Chapter 41: Drama Queen Disorder

After the Song family wife finally caught her breath, she realized she was sitting on the ground—while the villagers who had come to the banquet were all staring at her like they were watching a circus act.

“Husband, what happened to me?”

The Song family man replied, “You choked on the roe deer meat from the Lin family. Just now, you almost suffocated to death.”

“What?” The Song family wife scrambled to her feet in one go and pointed at Lin Furong’s mother, shouting, “How could your Lin family be so heartless, trying to choke me to death with meat?”

That was about the pinnacle of playing the blame game.

Wen Lan looked at the fat woman in front of her and had already more or less guessed what she would say next.

Sure enough, the woman extended her chubby hand toward Lin Furong’s mother and said, “Your family needs to compensate us!”

“Yes, you must compensate us!”

“Nonsense!” A loud voice shouted. The elderly man sitting at the head of the table slowly stood up, trembling slightly. He pointed his cane at the Song family wife and scolded, “You choked because you were greedy. How can you blame the Lin family?”

“Why not blame them? If their family hadn’t brought back that roe deer meat, would I have choked?” The Song family wife acted like she was in the right. After saying that, she suddenly plopped back down onto the ground, kicking her legs and crying out, “The Lin family is trying to kill me! They’re using dirty tricks!”

This Song family wife was known as a shrew in Yushou Village, and her husband was a pushover with no backbone. Seeing his wife behaving like this, he followed her lead and stirred things up.

“That’s right! Your Lin family is trying to murder us! I’ve heard about it—you want to rebuild your house, don’t you? Are you trying to kill off everyone in our family so you can take our courtyard?”

Good grief—how did she even make that connection?

Wen Lan was honestly impressed by the way these country folk could stretch a thought so far.

“I knew it!” The Song family wife spat on the ground. “Your Lin family just wants to trample over our Song family! Back when your daughter Lin Furong wanted to elope with someone, your family didn’t make such a big show. But now look—married a hunter, got meat and money, and suddenly you’re all showing off—hosting banquets and rebuilding houses. Who are you trying to spite?”

So it was all about the house renovation. It seemed the Song family wife had caught wind of something and dragged her husband and son over to make a scene.

Wen Lan even suspected that the choking earlier might have been deliberately staged.

This woman was practically acting for her life—talk about commitment.

In the end, the Song family wife laid out her terms: “Fine, you can rebuild your house, but you must pay our family two taels of silver for damages.”

“So it all comes down to our betrothal gift money,” Wen Lan stepped in front of the Song family wife with a sarcastic smile. “Auntie Song, are you so crazy for money that you’d fake death to scam us?”

“Who’s scamming? I really choked on that roe deer meat your family cooked!”

“Yes, she almost died!” the Song family man chimed in.

“Did we invite you over today to eat roe deer meat?” Wen Lan asked.

“……” The two from the Song family were immediately speechless.

But the reason the Song family wife was known as a shrew was that she never cared about logic. After being caught off guard by Wen Lan’s question for just two seconds, she resumed shouting.

“Doesn’t matter! It was your roe deer meat that choked me!”

Her shout was so loud and forceful it resembled a lioness roaring across the river.

Wen Lan quickly shrieked and covered her ears.

“Aiya! Auntie Song, you’re yelling too loudly. My ears hurt!” she said while wiping some blood she had gotten from a pig onto her ears. Then she turned and held her ear up to Xuan Yue.

“Husband, look! Did my eardrum burst?” she asked while wildly winking at Xuan Yue.

Xuan Yue gave a faint smile and turned his head aside—of course, he knew what kind of trick Wen Lan was trying to pull.

Seeing Xuan Yue not playing along, Wen Lan hurriedly ran over to Lin Furong’s mother and pointed at her ear, saying, “Mother, look, is my ear bleeding?”

Lin Furong’s mother took a glance—and sure enough, blood was flowing from Wen Lan’s ear. She cried out, “Oh my! She’s really bleeding!”