"This has nothing to do with me, why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Cuihua felt a little guilty and silently walked behind the crowd.
"This has nothing to do with you, Chen Cuihua. You are shameless! Xichun is your niece. You just made an excuse to call me and the villagers over, just to give this fool a chance. How could you be so vicious? If my husband hadn't come, Xichun would have been killed by you!"
Aunt Zhang pretended to suddenly realize something and slapped Chen Cuihua across the face.
"I didn't do anything. I just asked you for a favor. Why do you think of me like that?"
"Alright, let's do as Xichun says and take this kid back to the village so the village chief can deal with him." The villagers, seeing this, immediately understood what was going on and agreed with Xichun's suggestion.
When everyone brought Wu's son to the village chief's house, the villagers heard about the commotion and came out to watch.
"What's going on here? Why are you all at my doorstep?" The village chief opened the door and saw the villagers gathered around his house.
“Village chief, there’s a simpleton here who’s trying to ruin Xichun’s reputation. My son and I happened to be coming back from town when we found out. We caught him on the spot, but he said his mother made him do it. We don’t know him at all. We can only ask the village chief to decide whether to report it to the authorities or find his family.”
Uncle Zhang stepped forward. Everyone knew that he and his son often helped Xichun and Aunt Zhang push the cart, so the villagers had no reason to doubt their presence.
This is the kid. He looks tall and strong, but he has the heart of a child and keeps crying for his mother.
"Is that so? Let me see... Hey, isn't this... isn't this Wu Er from my mother's village? How come it's you?" The village chief's wife also heard the commotion and came out. Upon seeing him, she realized that the silly boy was indeed the one from her mother's village.
"Auntie, do you know this person?" Aunt Zhang asked, stepping forward as well.
“I know. He’s been sick since he was a child, so his mind isn’t very sharp, just like that six-year-old’s. Logically speaking, he shouldn’t know Xichun. How come he ran into Xichun today? I remember his mother usually wouldn’t let him leave the village.”
The village chief's wife wasn't stupid either; she naturally guessed what was going on. Remembering Xichun's offer to help, she stepped forward and claimed responsibility for the person.
“Village chief, aunt, this silly boy said that his mother and his aunt told him that as long as I hold on to him and don’t let go, I will become his wife. If I hadn’t been carrying a knife and hadn’t run into Uncle Zhang, my innocence would have been ruined. I think we should ask his family to come over. They used such a method to ruin someone’s innocence. If it had been a girl from our village instead of me today, wouldn’t she have been wrongly accused?”
Xichun loudly proclaimed the matter in front of everyone, which made everyone uneasy. What if their own daughters met such a silly boy and were hugged by him in the future? Wouldn't they lose their innocence?
"Alright, send a few men to Wu Family Village and bring his parents here." The village chief hadn't expected the Chen family to do such a despicable thing. Wasn't this pushing Xichun into a fire pit?
One of the people mingled in the crowd secretly ran towards the direction of Old Lady Chen's house.
At this moment, Old Lady Chen and her two daughters-in-law were waiting for news from the village, preferably news that Xichun was being held by a mentally challenged boy. Then they could openly marry Xichun to the boy, receive the betrothal gifts, and the Wu family would get a daughter-in-law.
"Mother, I just saw that the Wu family boy you mentioned seems to have been arrested." The one who slipped out from the crowd was Old Lady Chen's eldest grandson, who knew about their plan.
"Oh, could it be that our plan has succeeded? No matter how smug Chen Xichun is, she still can't beat me. Let's see if she'll bow her head this time." Old Mrs. Chen said happily.
"Grandma, that silly boy failed and was caught. He's been sent to the village chief's house. The village chief's wife recognized him and has already sent someone to Wu Family Village to find his parents."
"What? It didn't work. Sigh, that silly boy. He can't even handle such a simple task. It's alright, let's not go over there. This has nothing to do with us. It's just that silly boy's fault for being stupid." For a moment, Old Mrs. Chen was worried that someone would point it out, but after thinking about it, she realized that they weren't there, so she calmed down and told her family members not to reveal anything.
The boy's parents were soon brought in, along with the village chief of Wujia Village. The village chief's wife went over and told him what had happened. He couldn't stop them from punishing the family, since they had ruined the girl's reputation, which was tantamount to taking her life.
“We don’t know anything. His father and I went to the fields today, and when we came back, the boy was gone. We thought he had gone to play with the villagers. He’s just a little slow-witted, and he didn’t do it on purpose. Since he didn’t hurt the girl, please let it go, village chiefs.”
When Madam Wu saw that her son had failed and had been arrested, she could only make excuses on the spot, saying that her son was stupid.
"Do you know how serious this mistake is? If he weren't an idiot, even if everyone in our village beat him to death, he would deserve it. You parents know your children have problems, yet you don't keep a close eye on them. What will you do if they go out and ruin some girl's life?" The village chief was furious at their attitude.
“Village chief, this silly boy himself said that his mother told him this, so I think we should hold his parents accountable. Otherwise, if they continue to use this method, will the girls in the village dare to go out?” Xi Chun naturally disagreed with handling it this way.
“My son has a mental problem, and you have a mental problem too? You believe everything he says?” Madam Wu naturally started to argue again.
"Alright, your son has made a big mistake. You parents not only don't apologize to the girl, but you're also talking about others. Second son, tell your uncle, did your mother tell you to do this?" The village chief of Wu Family Village couldn't stand it anymore and asked the silly boy on the spot.
"My mother said I can't tell her, or I won't have a wife, and without a wife I won't be able to have children to play with." The silly boy shook his head.
"It's okay, just tell me secretly, I won't tell anyone else."
"Mom said that if you want a wife and babies, you have to hold onto her. Auntie said that the best-looking one is the best wife. Hehe." The silly boy was really fooled.
"Who is your aunt?" The village chief knew that he didn't have a biological aunt.
“My aunt is my wife’s aunt. She said that my wife can earn money to buy me candied hawthorns in the future.”
"Could it be Xichun's aunt, Madam Du?" People around began to speculate.
"Go and call the Chen family here. I want to find out who these outsiders are who are harming my own niece!" The village chief heard this and immediately called two people over.
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