The village head took the stick, looked at Jiang Yuwei, and said:
"Yuwei, is what Xu Qianqian said true?"
Jiang Yuwei looked at Granny Sun and smiled:
"Old woman Sun, did I hit you just now?"
Granny Sun glanced at Jiang Yuwei furtively and quickly lowered her head, saying:
"No, no, you didn't hit me."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and then looked at the villagers watching the commotion outside the courtyard, asking:
"Did you see me hit Granny Sun, folks?"
The villagers looked at each other, unsure of what to say. Suddenly, a village woman stepped forward from the crowd. She walked to the front with a hunched back, and Jiang Yuwei recognized her as Grandma Sun's second daughter-in-law, Liu Shi!
Liu smiled at Jiang Yuwei and said:
“I didn’t see Jiang Yuwei hit Granny Sun. Xu Qianqian, are you sure you saw it right? Or are you trying to make a fuss and deliberately find the village head to make things difficult for Jiang Yuwei? The village head isn’t Zhang Laizi, who can’t distinguish right from wrong.”
Upon hearing Liu's words, Xu Qianqian jumped up and down in a panic:
"You, you, you Liu! You just saw Jiang Yuwei bought a few pieces of your family's worthless land, and you're already defending her and helping her. I never knew you were such a lackey!"
The village head coughed a few times upon hearing this:
"Ahem, Xu Qianqian, haven't you made enough of a scene? Granny Sun said Yuwei never hit her, and you're still making a scene here! If you have nothing to do, go home!"
Just as Xu Qianqian was about to retort, she heard Ning Qiu shout:
"Oh no, Da Ya has fainted!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei rushed forward to check Ning Daya's breathing. She was still breathing. Jiang Yuwei and Ning Qiu helped Ning Daya into the inner room. Jiang Yuwei thought that the method Ning Bo used to treat Xiao Yun last night could be tried on Daya first. It would be too late to ask Ning Bo for help now.
So as soon as Jiang Yuwei entered the house, she gave Granny Sun a cold look and said:
"Go and get a needle and thread."
Seeing this, Granny Sun didn't dare to refuse and hurriedly turned to go to her room to get needles and thread.
Jiang Yuwei then took out a flint and steel to light the candle on the table. She then took the sewing kit from Granny Sun, heated the needles over the fire for a while, and used them to prick Ning Daya's two earlobes. She then pricked all ten of Ning Daya's fingertips. Seeing that Ning Daya didn't react, just as Jiang Yuwei was about to prick them again, Ning Daya suddenly opened her eyes, saw Jiang Yuwei sitting beside her, and weakly said, taking her hand:
"Sister Yuwei, thank you for helping me."
Jiang Yuwei patted her hand and smiled:
"It's okay, just rest well and don't think too much."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei turned to Granny Sun, who was standing beside her.
"Do you have any eggs at home? Da Ya is too weak right now, you should make her a bowl of egg tea to replenish her energy."
Upon hearing that Ning Daya was to eat eggs, Granny Sun quickly waved her hand and said:
"No need, no need. I know my daughter's health; she doesn't need to eat eggs to supplement her health."
Jiang Yuwei frowned and said:
"You can't bear to give Daya eggs? Then kill a chicken to make up for it!"
After saying that, he turned to Ning Qiu and instructed her:
"Qiu Mei, go to the henhouse and pick out the fattest rooster to kill and make chicken soup for Daya!"
Ning Qiu turned to leave after hearing this, but Granny Sun stopped her.
"No, no, no, don't kill the chicken! There are eggs, I'll get the eggs."
After saying that, Granny Sun left the house without looking back, afraid that if she was any later, Ning Qiu would kill all the chickens in the yard.
Soon Granny Sun brought in a bowl of egg tea. Jiang Yuwei took the egg tea and handed it to Ning Qiu, saying:
"Qiu Mei, please take care of Daya for a while. I'm going out to talk to the village head about something."
After saying this, Jiang Yuwei grabbed Granny Sun's arm and left the courtyard. The village head and the villagers, seeing Jiang Yuwei come out, hurriedly asked anxiously:
"How is Da Ya? Has she woken up?"
Jiang Yuwei nodded and said:
"Yes, it was a close call. He's awake now, but he's too weak. He's been working too much these past few years and hasn't been eating well, so he's already depleted his health at such a young age."
Upon hearing this, everyone sighed in dismay.
"Oh, poor Da Ya, she was born into such a family."
"Who can argue with that? It's a miracle that Daya is even alive."
"Oh, Granny Sun has no heart!"
Jiang Yuwei looked at the village head and said:
"The incident today started because Granny Sun broke Daya's head. I think the neighbors who live so close must have seen Granny Sun beating and scolding Daya quite a few times, right?"
"We should be grateful if they didn't fight that day!"
"Da Ya works every day and still gets beaten. If it were me, I would have run away long ago."
"Yes, I see Granny Sun beating and scolding Daya almost every day."
Jiang Yuwei looked at the village head and said:
“If it were just a minor squabble, it would be Granny Sun’s family matter, and we wouldn’t care. But like today, if Granny Sun had beaten Ning Daya to death, our village’s reputation would be ruined. Who would dare to marry into our village in the future? People would say that Ning Family Village is a place where no one helps a girl in distress, and that they just watched an honest girl be beaten to death by her own grandmother.”
The villagers couldn't stand it anymore after hearing this:
"That's right, our daughter is about to get married, we can't let Granny Sun ruin her bright future."
"Oh dear, my son isn't even married yet. If this keeps up, who would want to marry into our Ningjia Village?"
The village head agreed with Jiang Yuwei's words. Granny Sun was a close relative of the village head, and he had always known about Ning Daya's matter. However, he had always hesitated to intervene because Granny Sun was his elder. Now, it would be good to take this opportunity to give Granny Sun a good talking-to.
The village head looked at Granny Sun and slowly said:
"Old woman Sun, do you know what you did wrong today?"
Just as Granny Sun was about to retort instinctively, she met Jiang Yuwei's murderous gaze, swallowed hard, and whispered:
"I know I was wrong."
The village head nodded in satisfaction:
"Now that all of you are here today, I ask you all to be my witnesses. If Granny Sun beats or scolds Ning Daya without cause in the future, I will personally come and take Ning Daya away. Ning Daya will no longer have to work for this family, will no longer have to support Granny Sun in her old age, and Granny Sun will no longer have to worry about Ning Daya's marriage."
Just as Granny Sun was about to get angry, she suddenly heard the village head mention Ning Daya's marriage. An idea immediately formed in her mind, and she nodded with a smile:
"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever the village head says."
Jiang Yuwei noticed that Granny Sun's smile seemed malicious, but she didn't know what kind of wicked thoughts Granny Sun was up to, so she could only deal with it as it came.
Seeing that Granny Sun agreed so readily, the village head nodded and told the villagers to go home. He then went inside to call Ning Qiu to go home together. Jiang Yuwei went inside and gave Ning Daya a few instructions before leaving. She had originally planned to collect Granny Sun's eggs, but she felt disgusted as soon as she saw Granny Sun's face. She could only go and see Granny Zhou's house on her way back.
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