“Do you still remember Educated Youth Song?”
Xu Qiulan didn’t talk about the changes in Tangjia Village but instead brought up Song Ye.
At the mention of Song Ye, Chen Ying’s expression turned unpleasant. In her past life, this man had been her lifelong nightmare.
“Educated Youth Song from the village? I remember he married Village Flower Tang. What, did the two of them fall out?” Chen Ying instinctively assumed that with Song Ye’s stubborn temper, it was only a matter of time before he clashed with the Tang family.
This time, she wasn’t the one being mistreated, so there was a faint sense of watching a show in her heart. She asked with great curiosity.
Xu Qiulan quickly shook her head. “Fall out? What fall out? The two of them are doing well. They’ve been married for so many years, and I’ve never seen them quarrel. Whether it’s Educated Youth Song or Village Flower Tang, they’re both really good people.”
Even now, with one being a big boss and the other the daughter of the county magistrate, they never act superior when seeing villagers. Instead, they’re very easy to talk to.
The people in this village are where they are today all thanks to those two. They’re full of gratitude and couldn’t possibly hope for anything bad to happen to them.
The better the Tang family did, the better Song Ye did, and that was what they hoped for. They understood that the better off the Tang family and Song Ye were, the more everyone in Tang County stood to benefit. Xu Qiulan wasn’t stupid, she knew who to follow.
But what she didn’t know was just how deep Chen Ying’s bias against Song Ye ran.
Chen Ying was a bit surprised. Song Ye hadn’t fallen out with Tang Guo? Could it really be because Tang Guo was prettier than her? She curled her lips in disinterest. What use was being pretty?
In any case, she didn’t believe Song Ye could ever surpass Xie Shijun in Tangjia Village. Once Xie Shijun became an official, wouldn’t Song Ye still be beneath them? So what if the Tang family got rich too? In this day and age, officials still ranked the highest.
“Then what happened?” Chen Ying asked again.
This time, Xu Qiulan didn’t hold back. She clearly and thoroughly recounted the development of Tangjia Village over the years, and how it eventually became Tang County.
When Chen Ying heard that Song Ye had led the entire village to prosperity, that ominous feeling she had suddenly became real.
And when she heard that all of Tang County had been built by Song Ye, and that the urban planning was done by Tang Guo, she wanted to jump up and shout: Impossible!
How could it be?
How could it possibly be?
That man Song Ye, she knew him better than anyone. He had no skills, no background. In her past life, he had spent his entire existence dragging her down, earning just enough to keep them from starving.
Someone so useless, without a shred of ability, how could he possibly be the one who built Tang County?
As for Tang Guo, she didn’t know much. After all, in the last life, Tang Guo had married Xie Shijun and become the regimental commander’s wife, someone everyone envied.
That girl was the little princess of the Tang family. Maybe she really did have some skills, Chen Ying couldn’t deny that.
But Song Ye was different!
Even though they hadn’t consummated their marriage in their past life, they had still spent a lifetime under the same roof. How could she not know exactly what he was capable of?
Create a Tang County?
Impossible!!
Even if Song Ye had also been reborn like her, there was no way he could have such great ability.
She sat on the sofa with a pale face, recalling her previous life. That man who had always worked the fields with his back to the sky and his face to the soil, silent, never once showing her a good face. Even when he died, he simply kicked his legs and passed away. In the final moments of his life, he hadn’t even wanted to say a single word to her.
After scheming to marry him, she realized upon reflection that they had barely communicated throughout their entire lives.
“Yingzi, what’s wrong?”
Xie Shijun noticed that Chen Ying looked unwell and asked with concern, “Was the journey too rushed? Are you feeling unwell?”
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