"You, you, you..." Aunt Sanbiao put her hands on her hips, pointing at Nan Fei, she was so angry she couldn't utter a word.
Her daughter did get divorced, but saying 'divorced' wouldn't be accurate because she was thrown out by her husband for being lazy and good-for-nothing. Being a face-saving woman, she naturally wouldn't speak of this. She kept the news tightly under wraps, how did this cheeky girl know about it?
"Aunt Sanbiao, you're going to have a son-in-law older than you. What good fortune!" With that, Nan Fei gathered up the cleaned clothes and left the place nonchalantly, leaving behind a crowd of stunned people.
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With the clothes in hand, she arrived at the yard. She wiped down the clothesline before starting to hang the clothes out to dry. When everything was in order, Jiang Dechun returned from buying beans. It was summer, the first batch of beans of the early season had just ripened, they were fresh and affordable.
