Chapter 2857 True or False News
After a long quarrel with the neighbor next door, Dafu Niang finally felt a little better. With red eyes, she took the medicine back to her room. Zhou Man had also put away the medicine box. When he saw her come in, he invited her, "Auntie, are you going to the court tomorrow?"
Upon hearing this, Dafu Niang immediately pleaded for her son's release, hoping Zhou Man would speak a few good words to the county magistrate and release her son. She also promised, "When he returns, I will keep a close eye on him and never let him handle a knife again."
Man Bao said, "If someone wants to kill or seek revenge, no one can stop them. So if you want to prevent it from happening again, you either have to make them submit from the bottom of their heart, or restrict their body so they can't retaliate."
Dafu's mother repeated it twice before she understood what he meant. She became anxious and said, "Madam, my Dafu can't go to jail. If he goes to jail, our whole family will have no choice but to wait for death."
She cried sadly as she spoke. If she hadn't been afraid that Zhou Man would be unhappy, she would have sat on the ground and cried even more miserably and louder.
Man Bao said, "This has to be decided by the county magistrate, and I'm not a county magistrate."
"Oh, aren't you a relative of the county magistrate? You can always say something."
Manbao shook his head. "Isn't this partiality and abuse of power? Your family is just an ordinary patient of mine. Why should I embarrass my husband for you?"
Dafu Niang was stunned by the question and was speechless for a moment.
Man Bao added, "Even my family members are not allowed to do this. Public is public, private is private. We enjoy the salary and support of His Majesty and the people, so we must be fair and just. How can we be partial to our own interests and bend the law?"
After saying that, he shook his head and walked away.
Dafu Niang stared blankly at Zhou Man and his group as they walked away.
After Zhou Man and the others disappeared, the neighbors who had been hiding in their homes and secretly observing the Wu family's situation immediately appeared and asked Da Fu Niang about the situation, "What is the relationship between this lady and the county magistrate?"
"What is she doing in your house?"
Even the people from the Guo family pricked up their ears among the crowd.
Dafu Niang's eyes rolled and she said, "This is the county magistrate's wife!"
The crowd was in an uproar. "Is this true? She looks young, but she's a very skilled midwife. Even a noble like the county magistrate's wife can deliver babies?"
"Of course it's true, she said it herself," said Dafu Niang. "Just look at how friendly the county magistrate was to her yesterday. How could she not be his wife?"
Everyone was skeptical and asked, "Then why did she come to your house?"
"Look, my daughter-in-law is here," Dafu's wife said, "Yesterday, Madam saved my daughter-in-law, and we were still thinking about how to repay her for saving our lives. Who knew that Madam also thought about my daughter-in-law and came to see her specially, and even brought cakes for the child."
Dafu Niang glanced at the Guo family in the crowd with a slightly complacent look, and said with a raised lip: "Not only that, she also gave my daughter-in-law an acupuncture treatment and left a prescription, saying that she would be responsible for my daughter-in-law's illness in the future."
Dafu Niang pressed her eyelids and said, "People outside here are kinder than some people. Some people not only harmed my daughter-in-law, but also my son. Such vicious people are not afraid of being struck by lightning."
"But if the thunder doesn't strike him, the county magistrate will take him in. Hasn't he been arrested by the county magistrate?"
Guo's mother, who was in the crowd, couldn't stand it any longer and shouted, "Didn't your son get arrested too?"
The rich woman tried to suppress her guilt and shouted as confidently as possible: "Just wait, my son will be out soon, but your son and daughter-in-law may not be."
She said: "My son did pick up the knife, but he didn't hit you. But your daughter-in-law did push my daughter-in-law and killed me..."
Dafu Niang thought of her daughter-in-law who was still in the house. She knew that she was awake at this time and could probably hear what was said outside, so she could only forcefully change her story, "You even killed my child!"
Thinking of the dead baby still wrapped in a quilt in the woodshed, Dafu's mother was overcome with grief. She sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and saying, "What a shame! Neighbors, look at how the Guo family bullies others by taking advantage of their power. Isn't it just because you gave birth to two extra sons that you bully our family, Dafu, so you bully us as much as you can?"
Dahua listened to the crying outside and saw the door move slightly. Two children climbed in through the door. She propped herself up slightly and waved to them.
The eldest girl immediately held the second girl's hand tightly and ran over staggeringly.
Dahua reached out and touched their dirty faces. Seeing that they were all filthy, she asked, "Who took you here yesterday?"
The girl pointed to the next door and said vaguely: "Grandma, grandma..."
Dahua exhaled and laughed, "So it's Granny Jin. I'll have to thank Granny Jin later."
Dahua leaned on the pillow and looked at them, and asked, "Are you tired? Do you want to sleep with mother?"
The big girl thought about it, but she still remembered that her mother had bled a lot yesterday, and she was still a little scared in her heart, so she shook her head.
Dahua sighed, touched her face and said, "Mom will be well soon. I'll make rice cakes for you when she gets better."
She added, "From now on, come to me for breakfast and dinner, and I'll give you something delicious to eat."
I'm afraid my mother-in-law is just fooling around with the two children. Children can't go hungry...
The quarrel outside was almost over. Most of the neighbors were now on the Wu family's side, especially the men and women who had attended the court hearing. Even the men who usually stayed home and didn't join in the women's fights couldn't help but come out and say to Guo's mother, "The Wu family just lost a child, a boy. Why are you still bothering them?"
"We're all neighbors, let's just give in." Some people felt that going to court was too troublesome and embarrassing, so they tried to mediate. "Guo family, you were at fault first in this matter. I think you should admit your mistake first. Wu family, everyone heard in court today that it was your daughter-in-law who started what happened yesterday. If the Guo family is willing to admit their mistake, you should just take it over. We can still be good neighbors, right?"
The rich woman was so angry that she jumped up and spat at the person who was talking, cursing: "Bullshit, it turns out that it wasn't your grandson who died——"
"Hey, how do you talk like that?"
Dahua in the room also heard the sudden high-pitched voice and had a bad feeling. She looked down at her two daughters, only to see them taking out half a piece of cake from their pockets and stuffing it into her hands.
The two of them couldn't speak very well yet. They just looked at her expectantly with their big round eyes, stuffing food into her mouth and saying, "Eat, eat..."
Dahua's heart ached, and tears began to fall in strings. This was the first time she had cried since giving birth. Zhou Man's words kept ringing in her mind, "Girls, it's okay to have a strong personality. Being stronger will make your life better, and the lives of those around you will also be better..."
After scolding the man, Dafu's mother turned back to the house, opened the door and came in. Dahua turned her head away and wiped her tears. She did not ask her about her "grandson", but put away the half piece of dessert in her hand.
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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