Second Grandpa hurried forward to stop him, "No, no, absolutely no, this is unacceptable. We are all upright farmers. How can we just chop off someone's leg?"
"Second uncle is right." Jiang Zhengmao agreed. He looked at the two of them and said hesitantly, "These two are very strange. We didn't do anything, but they seem very uncomfortable. I'm afraid there is something wrong. We should leave quickly. If we get blackmailed, how can we explain it?"
The strangeness of Liu Sanrong and Widow Qiao was not only noticed by the people of Shili Village. After hearing what Jiang Zhengmao said, some people began to speculate in low voices.
"Did these two do something bad and feel bad about it?"
"Forget about Liu San, but the widow doesn't look guilty at all."
"That's right, she still thinks she's the victim!"
"It would be great if the Bodhisattva appeared and tortured them to death!"
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Since Jiang Zhengmao said so, Boss Jiang naturally would not be stubborn, but he still had to vent his anger. Widow Qiao was a woman, and it was not easy for them to deal with her, so they could only teach Liu Sanrong a lesson.
Qian Xiuzhu and Zheng Wangshi exchanged a glance, and Zheng Wangshi said, "The child's crying has stopped. Mother-in-law, let's help this woman in. After all, there is still a baby to feed."
The two men did what they said and helped Widow Qiao into the house.
Someone approached the house and listened, but didn't hear anything. He could only smack his lips, thinking that these people were quite kind-hearted and didn't hold grudges.
By the time Qian Xiuzhu and Zheng Wangshi came out of the house, the other members of the Liu family had finally arrived.
The people who wanted to leave suddenly became interested again.
"What are you doing? Is there any justice or morality?!" A skinny old man squeezed his way up to the people of Shili Village. After seeing Liu Sanrong lying on the ground, he screamed, pushed Boss Jiang away, threw himself on Liu Sanrong and started crying.
"Mr. Liu, you came at the right time. Please return my sister's dowry." said Mr. Jiang.
When he heard that he had to hand over the silver, the old man's voice suddenly stopped as if someone had strangled him.
He wiped his tears and was about to say something when Liu Sanrong, who was curled up on the ground with his head covered, suddenly screamed and rolled over.
The constant sharp pain in his head prevented Liu Sanrong from fainting no matter how hard he was beaten. Instead, it made him more awake and he could clearly feel the dull pain of the fists hitting his body. The sudden increase in pain made his mind clearer.
He turned over and knelt on the ground, his face full of tears or snot, and said to Old Man Liu: "Dad, I beg you, give them ten taels of silver and let them go! Otherwise, I will die! Please!"
Old man Liu didn't want to agree. When Jiang Tao married into the Liu family, she only brought three taels of silver as a dowry, and the rest were worthless things. Ten taels of silver was too much!
Liu Sanrong had no choice but to stumble back into the house and hand over the ten taels of silver he had hidden to Boss Jiang with trembling hands. "Brother, brother, I know I was wrong. I really am. I have let Jiang Tao down. I deserve to die! From now on, I will kneel before the Buddha and repent every day. Please give me the antidote. I really can't bear it anymore!"
He thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure out the reason for this strange headache. He just thought that the Jiang family had given him some medicine, so he told everyone.
Boss Jiang found him baffling, what medicine was that?
Taking the silver and shaking it in his hand, he stopped looking at Liu Sanrong who was kneeling on the ground and said loudly: "Thank you all, elders and fellow villagers, for coming here to seek justice for my sister. I, Jiang Boliang, would like to express my gratitude to you all!"
He bowed deeply to the crowd, and the rest of the people in Shili Village followed him. Then he waved his hand, and the group pushed through the crowd and hurried away.
Seeing Jiang Huaixu following him obediently, Yun Qi glanced at Liu Sanrong, who was lying on the ground with a face still full of pain, and quickened his pace.
Someone behind them applauded, and the applause grew louder.
As dusk deepened, when I returned to the foot of the mountain, every family was busy cooking. Standing on a high place and looking down, I felt a peaceful and harmonious scene.
Someone noticed them and quickly surrounded them to ask what was going on. Those involved in the incident excitedly recounted what they had seen and heard in the town, focusing on the tragic situation of the two people.
Jiang Zhengmao was still puzzled. "This is weird. Liu Sanrong is fine, but we didn't touch Widow Qiao at all, so why is she acting like she got beaten up? Isn't this just a scam?"
A man said, "She's just pretending, right? That woman is always good at pretending to be pitiful!"
"I think so too. Seeing her pitiful appearance, people started speaking up for her!"
While everyone was discussing, the instigator Jiang Huaixu kept circling around Zheng Li Niang.
She had forgotten to buy food in town and was now starving.
Many people followed behind Jiang Huaixu.
Jiang Wei: "Little sister, tell me what's going on in town?"
"Go ask Third Brother!" Jiang Huaixu wanted to send Jiang Wei and the little kid she brought with her away.
Jiang Sanlang also went, but just served as a background figure like Jiang Erlang, enjoying the fun. If he could have been more careful about not gloating too obviously, he would have jumped up and applauded.
"He's busy!" Jiang Wei refused to listen. What her third brother said was not as good as what her youngest sister said. Every time she listened to her youngest sister's stories, it was like listening to a storyteller in a teahouse. Although she had never heard of a storyteller, it couldn't stop her from imagining it.
Jiang Huaixu looked at the hesitant Liu Ye'er, picked up the meat pie that Zheng Li Niang had made with the pork she had bought, took a bite, squinted his eyes happily, and said perfunctorily: "Let's talk about it tonight, let's talk about it later."
Jiang Wei stomped her feet, picked up a meat pie and ran to listen to Boss Jiang bragging.
"Sister Xu."
Seeing the children running away with Jiang Wei, Liu Yeer moved closer to Jiang Huaixu and couldn't help asking her own question, "Have you seen my brother?"
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