Mrs. Li was really scared at this moment. Her body, which was already a little hunched, curled up even tighter, as if she wanted to hide herself.
The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together with fear, his eyes were full of panic, his lips kept trembling, and he kept muttering: "Oh, what should I do, what should I do..."
She really was just bored and seeing that there was nothing new on the road, she wanted to find some topics to chat about to relieve her boredom.
Who would have thought that just a few words of gossip would cause such a big trouble.
After being tormented by Su Wenxuan and Li Zhaodi, who pulled her collar and beat and scolded her, she had lost her previous excited gossip spirit and looked like a frost-bitten eggplant - wilted.
At this moment, she could only move her feet tremblingly, her legs like sieve chaff, and she followed them step by step with great difficulty.
I was filled with regret and kept scolding myself in my heart: "Why can't I control my big mouth? I have to say all those gossips. Now look what has happened. I have caused such a big mess. How will this end?..."
Aunt Qin's face also turned pale, without a trace of blood.
Her eyes were wide open, filled with fear and resentment, and she thought to herself, "I just said a few random words, why did it get to the point where I have to confront the village chief? What should I do now?"
She seized an opportunity and thought of running away secretly to avoid facing the village chief's stern gaze and possible punishment.
So, she turned around and tried to run away. But it was impossible to escape so easily. Su Wenxuan had been prepared for this move and quickly grabbed her arm.
Aunt Qin struggled hard, shouting, "Let me go, let me go, I won't go, I won't go..."
But Su Wenxuan's hands were like iron clamps, tightly holding her so that she could not move. She could only be dragged to the village chief's house helplessly. She looked so miserable.
The group rushed to the village chief's residence, but Su Wenxuan's anger was not diminished at all.
She clenched her fists and took a few steps to Qin Guihua and Li Pozi. Then she suddenly stretched out her hands and used all her strength to push the two of them forward.
This push caused Qin Guihua and Li Pozi to stagger and almost fall to the ground.
Su Wenxuan's face was now flushed, the veins on her forehead were faintly exposed, and her lips were trembling slightly, obviously she was very angry.
She took a deep breath and tried to steady her voice, but her words were still filled with uncontrollable anger. "Village Chief, you have to judge for us. Aunt Qin and Mrs. Li have been saying bad things about my mother behind her back. Their words are full of slander and they are trying to ruin my mother's reputation. We can't just let it go. My mother has been an honest person all her life and has taken care of this family for most of her life. How can we tolerate them making random plans here?"
Li Zhaodi also hurried over. She frowned, and her eyes showed her dissatisfaction with Qin Guihua and Li Pozi.
She gently tugged at the corner of her clothes, straightening her somewhat disheveled attire a bit, and then slowly spoke, "Yes, Village Chief, our village has always been harmonious, but these two are gossiping about each other like this, saying things that are not true. It will be so unpleasant if the news gets out. If this starts, the village will be in chaos every day. You have to consider the harmony of our village more."
The village chief frowned, his thick eyebrows tightly twisted together like two tangled twists, and his eyes revealed majesty and displeasure.
His eyes were as sharp as torches, staring straight at the trembling Qin Guihua, as if he could see through the little thoughts in her heart.
Then, the village chief's gaze slowly shifted to the equally frightened Mrs. Li. After sizing her up and down, he asked seriously, "Qin Guihua, Mrs. Li, are they telling the truth? Don't try to fool me here. Our village has always been about distinguishing right from wrong!"
Mrs. Li had lost her previous gossiping spirit by now, and was shaking with fear all over like a sieve.
She shrank her neck, not daring to look directly at the village chief, but just kept glancing at Qin Guihua, thinking that she couldn't let herself take all the blame.
After hesitating for a moment, she stammered, "Village...Village Chief, I...I just listened to what Qin Guihua said. I...I just agreed with a few words. I didn't...I didn't think much about it."
After saying this, he secretly wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.
Qin Guihua was so frightened that her face turned even paler. Her face, which had originally been somewhat rosy, was now like a piece of white paper, without a trace of blood.
Her lips kept trembling and her teeth chattered. It took her a long time to recover and she stammered to explain, "Village Chief, I...I just said it casually. I really...I didn't mean anything else.
I…I was just bored at the time and said a few bad words. I didn’t…I didn’t think it would cause such a big trouble. I…I really know I was wrong. Please…please forgive me this time. I…I will never dare to do it again.”
As she spoke, her eyes were already filled with tears, as if she was about to cry out at the next second. Her pitiful appearance made anyone who saw her feel the fear and regret in her heart.
"Just a casual remark? How could this be something you said casually?" The village chief's voice suddenly rose in tone, and that voice was filled with strong dissatisfaction and anger, echoing in this small area, and every word seemed to hit the hearts of everyone present heavily.
His brows were tightly furrowed into a knot, the blue veins on his forehead were throbbing faintly, his eyes were full of stern reproach, and he stared at Qin Guihua closely, as if he wanted to see through her.
"Tell me, how many times have you been caught? Every time you say you will change, but you keep doing it next time! We in Sujia Village can't let you keep talking nonsense all day and disturbing everyone's peace!" The village chief knew that Qin Guihua was a gossiper and had been reported for similar things before, but every time she promised to change, she would forget everything and continue to make up stories about others behind their backs.
At this time, many villagers had gathered around, some in groups of three or five, some in pairs, all discussing the matter in low voices.
The subtle discussions were like countless ants crawling through her heart, making Qin Guihua feel extremely uncomfortable.
Her face flushed crimson, as if it had been burned by fire. The burning sensation spread from her cheeks to her ears. She lowered her head in shame, her eyes fixed on her toes, and she kept muttering to herself, "It's over, it's over. This is so embarrassing. Why can't I control my mouth..."
She really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into so as to avoid these stares that made her feel uneasy.
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