Chapter 29: Caught in adultery

"Did you encounter a rapist?"

Shi Wenya whispered to Pu Xiang.

It's not her fault. Something just happened in the nearby village, so it's inevitable that people would think of that direction.

"Shall we go take a look?"

Pu Xiang answered according to her meaning. Although the other two young wives were afraid, there were four of them. If they encountered bad guys, they were in their own village and there were people around them. They should be fine if they just shouted.

So the four of them carefully approached the source of the sound.

Pu Xiang reached out and took the flashlight from Shi Wenya's hand. She hadn't turned it on to save electricity, but she held it just in case.

It was late autumn and almost early winter, and it was still quite cold at night. There was a small road in front of each house, and in front of the road were private plots and farmlands, with each family's firewood and straw stacks piled there.

The sound came from between three firewood stacks, but no one dared to go too close. Pu Xiang had actually already heard it. The sound was definitely voluntary and not a crime scene.

She hesitated a bit, while Shi Wenya and two other people beside her stopped pulling each other. She reached out to take the flashlight back, then aimed it and turned it on.

"ah!"

“Ahhh!”

A man and a woman screamed from behind the firewood stack, and then a dark shadow jumped out.

It looks like he's pulling at his pants.

He jumped across the path, ran towards the other side of the house, rushed into the alley, and then disappeared behind the house.

There were bamboos planted behind almost every house. It was very spooky at night, so the women didn't dare to chase after him.

Besides, there is a river at the back, and everyone's pig pens and manure pits are there. It's easy to step into them if you're not sure where to go.

The moment Pu Xiang heard the voice, she knew who it was.

The man is definitely Shi Dafu. As for the woman, she doesn’t look like Zhou Fang. She looks a bit like Lin Meihua?

"Who's there!"

The two young wives saw the black shadow and thought it was a man who ran away. The remaining one must be a woman, so they were no longer afraid and grabbed Shi Wenya and walked forward a few steps with a flashlight.

"No, don't come over here!"

A woman's anxious voice with a crying tone came from behind the firewood stack.

Pu Xiang did not hesitate now and was sure that it was Lin Meihua.

The four people stopped and looked at each other. They were young wives from the same village. The man was running like that, so he must be having an affair. They should not expose this matter, right?

It's so embarrassing.

Just when I didn't know whether to go forward or walk away as if nothing had happened, I suddenly heard a scream and a few curses from behind the house.

Shi Wenya: "... Could it have fallen into a dung pit?"

Pu Xiang: "Is this the sound coming from behind Shi Jianjun's house?"

Several people were silent.

The manure pit at Shi Jianjun's house was newly dug this year. It is deep and large. Chickens and ducks from the neighboring house have fallen into it and drowned. The two families even had a quarrel over this issue.

After a while, one of the young wives asked, "If he really fell in, he wouldn't drown in there, right? Should we go check it out?"

If they hadn't used flashlights to check the situation, the man wouldn't have run away, let alone fallen into the feces pit. Now that something has happened, they should not take responsibility.

But they didn't need to worry, because the scream woke up several families nearby.

"Who's behind?"

"Who walked out from the back in the middle of the night and fell into the dung pit?"

"Go and check if it's the cesspool at Jianjun's house. Don't fall in and drown."

Several lights were switched on and flashlights were flickering.

Fortunately, the weather is not too cold now, otherwise I would have already crawled into bed, and if I was called up again, I would definitely get scolded.

Shi Wenya reached out and pulled Pu Xiang, then said to the other two young wives, "Let's go take a look too!"

They were curious about who the man was because they didn't see him just now.

Pu Xiang was not very interested, she already knew who it was.

But the other two young wives were no longer afraid of the dark at this time. Perhaps their gossipy spirits were burning in them, and they wanted to know who the adulterer was.

The three of them walked towards the direction where the voices came from with flashlights, and Pu Xiang had no choice but to follow them.

There were already several flashlights on behind Shi Jianjun's house, but Pu Xiang and the others didn't feel scared when they went over there.

"Why are you here?" someone asked when they saw them.

Shi Wenya replied: "We were returning home after visiting friends, and we heard the noise and came to see who fell into the manure pit."

No one would be curious or want to take a look at this kind of gossip, and the person asking the question didn't think it was weird.

A few people who came out to check on the situation were still laughing: "Shi Dafu, it was Shi Dafu who fell into the manure pit. He had nothing to do late at night, so he chose to walk the back instead of the main road. He didn't have a good eye or a good memory, so he fell in and couldn't climb out."

All the women gasped. This person really fell in. This was so disgusting.

Forget about the clothes, we can’t even keep this person.

There was a sound of rustling, and then someone shouted, "Pull it up, pull it up, oh my god, why are you naked? Your pants were pulled down by the shit pit? Hahahaha!"

When I heard that my pants had fallen off, some people who had been standing behind the house with Pu Xiang and the others and had not come near also walked over to see the excitement at the front line without fear of getting dirty.

Pu Xiang had only one thought in her mind at this moment: it was a good thing that she was divorced, otherwise she would be ashamed to have such a husband.

What a shame!

After watching the excitement for a while, a few more neighbors came out to see the excitement after hearing the noise.

Pu Xiang pulled Shi Wenya and urged them to send the two young wives back home, and then went back to rest.

When there were only two people left, Shi Wenya pulled Pu Xiang aside to confirm, "Shi Dafu and Lin Meihua?"

Pu Xiang said: "There is also Zhou Fang, and a few others who are not from our village."

Originally, she had only heard about this kind of thing and had not had any deep experience of it. But that night, Shi Wenya truly saw it. When she heard the names that Pu Xiang said, she felt simply disgusted.

"You're right to get a divorce!"

They have only been married for a few years, but they have already gotten involved with so many people. Just imagine what kind of life Pu Xiang is living!

Don't be so angry that you die.

Shi Wenya had made up her mind. She would talk to her mother-in-law about Shi Dafu. Her mother-in-law would surely be able to spread the word about Shi Dafu.

It is so tragic for women to get divorced these days. It is not the men’s fault, it is the women’s fault. Why?

She just didn't believe it. If in a couple, the woman also had an affair like this, and they got divorced, could anyone blame the man for not living a good life?

All I can say is that this kind of woman deserves to be beaten to death.

Bah, Shi Dafu, this disgusting thing, why doesn’t he just fall into the cesspool and drown.

Pu Xiang and Shi Wenya went to bed early, but there were still many people having fun that night.

Shi Dafu and Lin Meihua just hooked up. A poor man who had just been divorced by his "ugly daughter-in-law", and a poor woman who was forced by her family to marry a poor and useless man. They hooked up at first sight.

Shi Dafu was very generous to the women he liked, giving them a handful of candy from time to time and occasionally a few dollars.

There are benefits to be gained, so Lin Meihua now wants to get closer to Shi Dafu, so tonight when her neighbor came over and asked her if she wanted to visit Shi Wenya's house, she immediately agreed when she thought that this person was coming in the direction of Shi Dafu's house.

Then, while there were many people in the room and no one noticed her, she quickly sneaked out.

She walked towards Shi Dafu's house, wondering if she could meet him, but of course she didn't meet him, as Shi Dafu was not the type of person who could stay at home.

But she was unwilling to go back like this, so Lin Meihua walked along the road and looked into the basement of anyone's house where she saw a light. Surprisingly, she really found the person.

Shi Dafu also saw the people, and soon stopped playing cards and hurried out. The two of them found a pile of firewood and started to work.

Unexpectedly, he was met by someone by such a coincidence. Shi Dafu was a very timid person. When he thought that he might be caught on the spot, he was so scared that he pulled up his trousers and ran away. In his panic, he fell into the cesspool behind Shi Jianjun's house.

The pit was really deep and full. Once you fell in, you couldn't climb out.

Finally, he was pulled up by a bamboo pole. The hand that was holding up his pants loosened and he grabbed the pole, so when he was dragged up, he was naked.

He pulled up his pants despite the dirt and vomited out of disgust.

Everyone lives a hard life these days, but Shi Dafu's life is not hard at all. He is the only son in the family, so Shi Hai is always treated as a treasure, and he is well fed and well-dressed.

Shi Dafu went home while vomiting. Others saw him covering his nose and quickly moved away, fearing that they would get a little bit of it on them.

When he returned to his yard, he stripped himself naked and washed himself with well water.

The weather was cold and the well water was slightly warm, but after it was poured on his body and then blown by the night wind, Shi Dafu shook like chaff.

He wanted to just run back to the house and get under the covers, but he stank so badly that just one shower wasn't enough.

So, he rushed several times shivering, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, he ran upstairs and crawled into the quilt.

He doesn't want to care whether it smells or not.

On the other side, Lin Meihua was caught red-handed. She saw the man ran away by himself and left her there.

She was really scared. She was cheating on her husband! What would she do if the people in the village found out?

She will be beaten to death!

When she heard that Shi Dafu had fallen into the cesspool and everyone had gone to watch the excitement, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, she is fine.

As for Shi Dafu, let him fall into the dung pit. He won’t die anyway.

Hearing that there was no one around, Lin Meihua pulled up her clothes and quickly went home.

She lived at the west end of the village and her home was at the east end. She had just been frightened and had been walking in a panic all the way. When she entered the house, she closed the door and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing sneaking around?"

In the darkness, a voice suddenly sounded behind Lin Meihua, scaring her so much that she jumped up just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

"No, no, nothing."

Lin Meihua was so scared that she stuttered. The lights in the room were turned on and her man Mo Xiaochun stood there with an expressionless face.

Lin Meihua was still a little scared when the man had a stern face.

Both of their families were poor. Mo Xiaochun's current family still lived in a bungalow. Both families had men who could not find wives, and both had sisters who were still unmarried. So the two families simply discussed and decided to arrange an exchange of marriages.

Lin Meihua married Mo Xiaochun, who was six years older than her, and Mo Xiaochun's sister married Lin Meihua's brother.

There is no emotional basis between these two people, they are just partners in life.

But no matter what, even if there is no affection, Mo Xiaochun can't bear to see his wife having an affair outside.

He felt that something was wrong with Lin Meihua. Her eyes were squinting, her clothes were disheveled, her hair was messy, and her feet were covered in mud...

Mo Xiaochun had a guess in his mind: "I didn't do anything, why are you so nervous? Are you cheating on me with someone else?"

Lin Meihua was so scared that she trembled and denied it without thinking: "What nonsense are you talking about! What about cheating? Are you sick? If you keep talking nonsense, I will go back to my parents' home right now. I can't live like this anymore!"

Mo Xiaochun sneered: "You'll know if this is stolen or not after you take a look."

As he spoke, he came up and pulled down Lin Meihua's pants. Lin Meihua screamed and tried to hide, but although Mo Xiaochun was not tall, Lin Meihua was even smaller. She was held down by a grown man and could not escape at all.

"You really have cheated on me!" Mo Xiaochun reached out and slapped Lin Meihua. Not satisfied with just one slap, he slapped her several more times left and right.

The old couple of the Mo family in the west room had not gone to bed yet. When they heard the noise getting more and more outrageous, they finally put on their clothes and came out.

"It's late at night, please stop making noise. If the neighbors hear you, they will say something disgusting!"

Mo Xiaoqiu, who was squeezed in the back room of the west room, followed her parents and stole a glance at Lin Meihua, whose clothes were in tatters.

Their family is really poor, and he doesn't even know when he will be able to get married.

His sister-in-law is not bad looking, why doesn't she marry him? If she marries him, he won't give her the chance to cheat on someone else.

Lin Meihua was completely embarrassed. She put on her clothes hastily and yelled at Mo Xiaochun, "Yes, I cheated on you! I can't live like this anymore. No! Let's get a divorce, tomorrow!"

Mo Xiaochun's face changed and he was about to get angry again. His mother came over and pushed him aside, then took Lin Meihua's hand and pushed him into the house.

"Why get a divorce? Live a good life and have a baby as soon as possible. Don't think about anything else. Otherwise, do you think you can still have a good life after cheating on your partner and getting a divorce? If you go back to your parents' home, your parents and your brother will break your legs!"

Lin Meihua stopped talking.

After pushing her daughter-in-law into the house, Mo Xiaochun's mother came to pull her son.

"Hurry up and get pregnant. Women become more devoted once they become mothers. No matter how good things are out there, they still have to come back home."

Once the lights are turned off in the house and everyone goes to sleep, everything will be quiet.

When I woke up the next day, it seemed as if everyone had forgotten about it and no one mentioned it again.