At noon, Qian was finally caught up by the villagers.
When Tian An and Zhao Yiming arrived at the ancestral hall, Qian was sitting on the ground with her hair disheveled.
Hearing someone coming in from behind, she turned around and looked up. It was Tian An, who immediately stared at her fiercely and cursed her viciously.
But when she saw Deng Xue beside Tian An, she shuddered and shut up in fear. Tian An noticed more nail scratches on her face. He looked at Aunt Li, Tian Fu's wife, who stood nearby and stared at Qian's house fiercely after the fire had burned half of the house. Tian An knew that she must have been beaten by Aunt Li.
The village chief and clan leader sat at the main seat in the ancestral hall, with two clan elders sitting below, one on each side. Tian An and Zhao Yiming greeted the four of them and then stood on either side, like everyone else.
The village chief in the main seat asked impatiently, "Isn't Wang here yet?"
A middle-aged man stepped forward and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid Mrs. Wang won't be able to come."
The village chief angrily said, "She's not too old to walk! Why can't she come?"
The middle-aged uncle recounted what happened at Tian Mingcai's house yesterday: "Yesterday afternoon, someone saw that old woman Wang hurriedly carrying a bundle and leaving the village. No one knew where she went. Everyone guessed that she probably thought Tian Mingcai was dead and was afraid of being charged with murder, so she ran away early!"
The four elderly people sitting at the table were so angry at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that they wanted to bite them.
The clan leader angrily slammed the table and pointed at Qian, saying, "Are you tired of living? The mother-in-law forced someone to death, the son hired robbers to make money, and the daughter-in-law is even more ambitious and just set the house on fire."
When Qian was first caught, she refused to admit to setting the fire. As a result, as soon as she arrived at the ancestral hall, Tian Funiang and her wife grabbed her and beat and scolded her.
As the three of them fought and scolded each other, Qian cursed viciously, but at the same time, she also revealed everything. Now, she admitted it herself, saving everyone a waste of time.
Everyone started cursing Qian again, using obscenities like "damn you," "heartless," "you deserve to be struck by lightning," "thief," and so on, all without hesitation.
It's a pity that a person who is rotten to the core would never care about other people's spit!
The village chief looked at Tian An, Zhao Yiming, and Tian Fu's family whose house was burned down: "You two families are victims. What do you want to do?"
Tian Funiang was the first to say, "Our house must be compensated. Although half of it is left, who knows if it can still be lived in? We have to rebuild the whole thing."
When Qian heard she was asked to pay for the entire house, she immediately refused: "I burned down the village school, not your house. Why should I pay? Your family must have done something immoral, and God burned down our house, and you want to blame it on me. Otherwise, why did yours burn down while no one else's house burned down?"
When Tian Fu's wife, Li, heard Qian's shameless remarks, she was so angry that she wanted to tear her heart apart: "You are right to burn our house. Our house is close to the village school. If the village school catches fire, our family will be the first to be implicated. You set the fire at the village school, and you burned my house. Don't even think about denying it."
Qian said shamelessly: "Did I ask your family to live close to the village school? What does it have to do with me if your family wants to build a house?"
After saying that, he did not forget to bring Tian An with him, raised his finger and pointed at Tian An and said: "The village school was built in the back. If you want to blame someone, blame that little bitch Tian An for building the village school close to your home."
It has to be said that this sentence really aroused ripples in the hearts of Tian Fu's family:
Qian is a shrew and has no money. But Tian An has it! If only they could put the blame on Tian An for the loss of their house.
Could they ask Tian An to compensate them with a few brick and tile houses? Then they could say there was silver in the burned houses, and ask Tian An to compensate them with the silver. Wouldn't that be a blessing in disguise for his family?
As soon as Qian's words came out, Zhao Yiming secretly stared at Tian Fu's family. It wasn't that he was mean-spirited, it was really that people's hearts were unpredictable. Their family had indeed attracted some attention recently, so he had to be on guard!
As expected, the Tian Fu family had different expressions. They were all from the same village, and Zhao Yiming didn't want to make things too awkward. He spoke before they did:
"The decision to build the village school in the middle of the village was made by the village chief after consulting with everyone."
The meaning is very clear, if you want to blame someone, blame everyone. The law does not punish everyone, unless you want to offend the entire village.
Someone familiar with the family also advised, "Tian Fu's family, the village school is for the benefit of the people and is the hope of the children in the village. Building it next to your house was a joint decision for the convenience of everyone. You can't let that thief Qian's wife instigate you to cause trouble for An An and Daniu!"
"Yes! It's all the fault of the Qian family. Now the village school is gone, and the children's hopes are dashed again!"
The Tian Fu family was stunned. Damn, they almost fell for the trick of the thief. It would be great to be able to rely on the Tian An family, but unfortunately they don't have that ability. The county magistrate's family even sent holiday gifts to the Tian An family! The relationship must be good.
Qian once again became the target of public criticism. People no longer wanted to scold her. They were really exhausted. It was useless to scold such a shameless person.
After Tian Fujia's speech, the village chief asked Tian An and Zhao Yiming what they meant. Tian An thought about what Zhao Yiming had said, and said with a smile:
"Although my family is the victim in this incident, the village school is related to the interests of everyone. We listen to the villagers and do what they say."
After Tian An finished speaking, she saw Zhao Yiming nodded at her.
No one expected Tian An to say that. Someone advised, "Tian An! You have to speak up about this! Don't be soft-hearted at this time!"
"Yes! The village school was built with your family's money, so you have the final say."
Tian An shook his head and said with embarrassment: "Aunt Qian's arson is a serious matter! We should report her to the police, put her in jail, or drive her out of the village.
But after all, we have lived under the same roof for so many years. Although we have no blood relationship and have severed ties and separated, in everyone's eyes she is still my aunt.
If I really report her to the police or drive her out of the village, I'm afraid people who don't know me will point at my spine and curse me! Although I'm engaged, I think everyone knows how important a girl's reputation is.
But if we don't punish her, she will definitely become more aggressive. Today she burned down the village school, so what else will she burn tomorrow if she's unhappy?
Tian An randomly pointed at a few families and said, "My uncle's family or my uncle's family! Or maybe they burned all the crops in everyone's fields. Oh! I'm in a dilemma!"
When Qian heard that they were going to report her to the police and drive her out of the village, she knew that both of these things could cost her life!
"Tian An, you bitch, you want to kill me! I'm going to fight you." As she said that, she pounced on Tian An.
Unfortunately, Deng Xue kicked it back.
The village chief was so annoyed that he had her tied up and her mouth blocked, leaving her to whimper!
The people in the village were frightened by Tian An's words and thought that Qian was a lunatic. Especially the families that Tian An had just pointed at, they felt that Qian had set their houses on fire.
He looked up and made sure Qian was still tied up before he felt relieved.
No! The Qian family can’t stay in the village anymore. It’s too terrible.
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