"She's the one who ruined my whole family! She's the one who made me look bad, it's all her fault! I'm going to burn her house down, she owes me this!"
Tang Dafei started cursing.
She's a jinx, destined to never get married, and whoever marries her will be cursed to death.
She's destined to be a concubine, promiscuous, and shameless.
He repeated exactly how his grandfather scolded Song Yinhua in front of the younger generation, imitating his grandfather's words verbatim.
The village chief's family felt embarrassed listening to this, and looked at Song Yinhua, thinking she would be angry.
Song Yinhua remained calm, her emotions completely unaffected.
Having been reborn, I no longer have the sense of shame I had when I was a young girl. If someone gives me a cold shoulder, I will feel sad and guilty for days, wondering if I did something wrong.
I no longer have that thought at all.
After Tang Dafei had finished cursing, she picked up the phone and continued speaking: "Police officers, did you all hear that?"
When Tang Dafei saw that Song Yinhua had reported him to the authorities, and that the officials had heard all his cursing, he became frightened.
Song Dazhuang and Tang Suxiang arrived at this time and happened to meet Song Erzhuang and his wife at the village chief's door.
The village chief had his youngest son call both families over.
When Song Erzhuang saw Tang Dafei, he turned to Tang Suxiang and asked, "Sister-in-law, you said that destroying the new house had nothing to do with you, and that whoever destroyed the new house would die a horrible death and be childless. So what do you say now? Dafei has been staying at your house these past few days!"
"Dafei, did you really burn the house down?" Tang Suxiang asked.
“He owes our family. If it weren’t for Song Yinhua, how could my cousin Xiaowei have been arrested? How could my aunt’s family have come to cause trouble? I wouldn’t have been humiliated in front of so many people. I’m not only going to burn down their house, but I’m going to kill their whole family…”
Tang Suxiang quickly covered Tang Dafei's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense. You didn't burn down the house, you didn't do it. Just tell the truth and don't admit to doing something you didn't do."
The village chief said to Song Dazhuang, "You can't teach your child to lie. What kind of child are you raising?"
"Everyone in the village knows that your wife is badmouthing Erzhuang behind her back!"
"Your father-in-law hired swindlers to cheat people in the village and try to harm Erzhuang's family. In the end, his own family members got arrested and he offended many people in the village. How can you blame Erzhuang's family for this? They even came to burn down the house!"
"As long as you don't harm others, that's fine! Dazhuang, do you think what I'm saying makes sense?"
“You and Erzhuang are brothers. Your father-in-law has corrupted his grandsons. You can’t follow his example. Don’t lead Hanwen and Xuewen astray. Hanwen already has a wife and children. If he does something and gets locked up, his wife will divorce him!”
Song Dazhuang nodded and said, "Yes, yes, village chief, you're right."
Tang Suxiang was displeased. "Village chief, this matter hasn't been clarified yet, why are you taking Erzhuang's side? Who saw Dafei burn down the house? He was just saying things in anger..."
Enraged, Song Dazhuang took off his shoe sole and slapped Tang Suxiang hard across the face. "It's all your fault for teaching the children badly! Now you're even teaching Dafei to lie in front of the village chief! Are you trying to get Hanwen and Xuewen to jail too?"
When it comes to his son, Song Dazhuang doesn't tolerate his wife's behavior at all.
To avoid arguments, he usually turns a blind eye to his wife and father-in-law's gossip about his younger brother's family and their attempts to frame his younger brother's daughter.
But what the village chief said earlier makes sense. Xiaowei, the father-in-law's grandson, hired swindlers to cheat people in the village and got arrested. They also caused his house to be smeared with excrement by the villagers. Now Dafei has come to burn down the house, and he will also be arrested.
Hanwen listens to his mother in everything. If this continues, who knows when it will be his son's turn.
Tang Suxiang got hit by a shoe sole and started arguing with Song Dazhuang.
The two got into a fight at the village chief's house.
Tang Suxiang firmly defended her nephew and scolded Song Dazhuang for siding with his brother. Song Erzhuang softened and, not wanting his elder brother and his wife to argue like that, decided to let it go and not pursue the matter further.
Song Yinhua refused and demanded that Tang Dafei compensate her for the losses.
Tang Dafei rushed forward to beat Song Yinhua, his hatred for her was like seeing the enemy who killed his whole family and dug up his ancestral graves.
The people next to him pulled Tang Dafei away.
After the government officials arrived and learned about the situation, they arrested Tang Dafei.
The next morning, Old Master Tang went to Song Erzhuang's house and made a scene, accusing Song Erzhuang's family of deliberately retaliating against his family.
In front of the villagers watching, he cursed Song Yinhua for being vengeful and jealous, saying that she was jealous of his family's wealth and that's why his grandson Xiaowei and grandson Dafei were arrested.
In the past, if Old Tang had cursed like that, people in the village might have believed him. But ever since his family hired a swindler to cheat people in the village, the villagers have become disgusted with him and no longer believe his nonsense.
Knowing that Song Erzhuang's daughter had found a jade pendant in a cave behind the mountain and swallowed it, he turned around and kept slandering Song Erzhuang's daughter, bullying her because she was poor and her parents were incompetent and couldn't do anything to him, an old man who was half-buried in the ground.
Old Mrs. Tang came and made a scene. Tang Youliang came to apologize afterwards and begged Song Erzhuang not to pursue the matter of his son burning down the house. He asked for a letter of understanding and said that if he paid a fine, his son would be released.
Song Erzhuang agreed without mentioning any compensation. Qiao Guilan was furious and secretly told Song Yinhua about it.
Song Yinhua, who was feeding the pigs outside, rushed into the house and saw her father about to put his fingerprint on a letter of understanding. She rushed over and snatched the letter away.
"We can have a letter of understanding, but you must compensate us for the damage your son caused to our new house. In addition, your whole family must publicly apologize to us and guarantee that you will not cause us any more trouble in the future."
Tang Youliang thought about it and agreed.
Song Erzhuang scolded Song Yinhua, "We're all relatives, what compensation are you talking about? The house is already built. Dafei is still young. You have Uncle Liang to say that Dafei knows he was wrong. Don't be so unforgiving."
"Dad, do you have any backbone? His whole family has been slandering your daughter's reputation and bullying your wife and children, and you're still speaking up for them?" Song Yinhua asked her father. "Have you thought about what would have happened if I hadn't caught his son in the act? You just casually issued a letter of understanding. Are you sure Tang Dafei's first thing to do after he gets out won't be to continue causing trouble for our family?"
"No, no, no!" Tang Youliang quickly assured him, "We'll pay the compensation we owe. As long as your family issues a letter of understanding, I guarantee Dafei won't cause you any more trouble after he's released!"
Zhou Qiaoyun came with Tang Youliang and added, "We won't let your family suffer. As long as you let my son go, we don't care if our family suffers some grievances."
Song Yinhua asked with amusement, "You should compensate for damaging someone else's new house. What do you mean you don't care if your family suffers a little injustice?"
"That's not what Dafei's mother meant. We'll do as you said, we'll compensate and apologize!" Tang Youliang glared at his wife unhappily and muttered, "If you can't speak properly, then shut up!"
Zhou Qiaoyun felt extremely wronged; her son had been arrested, and they still had to pay compensation.
What did she do wrong? Why should she suffer this injustice!
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