Later, some speculated that San Gouzi was well-endowed and vigorous in bed, with plenty of tricks up his sleeve, making him very popular with women; they were certain that Li Chunlan had been having an affair with him for a long time.
The gossip went that once San Gouzi grew tired of this "old hag," he set his sights on someone fresh and young, using the affair as leverage to force her to marry her daughter off to him. To protect her own reputation, Li Chunlan had no choice but to sacrifice her daughter.
In short, within less than a day, a dozen different versions of the story were circulating through Xiangqian Village.
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