"Pah!" Third Grandma heard this and trembled with anger, pointing at He Cui'er's mother and scolding: "You really are shameless! Saying such unconscionable words, aren't you afraid your tongue will rot? When did my Brother Ping ever hold your daughter He Cui'er? Which eye of yours saw that? Spouting nonsense about things you didn't see, thinking our families are easy to bully, aren't you?"
Third Grandma, a peasant woman, had spent her whole life in the countryside and knew that some women there had ill intentions. Yet, she never imagined He Cui'er's mother could be so vile, truly shameless to the extreme.
Hearing this, He Cui'er's mother immediately started crying: "Third Old Lady Gu, you can't say such things. You're putting my daughter Cui'er in an impossible position. She's still an unmarried maiden; the only man who has ever held her is your Brother Ping. If your family doesn't acknowledge it, what should Cui'er do in the future? How can she even continue living?"
