Jiang Anshan and his wife also ran away, leaving behind several farm tools.
Normally, even if something happens, they would take their farm tools with them to prevent them from being taken by others while they are in the field.
Jiang Bai called out to Er Mao, who was still there, and quickly asked, "Brother Er Mao, what happened?"
“It’s your eldest cousin who’s in trouble. I need to rush to inform your grandparents and the clan chief.”
After saying that, he ran away.
"Sister, what could have happened to him?" Upon hearing that Jiang Songzong was in trouble, Jiang Lu felt no emotion whatsoever, and even felt a sense of relief that he was dead.
Jiang Bai pursed his lips, his brows furrowing slightly.
"You'll know once you go and see for yourself."
She had just started thinking about whether or not to cripple Jiang Songzong when he suddenly got into trouble.
This is too much of a coincidence.
Surely it can't be that God is punishing him?
She almost laughed at such a statement.
Filled with questions, Jiang Bai followed Lin Shi and the others, arriving one after the other on the official road leading to the county town.
Upon arrival, they heard Lin's heart-wrenching cries: "My son!"
Jiang Songzong was lying on the ground, his face bruised and swollen, his right hand limp to the side, bent at an angle. Although his eyes were still open, he could only make hoarse "ah ah ah" sounds and could not speak.
His miserable state shocked Jiang Bai.
Has he become mute?
When my gaze fell on his arm, I saw that even his hand was broken.
If this is a coincidence, it's far too coincidental.
The onlookers gathered around, and someone shouted, "Seventh Grandpa and Seventh Grandma are here!"
"Zong-ge'er, Grandma's grandson!"
Before she arrived, Wang's voice preceded her arrival. Upon reaching the scene, she pushed aside Lin and, seeing Jiang Songzong looking crippled, burst into tears.
My hands trembled, unsure of where to begin.
When Jiang Minjian arrived and saw Jiang Songzong's appearance, his face turned pale, and he trembled violently, almost fainting. It was Jiang Anshan who supported him.
"Who did this? Who did this?"
Jiang Minchang's lips trembled as he questioned him.
The villagers watching the commotion looked at each other, completely bewildered.
After crying her fill, Wang dared not touch Jiang Songzong, fearing she might further injure him. She wiped her face and stood up, immediately spotting Jiang Bai and his siblings.
"I'll beat you unfilial and ungrateful bastards to death."
She charged towards Jiang Bai and his siblings like a cannonball. Jiang Bai's expression changed slightly. In public, he couldn't very well attack Wang Shi, so he could only pull Jiang Lu and Jiang Songwen aside and hurriedly explain, "Grandma, it wasn't me."
But Wang listened to her and, seeing that she had missed, picked up a piece of dry firewood from the roadside and started hitting Jiang Bai hard.
Jiang Bai had to protect both Jiang Lu and Jiang Songwen, but he couldn't fight back. He also had to control his speed and not act too outrageously, so he could only pretend to be in a sorry state and dodge around.
Jiang Minchang saw it, but pretended not to.
“Mother, it wasn’t Daya who did it. Daya has been clearing land with us on the mountain all day.”
Seeing that Wang was acting indiscriminately, Jiang Anshan was afraid of angering Jiang Bai, so he quickly stepped forward to stop her.
"Get out of my way, you traitor! Your nephew is badly injured, and you're still protecting these bastards. If you still consider me your mother, then don't stop me."
Wang roared, shoved Jiang Anshan aside, and continued to attack Jiang Bai and the others.
Jiang Bai's gaze grew colder and colder, while his expression became increasingly pitiful.
"Seventh Grandmother, please stop!"
"This is obviously not what Da Ya did."
The villagers tried to persuade her, but Wang wouldn't listen.
With her beloved grandson so badly injured, she just wanted an outlet for her anger, and Jiang Bai happened to walk right into her line of fire.
Seeing her chasing Jiang Bai and his siblings around the road like a madwoman, the men in the village didn't dare to stop her, fearing that she would say something unpleasant and tarnish their reputation.
The women dared not go forward, fearing that Wang would take the opportunity to beat them as well.
"This is outrageous!" Third Aunt Liu couldn't stand it and wanted to step forward to stop it.
Her eldest daughter-in-law quickly pulled her back and advised, "Mother, you are no match for Seventh Aunt. Don't let her hurt you."
"So we're just going to let her bully Bai Yatou like this?"
Her eldest daughter-in-law looked troubled. Those of higher seniority were all older than Wang Shi, and their old arms and legs were prone to injury. As for those of lower seniority, Wang Shi might not listen to them.
Just as she was in a dilemma, she heard someone shout that the clan chief had arrived. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The clan chief is here. Seventh Aunt always has to listen to the clan chief."
"Seventh brother's wife, stop."
As soon as the clan chief arrived, he saw Wang chasing after Jiang Bai and his siblings, running around everywhere.
Hearing the clan chief's voice, Jiang Bai breathed a sigh of relief and quickly led his younger siblings to hide behind the clan chief.
"Grandpa, help!"
The siblings all started crying, pitifully tugging at the clan leader's sleeve.
Wang had long since regained her senses, and besides, she was not young, so not only did she fail to hit anyone, she was also exhausted and panting.
"What are you doing now that you're up to all of a sudden?"
"And you, your wife is being unreasonable, but are you unreasonable too? You just let her make such a fuss?" The clan chief turned his fire on Jiang Minchang. Seeing that he was pale-faced, with droopy eyes and no words, he softened when he remembered that Er Mao had said Jiang Songzong was injured.
"What exactly happened? Why are they chasing after Bai Ya and the others again?"
"Seventh Grandmother said that Brother Zong was beaten by Daya."
"Nonsense."
Upon hearing the explanation from the villagers who had come to watch the commotion, the clan chief was overwhelmed with questions.
He first went forward to check on Jiang Songzong's injuries and frowned.
"He's fine everywhere else, except his hand is broken and his throat is injured. Let's take him back and get a doctor."
After saying that, he pointed to someone and started helping.
"Er Mao, tell me, what did you see?"
Er Mao went back to the village to call for help. He was exhausted, but he knew that this was a big deal, so he told everyone what he had seen.
After hearing his explanation, the clan chief glared at Jiang Minchang and his wife and scolded, "Did you all hear that? Er Mao saw with his own eyes that the refugees stole Zong Ge'er's things and ran away, and you still want to pin this on them and their siblings?"
Jiang Minchang held his tongue and remained silent, but Wang Shi couldn't swallow her anger and retorted, "Who knows if she ordered the refugees to do it?"
Even knowing that Jiang Songzong was injured by refugees, Wang refused to admit her mistake and insisted on pinning the blame on Jiang Bai.
"Nonsense! How could a mere woman like Bai Yatou know any vagrants and instigate them to rob and beat people?"
"You are family, not enemies. Why would she treat you like this?"
The clan chief was so angry that he glared and his beard bristled, thinking that Wang was simply being nonsensical.
"Brother, what do you know? This girl, she..."
"Shut up." Just as Wang was about to reveal that Jiang Bai had stolen the family's household registration documents from the old house, Jiang Minchang coldly stopped her and turned to apologize to the clan leader, saying, "This woman lost her mind when she saw that Zong-ge was injured. Brother, please don't hold it against her."
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