Outsiders? The Tao family was taken away?
Thinking of her own family's situation, Tao Lengshuang's heart sank. She asked with surprise, "Auntie, can you tell me more specifically?"
"That's what I need to tell you about."
According to the neighbor auntie, a middle-aged man in linen clothes said something to the Tao family, and they happily followed him.
When they left, Tao Laoda and the others spat at Tao Lengshuang's house, showing a condescending attitude.
Tao Lengshuang thanked her and walked towards the village, wanting to see the Tao family's situation.
Who would want to use the Tao family to harm their family?
And who dared to do so so openly?
"The Mo family, the Mo family!"
As she was thinking, she heard Shen Ershen's hurried voice. She looked up and saw her running towards her.
"Shen Ershen..." Tao Lengshuang had just spoken when Shen Ershen grabbed her and pulled her forward.
"The Mo family, the Tao family is building a new house, and many people have come."
Hearing this, Tao Lengshuang quickened her pace and followed Shen Ershen to where her house originally was.
She saw a large crowd of villagers gathered to watch the excitement.
Pushing her way in, she saw many craftsmen talking to the Tao family, who had a proud and ostentatious demeanor.
"Oh, isn't this Tao Lengshuang, who married out of our family?"
Tao Fangfang put on a proud air of wealth and looked at Tao Lengshuang with disdain, saying, "My family is about to build a new house, and this time we won't leave a room for you. You can give up on that idea."
Tao Lengshuang saw Tao Laoyezi and the others look at her with contempt, disdain, and disgust. She crossed her arms and said coldly, "I have not a single copper coin's relationship with your Tao family."
"Tao Fangfang, please don't flatter yourself. The thought of your family being my anything is disgusting to me."
Shen Ershen spat and said fiercely with her hands on her hips, "Exactly, exactly."
"Look at your disgusting faces, you almost made me throw up my dinner. It's just building a new house, do you think you've really made it? It's still uncertain who holds the deed to this new house."
Tao Lengshuang nodded repeatedly, smiling with her eyes curved, "Shen Ershen, you've hit the nail on the head."
"In this world, who would be good to others for no reason, and help people build houses for free? Only the Tao family is foolish enough to be used by others and still help them count their money."
As soon as she said this, the surrounding villagers immediately stopped envying and jealousy of the Tao family.
"The Mo family's words reminded me. That middle-aged man just now was neither a relative of the Tao family nor anyone related to them, yet he wanted to help the Tao family build a new house. It looks problematic."
"Isn't it? It's obvious they want to use the Tao family for something, but I don't know what they want to scheme against the Tao family for."
"Let them be proud now, and they'll cry later."
Hearing this, Tao Laoyezi's family was furious, believing that Tao Lengshuang and the villagers were envious and jealous of them.
"Oh my, what kind of joke am I hearing?"
Tao Fangfang twisted her plump body and looked at Tao Lengshuang and the villagers with extreme arrogance, waving them away like flies, "Get out, get out, all of you, get away from here. Don't loiter around my house, it's so smelly."
Tao Lengshuang's gaze, devoid of warmth, swept over them.
Tao Fangfang's face turned pale and she took a few steps back, her momentum weakening. "You... Tao Lengshuang, what are you going to do?"
Tao Lengshuang saw Tao Laoyezi and the others all shrink into a corner, with no one helping Tao Fangfang. She couldn't help but sneer, "What can I do?"
"I'm just here to watch the excitement. What do you think I can do?"
The more she was like this, the more Tao Fangfang feared her, retreating repeatedly. "If you're watching the excitement, then watch it. Who are you putting on that kind of expression for?"
Tao Lengshuang couldn't be bothered to argue with Tao Fangfang about these useless things.
She scanned the area, but didn't see the middle-aged man the neighbor auntie mentioned. Had he left, or gone somewhere else?
"Tao Lengshuang, did you hear me?"
Hearing Tao Fangfang's loud voice, Tao Lengshuang frowned impatiently and said in a heavier tone, "What are you shouting about?"
As soon as she said this, Tao Fangfang dared not shout anymore, but she was reluctant to give up this opportunity to show off.
"Tao Lengshuang, I know you envy my family's good life now."
As if seeing a beautiful future, her back straightened. "You can't envy this, and my family's good life has nothing to do with you."
Tao Lengshuang really didn't want to deal with her, but she needed to find out about the middle-aged man from her. She became more impatient. "Who is the person helping your family?"
Hearing this, Tao Fangfang looked at her as if she were appraising merchandise, her words full of disdain. "With your ugly and fat appearance, people wouldn't even bother to look at you, so don't even think about it."
'Clap, clap, clap.'
Tao Lengshuang slapped her several times, her eyes fiercely staring at her, "I didn't hear what you just said clearly. Please say it again."
Under her gaze, Tao Fangfang trembled and couldn't even utter a word.
Tao Lengshuang snorted, "Why did that person help you?"
No matter how scared Tao Fangfang was, she wouldn't say anything. She even ran behind Yu Shi to hide. "Mom, she's here to snatch our good life."
Yu Shi was also afraid of Tao Lengshuang, and even more afraid of the medicinal powder in her hands. "Tao Lengshuang, I won't let you snatch my family's good life again."
Just as Tao Lengshuang was about to say something more, Shen Ershen tugged at her sleeve.
"Mo family, let's go first."
Tao Lengshuang took a deep look at the Tao family and left with Shen Ershen.
"Mo family, that person will come back sooner or later. You might as well ask that person directly. The Tao family might not even know."
Shen Ershen's words made Tao Lengshuang nod in understanding. "I want to figure out why someone would help the Tao family and what their purpose is."
Shen Ershen couldn't figure this out either. "Logically speaking, the Tao family is just a bunch of dirt-diggers, with no remarkable status. No one in their family has climbed high, so why would someone help them?"
Tao Lengshuang had long suspected it was related to her family, but she couldn't figure out the specifics. "Shen Ershen, if that middle-aged man comes again, please inform me."
Shen Ershen agreed and warned Tao Lengshuang to be careful, saying that once the Tao family gained power, they would definitely cause trouble for her.
Tao Lengshuang wished the Tao family would come to trouble her, as then she could get a lot of useful information.
Back home, she told Mo Lingxi about the matter, emphasizing the suspicious points.
Mo Lingxi also realized that the matter was full of suspicion. "It's hard to say if it's aimed at you or me."
"But it's more likely aimed at you. If it were aimed at me, they wouldn't use such methods."