clerk.

Why did she have to do reports?

She wasn’t some big official in the government.

Little Nuan’s expectations of her were too high, yet she didn’t dare to protest.

She could only say, "... I’m working on it, just haven’t finished."

Song Yunuan casually said, "Tell me about the main reasons for the profit in the summer."

"What’s there to analyze? Isn’t it because our clothing factory is the only one in the entire Nanshan County Town?"

"And what does that mean?"

"Monopolization? It should be like this, right?"

"Do you believe that in a few years, clothing factories will be almost everywhere? What will we do then?"

Zhou Xiaohua thought for a moment and said, "Of course, we must make our factory’s clothing of better quality and with more innovative styles, so that no one can catch up with us."

Song Yunuan patted her shoulder and gave her a heavy dose of praise.

This Zhou Xiaohua was actually very smart and extremely quick-witted. Otherwise, she could not have followed Song Yunuan around from the beginning.

It’s just that sometimes she could be a bit lazy.

The type to move one step at a time when pushed.

This girl, once nurtured, could be of help to Song Yunuan in the future.

Song Yunuan had learned about the matter between her eldest uncle and Ma Cuifen. She felt it could not be so simple; there must be something else to it.

Indeed, in Erdao River Village.

Ma Cuifen went to find Xia Xinshan with a heart full of unease.

The two stood under a tree. Ma Cuifen said to him, "Big Brother Xinshan, let’s just forget about our affair, shall we? What era is this? Even if you saved me, you’re just my lifesaver. It doesn’t mean I have to marry you. As for the village gossip, just ignore it. Let them say whatever they want. Over time, no one will talk."

Although the topic was a bit embarrassing, they were both adults and already had children, so they weren’t excessively shy about it.

Even though they were discussing marriage, neither the Xia family nor Xia Guilan said anything; even Zhu Feng and Xia Guilan were extra enthusiastic when they saw her, not showing any disdain for her as a mother with children in tow.

Yet that made her feel even more uneasy.

Even though Xia Xinshan had already told her the real reason a while ago.

Xia Xinshan scratched his head: "I told you before, I was just worried that Xique’s mother would come back to look for her.

That woman is living well with her lover, but I have no idea why she keeps pestering me to talk every time she sees me at the commune, asking about Xique in a really annoying way.

I absolutely won’t let her come back, but you also know how shameless that woman can be; unimaginably thick-skinned. I thought, if I got married, she wouldn’t dare to bother me anymore. Actually, doing this is unfair to you, and I’m also worried that woman might trouble you."

Sympathy showed on Ma Cuifen’s face, followed by a wry smile. Wasn’t she in the same boat?

Her mother could tolerate her, but her sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law at home were always unhappy. Even though she wasn’t freeloading, they simply found her and her children an eyesore.

The matches they found for her were men from distant villages, much older than she was.

They truly wished she could just get married off and leave quickly.

She didn’t want her mother to be constantly quarreling with her sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law because of her.

After Big Brother Xinshan pulled her from the river and revived her, she regretted it immediately.

How could she have been so foolish?

How could she even think of leaving her two children behind to seek death?

That damn man wasn’t worth her doing this at all.

At that moment, she was really terrified.

But she also came to many realizations.

Truly, having had a brush with death, she understood so much more.

Then Xia Xinshan, in order to protect her reputation, did not tell people she had tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river. He only said she had accidentally fallen in by the riverside.

When the forest is big, all kinds of birds will be present. The overall atmosphere of Erdao River Village is one of positive progress and harmonious development.

But there are still quite a few thorns.

Just after the incident, it took less than a day for rumors to spread throughout all of Erdao River Village.

Even Chu Zizhou at the commune had heard about it.

After all, although Xia Xinshan wasn’t famous, everyone knew his brother Xia Xindong, not to mention his niece Song Yunuan, who was famous throughout the whole county.

Then all sorts of nasty things were said, with vivid details.

In the end, it even turned into stories of the two of them bathing together in the river, supposedly without clothes, hugging and holding each other in the water, and even on shore, clinging to each other like conjoined twins, not ashamed to part ways despite their age. It was simply indecent to behold...

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