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Chapter 352: The cornered dog jumps over the wall
Mrs. Hua was happily talking about the Zhao family's scandals, but when she saw the indifferent look on Su Zhi's face, she gradually lost the desire to talk. She thought Su Zhi was too kind-hearted, and she couldn't be so happy about Zhao Xiaohua's affairs that she must be displeased with herself, right?
"Well, niece, I'm not so happy just because Zhao Xiaohua is in trouble. You know I get angry when I hear something. Well, Zhao Xiaohua is just getting what she deserves. Don't sympathize with her. If she hadn't given Mr. Qian that aphrodisiac, would she have ended up like this? People should not be too arrogant. If they are too arrogant, they will be punished by God."
Mrs. Hua looked at Su Zhi and explained to herself that Su Zhi was different now. She was rich and powerful. She also had a son. Now her son worked for Su Zhi's family and could earn a lot of money a month. It was much easier than farming!
Su Zhi smiled when she saw that Hua Pozi was being cautious. She just felt a little miserable about Zhao Xiaohua's fate as a woman, but she had no sympathy for Zhao Xiaohua. Just like Hua Pozi said, she deserved it, and it was not so unfair for a woman like her to marry a man like Mao Laizi.
"You mean, what happened to Mr. Qian? Is he very angry?"
Qian Guang was really in trouble this time. Just because he was rich and good-looking, he was almost tricked by Zhao Xiaohua. Fortunately, it didn't work. Otherwise, a man like Qian Guang might really marry Zhao Xiaohua. Even if he said he was wronged, who would believe him? No matter how rich his family was, he couldn't just deny it after ruining a farm girl with a clean background. He had to bring Zhao Xiaohua into the Qian family, at least as a concubine.
Seeing that Su Zhi was not unhappy, and even asked her questions, Hua Pozi smiled again and said, "Mr. Qian is fine. He left the Zhao family early. It's a pity that he ran away so quickly. Otherwise, a good young man would have married such a woman. A young man like him, there is no woman he wants to marry. Even the rich girls in the city line up to choose. How can he be interested in Zhao Xiaohua? Pah!"
Su Zhi had already gotten out of the car and was walking with Hua Pozi. Listening to her talking, I didn't feel annoyed.
From Hua Pozi's mouth, Su Zhi knew that the Zhao family was in chaos. Even the head of the village had gone there. It was really a scandal that such a thing had happened in Hebian Village.
In ancient times, adultery between men and women was still considered shameful. In some places, the offenders would be whipped and beaten with sticks if the offense was serious. Or even put in a pig cage! Even in a village like Hebian Village where there was no such punishment, it was still shameful. Even if two people were in love and had not yet married, they would be branded as shameless. If the relationship was not based on mutual affection but was forced by one party, regardless of whether the woman was pitiful or not, she would still be criticized. Most people would choose to go along with the trend and marry the man, while a few would not. But they would not be able to hold their heads up high in the future and would not be able to marry into a good family.
This time, the affair between Zhao Xiaohua and Mao Laizi was discovered by the villagers. Now she has only two choices: one is to marry Mao Laizi. The other is not to marry, but she may not be able to marry in the future. Or she can marry far away.
When I was almost at the river, I saw Li Sheng walking towards me from a distance.
"Nephew Li Sheng, where are you going? You look so anxious. What's going on with the Zhao family?"
Mrs. Hua went up to ask in a hurry. She knew that Zhao Sheng was at home today and had gone with the head of the village. She couldn't get into Zhao's house, so she had to go home again, and that's why she came back. Now she was anxious to know the result.
Li Sheng's face was not looking good. Although today's incident was Zhao family's business, it was not a good thing after all. If people from other villages knew about it, they would say that the people of Hebian Village were not upright. His father was the head of the village, and he also wanted to be a head of the village in the future. Hebian Village could not bear this reputation!
Li Sheng greeted them and said to Shen Zian, "Zian, I'm going to your old house. Master Qian must be there. I need to invite him. Can you come with me? I have some troubles today."
Shen Zian asked: "What's the trouble?"
Li Sheng glanced at Hua Pozi, who clapped her hands exaggeratedly and said, "Li Sheng, don't hide it anymore. The whole village knows about what happened today. Even if I want to talk about it, it's something that the whole village knows. Even if you don't let me know, I can still find out. Just tell me!"
Li Sheng sighed and said, "Zhao Xiaohua insisted that it was Master Qian who harmed her. She said Master Qian came to her house for tea and wanted to molest her, but she didn't want to. Mao Laizi saw it, so she pushed her to Mao Laizi."
Su Zhi was stunned. Was Zhao Xiaohua making up a story? How could such a thing happen? She really didn't believe Qian Guang was such a person. After all, Qian Guang had saved her and Xiao Ri before. In her heart, he was a good young man. She felt that it was not true that someone wanted to molest Zhao Xiaohua and then pushed Zhao Xiaohua to be insulted by others. Was this Zhao Xiaohua's struggle?
Mrs. Hua clapped her hands and laughed, "This shameless little girl! She is about to die but she still wants to take a bite! Is she planning to rely on Mr. Qian? This shameless woman! She really has the nerve to say that. Will Mr. Qian molest her? Does she really think she is a bun and everyone wants to take a bite of her!"
Li Sheng said, "That's right, but now that she has said so, we have to ask Master Qian to confront her. Zi'an, Master Qian seems to be in your old house now. You know this is really shameful, and he must be very angry. Come with me, and I will feel more at ease."
Li Sheng knew that Shen Zian was very powerful now. Whenever Young Master Qian came to Hebian Village, he had to go to Fuyuan. If he was friends with Shen Ziju, he had more respect for Shen Zian's family than friends. This was the respect he wanted now. He hoped that Young Master Qian would not be too angry and leave without giving him face. It was better to solve this matter face to face. He was really afraid that if Young Master Qian left, Zhao Xiaohua would make trouble in the town, which would be a great loss of face.
Shen Zian nodded, looked at Su Zhi, and said, "Wife, you go home first."
Su Zhi said, "I'll go with you."
Several people went together to invite Qian Guang.
Qian Guang is very angry now. He came to Hebian Village to find Shen Zian and Su Zhi. They also have some business dealings. He was anxious to see Su Zhi, so he did not go to the Shen's old house first, but went to the east side of the river along the path behind the village. As a result, he found out that Shen Zian and Su Zhi were not there, and he didn't know when they would come back. He was about to go to the Shen's old house, but he met Zhao Xiaohua.
Zhao Xiaohua had been rescued by Qian Guang before. When she saw him, she warmly invited him in for a cup of tea. He didn't want to go in, but Zhao Xiaohua insisted on blocking his way. He thought he just wanted to have a cup of tea, so he went in. He never expected that there was only Zhao Xiaohua and a little maid in the Zhao family, and no one else. He thought he would just drink a sip of tea and come out quickly, but he didn't expect that he was being plotted against.
Qian Guang became furious when he thought about the situation at that time.
When Li Sheng and his friends arrived, Qian Guang and the Shen family had already known about the Zhao family's affairs. Sanlang had hurried back to tell them. When they heard that Qian Guang's affairs were also involved, they were all very surprised. Shen Ziju then realized why Qian Guang had a bad look on his face when he came. It turned out that he had encountered such an incident. The Shen family was comforting Qian Guang when Li Sheng came and brought them such a shocking incident. Not to mention Qian Guang, even the Shen family felt that Zhao Xiaohua was too shameless.
"This Zhao Xiaohua is usually extremely vain and once boasted that she would rather marry a rich man as a concubine than marry a poor man as a wife. Now she wants to frame Brother Qian, but she failed. Does she want to throw dirty water on him again? No one will believe her! Brother Qian, don't worry, we don't believe her. We all know what kind of person you are."
"Thank you, Sister Pearl."
Qian Guang suppressed his anger and thanked Shen Zhu. He couldn't help but glance at Su Zhi, wondering if she believed it. When he saw that Su Zhi didn't look contemptuous or sarcastic towards him, he thought she didn't believe it either. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he hated Zhao Xiaohua to the core.
"Since she wants to slander me, I will confront her! Let's go!"
Qian Guang bowed to everyone in the Shen family, then strode outside.
Shen Ziju thought about it and followed. Shen Zhu was also worried. She thought Qian Guang needed someone to stand by him at this time. Since she wanted to marry him, she had to let him think that she cared about him. So she hurriedly followed. Shen Youfu and Shen Zhangshi did not follow. They looked at the group of people going out and hoped that the matter would be settled soon. This was the best marriage they had thought of for Shen Zhu. Qian Guang's future was also related to Shen Zhu, so nothing could go wrong.
When they arrived at Zhao's house, they saw a lot of people standing in front of the door. The gate was wide open, and there were not many people in the yard. There was a man standing guard in front of the gate. This man was the servant hired by the Zhang family.
As soon as Qian Guang arrived, he attracted everyone's attention. Qian Guang was dressed in a long robe, and walked with great vigor. His brows were filled with anger, which made people feel that he was very righteous. The people of Hebian Village, who did not believe Zhao Xiaohua's words, did not believe it now. How could a man with the character and family background of Qian Gongzi do such a wicked thing? Zhao Xiaohua must have been desperate!
He entered the Zhao family's house smoothly and went straight to the Zhao family's living room. He saw the village head and others were inside. Zhao Xiaohua was sitting on a chair with messy hair and red and swollen eyes. When he saw Qian Guang coming in, he stared at him with eyes full of resentment and tears flowed down his face.
(Lishu Literature)