With his father's words, Bai Banxia felt much better. He finished the noodles quickly and regained some energy.
She stood up and said, "I'll go talk to the village chief. Don't wait for everyone to come to the door before explaining. It's not appropriate to block the door."
"Okay, dad will go with you." Bai Tian hurriedly sent the dishes and chopsticks back to the kitchen, and then went out with Bai Banxia.
When Bai Banxia saw Zhang An, he explained the situation, and naturally what he said was the same thing he said to his family members.
Zhang An was also shocked and asked several questions in succession, but he felt that Bai Banxia must be worried and did not dare to ask any more questions.
"What can he do without helpers when he goes to rescue people? He called for the defense team. We were all trained by him, so we can help a little bit." Zhang An said.
Bai Banxia smiled gratefully at Zhang An, "I understand everyone's intentions, but he has to go a long way to save people. It's too risky for everyone to go."
"The enemy will arrest his uncle when they arrest him. Why not let him get married?" Zhang An looked strange, "It's not that the enemy wants him to live alone, right?"
"That's what he meant anyway, but he said he would handle it," Bai Banxia said.
"I'll arrange for someone to inform everyone that you won't go to the wedding banquet today. You should go back and rest. Don't think too much." Zhang An started to worry about Bai Banxia again.
"Okay, I'll excuse you." Bai Banxia said gratefully.
"If you tell your uncle this, you'll be out of sight." Zhang An said.
When Bai Banxia and Bai Tian went to meet, Zhang An couldn't help but sigh, and called his wife, brothers and descendants to go door-to-door to notify him, and also asked everyone not to go to Banxia to ask questions, so as not to make Banxia feel uncomfortable.
Over at the Bai family, Aunt Fang and other people who came to help arrived, while Zhang Lingzhi and the eldest uncle stopped them to talk about the situation, thanked them and urged them all to go back.
Soon the news spread throughout Baoshan Village, and almost every family was sighing. Many families had a good relationship with Banxia, but now they were worried when they saw problems with her marriage.
"Is it dangerous for Xiao Qi to rescue people? What if he doesn't come back?"
"Bah, bah, bah, don't talk nonsense!"
"But the wedding was canceled on the day we were all getting married. Banxia must be feeling uncomfortable."
"So the village chief told us not to mention this matter and not to ask Banxia questions, lest she feel even more uncomfortable."
"Okay, okay, you all should pay attention and don't talk nonsense."
"..."
There was a lot of discussion in Baoshan Village. Of course, not everyone liked Bai Banxia. Just like everyone in the Ma family, except Ma Xiaoyu, was watching Bai Banxia's jokes.
"Can't she? She also supported that money-losing guy. Now that the groom has run away, who knows if she really went to save people, or how come they didn't make it up themselves?" the old lady of the Ma family said in a weird way.
"Isn't it? I think it's not easy in Qizhen. I guess the relatives have come and they don't like the Bai family at all. They are still marrying into the family. Who will marry her in? They must have dumped her!" Ma Xiaoyu's stepmother
said.
"I think Na Qizhen will definitely not come back. Bai Banxia has become an abandoned woman. She will be damned if she can get married again." Mrs. Ma continued.
With a bang, the door was kicked open so hard that the door panel almost broke, startling the two people in the room.
"Ma Xiaoyu, you are seeking death!" Old Mrs. Ma shouted.
Ma Xiaoyu rushed in and grabbed the hair of two people with one hand, looking particularly fierce.
"I asked you to chew your tongue, let's see if I can't beat you to death!" She said and pulled their hair hard. They both screamed in pain and were forcefully dragged from the house to the courtyard by her.
The commotion was quite loud, and the neighbors on the left and right came to persuade her. It took a lot of effort to pull Ma Xiaoyu away.
"It's so outrageous. Look at this girl, she's crazy. She even beats her elders." Mrs. Ma cursed.
Ma Xiaoyu's stepmother cried and looked pitiful, "It's not easy to be a stepmother. If we do anything wrong, we'll be beaten."
Ma Xiaoyu spat at the two of them, "If you dare to speak ill of Banxia again, I won't be able to beat you to death!"
Now everyone understands that the Ma family treated their dead mother Ma Xiaoyu harshly, and Bai Banxia had always taken better care of Ma Xiaoyu, so the Ma family hated Bai Banxia.
Now the people who started the fight felt a little regretful. If they had known better, they would have let Ma Xiaoyu beat them for a while longer.
Ma Xiaoyu had had enough fighting at this time. She had just heard the news and was very worried.
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense to you. Anyway, I'll leave it here. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll beat you all the same!" After she finished speaking, she left aggressively.
No matter how the old lady of the Ma family howled or how much the stepmother Ma Xiaoyu pretended to be pitiful, no one helped to stop her, and then everyone dispersed.
When Ma Xiaoyu arrived at Bai's house, a lot of people from Bai's house had already arrived. He Yunlan and Du Hui also came to help early, but they didn't expect that things had changed so much.
He Yunlan is a smart person. He feels that things are not simple, but he doesn't want to ask too many questions.
Du Hui wanted to ask, but she stopped her.
Bai Banxia looked at Du Hui and was also worried. Du Kangcheng was a member of the new emperor, and he was the one who arranged the inspection. He also came to the northwest specifically to build a temple for the Holy Mother of God for the new emperor.
Now that the former emperor had regained his throne, he was bound to purge the new emperor's people. Although Du Kangcheng had not helped the new emperor in his rebellion before, he was eventually reused by the new emperor.
"Sister Banxia, what are you thinking about when you stare at me?" Du Hui noticed something was wrong with her gaze and asked in confusion.
Bai Banxia shook her head, "I just want to return the things you gave me to make up."
Now Du Huike was anxious, "You are out of touch now. Anyway, I will never take back the gift I gave you. If you dislike it, just throw it away."
After she finished speaking, she pretended to be angry, and pulled He Yunlan to ask him to say a few words.
"Didn't you say that you believe in Qi Zhen and that he will come back soon? Then you can get married when he comes back, so why bother with more makeup?" He Yunlan said.
Bai Banxia nodded, "Yes, then I will continue to keep it, it looks quite beautiful wearing it."
Seeing that she could still joke, they both breathed a sigh of relief. When they saw Ma Xiaoyu come in angrily, they asked her what was wrong.
Ma Xiaoyu opened her mouth, wanting to say something but was afraid that Bai Banxia would feel uncomfortable, so she swallowed the words that came to her lips.
"Banxia, are you okay?" she asked softly.
Bai Banxia smiled bitterly, "Am I such a fragile person? Did your family say bad things about me?"
"You are so smart, you can guess everything." Ma Xiaoyu felt a little uncomfortable, and her eyes suddenly turned red. She heard that people who are too smart have a harder life. She didn't believe this before, but now she can't help feeling sad.
It’s starting to turn white.
If she wasn't too smart, how could she have guessed that the Ma family was saying bad things about her? She could guess that she must be a little bit confused.
"I'm really fine. Qi Zhen will definitely come back safely." Bai Banxia said firmly, "Since everyone is here, let's have a meal together and treat it as accompanying me."
