Chapter 16: Shooting Yourself in the Foot

"You're an outsider, why are you so arrogant?"

Li Zhenzhu looked down on Su Luo, thinking that she was a bit of a bully, relying on the power of the Jiang family.

"What's it got to do with you? You should just focus on yourself! You're still not married at 25. I don't think it's because no one wants you. It's because the person you like doesn't like you at all, right? Don't be a toad dreaming of eating swan meat. You can't have it."

Su Luo retorted bluntly, and she picked out another detail from the book.

That is, Li Zhenzhu refused to get married at the age of 25 because she had always liked Su Luo's fifth uncle Jiang Yunhe, and she did not get married in order to wait for Jiang Yunhe.

It’s a pity, how could her fifth uncle possibly like her?

“You…you…”

Li Zhenzhu seemed to have her secrets revealed, and her face turned red. She was so angry that she couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Yao Guixiang, who was sitting in the main room at this time, heard everything that was happening outside clearly. She found that her little granddaughter was quite capable and not a pushover.

This is a good character, like her.

"Zhenzhu, stop talking nonsense with her. Go find the village chief and ask him to come! I don't believe that someone can rob in broad daylight!" Ma Chunhua ordered with a dark face.

"good!"

Li Zhenzhu ran away quickly, and not long after, the village chief Zhao Jianguo was invited over.

Following Zhao Jianguo were some villagers who came to watch the fun. I heard that it was because of the problems caused by the granddaughter of the Jiang family, and many people came for Su Luo.

Everyone knows that the youngest son of the Jiang family eloped with someone. Now that they hear that the granddaughter is back, who wouldn’t want to see with their own eyes what Yao Guixiang’s granddaughter looks like?

"Village Chief...Village Chief...You have to make the decision for me!"

When Ma Chunhua saw the village chief and others coming, she sat on the ground and began to beat her chest and stamp her feet.

Zhao Jianguo, a man in his fifties with a square face, thick eyebrows and large eyes, and wearing a white Dacron short-sleeved shirt, came up to her, hands behind his back, and asked, "Wife Shunnian, what's wrong? Your daughter said you were beaten up?"

"Yes, Village Chief, look at my face, it's so swollen, it's almost like a steamed cake. You have to help me, I have a lot of reasons and I can't explain myself!"

Ma Chunhua squeezed out a few tears and showed her red face to the village chief.

After Zhao Jianguo saw it, he took a deep breath and asked, "Who hit him?"

"I called him."

Su Luo walked out of the yard and admitted her behavior.

Zhao Jianguo and the villagers who were watching the fun all looked over. Some of those who had come to watch the fun yesterday recognized Su Luo at a glance.

"Hey, isn't that the girl who testified yesterday? Why is she still at the Jiang family?"

"No way, could she be the Jiang family's granddaughter? Jiang Yunlan's daughter?"

Someone who had met her this morning said, "Yes, yes, that's her. She's Grandma Yao's granddaughter, no doubt about it."

"The girl Jiang Yunlan gave birth to when she eloped is already this big now?"

The crowd began to discuss lively. Zhao Jianguo basically understood Su Luo's identity and asked, "Are you Grandma Yao's granddaughter? Your mother is Yunlan?"

"Yes." Su Luo answered simply.

"What happened? She said you hit her. Why did you hit her?" Zhao Jianguo wanted to know the situation.

Before Su Luo could speak, Yao Guixiang ran out of the house and stood by her granddaughter, "Jianguo, let me tell you what happened."

Yao Guixiang recounted what happened yesterday, and everyone present yesterday could testify to it.

"That's what happened. Yesterday's matter was settled, but today Ma Chunhua suddenly came to our house and made a scene again, yelling that we were all liars and demanding we return the money and things. I won't go into details about that, but the key point is that she also insulted my granddaughter, and my granddaughter hit her. Jianguo, what do you think we should do?"

Zhao Jianguo understood the whole story and commented, "So, Sister Chunhua, you're dissatisfied with yesterday's outcome, right? Do you suspect Su Luo and the Jiang family of defrauding you of your belongings and money?"

"That's right! They are all in the same group. Of course she would speak for Jiang Xiaoliu and frame my daughter! If you don't believe me, ask my daughter. How well behaved is my daughter Erya? She only admitted it under duress."

Ma Chunhua insisted that Su Luo was lying and giving false testimony. Zhao Jianguo glanced at the crowd but did not see Li Erya.

Li Erya, who was originally in the crowd, was afraid that her mother would force her to apologize again, so she ran away.

Zhao Jianguo seemed to remember something. "Sister Chunhua, since you doubt the truth of what happened yesterday, then as long as we find a third witness, wouldn't it be possible to prove whether Su Luo and Xiao Liu colluded to lie?"

Everyone around nodded in agreement. Ma Chunhua crossed her arms and said, "Go ahead and look for it! If you find it, I'll respect you and I won't pursue the matter. If you can't find it, you have to return my money and things!"

Zhao Jianguo smiled and immediately told a young boy in the crowd, "Xiao Wang, go find Da Kunzi."

"Okay!"

Xiaowang ran out of the crowd, and no one knew what Zhao Jianguo wanted to do with Dakunzi.

While waiting for Da Kunzi, Zhao Jianguo and Yao Guixiang started chatting and asked some questions about Su Luo.

Until Xiaowang's voice sounded again, "Uncle Zhao, Da Kunzi is here."

Da Kunzi was pulled into the crowd, his face full of confusion, not knowing what they were calling him for.

"Uncle Zhao, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Da Kunzi, who is about sixteen or seventeen years old, usually goes to herd cattle every day. His skin is tanned, but he looks very healthy.

Zhao Jianguo waved at him and called him over to question him. "I ran into you yesterday when I was coming back from Luogang Production Team. We chatted for a while. You seemed to say you saw someone fall into the water. What happened? Can you tell me?"

Da Kunzi said, "Oh, I was herding cattle on the bank of the pond yesterday. The cattle were soaking in the water, and I was sitting on a tree branch to cool off. Then I saw Xiaoliu and his family's Erya playing near the pond. They were fine at first, but then I don't know what happened. Erya scolded Xiaoliu and pushed Xiaoliu into the pond and ran away. I saw it and was about to go down to save Xiaoliu, but there was a girl who was closer than me and moved faster, so she saved Xiaoliu."

As Da Kunzi was talking, he noticed Su Luo and his eyes lit up, "Oh, that's her! She saved Xiaoliu."

This is the testimony that truly leaves one speechless!

Su Luo didn't expect that there were other people present at the time and witnessed the scene.

She gave Da Kunzi a grateful look, and Da Kunzi scratched his head embarrassedly.

With Da Kunzi's testimony, everyone around understood that the girl did not wrongly accuse the Li family yesterday, and it was indeed Li's second daughter who did something bad.

Zhao Jianguo looked at Ma Chunhua, "Sister-in-law Chunhua, do you understand now? That girl didn't collude with anyone. She just happened to pass by and saved Xiaoliu. It was your Erya who pushed her first. There's nothing wrong with yesterday's compensation. If you keep making a fuss, I'm afraid you won't look good either. It's better to just forget it!"

The villagers pointed and talked, thinking that Ma Chunhua was being unreasonable.

Ma Chunhua herself felt that she had shot herself in the foot and was slapped in the face in public again, making her lose face.

Seeing that the village chief had found a witness, Ma Chunhua was too embarrassed to continue making trouble. "Alright, now that everything has been clarified, let's forget about it! Let's all go home! It's time to go home!"

Ma Chunhua was about to leave as if nothing had happened, but Su Luo suddenly called out to her, "Ma Chunhua, stop!"