Chapter 35: The Zhao family has been cleared?
"I thought that little lady was too cruel before, but she just told the truth and a bunch of people came to scold me!"
Someone expressed angrily and felt aggrieved for being scolded earlier: "If you think about it carefully, which good girl in a family, when encountering such a thing, does not go to her elders to seek justice, but instead comes to file a lawsuit without saying a word?"< br>
"This is clearly an attempt to put people to death. Even if the marriage is cancelled, there is no need to tear people apart like this and kill them all. Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing to see people who don't look up when they are all in the same village?"
Jiang Anning, the person involved, said nothing, and no one refuted Zhang's remarks for a while.
More and more people began to believe Zhang, and criticized Jiang Anning one-sidedly.
"I think the Zhao family is probably not as immoral and vicious as the rumors say. Maybe the Zhao family was unjustly accused before they even knew what happened."
"Why is this woman so despicable? She didn't say anything to her face. She turned around and sued her fiancé to the Yamen and was slapped with a slap in the face. She didn't mention anything about returning the betrothal gift. It's a shame that I even sympathized with her. She was so mean. ”
As no one refuted Zhang's remarks, more and more people began to analyze Jiang Anning's unreasonable reporting skills, accusing her of being a snake-hearted and scheming person...
The discussion was getting louder and louder, and Jiang Anning was among them, even if she didn't want to hear it clearly.
"The county magistrate can testify that on the day Zhao Hai and I broke up, I had already returned the twenty taels of betrothal silver to Zhao Hai in person under the witness of the county magistrate and all the brothers."
Jiang Anning suddenly spoke up, causing a sudden silence among the shocked crowd, who all turned to look at her.
"Peace?"
Song Yao's eyes widened, he had no idea that the person the woman was talking about was actually the Jiang Anning she knew.
Zhang's face turned pale instantly.
She looked panicked and pulled back the messy hair from her forehead. Her mouth trembled a few times, as if she had seen a monster. She stared at Jiang Anning with fear in her eyes: "You..." Why are you here! !
Mrs. Zhang suppressed her panic, pointed at Jiang Anning and yelled: "You fart! When did you return the betrothal gift? Why didn't I know at all!"
It seemed that due to the large number of people at this time, and the fact that so many people were on her side and accusing Jiang Anning, Zhang felt a lot more confident.
"Jiang Anning, I really didn't expect that you would be such a lying woman. I thought you were a good person before, but I didn't expect that you were blind and couldn't see your true face!" Ms. Zhang wailed again. Voice: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please listen to me. How shameless is this girl? In front of so many people, she can still lie without blushing or panic."
"I didn't receive even half a penny from her!"
"She kept saying before that my family owed her money and wanted us to return the gifts and old and damaged clothes she had given us in silver as new ones."
"Since the two families have broken off their marriage and returned each other's money and gifts, there is nothing wrong with this. Our family is not short-sighted and would covet our daughter-in-law's dowry."
"Even if we suffer a little loss, it doesn't matter. It's not good for someone to poke our spines because of this small amount of money."
Mrs. Zhang wiped away a few tears from the corner of her eyes: "I just thought it was a loss of money and a avoidance of disaster."
"But I never expected that the girl I grew up with and thought was kind-hearted would actually open her mouth like a lion and kill my whole family!"
"Twenty taels of betrothal silver and not even a penny was paid, and she asked my family to compensate her again..." Zhang's voice was stuck for a while, her eyes rolled around, and she finally thought of an 'astronomical number' and blurted out: "Two One hundred taels!”
"Fathers and fellow villagers, do you think this is justified?"
Her cadence of accusation aroused sympathy from many people.
"Two hundred taels!"
"This is too cruel..."
Mrs. Zhang felt a little proud as she listened to everyone's condemnation of Jiang Anning.
She pretended to cry twice: "I am just a country woman. I have never read any books in my life. I don't know a few Chinese characters, but I also know that you can't be a person without conscience! You can't say that you don't have it..."
(End of chapter)