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Just then, a loud shout rang out, its force as powerful as a great bell!
"Stop!" Old Man Qi strode in, his back straight despite his advanced age.
Qi Jianguo's father, Qi Shuwang, and Qi Shuli have already been invited by the villagers.
Old Lady Qi turned her head and saw Old Man Qi. She sneered and mocked, cursing, "You really are a pair of adulterers! You can't bear to part with them, can you? You want to protect them now!"
Upon hearing Old Lady Qi's words, everyone looked down on her.
If Old Man Qi and Grandma Qi were ten or twenty years younger, perhaps they would still believe there was something between the two. But now they are both over sixty, almost seventy. Even if they had the will, they don't have the strength!
"Qi Shuwang, Qi Shuli, take your mother away now," Old Man Qi said with a gloomy face. "Your family may be shameless, but we are. You've already caused enough trouble. If she makes any more noise, I'll have her tied up and sent to the county police station. Elderly people who break the law will go to jail."
Qi Shuwang chuckled awkwardly and said, "Second Uncle Qi, my mother is worried about Jianguo! That child is still unconscious in the county hospital!"
"He deserved it!" Old Man Qi said. "He did such a despicable thing and should be punished by law. Qi Shuli, your mother is a stupid woman, and you are the village accountant, literate and educated. How come you don't understand this principle?"
"Second Uncle, please, please put in a good word for us and save Jianguo," Qi Shuli pleaded. In the past two days, they had used all the connections they could, but they still hadn't found a way to get things done.
"Hmph!" Old Man Qi sneered, "If we let Qi Jianguo go, who in Qi Family Village will still believe in the law? Enough with these words, hurry up and drag your tantrum-throwing mother away!"
Qi Shuwang and Qi Shuli were dejected; they had returned empty-handed once again.
Old Mrs. Qi was acting like she'd been injected with adrenaline today. Seeing that Old Mr. Qi wasn't helping, she lost her temper and continued cursing, "You old widowers and widows, you're ganging up on us poor souls..."
Old Qi didn't have the same good temper as the others.
According to seniority, Old Man Qi should call Old Woman Qi "elder sister-in-law," and even if Old Woman Qi curses or throws a tantrum, he cannot go up and hit her.
However, he couldn't beat up Qi Laopozi, but he could beat up Qi Shuwang and Qi Shuli, who were his juniors.
Furthermore, in front of the villagers, Old Man Qi beat these two men, Qi Shuwang and Qi Shuli, and they didn't dare to fight back.
If they fight back, the rest of the villagers will swarm them and beat the two brothers up badly!
"Slap! Slap!" "Slap! Slap!"
Four slaps in a row, one positive and one negative, landed on Qi Shuwang and Qi Shuli respectively.
"Take your mother away!"
Qi Shuwang and Qi Shuli were both elderly men, and they were suddenly stunned by the two slaps from Old Man Qi.
"Slap slap" "Slap slap"
While they were still stunned, Old Man Qi slapped them twice more.
"Take your mother away!"
Old Mrs. Qi wanted to scratch He Tiantian's face and then hit Third Grandma Qi, but seeing her two sons being slapped so many times by Old Man Qi, she charged at Old Man Qi like a lioness.
"Qi Xingwang, I'll fight you to the death!" Old Mrs. Qi, panting heavily, was about to rush over.
Old Man Qi skillfully dodged Old Woman Qi, raised his hand and said, "I can't hit your shrewish mother, but I can hit you. If you don't leave, I'll have to keep slapping you."
I sent my mother here today hoping to use both soft and hard tactics to make He Tiantian give in.
But now that Grandma Qi is so angry, He Tiantian's face is even more frosty. Old Man Qi slaps them one after another, showing no mercy.
Therefore, it's clear that today's efforts were in vain again.
Qi Shuguang and Qi Shuli wanted to beat up Old Man Qi together.
But seeing dozens of pairs of eyes watching him intently in the yard, he clenched his fists and dared not make a move.
"We'll take her away, take her away!" The two brothers didn't dare to confront her directly, so they turned around and pulled Old Lady Qi to the left and right, leading her out.
Although Granny Qi's arm was pulled and she had to walk out, her mouth wasn't gagged. One hurtful word after another, accompanied by spittle, made Granny Qi's face turn ashen, and her whole body tremble like a leaf. Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.
"Grandma, Grandma!" He Tiantian quickly helped the swaying Grandma Qi San.
Old Man Qi, Liang Hongyu, and Secretary Qi all stepped forward to check.
He Tiantian carried Grandma Qi into the house, put her on the bed, and pinched Grandma Qi's philtrum.
"Gurgle gurgle meow..." He Tiantian asked the Snake King to check her over, so that if anything was wrong, she could be taken to the commune's hospital as soon as possible.
The Snake King was forced to wake up from his cultivation. After looking around the room, he carefully scanned Granny Qi and said, "It's alright, she just fainted from anger. Don't have too many people in the room, keep the air circulating, give her some water, and she'll be fine in a little while."
He Tiantian was relieved and quickly said, "Grandma fainted from anger. Everyone, please move aside so Grandma can get some fresh air!"
Old Qi waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please disperse!"
Seeing that they couldn't help here, everyone went back.
Soon, only Old Man Qi, Secretary Qi and his wife, Qi Xiaoyan, and others remained in the room.
Grandma Qi slowly woke up, her eyes were lifeless and her face was ashen.
Old Qi wanted to comfort him, but when he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say!
He Tiantian poured some hot water and brought it to Grandma Qi, saying, "Grandma, you still have me, and you still have us!"
He Tiantian was extremely anxious and almost couldn't help but tell Grandma Qi that her son wasn't dead, that he was alive and well, and that he was doing great business in the United States. She said he could come back as soon as the political environment in China improved.
The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States would have to wait until at least 1973!
It'll be next year!
Grandma Qi has persevered for so many years, she can't afford to collapse in the final stage.
Although Grandma Qi was lonely and miserable in her previous life, she was still considered respectable in the village and was not bullied and insulted like this.
It's all because of her that Grandma Qi is like this.
Grandma Qi's lifeless eyes twitched slightly, and she said, "Could it really be that I brought them to their deaths?"
"They" here refers to her husband and son.
"Of course not. Everyone's lifespan is predetermined, and it's not something that other people can control," He Tiantian said. "Grandma, don't lower yourself to her level. If you care about her, aren't you just making that old woman Qi happy?"
“Yes, Third Aunt,” Liang Hongyu advised, “We all know you are a good person. What good people could Qi Jianguo’s family be? Just consider her a spewing filth.”
Old Qi sighed at the door, having promised to protect her, but...
He couldn't give her a home, nor could he give her a son.
In this lifetime, I am destined not to give her happiness! (To be continued.)
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