"You...you actually sent them to the police station for such a trivial matter? Aren't you going to ruin their lives?" Village Chief Ma shouted righteously, his eyes wide and his face full of anger, looking all righteous and awe-inspiring.
"Stop spouting nonsense!" The village chief waved his hand impatiently, not even bothering to look at Village Chief Ma.
He said coldly, "Since you dare to bring someone who's been dead for three days to our village to cause trouble, you should be prepared to bear the consequences!"
After saying that, he turned his head away and ignored Village Chief Ma, but he couldn't help but remind him again: "Are all the people in your village here? I advise you to go to the police station now, maybe the police have already set off to your Ma family village to call people."
Upon hearing this, Village Chief Ma's face turned extremely ugly. He glared at the village chief, snorted coldly, and then turned around to lead the people of his village to the town.
Just then, the woman who had started the trouble suddenly noticed Ma Aning and Shen Xiaoxiao standing in the crowd. She rushed over like a madwoman and pounced on the two of them.
Clutching tightly at Ma Aning's clothes, he pleaded, "Aning, no matter what, we all come from the same village!"
"My son even calls you 'Auntie'! Please, please, have mercy on us this time! Don't sue my son, just let him go!"
Ma Aning quickly shielded Shen Xiaoxiao behind her, her face full of anger, her eyes wide as she stared intently at the woman in front of her, shouting angrily.
"Since you know that we both come from the same village, and you also know that your son has to call me 'Auntie'."
"Then why didn't you stop them when they came to extort my daughter? You even tried to snatch her away and take her back to be your good-for-nothing son's wife!"
Ma Aning's voice trembled with anger as she continued to question, "What? You dare pretend you know nothing about this?"
Faced with Ma Aning's sharp questioning, the woman was at a loss for words. She could only stand there with her head down, opening and closing her mouth several times, but unable to utter a sound.
At this moment, the brothers Ma Alin and Ma Amu, who had been hiding in the crowd to represent the number of people, were furious when they heard their sister's words.
Ma Alin clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his arms, looking ready to rush forward and teach someone a lesson at any moment. He gritted his teeth and said to the woman.
"Sister-in-law, has our Ma family offended your family in some way? How dare you let your good-for-nothing son, who idles away his days and causes all sorts of trouble, bully my niece! If you don't give us an explanation today, this matter will never be over!"
Ma Amu, standing to the side, was also indignant. He continued Ma Alin's words, saying, "That's right! How dare you call us two brothers to come and support you?"
"You even lied to us, saying you were bullied by the people of Shenjia Village and needed us to help you get justice. Turns out, this is what really happened! Tell me, what were you really up to?"
After speaking, Ma Amu turned to look at Shen Xiaoxiao, his eyes filled with concern and tenderness.
"Little Xiao, I'm so sorry, your uncle really didn't know those people came to bully you! Tell your uncle what happened!"
The two uncles looked at Shen Xiaoxiao with guilty expressions, their eyes full of tenderness and concern.
Shen Xiaoxiao nodded obediently, and then recounted what had just happened in detail: "That's how it is, so I discussed it with Grandpa Village Chief and the others, and we felt that it would be more appropriate to send this matter to the police station and let the police officers handle it."
After speaking, Shen Xiaoxiao's eyes were firm and resolute.
"Good riddance! If these guys weren't sent to the police station to be taught a lesson, I wouldn't be able to resist beating them up myself! How dare they bully the Ma family! They're utterly lawless!"
Ma Alin, standing to the side, was so angry that his face turned red. He waved his fists and roared furiously.
"Hmph! Especially that Ma San from your family, he better not be released from the station, otherwise when he gets out, I'll teach him a lesson and show him what happens when you try to extort money from my family!"
Ma Alin was still furious and continued speaking through gritted teeth.
At this moment, Village Chief Ma, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up: "Oh dear, you lot! What can I say to you? Xiaoxiao is a child we've all watched grow up. Who would have thought that you would go against your conscience and extort her!"
Village Chief Ma shook his head and sighed, pointing at the group of people with his finger, his face full of disappointment.
"I can't do anything about this, you can handle it yourselves!" After saying that, Village Chief Ma turned and left.
Seeing this, the other villagers followed Village Chief Ma and left, leaving only the villagers of Shenjia Village and a few women and elderly people behind.
"It's all your fault, you jinx! Your precious son is already dead, and you still have the nerve to bring this up here to extort money! What's worse, you've dragged my son into this!"
One of the women, her face contorted with rage, pointed at the other woman and shouted angrily. Her voice was sharp and piercing, as if she wanted to vent all her anger and dissatisfaction through that shout.
Another woman chimed in, "That's right! It's because of your greedy mind that my son has been arrested by the authorities! Tell me, what should we do now?"
As she spoke, she stomped her feet in anger, her eyes flashing with fury.
Upon hearing this, the woman who was originally sitting on the ground jumped up like a powder keg that had been lit.
She put her hands on her hips and retorted without backing down, "You two are talking complete nonsense! You were both there and witnessed what happened!"
"Besides, when you heard you could get a share of the money, your eyes lit up and you all ran faster than anyone else, not showing the slightest bit of reluctance. Now that something's happened, you want to push all the blame onto our family? Humph, no way! Don't even think about making us take the fall!"
And so, the three women argued back and forth, each refusing to back down, and the argument grew increasingly heated. Gradually, they started to fight, pulling each other's hair and tearing at each other's clothes, creating a chaotic scene.
The villagers of Shenjia Village who were watching from the sidelines simply stood quietly and watched, and not one of them was willing to step forward to dissuade them.
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