Chapter 477 A Dream of Youth 9
The group walked into Guo Dayong's courtyard, where two groups of people were facing off, and a number of villagers who had heard the commotion had come to watch.
Guo Lizheng's face darkened even more.
Guo Dayong's mother was wailing on the ground, saying that Xie Yun was unfilial to her parents-in-law and had brought so many people to bully an old woman like her.
Guo Dayong stood to the side with a bruised and swollen face, and a disheveled girl was leaning against him. Guo Lizheng recognized her as one of the child brides that Guo's mother had bought some time ago.
His wife used to complain that Guo Dayong's family was dirt poor, and that the silver bracelet was made for Xie Yun by the Xie family in town during the New Year, but it ended up in Guo's mother's hands. She even bought two child brides. She was really shameless.
Xie Wangzhi gave Guo Dayong a deep look, which made Guo Dayong's legs tremble.
Then Xie Wangzhi bowed to Guo Lizheng and said, "Lord Lizheng, I received my sister's letter for help last night, so I rushed over as fast as I could. Who would have thought that the Guo family wouldn't even let us in?"
I wondered what the reason was; it turned out my brother-in-law was openly committing adultery at home.
Xie Wangzhi spoke without the slightest embarrassment, his voice cold and stern, "Although my Xie family is not a wealthy family, we are not the kind of people who can be bullied. After such an incident, it is better to sever this marriage ties! I beg you to preside over the divorce between the two of them."
"Pah!"
Guo's mother pointed at Xie Wangzhi's nose and scolded, "You think you're an educated person? Your older sister has been childless for many years and has long committed the seven grounds for divorce! The fact that my family hasn't divorced her is already giving her a huge favor! Now we've taken a concubine just to carry on the family line so that Xie Yun will have someone to take care of her when she gets old!"
Now you've come to my house and beaten my Dayong so badly, and you still want to pin such a huge crime on him? It's outrageous! You want a divorce? You're dreaming!
"Die! This barren, disrespectful child must be divorced!"
Xie Wangzhi was about to retort when his mother pulled him to the back.
Grandmother Xie slapped her across the face.
She worked hard all year round, ate well, and was strong, so she naturally had a lot of strength in her hands. She knocked Guo's mother off her feet and she fell to the ground, coughing up blood and losing several teeth.
No one expected Grandmother Xie to take action directly. Guo Lizheng couldn't help but shout, but Grandmother Xie was not afraid at all. She just sneered, "According to seniority, you, Liu Aqing, should call me cousin. When your family suffered a disaster, my mother raised you for two years. How can I not beat you for treating my Ayun like this?"
"You want to divorce my Ayun?! My Ayun wore three full years of mourning for your great-grandparents! How dare you say that? Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?!"
Grandmother Xie's eyes were red with anger. "You say my A-Yun is disrespectful to you, then where did you get these two women's silver bracelets from? They were made by my Wangzhi for A-Yun! They ended up in your hands the moment they turned around, do you think I don't know!"
"You're taking a concubine? Did your family go to the relevant government office to get official approval?"
If it's not a minor offense, then it's adultery!
Xie Wangzhi clenched his fist and said coldly, "Guo Lizheng, if you are unwilling to preside over the divorce between my sister and Guo Dayong on the spot, then go to the yamen, Brother Lin!"
Then everyone noticed a tall, burly man with a full beard standing in the crowd. Upon seeing his constable uniform, they all turned to look at Guo Dayong.
At this moment, Guo Dayong could no longer stand and collapsed to the ground. Guo's mother wailed even louder, cursing the Xie family for abusing their power.
Guo Lizheng's face darkened. He only wanted to minimize the problem and resolve it peacefully. After all, such a troublesome incident under his rule would have a significant impact not only on him personally but also on Guo Village.
When that time comes, which family's daughter will still be willing to marry into their Guo Village?
Upon noticing the clansmen craning their necks to watch the spectacle, Guo Lizheng felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, but he had no choice but to brace himself and reassure the Xie family.
Grandmother Xie made her demands directly: she not only wanted the two of them to divorce, but also wanted the Guo family to return all the dowry. When she met Guo's mother's murderous gaze, Grandmother Xie glared back even more fiercely.
Guo's father, who had been standing by like a ghost, also looked worried.
When Xie Yun married into the family, she received a considerable dowry. Her family was poor and didn't prepare much betrothal money. It was only after Guo's mother went to Xie's family and spoke to Liu Hui's mother-in-law that they were able to get Xie Yun as their daughter-in-law.
The old woman from the Xie family was easily swayed. She only listened to the matchmaker Guo's mother had found praising how much land the Guo family owned, and she thought the Guo family was an excellent family. While the Xie couple were busy with their business and Xie Wangzhi was away studying, she took it upon herself to arrange for the two to exchange birth charts.
By the time Grandma Xie and the others returned, it was too late; they could only accept it reluctantly.
When their first child got married, Grandma Xie and Grandpa Xie prepared quite a lot of things: two trunks, six quilts, four sets of new clothes, a pair of silver bracelets, and finally, three strings of cash as a dowry.
In addition, Xie Wangzhi used the money he earned from copying books to buy Xie Yun a pair of silver earrings and a silver hairpin.
Almost all of these things were gone, except for the two boxes that were still in Guo Dayong's room. Xie Yun was moved to the storage room for firewood and farm tools, where he had only a tattered quilt and two sets of old clothes, nothing else.
Grandfather Xie was so angry that his hands trembled. "Village head, you'd better hurry up. My daughter Ayun's health can't take it. I'm waiting to take her to see a doctor."
When Guo Lizheng saw this, he finally closed his mouth, which had been open, and glared at Guo Dayong fiercely, thinking, "Useless idiot!"
The Xie family produced Xie Wangzhi, whose eldest son was also very intelligent. I heard that he was among the top students in the academy. What a wonderful family!
Instead of relying on and currying favor with them, the Guo family mistreats someone else's married daughter. They are truly short-sighted fools.
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