Wang Anguo was shaking with anger, gasping for breath and wiping his sweat with his hands, his shoes creating a mess of mud. He had just been clamoring to divorce his wife, but now the crowd was growing, and he knew he had lost face.
Secretary Li of the brigade stepped forward, his dark red face tense as a saw blade. He slapped his thigh and raised his voice eight octaves: "That's enough! Wang Anguo, are you out of your mind? Even if your wife did something wrong, you, a grown man, go to her parents' home and beat her up. How can this be considered wrong?"
"Do you know that our village is currently competing for advancement? Your disturbance has ruined our reputation!"
Wang Anguo's mouth twitched, and he muttered softly: "It's not like I haven't been bullied... I was..."
"What's that? Sister Chunxue and Clerk Song were having dinner together, and your wife started making rumors and causing trouble. You just believed everything you heard and brought your gang of brothers to beat them up? Why didn't you go to the police station and report your wife for cheating? Do you dare?"
Secretary Li made it very clear. Wang Anguo's face turned pale when he heard it. His vest was instantly stuck with sweat. His mouth was open, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Several village officials nearby also began to chime in: "If Secretary Song really had something going on with your wife, would she still be standing here alive? Everyone knows what kind of person Secretary Song is, and yet you, as a man, can't handle the rumors and just come and slap him in the face. You're really something."
Village chief Zhong Aiguo came out and said in a low but very serious voice: "Don't just think about what happened to others. Take a good look at your wife. You hit a woman, a woman you have been with for more than ten years."
"Your eldest son is getting married soon, your daughter is in junior high school now, and you might be a grandfather in a few years. And you're still beating up an old woman like a pig's head just because you opened your mouth. Don't you think it's shameful?"
Zhong Jingui sat on the ground, holding her head. Her face was swollen, blood was hanging from the corner of her mouth, and her nose was crooked. She was in excruciating pain, but her mind was thinking about something else.
Ever since she was rejected by Song Xingzhi, she was depressed for a while, but she did not give up and still went to peek at Song Xingzhi. It was not until she was warned by Song Xingzhi that she gave up and accepted the blind date and marriage arranged by her family.
But over the years, she has never forgotten Song Xingzhi in her heart.
Now that she was beaten like this, Song Xingzhi was there too. He heard her screaming in pain and saw how pitiful her nose was bleeding. Why didn't he say a word?
Could it be that her obsession for more than ten years is worthless in his heart?
She couldn't help but look up in the direction of Song Xingzhi, with the pitiful hope in her heart still hanging, even a greeting would be enough, even a "Are you okay?" would be enough.
But Song Xingzhi just stood there, looking down at the ground, his hands behind his back, not saying a word, not making any movement.
Zhong Jingui's heart skipped a beat, and a chill ran up her spine. The snot and tears that she had just suppressed flowed out again. With a "woo" sound, she burst into tears.
Zhang Chunxue stood aside and saw this scene, thinking it was ridiculous.
She endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't help it and sneered: "You mean, you think your man didn't hit you hard enough? Then just give you a couple more hits, and let's not waste your crying."
"Just now at the supply and marketing cooperative, you scolded me for having grandchildren and dressing like a vixen. Now, your own children are about to become parents, and you're still crying on the street, acting like a lovesick girl? Who are you trying to impress?"
She paused, then continued with sarcasm: "If you think you deserve to be a shrew after getting married, then go home and stay home."
"Clerk Song hasn't even looked at you, hasn't even spoken a word to you, and you're thinking of winning her favor with just this 'unforgettable old love' act? Aren't you overthinking it?"
Her voice became increasingly sarcastic. "Besides, according to Zhong Jingui, having a grandson makes me old and stale. I think it would be best if I just died. After all, she's been mocking me a lot today for being an old woman with a grandson!"
"Or else, Zhong Jingui, why don't you just hang yourself at your doorstep on the day your daughter-in-law gives birth to your grandson?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around him fell into dead silence.
Who among us doesn't have children? Zhang Chunxue's words were harsh, but also sincere.
Who hasn’t grown old? Who hasn’t been raised by children?
Zhong Jingui curled up into a ball, buried her head even lower, and her shoulders shook from crying.
She really didn't expect that after making such a fuss today, she would be stabbed like a sieve.
Several women in the crowd who usually gossiped with her stopped talking and just lowered their heads and picked at their fingers.
At this time, Song Xingzhi suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it was more effective than anything else.
"Sister Haruyuki, you're not old."
This one sentence made the whole audience stunned again.
Zhang Chunxue had a sarcastic look on his face, but after hearing this, he was subconsciously stunned for a second, as if his whole body was acupunctured, and he didn't even say anything back.
Zhong Jingui was originally crying, but when she heard this, her tears burst out like a floodgate, and she cried even harder with a "wow".
She didn't expect that Song Xingzhi had been silent for a long time, but suddenly spoke at this moment. She didn't expect that when he opened his mouth, he would protect Zhang Chunxue.
She raised her head and glared at Song Xingzhi, looking like a woman about to jump into a well. She cried even louder.
Zhang Chunxue wouldn't let Zhong Jingui off so easily. She snorted again, "Oh, Secretary Song just said a word for me, and you're crying like this. If he really married me, wouldn't you be heartbroken?"
"I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you cried when Secretary Song said something. If he had come to ask about my well-being, would you have fainted on the spot?"
She shrugged: "Who doesn't say that you, Zhong Jingui, are the most infatuated seed in the world?"
Wang Anguo's face turned green, his hands were clenched into fists, the veins on his arms were bulging, and he stared at Zhong Jingui as if he wanted to stuff her directly into the pigsty.
But he still didn't dare to do anything. The muscles on his face trembled in waves, as if he was holding in a fart but couldn't let it out.
Village chief Zhong Aiguo couldn't stand it any longer, his face darkening. "Chunxue, stop fanning the flames. The couple already had a quarrel, and it's already become a big fuss. You're just adding fuel to the fire. The whole family is bound to be torn apart."
After all, they all have the surname Zhong, so they are related in some way.
Zhang Chunxue curled his lips and sneered, "Am I adding fuel to the fire?"
"Today I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, and she stopped me while I was walking. She scolded me in public, saying that it was indecent for an old woman with grandchildren to wear new clothes."
"She said I made a living by seducing men, that I would not be faithful to my husband after I died, and that I lived shamelessly."
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