The Hunter's Lively Wife

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Soaking Pig Cage

The Magistrate held considerable prestige in Gu Family Village; he was an uncle in his forties or fifties with a stern face. If anything happened in Gu Family Village,

as long as it wasn’t a matter of murder or arson, it was all handled by the Magistrate. Only those who committed major offenses were sent to the Governor’s Office.

For someone like Gu Changshun, the Magistrate, who had lived so long, had dealt with countless such cases. Gu Changshun dared to harbinger lustful intentions towards his own aunt, and although he did not succeed, his actions were still enough to warrant a dunking in the pig cage.

Without a doubt, following the old rules, the Magistrate had Gu Changshun dunked in the pig cage. They first stuffed Gu Changshun into a large pig cage, then several men lifted and threw him into the water. The river was neither too deep nor too shallow; it submerged Gu Changshun just enough so that his shoulders and neck were exposed, while the rest of his body soaked in the water below.

Gu Changshun had to endure this soaking for three consecutive days before he could be taken out of the water. During these three days, he was only allowed to eat half a hard bun each day, and no one was permitted to feed him anything else, not even water to drink! As for urinating or the like, that was also forbidden. If he could hold it, he had to; if not, he’d just wet his pants.

To prevent Gu Changshun from escaping, the Magistrate had additionally arranged for two strong men to watch over him. They were not only there to prevent Gu Changshun from fleeing but also to ensure that no one else surreptitiously released him or fed him anything extra.

Gu Changshun’s dunking in the pig cage drew quite a crowd from Gu Family Village who came to gawk. While watching, they whispered amongst themselves, all cursing Gu Changshun.

Some even threw rotten vegetable leaves and stinky eggs at Gu Changshun. Su Yunjin, standing to the side and witnessing the scene, couldn’t have felt more relieved.

With Gu Changshun immersed in the pig cage, Mrs. Zhang was in agony. She even glowered at Su Yunjin and Gu Ya with gritted teeth, never considering what her son, Gu Changshun, had done. At this moment, she thought that Su Yunjin and Gu Ya’s malice had victimized her son.

Seeing people still throwing things at her son, Gu Changshun, Mrs. Zhang immediately yelled at those throwing items, “Stop throwing! Do you think my son is easy to bully? I’m telling you, if you dare throw anything at my son, I’ll fight you!”

Seeing Mrs. Zhang’s scolding fury, like she could devour anyone, the people who were throwing vegetable leaves got scared, dropped the leaves, and fled.

With nothing more to see after Gu Changshun was dunked in the pig cage, Su Yunjin tugged at the sleeve of her husband, Gu Ya, next to her, and said, “My lord, let’s go! We should head back.”

“Yes!” Gu Ya looked at Su Yunjin, nodded in agreement, and turned to leave the site of Gu Changshun’s dunking with his young wife.

After all, it was the busy farming season, and everyone still had plenty of grain to harvest in their fields. After spectating for a while, the crowd dispersed to go back to their work with their sickles in hand. Soon, the site of Gu Changshun’s dunking was left with only Mr. and Mrs. Zhang and the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Niu.

Last time, Mr. and Mrs. Niu suffered a loss at the hands of Gu Ya and Su Yunjin, and they were still fuming. Now that Gu Changshun was dunked in the pig cage because of Gu Ya and his wife, Niu Dahu snorted and said, “This is too much! Gu Ya and his wife are simply stepping over the line! Sister, brother-in-law, they had our nephew Changshun dunked in the pig cage. We must remember this grudge firmly and make them pay for it in due time.”