The people standing by and watching were shocked by Gutiezhu's slap. Just by looking at the rapidly swollen half of Wang Biyun's cheek, one could guess that Gutiezhu used quite a bit of force.
Gutiezhu had just returned from the mountains. On the way, he ran into Xiaocao and Yuanyuan who were also going into the mountains. When Xiaocao saw Gutiezhu, she told him about Wang Biyun stealing her buns.
Xiaocao is the granddaughter of Gutiezhu's aunt, Gu Da Niang. Gutiezhu knows that she never tells lies.
Gutiezhu was so ashamed. Wang Biyun was his wife, Xiaocao's aunt. As an elder, Wang Biyun was trying to steal food from a younger one. How shameful!
Gu Tiezhu returned home in a rage and was once again scolded by his mother. She said her daughter-in-law had gone to fetch water and hadn't returned in a long time, and the family was waiting for water! She wondered which corner the lazy woman had gone to slack off in.
Gu Tiezhu knew his wife's character. Wang Biyun was a talkative person who loved chatting with people. When she was out doing things, if she met someone she could talk to, she would forget to go home for dinner.
Gutiezhu put down the large bundle of dead branches on his back and decided to go out to look for Wang Biyun.
Gutiezhu walked to the place where villagers fetched water upstream of the stream and saw his two buckets filled with water placed on the side of the road, but Wang Biyun was nowhere to be found.
This woman might have gone to someone's house to chat.
Gutiezhu was just about to carry the water home first, as his mother was still at home waiting for water to make lunch!
At this time, a burst of noise came from the wind, and one or two words seemed to mention his wife Wang Biyun?
Gutiezhu, worried, had come all the way here. Wang Biyun was a big mouth, always gossiping about others, and many people in Zhaojiagou disliked her. Two or three times out of ten, Wang Biyun would be chased and scolded. Afterward, Gutiezhu would have to clean up the mess and apologize. Could she have done something else this time? Gutiezhu hurried, feeling helpless.
It was also his bad luck. He married Wang Biyun because he was blind. She was lazy and greedy. Whenever he had free time, he would gossip all over the village and talk about other people's faults. He also didn't get along well with his mother.
Gutiezhu arrived late and missed Wang Biyun confessing her love to Wen Yulun in front of the courtyard gate, but he heard what Aunt Jinhua and Sister-in-law Yulan said, and probably guessed that Wang Biyun had offended Zhao Qingshan.
Facing the strange looks from Aunt Jinhua and Sister Yulan, Gutiezhu tugged at his clothes uncomfortably. Gutiezhu could never have imagined that just a few minutes ago, Wang Biyun had confessed her love to Wen Yulun through the courtyard wall, and Aunt Jinhua and Sister Yulan, who were washing clothes by the stream, had heard it all. Aunt Jinhua and Sister Yulan looked at Gutiezhu with sympathy.
It's no wonder that rural women and men don't have any shady thoughts. For someone like Wang Biyun, who is married but still obsessed with another man, is considered by Aunt Jinhua and others to be a cuckold and shameless.
Besides, Wen Yulun looked like a well-off city dweller, a world apart from Wang Biyun. Most importantly, Wen Yulun ignored Wang Biyun, and Wang Biyun had the audacity to say things like "I miss you" and "I'll go with you." Wasn't that just another way of trying to climb the social ladder? Wang Biyun was completely heartless. She had two children with Tiezhu, but her heart wasn't with him.
Gutiezhu didn't understand the mentality of the onlookers and bowed and apologized to Zhao Qingshan. As a villager of Zhaojiagou, Gutiezhu had great respect for Zhao Qingshan.
"Tiezhu, this guy can eat whatever he wants but can't say whatever he wants. You should take care of your wife. If she keeps talking nonsense in the village all day long, can your Gu family afford the responsibility if something happens?" When Zhao Qingshan saw Gutiezhu apologize, the anger in his heart dissipated a little. After giving him a few words of advice, he waved his hand and let Gutiezhu take Wang Biyun home.
He was also at fault for what happened today. If he hadn't had diarrhea and hadn't stepped in to stop Wang Biyun's nonsense, things wouldn't have gotten so serious. Zhao Qingshan believed in his daughter and Wen Yulun's character. There would definitely be no trouble between them.
"Yes, thank you Uncle Qingshan." Gutiezhu bowed again with a smile, then pulled Wang Biyun, who was shrinking and looking a little dazed, and walked along the stream.
This time, the women who were watching said nothing and silently watched Tiezhu and his wife walk away. Tiezhu was already pitiful enough, and none of them wanted to be the one to stab him in the back.
"Let's go, let's go!" Zhao Qingshan greeted the people at the door and pulled Wen Yulun into his yard.
Immediately, the gate of the Zhao family courtyard was closed tightly.
Outside the courtyard, Aunt Jinhua and Yulan exchanged a glance, each seeing an unspoken understanding in the other's eyes. They wouldn't say anything about this matter in the village, and as for the others, they couldn't care less.
Aunt Jinhua and Yulan washed clothes close to the Zhao family's yard, so they heard most of what Wang Biyun had just shouted. As for the other three women, they were at the other end of the stairs and might not have heard much.
But none of this was something they could have predicted. Ultimately, it was Wang Biyun's own stupidity. Like a madman, she was shouting shameless words on the street. She dared to speak and take responsibility. Wang Biyun had brought this upon herself, and no one could help her.
The group of people gradually dispersed, but the aftermath of this incident affected the lives of some people.
In the Daqing Mountains, Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao were excitedly chasing a pheasant.
In her previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan had returned to Zhaojiagou a few times with Zhao Yunxiang, but they had always been in a hurry, rarely staying overnight. With such a rush of comings and goings, Zhou Yuanyuan naturally didn't make friends like Xiaocao, nor did she have time to explore Daqingshan.
The place where Zhou Yuanyuan and Xiaocao picked pine cones was at the outermost edge of Daqing Mountain, on a small hill more than ten meters high.
Most of the trees on the hill are large pine trees as thick as bowls. They are tall and lush, and even the air is filled with the fragrance of pine needles.
A thin layer of dry pine needles lay on the ground, along with numerous large and small pine cones, also dry and ready to be burned as firewood. The hilltop was closest to Zhaojiagou, and the village children would come to collect the needles and cones whenever they had free time, so there weren't many pine needles or cones here.
Xiaocao and Zhou Yuanyuan's purpose was not to pick pine cones, but to go out and play. Even if there were fewer pine needles and pine cones, it did not affect their interest.
The two friends chattered to each other while carefully picking up the big pine cones on the ground. After a while, their baskets were filled with most of the blue pine cones.
"Xiaocao, let's take a break. I'm a little hungry." Zhou Yuanyuan sat down on the ground. Although picking pine cones doesn't take much effort, it's hard to walk and work all morning.
The bun in my stomach is almost gone.
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