In Tianshui Village, it was no secret that there was a new addition to the Lan family.
According to Aunt Wang, who lived next door to the Lan family, he was a handsome young man. Guys like him were a rarity even across all the villages.
The Lan family happened to be looking for a son-in-law. Wasn't this exactly what the Lan family wanted?
Hence, after the news of the Lan family's lazy daughter getting a divorce, the news of her finding a new kept man quickly spread throughout the village.
This news made the Xu family, who lived at the east end of the village, feel especially uncomfortable.
What did they mean she found another kept man?
This was basically saying that their most capable sixth son of the Xu family was the kept man raised by the Lan family?!
Previously, there were rumors in the village that their sixth son was capable and despised the lazy daughter of the Lan family.
At that time, they had such a bad reputation because their family had indeed broken off their in-law relationship with the Lan family. When the villagers were going around saying that, they took it as an acknowledgment that their sixth son was capable, so they endured it.
But now, they could not let the villagers belittle their Xu family's only university graduate who had brought honor to their ancestors!
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These days, Lan Shu exercised at home to lose weight as usual and rarely went out.
On the other hand, the young man next to her, Xiao Bai, did not follow Lan Dazhuang out to work in the fields because he was weak and needed to rest.
Lan Xiuming had returned to the city two days ago. When he found out that his sister's small appetite was not because of lovesickness and she really wanted to lose weight and improve herself, he was relieved.
There was nothing much to do at home, and the hospital was still busy, so Lan Xiuming did not stay for long.
When Mrs. Xu of the Xu family came to look for their family, Lan Shengli was at the union, Chang Chunfang was teaching at the village primary school, and Lan Dazhuang was working in the fields. Only Lan Shu and the young man, Xiao Bai, were at home.
Someone suddenly knocked on the door. Upon hearing the sound, Lan Shu immediately stopped her aerobics exercise and walked out of the house to open the door.
She thought about it as she walked. It wasn't noon yet. Big Brother had come back quite early today.
However, when she opened the door and saw an old lady in her 50s or 60s with white hair and an unfriendly expression standing outside, Lan Shu was stunned.
"Who are you looking for?" she asked.
"You…" The woman in a patched gray shirt was a little stunned when she saw Lan Shu.
She almost didn't recognize that this was the lazy daughter of the Lan family who was as fat as a pig!
The Lan family's chubby daughter had lost a lot of weight. She actually looked much more pleasing to the eye than before?
But even if she was pleasing to the eye, she was no longer the daughter-in-law of the Xu family!
"I'm looking for you!" Mrs. Xu's tone was a little aggressive.
She took a step forward, pointed at Lan Shu's nose, and scolded, "Don't you have any shame?! You're a divorced woman, yet you continue to look for men so shamelessly. Can't you live without a man?"
Mrs. Xu felt that if the lazy daughter of the Lan family had not found a man, the villagers would not imply that her sixth son was a kept man.
Hence, it was all Lan Shu's fault, that shameless little b*tch!
After being scolded, Lan Shu finally matched the person in front of her with her memory.
This person was actually Xu Yunjie's mother!
As long as she was unprovoked, she would not lash out. Lan Shu was angry at the words that the madam of the Xu family had just used to scold her. She opened her mouth and said, "It's none of your business!"
Even if it was not true that she was looking for a man…
"I'm already free after the divorce. Even if I marry again, it has nothing to do with your Xu family! Who do you think you are? What right do you have to interfere with my affairs?"
Even if this lady was Xu Yunjie's mother and even if she was old, she would be shown no respect if she spoke so rudely.
Mrs. Xu did not expect that her former gentle and lazy daughter-in-law would actually dare to diss her like this.
She was already angry to begin with. Now that she realized that the other party's words made her seem unreasonable, she was even angrier!
"Look at how lazy and fat you are. You're even divorced. No man would be blind enough to want you!"
Mrs. Xu's loud voice quickly attracted the attention of the middle-aged ladies who usually did not work in the fields and the daughters who were taking care of their children at home.
Many people walked out of their houses and looked over.
Sensing that there were people watching, Mrs. Xu wanted to deliberately embarrass the Lan family and scolded even more fiercely!
"So what if your family has a little money? In the end, you'll rot in their hands and no one will want you!"
Lan Shu frowned. Even though she didn't like to quarrel, the other party's words had really angered her!
Looking at Mrs. Xu, Lan Shu suddenly sneered.
"It's exactly because my family is rich that we could make your Xu family willingly sell your son to the Lan family to be the live-in son-in-law!"
When Lan Shu said this, Mrs. Xu's expression changed drastically!
Other than the Lan and Xu families, no one else in the village knew that her son had married into their family.
She did not expect Lan Shu, this little b*tch, to publicize this matter just like that!
These words were also heard by the old neighbors who were watching the farce!
It turned out that the university graduate of the Xu family was actually the live-in son-in-law of the Lan family previously?
When there was a famine in the village a few years ago, everyone thought that the Xu family would not be able to eat because of how poor they were. However, they actually had enough food, and no one starved to death. It turned out that the Xu family had sold their son in exchange for food!
That was not right. Mrs. Xu had already sold her son to the Lan Family, but she still despised the Lan family's daughter.
Even if the Lan family's daughter was a little fat and lazy, her family was willing to support her. What right did the mother of a live-in son-in-law have to despise her?
For a moment, Mrs. Xu could even feel the disdainful gazes of the middle-aged ladies and young mothers who were hiding nearby and watching the show.
Before Lan Shu could finish speaking, she looked at Mrs. Xu coldly and said in a contemptuous tone.
"Didn't Xu Yunjie tell you? I divorced him! He was a kept man of mine! I could dump him whenever I wanted!
"Actually, you're right about one thing. As long as my family is rich, I can raise a few kept men if I want!"
Lan Shu said one sentence after another, not giving Mrs. Xu any chance to speak.
"If you have the time to come and shout at me, why don't you work more and farm more land? Your family has a lot of people. The reason why you're poor is because you don't think about the root of the problem. If not for the fact that you're too lazy to do some work and find it tiring, you wouldn't have starved and sold your son!"
When Lan Shu said this, the neighbors who were listening to the gossip immediately felt that it made sense!
The Xu family even said that the Lan family's daughter was lazy. But it seemed like their Xu family did not have many diligent people!
"In the past, your Xu family was still considered our relatives. When I saw you, I had to give you some face, but now, our families have nothing to do with each other! In the future, your family should stop quarreling at our door. It's annoying!
"If you dare to come again, you won't be facing me next time but my big brother!"
Upon hearing Lan Shu's words, the image of Lan Dazhuang's steel-like arms and fists the size of bowls immediately appeared before Mrs. Xu's eyes!
When she thought about how she would encounter that human-shaped farming machine covered in muscles in the future, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but shiver.