Fatty Wu was very proactive. On the third day, Ling Xue's house was demolished and truckloads of building materials were brought over.
Everyone in the village knew that Ling Xue's family had started building a house.
Of course, the news of Ling Xue's breakup with her rich second-generation boyfriend also spread.
Ling Xue didn't care about the gossip. With the Little Ice Age coming up, who would care about such things? But Aunt Liao and Uncle Liao couldn't stand it. They were particularly concerned about what the villagers thought.
Ling Xue saw Aunt Liao walk in angrily, and knew that she was upset because of the gossip outside. Ling Xue looked at the two brothers of the Liao family helplessly, and had to go forward to comfort them:
"Auntie, where did you get angry?"
Aunt Liao immediately became excited when Ling Xue asked her. Usually, the men in the family were so naive that they couldn't even say a word. She had a lot to say, but no one listened.
Now that Xiaoxue is back, she finally has someone to talk to.
Aunt Liao walked over and sat down, then started chatting with Ling Xue.
"It's Lele's mom. She told everyone that you were abandoned by a rich second-generation kid. I went up to her and started arguing with her."
Ling Xue comforted her, "She said to let her talk, I'm not losing any meat, and she'll get bored if she talks too much."
Aunt Liao glared at him and immediately objected, "That won't work. In our village, everyone's reputation is theirs. She's ruined the reputation of a good person."
Ling Xue had different ideas from hers, and she couldn't convince her, so she could only tell her not to care about what others said.
Aunt Liao continued to complain: "You don't know, Lele's mother saw that you built a house similar to hers and thought hers was not unique, so she spread gossip about you everywhere."
In the end, it was Aunt Liao who was talking, and Ling Xue was listening. The two brothers watching were very grateful. Fortunately, Ling Xue came back, otherwise they would be the ones suffering now.
Ling Xue listened to Aunt Liao's indignant words for the entire afternoon. Finally, Ling Xue sighed, "I never thought Lele's mother would be such a person."
Aunt Liao agreed: "That's right, she looks gentle and virtuous, but everyone who knows her knows her!"
Although Uncle Liao was very unhappy when he heard others talking about Ling Xue, he did not complain himself, but just sulked in his heart.
In his eyes, Ling Xue is just a kind and lovely girl, and those who gossip about her are just jealous.
Seeing Aunt Liao was about to say something, Uncle Liao stopped her: "Alright, they won't have time to gossip anymore. Little Ice River is coming, so they won't have time to talk even if they want to."
Aunt Liao nodded and agreed: "Of course, who doesn't prepare something?"
When it came to preparing things, Aunt Liao immediately turned her attention to the Liao brothers: "You two have been busy all day. Have you found out the details of the supplies you need to prepare? If not, I will go and buy them myself!"
Although Brother Liao doesn't talk much, he has a lot of ideas. Seeing his mother talking about this, he suggested: "Things are easy to buy, but the problem is how do we store them? I think we need to prepare a few more cellars. If someone finds one, we won't be wiped out."
Everyone agreed with the idea of preparing more storage locations for supplies.
Cellars have been dug in the front and back yards, but we cannot hire anyone to dig them, otherwise others will find out. We have to keep it confidential.
