Chapter 43 Your mother has been detained by Wang Shu's mother...
Liu Yiyi took out a green bottle, opened it and poured some for Lin Qing'an while introducing it: "This is pear wine, with honey added, so it should be a little sweet."
Lin Qingan smiled and said, "It's alright."
It's really no problem, because Lin Qing'an doesn't like drinking these fruit wines at all. He's not very worldly and only likes to have a couple of sips of wine on weekdays. Although he has a low alcohol tolerance, he doesn't drink too much.
After Liu Yiyi poured a bowl, Lin Qingan pushed it aside. A Meng quickly flew down and landed on the table, flapping its wings twice to express its gratitude to Liu Yiyi.
Before Liu Yiyi could understand what was happening, it had already started drinking from the bowl.
Lin Qingan quickly followed behind and explained, "It's thanking you."
Seeing that the half-bowl of wine was almost empty, Liu Yiyi asked Lin Qing'an in shock, "It can drink alcohol?"
Lin Qingan nodded, revealing everything directly to avoid any further shocks later.
“A Meng’s diet is almost the same as ours. He eats whatever we eat and he’s not picky about food.”
The fact that he can talk cannot be revealed for the time being. People's hearts are unpredictable, and Lin Qing'an doesn't want A Meng to be in danger.
Although Liu Yiyi was still shocked after hearing Lin Qing'an's explanation, she didn't ask any more questions and poured some more water for Lin Qing'an.
Lin Qing'an couldn't drink much; after pouring about two sips, he raised his hand to stop him, and said with an embarrassed smile, "I can't drink much."
Liu Yiyi didn't try to persuade him and stopped immediately. By then, A Meng had finished the wine in his bowl. He looked up at Liu Yiyi, and even though his pupils were just dark, Liu Yiyi could see his longing.
Liu Yiyi gently comforted him, "A-Meng, wait a moment, I'll pour you a different flavor."
After saying that, he picked up other wines and poured them for Ah Meng.
Lin Qing'an also picked up the pear wine and drank it. The wine was mild and not harsh on the throat. It wasn't as sweet as Liu Yiyi had described. The light pear aroma mixed with the fragrance of honey made it surprisingly delicious.
Before long, Liu Yiyi poured five or six kinds of fruit wine for Lin Qing'an and A Meng. Each glass was sweet and delicious. Lin Qing'an, who initially thought he couldn't drink, drank quite a lot.
As for Ah Meng, he poured more cups than Lin Qing'an in every cup, and drank at least a bowlful.
Looking at Ameng, who was curled up in the chair and fast asleep, Liu Yiyi knew that it was probably drunk.
Looking at Lin Qing'an again, Lin Qing'an raised his hazy eyes and met Liu Yiyi's gaze, smiling as he praised, "Good wine! Good wine! It will definitely fetch a good price when the time comes."
"Hiccup~"
Lin Qing'an couldn't help but hiccup, his eyes becoming a little blurry.
Seeing this, Liu Yiyi quickly poured him a bowl of tea and handed it to him, asking with concern, "Aqing, are you drunk?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qing'an jumped to his feet, waving his hands frantically in front of him, saying, "No, no, no, how could that be? It's just a little bit of fruit wine... *burp*"
Now Liu Yiyi was absolutely certain that he was drunk, and she felt a little scared.
Lin Qing'an, who had just stood up, sat down again, leaned on the stone table, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Liu Yiyi tried to help him up, but she couldn't budge him no matter what she did.
It was only at this point that she began to panic, feeling extremely frightened.
She had only known Lin Qing'an and Chen Gengnian for a few days, and she didn't know how Chen Gengnian would feel when he came back and saw that she had gotten his husband drunk.
Just as Liu Yiyi was about to try to help the person into the house a second time, as if on cue, Chen Gengnian and Lin Jing returned.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard, I smelled a faint aroma of wine. Looking up, I saw Lin Qing'an sleeping with her eyes closed on the table, her little face flushed. A Meng was also fast asleep in the chair.
Chen Gengnian hurriedly went forward to check.
Liu Yiyi, standing to the side, looked at the two of them somewhat embarrassed and called out, "You...you're back?"
Lin Jing hummed in agreement and asked, "What happened to them?"
Liu Yiyi gave an awkward smile and said softly, "Maybe... I was drunk."
"Huh?" Lin Jing put down her basket and asked incredulously, "You guys were drinking at home?"
"Hmm." Liu Yiyi looked at Lin Qing'an, who had already been pulled into Chen Gengnian's arms, and then explained, "I poured some fruit wine that I had made earlier for them to try. They didn't drink much, but they got drunk."
She spoke very softly at the end, her eyes constantly fixed on Chen Gengnian, afraid that he might jump up and beat her if he got angry, since he seemed to dote on his husband.
Chen Gengnian picked up the person, then grabbed A Meng's leg with one hand, and stood up to say to Lin Jing and Liu Yiyi, "I'll take them back to sleep first. Just do as I say about that matter, don't get involved with Zhou Caixia. Let's see what A Meng has to say when he's awake."
"good."
When this matter was mentioned, Lin Jing's face, which had finally regained its composure, was instantly filled with anger again.
Liu Yiyi didn't know what had happened, but from their conversation, she knew something was wrong.
Chen Gengnian carried one in his arms and held another in his hand as he strode out of Lin Jing's courtyard.
As soon as he left, Liu Yiyi asked Lin Jing, "Jing, what's wrong? Did something happen?"
Lin Jing sighed deeply, raised her hand and pointed to the basket on her back. Liu Yiyi looked over and saw that there were only a small amount of toon leaves in the basket.
Lin Jing then said, "I went to pick Chinese toon in the morning, but most of them were picked by Zhou Caixia and Lin Yongxin. I don't know what time they went, but almost all of them were picked. Even the ones that were still left were beaten to a pulp by them with sticks."
After Lin Jing finished speaking, thinking that Liu Yiyi didn't know who these two people were, she explained, "Oh, these two are A Qing's third uncle and aunt. A Qing also has a second uncle and aunt, who have completely severed ties with A Qing some time ago."
Liu Yiyi understood and asked in confusion, "I heard you say before that the villagers don't like to eat toon leaves, why is it suddenly so unusual?"
Lin Jing was also completely baffled, and slapped her thigh in frustration, saying, "Who knows! Maybe they've found a more profitable sales channel..."
"Brother Nian, your mother has been detained by Wang Shu's mother!"
Before Lin Jing could finish speaking, a shout came from behind the house into the yard.
Upon hearing this, he immediately ran out, and Liu Yiyi followed closely behind.
As Chen Gengnian carried Lin Qing'an onto his path, he heard Lin Shunzi's shout from behind.
He turned around and asked, "What happened?"
Shunzi anxiously explained, "For some reason, my aunt ran into Wang Shu's mother when she passed by her house and was pulled into the yard. My aunt kept saying she didn't want to go, but Wang Shu's mother wouldn't let go of her no matter what. You should go and see!"
Chen Gengnian frowned deeply, picked up Lin Qing'an and ran home, while Lin Jing turned to Liu Yiyi and said, "You go back, I'll go see what's going on first."
After saying that, she turned around and ran towards Wang Shu's house. Liu Yiyi knew that she couldn't help much if she followed, so she could only wait anxiously in the courtyard.
After putting Lin Qing'an on the bed, Chen Gengnian rushed downstairs.
Meanwhile, Wang Shu's house was bustling with activity. Bright red "double happiness" characters were pasted all over the courtyard walls and doors, and several large tables of food and drink were set up in the courtyard. At the gate, Chen Yuetao was holding onto the threshold tightly while Wu Xiangmei frantically pulled her inside.
Meanwhile, Baifu, who had come with Chen Yuetao, was pinned to the ground on a high stool for some unknown reason, struggling and barking incessantly.
Chen Yuetao's hand was gripped painfully, and she roared, "Wu Xiangmei, let go of me!"
"Let you go?" Wu Xiangmei displayed the still-bleeding wound on her hand in front of everyone. "Your dog bit me, why should I let you go?"
"You, Wu Xiangmei, ask yourself honestly, why did my dog hurt you?" Chen Yuetao said angrily. "If you hadn't insisted on dragging me in, this wouldn't have happened!"
Today is Wang Shu's wedding banquet. Although there are not many guests, Wu Xiangmei can't be too vicious, so she pretends to be aggrieved and acts like a nice person.
“Gengnian’s mother, I just wanted to invite you in for a drink at my wedding. Who knew you would think I was going to do something to you? My good intentions have been taken for granted.”
Although Wu Xiangmei spoke with feigned grievance, she secretly exerted great force in her hands, causing Chen Yuetao to gasp in shock.
Chen Yuetao was furious. She struggled a few times, but she was no match for the other person's strength. She could only roar, "Who wants to drink your wedding wine? I already said I was just passing by. Why are you being so unreasonable?"
Seeing her yell, Wu Xiangmei felt she was losing face and yelled back, "Listen to what you're saying! Do you even believe what you're saying? Don't you know what you're doing sneaking around in my backyard?"
"What did I do? What do you have that I could possibly covet?" Chen Yuetao was furious and regretted going out today, wondering how she could have encountered such a unreasonable person.
"Of course!" Wu Xiangmei stopped pretending and sneered, "You're just after my son's husband. You were jealous of my Shu-ge when he broke off his engagement with your lame young man."
Enraged, Wu Xiangmei used all her strength to twist Chen Yuetao's arm, causing Chen Yuetao to break out in a cold sweat.
Wu Xiangmei demanded fiercely, "Speak! Are you thinking of some insidious plan to ruin my son's wedding banquet?"
Only then did the women who were close to Chen Yuetao and had received a lot of help from Chen Gengnian dare to step forward to help when they saw her painful expression, and they all helped to pull Wu Xiangmei's hands away.
Wu Xiangmei's side also had quite a few people, and seeing that someone was helping, they all went up to help, including Zhang Cuiping, Zhou Caixia, and the wives of Lin Erzhu and others.
These people had suffered a great injustice that day and blamed everything on Chen Gengnian and Lin Jing, so they harbored resentment in their hearts and acted without restraint.
The two groups were in a chaotic mess, tearing and pulling at each other. It was clear that Chen Yuetao's side was at a disadvantage, and several women had their hands scratched in the chaos.
Wang Shu and the men, who had previously ignored the women's petty tricks and were only focused on drinking, realized something was wrong and quickly stepped in to break up the fight.
This pull caused some of the women to lose their composure when they saw their wives' hands were scratched. The women complained to their husbands, and it's unclear which man couldn't bear to see his wife injured, but he punched her first.
At this moment, all the men started to join in.
In an instant, all the men and women in the courtyard were engaged in a chaotic brawl.
Baifu screamed heart-wrenchingly under the stool.
Even those few spectators who wanted to go up and pull him didn't dare.
When Lin Jing arrived, she saw the crowd fighting amongst themselves. She rushed anxiously into the crowd to find Chen Yuetao.
In the chaos, Chen Yuetao was pinned down by Wu Xiangmei. Lin Jing tried to pull her away, but as soon as she reached out, someone grabbed her and scratched her. Blood immediately appeared on several claw marks. Ignoring the pain, she tried to lift Wu Xiangmei up, but Wu Xiangmei wouldn't let go and continued to scratch Chen Yuetao under her.
When Chen Gengnian rushed over, he saw this absurd scene. He was the first to move the heavy table and bench that were pressing down on Baifu. Baifu immediately got up and tried to rush into the crowd, but after only two steps, he fell to the ground with a thud.
When Chen Gengnian saw Baifu's bloody, pale hind legs, his heart bled. He couldn't care less about anything else and patted Baifu on the shoulder, saying, "I'm here."
The fighting in the courtyard was chaotic, with people crying and screaming, while the onlookers were thoroughly enjoying themselves.
The group of people fighting fiercely got more and more excited as they fought, and they went so far as to use sticks.
Chen Gengnian immediately saw his mother, Lin Jing, Wu Xiangmei, and Wang Shu's father, Wang Lixing, wrestling together. He picked up a bench from the side, called out to Lin Jing, and when she dodged, he threw it at her from a distance.
Before Wang Lixing could react, he was knocked to the ground by the stool. Before he could get up, Lin Jing straddled him and started punching him repeatedly.
Chen Gengnian rushed over, grabbed Wu Xiangmei, and threw her away forcefully. Then he quickly pulled Chen Yuetao out of the water.
Chen Yuetao's hair was in a mess, and her face and body were covered in injuries. She was trembling slightly. Chen Gengnian carried her to a stool and coaxed her, saying, "Mother, it's okay, it's okay, your son is here. Don't be afraid... don't be afraid, no one will bully you anymore."
Chen Gengnian kept stroking Chen Yuetao's back to comfort her, which finally stopped Chen Yuetao from crying.
She suppressed her sobs and pointed towards Lin Jing, urging Chen Gengnian, "Go quickly and save Jing girl."
Seeing that Lin Jing had the upper hand, Chen Gengnian got up and walked over slowly, stopping next to Wang Lixing. When Lin Jing saw him coming over, she punched Wang Lixing twice more before getting up and moving aside.
Wang Lixing was so badly beaten that he could barely see the person in front of him. When he saw that it was Chen Gengnian, he was about to speak when Chen Gengnian raised his foot. Before he could even beg for mercy, he was sent flying.
Thud—
The sound of the table collapsing stopped everyone fighting, and they all looked towards the source of the sound. They saw Wang Lixing lying under the table and chairs, with bright red blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"father--"
Wang Shu, who was stunned after being beaten while trying to break up the fight, scrambled up from the base of the wall and stumbled over.
Wu Xiangmei struggled to her feet and tried to go over, but Chen Gengnian stopped her after she had only taken two steps.
Trembling, she begged Chen Gengnian for mercy: "Young man... I... I... I'll never... dare to do it again, please let us go..."
Wu Xiangmei's teeth chattered as she spoke, and she swayed unsteadily.
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Author's Note: Haven't said anything for several chapters (muah)
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