"ah!"
A scream rang out, and Li Jiabao felt his heart tremble. How was his second brother? Had his head been cracked open?
Why doesn't this voice sound like my second brother's?
When Li Jiabao opened his eyes, he saw that his second brother was fine and standing there safely. Liu Baobao, who had been throwing stones at people, was curled up on the ground, his hands and feet twitching from time to time.
Standing next to Liu Baobao was a disheveled woman with shabby hair and a bruised face, holding a willow stick about the thickness of a child's arm.
"Sister Ruoruo!" Li Jiabao exclaimed, "Are you alright?"
Li Kang and others rushed forward and separated Li Xiangdong and Niu Guang, who were locked in a stalemate. Two auxiliary police officers held off the struggling Niu Guang, while Li Kang pulled Li Xiangdong aside and looked him over. Seeing that Li Xiangdong was not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Niu Guang! Tell me! What were you doing just now?"
Niu Guang, panting heavily, didn't answer. Li Xiangdong recounted the whole story to Li Kang, who was so angry that his teeth were grinding. "That scoundrel! Our village actually has a rapist, and two of them at that!"
Li Xiangdong glanced at Ning Ruoruo, who was still standing there in a daze, and wondered if the girl had been scared out of her wits. He quickly walked up to her and asked, "Ning Ruoruo, are you alright?"
Ning Ruoruo heard someone speak, and when she saw it was Li Xiangdong, she opened her mouth, but after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence, "Did I kill someone?"
There were traces of blood on the willow stick she was holding.
Li Xiangdong squatted down and put his finger under Liu Baobao's nose to check, "She's still breathing, you didn't kill anyone."
Ning Ruoruo's stiff body finally relaxed, thank goodness she hadn't killed anyone!
At this moment, Zhao Sufang and Li Jin arrived with a group of people. When they saw that their son was safe and sound, they felt a great weight lifted off their shoulders.
Upon seeing Ning Ruoruo's appearance, Zhao Sufang knew that the girl must have suffered inhuman torture, so she quickly pulled her into the cowshed to avoid everyone's probing gaze.
Li Jin's face was ashen. He shouted sternly, "Niu Guang! Liu Baobao! You've committed a crime! Tie them both up and take them to the brigade headquarters!"
Someone brought over a basin of cold water and poured it over Liu Baobao's head. Liu Baobao slowly woke up and saw a group of people hurriedly tying him and Niu Guang up.
Aunt Niu didn't go to work in the production team today. News came from the county that a high-ranking official relative from the provincial capital had mailed two cans of milk powder, a pound of beef jerky, and several tens of yuan to her family.
Early in the morning, Aunt Niu went out happily, enduring the envious and jealous looks from her neighbors.
Aunt Niu couldn't ride a bicycle, so she had to walk to the county post office. She walked slowly, and after getting her things, she spent half a day browsing the supply and marketing cooperative. By the time she went back and forth, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
Aunt Niu, carrying two cans of milk powder in her left hand, a bag of beef jerky in her right, and thirty yuan in her pocket, strode home like a victorious general. Before she even reached the door, she heard someone shouting in the road, "Li Xiangdong, rapist!"
"What! Li Xiangdong is a rapist!"
Aunt Niu's body stiffened at the news, and she immediately perked up. Her feet, which had been aching all day from walking, no longer hurt. She grabbed a passerby and anxiously asked, "Where? Where is he? Has Li Xiangdong been caught raping a woman?"
The man, following Li Kang's orders, hurriedly went to find Liu Baobao's parents. Aunt Niu stopped him and kept asking questions, but he impatiently said, "They're in the cowshed!" and then ran away.
Aunt Niu hummed a little tune as she quickly put her things in the house, locked the door, and ran towards the cowshed.
She really needs to see this big commotion!
Hmph, what good offspring could Zhao Sufang possibly give birth to?
If it weren't for Li Wanshi interfering back then, she... humph!
On her way to the cowshed, Aunt Niu ran into Gai Feng's mother and father, who were crying their eyes out. Zhao Xiaowu had just gone to their house to tell them that Liu Baobao had committed a crime, raping an orphan girl, and had been arrested. The brigade leader told them to go to the brigade headquarters immediately.
Perhaps because Liu Baobao was Niu Guang's lackey, Gai Fengniang often followed behind Niu's aunt to flatter her. When Niu's aunt was pleased by the flattery, she would slip some things from her hand to Gai Fengniang. Seeing Gai Fengniang's happy appearance, Niu's aunt's vanity was greatly satisfied!
"Li Xiangdong was caught raping someone, why are you crying?"
When the two met, Aunt Niu asked in confusion, "Could it be that Li Xiangdong raped your Gaifeng?"
Aunt Niu's eyes gleamed with a gossipy light.
"Huh? Li Xiangdong raped Gai Feng?"
Gai Fengniang was also stunned. Wasn't it said that her Liu Baobao had been caught raping Ning Ruoruo?
Did the messenger make a mistake?
Is someone playing a prank?
She said, "How could my precious son do such a thing!"
However, it's impossible for Li Xiangdong to rape Gai Feng!
Gaifeng always followed me to work in the fields!
"No, no!" Gai Fengniang waved her hands repeatedly. "Gai Feng has been by my side the whole time. Sister Niu, you just said that Li Xiangdong was caught raping someone?"
Gai Fengniang stopped crying, and Gai Fengdi stopped sighing. The two of them stared intently at Aunt Niu.
"Yes, that's right. Zhao Xiaowu told me himself just now, so it can't be false!" Aunt Niu said confidently.
The two were completely relieved, and Gai Fengniang laughed heartily, "This Li Xiangdong, I knew he wasn't going to be well-behaved, and sure enough, he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail!"
The three of them laughed heartily, and those around them who didn't know the situation gathered around. They heard Aunt Niu and Gai Fengniang excitedly recounting Li Xiangdong's various misdeeds.
A group of people were hurrying towards the cowshed when they ran into another group coming out of it. Li Jin walked ahead with a livid face. Aunt Niu was overjoyed to see this and quickly caught up with him. "Hey, Captain, don't be angry! It's inevitable that some men will have unfaithful wives and unfilial children. There's nothing you can do about it. Try to think more positively!"
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