allonlinenovel Chapter 227: Bad Mouth, Picking Trouble, Slapping You to Fly
Chapter 227: Bad Mouth, Picking Trouble, Slapping You to Fly
Lu Hongguo inside heard Huanxi's yelling and hid back into the house. Huanxi became even more furious when he saw this.
Li was still trying to stop her from making any sound, but Huanxi's temper flared up, and she pushed Li away, rushed into the house, and dragged Lu Hongguo out.
"What are you doing! Happy aunt! I never said that!"
She wanted to argue, but Cao Yanyan rushed in, pointed at Lu Hongguo and cried:
"That's what you said! If you hadn't been saying bad things about her in front of me every day, and even accused her of seducing your fiancé, and asked me to vent your anger, I would have treated you as a good sister. Now that the truth has been revealed, you want to stay out of it?"
When the people around heard this, they began to whisper, and some people pointed at Lu Hongguo.
"I was wondering where I heard that nonsense, and it turns out it was this girl who spread it. This unmarried girl actually said such things. I really don't know what Lu Dafu and his wife taught her..."
Another woman also said:
"She's so young, how could she have a fiancé?"
"I know, I know. She's talking about that hunter kid from the Xu family. One time when I was working in the fields, I saw her stopping the kid from the Xu family. I don't know what she said, but after just a few words she ran back home crying. I guess she was rejected by that kid and she wasn't willing to accept it..."
"No wonder... Huanxi and the Xu family boy got engaged last year... What does it have to do with this girl?"
"But... a fly won't bite an egg without a crack. If Zhao Huanxi really didn't do it, how could he be so convincing as to say so?"
"Chunsheng, you can't say that. A woman's chastity is the most important..."
Lu Hongguo was originally so frightened that tears were streaming down her face, but now that she saw someone speaking up for her, she stood up and pointed at Huanxi and cursed:
"I saw it! I saw you go to town and go boating on the lake with an old man! Why else would I say it! You just did it!"
Huanxi finally understood now. This girl probably saw herself and Pang Biaotou in the cabin that day, but they weren't the only two in the cabin that day...
She slowly turned her head, looked at the village chief and said:
"My little Yin became a disciple of the daughter of the Pang family and learned some martial arts, so the two families have been in contact with each other. You are all aware of these village elders.
That day, Captain Pang wanted to see the children, so I took them all along for the ride. And the boat trip she saw did happen, but in the cabin besides Captain Pang and me, there was also the daughter of the Pang family, Master Yu, Miss Zi from my family, Xu Qingzhao's second sister, and four or five other children! Why didn't you tell me about this? You're deliberately trying to tarnish my innocence!"
"Humph, these people you're talking about might be your matchmaker..."
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Before Lu Hongguo could finish her words, she was slapped several times in the face. In an instant, several clear fingerprints appeared on her face.
"You hit me? Dad! Mom! She hit me! How dare she hit me!"
Before Lu Dafu and Li could react, their daughter was beaten. The girl had already told the people in the town. What would they do if her face was broken?
"Zhao Huanxi! You can't hit anyone no matter what!"
"I beat her, and that's it! Do we even need to pick a day? She keeps calling me aunt! If you don't know how to teach her, I, as her aunt, will do it! She's full of foul language, and even dares to make up stories about Master Yu! As her aunt, I can't just ignore this kind of behavior from my junior!"
Seeing that her husband couldn't win the argument, Li rushed up to fight with Zhao Huanxi. Coming to her own home to beat her own daughter was simply shitting on her own head.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he rushed forward, he was stopped by Da Sun and others.
"Oh, sister, what the girl said is right. You should control yourself. If you continue to stir up trouble like this after you marry someone else, you will be divorced!"
Upon hearing that she was being divorced, Li was stunned. Hongguo was a beautiful girl, and when she went to the market in town, she was noticed by the blacksmith. So he asked around and sent someone to propose marriage, offering a betrothal gift of fifteen taels.
Besides, the blacksmith only has a sick old mother. If my daughter marries him, she will be the head of the family. If she is divorced...
This sentence seemed to have touched the soft spot of Li and Lu Dafu, and they were silent for a moment.
Seeing that her parents didn't care about her, Lu Hongguo started crying, making a scene, and even threatening to hang herself...
She wanted the blacksmith's money, but the blacksmith was too shabby-looking, with a big, burly figure and a full beard. He looked completely different from Uncle Xu.
"You made a mistake, but you refused to admit it and tried to divert attention. Lu Hongguo, I used to think you were just a young girl with a crush on someone, but now I think you're pure evil! If I hear you say these unfounded things again, I'll go to the authorities!"
Having almost let out his anger, Huanxi turned around and looked at the villagers who were watching the fun and said:
"I, Zhao Huanxi, have nothing to fear from my own shadow. If anyone is trying to frame me, just come and tell me. Let's go to the county government office and confront them. If I've done anything wrong, I'll become a nun without anyone telling me to. If I haven't done anything wrong, don't blame me for slapping the rumormonger too hard!"
A group of people looked at each other in confusion. They also heard some crazy talk, but no one was stupid enough to run up to the person responsible and tell them.
Huanxi walked up to the young man who had just led the rhythm and said coldly:
"Chunsheng... he's a good-looking guy, but unfortunately he's a black-hearted person. If Lu Hongguo is pure evil, then you're not even as good as Lu Hongguo. You're truly disgusting."
After saying this, he felt refreshed, shook his sleeves and went home.
Ever since Xu Qingzhao left, I felt like I had a nameless anger in my heart that wouldn't go away, but today it finally got rid of it.
That Chunsheng... he has provoked her countless times. Just because she is a woman, he wants to suppress her... It seems that I have to teach him a lesson.
However, this lesson cannot be taught now. If Lu Hongguo is beaten today, there will probably be a lot of trouble. Although she is right, if Chunsheng gets into trouble again at this critical juncture, it will be hard not to suspect her.
She was right. The whole village was talking about Huanxi's disturbance at Lu Dafu's house that afternoon. Some people said that the beating was a good thing. People who gossip like that deserve to be beaten to vent their anger, especially since it was only three slaps.
Some people also said that Zhao Huanxi had gone too far. Lu Hongguo was just a little girl. How was she supposed to live her life in the future?
Fortunately, the blacksmith didn't know about this. If Lu Hongguo was talking about the young man in the village, her engagement would probably have been broken off by now.
"Dad... Mom... I don't want to marry Zhang Mazi... I don't want to marry him..."
Only after everyone had left did Lu Hongguo kneel down and cry with Lu Dafu and his wife.
Upon hearing this, Li stood up and cursed, "You don't want to marry? I've accepted the betrothal gifts, and you still don't want to marry? You have to marry even if you don't want to! This is the parents' order and the matchmaker's words. You've caused such a scandal today, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet. What else do you want to do? Go to heaven? I'll get you a ladder."
Lu Dafu also frowned and said seriously: "This is not a joke. Since our family has already promised them, we should do it. Besides, that Xu boy is already engaged to Huanxi girl. What else do you want?"
"Zhao Huanxi is a divorced woman! What right does she have? Even if I don't want to be Uncle Xu's wife, she, Zhao Huanxi, is not worthy!"
Snapped!
"Dad! Are you hitting me too?"
"Is that appropriate? From today on, you are not allowed to leave this courtyard! The original wedding date was at the end of the year, but I don't think it's necessary! I'm going to town right now! Ask Zhang to move up the wedding date. We can't keep a daughter like you!"
After saying that, he took Li out and locked the house, leaving her wailing inside.