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Chapter 292: The Farmer's Spring Field ...
The more Mrs. Hua thought about it, the more she felt that it was Wang Huazhi who had harmed her. She had long noticed that her son treated the widow differently and would always secretly help the widow behind other people's backs. If she hadn't always scolded him, he would have restrained himself and would have been drowned by the villagers' gossip. Even so, some villagers gossiped and caused her to quarrel with others many times. If she hadn't been so powerful, she and her son would have been unable to hold their heads up in the village!
In the countryside, widows are not shameful, but it is not a good thing for a widow to remarry or for a family to marry a widow. This is different from a divorced or divorced woman, because at least such a woman does not have the reputation of being a jinx.
Hua Pozi is a widow herself, living with such an honest son like Niu Dabao. If she were not so cunning and had the ability to act as a matchmaker, and if her husband died in a natural disaster, many people died at that time, and no one would blame her, she would not have a big reputation of being a bad wife, otherwise her life would be very bad. Even so, Hua Pozi is very concerned about her identity as a widow. Now her son is so close to a widow, and may even marry a widow with a son. She is unwilling to do so!
Mrs. Hua had told Wang Huazhi not to have such an idea, but after Wang Huazhi and her son Niu Dabao had been far away for a while, they came closer again, quietly. If she hadn't accidentally seen Niu Dabao and Wang Huazhi standing together, she would still be covered. This made her very angry. She thought her son was such an honest boy, but now he had learned to lie to her for this woman, and she disliked Wang Huazhi even more.
When Wang Huazhi went to her house to look for her, she had a stomachache. She almost died from the pain. Naturally, she suspected that Wang Huazhi had poisoned her and wanted to kill her. Then she could marry her son without any obstacles. It was a beautiful thought for her, and she didn't even consider whether she would have the chance!
"Widow Wang! If you find out today, I will have the head of the village send you to jail! You will not be able to harm others!"
When Mrs. Hua looked at Wang Huazhi's stubborn face that showed no fear, the little doubt she had in her heart disappeared in an instant, and she started yelling at Wang Huazhi.
Wang Huazhi's face turned even paler. She really didn't expect this to happen. She just went to the Niu family, how could this happen? She was accused of poisoning, she wouldn't dare to do it even if she had ten times the courage! But now Hua Pozi is really so horny that she almost died. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to explain it with a thousand mouths! She looked at Su Zhi, her eyes were full of pleading, and she didn't know why, she just felt that Su Zhi could find a way for her now. Thinking of her intelligence and her making money with her, she had long regarded Su Zhi as the kind of person who could do everything.
"Sister Zhao, please help me, help me. This really isn't me!"
"Aunt Shen, please help my mother. It wasn't my mother who did this!"
Tietou listened to his mother begging Su Zhi, and he also helped to speak on the side. Although he was still young, he heard it clearly. Now Hua Pozi said that her stomachache was caused by his mother, and wanted to put his mother in jail. How could that be possible? His mother was so good, it must not be his mother who did it, and he didn't want his mother to go to jail!
"Aunt Shen, if she goes to jail, she will be covered in bug bites and have no food to eat. Aunt Shen, I don't want my mother to go to jail! Help my mother, and I will do housework for you in the future. I won't eat your food."
Su Zhi felt bad when she heard Tietou say that. She thought that Wang Huazhi and her son were really pitiful. How could they get into such a situation? She really didn't believe that Wang Huazhi would do such a thing. She was more suspicious that Hua Pozi had eaten the wrong thing. But Hua Pozi said that Niu Dabao had eaten it with her, but Niu Dabao was fine. Before she had an examination, she would not determine what the result of this matter was.
Su Zhi asked Old Man Lan to call the village head.
This matter now involves human life. Although it may be just a misunderstanding, it is still a big deal. The village head must be called. And it just so happened that the county magistrate and others came, and the village head was also accompanying them. He is also in Fuyuan now, so it is very convenient to call him.
Old Man Lan went to call the village head.
The head of the village came very quickly, and Niu Dabao had already brought all the porridge from home. He ran there, and the distance between the two houses was not particularly far, so he was back and forth in a short while.
All the porridge was placed in a clay pot and placed on the table by Niu Dabao.
After listening to Su Zhi's story, the village head frowned. He thought that the village had always been peaceful and harmonious. Sometimes the villagers would quarrel and fight because of some conflicts, but that was open. He never thought that poisoning would happen. This was simply too bad, especially on a day like today, when the county magistrate and his entourage were all here to deliver good news, but this happened. If the county magistrate and his entourage knew about it, wouldn't they think that all the people in Hebian Village were unruly? Then he, the village head, would be responsible!
"Mrs. Hua, you can't talk nonsense about this. Maybe you just accidentally got sick from eating something, and it wasn't someone who poisoned you. We are all from the same village, and there isn't such a big hatred between us. I think you misunderstood."
"Li Zheng, I didn't misunderstand you! Don't think about siding with that widow Wang. Even if she is a widow, she has nothing to do with you! You have a wife and a daughter-in-law at home! Your grandson is still young!"
Mrs. Hua spoke loudly. She was also angry. Her son did not listen to her and got close to the widow. Now she almost died. She wanted to seek justice, but the head of the village sided with the widow. She was furious. When she finished speaking, she heard a few muffled laughs. She realized that they were from people who were watching the excitement. She realized that what she said was really unpleasant and regretted it. She didn't want to offend the head of the village.
"Well, head of the village, I almost died. I was so angry that I lost my mind. Please don't bother with me. I have a miserable life. Dabao's father died early, and I worked hard to raise my son alone. But my son was seduced by such a widow. I didn't agree, and this widow Wang wanted to poison me. I was so angry! Head of the village, you have to make the decision for me. You can't just look at the widow Wang and think she doesn't dare to do it just because she looks pitiful!"
Mrs. Hua sat back on the recliner again and started crying loudly. It turned out that the recliner was shaking back and forth. She had someone holding her up just now, so she didn't move around. Now she sat back suddenly without anyone holding her up, so of course she would move. The movement she made when she sat back was big, and she kept clapping her legs, so of course the recliner moved a lot, and it shook so suddenly that she was scared and her crying turned into screaming. Her hands moved around in the air, and she finally stood up again. She looked as weird as she could be, and all the people watching the fun started laughing.
The village head didn't smile. His face was blue with anger. What was this old lady Hua trying to do? Was she thinking that there was not enough noise here and wanted to attract people? What kind of words did she just say? What did she think of him as the village head? Humph! Just because of this attitude of old lady Hua, he didn't want to care about her matter, but he couldn't ignore it either. He could only slam the table angrily and let her be quiet.
"Just be quiet. I'm just mediating for you. What are you making trouble for?"
Mrs. Hua stood there obediently, thinking that she couldn't make the village head angry again, otherwise she would really side with Wang Huazhi, and even if she was right, he wouldn't help her. No matter how noisy she was, she didn't dare to quarrel with the village head. In this world, people can never fight against officials. The position of the village head is the highest official in their village! She didn't want to provoke him.
Wang Huazhi said, "Village head, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I just went to the Niu family. I didn't do anything."
Wang Huazhi also felt quite aggrieved. Niu Dabao was nice to her and she had a good impression of him, but she also knew that she was not worthy of Niu Dabao, and she didn't want to offend Hua Pozi, so she had no intention of doing anything with him. Hua Pozi always came to trouble her, and she just wanted to explain to her. Why would she have a stomachache when she thought of Hua Pozi? This was simply an unprovoked disaster that fell from the sky!
If Su Zhi had not personally examined her and given her medicine, proving that Hua Pozi really did have a stomachache, she would have almost thought that Hua Pozi was acting to trick her. Although the play was very real, she just couldn't have imagined that it would be such a coincidence that as soon as she went there, Hua Pozi would have a stomachache that made her want to die.
The head of the village looked at Wang Huazhi and sighed in his heart. When Wang Huazhi's husband was alive, he was considered a younger generation whom he took care of. Now that his son and daughter-in-law had encountered such a thing, he wanted to help take care of them, but he could not ignore Hua Pozi. After all, this was a serious case of poisoning!
"Don't worry, this matter will be investigated. If it's really not you who did it, you won't be wrongly accused."
"Thank you, Li Zheng."
Wang Huazhi thanked him. She believed in the village head. He was recognized as a fair and steady person in the village. With him presiding over the matter, she felt more confident.
At this time, Su Zhi had already gone to see the clay pot of porridge that Niu Dabao brought back.
The porridge in the earthenware pot was very thin, not as thick as Su Zhi thought. In her opinion, Niu Dabao's family would have more money, so even if it was thin, it would definitely be thicker. Especially when there was no dry food like biscuits, but this was obviously not the case.
Su Zhi naturally couldn't tell whether the porridge was poisonous just by looking or smelling it. She had to rely on external forces. She first took off the silver hairpin on her head and tried it. She found that it was not poisonous. Then she called Aunt Lan beside her, Q