The next day, some villagers went to the town to ask Liu Jiafu to return to the village, while some villagers went to Wang Cuihua's parents' home to pick up her two children and bring them back to the village.
When Wang Cuihua's parents, brother and sister-in-law heard about this, they helped their two nephews and niece pack up their things and let the villagers take them back.
They were afraid that if they were late, the villagers of Liujia Village would ask them to raise two children.
When Liu Jiafu heard the villagers say that the village chief wanted him to go back, he took his wife and son back to Liujia Village without thinking. They had not been back to the village for a long time and missed their parents.
When they returned to the village, they saw the villagers pointing and talking. They were confused and wanted to go home to ask their parents what was going on, but the villagers took them directly to the village chief's house.
"Village chief, what's going on? Why don't they let us go home?" Liu Jiafu asked the village chief.
"Jiafu, this is what happened..." The village chief told Liu Jiafu what he had heard from the villagers at the county government office. He also told them the county magistrate's verdict and the results of the village meeting yesterday.
"So the village chief means that we are no longer people from Liujia Village? Why?" After hearing this, Liu Jiafu also felt that his parents, brother and sister-in-law were wrong. They were the ones who did something wrong, so why should he also be expelled from the clan and driven out of Liujia Village? Without Liujia Village, where should he go and where should he settle down in the future?
"Your family has ruined the reputation of Liujia Village, preventing girls in the village from getting married and young men from finding wives.
Let me tell you, Liu Jiafu, oh, no, your surname is no longer Liu. If the family we are engaged to is ruined because of your family’s troubles, none of us will let you go.
This is the debt of the parents, and it is the son who bears it.”
"Yes, you'd better pray that our marriage can be successful, otherwise we won't let you have an easy time either."
"Okay, stop talking.
"Jiafu, the elders and I discussed expelling you from the clan. Don't blame us for being cruel. We did this so that the villagers of Liujia Village would not be criticized. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for having such parents and a brother." The village chief reprimanded the villagers to stop arguing and spoke to Liu Jiafu in a gentle voice.
"Village chief, I understand. It's just that I need to sell my house and land before I can leave." Liu Jiafu also felt that the village chief was right. If something like this happened, he would definitely be driven out of the village for the sake of the village's reputation.
Liu Jiafu can be said to be the only normal person in the Liu family who has not been led astray. That is because he married a good wife.
As soon as he got married, he went back to his parents' home to borrow money to rent a small shop in town and started a small business in town. Only then did he have less time to stay at home and was not poisoned by his parents' bad ideas.
“Jiafu, this is twenty taels, which is the money I got from selling your house and land with the money from the village.
We paid five taels of silver for the house, along with five mu of wasteland and one mu of good farmland. The wasteland cost two taels per mu, and the good farmland cost five taels per mu, for a total of fifteen taels. ” The village chief handed the money bag to Liu Jiafu and told him the price of the house and the farmland.
"Thank you, village chief." Liu Jiafu was satisfied with the price.
At this time, the villagers brought back Liu Jiafa's two children and handed them over to the village chief.
"Jiafu, the two children left behind by Jiafa will be raised by you, their uncle.
Here are ten taels of silver, collected by the villagers as a token of our appreciation for the living expenses of Liu Jiafu's two children. The village chief handed the purse containing ten taels of silver and the two children to Liu Jiafu.
The villagers of Liujia Village were kind-hearted. They all knew that the two children were pitiful and were willing to help them a little. With ten taels of silver, they would not have a hard time living in their uncle's house.
"Thank you, village chief, and thank you to the elders and villagers of Liujia Village." Liu Jiafu took the purse, took his two nephews and nieces, and returned home with his wife and son. He took out the land deeds and house deeds and handed them to the village chief, then packed up some usable bowls and plates and took them away.
I rented the village chief's ox cart and took my family and belongings back to town.
Liu Jiafa's wife didn't say a word during the whole process. Liu Jiafa made all the decisions. Otherwise, how could one say that Liu Jiafa had found a good wife.
Li Yun stayed with Chen Mei and Xiao Hua until Chen Mei woke up.
When Chen Mei just woke up, she looked at a loss and her mind was blank.
When she came to her senses, she was in tears, her face was full of fear, she covered her head with the quilt and curled up.
Li Yun first hugged her with his body. He could feel Chen Mei's body stiffness, then he gently stroked Chen Mei's body and spoke softly.
"Don't be afraid, little aunt. I'm your sister-in-law. You're safe now. No one can hurt you anymore."
Li Yun's words made Chen Mei's originally stiff body slowly relax, but she did not say anything.
After hugging for a while, Li Yun left and wanted to lift the quilt, but Chen Mei held on tightly.
"Aunt, you are already at home. Open the quilt and take a look. This is our new home. From now on, you and Xiaohua will live here." Li Yun said to Chen Mei again.
Home? She and Xiaohua will live here from now on? Thinking of this, Chen Mei felt a little yearning.
When Li Yun saw the person under the quilt let go of his hands, he immediately stepped forward and lifted the quilt, exposing Chen Mei.
While she was confused, she walked to the window, opened the curtains to let the sunlight in, and then opened the window to let the breeze in.
When the quilt was pulled open, Chen Mei felt a blank feeling. Then the sunlight came in, making it impossible for her to open her eyes. When she got used to the sunlight, she felt a breeze blowing, which made her mood much better.
"Aunt, I understand the pain you're going through. You're not alone. You have parents who love you and a daughter who needs care. We will all be by your side, supporting you and helping you get through this.
It's not your fault, it's those scumbags who are wrong. Don't punish yourself for such scumbags.
Think about your two-year-old daughter who needs her mother's care and attention, and your elderly parents who have aged a lot overnight because of you. They blame themselves all the time and think they shouldn't have let you marry into that family. Do you still want to do this and make everyone worry and sad for you?
"Do you know that Xiaohua was often abused by her aunt, her body covered with scars, and she was even pressed into a water tank by her aunt, almost dying from lack of oxygen? She didn't want you to worry about these things, so she didn't tell you. Do you really want to make her worry about such a small child?" Li Yun was really angry and spoke loudly, making Chen Mei burst into tears and sob softly.
She didn't know that her daughter had suffered so much. She was not a good mother and failed to protect her.
No wonder, there were several nights when Xiaohua cried in the middle of the night, asking me not to hit her. I thought she was having a nightmare, so I comforted her and hugged her to sleep.
If she had been more careful and asked her more questions, she would have known that the vicious woman Wang Cuihua was beating her.
Chen Mei began to blame herself and felt that she was an irresponsible mother.
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