Chapter 110: Transferring Anger

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Transferring Anger

“No worries, she’s tough.” Ms. Wu washed her hands and invited Ms. Jiang into the room, pouring her some water.

The two mothers-in-law chatted away.

It wasn’t until around noon that Ms. Jiang left, after taking a long walk around the fields.

On her way back, Ms. Jiang thought about the handkerchief Ms. Wu had embroidered that day.

The technique is from the Capital City. I’m a native of the Capital City and learned excellent embroidery skills as a child. Even after ten years, I’m still very familiar with that style. Could Ms. Wu also be from the Capital City? Hmm, I should ask her another day.

「In a blink of an eye, it was June.」

The June days were sweltering, a particularly biting kind of heat.

In an era without fans or air conditioners, Gu Qingli felt as if she’d been stripped of a layer of skin by the heat.

Unable to bear it any longer, Gu Qingli pulled Wuqing along, fanning themselves with cattail leaf fans as they headed towards the river to cool down.

No matter how hot the day, there was always a bit of a breeze by the river.

“This weather is scorching!” Gu Qingli tugged at her collar, fanning herself with her other hand to catch some air.

“Miss, look over there!”

Just as master and servant were approaching the river, two men burst from the riverside. The one running in front was Gu Qingming; his clothes were disheveled, and his hair was a mess. As he ran, he kept glancing back to see if the man behind was catching up.

Chasing him was Chen Dalang, who cursed as he ran, “First Brother Gu, you scoundrel who deserves a thousand cuts! I’ll castrate you today, you son of a bitch!”

A torrent of curses spewed from Chen Dalang’s mouth as if they cost nothing.

Seeing men fighting, especially from these two families, Gu Qingli and Wuqing quickly stood aside to make way.

Before long, Gu Qingming, exhausted as a beaten dog, sprinted past them.

He even glanced at the two of them as he went by.

Then came the furious Chen Dalang.

As Chen Dalang passed them, he spat in their direction, “HUMPH! Shameless trash! There isn’t a single good person in your Gu Family!”

BANG!

With lightning speed, Wuqing tripped Chen Dalang, sending him sprawling face-first into the dirt. She then planted a foot on his back, immobilizing him.

He’s courting death, daring to curse Miss!

HUFF… HUFF… Chen Dalang gasped for breath, turning his head to glare furiously at Gu Qingli and Wuqing, his teeth audibly grinding.

A flock of crows seemed to fly over my head. Who have I provoked now? Chen Dalang usually doesn’t cause trouble. Why would he start fighting with Gu Qingming and then vent his anger on me? What on earth is going on? Is it because of Gu Qingmei?

“Chen Dalang, why are you cursing me?” Gu Qingli asked. If she was going to be cursed, she deserved to know why.

One couldn’t just be inexplicably cursed and do nothing about it.

Chen Dalang struggled a few times but couldn’t break free. He stared fiercely at Wuqing, then roared at Gu Qingli, “Curse you? Killing you wouldn’t be too much! If it weren’t for you, would my Second Brother, Chen Erlang, be acting half-crazy and half-stupid? And that scoundrel Gu Qingming, he even seduced my wife! As for that eldest Gu daughter, she’s even more shameless, offering herself up! Do you think anyone in your Gu Family is a good person?”

Gu Qingli’s expression turned grim.

So that’s what this is about. But what does it have to do with me? This madman’s brother is just a rabid dog, biting anyone he sees.

She said coolly, “Whether Chen Erlang is crazy or stupid is none of my concern. All those books he read must have gone into a dog’s stomach.”

“Aiyo, you two venomous hags who deserve a thousand cuts! How could you humiliate my son like this?” Before Gu Qingli could finish, Ms. Liu came rushing over, charging towards Wuqing like a cannonball.

Wuqing’s eyes narrowed. She reached out, grabbed Ms. Liu by the collar, and lifted her into the air.

“You, you, you…”

She… she was being lifted by a young girl!

Ms. Liu pointed at Wuqing, too terrified to speak, her face deathly pale, all her earlier ferocity gone.

Chen Dalang, pinned beneath Wuqing’s foot, stared wide-eyed at Wuqing as if she were some terrifying primordial beast.

“Third Daughter-in-law, what’s going on here?”

Ms. Liu’s shriek had not only drawn out some villagers to see what was happening but also Ms. Jiang, Ms. Yang, and Ms. Wang.

The three women hurried over anxiously, stood before Gu Qingli, and questioned her, their eyes flicking to Wuqing’s foot and the woman in her hand.

Gu Qingli looked at the gathering villagers, nodded to Wuqing, and then said, “Mom, it’s nothing serious. Wuqing and I were just going to the riverside to cool off when Chen Dalang and Gu Qingming came by, one chasing the other. We didn’t know what was happening. When Chen Dalang passed us, he cursed me for no reason, so Wuqing restrained him.”

Gu Qingli spoke in a voice neither too loud nor too soft, but everyone present heard her clearly.

Once Ms. Jiang, Ms. Yang, and Ms. Wang understood the situation, they all turned to look at Chen Dalang.

After Chen Dalang scrambled to his feet, he glared fiercely at Gu Qingli and Wuqing. He opened his mouth to speak again but was cowed back by Wuqing raising her fist.

He was so unwilling! A grown man like him, trampled and humiliated by a woman in public! Where could he possibly show his face after this?

Ms. Liu, however, having heard Gu Qingli’s words, asked with a dark face, “Dalang, what happened between you and First Brother Gu?”

She knew Dalang’s temper; though naive, he wasn’t one to cause trouble.

“Mother, I want to divorce Ms. Qin!” Chen Dalang roared from the depths of his throat before Ms. Liu even finished her question, his eyes red and welling up.

He felt as if a vast, green prairie stretched above his head—a humiliation worse than being trampled by that fearsome woman.

That unfaithful, shameless woman! Her eyes were always restless, always darting towards tall, strong-looking men. I tried to keep an eye on her, but she still found an opportunity.

Just then, Ms. Qin appeared, limping up from the slope. Like Gu Qingming, her clothes were disheveled, her hair was messy, and there were two fresh slap marks on her face.

Seeing the large crowd, Ms. Qin showed no fear. Instead, she glared at Chen Dalang and said impatiently, “If you want a divorce, then hurry up and do it.”

She had finally experienced the taste of a truly virile man, a sensation that had seeped into her very marrow. How could she go back to living with this pitiful chick of a man, Chen Dalang? Married to him for so many years, she couldn’t even conceive a child and had endured endless scorn and abuse from Ms. Liu in the Chen household.

The onlooking villagers burst into an uproar. To think someone would actually rush to be divorced!

Gu Qingli was also taken aback.

This woman is certainly progressive!

“You! You shameless harlot! After doing such a disgraceful thing, you still dare to act so brazenly! If I don’t divorce you today, then I’m your grandson! Let’s see if that First Brother Gu will marry you, you ruined piece of trash, after I’ve divorced you!” Chen Dalang, incandescent with rage, leaped forward and slapped Ms. Qin twice more.

Hearing Chen Dalang’s words, Ms. Liu was too stunned to speak.

Several women who usually didn’t get along with Ms. Liu finally had a chance to gloat, their eyes twinkling with mirth.

“TSK TSK TSK. It’s retribution! Always so high and mighty. Now that such a scandal has happened in her family, let’s see what she has to be arrogant about! The mother of a scholar-candidate, is she? Or the mother of an accomplished scholar? HA HA HA…”

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