Chapter 25: One for One, Fair

Shang Wan didn't even raise his eyelids, he raised his hand and slapped Zhou, knocking her to the ground.

Lin Jianshan couldn't just stand by and watch his wife being beaten, so he rushed forward and pounced on Shang Wan.

Before he could get close, Shang Wan kicked him against the wall, causing a big bump on his forehead and blood all over his face from his nose.

"Brother!" Lin Jianshui hurried over to help Lin Jianshan up.

Village Chief Lin's face turned pale with anger. He looked at the villagers and said, "What are you just standing there for? Arrest him now!"

The villagers were not stupid. With Shang Wan's skills, they were just going to deliver food to him.

Besides, if someone comes to ask for your child, why don’t you just return it to them?

They were all from the same village, so how could they not know who the Liu family was? Her expression just now made one feel guilty. The Lin family was the one at fault in this matter, so it was no wonder that Madam Shang got so angry and started a fight.

If their children were detained, they would also take action.

Seeing that the villagers didn't move, Village Chief Lin was so angry that he almost fell over!

"If my child is gone, you should also compensate me with one." Shang Wan stared at the crying Tiedan indifferently, "One for one, fair."

"Mom, didn't you send the child back?" Lin Jianshui heard something was wrong in the tone.

Before, he and his elder brother came back to drink water, and on the way they met a baby with no adults around. The baby had short arms and legs and was crawling very fast. They couldn't recognize whose baby it was, so they simply took the baby home.

Didn't mother say she knew the kid and had already sent him back? Why is he causing trouble at home now?

Liu was angry that Lin Jianshui was stupid. Why did he say that?

Chen Guifang pinched her stupid man. Lin Jianshui felt pain and rubbed his arm, "Why did you pinch me?"

Everyone looked over, Chen Guifang blushed, lowered her head and said nothing.

"Liu!" Village Chief Lin glared at Liu. "I asked you to be kind enough to help someone look after the child, but now they don't appreciate it. Why don't you take the child out right away?"

Although these words were criticizing Liu, they were also implicitly saying that Shang Wan did not know how to appreciate a good person.

Shang Wan sneered, "They were so kind that my sister couldn't find the child even after searching the whole village. They were so kind that even my biological mother came to their house but they didn't want to return the child to me. If you didn't know, you would think the Lin family wanted to keep the child and raise it themselves."

Village Chief Lin's face turned pale and pale, and he scolded Liu: "Hurry up and take the child out!"

"Yes, mother," Lin Jianshui also said, "No matter how pretty that baby is, it's not ours. Hurry and take her out. If you want a granddaughter, let Guifang give birth."

Chen Guifang twirled her sleeves, so angry that she wanted to bite him twice.

Her mother-in-law didn't like her for giving birth to a money-losing baby. She had been hoping to have another boy. Who would want to have another daughter?

Mrs. Liu was also very angry about Lin Jianshui's words. How could she give birth to such a stubborn fool?

She quickly winked at her husband and said, "Master, I returned the child a long time ago. Who knows if they lost the child themselves and are blaming us for it? If you don't believe me, let her search. If she can find the child, I will kneel down and kowtow to her three times."

The girl had been taken to the back mountain by Qiu Xiaofeng a long time ago. How could she be found?

Seeing that Liu's words were so convincing, the villagers couldn't help but talk about it, hoping that a good person would be wronged.

Someone shouted to Shang Wan, "Madam Shang, since Aunt Liu asked you to search, then search. We'll all help you guard the door. As long as the child is at the Lin family, there's no way he'll leave this door."

"Thank you all."

The Lin family's house was big, with eight rooms inside and outside. She searched each room one by one. Lin Jianshui was worried that she would damage their things, so he followed her closely.

The other members of the Lin family stood with the villagers and distanced themselves from the matter.

After searching seven rooms without finding anyone, Liu secretly sneered. It was right that no one could be found! This matter couldn't be let go like this today. If anyone dared to hit her son and grandson, she would definitely peel off a layer of skin from Shang Wan!

Village chief Lin frowned. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He felt uneasy for no reason.

There was only one kitchen left to search, so Shang Wan walked in.

The kitchen is not big, but it has plenty of light and you can get a general idea of ​​it at a glance.

Shang Wan pointedly looked through the pile of firewood, the basket for vegetables, the rice jar, the water jar, and the big wooden barrel. She knew Yuanyuan was not among them, but she had to buy time for the little one.

With his short arms and legs, he was quite slow in traveling.

Lin Jianshui kept helping Shang Wan look for someone and even took a look inside the stove.

There was a sudden noise outside.

The two ran out to see, and saw a little girl, covered in dirt and with blood on her face and arms, crawling in from the dog hole in the corner of the wall, panting.

Aunt Zhou exclaimed, "Yuanyuan!"

Shang Wan ran over and picked him up.

"Ooooooooo…it's cold! It hurts!" Yuanyuan pouted and cried, stretching out her injured arm to show Shang Wan, "It hurts! You bad boy! You bad boy!"

There were two big wounds on the baby's arms, which looked like lotus root nodes. It was obvious that they were cut by a knife. A lot of blood had been lost, and the wounds looked particularly hideous on the baby's fair and tender skin.

There were many other small wounds on the skin, as if caused by thorns.

Shang Wan's face was as cold as ice. If she knew Yuanyuan was injured, she would definitely not let this little guy do anything wrong.

Aunt Zhou was weeping as she watched. "It's obvious this wound was caused by a knife. How heartless! They didn't even spare a baby!"

"That's right. Look at all the blood on it. This kid is lucky."

"I'm going to find Doctor Yuan." Zhang Er pushed through the crowd and ran out.

"Who did it?" The villagers looked at the Lin family with suspicion, especially Liu. They thought, maybe Liu cut the person and threw him away, and then this kid found him?

Liu was already feeling guilty, and when everyone looked at her like that, she cursed without thinking, "What are you looking at? It wasn't me!"

"Bad money!" Yuanyuan suddenly pointed at Liu, her eyes wide open, her cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish, "Pinch, pinch... You bad money!"

The little baby has limited ability to express himself, but everyone understood him.

Shang Wan lifted up Yuanyuan's trouser legs and sleeves, and sure enough, he saw several purple pinch marks on her fair skin.

Murderous intent welled up in her eyes, but her voice was gentle, "Yuanyuan, tell mother what else she did to you?"

"Hit!" Yuanyuan stretched out her little hand and slapped her head several times. "It hurts!"

The villagers looked at Liu with increasingly subtle eyes, and they all kept their distance from her, thinking that they should never let their children visit the Lin family in the future, as they might be harmed at any time.

"No, I didn't hit her." A look of panic flashed across Liu's face. "She fell down by herself."

"Liu Xiaolan, do you think we're all fools?" Aunt Zhou spat on the ground. "Who can't tell if someone was pinched or dropped? You're already old, a grandmother, and yet you're so cruel to a baby? Aren't you vicious? You have to give Madam Shang an explanation for what happened today!"

"Yes, give me an explanation!"

"We can't just let it go like this!"

“Who will dare to let children run around the village in the future?”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Village Chief Lin quickly scowled and scolded, "Liu, was it you who did it?"

(End of this chapter)