Chapter 41
At noon, when Luo and Fu Ning were cooking porridge in the kitchen, Fu An saw that the water tank was almost out of water, so he picked up the bucket and went to the river to fetch water.
Mrs. Luo waited a long time for her grandson to come back with water, and she felt a little worried, so she put out the stove and planned to go out to look for him.
Just as I was about to leave the house, I heard cursing.
"How dare you, little bastard, hit my Wulang? I'll definitely ask how Luo taught you!"
When Mrs. Luo heard Aunt Cuilan's voice, her face suddenly changed and she hurried out of the yard.
Because the eyes can only see nearby objects clearly, and things farther away are blurry, Luo could only squint his eyes and look towards the fence gate, vaguely seeing several people walking in.
Aunt Cuilan kicked the fence door open and dragged Fuan in from outside by the collar.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
Fu An struggled constantly, but he was small and Aunt Cuilan was tall and strong, so he couldn't break free at all.
Fu Ning was so frightened by this scene that he quickly hid behind his grandmother.
Aunt Cuilan said, "You beat up our Wulang, and you still want me to let you go? You're dreaming!"
Then, he glared at the narrowed-eyed Luo and cursed, "Luo, tell me now. Your eldest grandson hit my Wulang today. What do you say we should do?"
Upon hearing this, Luo quickly said, "No, my An An wouldn't hit anyone casually..."
She went up to save her grandson from the strong Aunt Cuilan, but was pushed aside by Aunt Cuilan's eldest daughter.
Aunt Cuilan's eldest daughter said, "Don't even think about taking him away without instructions!"
Because Aunt Cuilan was cursing all the way, some villagers followed her and gathered outside the yard to watch the fun.
When Mrs. Luo got closer, she vaguely noticed that something was wrong with her grandson's face, but because she couldn't see clearly, she didn't know what was wrong.
She could only say, "Our An An is very obedient and would not hit anyone for no reason. There must be some misunderstanding..."
"Misunderstanding?!" Aunt Cuilan suddenly shouted sharply, her tone even more fierce: "You mean to say that it's my Wulang's fault, and your grandson is not wrong?!"
Luo Shi hurriedly explained: "That's not what I meant. I meant that there must be some misunderstanding here."
Four people came from Aunt Cuilan's house. The two daughters were both thirteen or fifteen years old. Like their mother, they were very tall.
The other one was Wulang, as Aunt Cuilan mentioned. He was about eight or nine years old, a little fat, his clothes were stained with dirt and weeds, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were red and swollen.
"I don't think it's a misunderstanding. Let me put it this way. Your grandson beat up my Wu Lang. Our Wu Lang is the lifeblood of our Sun family. Unless your Fu family pays a hundred coins and this kid kneels down and kowtows to our Wu Lang three times, this matter will not end. Otherwise, there will be no end."
"Don't even think about it. It was obviously Sun Wulang who provoked me first. I am not wrong!" Fu An retorted loudly.
Fu Wei, who was in the house and heard the noise outside, suddenly had a dark look in his eyes, revealing a coldness.
Just when Mrs. Luo was at a loss, her second son's voice suddenly rang out from the room: "One hundred coins and three kowtows are no problem. I agree."
Suddenly, a cold and low voice was heard. Everyone outside was stunned for a moment and looked towards the thatched hut at the same time.
The straw curtain of the thatched hut was rolled up, revealing a handsome face. Everyone was stunned when they saw that face.
This was the first time they saw Fu Erlang, who had been taken away by mistake.
Cuilan's wife came back to her senses, and suddenly realized what Fu Erlang had said. She raised her chin and said, "It's your Fu family's Erlang who knows how to do things. Give me the silver and kowtow three times, and I will show mercy and pretend that this matter never happened."
Fu Wei looked at his nephew, whose face was bruised and swollen, and had a slap mark from an adult, and then looked at the woman with cold eyes.
"Although it's no problem, it's not our Fu family who will pay the compensation, nor is it our Fu family who will kowtow to your Sun family. It's your Sun family who will kowtow and then pay the hundred coins."
Hearing this, Aunt Cuilan flew into a rage and said, "Who do you think you are? Why are you, a cripple, joining in the fun?"
Fu Wei remained calm. He looked at Fu An and said slowly, "Tell us everything that happened today. If I hide anything, it will embarrass your grandmother."
Although they had not been together for long, Fu Wei knew Fu An's personality well. He was much more mature than his peers.
He will also think twice before doing anything and will not get angry unless it affects someone he cares about.
Fu An pursed his lips tightly and struggled for a while, but still couldn't break free from Aunt Cuilan's hands.
With red eyes, he looked at his uncle and then at his grandmother.
After a long while, Fu An finally shouted, "Sun Wulang falsely accused my aunt of cheating on her and ran away with someone and never coming back. I said my aunt would be back today, but he then said his mother said my aunt was a cheap slut... My aunt is not!"
At this point, Fu An was so angry that he started crying.
Fu Wei's face darkened completely, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.
Aunt Cuilan snorted coldly, "Yes, that's what I said. I'm telling the truth. Your Yu family's Yu has been running to Yu County every few days. What else could it be but to meet her lover? Besides, she's been gone for three or four days. If she ran away with someone, can she really go back to her parents' home to suffer? Her parents are still under punishment. Only a fool would go back!"
Having said this, completely ignoring Luo's increasingly dark expression, he continued, "I knew Yu was restless the first time I met her. Now it seems she's just a lowly slut..."
Before she could utter the last word, the soft-hearted Luo suddenly picked up a broom and hit Aunt Cuilan directly: "You gossips, my Liu Niang is capable, virtuous, kind, and innocent. How can I allow a gossip like you to slander her!"
Aunt Cuilan, who was caught off guard by being hit by the broom, became furious and grabbed the broom and snatched it away.
She shook off Fu An, took a step forward, and raised her hand to hit Luo in the face.
At the same time, a tall man walked quickly through the fence gate and walked towards the few people at great speed.
At the moment the slap fell, a big hand covered with calluses directly pinched Aunt Cuilan's wrist with such great force that it almost crushed Aunt Cuilan's hand bones.
Aunt Cuilan gasped suddenly, baring her teeth in pain and cursing, "Who!"
He turned around with a ferocious look in anger, and was stunned when he saw the dark and familiar face.
Mrs. Luo thought a slap was about to fall, so she closed her eyes, but then she heard Aunt Cuilan's voice and opened her eyes in confusion.
The light was a little dazzling and he couldn't see the person in front of him for a moment. Luo Shi only felt a sense of familiarity sweeping over him.
The next moment, Aunt Cuilan realized who this person was, and her voice trembled: "Fu, Fu Dalang?"
When Aunt Cuilan said this, almost everyone present was shocked.
Fu An stared at the man who suddenly appeared with wide eyes, but because he hadn't seen his father for a long time, he was not sure whether it was his father.
Luo was completely dumbfounded, thinking that he had misheard.
Little Funing glared at Aunt Cuilan fiercely, completely unaware of the current situation.
Because Fu Wei already knew that Fu Zhen would come back, he was not too surprised. He raised his eyebrows slightly, showing some surprise.
My heart, which was originally tense because of Aunt Cuilan's actions, was relieved because Fu Zhen came back in time.
Fu Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The woman probably dared to make such a fuss in the Fu family because the Fu family was easy to bully and she had no man to rely on.
Fu Wei felt a little frustrated, but there was nothing he could do.
Now that the situation was under control, he couldn't help but look into the crowd, searching for Yu Ying.
"Loosen, loosen..." Aunt Cuilan's voice trembled due to the pain in her wrist, and her face turned pale with pain.
Aunt Cuilan's two daughters wanted to go forward to help, but when they saw the tall and strong man with a black face, they were frightened and dared not go forward.
Fu Zhen pursed his lips tightly, glanced at his mother, then looked at his son who was beaten black and blue. His gaze finally fell on the adult slap mark on his son's cheek. His face was so dark that it was scary.
Fu Zhen was filled with anger and suddenly pulled Aunt Cuilan hard, throwing her to the ground.
Aunt Cuilan suddenly fell to the ground, half of her body hitting the ground. After a scream of "Ouch", she exclaimed in shock: "Fu Dalang has escaped back, Fu Dalang has escaped back to beat people!"
In the eyes of others, the Fu family was very poor, so poor that they could barely make ends meet. And when Dalang of the Fu family came back, it was definitely not because he was redeemed, but because he escaped!
"Who said they escaped? My eldest brother and his wife returned with honor. The release document still has the official seal of the county government. If anyone has doubts, you can go with me to the government office to verify it, and I will also sue her for false accusation while I am at it."
Suddenly, a woman's calm voice came from outside, attracting everyone's attention.
Yu Ying walked in a hurry, her face flushed, and a little sweat appeared on her forehead.
She entered the yard, glanced at Fu Wei, then looked at the beaten Fu An, her face darkened, and she looked at Aunt Cuilan coldly.
When Yu Ying came back, Fu An and Fu Ning rushed over and hugged one side each.
Fu Ning cried silently, and Fu An, who was bullied, also sobbed and cried out of grievance.
When Fu Zhen saw this situation, his heart ached, but he was more grateful to his brother's wife.
He had just heard what his mother said, and seeing how much his children relied on her, he knew that his brother's wife was really good to them.
After Yu Ying came in, Uncle He and Aunt He, who couldn't walk that fast, and Wen Xing also hurried back.
When everyone saw Fu Dalang and Wen Shi, their eyes widened in shock.
Did this couple escape together?
Yu Ying knew that they didn't believe her, so she immediately took out a document and showed it to them.
He shouted, "Most of you are literate, and some have seen the world. Take a close look at this piece of paper to see if it's real or fake!"
She comforted the two children, then took the document to them. While they were verifying the authenticity of the document, she quietly took out the itching powder from the pocket of her belt and pinched it in her palm.
Someone carefully examined it and suddenly said, "It is a genuine document of release, and it is indeed the official seal of the county government."
Yu Ying suddenly turned around and walked towards Aunt Cuilan with cold eyes.
Aunt Cuilan was a little scared of her and wanted to get up, but her legs hurt from the fall and she couldn't stand up very fast. She just slowly moved back and said in a trembling voice, "What do you want to do?"
Yu Ying stopped with two steps left, pointed the release document at Aunt Cuilan, and said word by word, "Open your eyes and see clearly whether this release document is true or false."
As she spoke, Yu Ying felt a breeze blowing towards Aunt Cuilan. Her palms relaxed slightly, and some itching powder floated towards Aunt Cuilan.
Aunt Cuilan couldn't read the words, but when she heard others say it was true, she was skeptical.
She quickly got up and stepped back, saying, "I, I don't care whether what you said is true or not. Your grandson beat my son. This is true, and it won't end!"
Fu An withdrew his gaze from his father and mother, turned to look at his aunt, and said anxiously, "She said that you cheated on me and ran away with a man. She also cursed me with very unpleasant words. Aunt Cuilan just admitted that she said that!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Ying looked at Aunt Cuilan and said coldly, "When did I ever cheat on a man? I went to the quarry to redeem my elder brother and his wife. Uncle He, Aunt He, and even the yamen runner Huo can all testify for me. Aunt Cuilan, you are falsely accusing me. If I sue you, you will probably get a beating."
Aunt Cuilan opened her eyes wide and felt frightened for a moment, but then she remembered that the county magistrate would not care about such trivial matters, and she thought that Yu was trying to scare her.
At this time, Fu An said again: "She wants us to compensate her with 100 coins and also wants me to kowtow three times to Sun Wulang."
Yu Ying's eyes darkened, and then she responded to the man's own treatment, slowly saying, "If the Sun family compensates the Fu family a hundred coins, and Sun Wulang kowtows three times to Fu An, I can drop the lawsuit, otherwise this matter will never end."
Yu Ying's request coincided with Fu Wei's.
Aunt Cuilan was about to speak, but when she noticed Fu Zhen looking at her coldly, she immediately became timid.
She swallowed and slowly moved to the side of her frightened son. Without caring about her two daughters, she grabbed her son's hand and ran away.
He ran out of the yard and shouted, "You Fu family, you wish!"
The two girls from the Sun family ran away with pale faces.
Yu Ying looked at their fleeing backs, and then fell silent after hearing those words.
Did Aunt Cuilan really think she was just trying to scare them?
No, she meant it.
When the villagers saw Aunt Cuilan had left, someone asked in surprise, "Fu Dalang, how did you get back?"
Fu Zhen: "It's really inconvenient now, I'll tell you later."
The villagers were extremely curious, but thinking about the trouble Aunt Cuilan had just caused, they also knew that no one in the Fu family had time to deal with them, so no one asked any more questions and they all left.
Only Yu Ying and the Fu family were left in the courtyard.
Wen Xing stood aside, crying as she looked at her two children. She wanted to go up and hug them, but she was afraid of scaring them, so she hesitated and didn't dare to go forward.
Luo felt as if he was dreaming, it was unreal, and he looked confused and dazed.
If this were true, how could her eldest son and daughter-in-law suddenly appear in front of her?
But if it wasn't true, why did everyone shout out his son's name?
Fu Zhen looked at his mother, his eyes reddened, and he knelt down with a plop: "Mother, Dalang is back!"
Only then did Luo feel the reality and burst into tears.
Her son, who had been away from home for many years and was doing hard labor in a quarry, finally came back...
I'm back...
Luo covered her eyes and cried even harder.
When Fu Ning and Fu An saw their grandmother crying, they hurried over to comfort her.
When Yu Ying saw these scenes, her eyes became sore.
She slightly turned sideways and quietly wiped away a few tears from the corners of her eyes, but inadvertently met Fu Wei's gaze.
When their eyes met, they felt a little awkward.
She thought about it and decided not to prevent them from reuniting. Besides, seeing that Fu Wei seemed a little lonely, she left quietly.
He washed his hands first, and then went into the house to accompany Fu Wei, who was ignored by everyone.
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