Chapter 45 Departure to Shili Village

Jiang Datao had never seen Shen Qing so efficient and decisive. At this moment, he actually felt that she was extremely heroic!

He watched his four nephews dash out so fast that he didn't have time to tell his family that they didn't need to be notified. Then he thought, "It's a good idea to go. Dad knows what his eldest sister-in-law's attitude is. As the village chief, he will naturally help to rally the villagers to go together."

He watched as his niece Jiang Shui, who had originally looked like she couldn't wait to rush to Shili Village, calmly picked up the wooden basin and went into the house to scoop out flour.

Guan Li and Guan Xiaoshan, who had a bad leg, also stood up to help;

His sister-in-law also turned around and went into the house. When she came out again, she had a shovel and a hoe in her hands.

"Let's go!" Shen Qing urged.

"Sister-in-law, Xiaoyu is at Liu's house."

Shen Qing interrupted: "Let's talk about it later when everyone is gathered together. Let's talk while we walk! Don't waste a single moment."

If Jiang Datou could rush back, Jiang Yu's life in the Liu family must be so bad that she couldn't survive. If she went later, she would suffer more!

"Hey, okay!" Jiang Datou obeyed instinctively.

He only dared to say that Xiaoyu's leg was broken, but when Shen Qing said it, she was almost beaten to death. But on second thought, he felt that she was right and that was what he should say!

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After a while, dozens of men gathered at the entrance of the village.

The Jiang family arrived first, and then all the people from the fifteenth to the second, third, and fifth masters arrived;

Then the Qin family, Feng family, Guan family, the two Zhao brothers, and the Hong family also arrived with hoes and shovels. Except for Guan the carpenter, all the people who came from these families were men in their prime. Especially the Feng family who were good at fighting, with a face full of flesh and tendons and a body full of tendons, looked murderous.

Jiang Dalang quickly counted the people coming from each family and ran forward to report: "Dad, sister-in-law, at the moment, only the Wang and Zhang families haven't sent anyone. Should we wait?"

"No more waiting!" Two voices sounded at the same time.

It was Mr. Jiang and Shen Qing.

Just now, the shouting was deafening, and doors were knocked on every house. No one from the Wang and Zhang families came, which must be because they didn't want to come, not because they didn't know. In this case, there is no need to force it.

Besides, the Wang family is headed by Sun Xiaomai, and the Zhang family is headed by Zhao Chuncao. The reasons why they didn't come are already clear.

Mr. Jiang Er said to the many men, "This time we are not only going to fight, the most important thing is to bring back that girl Jiang Yu;

Our daughter is married off, but now Liu Sheng has brought back a wild woman from outside to humiliate our Jiang family's daughter. So we should just divorce her. We can't allow the Liu family to have both!"

"The Liu family is just a farmer, yet they're actually thinking about taking a concubine. This is completely against the law! He doesn't even consider his own worth, yet he dares to imitate officials and keep concubines!"

"Rich families keep concubines and hire maids to serve them. I've never heard of asking the wife to serve her!"

"That's really too much!"

"Let's go! Why should the girls from our Qili Village be treated like cattle and horses and be bullied and humiliated in his Shili Village?"

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The shouts of sixty or seventy men were deafening and majestic. Shen Qing suddenly realized why they had to walk in a group. It was indeed very intimidating!

The second, third, and fifth Jiang masters took the lead, leading the way;

Jiang Xiangdong, Xiangnan, and Xiangbei, Jiang Datao and Jiang Dalan followed closely behind - they were Jiang Yu's closest people, and only when they rushed to the front would the men who came to help be motivated!

If they are too timid to stand up, others will not rush forward.

The men were walking in front in a mighty procession, and Shen Qing was stopped by someone. She turned around and saw her third aunt Zhao Mingyue running towards her breathlessly with more than a dozen strong women.

Among them, she was more familiar with Jiang Ying, Fifth Aunt Xu Hongmei, the sisters-in-law of the Feng family, and Grandma Qin, and the rest were probably from the Hong and Zhao families.

She stepped forward and said gratefully, "Thank you! When Xiaoyu comes back, I'll take her to thank you all in person!"

Zhao Mingyue agreed: "Yes, let's just leave it at home. It's our duty to help Xiaoyu. When Xiaoyu comes back, we must go and thank these aunties!"

Especially Granny Qin, who is so old and still runs around and suffers for her."

"I am old. When I get there, if someone uses seniority and age to bully others, you all should step aside and let me take over! I won't be able to defeat them!" Grandma Qin said angrily.

Shen Qing felt warm in her heart. No matter whether it was her relatives or neighbors, they were all working hard for her family and helping Jiang Yu come back.

She forced a smile and said, "Okay, let's go pick up Xiaoyu and take her home."

Dozens of people walked quickly on the road, and the team was very long, which was quite spectacular.

Sun Xiaomai held the fried broad beans in one hand and ate them while spitting out the shells.

The man beside her, Wang Fugui, asked worriedly, "Xiaomi, can we not go? Every other family in the village is going, it would be embarrassing if our family didn't go."

Sun Xiaomai made a sound of pouting and sneered: "Isn't there still the Zhang family? The Zhang family didn't go either. It's not just our family that has something to look at."

Wang Fugui thought silently, isn't it because you and Zhou Chuncao get along so well that when Jiang Dalang came over and shouted, you two agreed not to send anyone out?

"If we go, we'll get into a fight! Shen Qingqing used to send eels to our family, but now she's selling them all. She can't even afford to eat, and she still wants us to help? She's so shameless."

Besides, even if Jiang Yu comes back, she’s a divorced woman. The reputation of the girls in our village has been ruined. How can we help a divorced woman? "Sun Xiaomai became more and more angry.

Wang Fugui thought silently again, these days it is good enough for a poor family to marry a wife, even widows are married, who would care about the divorced women in the village and think that it will bring disgrace to the woman?

He didn't dare to say it out loud, and said timidly: "But Jiang Yu is the village chief's niece after all."

Sun Xiaomai paused, then snorted, "What's wrong with my niece? If we don't send anyone out to see what he can do!

There's no benefit to be gained anyway, so why bother working hard? Just wait and see, those who went out to help today won't even have a bite to eat when they return, and they'll have to go back home to fill their stomachs. It's a waste of energy."

Wang Fugui agreed with his wife on this point.

He just counted secretly, there are at least seventy or eighty people. If each person has a bowl of porridge, more than ten kilograms of food will be gone, right?

Then Shen Qing's family will be bankrupt.

"You are so smart, my wife! You are so accurate in your calculations!"

Sun Xiaomai smiled complacently. She planned to wait until the people who went to help today come back without having a hot meal. She would go door to door tomorrow to make fun of them.

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Liu Sheng came out of the house angrily, aimed at Jiang Yu, and kicked Zhou Yan in the leg when she was not prepared, knocking her down.

Jiang Yu fell to the ground, his hands supporting the ground, which was covered with mud.

Zhou Yan reacted, stretched out her arms to block Jiang Yu, and faced Liu Sheng directly, shouting angrily: "What kind of man are you if you try to sneak attack me!"

Liu Sheng looked at the Zhou brothers staring at him from outside the door, not daring to attack Zhou Yan. He cursed, "I hit my own wife, it's only natural! Even the king of heaven can't stop me!"

"Jiang Yu, come here, I'll beat you to death!"