But they were acting in self-defense, so there's nothing you can do about it.

When Daliang's mother saw Zhang Baocai coming over and saying that the captain was looking for her, her heart skipped a beat.

No one knows better than her, his mother, what Daliang has been up to. It was she who instigated him to go out today.

For so many days, Daliang had not made any progress. She was afraid that Tian Cai would spend all the money, so she gave her son an idea, asking him to go up to Tian Cai at night when she was alone. It would be best to make the matter a fait accompli and have some evidence in his hand so that the girl would not dare to speak out and would marry into their family obediently.

Daliang's mother arrived at Zhang Defa's house with a nervous heart. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw Zhang Chuanliang lying on the ground with a bruised face and nose. She yelled and rushed over.

"Son, my son, what's wrong with you? You're trying to kill me. Who the hell beat you like this? It's totally unjust!"

It was probably less than eight o'clock at this time, and many people had not yet gone to bed. Even if the villagers lived far away, they could not stand Da Liangniang's loud voice.

When the people nearby heard the noise, they put on their clothes and came out to see what was happening. They found that the noise came from Zhang Defa's house. Although it was not good to make fun of the captain's family, many people who were not afraid of death still came quietly and hid under the wall.

Tian Cai's ears moved, and when no one was paying attention, he opened the door a small gap so that people outside would not be able to see inside clearly.

Zhang Defa watched Daliang's mother cry with a sullen face. When she had stopped crying and taken a breath, he asked, "Have you cried enough? If you have, listen to me and tell me what's going on."

Then he repeated what Tian Cai had just said, and looked at Da Liangniang, who was obviously feeling guilty, with a gleaming gaze. "Now, I want to ask your good son, why are you following Doctor Tian around so late at night instead of going home?"

"He, he, Doctor Tian treated him before, and my son doesn't know how to thank her. He must have seen that it was unsafe for her to walk alone at night, so he followed her," Daliang's mother made up an excuse. The more she spoke, the better she thought it was. At the end, she nodded with certainty, "That's what happened! I told my son a long time ago that we farmers must remember kindness and repay people for their help. Who would have known that he would be beaten like this just for sending someone off? My son, my poor son!"

Tian Cai laughed out loud when he heard that. "I've never seen that before. Hugging me from behind as a way of repaying someone. I don't know where he learned that from. Maybe he picked up that foreign trick somewhere?"

Daliang's mother's wails instantly died down, her face turning pale and blue. "You have no evidence. You said he hugged you, and he did. I even said you were trying to throw yourself at my son! You little whore, you just fell for my son and wanted to force him to marry you! You are so shameless. You can't get married, so you want to rely on my son. Why is my son so unlucky? My son!"

Tian Cai was not angry at all. He squatted in front of Daliang's mother and asked slowly, "Why don't you ask how your son became like this?"

"How, how did it change?" She felt Tian Cai's gaze was too oppressive and couldn't help but shrink back.

Tian Cai chuckled and decided not to say anything more. "Okay, I don't want to waste my time talking to you. Let's talk about how to solve this. He scared me today. Is it okay for me to ask him for mental compensation?"

"What the hell?" Daliang's mother was immediately displeased when she heard this. "My son was beaten like this to protect you, and instead of asking for some nutrition allowance, you're asking me for some crazy compensation?"

Tian Cai was intrigued and wanted to see how shameless this family could be. She nodded with interest and said, "You're right. How do you think I should repay him?"

When Daliang's mother heard this, her eyes lit up with excitement. "There's an old saying that says a life-saving favor should be repaid with one's body. We can't be too bad. If it were you, I'd say you should marry him and serve him!"

Suddenly, a slight "click" sound was heard outside the courtyard wall, followed by a "thump" sound, and then someone was heard screaming "Ouch, ouch".

Tian Cai didn't care what the people outside thought. She smiled happily and nodded, "Okay."

大亮娘还以为自己听错了，等反应过来更是直接激动的手都抖了，没想到臭丫头这么容易就同意嫁给她儿子了，肯定是早就看上了却端着架子，还让儿子平白挨了顿揍，也不知道是哪个天杀的，给他儿子打的面目全非，眼皮都抽抽了。

Tian Cai looked at the excited Da Liangniang and said, "But I have conditions for marrying someone. He must meet my conditions before I can marry him."

Daliang's mother snorted in disdain, "Don't talk to me about betrothal gifts or anything like that. Our Daliang was beaten up like this just to protect you. If you still want to ask for a betrothal gift, you're a heartless person! You'll be struck by lightning if you're a heartless person!"

Tian Cai shook his head and said, "I don't want a betrothal gift."

"So what are your conditions?"

Tian Cai took the wooden stake he had just picked out, knocked it lightly on the ground, and then, under the puzzled gazes of several people, chopped it down with a palm.

"Click"

The wooden stake, as thick as a thigh, broke in two.

Tian Cai clapped his hands nonchalantly, and said with a smile under Daliang's horrified gaze, "To be my man, there's only one requirement: I'll fight you and get you beaten."

"Pfft, cough," Zhang Defa couldn't hold back his laughter and choked with coughs. Feeling that this was not a good thing, he immediately turned his gaze towards the sky. Well, there were no stars tonight. It seemed that tomorrow's weather would not be very good. It was just in time for a timely rain after the spring sowing.

When Daliang's mother saw Tian Cai saying this, she instantly understood why her son was lying there with a bruised face and nose. She also realized that she had hit a wall. She no longer dared to ask Tian Cai to repay her, and she hurriedly tried to help her son up.

But Zhang Chuanliang is over 1.7 meters tall and has a big build, so how could Daliangniang, a middle-aged woman, do that?

Tian Cai didn't mind, she went up to him and grabbed his clothes on his chest, lifted him up with one hand, and placed him on the old lady, "So, are you satisfied with my way of repaying you by marrying you?"

"No, thanks!" Daliang's mother immediately shook her head like a rattle and didn't dare to say a word of gratitude.

Tian Cai continued to tease her, "It's just right that you don't have to repay me, but I must ask for spiritual compensation. I don't ask for much from you, just ten dollars. I'll go to your house tomorrow afternoon to pick it up."

"Don't think I don't know what your family is thinking. If you keep talking too much nonsense, I don't mind loosening your son's muscles and bones again." Tian Cai leaned over and said the last sentence in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

The others didn't know what she said, but it looked like Daliang's mother was being chased by a ghost, and she quickly left with her son in her arms.