Chapter 9: The Zhou Family is Finished
All they saw was a middle-aged man wearing a half-worn navy blue woolen Zhongshan suit and a neatly parted hairstyle.
He squeezed in with some difficulty, pushing a 28-inch bicycle.
He brushed away a tuft of hair on his forehead that was messed up by the wind, and calmly pressed the shiny fountain pen in his breast pocket.
His eyes swept over the bound Zhou family members and the onlookers, with a bit of the reserve of a public servant and a hint of arrogance on his face.
He cleared his throat and raised his voice:
"Dear fellow members, excuse me for disturbing you. I'm from the county, my last name is Sun."
He paused, his eyes wandering through the crowd, as if searching for someone. "I heard there's a... um, newly widowed woman in Majiaji, surnamed Shen? She was very pretty, but unfortunately... I heard she's seriously ill. I'm afraid she's not getting well."
As soon as he said this...
The threshing ground, which was already tense, suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at Shen Lingning!
Even the old branch secretary Ma Zhenshan frowned.
The man in the Zhongshan suit seemed unaware of the strange atmosphere and continued to speak with a matter-of-fact tone, as if he were discussing merchandise:
"Well, my poor brother just passed away a few days ago... well, he passed away before he even got married. The old people at home couldn't bear it and wanted to find him a 'marriage' so that he would have a companion in the afterlife.
I heard that Comrade Shen's situation... is suitable, so I came to see him. If he is still... still intact, this matter will be..."
"boom--!!!"
Before he finished speaking, the entire threshing ground exploded!
"A Yin kiss! It's really a Yin kiss!!"
"Oh my God! Wang Chunhua is such a wicked person! She's really pushing a living person into a pit of death!"
"Beast! She's not even human! Comrade Shen just gave birth to a child! How dare she!"
"That's right! It's all right! Retribution! This is retribution!"
The angry voices almost drowned out the man in the Zhongshan suit!
All eyes turned to the man in the Zhongshan suit and the comrade Shen he was referring to, the one who was "seriously ill" and "not in good health" - Shen Lingning!
The first time Wang Chunhua saw this man, she knew something was wrong!
The color drained from her face, her lips trembled, and a single thought shrieked wildly in her mind: Why is he here?! Why at this time?!
It's over! It's all over!
She tried desperately to shrink her body and hide behind Zhou Weidong, wishing she could crawl into a crack in the ground!
But how could the angry villagers let her have her wish?
"You black-hearted woman! Still want to hide?!"
Li Tiezhu's wife, who was standing next to her, spat fiercely, pulled her out from behind Zhou Weidong, and pushed her in front of the crowd.
"Open your dog eyes and take a look! Is this the 'good marriage' you found for Sister Lingning? Marrying a dead person?! Pah!"
"It's her! Wang Chunhua! It was this vicious woman who sold your brother's wife!"
Aunt Wang pointed at Wang Chunhua and shouted at the man in the Zhongshan suit, "What do you mean by seriously ill?! Sister Lingning is standing right here! She's just a ruthless person, trying to sell a living person for money!"
Shen Lingning held Fubao in his arms and stood quietly in the middle of the crowd.
The moment the man in the Zhongshan suit appeared, a cold and sharp smile flashed across the depths of her eyes, so fast that no one noticed - God is really helping me!
This witness who came to your doorstep speaks for himself and is more effective than a thousand words!
She quickly suppressed all her emotions and replaced them with an expression of being overwhelmed by great shock and grief.
His face was as pale as paper and his body was trembling slightly, as if he was enduring unimaginable humiliation and pain.
She raised her eyes, which were filled with tears and looked like broken glass, and looked at Wang Chunhua, who was pushed in front of the crowd and trembling like a sieve. Her voice was not loud, but it clearly penetrated the noise, with a heartbreaking tremor:
"sister in law……"
She choked with sobs, each word seeming to be squeezed out from a bloody throat. "This... is this the 'good marriage' you kept from me? You want me, a living person... to marry a dead person... whom I don't even know?!"
"Zhou Weiguo only has this one big brother!"
She suddenly hugged Fubao tightly in her arms, as if he was her only support. Tears finally broke out and rolled down her pale cheeks. Her voice suddenly rose and she accused:
"No matter how unbearable I am, Shen Lingning is Wei Guo's legitimate wife! And the mother of his child! Wei Guo's body is still warm, and you...
It wasn't enough that you, the Zhou family, stole his pension and forced his child to die... Now, you're selling me off... for a ghost marriage?! Wang Chunhua!
What is your heart made of?!
Is it a stone?
Or... is it even more poisonous than the core of that venomous snake?!"
These accusations, written in blood and tears, are like the sharpest knife, cutting into the hearts of every villager!
The crowd's excitement instantly reached its peak!
"Kill this vicious woman!"
"Send her to labor camp! Shooting her would be even better!"
"No one in the Zhou family is good!"
The man in the Zhongshan suit surnamed Sun had lost all his reserve and arrogance at this moment.
His face was pale and his forehead was covered with sweat. Looking at the scene in front of him and the woman who was tied up and looked like mud, he finally understood what kind of unscrupulous business he had been involved in!
He looked at the tall and beautiful person he was trying to kiss and thought to himself that he had been fooled!
How could such a good person go to the underworld to accompany a dead man?
He waved his hands in fear, not caring about his bicycle anymore, just wanting to escape from this dangerous place as soon as possible:
"Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! I... I didn't know! I really didn't know it was a living person! Wang Chunhua... she said the person was dying! I... I'm just an errand boy! It's none of my business! It's none of my business!"
His excuses seemed so pale and ridiculous amid the curses.
The old branch secretary Ma Zhenshan watched all this, his chest heaving violently, and the anger in his eyes almost bursting out!
He pointed at the frightened Zhongshan suit and shouted at the militia:
"Detain this man too! Send him to the commune together! He's trafficking in human beings and trying to restore feudalism. No one will escape!"
The militiamen rushed forward and tied up the limp Zhou Weidong, the crazy Wang Chunhua and the unconscious Zhou Pozi tightly.
Amidst a chorus of curses, he was dragged to the commune like a dead dog.
In the threshing ground, the villagers were excited and talking a lot, looking at Shen Lingning with eyes full of sympathy and admiration.
Shen Lingning hugged Fubao tightly, his body trembling slightly, which was due to exhaustion, but also the release after long-term repression.
She looked at the old Party Secretary and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Uncle Ma, for upholding justice."
The old branch secretary sighed heavily and looked at her with complicated eyes: "Girl, I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position. Take care of the child... and live well. The Zhou family is finished."
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the threshing ground, and the biting cold wind seems to bring a hint of warmth.
Shen Lingning lowered his head and looked at Fubao, who had opened his eyes in the cradle at some point. The little guy's black eyes reflected the sunset, and were extremely clear.
Seeing the cute appearance of Xiao Fubao, Shen Lingning became more determined: If Zhou Weiguo blames me for harming their Zhou family in the future, then...
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