My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

Chapter 136 Shen Yu is actually creating a persona in public.

There wasn't enough water for dinner again, so Yang Fenglan resignedly picked up a carrying pole, picked up the buckets, and headed to the river.

This family can't function without a man.

She had to do all the dirty and hard work herself.

Yang Fenglan walked along the road reluctantly when a woman dressed in a red dress came rushing towards her.

The woman spat on the ground as she walked, muttering curses.

Yang Fenglan listened curiously for a while, and heard her say something about the Xu family.

As I stood there in a daze, the woman walked up to me. "Hey, Yang, it really is you! I thought it looked just like you from afar. I never imagined we were so destined to meet!"

The woman was dressed rather "fancy," with a large red flower pinned to her ear. Yang Fenglan recognized her at a glance; this distinctive attire made her the quick-witted matchmaker Du Meiniang.

She's famous, not only because she's a smooth talker, but also because she doesn't charge much.

Back then, when Zhou Jingyi got married, she was the one who acted as matchmaker.

"Are you planning to fetch water?" Du Meiniang asked.

"Yes."

"Okay, you go ahead and get busy, I'll come find you later."

"Find me?"

"Yes, I'll come find you in a bit. I'm going to the Gu family's place now." Du Meiniang hurried off into the village.

Yang Fenglan blinked in confusion. The original owner's relationship with this matchmaker was limited to meeting her twice, when her son got married.

Why would they come to visit her house?

After carrying two loads of water back and forth, Yang Fenglan was panting heavily.

Shen Yu has disappeared without a trace; he's rarely home lately.

Yang Fenglan had completely lost the patience to serve the female lead.

Perhaps life was too comfortable, and they forgot the miserable state of their own lives as described in the book.

Or perhaps, he felt that he had been good enough to the female lead and had not incurred any resentment, so they could not reach the ending described in the book.

Seeing his mother so exhausted, Zhou Jingyi felt particularly bad.

I wish my leg would get better immediately.

Yang Fenglan was exhausted and covered in sweat. She wanted to take a bath, so she carried a bucket of water and went there again.

She had just reached the riverbank when someone called her.

"Mrs. Yang, it's been a long time since I've seen you."

"I'm at home taking care of my son," Yang Fenglan said.

"It must have been tough for you, but I see your daughter-in-law quite often. You're so lucky to have such a wonderful daughter-in-law."

“Recently, I often see her coming to the river to wash Zhou Jingyi’s clothes, and she often sews his clothes at the village entrance. Whenever she talks about the great suffering your Jingyi has endured, that child is in tears.”

“He’s a really good kid. If it were someone else, they probably would have run away long ago.”

Yang Fenglan: ...

Back when Zhou Jingyi had just broken his leg, wasn't it Shen Yu who wanted to run away?

She remembered that this woman in front of her had once helped to criticize Shen Yu for being a snob and a gold digger.

“Yesterday, your daughter-in-law and I were at the village entrance when we saw her embroidering handkerchiefs. We asked her about it, and she said she wanted to embroider more to earn money to buy medicine for Zhou Jingyi, so that you could have less to do.”

"Sigh, compared to my lazy and gluttonous wife, I look down on her even more."

The woman gave several more examples, such as how Shen Yu was kind-hearted and willing to teach the village girls how to embroider.

Nowadays, everyone in the village speaks highly of her.

Yang Fenglan showed no joy at being praised or envied.

On the contrary, she felt somewhat resentful.

She works herself to the bone at home, cooking two meals a day, while Shen Yu, on the other hand, goes out every day to cultivate her image, and when she comes home, all she does is eat.

She can't take care of her anymore.

I want to find an opportunity to ask her about the divorce again.

Yang Fenglan carried water home and began her mother's cooking journey.

Du Meiniang really came.

I thought it was just a polite remark.

Yang Fenglan warmly invited the other woman to sit down, "Mei Niang, please sit down. I'll go cook some rice, and we'll eat together in a little while."

Now that she has money, treating people to a meal is no problem for her, and Yang Fenglan also behaves politely.

Du Meiniang stopped her, saying, "Don't bother with that. It's getting dark. I need to get home after I've finished talking about my business."