Chapter 241 Killed?

After Li San Niang hurriedly and rapidly told Fang Zheng about delivering a baby at that house, she quickly finished speaking.

Fang Zheng stroked his beard, which was about the same length as Li's father's, and looked sad. He first sighed and shook his head before looking at Li San Niang's hopeful eyes and saying, "Alas, if Doctor Li knew, I would have known about the Zhou family's affairs for a long time."

Li San Niang was stunned. Did she already know about this situation?

"Why isn't the neighborhood chief doing anything? That family is doing bad things!"

The woman, who appeared to be the wife of the neighborhood head, stood aside and listened to the whole story. As soon as Li San Niang opened her mouth, she guessed which family Li San Niang was talking about.

Seeing Li San Niang's righteous indignation, as if she wanted to beat the man to death to rescue the beaten woman, I felt depressed and could only push the tea and snacks on the table towards Li San Niang.

Li San Niang could tell from their expressions that something was up.

"But there are things that Third Sister doesn't know. I'd like to trouble the shopkeeper to tell you."

Li San Niang stood up and bowed to the two of them. The neighborhood official quickly said, "No, no need. Alas, this matter needs to be explained from the beginning."

For the next fifteen minutes, Li San Niang heard something even more outrageous and disgusting than the stories told by the father of the child in Jiu Niang's belly at the Shi Hua Lou in Ping Kang Fang.

It turns out that this woman's name was Xiangniang, and she had been a prostitute in Pingkangfang for several years.

Because she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease, she was unable to entertain guests and thus could not bring profits to her employer. One day, Zhou Lang, who was traveling, took a liking to her and spent a few taels of silver to buy her.

Zhou Lang had a wife in his early years, but he had a habit of hitting people when he was drunk.

After being beaten so badly on the head that she bled profusely, the first wife ran out of the alley and found the neighborhood head, insisting on getting a divorce no matter what.

However, the first bride's family had accepted money from Zhou Lang's family. Zhou Lang's mother shouted, "She just came in and hasn't even given birth to a child yet, and she's already taken so much of our betrothal money. If you want a divorce, give the money back."

This first wife was almost taken back by her own parents and sent back to Zhou Lang's family.

Judging from her appearance, how could the first wife possibly survive?

The magistrate, relying on his authority to enforce the law, used a combination of force and violence to scare Zhou Lang back.

Finally, on the condition that the first bride return all the betrothal gifts and dowry within three years, he obtained a divorce agreement.

Zhou Lang's wife ran away, so he wanted to marry another woman.

But such bad things spread the fastest. One person says something and another adds their own. Not to mention matchmakers, even the neighbors don't want to associate with a family like the Zhou family.

From then on, Zhou Lang just drifted along like that, until he was over thirty years old.

Then he bought a prostitute with a sexually transmitted disease from a brothel in Pingkangfang, hoping she would give him a son.

Why isn't Zhou Lang afraid that Xiang Niang has a sexually transmitted disease?

That's because Zhou Yu himself had a sexually transmitted disease.

Afterwards, Xiangniang initially thought she had escaped her misery. Although there was an age gap, as long as the person was good and didn't mind her having a sexually transmitted disease, it was a good way out.

At first, everything went well, and Zhou Yu also put on a good act.

But a leopard can't change its spots. How can you expect a bad person to repent and genuinely change just by saying a few words to them?

However, in March, Xiangniang was beaten for the first time.

Once there is one, there will be two, and so on, endlessly.

Hearing Xiangniang's screams of pain as she was being beaten, some kind-hearted neighbors asked the neighborhood official to mediate.

The neighborhood official did indeed go, but Granny Zhou produced Xiangniang's indenture.

"This person was bought by our family. Whether he lives or dies is none of your business."

In that case, what other options did the official in charge of the neighborhood have?

The official in charge of the neighborhood had no choice but to reason with Zhou Lang, telling him not to act in this way again, since it involved a human life.

That's the gist of the matter. After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he felt a pang of guilt and asked, "Doctor Li, are you saying that Xiang Niang has given birth to a baby boy?"

Before Li San Niang could reply, the neighborhood official said again, "Now that the child has been born, presumably Zhou Lang won't continue hitting people for the sake of the child, right?"

How did Li San Niang respond to that?

There's a saying in modern times that Li San Niang thinks is quite true.

Infidelity, like domestic violence, is only a matter of whether it happens zero times or ten thousand times.

Believing in a domestic abuser is like believing in gambling; one day you'll lose everything.

Li San Niang didn't believe that Zhou Lang could change for the better. The scars on Xiang Niang's body clearly showed that she was beaten even when she was pregnant, let alone after the child was born.

After thanking the ward master for telling her these things, Li San Niang returned to the clinic with Qiu Xiang, still in a daze.

When she arrived at the clinic, there was still a quarter of an hour before her shift ended. Li San Niang sat down, thinking about how she could help Xiang Niang escape her suffering without violating the law.

But even after getting into the carriage driven by the nineteenth prince, Li San Niang still couldn't come up with a solution.

After dinner, as the family sat in the main hall chatting and digesting their food, Li San Niang told the Li family about Xiang Niang's story.

"Second brother, is there any way to help this Xiangniang?"

After a few moments of silence, Li Erxiong shook his head at Li Sanniang: "If there is a contract of indenture, and she was indeed beaten to death, there is nothing the authorities can do."

At this moment, Li Ersao suddenly spoke up: "If only we could steal her out and hide her away."

Li San Niang's eyes lit up, and she said to Li Er Sao, "Er Sao's method will work!"

Li San Niang recalled that in modern times, there were organizations abroad that could help women who were victims of domestic violence. These organizations would provide shelter, three meals a day, and make it impossible for abusers to find the women, sending them to other places to start a new life.

Therefore, Li Ersao's method is feasible.

When everyone had left, Li San Niang was stopped by Shi Jiu in the courtyard. Li San Niang looked at Shi Jiu, wondering what was wrong.

Nineteen approached Li San Niang, glanced at Qiu Xiang first, and then whispered, "San Niangzi, how about I become that Zhou Lang tonight? We can leave with Xiang Niang and the baby right away."

Li San Niang was startled!

"No, no, no, let's forget about killing him."

"Let's avoid killing them if possible. Tomorrow, let's go see Xiangniang, talk to her, and get her consent before we figure out how to rescue them."

Seeing that Li San Niang disagreed with his simple and crude method, Shi Jiu became somewhat disheartened.

Li San Niang was still uneasy. Nineteen was not old. If he really killed Zhou Lang in the middle of the night, Li San Niang felt that it was really possible that no one would find out.

"Don't go! I'm a doctor who saves lives; I can't stand seeing this. Please don't go."

"Hey, hey, I was just saying, I'm not going, I'm not going."