When the educated youth rushed in, they saw Xiang Wanzhen, her face covered in blood, leaning on the table and barely able to stand, and a pile of frosted glass shards on the floor.
Those with a quick mind immediately ran out to find the village leaders upon seeing this situation.
Despite losing so much blood, Xiang Wanqin was still a little dizzy, which gave her second wife the opportunity to smash the frosted glass with a stick.
Wang Yaqin couldn't stand seeing anyone being bullied, so she was the first to stand up and stop the second wife from trying to retrieve the blanket through the broken frosted glass.
Wang Yafang: "What are you doing? Do you know this is burglary?"
Sun Jing was timid and hid behind Yang Hui, too scared to speak. She was already terrified by the bloody scene.
Although Lu Chunping was selfish, she was still quite provoked by the scene. She rolled up her sleeves, put one hand on her hip, and pointed at the second wife's old woman with the other, saying, "Is there no law anymore? It's too merciful to only punish an old woman like you by making her fertilize the land. I think you shouldn't be fertilized at all. Just fertilize yourself instead. That way, the country can save a lot of food!"
Jiang Chunlin and Zhao Jianhua stepped forward and restrained the old woman from the second wife, shouting, "Red Army, take away the stick in this old woman's hand. It's her tool for committing crimes, and we must protect it."
Yang Hui walked over to Xiang Wanqin, helped her up, and asked, "Auntie, are you alright?"
Li Jing didn't dare look at Xiang Wanqin's blood-soaked face and said softly, "How can she be alright after losing so much blood? What kind of grudge could cause such a beating?"
The second wife's wife was held down by the two young men and couldn't move. She could only open her mouth and curse: "You sons of bitches, do you want to molest me? Help! Two little beasts are trying to molest me!"
Lu Chunping couldn't hold back any longer and slapped the second wife's wife across the face: "You old hag, you're dreaming! Don't you even look at your own face, which is as long and ugly as old tree bark? It's disgusting to look at. You still want to cling to us young men in the prime of our lives? How can you be so shameless? Who gave you the courage to say such things? If you keep spouting nonsense, believe me, I'll knock all the water out of your head!"
This is the first time everyone has seen Lu Chunping like this. Before, they only saw her being difficult and scheming against the men she had her eye on. They never expected her to have such a righteous side.
Lu Chunping felt embarrassed by everyone's stares. To cover her embarrassment, she smoothed her hair and said irritably, "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a female warrior as beautiful and brave as me before?"
Wang Yaqin couldn't help but burst out laughing. She had been in Xujia Village for so long, and this was the first time she felt that Lu Chunping wasn't actually that annoying.
After being commotioned like this, Wang Yaqin relaxed a lot and joked, "You're quite the liar."
The others laughed along with them.
Seeing that Jiang Chunlin and Zhao Jianhua seemed to be softening a bit, the second wife struggled harder, kicking them as she went. She didn't want to be falsely accused by these little beasts. Her background hadn't been cleared yet, and if they added more crimes on top of that, she would be finished. She might even be sent to a farm.
Jiang Chunlin and Zhao Jianguo grimaced in pain, but they didn't let go of each other's hands.
Wang Yaqin casually grabbed the feather duster hanging on the cabinet door and smacked the second wife's calf hard.
The second wife let out a painful groan, and then unleashed a torrent of vulgar language that was as awful as could be.
Lu Chunping picked at her aching ear and yelled at Sun Jing, "Quickly get a rope and tie this old woman up, otherwise she'll keep kicking people."
Sun Jing said "Oh" and immediately ran outside.
When Liu Peng arrived with Yang Chunqin, Xu Qiang, and other brigade cadres, they could hear the two children crying their hearts out from afar.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Li Jing coming out of the room with a hemp rope in her hand.
Liu Peng: "Li Jing, how is she?"
Li Jing looked at the brigade leader as if he were her savior and shouted, "That old woman is too fierce. She beat Auntie until her head was bleeding, and she also kicked Jiang Chunlin and Zhao Jianhua. We really have no choice but to tie her up."
Upon hearing that Xiang Wanqin had been beaten bloody, the brigade leaders became anxious and strode over to Xiang Wanqin and the others.
The two children had already run to Xiang Wanqin's side. Whether Xiang Wanqin did it on purpose or not, she didn't wipe the blood off her face, which looked very horrifying.
When the brigade leaders saw Xiang Wanqin like this, they gasped. Would she be disfigured from losing so much blood?
Looking at the shards of glass scattered all over the ground, the brigade leader felt his blood boil. What exactly was this old woman Xu trying to do? Had she gone mad because of Xu Yaoyang's affair?
Xu Qiang said to the scarred man beside him, "Go and call Xu Lao Er over quickly. Does he even know that his wife is breaking the law?"
Old Mrs. Xu was shocked by the words "Xu Qiang broke the law." She looked at Xu Qiang tremblingly and said, "Secretary, Secretary, I didn't break the law. I just came to get a quilt. I only got a quilt. I didn't break the law."
Xu Qiang snorted: "You think it's not illegal just because you say so? Did you hit this person? Did you break this window?"
Lu Chunping immediately added, "She not only smashed the glass, but also brazenly snatched the blankets. When we tried to stop her, she hit us educated youth. Not only did she hit us, but she also hurled incredibly foul insults at us. It was truly an insult to our ears. This old woman has ruined the good atmosphere of Xujia Village Brigade."
Xu Qiang glanced at Lu Chunping curiously. This educated youth had been causing trouble ever since she came to Xujia Village. He hadn't expected her to be so quick-witted, but she didn't seem to be a bad person at heart.
Fearing the brigade leaders wouldn't believe her, Wang Yaqin immediately chimed in, "What Lu Zhiqing said is all true. When we came in, we saw her smashing the frosted glass with a stick, and her aunt was pushed to the ground. Blood was gushing out; it was terrifying."
Xu Qiang twitched his lips. This educated youth from the city was quite good at using rhyming words.
The second wife was really scared, fearing that she would be convicted soon. She shouted, "Chunqin, Chunqin, your aunt really didn't break the law. I just came to get the quilt."
Yang Chunqin was comforting the two children. She figured that today's fright might have scared them out of their wits, and that would be a real problem.
This widow and her child were already pitiful, and Old Master Xu had instructed that they should be taken care of. How could Yang Chunqin dare to be careless?
Hearing the second wife's shout, Yang Chunqin also lost her temper: "Is it up to you to decide whether it's illegal or not? This person has nothing to do with your family anymore. What gives you the right to so brazenly ask to take the quilt? Do you know that's burglary? And you beat him up like this. That's intentional assault. You'll be punished for both crimes!"
The second wife's legs went weak with fear. If Jiang Chunlin and Zhao Jianhua hadn't held her back, she would have been sitting on the broken glass long ago.
The second wife seemed terrified, muttering repeatedly, "I just came to get the blanket, I didn't break the law, I didn't break the law."
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