Chapter 26 She Hurt Someone Again
Since everyone was on Wang Laocai's side, they couldn't help but despise Song Li.
"It's one thing to be reckless yourself, but to drag your sister down with you is just asking for trouble!"
"That's right. I've advised Xiaoxiao before, but she's too young and doesn't understand. She just insists on sticking to her older sister."
"Oh, poor thing, following a sister who has ruined her reputation, what future can she possibly have?"
Everyone sighed deeply.
Song Li's face darkened: "Shut up, all of you! If you're so loyal and righteous, why didn't you lend a hand back then? Now you're all making sarcastic remarks!"
Everyone was speechless.
Before anyone could react, Song Li continued:
“I’ve said it before, I was chasing men because my aunt and uncle wouldn’t feed my sister and me, forcing me to get married and find a way to make a living. I was young and ignorant at the time and believed them. Is that wrong? If you’re so capable, let’s see if you can work without eating. If you can even last a day, I’ll admit defeat!”
"Selling me to Old Man Wang was also my uncle and aunt's idea. They kept the money, but my life and death were in my hands. They shrank back and ignored everything. You all sided with them. Did my uncle and aunt give you a share of the profits? Or did Old Man Wang give you some benefits?"
"So what if I was robbed that day? Old Wang is the local tyrant, and none of you dare to mess with him. Is it shameful for a young woman like me not to fight back? Old Wang is in jail right now, and the case isn't closed yet! What, are you all speaking up for Old Wang because you want to be his accomplices and go to jail with him?"
The girl's rapid-fire retorts left everyone momentarily speechless.
Old Wang's previous actions were all legal. The only reason he was convicted by the authorities was because he was momentarily blinded by lust and forcibly abducted a woman in the street. This was a truly bizarre incident, and everyone in the surrounding area knew about it.
The crowd remained silent for a long while.
They came to watch the excitement and have some fun, but little did they know that the excitement would fall on their own heads.
No matter what, Wang Laocai had broken the law, and they didn't want to get involved with criminals.
Some people felt it would be too embarrassing not to say something, so they sarcastically remarked, "We only exchanged a few words. If you don't like it, just don't listen! Why go on and on about us? What a mean mouth you have, never letting anyone off the hook!"
They were the ones who humiliated her for no reason, yet they insisted that she was being unreasonable!
Song Li laughed angrily and said, "Yes, I'm not only sharp-tongued, I can beat you to a pulp!"
As he spoke, he picked up a wooden wedge from the doorway and threw it forcefully into the mouth of the village woman who had just called him "promiscuous."
With a "crack," the woman's front tooth broke off, and a square black hole instantly appeared in the middle of her row of snow-white teeth.
Song Li sighed helplessly.
She got into another fight and injured someone. Good heavens, that's too violent...
The woman covered her bleeding mouth, her face deathly pale with fright—she hadn't expected that Song Daya's claim of finding her teeth scattered on the ground was real!
"Song Daya, you..." she screamed incoherently.
Song Li smiled and exhaled a breath of stale air.
She was tired of reasoning with him, so she decided to take action instead.
Everyone gasped, instantly remembering Song Li's viciousness—not long ago, He Shi's wrist was broken by her; Niu San's shoulder was fractured by a stone she threw; and Cat's mother's jaw was also dislocated by this girl, and she still can't eat cornbread!
For a moment, everyone secretly regretted their forgetfulness. It was so cold; wouldn't it have been better to stay home and warm themselves by the fire? Why did they have to come out and make things uncomfortable?
The crowd finally fell silent and scattered.
Why aren't you leaving yet?
Song Li looked at Qian Hudan, who was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, and asked.
Qian Hudan snapped out of his daze and stammered, "I...I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away..."
I never expected Song Daya to be so fierce. Her mother had gossiped about her before, and last year he even snatched the coarse pancakes she had specially saved for Song Xiaoxiao and knocked her unconscious...
He had to run quickly, otherwise he would be doomed if Song Daya held on to him.
Qian Hudan grabbed his sister Qian Hutao and ran.
Song Li gazed thoughtfully at Qian Hutao's frail figure.
Fifteen minutes later, at the Qian family's house.
"Father, please let my sister stay," Qian Hudan pleaded, kneeling on the ground.
"What's the point of keeping such a morally corrupt person in the house?" Qian Sanhu said sternly, unmoved.
Qian Sanhu was the most proud man in his life. When he had no money to treat his mother's illness, he secretly sold his daughter. After Wang Laocai's incident, he wished that Qian Hutao would die in the Wang mansion so as not to embarrass him.
But Qian Hutao, that good-for-nothing, not only lives shamelessly but also dares to go home without any sense of shame. He has already disgraced everyone. If he is willing to take him in, won't he become the laughingstock of the whole village?
Seeing that he couldn't persuade his father, Qian Hudan looked to his mother for help.
Wu was reluctant to part with her daughter, but before she could speak, she was startled back by a fierce glare from Qian Sanhu.
Ms. Wu closed her eyes in pain.
She is not only Qian Hutao's mother, but also Hudan and Xiaotao's mother.
It's fine if Tiger Egg is a boy, but what if Little Peach's reputation is ruined by Walnut...?
The thought of the villagers openly and secretly mocking and belittling Song Daya made Wu tremble uncontrollably.
Having no other choice, Qian Hudan had to turn to his grandmother for help.
—Although he shouldn't think that way, his grandmother was the one who benefited the most after his sister was sold, so she would definitely help his sister.
“Grandmother…” Qian Sanhu called out.
“I’m old,” Cheng interrupted him. “I stopped managing things a long time ago. Your father can handle everything.”
After saying that, he closed his eyelids and nestled in the recliner to rest.
Qian Sanhu stared blankly at her complexion, which was gradually improving after taking the good medicine, speechless.
The family was too poor to afford good medicine, so the father sold his sister for five taels of silver to pay for the grandmother's treatment. Now the grandmother is much better, yet she is so heartless!
Qian Hutao, who had been silent and expressionless all along, suddenly let out a shrill wail.
"Waaah—"
Her tears had long since dried up; in despair, she turned and slammed her head against the wall.
Her family doesn't want her, she might as well be dead!
The sun was about to hit the corner of the wall—
Suddenly, someone grabbed her by the back of her shirt!
Qian Hutao was stunned and turned around blankly.
It's Father!
Father still can't bear to part with me!
Qian Hutao's eyes lit up, and joy rippled through her heart.
Unexpectedly, Qian Sanhu, with a stern smile, said coldly, "If you want to die, go die somewhere else. Don't dirty my walls!"
Qian Hutao was struck dumb, her strength gave way, and she collapsed to her knees.
She was in a daze, slowly turning her head to look around at her relatives in the room, and suddenly burst into wild laughter.
These are her beloved family members, the family members she was willing to risk her daughter's innocence, which was more important than her own life, to save!
Then, the laughter turned into murmurs.
"Fine, I'll go out and die, I'll go out and die, I won't drag you down with me..."
Finally, Wu couldn't hold back any longer and rushed over to try to hug her eldest daughter, but Qian Hutao pushed her away.
Qian Hutao walked out like a wooden puppet.
She opened the door, and the cold wind from outside rushed in. She had left the Wang residence completely naked, wearing only a single layer of clothing, yet she did not feel cold.
It was a bright, sunny day outside, and the snow was dazzlingly white in the sunlight, but she was completely unaware of it.
Qian Hutao walked along blankly, when suddenly he bumped into someone.
It's Song Li.
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