A Good Country Wife-Chapter 116: It’s Best This Way_1

No matter who it is, concern breeds chaos. Zhao Yunxiang is usually quite shrewd, but now she came to conclusions without understanding the situation and lumped Lin Yue in with the deceitful, never anticipating that the Jin Family would tell such blatant lies.

Doctor Zheng looked down on Zhao Yunxiang’s crude language, "Madam, the master of the house is currently in the kitchen. If you have something to say, please speak calmly. Why get so worked up?"

"You old fool, harboring lecherous thoughts for other men’s wives at your age, shameless. This has nothing to do with you, get out of my way. I’ll settle the score with you later," Zhao Yunxiang categorized Doctor Zheng as an ’adulterer’ and naturally didn’t show him any courtesy. Pushing him aside, the words she spat out were indeed harsh and vitriolic.

Doctor Zheng’s face turned beet red with anger. Having practiced medicine for many years and respected for his skills, he was not accustomed to being slandered, especially with such an accusation. Pointing at Zhao Yunxiang with trembling fingers, he said, "What a shrew you are! I’ve led an honorable life and won’t allow you to sully my reputation with such wild accusations. I must clear this up with you today."

However, Zhao Yunxiang was preoccupied with worry for her nephews and paid no heed to Doctor Zheng. Knowing Lin Yue was in the kitchen, she hurried over, "Lin Family, come out here. Lin Family, where did you take Dalang and the others? If anything happens to them, I won’t let you off easily."

Lin Yue was the kind of person who dedicated herself wholeheartedly to anything she did. At that moment, she was intently chopping vegetables without noticing the commotion outside. Only when Zhao Yunxiang burst into the kitchen did she realize what was happening, looking bewildered at the woman before her who seemed familiar but whom she couldn’t recall having met. Since the face looked familiar, perhaps it was someone the former Lin Yue knew.

"Big sister, who might you be, and do you need something from me?" Lin Yue discerned that the visitor seemed hostile, but not knowing her identity or purpose, she still asked politely.

"Lin Family, where did you take Dalang and the others? Don’t think that just because Erhu had an accident, you can do whatever you please. If you dare to do anything that wrongs Erhu, I will make you regret it," Zhao Yunxiang’s words were aggressively confrontational.

Although Lin Yue was displeased with Zhao Yunxiang’s tone, seeing that the woman was worried about the children, she patiently explained, "Big sister, you might have misunderstood something. Dalang and the others are fine; they’ve gone to pick wild vegetables and will be back soon."

"Hmph, they better be!" It was only after hearing that the children had simply gone to pick wild vegetables that Zhao Yunxiang felt relieved, turning her attention to Lin Yue, whom she was meeting for the first time.

Being several years older than Zhao Erhu, and with the belief that an elder sister is like a mother, Zhao Yunxiang scrutinized Lin Yue with the same critical eye most mothers-in-law use on their daughters-in-law. Seeing Lin Yue’s slender and delicate appearance, with a charming and pretty face, and a touch of grace in her movements, she disliked her even more, thinking to herself that Lin Yue was indeed unlucky, her frail appearance suggesting difficult childbirth, and with a face that was too seductive, perhaps it was she who had burdened her younger brother. Otherwise, why would Erhu have had no issues hunting in the mountains for so many years, yet as soon as Lin Yue entered the family, something went wrong – truly a jinx.

Zhao Yunxiang first sized up Lin Yue, then swept her gaze around the kitchen. Most of the ingredients Lin Yue had bought that morning had yet to be put away, with rice and flour still left out in the kitchen.