Chapter 195 Inviting the Patriarch
Zheng smelled of sewage, so everyone had to stay away from her while watching the fun, for fear that Zheng would get close to them.
Zheng got up from the ground and rushed towards Jinniu, like a shrew.
"You are a traitor. You are the village chief, but how did you become the village chief? Isn't it because of the support of our entire clan? You humiliate me in front of so many people? I am your sister-in-law after all, but you don't support me but speak for the Wan family. It seems that the position of village chief should be replaced by someone else."
Jinniu was pushed far away by Zheng and was very angry. When he heard what Zheng said, his face turned cold.
He said to his youngest son, Jin Qiang: "Qiangzi, go and call your clan leader. I want to see today whether I should give up my position as village leader."
Zheng's face turned pale when she heard this. She hurried to stop Qiangzi, "Where are you going? Stop right there, don't go, go back."
Qiangzi was grabbed by the collar and pulled back by Zheng. As soon as the little guy landed on the ground, he turned around and slipped into the crowd like a loach while Zheng was not paying attention.
Zheng wanted to catch someone, but she caught nothing. She was a little panicked at this moment. She looked at Jinniu, and her face no longer had the vixen's momentum just now. Instead, she said awkwardly: "Brother, sister-in-law just slipped up and said something wrong. Don't argue with sister-in-law. Sister-in-law will apologize to you, okay?"
Taurus didn't even bother to look at the woman. He snorted coldly and looked at Old Lady Wan.
"Aunt, can you please tell me what happened? I can also make a judgment on right and wrong. I can't just listen to one person's opinion."
Old Mrs. Wan nodded in appreciation. The village chief was quite good as he did not immediately favor their family.
Old Mrs. Wan then told the whole story in detail.
Finally, she said, "My child was badly injured, but I am not the kind of person who won't let go. It's no big deal if the adults don't get involved when children fight. They are just superficial injuries. I didn't intend to go to their house to extort compensation from them. It's just that Xiaolan is not my child, so I can't make the decision. When Yu left, she gave the child to me, so I must give them an explanation. Xiaolan is so young, and her arm is dislocated. She must be compensated anyway. If the village chief thinks what I said makes sense, please give your opinion. If it doesn't make sense, there are still the villagers."
The old lady Wan's words made the onlookers nod their heads. She didn't pursue the matter even though her own grandson was injured. When did the children in the village not fight? If someone's children fought and came to the village chief to make a scene, then the village chief would have nothing else to do and just sit at home to deal with these trivial disputes.
Although the people at the border are tough, they are still very simple-minded at heart, especially the common people who make a living from the fields. They have their own standards for judging right and wrong.
"Aunt Wan is right. I think there is nothing wrong with it. Just look at their child, Jinguo. He is already thirteen years old, but he is idle all day long. He is the boss of the village. If another child does not do what he wants, he will incite his followers to beat them up. My child has been beaten several times. The village chief cannot just ignore this matter. My child doesn't even dare to go out now."
"My child was also bullied by Jinguo. He is going to get married in two years, but he still hangs out with other children every day. Either the child has a problem or the adults didn't teach him well."
Zheng was unhappy when she heard that. She pointed at the man's face and started to yell again: "Who do you say is wrong? You are the one who is wrong. Your whole family is wrong. My child is happy to hang out with other children. What does it have to do with you? My family doesn't need children to work in the fields. I have a large family. What do you think of it? Your child is well-educated, but he is still beaten? You have no ability, but you blame others for being too capable. You are just jealous."
The woman whose face was pointed at was so angry that she fell backwards because of Zheng's words. What kind of logic is this?
"That's enough, Zheng. Call your son here today and ask him to apologize to all the children who were bullied. Otherwise, your family will not be able to use the water in the village."
Zheng looked at Jinniu in disbelief, "Village chief, what did you say? How about we use the water in the village? There is drought nine out of ten years in our border area. Are you going to make my family have no way to survive? Then you might as well just take a rope and strangle my whole family to death."
As Zheng said this, she rubbed her head against Jinniu, exposing her neck, and kept muttering, "Come on, strangle me with a rope now, it's better than my family dying of thirst or starvation."
The border is windy and dusty, with bad weather and droughts nine out of ten years. Therefore, the most important thing for people at the border is to store water. They have to push their carts and queue up to fetch water from the public well in the village before dawn every day. There is only one well in the whole village. There are hundreds of households in the village, and the wells meander from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, like crops on terraces, layer by layer. It is a big project for the tens of thousands of families living on the top of the mountain to store water every day.
However, at that time there were many people in the family, so we used a lot of water and did a lot of work. Now there are fewer people in the family, so we use less water. If we save it, we can store water for several days. Now that we have an ox cart at home, it is much more convenient to transport water every time.
Jinniu was cornered by Zheng, and Old Lady Wan couldn't stand it any longer. She thought that such a shrew should be divorced. Fortunately, they were at the border. If they were inside the border, this woman would have been divorced countless times. She even dared to talk back to the village chief and threaten to kill herself.
"Village chief, is there anyone in our village who can set bones? First, connect Xiaolan's arm. The child is suffering so much. She is so young. It hurts me to see her like this."
Xiaolan was still held by Wan Laosi. She was a soft ball, lying listlessly on his shoulder. She had cried too much and had her eyes lightly closed. She must be sleepy. It was the middle of the day, the child was hungry and sleepy, and she was also injured. It made Grandma Wan feel very sad.
Jinniu said quickly: "Yes, there is a hunter in our village who can set bones. I'll ask my mother to take you there."
Mrs. Wu had been standing at the back, watching Zheng making a fuss for a long time. She originally wanted to go up and say a few words of comfort, but she was afraid that Zheng would get worse and cause trouble for her son, so she did not go forward. At this time, when she heard her son talking about herself, she hurried to lead the way. Wan Laosi and Ergou took Xiaolan away, and Mrs. Wan stayed. She had to teach this shrew a lesson today, otherwise their children would still be bullied by her domineering son when they went out in the future. She wanted to teach this family a lesson this time.
If a child is not well taught, it is the adults' fault. To cure a disease, one must eradicate the root of the problem. Today, she will cure the child from the root.
Soon Qiangzi invited the patriarch of the Jin family, and the men from the Zheng family also came with him.
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