Old Mrs. Huang straddled Old Mrs. Fan, first slapping her twice, then pulling her hair and tearing at it. This time, it was Old Mrs. Fan who screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
Old Mrs. Fan was pinned down and beaten by the three men, and she had no ability to resist at all. All she could do was utter insults. In the end, she could no longer bear the pain and begged for mercy.
The men, remembering that he had a scholar son, were worried that if they really beat him badly, it would be difficult to clean up the mess. So they let go of him. But whether it was intentional or not, when Mrs. Huang got off him, she was still pulling on Mrs. Fan's hair. As a result, a tuft of hair was pulled off her body.
Old Mrs. Fan was both terrified and furious after being beaten by the men. As soon as she was freed, she ran out of the Huang family home crying and screaming.
Mrs. Huang touched the bald patch on her forehead, feeling both angry and furious. She watched as the person ran out of the yard, then looked at the mess on the ground and started cursing towards the kitchen again.
"You useless little slut, did you die in the kitchen? You watched your mother-in-law being beaten and didn't even come to help. Hurry up and come out to clean up the mess. All you know how to do is eat. Sooner or later, my son will divorce you..."
Wang Yan'er's eyes remained unmoved upon hearing her mother-in-law's words. She simply got up slowly and walked out of the kitchen, though she hadn't cleaned off the straw that had gotten on her clothes.
When Mrs. Huang saw Wang Yan'er emerge from the kitchen looking disheveled and timid, her anger intensified. She raised her hand to slap her, but as soon as she raised her arm, she felt a sharp pain. She then remembered that she had twisted her arm during her fight with Mrs. Fan, so she quickly lowered her arm and began to verbally abuse her.
Wang Yan'er was already used to Old Lady Huang's scolding. She silently went into the main room and began to clean up the bowls and chopsticks that had been smashed on the ground.
After leaving Old Huang's house, Fan's wife wanted to go back to her own home, but when she thought that her son was not at home, she endured the pain all over her body and went to find the village chief.
The village chief was startled when he saw Granny Fan, who was covered in dirt and had messy hair.
As the man approached, the village chief noticed that a patch of hair was missing from her forehead. It was obvious that she had been in a fight, but he wondered who the old woman had fought with.
Considering that her family had just welcomed a daughter-in-law yesterday, and that she was in this state today, the village chief couldn't help but frown slightly, thinking that Mrs. Fan had started a fight with her daughter-in-law.
Before the village chief could even ask anything, Granny Fan plopped down in front of him and started wailing.
"This is outrageous! Village Chief, you must stand up for me today! That old hag Huang not only stole my things, but she also conspired with her family to kill me!"
Upon hearing what Fan's wife said, the village chief realized that Fan's wife wasn't fighting with her daughter-in-law, but with Huang's wife.
Thinking of Huang's wife's usual behavior, the village chief couldn't help but smile when he saw the two of them fighting, which was like dogs biting each other. However, upon hearing their piercing howls, he had no choice but to ask.
"Tell me clearly what happened..." The village chief's wife, who was tending to the vegetable garden behind her house, rushed over when she heard Granny Fan's howling in the front yard.
Upon entering and seeing Granny Fan's appearance, he almost burst out laughing. To avoid arousing her suspicion, he quickly asked what had happened...
Seeing that she had wailed enough, Granny Fan finally shut her mouth and recounted, with added embellishments, how Granny Huang had not only stolen her oil and salt and a lot of chickens and fish yesterday, but also joined forces with her husband and son to beat her today.
Both men were dumbfounded after hearing what Fan's wife said.
Actually, none of the village chief's family wanted to attend Fan Ting's wedding yesterday. However, since Fan Ting was the only scholar in the village getting married, it would be disrespectful for the village chief not to attend. So, only Fan Ting from the village chief's family went to the wedding banquet.
However, he went home as soon as it started raining. He only knew that the wedding banquet was chaotic and that some people were grabbing food. Now he realized that some people not only grabbed food, but also took other people's oil, salt, bowls and plates home.
"Some people" naturally refers to Old Lady Huang. It seems that only Old Lady Huang in the entire Zhushan Village would do such a thing. Thinking of this, the village chief couldn't help but glance at Old Lady Fan, who was still sitting on the ground, and thought to himself, no, there is another one, and that is the person in front of us...
When Granny Fan saw that the village chief was just staring blankly after hearing what she said, she immediately started wailing again.
“Village chief, you can’t ignore this. My son is a scholar. If he finds out I’ve been bullied and you, as the village chief, don’t stand up for me, believe me, if my son becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination, I can get you removed from your position as village chief with just one word…”
The village chief is now immune to what Granny Fan said about what would happen if his son became the top scholar in the imperial examination. However, when she mentioned Fan Ting, he couldn't help but ask.
"Isn't Fan the kid home? How come you've been beaten up like this and I haven't seen him at all..."
Hearing the village chief's words, a complex emotion flashed in Granny Fan's eyes, because she didn't know where Fan Tingren had gone, and she was very worried. Fan Tingren had left without caring about his mother. However, the emotion was fleeting, and she then forced herself to remain calm and shouted to the village chief.
“He, he went back to the Ye family with his wife early this morning and wasn’t home. It’s because he wasn’t home that I was bullied by the Huang family. You must stand up for me…”
The village chief didn't understand. Wasn't it supposed to be the third day for the bride to return to her parents' home? Why was she returning on the second day? But it had nothing to do with him, so he didn't bother to ask.
However, his head was throbbing from Granny Fan's wailing, and since her fight with the Huang family was a village matter, he spoke up.
“Come on, I’ll go with you to the Huang family’s house to see what’s going on. We can’t just listen to your side of the story…” he said, ignoring Old Lady Fan who was still sitting on the ground, and went straight out of the yard toward the Huang family’s house.
Seeing that the people had left, Granny Fan quickly got up and followed them, but as she got up, she kept groaning and crying out, indicating that she had been beaten quite badly by the Huang family...
When the village chief's wife saw him limping out of the yard, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. After laughing for a while, she also stepped out of the yard.
She had originally intended to call Han Yiyi to come and watch the excitement together, but she was worried that Granny Fan would cause trouble if she saw Han Yiyi, so she changed her mind and went to Aunt Zhang's house instead. A moment later, she saw the village chief's wife and Aunt Zhang hurrying towards Granny Huang's house.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that each of them was holding a handful of roasted beans.
When the village chief's wife and Aunt Zhang arrived at Old Mrs. Huang's house, Old Mrs. Fan was already coming out of the Huang family's house, carrying an oil jug in one hand and a salt jar in the other...
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