"Don't panic, Zili. Go and follow them first, see what's going on, how many people they have. Once you understand the situation, run back immediately."
Inspired by Ruan Qian's calm demeanor, Fan Zili also calmed down and immediately ran away.
Ruan Qian looked at Ruan Meng and said, "Little sister, you're fast on your feet. Go up the mountain with your second brother and find out about Sister-in-law Feng's situation. It would be best to ask her to come down so that we can come up together if anything happens."
Ruan Meng put on her bamboo hat and went out immediately with her second brother.
Sister-in-law Feng quickly descended the mountain, and on the way, she told Ruan Meng and Ruan Yi everything, which she quickly repeated.
"Brother Ruan, sister-in-law, thank you so much for your trouble. My younger sister already told me, thank you!"
"To make a long story short, the one who had the accident was my father-in-law's niece, Ah Chun."
“A-Chun and her parents originally lived in Wanjiacun. After A-Chun’s father passed away, her mother went mad and took several hundred coins from the villagers to marry A-Chun off to an old man who couldn’t find a wife.”
"That old man was only a few years younger than my father-in-law, and he passed away less than two years after they got married. Ah Chun's mother died even earlier than that old man."
"Back then, Ah Chun's mother deliberately kept it a secret from her father-in-law, husband, and brother-in-law, which is why she married her daughter off so quickly..."
“My father-in-law, along with my husband and brother-in-law, made a special trip to Wanjiacun to ask Ah Chun for her opinion and whether she was willing.”
“If she didn’t want to, my father-in-law tried everything he could, even selling everything he owned, to bring Ah Chun back.”
"But at that time, Ah Chun was already pregnant, and with her mother threatening suicide, Ah Chun stayed."
"Although the family was not well-off, my mother-in-law often had her husband and brother-in-law send her fruits and wild vegetables dug up from the mountains and fish and shrimp caught from the sea to prevent the people of Wanjia Village from bullying her."
"My husband discovered the clues: Ah Chun not only lost her child, but her wrists, which she accidentally exposed, were covered in wounds. Those damned bastards!"
“Even though Ah Chun was heavily pregnant, she still cooked for the whole family and even washed her brother-in-law’s clothes who had a limp.”
"Because I was showing, I was a little slow and ended up losing the baby!"
"At that time, my father-in-law led a group of people, and the villagers spontaneously stepped forward and beat the man severely!"
"Our relationship with Wanjia Village has gotten even worse since then!"
“My father-in-law sent my husband and brother-in-law to see Ah Chun, but sometimes they couldn’t even get into the village because the villagers would block their way. Who knew this would happen!”
"But it's not surprising that this happened in Wanjiacun!"
Everyone present felt heavy-hearted upon hearing this.
Ruan Meng suddenly asked, "What's Ah Chun like? Is he sensible?"
Sister-in-law Feng nodded to Ruan Meng with a soft heart, "If she couldn't understand things, her uncle and two cousins wouldn't have kept coming to visit her."
"My husband told me that before she got married, she did all the housework. Although the family was poor, you would feel comfortable and there was no mess when you entered the house."
“Even after she got married, despite being exploited by her muddle-headed mother and treated like a human being by her husband’s family, her cousin would always make her a bowl of hot soup first when he visited her. Whether it was dried wild vegetables or dried fish, he would always make sure she brought it back with her, so that they wouldn’t leave empty-handed.”
"It's just that I'm unlucky to have a mother who is sober-minded!"
Ruan Meng calmly said, "What do you mean by bad luck? She's still young, and with such a good family like yours, it's not too late for her to defy fate!"
Influenced by Ruan Meng's expectations, Sister-in-law Feng also became somewhat more excited.
Before Fan Zili returned, Ruan Qian first asked Sister-in-law Feng about the county's policy on removing people from their registered residence.
According to Sister-in-law Feng, if A-Chun wants to leave Wanjia Village, Wanjia Village must agree to her leaving the village, Fengjia Village must agree to accept her, and the necessary paperwork must be completed at the county government before A-Chun can be transferred to Fengjia Village.
"This is very difficult. My father-in-law and husband have considered it; the villagers of Feng's village have no problem with it and will definitely agree to take them in..."
"But Wanjia Village is in it for its own benefit. They are poor and have a bad reputation, so it has become increasingly difficult for them to find wives in recent years. If this precedent is set, many wives will probably want to run away."
"My father-in-law personally spoke to him several times, and also privately spoke to Magistrate Deng, but the village chief of Wanjia Village was completely unyielding. Although the magistrate sympathized with him, he also had his own difficulties..."
The rain was torrential, and in just a short while, the downpour intensified.
Fan Zili hurriedly ran back through the rain.
"Something terrible has happened! Brother Ruan! Something terrible has happened!"
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