"We have grain, and we're all relatives. For your fourth sister's sake, give me an answer: what's the plan for today?"
Chen Laosan held a weapon to Tang Youliang's face as a threat.
"Wanping's mother is your own fourth sister. You even harm your own sister's daughter. Are you even human?"
No matter what Chen Laosan said, Tang Youliang remained silent.
He didn't follow Tang Su'e's example and implicate others to shirk responsibility.
He didn't say a word from beginning to end.
"You've got grain. You plotted to get my daughter bullied by thugs. If you don't give us an explanation, don't blame us for being ruthless with our weapons, since your two sons are right here."
Tang Youliang became nervous when his two sons were involved.
He looked at his elderly father and Tang Su'e.
Tang Su'e stood to one side with her youngest daughter, acting as if she were an outsider.
The old father was still being stubborn: "Fourth son-in-law, put down the knife, and tell all your brothers and nephews in the Chen family to put down the knife. Your daughter is my own granddaughter, how could I harm her? Our family really didn't know she was messing around with that scoundrel Wang. If we had known, would we have just ignored it?"
Chen Laosan looked at his wife and asked, "Are these your biological father and younger brother?"
Chen's mother, Tang Suling, harbored resentment towards her own father and younger brother. She said to Tang Laotou and Tang Youliang, "Dad, Youliang, this has happened in Wanping. As long as you give us an explanation so that our Chen family can save face, that will be enough."
Tang Suling's meaning couldn't be clearer: just show some sincerity and that's enough.
"Suling, your daughter is secretly having an affair with that scoundrel Wang. How are we supposed to explain this to you?" Old Man Tang refused to admit it.
Tang Su'e then said in a concerned tone, "Fourth Sister, if you are short of money, we can chip in some money for you. You don't need to pay back my share, since you are my fourth sister."
She deliberately steered the matter towards the idea that the Chen family was greedy for money and was using the incident as an excuse to cause trouble.
“Fourth brother-in-law is a gambler and has lost all his money. If you need money, just tell us privately. Dad and I will definitely find a way to help you. Even if we have to borrow money, we will lend it to you. Wanping is still young. You've made such a big fuss. Now everyone knows about Wanping and that scoundrel Wang. How will she face people in the future? Her three children will be laughed at. Will her in-laws still want her?”
Tang Suling was so angry at Tang Su'e's words that she almost couldn't breathe.
"Su'e, I am your fourth sister. Don't you have any sisterly affection for me at all? My husband is a gambler, but even if we are short of money, we would never use our daughter's reputation to extort money. It is clearly you who are plotting against my daughter!"
"Fourth Sister, I really don't know anything. There's grain everywhere. I was shocked when I first found out." Tang Su'e lied and pretended to be innocent, just like Old Master Tang.
"Youliang, how could you do such a thing? This is our fourth sister, and Wanping is your own niece!" Tang Su'e shifted the blame onto Tang Youliang again.
Tang Youliang was pinned to the ground without uttering a sound.
But my heart has long since turned cold.
But Yunyun was someone he had watched grow up, and she called him uncle. He didn't want her reputation to be ruined at such a young age.
Seeing the Tang family's attitude, Chen Laosan had Tang Youliang's two sons' pants pulled down in public.
"Tang Youliang, if you don't give my daughter an explanation today, I'll take action against your two sons!"
Tang Dafei is seventeen years old this year. Some of his fellow villagers who are the same age as him have already gotten married and have children.
How could he bear the humiliation of having his pants pulled down in public?
"Dad, say something! That scoundrel Wang..." Tang Suxiang quickly covered Tang Dafei's mouth to stop him from talking nonsense.
"Fourth brother-in-law, please release my two sons. You can ask for anything, and I will agree to anything you ask for," Tang Youliang finally spoke.
"What about my daughter?! How do you expect me to explain this?!"
Tang Youliang looked at his elderly father and Tang Su'e again.
Old Man Tang: "Old Chen, our family kindly let your daughter eat and stay for free, and instead of thanking us, you bring people to cause trouble? You, as her father, can't even control who Wanping chooses to be with, so how can I, her grandfather, possibly control her?"
Old Master Tang subtly mocked Chen Wanping for marrying Han Zhiyuan after becoming pregnant out of wedlock, saying that her pregnancy was obvious even during the wedding banquet.
Tang Su'e: "If there's grain, you can agree to whatever price your fourth brother-in-law asks for. We'll figure out the money. We'll even sell our blood to raise the money. After all, she's our dear fourth sister, and we have to do our best to help her!"
The Tang family father and daughter's words infuriated the Chen family.
The Chen family forcibly stripped Tang Youliang's two sons naked, making them visible to everyone in the crowd.
"Tang Youliang, you schemed against my daughter and ruined her reputation. I'll make sure your two sons taste the same shame!"
Tang Dafei struggled violently, calling for his father Tang Youliang to save him, his grandfather Tang Laotou to save him, and his sixth aunt to save him.
But no one came to save him.
"Stop!" someone suddenly shouted.
Everyone watching the spectacle turned to look, and saw Zhou Qiaoyun rush out.
Her hair was a mess, her clothes looked like she'd just been in a fight, and her hands were bleeding.
The villagers who had come to watch the spectacle began to whisper among themselves.
Zhou Qiaoyun angrily asked Tang Youliang, "Tang Youliang, aren't you going to tell the truth?"
"For the sake of Tang Su'e's youngest daughter, you've even abandoned the dignity of your two sons?"
Seeing that Zhou Qiaoyun looked like she had just been beaten up, the Chen family knew that she probably knew the truth, so the Tang family locked her up.
"How did you get out?" Old Master Tang asked in surprise. "There was grain, so why didn't you tie your wife up and lock her up properly?"
"You old bastard, shut up!" Zhou Qiaoyun immediately started cursing.
Old Master Tang roared in anger, "You dare to call me an old man? You've gone too far! Believe me or not, I'll have Youliang divorce you!"
"You old geezer, I've had enough of living like this in your family!"
Enraged, Zhou Qiaoyun went all out and recounted all the shameful deeds of the Tang family, one by one.
"Fourth Sister, it was Tang Su'e's idea to get Wanping drunk and send her to Wang Pizi's house. They all know about it!"
Old Master Tang was furious. "Seventh son's wife, shut up!"
Ignoring everything else, Zhou Qiaoyun continued, "Wang the scoundrel was specially hired by Wang Xiaowei."
"Your father, that old bastard, doesn't like the Song family. He stole Song Erzhuang's daughter's jade pendant and claimed it was a talisman for Tang Su'e's grandson."
"After being exposed by Erzhuang's eldest daughter, she deliberately hired someone to pretend to be a fortune teller to cause trouble in Songzhuang Village, accusing Erzhuang's eldest daughter of having the fate of a concubine and seducing wild men."
"The idea of hiring Wang the scoundrel to harm people in Songzhuang Village was conceived by these guys in a meeting they held in a room."
"Wang the scoundrel was caught swindling people in Songzhuang Village by Erzhuang's eldest daughter, who almost killed him with an iron shovel. He came to your father, that old geezer, demanding compensation, but your father refused to give him more money. So Wang the scoundrel demanded that Wang Yunyun stay with him for the night."
"They even got into a fight that night, and Wang Xiaowei dumped all the vegetables on Wang Pizi's head."
"Then Tang Su'e came up with an idea: to have your daughter impersonate her daughter and sleep with Wang the scoundrel!"
“I warned your daughter before to be careful of Tang Su’e’s family. Your daughter thought I was a bad person. Now look what’s happened. Tang Su’e sold your daughter to protect her, and sent your daughter to accompany an old bastard!”
"Do you think that's the end of the story?"
"Yesterday, the police came and arrested Xiaowei. Everyone in the village is saying that Yunyun slept with Wang Pizi all night. Your father and Tang Su'e deliberately let everyone know that it was your daughter Wanping who slept with Wang Pizi in order to protect Wang Yunyun's reputation."
"The reason you're making a scene here today is because they planned this beforehand. They deliberately leaked the information to your house to lure you here. They're hoping you'll make a big fuss so everyone will know that Wang Yunyun is innocent and that it was your daughter, Chen Wanping, who slept with that scoundrel Wang!"
Zhou Qiaoyun released all the resentment she had been holding in for twenty years.
At this moment, Chen Wanping's eyes were filled with twisted hatred as she looked at Wang Yunyun.
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