On a country road, Zhao Ce was sitting in a cart swaying back and forth on his way back. He had earned a lot of money and bought a lot of raw materials. Zhao Ce was feeling quite good, thinking about finding suitable yellow clay when he got back.

If he succeeded, he could save a lot of trouble because this yellow clay could be reused.

Today, he had bought two taels of silver worth of raw sugar, which he estimated would bring him more than twenty taels of income. After he finishes processing these raw sugars and brings them out to exchange for money, he could first pay back the silver that his uncle's family owed. And he could still have some silver left.

Oh, he also needed to inquire about which village had someone who could make sugar. He could directly purchase some raw sugar from them. This way, he wouldn't have to go to the city to perform various acts.

"When the next batch of sugar is made, I have to take some to Uncle's house."

"I need to discuss the matter of the little girl's eyes with him."

"Otherwise, I'll have to keep my head down and avoid people when I go out like this."

Zhao Ce was thinking about what he needed to do, and the cart arrived near the village. He got off the cart and carried his book box back to the village.

As usual, many people had gathered at the village entrance, chatting idly. However, there were fewer people today than yesterday. The topics they were discussing were all about eyes, legs, and other things. Zhao Ce looked at them strangely.

A woman saw Zhao Ce coming back and quickly said, "Zhao Ce is back!" Everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Ce as soon as they saw him. The woman shouted loudly, "Zhao Ce, you brought a disaster back. Why didn't you discuss this with the people in our village?" Zhao Ce glanced at her.

The people nearby also said, "That's right, your little wife has eyes of different colors." "This is not a small matter." "If this monster harms everyone in our village, what should we do?"

Zhao Ce felt a sense of danger. Did someone see the little girl's eyes? He had originally planned to handle this matter these two days. Although it would be difficult for everyone to accept it all at once, it could at least make the situation smoother.

But the accident had come too quickly. The villagers at the entrance of the village were speaking in a heavy tone. He quickly increased his pace and walked back home.

When he passed by Aunt Gui Lian's house, she was hanging clothes in the courtyard.

When she saw Zhao Ce, she hesitated for a moment before calling out to him. Aunt Gui Lian said, "Lord Zhao, does your little wife have an eye problem?" "Auntie saw her by the river today." "But I didn't tell anyone else, I only told your uncle's family." "They have brought people to your house now, you should go back and take a look."

Zhao Ce was silent for a moment. Considering Aunt Gui Lian’s words about not telling anyone else and then thinking about the people at the village entrance discussing the matter, Zhao Ce couldn't help but sigh. He didn't say much and nodded to Aunt Gui Lian before walking away quickly.

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Aunt Gui Lian finished hanging her clothes and thought that she should also go and see. She closed her fence gate and prepared to walk to Zhao Ce's house. Just as she walked out of the door, she saw a few women chatting and walking in the same direction. These women were whispering and talking about Zhao Ce's little wife's situation.

She was shocked and asked, "How did you all know about the little wife's eye problem?" Another woman next to her said, "The whole village knows about it." "I never expected Zhao Ce to be so heartless." "We usually just made fun of him, but he actually brought a disaster back, wanting to kill us." "A few of us are going to go see how the village chief handles this."

Aunt Gui Lian took a sharp breath after hearing what the people were saying. She had only mentioned it to the woman next door on the road. How long had it been? The whole village knew about it? She quickly increased her pace and headed toward Zhao Ce's house.

When Zhao Ce returned to his house, he saw many villagers standing at his doorstep. Their reactions were similar to those at the village entrance. Zhao Ce didn't say anything and walked past them.

The door to his house was open, and he could see many people inside. When he walked in, he immediately saw the pitiful little girl cowering in the corner with two women standing in front of her.

As soon as they saw Zhao Ce, everyone's eyes turned to him. Zhao Youcai and several uncles were sitting on the side, frowning at Zhao Ce. One of the uncles spoke up, "Zhao Ce, what's going on with your little wife?" "Shouldn't you have consulted us first before bringing such a person back?" "What do you take us for in this village?" "Do you want to kill everyone and have us drive you out of the village before you're satisfied?" Uncle San spoke very harshly.

Zhao Youcai, who was listening to him, frowned even deeper. He was also very angry, but as the eldest uncle, he couldn't say anything to his nephew, who had just been expelled from school. Now that he was being pointed at and scolded by the people in the village, as his uncle, he felt very uncomfortable watching this happen.

Zhao Yocai glanced over at Su Caier, who was standing to the side. If it weren't for her, his nephew wouldn't be subjected to such insults from everyone. If things really couldn't be controlled, then they should just send this little woman away.

Su Caier, who was crouched in the corner, was frightened and quickly raised her head when she heard this. She looked at Zhao Ce and felt her nose start to tingle, but she didn't cry.

Her voice was a little nasal as she pleaded, "Please don't drive my husband out of the village. This is all my fault. I will leave." Zhao Yocai thought that this little woman was still considering his nephew's feelings.

He quickly spoke up, "Uncle, you're being too harsh. We don't need to drive him out of the village. After all, our Ce'er is a scholar, how can we say such things to him so easily? Let's understand the situation first." Zhao Wenhua was the owner of a restaurant in the city, and he always carried weight when he spoke in the village. He quickly said, "Indeed, we don't need to. You also watched Zhao Ce grow up."

Uncle San snorted and pointed to Su Caier, "What's there to understand? You said this little woman is a disaster with her different color eyes, and it's not me who said it. Since she's a disaster, why not just drive her out of our village?" Su Caier was pointed at, and her small body trembled with fear.

She looked at Zhao Ce in despair, sniffled, and lowered her eyes, thinking that she still had to leave.

Although her husband didn't mind her eyes, she couldn't be at ease and let him be implicated like this. Everyone was accusing her husband because of her. Su Caier also thought that the firewood by the river had not been collected yet. If her husband didn't have firewood tonight......

The atmosphere in the room was tense. Zhao Ce listened to the girl's defense and sighed lightly in his heart. He was the one who brought her back and let her suffer this unwarranted disaster, but the little girl took all the blame upon herself. But since he had already said that he would keep her, he naturally wouldn't send her away.

Would such a young child really have to go find a cave in the mountains and live with wild animals? Zhao Ce looked at the little girl, gave her a reassuring look, cleared his throat, and spoke up, "Everyone, please listen to me..."