The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man-Chapter 956 - to be beaten with twenty planks again
Chapter 956: 956 to be beaten with twenty planks again
Chapter 956: 956 to be beaten with twenty planks again
“About Liu Xianglian’s incident…”
“What’s there to be angry about?” She reached out to pinch his handsome face, “If anyone’s to blame, it’s this face of yours that attracts all these unwanted admirers.”
“If my wife dislikes my handsomeness, then just ruin my face,” he said with a chuckle.
She rolled her eyes at him, “Forget it, it’s nice to look at something handsome.”
It wouldn’t matter if others didn’t take notice, but being admired isn’t a problem—it’s charm; being fancied by someone despicable is just unavoidable.
Just like her, Master Chang of Pear Blossom Villa had also unilaterally announced her as his fiancée.
What a headache.
At first, she was worried Chang Haotian would pester her, but after so long, she hadn’t seen him come looking for her.
Perhaps Chang Haotian was just joking with her, and that had eased her mind quite a bit.
“Dear, I promise I will take care of Liu Xianglian’s matter,” Yuchuan hugged her, “I won’t let you suffer even a bit of grievance.”
“Do we have enough money?” she asked softly in his arms.
He stiffened his back, “Wife, I was just wondering how to bring this up to you.
I only spent several taels of silver on clay bricks a few days ago, which you gave me five hundred for.
This time, with Liu Xianglian’s matter, I need to use some silver and also some of the herbs from your pharmacy.
But rest assured, I won’t give Liu Xianglian a single penny.”
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“Whatever needs to be done, just make the decision yourself,” Su Qingyue’s principle had always been not to doubt those she employed, and not to employ those she doubted.
Seemingly recalling something, she said, “Today, during Liu Xianglian’s incident, Liu Haitang was also present.
She should have been helping her cousin Liu Xianglian.
Liu Haitang stood by with her hands folded, continually throwing flirtatious glances at the second brother, and he didn’t seem annoyed at all.
I suspect that Liu Haitang may have taken a fancy to the second brother at some point.”
“The wife noticed?” Yuchuan nodded slightly, “I noticed too.
Logically speaking, after Liu Haitang caused the second brother’s disfigurement, he shouldn’t have anything to do with her.
I don’t know what trick she played, but the second brother doesn’t seem to bear any hatred in his eyes for her now.”
“Leave the second brother be,” she said with a hint of impatience, “Since you said I don’t need to intervene in Liu Xianglian’s matter, just make sure you take care of your own issues.”
…
That evening, the village rogue, Huang Mazi, went to propose to Liu Xianglian.
Huang Mazi, a gambling addict without land or property and with a face full of pockmarks, at twenty-eight years old, still couldn’t find a wife.
Naturally, Liu Xianglian’s elderly parents refused him.
It is said that failing to get his proposal accepted, Huang Mazi, enraged and humiliated, beat up Liu Xianglian’s elderly parents.
When Liu Xianglian tried to stop him, he hit her with a stone, causing her forehead to bleed profusely.
A coincidence indeed, that the stone hit right where Liu Xianglian had a scar from before.
Liu Xianglian actually went to the county office to sue Xiao Yuchuan.
Although Aunt Zhang testified for Liu Xianglian, saying he had hit her.
Yuchuan also found several ‘witnesses’ to prove that the scar on Liu Xianglian’s injury had healed long ago, and her new wound was caused by Huang Mazi, who didn’t deny this.
The county magistrate was greased with ten taels of silver, stating that Liu Xianglian was constantly pestering people, shameless on her own account, and ordered her to be severely beaten with twenty strokes.
Huang Mazi, for maliciously injuring someone, also received twenty severe strokes.
Xiao Yuchuan wasn’t ordered to pay compensation, as they said what he did was a mere superficial wound, but Huang Mazi was ordered to pay a compensation of two hundred copper coins.
The Liu Family loudly accused the county magistrate of unfair judgement.
It was a pity that he wasn’t a good officer to begin with, about to leave his post soon and move elsewhere.
Having made a fortune while in office, he also had done many foolish things.
The county magistrate threatened with fifty more strokes if they dared to make another fuss, the Liu Family left the office in tears, their grievances having nowhere to be heard.
