Chapter Ten: Fu Qingchen, Who Sees Through Everything
Rong Nanxi winced in pain, but showed no sign of it on her face. However, her eyes suddenly turned cold, as if they were filled with ice.
Zhong Xiuniang panicked and immediately tried to step forward to help, but Rong Nanxi shielded her behind her.
My future mother-in-law has just recovered from her shock, so she can't be offended.
Rong Nanxi didn't try to break free, as that would only make Liu Shuhua grip her tighter. Instead, she suddenly raised her voice, her clear voice instantly drowning out the surrounding noise and clearly reaching the ears of everyone watching the spectacle:
"Comrade Liu Shuhua! Please let go immediately! This is blatant robbery! This is the kind of behavior that landlords and rich people used to oppress the poor in the old society!"
This big hat, once placed on top of us, is incredibly powerful.
The crowd fell silent for a moment, and even Liu Shuhua was stunned, subconsciously loosening her grip slightly.
Rong Nanxi seized the opportunity to pull her arm back sharply, leaving several red marks on her fair skin.
She took a step back, straightened her back, and stared intently at Liu Shuhua, speaking quickly and clearly, giving the other party no chance to interrupt:
"Fifty yuan? Do you know what fifty yuan means? If I remember correctly, an average farmer can only work for about 300 days a year. Even if a strong laborer can earn ten work points a day, he can only earn ninety yuan a year!"
"You're trying to take away half a year's wages from a strong laborer with just a few words. What is this if not robbery? Your behavior is simply smearing the reputation of all the villagers in Bafang Village!"
Liu Shuhua realized what was happening and shrieked, "You're talking nonsense! You're the one who made me lose my hair first!"
"Where's the evidence?" Rong Nanxi interrupted her immediately, her voice firm and resolute.
"Your hair got tangled in the tree by accident, what does it have to do with me! You're the one who's being unreasonable, always talking nonsense. I was kind enough not to argue with you and even greeted you. And you turn around and bite me?"
"Your brother works at the county public security bureau? Great! Let the police officers judge this and see if extorting fifty yuan is a bigger crime, or your so-called loss of a few hairs!"
Before Liu Shuhua could retort, she abruptly turned to the surrounding crowd, her eyes earnest and indignant:
"Dear aunts and sisters-in-law! You can all see this clearly! Today she can extort fifty yuan from me out of thin air, and tomorrow she can extort any of you! Can we, the proletariat, tolerate this kind of lazy and opportunistic behavior? Can our new socialist customs allow it?"
"No!" someone in the crowd immediately shouted in agreement. Fifty yuan was simply too much to bear, easily igniting the anger of these simple farmers.
"That's outrageous! She dared to ask for fifty yuan!"
"Exactly! That Liu Shuhua is such a scoundrel!"
Public opinion instantly turned against them.
Liu Shuhua never expected Rong Nanxi to be so sharp-tongued, accusing her of so many serious things in just a few words.
Seeing the angry stares and pointing fingers around her, she panicked, her face turning from black to red and then to white.
The Fu family elders watched in stunned silence. Rong Nanxi rarely interacted with the villagers before, and they thought she was introverted. They never expected her to be so... talkative.
Seeing that the time was right, Rong Nanxi delivered the final blow.
"Comrade Liu Shuhua, I'm giving you two choices: First, we'll go find the village chief right away and let him and the villagers teach you a lesson!"
"Secondly, apologize to me now, admit your wrong thinking, and promise never to do it again. I will let this matter go because we are all from the same village!"
Go see the village chief? That would be terrible! It would ruin things at home...
Liu Shuhua was so frightened that she didn't dare mention her brother in the county public security bureau.
She deflated like a punctured balloon, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Oh dear! What are you saying! Nanxi, it's...it's my fault, I was confused! I was just joking with you, how could I really ask for money! I'm so sorry, so sorry!"
After saying that, she didn't even dare to look at the people around her. Her face turned bright red with embarrassment, and she lowered her head, pushing through the crowd to run away.
Rong Nanxi rubbed her aching arm and sneered.
Rong Nanxi is never one to suffer a loss!
"stop!"
"You pinched my arm like this, and you think you can just leave without offering any compensation?"
By the moonlight, everyone could see a clear handprint on Rong Nanxi's fair arm.
That little slut!
Liu Shuhua couldn't take it anymore. "You just said that as long as I apologize, you won't pursue the matter. In front of the whole village, you little bitch, are you trying to go back on your word?"
"Let's keep things separate!" Rong Nanxi said calmly, "What I was talking about earlier was your blatant robbery; what I'm talking about now is your heinous act of openly injuring me!"
That little bitch actually set a trap for her! Liu Shuhua gritted her teeth, forcing an ugly smile onto her face.
"Nanxi, my aunt doesn't have any money..."
"Then deduct work points!" Just then, village chief Guo Yong'an arrived, his face ashen.
Neither of them gives him any peace of mind!
"Village chief, this is unacceptable!" Liu Shuhua exclaimed anxiously. Her family had no able-bodied men, and the grain and money they earned from their work points each year weren't even enough to fill their stomachs. How could they possibly deduct any more?
Guo Yong'an frowned: "Alright! I'll make the decision! Take a few eggs to the Rong family girl another day as compensation!"
"Village chief..." Liu Shuhua was about to say something when she was interrupted: "What? Do you want to pay compensation directly? Or have your work points deducted?"
Liu Shuhua immediately shut up.
The village chief didn't say when the eggs would be given, so we can delay it a bit longer.
Losing money and having work points deducted are things that absolutely cannot be delayed.
She's not stupid!
Thinking it over, Liu Shuhua agreed and immediately scurried away, forgetting even to pick up the hairband that had fallen to the ground.
The turmoil was thus averted.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, the crowd dispersed, still gossiping about Liu Shuhua's unethical behavior and Rong Nanxi's earlier remarks.
I hadn't noticed before, but this girl from the Rong family who just returned is surprisingly quick-witted.
Rong Nanxi raised an eyebrow. What was this little trouble? Compared to the schemes of the Lu and Chen families that wanted her dead, Liu Shuhua's tricks were simply insignificant.
Guo Yong'an didn't leave immediately, but walked up to Rong Nanxi and said, "Your grandparents went to your uncle's house and will be back in a few days."
After saying that, he turned and left, seemingly not wanting to say another word to Rong Nanxi.
Rong Nanxi understood.
Based on what she did in the two months since she returned to Bafang Village, most people in Bafang Village disliked her, not to mention Village Chief Guo, who was on good terms with her father.
They probably find her extremely distasteful of her sucking up to the Lu family and hating the Rong family. By revealing her grandparents' whereabouts, they probably hope she will humble herself and stop hurting the two elderly people.
Rong Nanxi watched Guo Yong'an leave, and only after she came to her senses did she realize that Zhong Xiuniang was pulling her towards the Fu family. She immediately stopped her, smiling helplessly. She felt that it was inappropriate to go to the Fu family to sleep now, since they had no official status.
Zhong Xiuniang slapped her forehead. She had been so happy that she had lost her mind. There was nothing she could do; too many things had happened today, and her brain couldn't process it all.
As the two elders of the Fu family and Fu Qingyue left one after another, and Rong Nanxi was about to leave as well, Fu Qingchen suddenly spoke up.
"Did you do it?"
Rong Nanxi turned her head and saw Fu Qingchen standing by the tree where Liu Shuhua's hair had been tangled, leaning lazily against the tree, his phoenix eyes slightly raised.
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