A dogma passed down for thousands of years: Good people grow up under the thorny branches!
Since Wang Xiaoju has admitted that she is a member of the Xu family and is willing to accept her, the village chief, as her punishment, Jiang Zhi naturally cannot let this opportunity pass!
"Qin, Pi, take Wang Xiaoju to the drying shed..."
Qin jumped up and stood up, rolled up her sleeves and lifted her clothes, adding, "I'll take off your pants!"
Wang Xiaoju was completely numb, her eyes filled with fear as she looked at Jiang Zhi, clutching her belt tightly: "Aunt Jiang, you can't pull down my pants, you can't! Mother, Mother, save me!"
She called out "Mother" and turned around to kneel down in front of Liu: "Mother, I am your daughter-in-law. You cannot let outsiders humiliate me. Humiliating me is humiliating your family!"
Jiang Zhi nodded: "She is indeed sharp-tongued, quick-witted, and knows how to drag people down with her. When you brought people to move the grain, did you never think that you were from this family!"
"What are you all standing around for? Get these two traitors out of here right now!"
When Wang Xiaoju brought people to rob the grain, it wasn't about taking what belonged to her land at all.
Because the adults were all working in the fields and the children were left at home, Wang Xiaoju, taking advantage of her superior numbers, moved all the corn that hadn't been husked yet, as well as all the cotton from Xu Genyou's shack over the past few months, out of the house.
Besides corn, Xu Genyou also planted a lot of cotton on his land. He took good care of it, and the cotton was worth a lot of money.
Originally, they planned to sell the cotton and then use all the money they had saved up over the past six months to build a few mud-walled, thatched houses to live in.
Since those thugs came in to rob, they naturally wouldn't be honest and only take a small portion. They would take as much as they could, and make a complete mess of everything.
There were even several bags of coarse grains lying on the ground, which were the Xu family's usual food.
This is for robbery and looting.
Outsiders are hateful, but this traitorous traitor is even more hateful, leaving no way out for others.
Everyone in the village was watching Xu Genyou and Liu Shi closely. This had angered everyone. If they dared to protect their own and hide their secrets, their reputation in the village would be ruined.
Liu was also distressed.
Six months have passed, and her youngest son and daughter-in-law have not come home to visit her. Now they have even brought outsiders to ransack her home.
Liu had completely given up on this son; he had forgotten his mother after getting married.
People are always biased. Liu hated her daughter-in-law the most and wished she could tear Wang Xiaoju apart.
But she was a kind-hearted person, and no matter how angry she was, she couldn't bring herself to hit or scold him. When she saw him kneeling and wailing at her, she could only sigh and say, "We have already separated our families. You brought people to steal our grain. I can't protect you. The village chief should do what he should do!"
Even if she's a very kind person, she knows that this matter has become a big deal.
If the village chief doesn't deal with these two scourges properly, they'll be sent to the government office.
Wang Xiaoju still clung to Liu's leg, insisting that she couldn't let outsiders bully her now that she was married into the Xu family.
But then Jiang Zhi gave a shout, and everyone sprang into action.
Qin was particularly diligent. Seeing that Wang Xiaoju was still crying and making a fuss, she grabbed her arm and dragged her away: "Go, go, go. Crying for your parents won't help."
"If they dare to rob us of our grain today, they'll dare to kill us tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they'll rule Pear Blossom Town like kings."
It must be said that Qin has a rich imagination and good divergent thinking. With just a few words, everyone's expression changed, and they looked at Xu Genbao and his wife as if they were seeing a blue-faced, fanged demon.
Pi grabbed Wang Xiaoju's other arm, holding her firmly, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Xiaoju, I never realized before that you were so bold. You can call several men to rob someone with just a word."
She and Wang Xiaoju were sisters-in-law, having married into Xujia Village together before the war, and had once been close friends.
When Xu Changshou tried to extort land, she even spoke up for Wang Xiaoju.
Now... now times have changed. Aunt Jiang's ability to borrow grain and hire workers allows every family to live a stable life.
Wang Xiaoju even brought outsiders to the village to rob grain and cause trouble; they were mortal enemies.
Wang Xiaoju was both shocked and furious, and shouted, "You're talking nonsense! I was just taking my own grain. Taking my own things isn't illegal. It's just that those few people took too much."
She tried to defend herself, but no one was listening to her.
On the other side, Xu Genbao was also tied up and dragged to the drying shed by Tian Gui, Wu Yang and others.
It's the height of summer, and everyone is wearing light clothing. They're executing people in public, regardless of gender, and there are quite a few children involved.
In addition, Jiang Zhi needed to save face for Xu Genyou and Liu Shi, so she didn't let anyone pull down her pants.
Qin tried a few times, but Jiang Zhi ignored her, which infuriated her: Why did Wang Xiaoju only take off her own pants and not hers?
Does that mean the younger wife is the only wife, while the older wife is just thick-skinned and not a wife?
Xu Genbao was pressed down on a wooden bench, while Jiang Zhi picked out the most suitable branch from a pile of newly delivered yellow thorn branches.
The old one broke off when it was pulled out of the thug's body, so it needs to be replaced with a new one.
Seeing the pile of yellow thorn branches of varying thickness, Xu Genbao turned pale with fright. He struggled to get up, saying, "Auntie, I won't do it again, I won't do it again!"
Jiang Zhi didn't say anything, but walked over with a yellow thorn branch and swung it.
The moment the stick touched his flesh, Xu Genbao arched back like a shrimp out of water, almost jumping up, and screamed, "Mother!"
The stick burned with pain wherever it struck. He tried to reach out and scratch, but was held down firmly.
With that gust of wind, the faces of the surrounding children twitched in unison.
"Slap! Snap! Snap!" After three lashes, Jiang Zhi asked her first question: "Xu Genbao, do you know your mistake?"
The pain from the yellow thorn stick was bone-deep. Xu Genbao was already an adult and had never been beaten like this before. His body was writhing in pain, and Wu Yang almost couldn't hold him down.
"It hurts, it hurts, Mother, Brother, I know I was wrong!"
With tears welling up in her eyes, Liu asked, "Do you know where you went wrong?"
"I, I..." Xu Genbao didn't finish his sentence, but instead looked at Wang Xiaoju's face.
Jiang Zhi sneered, "Since you have someone else's mouth, I'll help you open it."
She walked up to Wang Xiaoju, stick in hand, and asked, "Now you know where you went wrong?"
Although Wang Xiaoju was frightened by the blows she had just received, she was still somewhat unwilling to give up. Her eyes darted around as she said, "I didn't know it was wrong to take my own things..."
Since she didn't know she was wrong, Jiang Zhi didn't want to waste words with her and swung her arm to slap her.
If she used ten points of strength to beat those thugs and eight points to beat Xu Genbao, this time she used twelve points.
Vitex negundo is a magical ingredient that can refresh the mind and help people remember things. Things that you couldn't remember before can be recalled quickly and remembered deeply in the future.
Wang Xiaoju never expected that someone could actually hit her. With a "smack," a piercing pain almost made her faint: "Ah! I'm not a member of the Xu family! Why did you hit me? I'm going to find the Wang family!"
Jiang Zhi slapped him again: "You're a member of the Wang family, so I have even more reason to slap you! Do you know where you went wrong?"
After being hit with two slaps, Wang Xiaoju, who had just been stubborn, instantly broke down and remembered everything: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have let Genbao be unfilial!"
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