Chapter 132 Never Argue With An Idiot
For a time, everyone looked at Su Jiuyue. Seeing that, she got even more angry. She promised to help Yang Liu because she wanted to return her favor, but she didn't expect that it would cause so much trouble to her family.
"I said I didn't know! I met her on the road and she asked me to bring you two silver dollars. Then she left. How could I know where she was going?"
"Why didn't you stop her?" Mrs. Qian couldn't help asking.
Su Jiuyue looked at the couple with sharp eyes, refuting directly, "As her parents, you can't stop her. How can I do that?"
Speechless, they heard her suddenly snort coldly. "Even if I can stop her, I don't want her to come back. It seems that she is living a better life. No matter what she's doing now, it's better than coming back to be tortured by you!"
Even Tian Xiuniang looked at her in surprise. She used to think that Su Jiuyue was meek since she didn't refuse to do anything. Why was she so aggressive today?
Being accused by a young girl, Mrs. Qian felt she was disgraced, so she retorted, "Stop talking nonsense. How can she live alone outside as a woman? She's married so she should teach her husband and children at home! Women should rely on her husband!"
Tian Xiuniang wanted to protect her family. Although she sometimes bullied Su Jiuyue, she couldn't see her being criticized by outsiders.
"Why can't she live alone outside? She sent you two silver dollars, didn't she? Rely on her husband? It depends on whether the man can rely on or not. A man's strength is not used to beat a woman! If he is strong and capable, he should go out to earn money. That's what reliable means!"
Xiuniang satirized her for a long time, hissing. "You are her mother. Your daughter is forced to run away from home, but you don't protect her. If you stop your man when she was beaten, it won't be like this. You said you worried about your daughter, then why didn't you help her before? Please let go of Yang Liu! She's really a good girl! It's really unlucky for her to live in your family!"
"Bitch, how can you say that? What did I do to my daughter?"
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The scene was a bit chaotic for a moment. Tian Xiuniang and Guiniang began to push each other.
Just now Xiuniang spoke for her, so Su Jiuyue couldn't watch her being bullied by Guiniang. Immediately, Su Jiuyue hurried up to help.
The people around either came to help or to fight, making the scene even more chaotic.
"What are you doing?" With a shout, everyone went quiet.
It turned out that Yang Fugui, the village head, came. He was wearing a broken jacket with a pipe. He rushed here without even putting on his shoes.
Seeing that it was his clansman, Yang Dali felt he had a backer, so he immediately rushed to him.
"Fugui! The Wu Family is bullying us!"
Snorting, Yang Fugui put on his coat and asked him, "How did they bully you? Tell me."
"They hid Yang Liu! They refused to tell us where she is. Also, they embezzled the money Yang Liu sent to us!"
Yang Fugui took a glance at Wu Chuan who was in rage, so he asked him, "Wu Chuan, tell me what happened."
"Mr. Yang! Yang Dali is going too far! My third son's wife went to the town to buy some new year's goods and happened to meet Yang Liu. Then she asked her to send two silver dollars to the Yang Family, but they accused us of hiding Yang Liu and said that we embezzled their money! Doesn't it sound ridiculous?"
Yang Fugui glared at Yang Dali, which made him scared.
"Go home! I'm ashamed of you. If you dare to make trouble again, I will break your legs!"
Although Yang Dali flinched a little, Mrs. Qian was unwilling to give up. "But what about my daughter? Now that she saw her, why didn't she bring her back?"
Yang Fugui glared at her fiercely. "How do you dare to make trouble here? When Yang Liu disappeared, did any of you look for her? Now you pretend to worry about her. Mind you, as the village head, I can't do anything to you. But as long as you are still my clansmen, don't come out and humiliate me! Otherwise, I'll punish you based on the family laws."
The villagers around were still gossiping. Yang Fugui looked around, saying, "Why are all of you so idle? Don't you have to work today? Why do you have time stand here to watch? Go home!"
Being afraid of Yang Fugui, the farce finally ended.
The Wu Family returned home, closing the door and sighing one after another.
As the saying goes, never argue with an idiot.
Fortunately, the village head was reasonable. If he helped his relatives without figuring out the truth, things might be worse.
Su Jiuyue stood silent in the yard since she felt very guilty. If her family blamed her, she might feel better, but they didn't do so. Even Tian Xiuniang, who was always nagging, didn't blame her.
"Father, mother, I'm going to Niutou Town tomorrow." Su Jiuyue raised her head.
"Why? The new year is coming, so there will be many people there. It's not safe." Liu Cuihua said.
"I want to visit Yang Liu and tell her what happened today. She must explain it to her family. Otherwise, when her family use up the money, they will trouble us again."
"Trouble us? Humph! I will raise two dogs after the Spring Festival. If they dare to come here again, I'll let the dog to bite them!"
Su Jiuyue uneasily made circles on the ground with one of her legs. "But I still want to see her."
When Liu Cuihua was about to say that she would go with her, Tan Xiuniang answered, "Jiuyue, I'll go with you!"
Seeing everyone looking at her in surprise, Tian Xiuniang smiled. "I'll go with her. Sister-in-law is pregnant and it's too tiring for mom to walk a long way, so I can go with her. The new year is coming. I can also buy some new year goods."
Seeing that Liu Cuihua was still worried, Tian Xiuniang patted her chest to swear. "Mom, don't worry! I'll take care of Jiuyue!"
Then, Liu Cuihua was persuaded by her sincere attitude. She nodded. "Jiuyue is still young. You should look after her. Don't bully her!"
This night, Su Jiuyue didn't dream anything, but Wu Xiyuan dreamed again.
In his dream, there was a huge fire. He stood on the edge of the fire, looking up at the plaque in front of him, which was written with the words "The Mansion of Cui" in vigorous calligraphy.
The next day, Su Jiuyue and Tian Xiuniang stood in front of Mr. Cui's house for a long time, but they didn't see anyone there outside, let alone Yang Liu.
Tian Xiuniang pinched a handful of fried melon seeds, leaning against the wall next to her while throwing the shells of the melon seeds on the ground.
Looking at Su Jiuyue stretching her neck and looking into the corner door of Mr. Cui's house, she said coldly, "Are you going to keep waiting here? Sometimes you're smart, but sometimes you're quite silly."