The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1066: A Slip of the Tongue, Speaking Rashly?

Chapter 1066: Chapter 1066: A Slip of the Tongue, Speaking Rashly?

Yet, despite clear evidence to the contrary, those gossipy women in the village made it sound true—as if nobody wanted his Sangsang, as if she rightfully ended up with that scoundrel from the Zhou family!

"Do you hear that nonsense outside? Are those words a person should speak? Who said Sangsang’s engagement with Molian is over? Did they see or hear any of it? Yet they talk as if it’s real, just as if it actually happened!"

"Enough already, are you really taking this so seriously?" Lu Qiubo looked at Lin Laogeng, shaking his head helplessly.

"Those people are just talking. They are like those who can’t eat grapes and say the grapes are sour. How capable Molian is, you’re well aware. They are just jealous of our Sangsang!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Laogeng felt somewhat reassured, but he was still infuriated!

What right did those people have to talk like that? True, he couldn’t control what others said, but he believed he had never spoken ill of another family. So why couldn’t those people stand to see his Sangsang do well?

"This Molian, he doesn’t tell us anything. We don’t really know what his family is like. If we did know, maybe we could have..."

"Even if we knew, we couldn’t go spreading it around."

Lu Qiubo cut him off, saying rather irritably.

"Don’t you know what the people in our village are like? You should save your breath, old man. The kids have grown up; they have their own thoughts and paths to take. Can you walk their paths for them?

We’ve reached the age where we should be enjoying life. If you can ignore the talk outside, then do so. Those people are full of talk because they have nothing better to do. If we actually started debating with them, that would be playing right into their hands.

What good does that do?

Better to treat them as if they were air. Over time, even if they want to gossip, who will listen? The main thing is that as long as Sangsang and Molian are happy together, that’s all that matters. What do we have to argue about? It’s their life they are living, not the people’s outside!"

She spoke at length.

Hearing this, Lin Laogeng let out a deep sigh and nodded.

"Enough of this. I might as well just eat and drink at home and forget the rest...."

Outside the yard, Lin Caisang had just returned from Manghuang Mountain and, listening to Grandpa and Grandma’s conversation, she lowered her head, pondered a moment, then decisively turned and headed towards Ya Molian’s home.

It wasn’t long before Beidou and his wife, Enxi, came over.

"My lady, I’ve inquired into the matter. The idle gossip about you and the master started with a woman surnamed Ding," Beidou said to Lin Caisang.

Lin Caisang lifted her eyes to look at Beidou and Enxi.

"Is it just her loose tongue, spouting nonsense?"

Who would believe that? If it were just loose talk, why target her relationship with Ya Molian specifically? After all, ever since those water ponds on the hillside were excavated, she had been someone to be courted in the village. Such rumors were bound to draw the attention of several clan elders from both the Lin Clan and the Ya Clan.

If it was only her loose tongue, how could that be possible?

"This... I am incapable and have not found out yet."

Beidou’s expression grew stern as she lowered her head, but she quickly raised it again and spoke to Lin Caisang.

"I’ll continue the investigation right away."

"No need to investigate further."

Lin Caisang raised her hand, stopping her.

"Does my lady mean..." Beidou looked at Lin Caisang, somewhat confused.