Chapter 59 Wishful Thinking
Everyone felt a little heavy-hearted.
"Their attitude is not important. We just live our own lives and won't have too much interaction with them."
Shen Jinan tried to comfort them, “We also have ox carts now, so we don’t need to ask for help from others.”
After hearing this, everyone nodded hurriedly: "Indeed, let's go on with our lives."
We had misunderstood before, thinking that once we got to this place we had to accommodate others in everything.
In fact, what does what those people think have to do with them?
Everyone lives their own life behind closed doors, and no one influences anyone else.
After returning to the village, Li Chunhua unloaded her things and immediately returned the ox cart for fear of any complications.
In the end, he still couldn't escape the ridicule.
"Why are you back so late? I won't lend my ox cart to you guys next time!"
Li Chunhua was extremely angry at the contemptuous attitude and critical tone.
"Isn't it just an ox cart? Who do you think is interested in it?"
Li Jinhua put her hands on her hips and glared, "Give us back, aren't you a human being?"
The villager didn't seem to expect her to talk back, and pointed at her with a trembling finger: "You! You!"
"What do you mean by 'you'? From now on, even if you beg me to lend you my ox cart, I won't lend it to you!"
After venting all her morning grievances, Li Chunhua turned around and left without looking back.
Driving the ox cart under the strange looks of the villagers, Shen Jinan returned to the yard, tied the ox outside the window, and fed it with the fodder that the waiter on the cart had brought.
Gu Yanqing took Sui Sui into the house to rest.
"Shen Jinan! You little bitch, you're finally back!"
Before she could unload the things from the car, she heard Shen Xitang’s sharp voice.
Shen Jinan's face was cold. He picked up the whip used to drive cattle and waved it in the air a few times: "Chen Xitang, do you deserve a beating again recently?"
The sound of the whip breaking through the air made Shen Xitang's scalp tingle, but he still stiffened his neck and argued with her.
"How dare you say that? If it weren't for you, such a jinx, how could anyone be willing to lend us an ox cart?"
In the end, it was jealousy and hatred that made her lose her mind.
She hadn't had a drop of water since morning and was almost fainting from hunger. How could she care about anything else?
"What does it have to do with me if no one wants to lend you their car? If you're itching to do it, just tell me. I don't mind helping you loosen it up."
Her eyes fixed, she took a step forward, and raised the whip in her hand, as if it would fall at the next second.
"How can it have nothing to do with you? If you hadn't married a corrupt official, would the people in the village look down on our family?"
Fearing that her whip would really fall on her head, Shen Xitang raised her hands to block her head, closed her eyes, and shouted loudly.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Shen Jinan immediately looked towards the room, only to see Gu Yanqing standing quietly at the door, slightly leaning against the door frame, with no emotion in his dark eyes, and no one knew how much he had heard.
"What nonsense!" Shen Jinan raised his hand without hesitation and whipped it down suddenly.
Shen Xitang's scream rang out in response.
Gu Yanqing's eyes fell on her, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his lips.
Now no one could continue to play dumb, and Lin and Minister Shen hurriedly ran out of the house, one rushed towards Shen Jinan and the other rushed towards Shen Xitang.
"Enough!" Minister Shen shouted angrily, holding Shen Jinan's whip in his hand, "You have ruined this family so badly and you won't let people say it?"
There was no trace of a kind father in his eyes.
"What does this family situation have to do with me? Isn't this all my sister's credit?" Shen Jinan pulled back the whip and smiled sarcastically, "Your Third Prince used you, and you're still grateful to him. You're really infatuated!"
She turned her gaze to Minister Shen and looked at him coldly: "Are you right? My father?"
Minister Shen’s face froze, and he couldn’t believe that Shen Jin’an dared to speak to him like that.
"You're really rebelling. If it wasn't for Gu Yanqing doing this, how could he have been caught by someone?"
"Isn't it true that marrying him has implicated our family?"
"Gu Shoufu, don't you feel any guilt at all?"
The series of questions made Shen Jinan couldn't help but applaud: "Father is worthy of being a minister. Today's ability to reverse right and wrong really makes me look at him with new eyes!"
"It seems you have always thought so."
Gu Yanqing didn't speak for a long time, and Shen Jinan didn't care much.
He was wronged and felt disheartened, but it doesn't matter, I will defend him.
Her eyes swept across the faces of several people, and seeing that they were all silent, she said loudly, "Since we have implicated my father's family, let's invite the village chief over to divide the family."
Considering the original owner's kindness, she thought that it was Shen Xitang and her daughter who were causing trouble, and she did not have any major opinions about Minister Shen himself.
Now it seems that they are birds of a feather.
"Dividing the family?" Minister Shen was stunned for a moment.
Gu Yanqing couldn't help but look sideways. She was willing to turn against her father for his sake?
Shen Jinan, what she said was actually true.
Shen Xitang quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words in Shen Shilang's ear. Shen Shilang nodded repeatedly: "Okay, Xitang, go find the village chief!"
Shen Xitang ran out, afraid that if she was too slow, Shen Jinan would change his mind.
Shen Jinan watched coldly, not knowing what tricks they were playing, nor did he care much.
She walked quickly to the door and hugged Gu Yanqing: "Don't listen to them. In my heart, you will always be the upright Prime Minister Gu who dares to speak up for the people. I believe in you!"
Gu Yanqing's eyes were burning. At that moment, he didn't know what to say. He could only silently hug Shen Jinan tightly.
Sui Sui Huan Huan, who only heard the quarrel, was reminded of unpleasant memories.
Without bothering to put on shoes, she ran out of the house and saw this scene. Huan Huan also ran over and hugged Shen Jinan: "Mom, don't be angry, we are all obedient."
Shen Jinan and Gu Yanqing smiled at each other and picked them both up.
“Shen Jinan, the village chief is here, why don’t you get out quickly.”
The warm atmosphere was destroyed by Shen Xitang's cry. Shen Jinan took the child out and put on a sad face.
"village head."
Shen Jinan nodded at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"So you want to split up?"
Seeing Shen Jinan walking out alone with two children, and the man behind her looking sick, the village chief's tone softened a lot.
"Yes, that's us." Chen Xitang answered quickly, then looked at the ox cart with a sharp gaze, "We invited the village chief here today so that you can be a witness."
"We want to separate from this corrupt official!"
Shen Xitang was unabashedly proud. With their hatred for corrupt officials, this family was doomed to be divided, and Shen Jinan would definitely not be able to gain any advantage.
"Are you the corrupt official?" The village chief's eyes seemed to be fixed on Gu Yanqing.
Although Gu Yanqing's face was pale, his demeanor remained unchanged, and his words were even more resounding: "Gu has never done anything that goes against my conscience."
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