"Smack!"
"You wretched woman, you troublemaker! Instead of picking perfectly good medicinal herbs, you insist on causing trouble everywhere!"
I'm telling you, you got yourself into this mess, so you'd better figure it out yourself! If you touch anything in the house, I'm divorcing you!
Old Liu didn't hold back at all, and kept hitting Granny Sun's face with force.
Everyone else is making money now, but he's stuck at home being laughed at. It's all his wife's fault!
If she had used her brain and properly gathered the medicinal herbs, she wouldn't have lost face like this!
Granny Sun took two solid slaps before dodging them, screaming in disbelief, "You want to divorce me? You're forcing me to die!"
They're both so old, and this old man actually wants to divorce her! He doesn't care if she lives or dies just for a tael of silver?
He usually beats and scolds her, and she doesn't mind as long as she has food to eat. But at a time like this, he still pushes her out, saying that she is not allowed to take anything from the house!
Looking at Old Man Liu's disdainful gaze, Granny Sun trembled with coldness. Thinking of all the grievances she had suffered over the years, she finally exploded:
"I'll beat this wretched old man to death! When I bore your children and did your laundry and cooking, why didn't you divorce me? Now that something's happened, you want to divorce me!"
You're not even human! When Dazhuang died, it was you who said his wife and kids were a burden, and that you wanted to separate them from him!
You made me cause trouble just to save face for you, but when the whole village was cursing me, you didn't say a word in my defense!
You know about this herb gathering thing, right? Didn't you say you'd gotten some benefits to buy me some wine to try, but things went wrong and you're blaming me? You want to divorce me?
Half of the things in the house were painstakingly saved up by me, why can't I take them? Why?!
You spineless coward! You're the only one who cares about your reputation! I've put up with so much humiliation because of your old face! I'll beat you to death, you old geezer!
Anyway, I have no one left on my family's side. Even if you beg to divorce me, I'm doomed anyway. I'll drag you down with me even in death, so you can ruin my life!
Granny Sun was clearly furious. She rode on top of Old Man Liu and beat him mercilessly. Not only was Old Man Liu caught off guard, but everyone else was also dumbfounded.
"I never expected Brother Liu to be this kind of person. He usually seems honest and doesn't talk much, but I never imagined he had so many thoughts and such a complicated mind."
"So it was his idea to kick Xiangxiu's family out! He made Granny Sun take the blame because he was afraid of being criticized! What kind of man is this! He dares to do it but doesn't dare to admit it!"
"Tsk tsk, to divorce his wife for a tael of silver? How old is he? Doesn't he have any shame?"
According to Granny Sun, he knew about the herb gathering and was even trying to take advantage of the situation! No wonder he drove Granny Sun to this point.
As they talked, they suddenly realized that Granny Sun was also a pitiful person.
Aunt Li spit out a "Pah!" to extinguish everyone's goodwill, "This is what they call 'two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed,' turtles and tortoises are family!"
Everyone suddenly realized that this was exactly how they acted as a family.
She hides at home all day gossiping about others, her mind is always thinking about taking advantage of others. When she gets something, she shamelessly blames others. When she gets into trouble, she runs away faster than anyone else. She just wants to shift the blame. Granny Sun is no different from Old Man Liu!
Everyone could laugh at the sight of Old Man Liu and Granny Sun fighting, but the village head couldn't just ignore it; he was really worried sick!
Seeing that Old Man Liu and Granny Sun's two sons and daughters-in-law were standing by motionless, he became even more furious. "Erzhuang, Sanzhuang! Look at the mess your parents are making! Hurry up and pull them apart!"
I really don't know how they raised their kids! The parents were fighting, and they still had the leisure to watch the show!
Liu Erzhuang and Liu Sanzhuang shuddered and quickly stepped forward to pull the two apart. Granny Sun's face was swollen high, and her wrinkles looked much less. Old Man Liu didn't look good either, with bloodstains all over his face and a bald patch on his head.
"You wretched woman, what's wrong with you, you having an epileptic fit!"
He's completely lost face! He got beaten up by an old woman and then got all sorts of nonsense said about him. The whole village will be gossiping about him from now on!
Li Zhengqi said angrily, "Shut up! You should keep your family matters to yourselves behind closed doors. Aren't you ashamed enough already?"
"Now hand over the one tael of silver belonging to Chen An and his wife! If you can't pay with silver, you can offer something as payment!"
Old Liu has always been such a good-for-nothing, beating his wife and children at the drop of a hat, yet he always acts like a nice old man. I never liked him.
Now that his wife has caused trouble, he's hitting her and yelling about divorcing her—that's what he's saying to them! Does he think he can avoid paying compensation that way?
Old Liu's face scrunched up like a bitter gourd. "Brother Village Head, don't you know my family's situation? Where are we going to get a tael of silver?"
Please forgive us this time, we promise we'll never say anything like that again!
After saying that, he immediately pleaded with Cheng Yue and Chen An, "Nephew Chen An, niece-in-law, I'll divorce this old woman today! As a way of giving you an explanation, okay?"
The village head, fearing the couple might have trouble speaking up, directly shut up Old Liu, saying, "Whether or not you divorce your wife is your family matter, how can you confuse it with paying compensation!"
They didn't neglect you when they were gathering medicinal herbs; it was you who were ungrateful and slandered them, even going so far as to cause trouble at their door! They haven't even bothered with you yet; they've already been more than kind!
"Your wife herself agreed to pay compensation! What, are you trying to back out?"
Old Liu's thoughts were exposed by the village head, and his face turned red and then pale.
Aunt Li sneered, "Making you pay money is already letting you off the hook! Look at Chen Gen, he had the same crime as you, but he paid money and was also punished with a cane!"
It's only because Cheng Yue sees you're all too old that she can't bear to see you suffer; otherwise, she would have thrown you all into the yamen long ago. You mustn't push your luck!
"Slandering others is a serious crime that ruins their reputation! If you really end up in court, your whole family will suffer. It's hard to say whether you'll even get out alive. A tael of silver isn't even worth a few lives."
Aunt Li and Aunt Zhou worked together, one saying a word after the other, which frightened Old Man Liu and the others into silence. They also flattered Cheng Yue.
Liu Erzhuang and Liu Sanzhuang were almost in tears. "Father, Mother! We don't want to go to the yamen!"
They didn't participate in anything, so why are they being dragged into this misfortune? Other parents know to save good things for their children, but their parents only know how to harm them!
The eldest brother is the best; he kicked the bucket and died, so I don't have to put up with this!
Having said all that, Old Man Liu had no choice but to accept his fate: "We'll pay!"
Granny Sun quickly handed over the two hundred coins she had in her hand, and then went into the house to find money. Unfortunately, she only had a little over six hundred coins in total, which was not enough.
Finally, they caught the only two old hens in the house, and with that loss, they didn't even have enough money left for their coffins!
After receiving the silver and the old hen, Cheng Yue looked at the Liu family members who were filled with despair and deliberately said, "We've already compensated for everything, so let's consider this matter over. But if there's a next time, I won't be so lenient."
"Sigh, I know you're all having a hard time. I specifically asked everyone to gather medicinal herbs to earn money, but who would have thought Aunt Sun would be harmed by someone with malicious intent? Sigh... You were supposed to be earning money..."
These words only made things worse. The more they were said, the more resentful Old Man Liu and his two brothers felt. Yes, they should have been rich!
My own mother (wife) may be brainless, but the people most to blame are Zhao and Chen Ping!
Why is it that I lost money and my old hen, while they are all unharmed!
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