Chapter 40 Misunderstanding
"What a sin! She broke my son's leg for such a small mistake! Everyone, come and tell me if this is too much of a bully!"
When the villagers saw Zhang Erxi sitting on the ground crying, with marks of being whipped by yellow broom sticks on his body, they felt a little sympathy for him.
But they were also well aware of Zhao Chunhua's hot temper.
If he really gets angry, he will start fighting right away.
Therefore, they just stood and watched from a distance, and no one dared to step forward to stop the fight.
At this time, a person with a stronger sense of justice came out to help: "Mr. Zhang, it was your son who made the mistake first. Sister Zhao is teaching him a lesson so that he will learn his lesson in the future."
"I think you should take your son to admit your mistake to Sister Zhao, and then this matter will be over."
Hearing that he was asked to bow his head on his own initiative, Zhang Defu immediately flew into a rage.
He yelled, "Why should I apologize? Look at what happened to my child!"
Zhao Chunhua shook the branch in her hand and said sarcastically, "Zhang Defu, you guys really don't need a draft to make up a lie. Can this stick break someone's legs? Who are you trying to fool?"
“That’s right!”
Zhang Baozhu agreed, "I was watching from the side the whole time. My mother only used some thin branches to hit Zhang Erxi. How could she possibly break his legs?"
Zhang Erxi reacted quickly and shouted, "Dad, Mom, she lifted me up and threw me to the ground! That's when I broke my leg!"
When Zhang Defu heard this, he immediately thought it made sense.
"Zhao Chunhua, you beat my son like this, there's no end to this! If you don't admit it, we'll go to the village chief to reason with him!"
Even if the village chief favors Zhao Chunhua, so many people have seen this today, he doesn't believe he can still protect her.
Zhao Chunhua was not panicked at all. Instead, she said with a smile, "Your leg is injured, right?"
Zhao Chunhua looked at Zhang Erxi, "Did I really mess it up?"
Zhang Erxi nodded with certainty: "It's all your fault! I can't even walk now!"
Zhao Chunhua snorted lightly, then turned around and whispered a few words to Zhang Dajun.
Zhang Dajun ran away immediately and came back with a cloth bag in his hand.
Zhang Defu thought it was compensation, so he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, if you had said this earlier, we wouldn't have been arguing for so long!"
Zhao Chunhua ignored him completely, took the cloth bag, walked straight to Zhang Erxi, and poured everything in it on him.
Zhang Erxi, who was crying so hard that his eyes were filled with tears, couldn't see clearly what was falling on him.
When he saw clearly that they were two snakes, he jumped up in fright and ran away for a long distance.
Bai Xiaowei was also frightened and screamed, and quickly jumped away a few steps.
When they came to their senses, they found that the snake was not chasing them. After a closer look, they realized that it was not a real snake, but two lifeless snake skins and two snake heads that had been cut off!
"Hey! Didn't you just say that your legs were broken because of me? How come you can run so fast now?"
Zhao Chunhua asked in pretended surprise.
Seeing his lie being exposed, Zhang Defu was so embarrassed that he glared at his son who was standing far away, wishing he could pull him back and beat him up.
The villagers who were watching couldn't help but laugh when they saw this.
Zhang Defu couldn't hold back his face anymore. He snorted, "Even if his leg isn't broken, the red marks on his body are obvious! Why did you hit my child?"
After all, that was not Zhao Chunhua's child, but his son.
Even if he wanted to teach a lesson, he would do it himself and it would not be Zhao Chunhua's turn!
Seeing that he was still not calm, Zhao Chunhua shouted at him, "He stole my chickens and got mad at me. Can't I teach him a lesson? Zhang Defu, don't talk about him. Even if it's you, I can teach you a lesson!"
As she spoke, she held a yellow broom stick in her hand, waved it a few times and said, "If you don't believe me, just try it!"
Zhang Defu was well aware of how strong Zhao Chunhua's grip was, and he immediately took several steps back.
At this time, Zhang Ruoan came over with Zhang Youcai.
He shouted angrily, "Who was setting up this plot against me? Come out and have a good talk!"
He was having dinner with his family when his next-door neighbor came to tell him that someone was spreading rumors behind the scenes that he and the widow Zhao Chunhua were having an affair.
When he heard the news, he ran over without even finishing his meal.
He wanted to see who was so bold as to say such things!
Zhang Defu and Bai Xiaowei felt uneasy and planned to slip away.
How could Zhao Chunhua let them off so easily? She pointed at them and said, "Village Chief, it was Zhang Defu and Bai Xiaowei who did this. Erxi told me in person that they said there was a problem between you and me."
Zhang Ruoan turned around and found that Zhang Defu and his wife were trying to escape.
"Stop right there!" he shouted.
The two dared not disobey the order of the village chief, so they had to stop.
Zhang Ruoan is recognized as a down-to-earth person in the village. After being elected as the village chief, he works even harder and is wholeheartedly thinking about what is good for everyone.
I never thought that one day I would be slandered like this.
Besides being angry, he felt more disappointed at this moment.
"Zhang Defu, I have always been nice to your family. I drove you away before because you did bad things. Now you are talking nonsense about what is wrong between me and Sister Zhao. I have a family, and Sister Zhao is also old. How could there be anything wrong between us?"
"You slandered others' reputation for no reason. I just want to ask you if you still want to stay in our village?"
Seeing that Zhang Ruoan was really angry, Zhang Defu quickly replied: "Of course I want to stay in the village!"
"Then tell me, why do you say that to me?" Zhang Ruoan asked with a stern face.
"Actually...actually this is a misunderstanding! Yes, it's a misunderstanding!"
Zhang Defu was cornered and made up an excuse: "Erxi heard it wrong. I said that you and my second brother and sister-in-law are very capable, so you are willing to listen to Sister Zhao's words. I didn't expect Erxi to misunderstand like this."
"That's what you said?"
The villagers nearby couldn't stand it any longer and interrupted, "Zhang Defu, even though it was your Erxi who said that, it's also because you and your wife didn't educate him well. You should apologize to the village chief and Sister Zhao!"
When Zhang Defu heard that he had to apologize to Zhao Chunhua, he was unwilling to do so.
However, in front of so many people, with the village chief also present, he finally said sorry to Zhao Chunhua reluctantly.
"Village Chief, this is indeed our fault. I apologize to you."
Zhao Chunhua simply rolled her eyes and thought, who cares about your apology.
Seeing that the two were quite sincere, Zhang Ruoan's anger subsided a lot.
After telling them a few words about teaching their children well, he returned to the front of the team.
This matter is now resolved.
It was already getting late, and since we couldn't find a cave to spend the night, we had to stop and rest in a slightly safer place. The edge of the cliff was not far away.
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