Chapter 111: A slap in the face [please vote]
Shitou smiled and said: "Uncle, true love is rare. I don't think anyone will stop you two lovers from getting together. When are you going to have a wedding? You must invite me to have a drink and send you my blessings."
Lu Chengjing was silent and decided not to fall behind.
He said: "Although Mr. Lu is not good at drinking, he is willing to use water instead of wine. I wish you both happiness."
Everyone: "..."
Have you decided to hold a banquet now? !
Old Mrs. Gao and Mrs. Gui were so struck by the big melon that they forgot to cry and just watched the show in a daze.
Seeing the four people on Shang Wan talking hastily and putting the blame on his head, the man was so angry that his veins bulged and his eyes were almost on fire.
Because I was so angry, I didn't know what to say to retort for a while.
Facing the doubtful and contemptuous looks of the villagers, his throat felt sweet and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He closed his eyes and fainted.
"Why are you so happy that you faint?" Shitou enthusiastically stepped forward to support the person and pinched him hard, "Uncle, wake up, your happiness is ahead."
The man had just been pinched awake, but he was so angry at Shitou's words that he fainted again.
"It seems that my uncle is too excited and can't wake up for a while."
The stone let go and the man's head hit the ground with a bang. He seemed not to hear it and greeted the villagers.
"Please help me, the two eldest brothers, to send my uncle back. When he wakes up, I have to pursue his happiness."
The two people who were greeted by the stone came forward and helped carry the person away.
Of course, the nonsense of Shang Wan's family also dutifully reached the ears of the man's family, and there was a sudden uproar, attracting many people to watch.
Looking at the wooden shed, the villagers who were still digesting the big melon had almost forgotten what they were here to do. They were eager to share the melon quickly.
"Mom!" Mrs. Gui quietly pinched the soft flesh on Old Mrs. Gao's arm, don't forget about business!
Old Mrs. Gao looked at Shang Wan secretly with her cloudy old eyes. This woman was more troublesome than she thought.
She straightened her face and asked, "Lu Xiucai, what do you think about the beating?"
"Madam, did you hit someone?" Lu Chengjing looked at Shang Wan in surprise.
Shang Wan shook his head decisively, "No."
Gui pointed at her face, "Everyone has seen it, so you can't help but admit it!"
"Auntie, don't be slanderous." Shang Wan blinked and glanced at everyone, "Who has seen it? Come forward and let me take a look."
Everyone looked at each other.
They all only heard Gui's shouting, and indeed did not see Shang Wan take action with their own eyes.
Ms. Gui became anxious, "It wasn't her who beat me, how could it be me who beat me like this?"
"Auntie said this as if I was the only living person in the village who could breathe." Shang Wan's face grew colder, "I have never had any enmity with auntie, and I am polite to everyone. If auntie insists that I was the one who hit her, You, please show me evidence. Don’t blame me for your empty slander!”
Where can Gui provide evidence?
I had no choice but to turn to my mother-in-law for help.
Mrs. Gao snorted: "My daughter-in-law is honest and loyal. She has never lied since she was a child. The injuries on her face cannot appear out of thin air. Why didn't she say that someone else hit her, but she identified you as a scholar?" The villagers I think there is some truth to this.
Facing everyone's suspicious looks, Shang Wan sighed softly, looked at Gui and said, "Auntie, I concealed it for you with good intentions, but you failed me. Now don't blame me for breaking my promise."
"Xiaohuan, roll up your sleeves and show everyone."
Xiaohuan obediently rolled up both sleeves and straightened them for everyone to see.
"Ho--" Everyone took a breath of cold air.
I saw that the originally fair arm was covered with blue and purple scars. Judging from the shape, they should have been drawn from sticks.
"Auntie, I saw Gao Qi beating you, and I kindly stepped forward to stop him. I didn't expect Gao Qi to beat me too." Xiaohuan sobbed with tears in her eyes, "You cried and begged me not to tell others, saying that Gao Qi hadn't done it yet. When marrying a wife, there should be no rumors that he likes to beat people."
"I thought it was not easy for you, auntie. In addition, you repeatedly begged me, so I relented and accepted. I pretended that this never happened and I didn't even tell my family."
The crystal tears fell down one by one, and Xiaohuan cried with trembling voice, "Auntie, I helped you at least, how can you repay a favor with a grudge?"
This is quite informative.
Some of the villagers were skeptical and some were curious.
"Ms. Gui, could the injury on your face also be caused by Gao Qi?"
"I think it's 80% true that my own mother was beaten, so Gao Qi should help support her and seek justice no matter what. Now there's no one around. Maybe she went to sleep after the beating."
"That bastard dared to beat up his own mother! Why didn't you tell me earlier, Madam Gui?"
Everyone was talking to each other, and the conversation was so tight that Gui didn't even have time to interrupt.
Seeing that the fire was almost done, Shang Wan stretched out his hand to wipe away Xiaohuan's tears and sighed softly to everyone:
"I am a stupid girl. Not only is she soft-hearted, but she is also honest. She believes everything others say. She didn't even tell me or her brother-in-law when she was beaten. It was only because I realized something was wrong and asked a few questions that I finally asked."
She glanced at the Gao family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, "I never thought that good intentions can be regarded as donkey's liver and lungs. Some people not only do not care about her kindness, but also want to design to smear her reputation and push her into a pit of fire."
The direction of this statement should not be too obvious.
"It was clearly this little bitch who seduced my son!" Ms. Gui defended herself hurriedly and said to the villagers, "Don't believe their lies. My family, Gao Qi, is the most filial. He even gives me one of the eggs when he climbs a tree. How could you possibly hit my own mother?"
"If Gao Qi was really filial, why would he sit idle at home and chew on his old age all day long?"
Shang Wan looked at Mrs. Gui with sympathetic eyes, "Auntie, I know what you are planning in your heart. You just want to blame the injury that Gao Qi hit you on my head, and then use what happened by the river to , forcing me to marry my girl into your Gao family."
"You're talking nonsense!" Mrs. Gui looked like she had seen a ghost. How did this woman know what she and her mother-in-law were planning?
As long as Xiaohuan's reputation becomes bad, no matter whether she likes it or not, she will eventually fall into the hands of her son. By then, all the beatings she received at Shang Wan's hands would be repaid by Xiaohuan, her daughter-in-law!
"You know whether I'm lying or not." Shang Wan seemed to be looking at a poor, stubborn person, his eyes were sympathetic, but his tone gradually became colder.
"Auntie, your wishful thinking is good, but we are not soft persimmons who can be manipulated by others. The worst we can do is go to court. I am still holding back my anger about this matter today. I want to sue Gao Qi for molesting a civilian girl with the intention of raping him. !”
Shitou helped, "If you are convicted of this crime, you will be sentenced to at least eighty sticks. Tsk tsk, your butt will be exposed. If it is serious, you will be sentenced to hanging, and your life will be left there."
(End of chapter)