Farm Tough Girl-Chapter 22 - 0 Shameless_1
Chapter 22: Chapter 022 Shameless_1
Chapter 22 -022 Shameless_1
Mrs. Ji’s thoughts were so blatantly exposed that she suddenly felt humiliated, her face also showing awkwardness, yet she still stiffened her neck and said, “This is how it should be! If someone is injured, they must take responsibility! Besides, our family’s youngest brother’s right hand has always been precious, meant for holding a writing brush, for earning a future. Can you afford the compensation?!”
Mrs. Ji’s ideas coincided perfectly with Qiao Yuanshan, who quickly joined the clamor, “That’s right, the loss naturally should be compensated by you all!”
Li Cheng, dissatisfied, said, “Can you not imply that it was all Erliang’s fault in everything you say? Clearly, it wasn’t intentional, so how does it become an unforgivable sin when it comes to your mouths? If it weren’t for Qiao Yuanshan trying to snatch Erliang’s hawthorns, Qiao Yuanzhen wouldn’t have been injured so badly.”
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“Heh!” Mrs. Ji let out an extremely exaggerated sarcastic laugh, “So you’re saying, my youngest brother got injured like this because we brought it upon ourselves? Then Qiao Muniang and her husband have nothing to do with it, and now that things have turned out this way, it’s all our own fault?!”
“I, I didn’t mean that…” Li Cheng was at a loss for words, just an honest and straightforward farmer, not skilled in verbal altercation.
But Mrs. Ji suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying out loud, “Oh heavens, is there no law left, no justice? To injure someone and just brush it off as if nothing happened, as if families like ours deserve to be bullied, oh heavens, life’s impossible to live!”
Qiao Yuanzhen only felt his face completely lost by Mrs. Ji’s actions, but he couldn’t stop her; after all, they were in the same boat now, and if it capsized, they would both be doomed.
Qiao Yuanzhen was extremely annoyed inside. If he had known, he wouldn’t have gone out with Qiao Yuanshan to look for hawthorns. If it weren’t for hearing that yesterday Qiao Muniang had taken two sacks of hawthorns to town and sold them for a good sum, they wouldn’t have been so enticed to come here in search of hawthorns, only to stumble upon this idiot and now stir up so much trouble, injuring himself and losing face!
Muniang pinched Erliang’s palm, seemingly to comfort him, not paying the slightest attention to Mrs. Ji’s crazed crying, she directly addressed Qiao Yuanshan with a cold voice,
“Li has already testified for us, it was you who first snatched the hawthorns, and you were the one who hit first. My husband only dodged and didn’t fight back. As for accidentally injuring your younger brother, we can pay for the medical expenses, but we absolutely won’t accept any other unreasonable demands. I just want to tell you, if you are looking to make a scene and reap benefits without cause, I’m not a soft persimmon that’s easy to squeeze. If you really want to make a big fuss, we might as well go to the village chief to settle this matter!”
Her watertight speech thoroughly punctured Mrs. Ji and Qiao Yuanshan’s dreams, and Mrs. Ji’s wailing paused for a moment, unable to believe Muniang could be so resolute. But thinking of the white, shiny silver slipping away, Mrs. Ji was truly reluctant to let go, and with a quick turn of her eyes, she swiftly stood up again.
“You all keep saying that Li saw my husband snatch Erliang’s hawthorns, but who knows if Li really saw it? Our Qiao family may not be wealthy, but we’re not so poor as to treasure something like hawthorns, who would covet such a thing?” Mrs. Ji said with blustering bluster, making a covert sign to Qiao Yuanshan.
Qiao Yuanshan caught on, lucky that he hadn’t admitted to actually snatching Erliang’s hawthorns. Instantly, he started shouting, “Exactly! I didn’t snatch anything! Why would a grown man like me quarrel with an idiot? It was clearly him who suddenly went mad and pushed my brother down, causing my brother to get hurt!”
Li Cheng was so angry he couldn’t stand it, he had never seen people so shameless, lying without even blushing!
“But I did see…”
Li Cheng hadn’t even finished speaking when Mrs. Ji cut him off, her voice shrill, as if she wanted to pierce through everyone’s eardrums, “Who knows if you really saw it, or if you’re just pretending? It’s quite possible that you’re deliberately favoring that little slut Muniang!”
Upon closer inspection of these words, one could sense a different implication. What did she mean by favoring Qiao Muniang?
Li Cheng’s face suddenly turned ugly. “What do you mean? Why would I help concoct false evidence? It’s clearly you all…”
Mrs. Ji snorted coldly, her eyes filled with a hint of contempt, “Don’t think I don’t know about the little scandal between you and Qiao Muniang! It might be hidden from others, but not from me!”
Her words struck like thunder, causing a roar in everyone’s minds!
Qiao Yuanshan quickly added insult to injury, “Exactly, exactly. You always seemed like such an honest person, but who would have thought you’re so shameless!”
Muniang was taken aback, Li Cheng and her? What was this? She had absolutely no contact with this man, right? But then it suddenly occurred to her, maybe Li Cheng had a particularly good relationship with the former Qiao Muniang, which made Muniang’s head hurt. What was all this about?!
Li Cheng, red in the face and neck with anger, protested, “You’re talking nonsense. Muniang and I have nothing to do with each other; you can’t just make baseless accusations!”
Mrs. Ji said, “Baseless accusations? You tell me, in the two years since Qiao Muniang and her mother were thrown out by the Qiao family, how often have you been to their house? One day you bring rice, the next day some steamed buns; is your family so wealthy, having so much to spare?”
Li Cheng, after all, was a man of few words and inherently honest. Moreover, deep down he really did harbor thoughts about Muniang, and at this moment he found himself utterly unable to muster any words of rebuttal. All he could do was to breathe heavily, his chest heaving violently, glaring at Mrs. Ji.
But Li Qinghe wouldn’t be easily dealt with and picked up the thread immediately, “What a strange thing to say. There’s more than just our family helping them out in the village. Besides, we’re all fellow villagers. Their family has had such a hard time; what’s wrong with lending a hand? So by your logic, because the Qiao family lacks humanity, everyone in the village should do the same, just stand by and watch the two of them starve to death?”
This statement caught Mrs. Ji off guard. The Qiao family had indeed been inhumane to kick out their sick daughter-in-law, labelling her a ‘Husband Killer’, without giving her a penny!
Mrs. Ji was so angry she leaned back, and Qiao Yuanzhen, who always hated to see his family’s reputation tarnished, fearing it would affect his future, said in a deep voice, “Don’t talk nonsense. This is our Qiao family’s private affair, and you outsiders certainly don’t understand the full circumstances. Such wild speculation about others is nothing but slander.”
Seeing Qiao Yuanzhen speak up, Li Qinghe subconsciously closed her mouth, not wanting him to dislike her.
Seeing that Li Qinghe had stopped talking, Mrs. Ji became even more aggressive, “I often see Li Cheng and that little bitch Muniang exchanging glances. Whenever there’s any bad talk about Muniang in the village, isn’t it always Li Cheng who jumps out first to defend her? Now he claims there’s nothing between them, who would believe that?”
