As soon as Gu Wenli approached, he thought to himself, "Something is wrong. Why are so many people looking at him? They look like they are enjoying a show." They even consciously make way for him so that he can walk into the crowd.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered, he saw his eldest son kneeling on the ground in a woman's flowery dress, not saying a word.
"Brother Wenli, you decide how to handle the matter between your family members Wu and Widow Wang. Everyone is watching us." The captain said with a hint of meaning.
Gu Wenli felt dizzy.
Before he could say anything, Gu Tingwu's wife rushed in and slapped Widow Wang, who was kneeling on the ground.
"You're a man-killing whore. You seduce men to come to me. You've been ridden by thousands of men and slept with by tens of thousands of people. You're a cheap thing." She didn't feel relieved even after slapping Widow Wang, and she pretended to pull Widow Wang's clothes.
"What are you wearing? Don't you like to take off all your clothes to seduce men? I told you to seduce men. Come, I'll help you take off your clothes so that everyone can see the two ounces of flesh on your body."
Widow Wang tried her best to protect her clothes. She didn't care about other people. The worst that could happen was humiliation or death, but she was not afraid.
But she didn't want the two children huddled in the crowd to see her in such a miserable state.
Although she knew that the truth would be revealed one day, she could not care less. Her husband had been gone for several years, and she had to raise two children and a mother-in-law paralyzed in bed. If she wanted to live comfortably, she had no other choice.
She shed tears silently, clinging tightly to her last fig leaf.
Gu Tingwu was in no mood to care about the quarrel between the two women. His mind was racing to find a way to exonerate himself, but no matter how hard he thought, he could not find a way. They were caught in bed together, and there were so many people around.
He began to blame Widow Wang in his heart. Why did she bring a kerosene lamp for no reason? It caused the fire and led to being caught cheating. She lost all her face and dignity, and also affected his father's reputation. At this time, he never thought that his father would give up on him.
Everyone was watching this farce, and Gu Wenli was also brainstorming frantically. After all, he had been the accountant of Gujialing for so many years, and he understood and thought more than Gu Tingwu.
After much thought, he knew that he could not save his son. No matter how eloquent he was, he could not wash away his son's affair. If he forced his son to get away with it, it might cause everyone's disgust, and it would be uncertain whether he could keep his job as an accountant.
Now we can only hope that the village will handle the matter privately and not refer it to the police, otherwise there will be a labor camp prisoner in the family, which will not only be a shameful thing.
Widow Wang's face was covered with scars from being grabbed, but she didn't let go of her clothes. Gu Tingwu's wife started to scratch Gu Tingwu again.
"You are an ungrateful bastard. I treat you with all my heart, yet you still dare to hunt for food. How is she better than me?" She cursed and tore the cloth apart.
Gu Tingwu was a man after all, and he was strong. He pushed his wife away impatiently. He was anxious and annoyed, and had no mood to argue with her.
"Okay, eldest brother's wife, stand aside. What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Wenli gave an order with a dark face, and Gu Tingwu's wife was dragged away by her family.
Then he looked at everyone with a heavy face and said, "I, Gu Wenli, apologize to everyone here for raising such a corrupt son. I leave it to you all to do with him. Whether it's a pig cage or a manure pit, I won't hesitate."
Gu Tingwu was dumbfounded. He had lived a smooth life under the protection of his father. His father always took care of everything for him. He never expected that one day his father would give up on him.
Li Qingyun sneered. This old guy was not honest. It seemed that he gave two options, but both meant to deal with the matter privately, which was not what she wanted.
However, this is not up to him.
After hearing what Gu Wenli said, everyone started talking about it.
Gu Tingwu crawled over and hugged his father's legs, crying and saying, "Dad, please save me, please save me. I don't want to be locked up in a pig cage or in a manure pit, Dad."
Seeing that the outcome of things was out of his control, he finally began to get anxious.
Gu Wenli looked at his son with heartache, feeling helpless. He said righteously, "Rebellious son, I'll let you do such a shameful thing."
Gu Tingwu knew that his father had abandoned him, so he hugged his legs tightly and cried as if his parents had died.
"Well, what do you guys think?" Seeing that Gu's father didn't say anything, the captain asked everyone with a stiff upper lip.
Someone shouted, "Soak in the manure pit, soak in the manure pit."
Then everyone started to make a noise, shouting, "Soak in the manure pit, soak in the manure pit!"
Father Gu thought about it for a while, looked at his eldest son's expression, and discussed a few words with the team leader.
He stood up and said, "Regarding the affair between Gu Tingwu and Widow Wang, we have unanimously agreed to deal with them as follows: they will be forced to soak in a manure pit for three days and three nights, their work points will be cut in half, and they will be assigned the dirtiest and most tiring work as a punishment. We hope everyone will not learn from this bad behavior."
After Gu's father announced that it was over, the team leader called a few strong men from the village to escort the adulterous duo to the cesspool.
Widow Wang cooperated and was dragged away. Gu Tingwu held on to his father Gu Wenli's pants tightly and refused to let go. Others tried to pull him and almost pulled Gu Wenli's pants off, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
Gu Wenli angrily cursed him as a rebellious son and kicked him away. Then Gu Tingwu was dragged away like a dead dog.
Gu Wenli's family also left with dejected faces, and Gu Tingwu's wife was cursing as she walked.
Some curious people followed to see the two people taking a dump, and Li Qingyun and the others followed the crowd back home.
Gu Tingzhou stayed and talked with his father alone for a few words, explained what he had done, and told his father that he would handle the follow-up. In short, he would not let Gu Wenli and Gu Tingwu off easily.
When they got home, the two children were already asleep. Li Qingyun gently covered the children with a quilt, and then the two began to clean up.
Things tonight seemed to be going smoothly, but in fact they were thrilling. If one link was not right, all the efforts would be wasted. Fortunately, God was on their side.
The only pitiful people in this matter were the two poor children of Widow Wang. When Li Qingyun saw the two children looking at their mother with eager eyes, she felt a little regretful for involving Widow Wang. The adults did something wrong, and the children were innocent.
"It's just a pity for Widow Wang's family. They have two half-grown children. From now on, they will have no mother to take care of them."
"Qingyun, don't think too much. If it's wrong, it's wrong. If we don't expose it, someone else will find out one day.
She has two children. The older one is fourteen or fifteen years old, as old as Erniu, and the younger one is twelve or thirteen years old and can support themselves. When Erniu was their age, he was already earning work points on his own.
I told my dad that we should take better care of them from now on. As long as they work hard, they won't starve to death. But the comfortable life we used to have, where people would bring us food and drink, is no longer possible.
"That's good." Li Qingyun also knew that this was the best outcome.
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