Chapter 85 The Target of Public Criticism
After leaving Huoyao Manor, Chen Ning and Xu Zhiyi headed back. Half an hour later, they passed by Hua Yingxue's manor.
Since there were outsiders present, Shen Ning did not go into the manor, but when she passed by the manor, she found a group of people gathered at the door of the manor and there was a quarrel.
Shen Ning looked outside and asked Er Yue: "Go and ask what happened?"
Er Yue came back quickly: "Someone came to work on the farm, facing Dou Street, and I had him chased away."
"oh."
Shen Ning nodded: "Then drive him away. If he comes to cause trouble again, I will beat him up and drive him away."
Turning back, meeting Xu Zhiyi's slightly suspicious eyes, Shen Ning smiled and explained: "I lived in Lindou Street before. Those people took other people's money and made trouble for me, so I didn't give them any work."
Xu Zhiyi raised his eyes: "Will you be bullied?"
Shen Ning smiled and said, “It’s okay, I bullied him back, but I still hold a grudge.”
However, she may not have checked the almanac before going out today. Not long after leaving the village, the road ahead was blocked. Shen Ning lifted the curtain of the car and saw that it was Dong Chunhua's family, whom she had almost forgotten.
Shen Dacheng, who always kept his head down, still kept his head down, pulling a cart with great effort. Shen Xuan, who looked pale, was lying on the cart. Dong Chunhua supported Shen Qingsong and walked beside the cart. The family of four seemed to be fleeing.
They were heading towards Qingyuan Village.
Chen Ning had overheard Su Lianyi say that Chen Xuan seemed to have become a concubine of a steward of the Xu family. As a result, after she became pregnant, she was tortured by the wife and had a miscarriage and hemorrhage, and was then kicked out of the house.
As for Shen Qingsong, one of his hands was chopped off and one of his legs was twisted. No one knew what had happened to him...
Without Chen Xuan to earn money to go home, the money earned by Shen Dacheng alone was obviously not enough to support the family living in the county town, so they had no choice but to return to the village.
Even though the houses in the village have not been built yet, at least the land belongs to them. Even if they build a shack, at least they have a place to live.
All in all, the family looked miserable.
But Shen Ning didn't feel anything.
The memory of Dong Chunhua's disregard for Shen Qingbai's helpless condition and the outsiders' attempt to extort money from her is still fresh in people's minds. Chen Xuan was so mean as to let someone climb over her wall. If Qiyue hadn't known martial arts, who knows what would have happened.
This family has it all their own fault.
And just at this moment, Dong Chunhua saw Shen Ning in the carriage.
"Ningning, I'm your aunt. I know I was wrong, Ningning. Please forgive me, Ningning."
Dong Chunhua actually knelt down with a plop, crawled forward on her knees, blocked the front of the carriage, and cried, "Ningning, we are family after all. Your parents are gone. From now on, I will treat you like my own daughter, Ningning..."
Shen Qingsong was stunned and immediately started crying too.
"Chen Ning, I'm your cousin, Chen Ning, we are a family, you can't ignore us."
Shen Ning: ...
She immediately said, "Drive them away and don't let them block the way."
After she finished speaking, she remembered that this was not her car. She looked across at Xu Zhiyi who was looking curious.
Xu Zhiyi raised his finger and said, "Go ahead."
The guards outside the carriage immediately stepped forward and dragged Dong Chunhua and her family to the side of the road. At this time, Chen Xuan, who was lying on the cart, also moved.
She forced herself to stand up and shouted at the carriage at the top of her lungs: "Chen Ning, I shouldn't have argued with you in the beginning. We are close relatives after all. Please don't hold a grudge against us anymore and give us a hand, Chen Ning."
Shen Ning was delighted to hear this.
Chen Xuan thought that no one knew about the good things she had done, so she wanted to come to her for help.
It's absolutely ridiculous.
"Let's go, don't delay going back to eat." Shen Ning said nonchalantly.
Soon, the guards dragged the family to the side of the road and the carriage continued to move forward.
Xu Zhiyi looked at her: "Is this someone who has offended you again?"
Shen Ning nodded innocently: "Yes."
Xu Zhiyi raised his eyebrows: "Why are you so unpopular? Everyone wants to harm you?"
Shen Ning cursed inwardly, but her face was harmless and helpless: "This is the victim-blaming theory. Bad people shouldn't become good people just because there are more people... The truth doesn't necessarily stand on the side of the majority."
Xu Zhiyi sneered: "Then where do you stand?"
Shen Ning smiled and raised her fist and shook it: "Stand on the side with the harder fist."
The faint scent of pear blossoms came over again, very light, but tempting people to smell more.
Xu Zhiyi chuckled and said slowly, "Are you trying to tell me that you have a strong fist?"
Shen Ning quickly put down her hand and lowered her eyebrows: "I dare not, Third Master, your fist is harder..."
The flattery came out smoothly, and the carriage suddenly fell silent. The next moment, Shen Ning saw Xu Zhiyi suddenly lean forward and look at her without warning: "You have no shame."
Shen Ning was extremely innocent: "Ah?"
Xu Zhiyi withdrew his gaze and turned to look the other way, ignoring her...
It was getting late, so the driver whipped the carriage and it sped away, raising a cloud of dust that made people on both sides of the road curse in low voices.
"I'm so unlucky! I didn't find a job and ended up with a belly full of dirt!"
"That's right!"
The group of people walking on the side of the road were from Lindou Street.
These days, several villages outside Pingning County are recruiting people, and the remuneration is very generous. I heard that the people in the refugee village work in several villages, and the money they earn is enough to feed their entire family and have some left over.
It has been dry these past few months, the crops have been poor, and we still have to pay taxes. Life is hard for everyone, and everyone wants to grab any opportunity to make money.
When he arrived at Zhuangzi and asked, the person in charge said: Don't go near people fighting on the street.
Don't worry about anything else, just one thing: don't fight with people on the street.
Only then did these people realize that these manors were all owned by the shopkeeper Shen from Mi Ji… and back then, before Shopkeeper Shen became successful, he lived in their Lindou Street and suffered a lot of humiliation.
These people now regret their decision.
Those who took the money and did something bad regretted that they had offended the God of Wealth by trying to gain a small advantage, while those who did not take the money and just watched the fun felt extremely wronged.
They didn't do anything, at most they just watched the fun, but they ended up being implicated. How can this be justified?
However, they refused to reason with them, and wouldn't even listen to them, simply because they didn't want them to fight with the people on the street...
The group walked back while complaining, and then they started arguing.
"It's all the fault of those bad guys. They took advantage of the widow and her helplessness, and now the neighbors can't find work because of it."
"That's right, hey, Zhou Quan, you were blocking the door to Shopkeeper Chen, right? You're the black sheep!"
"Bah, I was standing up for my neighbor and you blamed me."
"Don't be shameless, I know everything. You didn't know who paid you to deliberately bully others, and now you got slapped in the face, and now you've cut off the neighbors' source of income."
"That's right, it's all your fault. A blind mouse ruined the whole pot of soup..."
These people quarreled and cursed all the way, and when they arrived at the doorstep, they were still attacking and blaming each other with their mouths dry and their tongues parched.
Fan Ru went out to get some water. When she heard them quarreling, she smiled and tried to mediate: "What's the matter? Just talk it out nicely. Quarrels between neighbors are really harmful to the harmony."
Now, someone remembered something.
"It was this Aunt Fan who told us that Shopkeeper Shen was not a good person, that he was dishonest, and that he was mean and mean."
"Yes, I remember it was her too."
"It's all your fault. Now everyone in Pingning doesn't want anyone from Lindou Street!"
Fan Ru was caught off guard and became the target of everyone's criticism. After a moment of confusion, she finally understood what had happened. As many people pointed fingers at her and scolded her, she couldn't care less about being polite and quickly retorted, "I didn't say anything. It's you who are only interested in profit."
"Bullshit, who couldn't understand your sarcastic words back then? Why are you pretending here?"
"That's right, just talking nonsense and pretending to be hypocritical all day long."
"It's all her fault! I think she should get out of Lindou Street. She's a black sheep!"
“That’s right…”
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