The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1820: Did you bring the candy?

Chapter 1820: Chapter 1820: Did you bring the candy?

"Auntie, thank you."

One of the women thanked Mother Yang with a smile, and then she reached out to touch her still flat belly.

"Don’t worry, I will definitely bear Brother Shu a chubby little boy, so that you can hold your grandson."

"Auntie, me too, when I was pregnant with Bao’er, my reactions were just like now, this time it’s surely a boy as well," another woman said to Mother Yang.

"Good, good, that’s really nice to hear."

Mother Yang’s mouth split into a grin that reached her ears at the mention of a chubby grandson.

In a corner outside the courtyard, Lin Changhong stood with Lin Changyi, the two of them hiding in the bushes, listening to the disgusting words being said by the people inside the Yang Family home, with Changyi’s face full of anger.

"Brother Changhong, isn’t this too inhumane? Aren’t granddaughters human, not even deserving a piece of meat to eat!"

"Changyi, you go do something for me."

Lin Changhong too was shocked by this family. Pregnant women with questionable reputations could enjoy delicious and spicy foods, while his own proper granddaughters could only suffer beatings.

And the daughter-in-law, her face was pallid, washing clothes in the courtyard without even a full meal to eat.

If he hadn’t come over, he never would have imagined that the people of the Yang Family would be like this!

He leaned close to Lin Changyi, whispering a few words into her ear.

"Okay, I’ll go right now," Lin Changyi immediately nodded.

"Did you bring the candy?" Lin Changhong saw him about to leave and asked another question.

"I’ve got it."

Lin Changyi patted his chest and after answering, he ran off out of sight.

...

In Yang Family Village, a strange child soon appeared, gathering a few other children of about his age together.

He handed out candies to the children and had them spread the word around the village that the Yang Family was eating meat while abusing the daughter-in-law and bringing home women of dubious character.

Before long, a bunch of nosy onlookers, who loved to fan the flames, arrived at the entrance of the Yang Family’s courtyard, sneaking peeks inside.

"Wow, the aroma is wafting out. Old Yang’s daughter-in-law really is washing clothes."

"Why are there so many clothes? Old Yang’s family doesn’t have that many people. These clothes, they’re piled so high, who do they belong to?"

From the crack in the courtyard door, upon seeing the situation inside, they pursed their lips and whispered in low voices.

"Tsk."

One of them suddenly made a clicking sound with her tongue.

"Why does that piece of clothing look so familiar? I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before."

She muttered to herself, and then suddenly, her eyes lit up as she remembered – that was her own clothing, which had been taken away for washing by that curse of a daughter-in-law who caused her son’s death.

How did it end up in the hands of Old Yang’s daughter-in-law, being washed by her?

Her confusion grew by the minute – she couldn’t fathom how her daughter-in-law, who had no relationship with Old Yang’s daughter-in-law, had managed to get her to wash the clothes.

"What’s going on here?"

She pushed her way in closer, trying to overhear some voices, and indeed, she heard a voice she was all too familiar with.

Was that not her own curse of a daughter-in-law? What was she doing at Old Yang’s place, laughing and chatting with that old woman? What were they up to?

"Hey, I heard that Old Yang’s son couldn’t keep his pants on, knocked up a widow in the village, and is planning to marry her. Look there, Mother Yang is entertaining her with meat right now. I don’t know whose widow she is, but it’s despicable."