Chapter 10: Retribution



A piercing scream came from Old Lady Wang's house. The neighbors were startled and ran over. "What happened? What happened so early in the morning? The screams are so creepy."

But when they arrived at Old Lady Wang's house, they were suddenly shocked.

"Oh my god! Why are there so many bugs!"

"And snakes and rats!"

"Go, go, go, hurry up, if you get bitten you'll be in big trouble."

The courtyard wall and eaves of Old Lady Wang’s house were densely crawling with all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants, which made people get goose bumps.

When the villagers heard about it, they all came to watch.

They were quite scared at first, but when they saw that the snakes and insects did not crawl around but instead stayed in Old Lady Wang's house, they couldn't help but start to think about it.

"Isn't this retribution for doing something evil?"

"It's very likely! Otherwise, why wouldn't those bugs go to someone else but their house?"

"I'm not saying that there's no good person in their family. Not to mention Li Sanjin, Old Lady Wang is already very old, but she still slandered the reputation of the medicine girl everywhere. Now look what happened, even God can't stand it anymore!"

Zhang, who was hiding in the crowd, wanted to retort, but after looking at the snakes, she backed off.

Inside the house, Old Lady Wang and her daughter Li Yinhua hugged each other, jumping with fear because those snakes and insects were crawling around their feet! "Mom! Get rid of these things!" Li Yinhua screamed.

Old Mrs. Wang was so scared herself, how could she dare to take any action?

I could only shout outside the yard: "Someone come to help me - someone come to help me -"

Everyone outside heard it and thought that although Old Lady Wang's family was not good, they lived in the same village, and they couldn't just watch them get bitten to death by snakes, right? Li Chang wanted to take action, but was stopped by Zhang. She glared at him and whispered, "There are so many people here, why are you trying to take action? What if you get bit by a snake? Are you going to leave us mother and daughter to beg for food?"

Hearing this, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Other villagers had the same concerns, so no one stood up for a while.

At this time, the village chief came over.

After all, he had been through a lot and was not scared by this scene.

"What are you all standing there for? Those snakes are not poisonous. If we catch them, we can take them home to add to our dishes. Hurry up, go home and get tongs and sacks to take these things away."

The village chief is quite authoritative. Since he said so, it must be true. After all, the village chief would definitely not let them die on purpose.

What they are mainly afraid of are snakes. Now that those snakes are non-venomous, other rats, insects and ants are nothing to worry about.

Immediately, a few enthusiastic men went home and brought pliers and sacks, and worked together to remove the snakes and insects.

There is strength in numbers, and soon all the snakes and insects in the house and outside the yard were cleared away.

Logically speaking, since the villagers helped so much, Old Lady Wang should at least thank them properly. Even if she didn't have to give them money, she should at least treat them to a meal. But she was too stingy and just poured each of them a bowl of boiled water and sent them away.

This is also the reason why everyone was reluctant to stand up at the beginning.

The people who helped said nothing and went home carrying their sacks.

Old Mrs. Wang didn't know that this matter was not over yet.

The next day, as soon as Li Yinhua opened the door, she burst into a high-decibel scream again and slammed the door shut.

"You stupid girl, why are you howling?" Old Mrs. Wang came out in displeasure.

"Mom, those bugs are coming again!"

Old Mrs. Wang peeked out through the crack in the door and almost fainted.

But their house was not very secure, and bugs kept coming in through the cracks in the corners. The mother and daughter were frightened again and ran around the house.

This time, after hearing about it, the villagers refused to help at all costs.

"Old Lady Wang's family has been plagued by insects twice. They must have done something evil. We can't get involved again. What if we get implicated?"

Others felt the same way.

So even though they were jealous of the snakes, they just watched from the side and didn't dare to eat them.

The village chief was also helpless about this.

He couldn't force everyone to help, could he? He could only shout through the gate into the house: "Sister Wang, I think your family is suffering retribution. Think about what bad things you have done to attract these things."

When Old Lady Wang heard this, she refused to admit it. "Big Brother, I didn't do anything. I have been honest and clean all my life. How could I do something that is against the law? You have to help me."

Unfortunately, I’m not afraid of god-like opponents, but I’m afraid of pig-like teammates.

Li Yinhua, in fear, exposed her on the spot: "Mom, didn't you steal the chicken from Aunt Li's house two years ago? And the watermelon from Uncle Changgen's house..."

"You damn girl! Just shut up!"

Unfortunately, everyone outside heard what Li Yinhua said.

In the past, they only knew that Old Lady Wang was stingy and that her son and daughter were lazy and greedy, but they had not made any substantial mistakes, so they just talked about it in private.

Unexpectedly, they were actually thieves! Zhang was the first to be unable to hold back, jumping up and down and cursing: "You old woman! So you stole our watermelons! Changgen and I worked so hard to grow those acres of watermelons. We couldn't bear to eat them ourselves, but you stole them directly! You deserve this retribution! Bah!"

Not satisfied with scolding, she said to everyone, "You don't know yet, do you? Those rumors were spread by Old Lady Wang and Li Yinhua. They came up with this vicious plan to discredit Yao Niang so that she would marry into their family and work like a slave for them! There is not a single good person in this family of three!"

Everyone was stunned.

At the same time, I was very excited to eat the melon.

It turns out there is so much inside story.

"I said Yao Niang is not that kind of person. What kind of person is Li Sanjin? How could she possibly like him?"

Old lady Wang inside became angry and started to curse at Zhang Cuihua, also known as Zhang.

The two of them exposed each other's secrets, and one private secret after another was torn open and laid out in front of everyone.

The villagers then realized that these two people were of the same kind. They were troublemakers who loved to gossip behind people's backs and stir up trouble.

The village chief was too embarrassed to listen any further and shouted at Li Changgen: "Take your wife back home! This is really embarrassing!"

As for Old Lady Wang's family, he was too lazy to care about it. Those snakes and insects couldn't kill people anyway, so he let them deal with their own headaches.

That day, Old Lady Wang and Li Yinhua spent the whole day fighting snakes and insects. They didn't even have time to eat, so how could they have the energy to spread rumors?

Shen Yizhi was very satisfied after listening to Li Chuntao's live broadcast.

Soon after, a nursery rhyme spread throughout the village.

"Mrs. Wang, you are too evil, you are infested by insects..."

The villagers were talking about it, and when they met, they would ask: "Hey, have you heard? Old Lady Wang's family..."

As for the rumors about Shen Yizi, naturally no one mentioned them again.


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