Sure enough, trouble broke out a few days later.
I don't know who went to tell the village chief, but the village chief reported the matter directly.
That night, the police came and arrested all those gambling.
They caught Ma Yanling, Zhou Kuan, and others red-handed.
The dozen or so women in the casino were all given a lecture.
Ma Yanling and Zhou Kuan were detained for three days before being released, and the gambling funds of everyone involved that day were confiscated.
The news spread throughout the village, and everyone said that Ma Yanling deserved it.
Chen Shengli was so angry that he wanted a divorce. He seemed really serious about it this time, but the village chief eventually persuaded him to stay.
Sun Xiuju was also taken back to the police station by Li Chenhui and fined ten yuan. She was then beaten by Li Chenhui when she got home.
However, this punishment did not change Ma Yanling's ways in the slightest. She actually thought that it was only three days of confinement, and it was no big deal. Although she was beaten and scolded by Chen Shengli again after returning home, she relapsed within a few days.
That morning, Chen Shengli returned home to find his wife, Ma Yanling, missing again. He inquired and learned she had gone gambling once more. This infuriated Chen Shengli, and he immediately went to look for her. "A leopard can't change its spots," he thought.
"You gambling addict!" Chen Shengli stormed into the casino, grabbing Ma Yanling's arm. "You've abandoned your family, haven't you?"
Ma Yanling was winning money when Chen Shengli interrupted her, and she immediately became unhappy: "What are you doing? I'm just playing around, what's wrong with that? It's not your money!"
"It's not my money? Why didn't you say it wasn't mine when you stole my wallet!" Chen Shengli's face turned red with anger. "There's only so much money at home, and you stole it all to gamble! Have you no shame?!"
The two argued fiercely in the casino, and the other women gambling dispersed upon seeing this. Ma Yanling was dragged home by Chen Shengli, cursing and swearing all the way.
"Look at Ma Yanling," Wang Po said, standing at Ye Xiaoxiao's door watching the commotion. "How many times has this happened? Chen Shengli is a spineless coward; he can't control his wife."
Ye Xiaoxiao was tidying up the shelves when she heard the commotion outside. She shook her head and said, "Ma Yanling is addicted. There's no changing that kind of person. Poor Chen Shengli."
Just then, Chen Shengli disrupted Zhou Kuan and his friends' card game. He came to buy cigarettes again. Lately, he'd been going to the convenience store every day, buying cigarettes and matches; it was obvious to everyone that he was after Ye Xiaoxiao.
"Sister-in-law, get me a pack of cigarettes." Zhou Kuan rubbed his hands together, his eyes fixed on Ye Xiaoxiao.
Ye Xiaoxiao turned to get a cigarette, and heard Zhou Kuan say behind her, "Sister-in-law, compared to you, Ma Yanling is like the earth, and you are like the sky. Anyone who marries a woman like you is truly blessed."
Ye Xiaoxiao put the cigarettes on the counter: "Zhou Kuan, what do you mean by this?"
"I was just saying." Zhou Kuan leaned forward and lowered his voice, "Sister-in-law, you're so beautiful, it's such a waste for you to be with that Li Chenyang. Why don't you..."
Before she could finish speaking, Ye Xiaoxiao sneered, "Zhou Kuan, are you tired of living?" Upon hearing Zhou Kuan's words, Ye Xiaoxiao no longer cared about doing business and slapped him across the face.
"You bitch, how dare you hit me..." Zhou Kuan was a notorious thug in the village. Everyone was quite excited to see him get beaten up. They all got up to watch the spectacle.
Just then, Li Chenyang walked in from outside and immediately became furious upon hearing this. He had long disliked Zhou Kuan, and now Zhou Kuan dared to insult his wife.
"Zhou Kuan!" Li Chenyang rushed forward and grabbed Zhou Kuan by the collar. "What are you doing?"
"Heh, Yangzi, he just said you're not good enough for me, and that I'm pretty. What do you think of this kind of person?" Ye Xiaoxiao said, repeating Zhou Kuan's words as soon as Li Chenyang arrived.
When Li Chenyang heard this, he was furious. This bastard actually wanted to steal his girlfriend.
Zhou Kuan retorted, "What? Did I say something wrong? Do you think you're good enough for my sister-in-law?"
"You're asking for it!" Li Chenyang raised his fist to strike.
Ye Xiaoxiao quickly stopped her: "Wait!"
She glanced at the gathered villagers, then at Zhou Kuan, and said coldly:
"Zhou Kuan, do you think I'm easy to bully? Let me tell you, if you dare come to my house and spout nonsense again, I'll tell your wife and let the whole village know what kind of person you are!"
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Kuan didn't seem to care. Didn't he know what was wrong with his own wife? She was a pushover. She never dared to say a word in his presence.
"I...I was just joking..." Zhou Kuan chuckled.
"A joke?" Ye Xiaoxiao scoffed. "I think you're deliberately looking for trouble! Get lost! Don't ever buy anything from my house again!"
Zhou Kuan slunk away, and the villagers were all talking about it:
"This week, Kuan is truly shameless."
"Exactly! Ye Xiaoxiao is such a good wife, how dare he have such an idea?"
"They deserve to be scolded!"
Li Chenyang was still angry, but Ye Xiaoxiao pulled him aside and said, "That's enough, he's not worth getting angry at. Hitting him would only dirty your hands."
Li Chenyang nodded: "Honey, I was just so angry."
"I know. But don't worry, I know what I'm doing. He'd be easy prey for me, but since we run a business, we can't be too open about it."
The news spread incredibly fast, but even when Zhou Kuan's wife, Zhang Cui, heard about it, she could only cry and couldn't do anything about it. Zhou Kuan would slap her twice if he heard her cry.
In the past few days, Ye Xiaoxiao has noticed that more and more people are coming to Li Chenyang to repair their vehicles, not just bicycles, but also tractors and radios.
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