Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Cui Xiang originally thought that Bai Wenjing’s waving the broom would be enough, but she did not expect the other party to hit her a few more times.
The broom lashed onto Cui Xiang’s body, causing her to feel a burning pain.
Cui Xiang was even angrier. After all, she was the daughter of the village chief, and she usually did whatever she wanted wherever she went. When had she ever suffered such cowardice?
Thinking back, it was also this woman who caused her to catch her husband fooling around with another woman in public, causing her to lose all face and be unable to raise her head for several days.
If this was in the past, even if Bai Wenjing had a bad temper, she would not dare to use the broom to greet her. Could it be that the Xue family had lost their minds?
“Sister-in-law, why are you so unreasonable? I came to see you out of kindness, and you actually hit me? Think about it, in our Buffalo Bay, who else would treat you so sincerely?”
Cui Xiang grabbed the broom in Bai Wenjing’s hand and tried hard to squeeze out a smile on her fierce face.
Because they were too close, the pockmarks on Cui Xiang’s face and her mouthful of yellow teeth were all seen. Most importantly, she had a mouthful of it. She really did not know how Yao Daniu could swallow it.
The most hateful thing was that after Cui Xiang tried to harm her one after another, she actually told her that she treated her sincerely as if nothing had happened. It was absolutely ridiculous.
“I don’t know if she really treated me sincerely, but as you can see, I’m currently disciplining a few kids. If you have nothing better to do, come back another day. Otherwise, when I go crazy, anyone would dare to hit me.”
Cui Xiang looked at Bai Wenjing and felt that these words did not seem like a joke. At least today, she had really witnessed it. Before she could say anything, Bai Wenjing had already pushed her out of the door. Then, the broken wooden door was firmly shut with a bang.
Cui Xiang was anxious. She stretched out her fist and pretended to wave it before finally leaving in a huff.
However, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She felt that she should not be so aggrieved. Coincidentally, there were a few women sitting at the side of the threshing floor who were chatting with each other on the soles of their shoes. Cui Xiang suddenly had a plan in mind…
When Lee Guilan heard that her obedient grandson had been left at home by her youngest daughter-in-law and had almost been stung by a wasp, she could not swallow her anger.
The two families were not far from each other. After Lee Guilan tidied up, she rushed to her youngest daughter-in-law’s house in a hurry. Before she could take two steps, she was stopped by Granny Wang in the village.
Granny Wang was the village’s know-it-all, at this moment, her shriveled mouth opened and said, “Aiya, Guilan, why are you still here? I heard that your youngest daughter-in-law is very impressive. Yesterday, someone saw her arguing with Scholar Sun. We outsiders don’t dare to say anything. You have to take good care of her.”
Widow Zhang happened to pass by this place. When she heard this, she also became angry.
She was a widow who was famous for her chastity in Buffalo Bay. Her husband had died for more than ten years. Usually, she did not even talk to those old men. However, Bai Wenjing was good. She did not care so much and even dressed up beautifully every day. The men in the village could not take their eyes off her. She had long disliked Bai Wenjing.
At this moment, she stopped and said, “If you ask me, your youngest daughter-in-law is evil. Didn’t we all hear the words that she used to scold you? Your son has left for so long and hasn’t returned. Isn’t it all because of her? What’s the use of having a daughter-in-law like that? It’s embarrassing!”
Widow Zhang said a whole bunch of words in one breath, undoubtedly venting out the foul anger in Lee Guilan’s heart, hearing this, Lee Guilan could not help but nag, “That’s right. I usually give her all the good food and drinks that I have. It’s not easy for her to raise three children by herself, but she’s fine. When she sees me, she’ll scold me. Yesterday, she was still rummaging around in my house for food. I don’t know what she’s doing. I don’t have any food in my house, so I was scolded by her again.”
Lee Guilan’s words were so sorrowful that she even wiped away her tears. This made several people on the road feel indignant and upset.
“I heard that her youngest daughter-in-law got 150 kg of refined rice for the Yao family from God knows where.”
“Where else could it have come from? A few days ago, there wasn’t even a trace of her. When she came back, there was already so much refined rice. What else could it be if she didn’t steal it?”
“I know Aunt Xue’s character. She has a good heart. Her youngest daughter-in-law is really not a good person. If it were up to me, I would beat her to death.”
When Lee Guilan heard that there was still someone supporting her, she felt relieved. She pursed her lips and said, “How would I dare to beat her? I can’t even say it. My body is not good. It’s already good enough to have a breath of air…”
“What are you afraid of? We’re here!”
“That’s right. A woman who doesn’t follow the rules of womanhood still treats her mother-in-law like this. We’ll get justice for you!”
…
After sending the brother and sister off to work again, at this moment, she took the basket and walked around the back of the mountain.
Although her cottage was shabby, it was built on the side of the mountain. After walking around the mountain, she actually found some edible wild vegetables. Looking at the wild vegetables in the basket, Bai Wenjing stood up and wiped her sweat, she thought it would be good to cook some porridge and some side dishes at night.
When she looked up, she saw her mother-in-law, Lee Guilan, walking toward her house with a group of people. She did not know what they were going to do next.
The group of people stopped in front of her house. The leading woman went in immediately. Bai Wenjing could not accept others breaking into her house, so she quickly rushed back with the basket.
“What are you doing? Mother, why are you here?”
After Bai Wenjing finished speaking, one of the women snorted and said, “What are you doing? Tell me, where did you get the 150 kg of refined rice? Where did you hide the rest of the food?”
“I’ve never seen such a vicious wife like you. What, you went out to steal when you couldn’t borrow food from your mother-in-law?”
“I’ll beat you to death, you unruly woman!”
“We don’t have such a shameless woman like you in Buffalo Bay! If I were you, I would have ripped off my pants and hung myself from the roof beam.”
“Get out of Buffalo Bay. Buffalo Bay doesn’t welcome you!”
A few women were shouting in front of her, and they even rolled up their sleeves, eager to give it a try.
The surroundings were in a mess. Bai Wenjing felt that it was somewhat inexplicable for a moment, but she quickly figured it out from those few words.
It seemed that she had caused trouble for the 150 kg of refined rice that she had given to the Yao family. In addition to her mother-in-law, Lee Guilan, supporting them, these people had thrown dirty water on her.
“System notification, you have a new mission, ‘prove your innocence’. The time limit is 30 minutes. Countdown begins.”
30 minutes?
Bai Wenjing only thought that the system was joking with her, but the situation before her seemed to be the same. She had to prove her innocence, or these women would not let her off so easily.
In ancient times, if she was convicted of adultery, she would be drowned in a pig cage. However, how could she prove her innocence?
Time was ticking away. Bai Wenjing was anxious. In just thirty minutes, where was she going to find evidence?
However, when she saw the aggressive crowd in front of her, Bai Wenjing suddenly had an idea. She straightened her back and looked at the crowd coldly. She said sternly, “I want to see who is the person who said that I went out to steal the rice..”