The next day, the gossip reached the Red Star Team.

After hearing about it, Sanfeng finished dinner and chores, then hurried to the Mei Family to chat.

Yuan Chun was guiding the youngest child in martial arts training. Surprisingly, the three-year-old was practicing quite decently, though lacking strength; a punch would hurt the little hand rather than dent the sandbag.

"Yuan Chun, you’re teaching your kids martial arts again? What era is this? Practicing martial arts is useless; studying is more worthwhile nowadays," Sanfeng said as she sat on a small stool, admiring the four Mei children. "I must say, since your kids started practicing martial arts, they’ve grown stronger and taller."

"Indeed, no hard work goes wasted," Yuan Chun said, sitting down on a small stool beside her. "You’re here in such a hurry; is there something going on?"

"There is something, something big." To avoid disturbing the children’s training, Sanfeng lowered her voice. "Yesterday, there was an incident with the Cui family from Shunfeng Team. Second Cui’s daughter went mad at the market."

Yuan Chun made a surprised face, "Really went mad?" "With such things, how can it be false? If the news is spreading, then she’s definitely mad," Sanfeng asserted, looking sincere. "My cousin from my aunt’s side specifically came to tell me; she said Second Cui’s daughter went mad, and now everyone in the Shunfeng Team knows."

After a pause, Sanfeng felt fortunate, "Yuan Chun, you’re lucky you didn’t marry into the Cui family; otherwise, setting aside that terrible Granny Cui, having a mad stepdaughter would be enough to drive you crazy."

"Everyone’s saying Granny Cui is wicked, first causing the death of her previous daughter-in-law and now driving her granddaughter mad; the Cui family’s reputation is stinking everywhere within a hundred miles."

Yuan Chun clicked her tongue, "What a sin, that Granny Cui is truly evil, first forcing one and now wanting to force another. It’s possible Second Cui isn’t Granny Cui’s biological child, otherwise with so many sons, why does she specifically bother Second Cui’s family?"

"I heard Granny Cui is kind to her other sons and even likes the other daughters-in-law more than Second Cui. Do you think there’s a possibility that Second Cui isn’t Granny Cui’s biological son? Otherwise, how can this stingy old crone be kinder to daughter-in-laws than her son?"

Sanfeng slapped her thigh loudly, "You’ve got a point, Second Cui looks different from the Cui family. Maybe he isn’t Granny Cui’s child, but if he’s not Granny Cui’s son, whose son is he?"

Yuan Chun’s eyes sparkled, and she smiled, "Well... you have to ask Granny Cui; after all, only she knows whether he is her son."

Sanfeng’s gossip enthusiasm burned brightly, "Oh, I haven’t visited my aunt in Shunfeng Team for a long time. There’s not much work in the fields these days, so I’ll take leave and visit her tomorrow."

The next day, Sanfeng went to Shunfeng Team, and by afternoon, the gossip about the Cui family shifted; people were no longer talking about Cui Xiaohong going mad but were speculating that Second Cui isn’t Granny Cui’s biological son.

Some speculated that he’s Old Man Cui’s illegitimate child from outside, brought back for Granny Cui to raise, which is why Granny Cui treats Second Cui’s family so heartlessly.

But this suspicion was quickly dismissed; back then, Granny Cui’s pregnancy was evident to all, so if Second Cui is Old Man Cui’s illegitimate child, then what about the child in Granny Cui’s belly?