Chapter 35: Every evildoer will receive his own punishment

Wang Guixiang immediately got furious when she heard this. She jumped up and pointed at Xia Juanjuan and cursed: "Xia Juanjuan! You...you are spitting blood on me! How can there be a bicycle in your house! How can I steal such a big thing from you! Don't even think about throwing dirty water on me!"

Xia Juanjuan sneered: "Second sister-in-law, what are you saying? You said I stole your meat and eggs, and you blocked my door and cursed me, and even let your son beat my Xiaowen. I said you stole my bicycle, and I threw dirty water on you? Second sister-in-law, you are so shameless!"

Wang Guixiang said angrily, "How can it be the same? The half pound of meat hanging on your eaves is the evidence! You must also have those three eggs in your house! Who has ever seen the bicycle you mentioned?"

Xia Juanjuan was not panicked, and said calmly: "Why? Your family is allowed to buy meat, but my family is not allowed to buy it? You say it's yours, so it's yours? There are five or six people in your house, are they all blind? Your Lisheng and Lijiaojiao have never been out to work all day, and the meat you bought was placed in your house, and you didn't see who took it away? I'm afraid they know who took it, but they are just lying to deceive my family!"

According to what Wang Guixiang said about the quantity and types of things that were lost, and thinking about the scene she had just seen at the village entrance, Xia Juanjuan already had an idea in her mind.

"Let me put it this way. If you insist that my family stole your things, call the commune secretary, the village chief, and all the neighbors in the village. Let's have a good talk! Whoever lied must kneel down and apologize to the other party, and pay ten pounds of meat as compensation for psychological damages! Don't expect this matter to end well!"

When Wang Guixiang heard this, her face turned pale.

She was not afraid of kneeling down to offer compensation and apology, but compensating ten kilograms of flesh would cost nine yuan, which would cost her family several months' expenses!

Xia Juanjuan has subsidies and can afford to gamble, but she can't afford to lose!

Besides, when she saw that the meat and eggs in the house were gone, and saw that there was meat hanging under Xia Juanjuan's eaves, she ran over to make trouble. She thought that if she made trouble, Xia Juanjuan would compensate her for the meat and eggs for the sake of face! She was really not sure whether it was the people in Xia Juanjuan's room who did it!

Wang Guixiang turned to look at her son Li Sheng and daughter Li Jiaojiao: "You two were in the house. Did you see who entered the house and took the meat away?"

Li Sheng cried and said, "No... I didn't see it. It's just... it's just that my aunt came in once in the afternoon..."

Li Jiaojiao pulled at the corner of her mother's clothes and whispered, "Mom, I saw it was my aunt...but my aunt told me to say it was Xiaowen and the others who did it, and she also said that if I said that, my fourth aunt would have to pay twice as much meat as ours!"

The six-year-old Li Jiaojiao was obviously as clueless as her mother and just blurted out everything.

Wang Guixiang was so upset that she suddenly raised her hand and slapped her daughter in the face. She angrily scolded, "You blind thing, why didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Li Jiaojiao burst into tears after being beaten.

The people who had been supporting Wang Guixiang at the side all looked embarrassed and walked away chatting idle when they saw the situation turn around.

Wang Guixiang glared at Xia Juanjuan fiercely, then turned her butt and went back to her room.

Xia Juanjuan shouted calmly: "Wait a minute!"

Wang Guixiang turned around and said fiercely: "You didn't steal it, so what else do you want to do?"

Xia Juanjuan sneered: "Second sister-in-law, it's easy for you to say that. My family was wrongly accused of being a den of thieves for no reason, and Xiaowen's head was broken by your son. You want to run away without saying a word? There is no such good thing in the world!"

Wang Guixiang was complaining. She had also seen how powerful Xia Juanjuan was in the past two days. She was so scared that she yelled, "What do you want?"

"I'll pay for Xiaowen's treatment. I won't ask you for more. Just one dollar. Give it to me. Otherwise, I'll go to the commune and sue you for slander!"

Xia Juanjuan doesn't lack this money, but if Wang Guixiang doesn't pay the price, such things will definitely happen again and again in the future!

For just one dollar, she's tolerant enough!

Wang Guixiang's face changed drastically, thinking about how Song Xiuyue, her uncle, and the educated youth who dared to frame Xia Juanjuan yesterday were all arrested by the county. She didn't dare to report the matter to the commune!

But not only did she lose the meat and eggs, she also had to pay a dollar as compensation. She felt so aggrieved!

"I... I don't have a dollar to give you!"

"That's none of my business! Anyway, if you can't deliver the money before tomorrow morning, you'll have to deal with the consequences yourself!"

Xia Juanjuan stopped talking and ignored Wang Guixiang, pulling the three kids back into the house.

Wang Guixiang was so anxious that she stamped her feet. Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind. The meat and eggs were stolen by her sister-in-law Li Qiaoqiao. Now she had to pay one dollar because of Li Qiaoqiao. She definitely couldn't pay for it herself!

Wang Guixiang looked at Liu Lan's room, made up her mind, and immediately took her two children to Liu Lan's door, sat down on the ground in front of the door, and began to cry and curse.

"Oh my! This is so unfair! Not only did my things get stolen, but I have to pay a dollar for it! This is all my fault! I don't know what wild man stole half a pound of meat and three eggs from my house and gave them to me. He ate the things inside and outside..."

Wang Guixiang was still afraid of Liu Lan in her heart, so she didn't dare to scold Li Qiaoqiao by name, but just made indirect accusations and cursed her.

At this time, Li Qiaoqiao just came back from outside. When she heard Wang Guixiang's scolding, her face turned red, and then pale! At the same time, her heart couldn't help but pounding!

Could it be that... her and Xu Jiayuan were seen by her second sister-in-law in the woods? Otherwise, how would she know that she stole food for the "wild man"?

In the countryside of that era, a woman's reputation was more important than her life.

Although Jiayuan has promised to marry her when he returns to the city, they are still an unmarried couple. If people find out, she will be a slut! Not only will she be ruined, but Jiayuan's future will also be ruined! With a stain on her, she may not even be able to return to the city in the future!

Then her dream of going to the city and becoming a worker's wife would be completely over!

Just when Li Qiaoqiao was terrified, Liu Lan, who had been eavesdropping in the house, suddenly opened the door and scolded in a cold voice: "Wang Guixiang, shut your stinky mouth! Look at how badly you curse! She is your man's sister! You want to ruin her reputation!"

Wang Guixiang shrank back for a moment after being scolded, but she immediately said, "Mom! Don't blame me for scolding you harshly! It was my sister-in-law who did something dishonest! For today's incident, I have to pay Xia Juanjuan one dollar for the half pound of meat and three eggs that were stolen. If you don't compensate me, I will make public the scandal of my sister-in-law!"