"Mother! Mother! Mother, something bad has happened!!" Jiang Suihe and Jiang Wenxi's voices interrupted Jiang Ling's thoughts. Jiang Ling turned around and saw Jiang Suihe and Jiang Wenxi running towards her, panting.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Seeing the two of them on the verge of tears, Jiang Ling's heart also tightened.
"Mother! Mother! My brother is fighting with someone at the well!" Jiang Suihe said, her brows furrowed and on the verge of tears.
"What?" Jiang Ling was very puzzled after hearing this. Although she had only been the mother of these three little ones for less than three days, in the original owner's memories, Yao Jie had always been a quiet and reserved child. Even when he was bullied by Wang Daqiang last time, he did not fight back.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling didn't even care about the basket on her back and hurriedly followed her two daughters toward the well. On the way, Jiang Ling learned the whole story from her eldest daughter, Jiang Suihe.
Jiang Yaojie followed his instructions and went to the well to fetch water. As luck would have it, he ran into Wang Laizi. Ever since his son Wang Daqiang was beaten up last time, Wang Laizi had been holding back his anger.
Seeing Jiang Yaojie come to fetch water, Wang Laizi finally found an outlet for his anger. He first made a few sarcastic remarks to Jiang Yaojie, but Jiang Yaojie ignored him. Unexpectedly, Wang Laizi became even angrier when he saw that Jiang Yaojie was ignoring him.
First, he smashed Jiang Yaojie's water bucket, then slapped Jiang Yaojie in the face. However, all of this was witnessed by Zhao Erleng's son, Zhao Dabao, who came to fetch water.
Zhao Dabao hurriedly ran back to inform Jiang Ling, but when he arrived at the old house, he found that Jiang Ling and her daughter were not inside. Thinking he would try his luck on the mountain, he found the Jiang sisters, Jiang Suihe and Jiang Dabao, and quickly told them what had happened.
"Suihe, Wenxi, you two go up the mountain and bring back Mother's basket, then stay home and wait patiently for Mother to come back!" Jiang Ling said to Jiang Suihe and Jiang Wenxi, who looked anxious.
Although the two sisters were worried about Jiang Yaojie's safety, their mother had already spoken, so they could only nod and turn to walk towards the mountains.
Jiang Ling quickened her pace and soon arrived at the well. By this time, a crowd had already gathered around the well, but Wang Laizi's extremely vulgar language kept coming from the crowd.
"You little outsider, I've been giving you a hard time, haven't I...?"
"Wang Laizi, stop right there! Who gave you permission to hit my son?!" Jiang Ling pushed through the crowd and shouted at Wang Laizi.
Upon seeing Jiang Ling appear, Wang Laizi immediately released his grip on Jiang Yaojie's collar. He then touched his nose with his muddy thumb and sized up Jiang Ling with a wicked grin.
"Yaojie! Come here!" Jiang Ling quickly shielded Jiang Yaojie behind her, her eyes glaring angrily at Wang Laizi in front of her.
"Mrs. Jiang, you're not being precise. What do you mean by 'your son'? He's just an outsider. Why are you so protective of him? Did you divorce Lu Youren just to keep this pretty boy? Hahahaha!" Wang Laizi's vulgar words stung Jiang Ling's heart.
Jiang Ling glared angrily at Wang Laizi and shouted at him, "Wang Laizi, if you dare say another word, believe me, I'll tear your mouth apart!"
"Oh ho! Jiang has become so fierce now? Hmm, I like women with such a fiery temper; they must smell amazing in bed!" Wang Laizi showed no fear of Jiang Ling, instead continuing to chuckle wickedly.
Jiang Ling glared angrily at Wang Laizi. She took a step forward, reached out, and slapped Wang Laizi's dark cheek.
With a crisp "smack," a red handprint immediately appeared on Wang Laizi's face, causing everyone present to gasp in shock.
Although there were rumors that Jiang Shi was different from before, many people did not take them seriously. However, seeing this scene today really surprised everyone.
"You dare hit me?" Wang Laizi's eyes widened in anger, and he raised his hand to strike Jiang Ling.
"Come on! Wang Laizi, I'm telling you, hit me here!" Jiang Ling pointed to her own head and stuck it out.
"Anyway, everyone saw and heard this. First, you smashed my water bucket, then you hit and cursed my son. Now, not only are you verbally humiliating me, but you're also going to hit me. Come on, hit me here! I want to see if there's any justice or fairness left!"
Hearing Jiang Ling's words, Wang Laizi's hand, which was about to strike Jiang Ling, froze in mid-air.
The voices of those around them gradually grew louder.
"That Wang Laizi is shameless! What kind of person is he to bully orphans and widows!"
"That's right, that's right! I heard before that Wang Laizi's son, Wang Daqiang, bullied Lu Yaojie!"
"Yes, yes, I heard about it too. Such a grown man is bullying a little kid..."
"Wang Laizi! Are you even a man? How can you face the thing you have down there! What kind of person are you, bullying an orphan and a widow!"
The murmurs grew louder, and everyone stared at Wang Laizi with disdain. Even the fearless Wang Laizi was starting to feel uneasy.
He never expected that this Jiang would use such a preemptive method to drag him into the mire. He looked at Jiang in front of him and then at the indignant gazes of the crowd.
He finally withdrew his hand, which had been hovering in mid-air, glared fiercely at Jiang Shi, and then cursed, "Jiang Shi, you just wait, this isn't over yet!"
With that, Wang Laizi lowered his head and slunk away from the well.
Jiang Ling watched Wang Laizi's disappearing figure and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She had indeed acted impulsively just now, but fortunately, the people around her helped her out of the predicament. Otherwise, if she had really fought with Wang Laizi, she probably wouldn't have been able to beat him.
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