The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

Chapter 894: Cried 894 times

Looking at Li Rong’er’s somewhat swollen eyes, it was clear that she had just been crying.

Su Qingyue noticed the complicated expression on her second brother’s face and guessed that he had probably been persuaded by Li Rong’er not to give up the fields.

“Brother Xiao, let’s go have breakfast first,” Li Rong’er said to Xiao Yishan in a gentle voice.

Last night, Xiao Yishan and Li Rong’er intermittently engaged in that affair, and although she took the active role due to his injury, him lying beneath her, he had still used quite a bit of arm strength, and his energy was long depleted. He was famished and promptly took her into the kitchen.

Just as the two of them were having breakfast, Xiao Yuchuan returned.

Seeing that Yuchuan had come back alone, Yishan asked, “Where’s the village chief Liang?”

“His son has committed adultery with his step wife; he’s been made ill with anger,” Yuchuan said. “It looks like the village chief Liang won’t be getting better in one or two days.”

Yishan’s expression turned grim as he said, “Then let’s talk about dividing the family property in a few days.”

Yuchuan, having no other choice, glanced around the kitchen and, not seeing his wife, went to the pharmacy and told her about village chief Liang’s illness while she was grinding medicine.

Qingyue knew that in the village, when siblings or such were to divide the family, the village chief either had to be present to record it or they would prepare the property list themselves, detailing how to divide it.

For families with more property, the village chief would usually be present for confirmation.

Without the village chief’s certified record, it was as good as having no proof at all, so they would have to wait again.

“Wife, I was thinking we could draft a list and send it over, sign it in front of the village chief, and just witness it,” Yuchuan said. “But with village chief Liang in a coma, there’s really nothing we can do.”

She asked lightly, “Third brother, actually, you’re quite skilled in medicine now. Didn’t you treat village chief Liang?”

“His illness is of the heart,” he responded. “Now, several village elders have banded together to catch Liang Ping’an and have locked him up in the Liang Family’s ancestral hall. Liu Yuhong has also been locked up in the Liang Family’s firewood room. Apparently, the villagers are all talking about soaking Liu Yuhong in a pig cage.”

Qingyue raised her eyebrows, “Just soaking Liu Yuhong in a pig cage? What about Liang Ping’an?”

Yuchuan thought for a moment, “If a married woman commits adultery and her husband’s family pursues the matter, she has to soak in a pig cage; if they don’t pursue it, then it’s no big deal. Liu Yuhong’s case is too egregious, who she stole from makes it worse, her stepson. The whole village unanimously wants her to soak in a pig cage; even if village chief Liang were forgiving and did not pursue it, she would not end up with a good fate. As for Liang Ping’an… at the least, he will be locked up for a time and publicly whipped a few times, at worst, he’ll go to jail.”

“The world truly is unfair to women,” she frowned slightly.

He pulled her into his embrace, “Wife, no matter what the world is like, I will do my best to give you all the love I can.”

“Third brother…”

He kissed her on the forehead, “I know you don’t want to live under the same roof with second brother and Li Rong’er anymore, but village chief Liang isn’t awake, so he can’t deal with the village affairs right now.”

After a pause, he added, “Village chief Liang is an upright man, and with his character, he is probably too ashamed to continue staying in Wushan Village.”

Qingyue let out a light sigh, “Liang Ping’an is really too disappointing. At the same age of fifteen, Aunt Zhang’s son, Zhang Ping’an, is infinitely better than him.”

“You speak as if you were much older,” Yuchuan fondly stroked a strand of hair by her temple. “You’re not even sixteen yet.”

Qingyue did not want to mention that it was only the age of her current body; her soul was already twenty-five.