Wang Yue hurriedly admitted he was wrong and begged his mother to forgive him. It had been years since his parents had last hit him, and he never expected that after coming to this world, his ear would get yanked so soon.
Seeing that Wang Yue knew he was in the wrong, Old Madam Wang let go. She quickly took him inside to see Old Father Wang. Meanwhile, the story of him going up the mountain to dig for Lingzhi mushrooms to sell spread throughout the village, carried by the people who had followed along to eavesdrop.
It didn't take long for everyone in Yongquan Village to hear that Wang Yue had gone into the mountains to dig up Lingzhi mushrooms and make money. Naturally, the news reached Li Laoshuan's home, and Li Shuihua, the village's resident gossip, heard about it too.
As it turned out, on the afternoon after Wang Yue left, Old Madam Wang had grown worried and gone around asking his classmates' families if they knew where he was. She couldn't find out anything.
She grew anxious. Later, when she went to ask around again, none of his classmates in the other villages had heard any news. On her way back, she ran into some villagers, who told her that Wang Yue had taken a shovel and gone up the mountain. The people of Yongquan Village began talking about his trip.
Then someone mentioned seeing Wang Yue talk with Li Shuihua that day. Old Madam Wang went to the Li household and asked Li Shuihua what exactly she and Wang Yue had talked about.
Li Shuihua didn't hide anything. She told her everything except that she had asked Wang Yue to scrape together the money to marry her.
Li Laoshuan knew his daughter well. After Old Madam