Chapter 243 Interrogation

The two sisters looked at each other, probably not understanding what was going on. They were just delivering a meal, so why were they treated like this by the head of the village?

"Village head, we really didn't do anything today. It was just during the day when we saw Ma Lao San carrying a lot of things in his hands. My sister and I saw how hard he was working, so we ran over to help him." Xu Damei looked at them with a wronged look on her face. "We are from the same village, so it's okay for us to help each other."

"Li Zheng," Xu Zhuang frowned and said, "It sounds like the two girls didn't do anything."

Seeing that people from the same village need help, I stepped forward to help. This should not be a problem.

"No problem?" The head of the village snorted coldly. If the matter was really so simple, would he need to mobilize so many people? It's not like he was sick.

Lin Xi sat aside and spoke slowly, "It's really a bit embarrassing for the village head to explain this matter. How about this, Youlan, you move a chair to the middle."

Youlan did not suspect anything and moved the chair to the middle. Then, Lin Xi instructed, "You saw the scene just now, how Xu Damei and Xu Xiaomei served food to those scholars. You learn how to do it and show it to everyone. This chair is the scholar."

This is a specialty for Youlan. When she heard Lin Xi's request, her eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Yes, ma'am."

Youlan agreed, then walked to the chair, a happy look on her face, and took out her handkerchief as a bowl.

"It's such a hot day, you must be feeling hot. Come quickly and have dinner." As Youlan spoke, she leaned her whole body against the chair and even deliberately got close to the other person.

The object of Youlan's performance was just a chair, but everyone present, especially the mothers and daughters, could see what Xu Damei and Xu Xiaomei were thinking.

It's just that the words were too harsh to hear, and they couldn't say it in front of the village head and the man's father.

Xu Damei's face flushed, and she looked at Youlan with an extremely unfriendly look, "You wild girl, when did we become like that? What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xu Xiaomei also chimed in, "Sister, I think she is deliberately spreading rumors about us! Dad, things are not as she said, sister and I were just delivering food."

Xu Zhuang said nothing, his face turned pale.

Seeing that Xu Damei and Xu Xiaomei looked like they wanted to hit her, Youlan quickly hid behind Lin Xi, as it was safer behind the lady.

"Okay, you don't need to care so much about the words of a servant of mine." Lin Xi paused, "But this is what I saw, so are you going to say that I made it up? Or, do you want me to find two students to confront you?"

The confrontation was definitely bad news for the two sisters, and they were speechless.

Lin Xi looked at the two of them calmly. She just found it funny. These two little girls were so ignorant of the immensity of the world. She understood that they wanted to plan for herself, but not through such methods.

"To be honest, these scholars were all taught by my husband. If I were willing to introduce them to a marriage, they would definitely welcome it. But you are not following the etiquette, and I am afraid that people will misunderstand that the girls in our Taoli Village are all uneducated."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two sisters of the Xu family suddenly felt as if a big hat had fallen from the sky and was put on their heads, and they couldn't take it off.

The old ladies nearby also looked at the two of them with disdain.

"Village head, I think these two girls are too young, why don't you just punish them. Girls can't really ruin their reputations because of this."

Who knew that as soon as he said this, he was strongly opposed by the people around him, "How can we let it go so easily? If this starts, the reputation of the girls in our Taoli Village will be ruined, and it will implicate more than just one or two families."

"That's right. Since these two girls have so many thoughts, if it were me, I would just arrange their marriages right here. It just so happens that their father is here too."

"I think this is a good idea, head of the village, please take a look."

Everyone was talking at once, and everyone was disdainful of the two children's behavior.

The head of the village frowned and said, "Although this matter needs to be taken seriously, I also know that it concerns reputation, so it is not necessary to spread it. So, according to everyone's opinion, let the two children kneel down and admit their mistakes, and then arrange the marriage. Until the wedding, don't go out again."

When Xu Damei and Xu Xiaomei heard this, their faces turned pale.

"Sister, I told you not to do this a long time ago. What should I do now?" Xu Xiaomei said with a bitter face, "Village head, I just followed my sister. I really didn't do anything."

Xu Damei was also very annoyed about Xu Xiaomei's betrayal, and immediately said angrily, "Xu Xiaomei, didn't you agree when you went there? I didn't put a knife on your neck!"

Having said that, the two girls each insisted on their own opinion and neither could convince the other.

When the fight between the two was about to escalate into a brawl, Xu Zhuang couldn't stand it any longer, so he walked up and slapped each of the two girls.

The two girls were very angry and no one expected that their father would come over suddenly.

"Why are you making so much noise? Don't you think it's embarrassing enough?" Xu Zhuang was very annoyed.

He was working in the fields when he was suddenly called over. He saw two girls there and he foolishly thought something good had happened, but events slapped him in the face.

The two girls are both of marriageable age. If the news of today gets out, how will they survive in the village in the future? They will definitely be pointed at wherever they go.

When the people of Xuzhuang scolded their daughter in front of others, it was somewhat pretentious, but it was mostly out of anger.

Seeing him like this, the village head advised, "Fortunately, it was discovered in time today and nothing serious has happened. You don't need to be so magnanimous."

Xu Zhuang looked at the two children fiercely, "What are you standing there for? Kneel down!"

Xu Damei and Xu Xiaomei then knelt down reluctantly, looking very aggrieved.

It was clearly their fault, yet I was the first one to feel wronged.

"What happened today was all our fault, sisters. Please forgive us, elders."

The village head was sitting on a high seat. Seeing that the two of them were quite sincere, he nodded and said, "Since you have realized your mistakes, that's good. As for your marriage, do you have any ideas?"

Xu Damei was shocked and said quickly, "Li Zheng, we are wrong, really wrong. A woman's marriage is a lifelong event, we can't do it carelessly."

The head of the village frowned. It was too quick for Xu Damei to go back on her word after admitting her mistake just now.

"Shut up! Do you have the right to interrupt your elders when they are talking?" said a mother-in-law.

Xu Damei then shut up reluctantly.

Lin Xi glanced at her and said calmly, "Xu Damei, do you want your family to arrange your marriage?"