Chapter 89 The ugly flower

He Wanqing and Shen Ping both turned to look behind them, their mouths agape in disbelief. “Sister, what happened to He Cao?”  Goodness, she looked so miserable! If her eyeballs weren’t moving, they would have thought she was a dummy.

Of course, if it hadn’t been for Zhu Sanni and the others, they wouldn’t have been able to confirm that the person with a swollen face that was unrecognizable, with not a single spot on her body that wasn’t bruised, was actually He Cao.  Whether it was because He Cao’s appearance was too frightening or because of the voices of everyone discussing it, Xu Dafang’s remaining maternal love erupted. She let out a cry of “Ah!” and charged towards Zhu Sanni.

“You damn Zhu Sanni, my daughter married well into your family, and this is how you treat her? Aren’t you afraid that the child in her belly will be gone and your old Xu family will be childless?”  The more she spoke, the angrier she became. With others fanning the flames, Xu Dafang instantly started brawling with Zhu Sanni. Zhu Sanni, stunned by the first blow, came to her senses after being hit repeatedly. When she heard the words “childless,” her hair stood on end. “Eldest and second daughter-in-law, don’t just stand there, come help!” She said, and with a wave of her hand, she slapped Xu Dafang’s hand away. “Your family will be childless, Xu Dafang.

I’m sure I’ll have a grandson. I’m going to tear your mouth open, make you spew filth.”  Zhu Sanni’s eldest and second daughter-in-law rushed over as soon as Zhu Sanni grabbed Xu Dafang’s throat. Their husbands were now useless, and they both had daughters, so Xu Dafang’s words were a blatant insult to them. This instantly made the two women, who had been suffering recently, lose their minds. After Zhu Sanni knocked Xu Dafang to the ground, the two of them climbed on top of her and slapped her repeatedly, making Xu Dafang howl in pain. This also made the captain, who was in the middle of giving a speech, instantly freeze in place. It wasn’t until Xu Dafang’s cries for help that he rushed over with the brigade cadres. “Stop it, stop it, you two.

Look at yourselves! Xu Dafang, Zhu Sanni, if you think you have too many work points at home and don’t want grain, then keep fighting. If you beat her to death, I’ll take the whole village to send you to the mountain.” The word “mountain” separated the four who were entangled. Xu Dafang sat on the ground, covering her face and head with her hands, her voice full of grievance. “Captain, look at how I’ve been beaten. You don’t say anything to them, why are you saying it to me? Also, your daughter was beaten like that, don’t you feel sorry for her? I feel sorry for my daughter, I…” “Shut up, Xu Dafang, which ear of yours heard me only say it to you?”

 The captain, whose ears were buzzing, looked at Xu Dafang on the ground, then at He Cao, who looked like a ghost, and angrily interrupted her. “Zhu Sanni, no matter what, He Cao is your daughter-in-law now, and she has your grandson in her belly. Isn’t it wrong to beat her like this? Don’t forget, you schemed to get this daughter-in-law back with all your family’s strength. If you don’t cherish her, what were you doing back then?” The disdain in his words and the mocking look in his eyes made He Cao, who had thought someone would stand up for her, heartbroken.  Looking at her mother, who was crying and making a fuss on the ground, she turned her head away. He felt sorry for her now, but when they were taking away her dowry, why didn’t he feel sorry for her? When they were exposing her secrets, why didn’t he feel sorry for her? Did she have no responsibility for her current situation? “Captain, you’re wronging us. He Cao is not like this because we beat her. She has my grandson in her belly, I love her more than anything, how could I beat her?”

 Her words were an explanation to the captain, but her disdainful and mocking gaze fell on He Cao and Xu Dafang. “Zhu Sanni, what nonsense are you talking about? He Cao isn’t like this because you beat her, she couldn’t have fallen, could she?”  They didn’t believe her. “Go to hell, Hu Erlengzi, I said I didn’t beat her, and I didn’t beat her.” “Then what happened? It couldn’t have been your son Xu Weijun who kissed her, could it?” The more outlandish the words became, the more people laughed. This time, Zhu Sanni didn’t refute. She glanced meaningfully at He Cao. With that one glance, everyone stopped laughing and their eyes fell on He Cao.

He Cao, who knew that she was going to be doomed as soon as Zhu Sanni opened her mouth, was anxious in her heart, but because her mouth was swollen, she couldn’t open it to speak. She could only watch helplessly as everyone’s gaze fell on her. “Zhu Sanni, tell us how your third son did it, how did he manage to make someone two sizes bigger?” “Yeah, tell us, we’ll learn from you next time.”  The captain and the others saw that they were getting more and more outrageous, and seeing He Cao’s appearance, which clearly didn’t match up, they immediately shouted, “Alright, stop gossiping. If you can really make someone two sizes bigger, then Xu Weijun is probably the only one with that ability. Don’t even think about it.” “No, Captain, you can’t believe Zhu Sanni’s word.

He Cao’s appearance clearly shows she was beaten, how could it be from kissing? If he really has that ability, our brigade’s pigs are so skinny, you can just let him kiss them, maybe he can help our pigs gain weight.” Xu Dafang’s words, though not nice, were nodded by many people in the village. Seeing that her son was going to be assigned to kiss pigs, Zhu Sanni finally spoke again. “Xu Dafang, why don’t you let your daughter and your son go kiss pigs? And if you let this slut go, maybe it will have the right effect.” She glared at He Cao and stepped forward. “Aren’t you curious how your daughter became like this? Well, I’m being kind and telling you, your daughter is ugly and promiscuous. Yesterday, she insisted on dragging the third son to the mountains to hunt, and in the end, she got carried away and provoked a swarm of wasps.

She’s like this now because of the wasps. If it wasn’t for this slut insisting on going to the mountains, my good son wouldn’t be lying at home today, unable to work. I don’t know how slutty you were when you were pregnant with her, but you made your daughter ignore the child in her belly and still go out to play around. Xu Dafang, I tell you, if it weren’t for the fact that my grandson is fine, I would have gone to your house long ago, and you wouldn’t be making up stories here.” Thinking of her third son lying in bed at home, moaning and groaning, Zhu Sanni wanted to scratch her face. If He Cao hadn’t had their only grandson in her belly, she would have definitely beaten this slutty bad luck charm to death. As soon as Zhu Sanni finished speaking, everyone present, except He Wanqing and He Cao, were stunned. They never expected the truth to be like this.

 At this moment, two people who had worked with them yesterday spoke up. “Yes, He Cao dragged Xu Weijun to the mountain yesterday afternoon. She was so eager, we thought she had found some treasure on the mountain. We didn’t expect it to be because of this.” By the end, the man was ashamed and looked at He Cao’s face. She had looked so pitiful before, but now she looked so repulsive. “That’s right, we even asked a couple of questions, but they didn’t say anything, so we didn’t think much of it.” He shook his head and thought to himself, luckily he listened to his wife and didn’t go with them, otherwise he would be lying at home today.