Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Rejection
Yang Guihua deliberately spoke loudly and acted very surprised!
It was as if she had no idea Shu Niannian was in the yard.
Aunt Zhang had a good relationship with Li Guifen. Seeing Yang Guihua trying to get close to Shu Niannian, she defended Shu Niannian, "Maybe that kid Niannian left the coat here and forgot to take it away."
Yang Guihua rolled her eyes where no one could see and sneered, "Aunt Zhang, in this cold winter, who would take off their coat and throw it around?"
After she finished speaking, she hurried to the main room, not wanting to waste any time. She pushed open the door, but there was no one in the room. She came out and stood in the yard and shouted, "Shu Niannian, where have you been? Come out quickly, what are you doing hiding in this yard?"
After she finished shouting, the yard was quiet. No one responded at first, but soon someone responded, "Guoqiang, aren't you here to catch a thief? Why are you looking for Nian Nian in the yard?"
"That's right, what do you want to do with Nian Nian?"
"Because Nian Nian's coat is here, do you think Nian Nian is a thief?"
"That's impossible. Nian Nian comes here often. Even if Nian Nian locks the door, it doesn't mean anything."
"I remember your grandfather once went to the market to make a key for Nian Nian. Since he gave Nian Nian the key, it means that Nian Nian can come to this yard at will. What kind of thief is this? Guoqiang's family, are you mistaken?!"
Everyone was talking at once, diverting the topic. In the middle of winter, Yang Guihua was sweating all over her forehead. "What are you talking about? Don't you think it's weird? In broad daylight, Shu Niannian is here alone. Why did she lock the door? And I heard that Shu Niannian is not the only one here today. About an hour or two ago, a man came to the village to ask where the old man lives. Think about it, why did a man come to this old house just when the old man went to visit relatives today? Why did Shu Niannian lock the door after she came in? What did she want to do? Think about it carefully!"
After he said this, the atmosphere in the yard changed immediately. Everyone looked at each other, too surprised to say a word. Finally, a quick-talking aunt couldn't help but blurt out, "Guoqiang's family, it seems that you are not here to catch a thief, but a person?!"
Yang Guihua was exposed, but she was not embarrassed at all for lying. She clapped her hands excitedly, "That's right! Everyone, quickly spread out and help look for them. I don't believe that two living people can grow wings and fly in this tiny yard."
Since they were here, they wanted to see the fun, so the people in the yard immediately started moving, poking here and looking there. Yang Guihua searched every corner but found nothing. Finally, she set her sights on the herb greenhouse in the yard. Yes, she searched the whole yard but couldn't find it. The person must be hiding in the greenhouse.
Yang Guihua curled her lips in disdain, thinking that Shu Niannian looked quite particular, but she didn't expect that she would be in the herb shed...
She strode to the edge of the greenhouse and reached out to lift the curtain. However, before she could see what was inside, she was kicked to the ground.
Yang Guihua was kicked in the heart, the pain was so severe that she could hardly breathe. She simply lay on the ground and refused to get up. When she caught her breath, she began to scream at the top of her lungs, "Help! I can't live anymore! I was beaten by my adulterer! You all saw it, I just came to stop my worthless niece from making a mistake, but she kicked me over. Can any good person please help me? Can you call the police? I want them to go to jail, treat my illness, and compensate me for my mental damages! Ouch! I can't live anymore!"
She was lying on the ground howling, and the yard was quiet. Yang Guihua finally felt that something was wrong. Shouldn't someone help her up now and blame that damn girl Shu Niannian?
Why is everyone silent?
Finally, Yang Guihua, who was full of doubts in her heart, endured the pain in her chest and crawled up from the ground by herself. But when she sat up, what did she see? !
Yang Guihua pointed at Li Guifen and Shu Wenhui as if she had seen a ghost. "You, you, you! Why are you here? Where is that damn girl Shu Niannian? And where is Li Zhiqiang? Where are they? Where did you hide them?"
Without saying a word, Li Guifen grabbed Yang Guihua's hair and slapped her several times. Yang Guihua was stunned and she crawled back, afraid that if she didn't retreat far enough, Li Guifen would come and hit her again!
She was shocked, frightened, and unwilling to give up. Even though her face was swollen, she still did not forget today's mission. Yang Guihua sneered, "Oh, you've been exposed, and you're angry out of shame? What's the point of beating me? Even if you beat me to death, it won't change the fact that Shu Niannian cheated on you. Where is she? Call her out. I want to see. You have done something wrong, how can you have the courage to beat people here? Is there any law?"
Li Guifen looked at Yang Guihua with eyes that were like quenched fire. She was trembling all over and raised her hand to hit Yang Guihua again. Yang Guihua howled like a pig being slaughtered and kept backing away until she reached the corner of the wall. She found a sickle at the corner of the wall and held it across her chest. Only then did she dare to look up at Li Guifen.
Aunt Zhang saw that Li Guifen and Yang Guihua were holding sickles. She was afraid that Li Guifen would suffer, so she quickly reached out to stop Yang Guifen. Others looked at Yang Guihua and shook their heads. Seeing her vicious look, they really wished that Li Guifen would beat her to death, but seeing her hiding in the corner with a sickle to defend herself, they felt that she was extremely pitiful.
Finally, Aunt Zhang couldn't help herself and said to Yang Guihua, "Where is the adulterer? There are only Guifen and Wenhui in the herb shed, mother and son, no one else? Did you hear someone say something bad?"
Yang Guihua heard what Aunt Zhang said and shook her head repeatedly, saying it was impossible. Shu Meilan told her the news, but Shu Meilan would never harm her. She was sure that Shu Niannian must be in this courtyard. "What bad words? I saw it with my own eyes. In broad daylight, a man was asking about the old man's residence at the entrance of the village. Then he followed that damn girl Shu Niannian to the old house and locked the door. What good things could they do?"
Aunt Zhang began to persuade Yang Guihua, "But you led us to search this yard inside and out, but we didn't see any trace of Nian Nian?"
Yang Guihua was beaten badly, with bruises all over her face, colorful like a color palette, which looked extremely funny, but the words she said were particularly annoying. It really proved the saying that there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.
She sneered, "It must be my good sister-in-law who is covering for them! Tell me, where did you hide them? Don't tell me that Shu Niannian was not here originally. I don't believe it. Otherwise, that damn girl's monkey cotton would not be in this yard. Also, if you have nothing to hide, why did you two hide in the shed when we entered the yard? You had to wait for me to lift the curtain of the shed before you came out? Besides, you two were the only ones in the yard, why did you lock the door?"
Li Guifen calmed down now. She moved a stool and sat opposite Yang Guihua, cursing, "Alright! You stubborn bastard, I'll convince you today. First of all, let me tell you why we came to the old house today. Last evening, your Meilan came to my house and told Nian Nian that the old man had to go on a long trip today, and suggested that Nian Nian come to the old house to take care of the herbs. Nian Nian was a simple-minded child, and she didn't think too deeply about it. After breakfast today, she brought me and Wenhui here.
When we arrived at the old house, we saw that the herbs in the shed had been trampled all over the place, some dead and some broken. We didn't know who did it. Nian Nian felt sorry for the herbs, so she quickly started to deal with them to see if some of them could be saved. However, while she was dealing with the herbs, she accidentally knocked over the water in the basin, and her monkey cotton coat got half wet. She took off the clothes and left them here, and went home to change clothes in her grandfather's clothes. You can see that the monkey cotton coat is half wet. ”
Aunt Zhang brought Shu Niannian's jacket over, and everyone took a look and saw that the jacket was indeed half wet and felt very heavy to the touch.
Li Guifen continued, "Let me tell you why Wenhui and I locked the door. It was a big festival, and there were a lot of beggars walking the streets. If Wenhui and I were busy in the greenhouse and someone came in and took away the old man's valuables, we wouldn't know. So after Nian Nian came home, Wenhui and I locked the door."
"Come on, let me tell you again why Wenhui and I didn't go out when you broke in. As soon as you entered the room, you started to talk to Nian Nian, so I deliberately stayed in the greenhouse and didn't go out to see what you wanted to do!"
"As for the man you're talking about, we haven't even met him. Yang Guihua, if I hadn't been hiding in the herb shed today, I wouldn't have known that you secretly hated our family so much, spreading rumors and making trouble everywhere, throwing dirty water on our family. How come your daughter did such a shameless thing to hook up with your cousin's husband, do you think everyone is like your daughter?"
Yang Guihua felt more and more guilty the more Li Guifen talked. All the information she had received was told to her by Shu Meilan. She did not see it with her own eyes. At this moment, even if she wanted to yell at Yang Guihua, she had no confidence.
At this time, a young wife in the crowd said hesitantly, "But this morning, the son of the director of the machinery factory did come to our village to inquire about the old man's residence, and I was the one who showed him the way."
Hearing this, Yang Guihua felt that she was fine again. She shouted loudly, "Hey! You all heard it, right? This morning, that Li Zhiqiang did come to the old man's house. Witness, I have a witness!"
"Hahahahahaha!" Yang Guihua was so happy to hear someone testify for her. Ever since Shu Meilan's affair with Lu Jianjun was exposed, Yang Guihua dreamed of pinning the eldest wife to the ground and beating her! "I have a witness! Li Guifen, no matter how eloquent you are, what can you do?! I have a witness!"
She kept saying that she had a witness, as if victory was in sight. She smiled and stared at Li Guifen, waiting for her to explain. But before Li Guifen could open her mouth, a strong voice rang out from outside the crowd, "What witness? Come and tell me, old man."
"Old man?"
"Is the old man back?!"
The crowd in the yard automatically parted, leaving a path wide enough for one person in the middle. Shu Chengzu walked in with a gloomy face, followed by another person, Li Zhiqiang.
Ever since Yang Guihua entered the house, she has been afraid of Shu Chengzu, like a mouse seeing a cat, naturally suppressed. She wanted to make trouble when Shu Chengzu was not at home, but she didn't expect that at the critical moment, Shu Chengzu would come back?
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Li Zhiqiang spoke first, "I did come here this morning, but I came to see Grandpa Shu. My grandma hasn't been sleeping well these past few days and hasn't been able to eat. I heard from Nian Nian that Grandpa Shu is a good doctor, so I wanted to ask Grandpa Shu to prescribe a prescription. But when I arrived at the old house, the door was locked. I heard from the aunt next door that Grandpa Shu went to the county town, so I hurried to catch up with him. I happened to see Grandpa Shu halfway, and then I came back with Grandpa Shu."
Li Zhiqiang looked gentle and spoke in a gentle manner. He stood there straight and upright, which made people believe him. The yard was noisy and people were talking about all kinds of things. Someone went to ask the old lady next door. The old lady remembered Li Zhiqiang. She pointed at Li Zhiqiang and said, "Yes, this young man came to see Old Man Shu. I told him that Old Man Shu went to the county town, and he left in a hurry."
At this time, Shu Niannian changed into a new monkey cotton and came over holding Shu Chengzu's washed whitish cotton jacket. Shu Niannian hung up Shu Chengzu's cotton jacket, turned to look at Yang Guihua, and said, "Second Aunt, I just went home to change my cotton jacket, and you threw dirty water on me again? Aren't you tired? Why don't you do something else with this time? Why do you keep holding on to me?"
Yang Guihua looked at Shu Chengzu, then at Shu Niannian and Li Zhiqiang, and then connected what Hu Meilan had said to her. What else didn't she understand?
Shu Meilan wanted to set a trap for Shu Niannian, but Shu Niannian took advantage of the situation and tricked Shu Meilan and her, Yang Guihua, into falling for her instead!
"Hahaha!" Yang Guihua laughed like crazy a few times. Without waiting for Shu Chengzu to say anything harsh, she stood up with difficulty, waved the sickle a few times, making the crowd dare not approach her, and then limped away.
After everyone left, Shu Niannian thanked Li Zhiqiang, "But you should come less often in the future. Really, it's not good for our reputation to be here."
Li Zhiqiang is also a man who understands and knows what to do. Things have come to this point, and Shu Niannian has not shown any love between men and women towards him. Even if Li Zhiqiang is slow-witted, he already knows that Shu Niannian is not interested in him.
He smiled and said to Shu Niannian, "You really don't want to consider me?"
Shu Niannian refused with a smile, "Really, I have a partner."
Li Zhiqiang did not comment on this, but since then, he has never come to Shujia Village again.
The day before Shu Niannian started school, she received another letter from Ye Jinhong.
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