Chapter 99 is actually right in front of us
After Jiang Tang's outburst, Zhaodi's mother's face became uglier and uglier.
Yang Suzhen's face darkened as she said, "Zhao Di's mother, did you accept the money or not?!"
Under Yang Suzhen's questioning, Zhaodi's mother had no choice but to reluctantly admit it.
"And... there's still fifty dollars."
"Two sheep, fifty yuan, and nothing else? You didn't take their food, did you?"
"No, no, no, absolutely not. It's not harvest time yet, where will the food come from?" Zhaodi's mother waved her hands hurriedly and explained for herself aggrievedly.
Jiang Tang stretched out his hand and said to Zhaodi's mother, "Okay, then take out the fifty yuan."
"Why, give it to you?" Zhaodi's mother glared at Jiang Tang.
Jiang Tang sneered and said, "It's not for me, it's for Sister Yang. Your Zhaodi is gone, and we agreed to cancel the engagement. Will you do it, or will Sister Yang do it? It will be easier for Sister Yang to handle this than for you. What if the other party gets angry because he lost his wife and beats you up?"
Zhaodi's mother thought about what Jiang Tang said and it seemed to be true.
If she went to cancel the engagement, she would definitely be scolded, so it would be more convenient to let Yang Suzhen handle it. Anyway, everyone in their village had to give face to Yang Suzhen.
But... there is still something strange in this logic.
So how can we be sure that Chen Zhaodi is dead and gone?
Zhaodi's mother didn't think about these things at all. She had already fallen into a logical trap during the argument with Jiang Tang.
She looked back at the middle-aged man who was smoking a pipe. The middle-aged man nodded at Zhaodi's mother. Anyway, his daughter was gone, and he could not keep the money and the two sheep.
Who made their girl so disobedient?
In this way, fifty yuan was taken out from under Zhaodi's mother's feet and put into Yang Suzhen's hands.
She wouldn't give it to Jiang Tang, and Jiang Tang didn't want to touch such dirty money.
Jiang Tang said to Yang Suzhen, "Sister Yang, I'm leaving the money and the two sheep to you. I'm also leaving the matter of breaking off the engagement to you."
Yang Suzhen vaguely sensed that Jiang Tang's words were strange, but she couldn't figure it out, so she could only nod and say, "Yes, leave it to me, I'll take care of it."
Jiang Tang nodded, glanced at Chen Zhaodi's parents with disdain, and then shouted to the side.
"Chen Zhaodi! Zhaodi! Chen Zhaodi!"
"You heard it, didn't you? Your parents said it themselves. They regretted it and agreed to cancel the engagement. They didn't want you to marry a cripple. Sister Yang also promised that she would cancel the engagement, so you don't have to get married."
"Chen Zhaodi, you don't have to get married anymore. Come out. Can you come out now?"
Yang Suzhen and Zhaodi's mother turned their heads together and looked in the direction where Jiang Tang was shouting. It was a woodshed nearby where the two sheep were temporarily released.
Zhaodi's mother shook her head and said, "Impossible, Zhaodi is not in there, I've looked for her--"
However, reality is like this, slapping us in the face.
After Jiang Tang shouted several times, a thudding sound was heard from the woodshed. Not long after, a dirty little girl came out. She looked just like the one Yang Suzhen described, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with two thick pigtails and wearing a red top.
She is Chen Zhaodi.
As soon as Chen Zhaodi walked out of the woodshed, Yang Suzhen, Zhaodi's mother, and Zhaodi's father were all shocked.
Half of the village searched everywhere for her, but their daughter was actually hiding in the woodshed.
You think it is far away, but it is actually right in front of you.
Yang Suzhen looked at Jiang Tang in disbelief. She never expected that what Jiang Tang said was right. The person either ran away or hid, and at home.
But how did she know that Chen Zhaodi was hiding in the woodshed?
But the doubt just flashed through my mind and I didn't have time to think about it.
Just because after Chen Zhaodi walked out, Zhaodi's parents, who originally looked timid and honest, became like crazy. Zhaodi's mother hit Chen Zhaodi, and Zhaodi's father picked up the broom beside him and swung it at Zhaodi.
"You unfilial daughter! I just asked you to get married, not to die. Why are you so desperate and want to die?"
"You damned girl! Are you trying to make me lose face in this village? I'll beat you to death, you damned girl!"
The parents' joint doubles began.
Their child, Chen Zhaodi, is only fifteen years old this year and is still a girl in the growth period. Due to malnutrition, she has little flesh on her body and looks only about thirteen or fourteen years old.
This couple of parents were so cruel.
"careful!"
Yang Suzhen hugged the trembling Chen Zhaodi, and the broom in Zhaodi's father's hand was about to fall on Yang Suzhen.
Jiang Tang reacted quickly and joined the chaotic situation in a blink of an eye.
She first pushed Zhaodi's mother away and let her sit on the ground and cry. Then she raised her hand and grabbed the broom in Zhaodi's father's hand, squeezing it hard with her palm.
The middle-aged man was stunned. He worked hard in the fields, but he couldn't even beat a fair-skinned little girl. What was going on?
Jiang Tang immediately pulled the broom out of Zhaodi's father's hand and threw it on the ground in disgust.
Yang Suzhen took a deep breath, thinking that she might be injured this time, but she didn't expect that it was Jiang Tang who protected her. She looked Jiang Tang up and down without confidence.
The imminent danger was averted and someone came from outside.
"Sister Yang! Sister Yang! I was scared to death. Are you okay?" A young man who was about twenty years old ran to Yang Suzhen in a hurry and said with lingering fear.
Following closely behind were the village chief and village party secretary.
The village chief shouted, "Chen Laosan! Are you crazy? You even dared to attack Sister Yang!"
"I... I... I wanted to teach my daughter a lesson, not to attack Sister Yang." When Zhaodi's father saw the village chief, he was like a mouse seeing a cat, and his arrogance was completely gone.
Zhaodi's mother sat on the ground and burst into tears again, "What kind of thing is this... I just want my daughter to get married... Why did it become like this... Bullying an honest person... Bullying an honest person..."
Jiang Tang watched this scene and found it very funny.
She asked directly, "Are you letting your daughter get married? Or are you planning to sell her off? This is a new society, not an arranged marriage like in feudal society. Zhaodi is only fifteen years old. Is she of marriageable age? Is she in a free love relationship?"
Yang Suzhen said, "It seems the village's ideological emancipation efforts are still insufficient. There are even cases of arranged marriages and selling daughters!"
The village party secretary beside him quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Sister Yang, I didn't do my job well. I will continue to strengthen ideological education. Chen Laosan! If you and your wife continue to be confused, go to the farm for reform."
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