Chapter 33: What Grudge, What Grievance?

“Come back!” Jiang Nian called him back, seeing his impulsive behavior. Turning to Zhou Xiaoju, she said, “Dinner isn’t ready yet. Go make dinner.”

“Oh!” Zhou Xiaoju was still a little dazed, but she obediently got up and went to the kitchen.

Li Rui was also very confused. He saw Jiang Nian glance at him indifferently, get up, and walk outside.

He quickly followed, “Where are you going? I told you, we can’t just let this go. Some people are just born shameless. Once they do it once, they’ll do it again. Don’t think that they’ve already sold Zhou Xiaoju once. As long as Zhou Xiaoju is still around, they’ll definitely do something like this again.”

In terms of experience, Jiang Nian had traveled the world for two years, hadn’t she seen more than him?

These rural matters were just squabbling. She had not only witnessed scenes of murder in the cold weapon era, but she had also participated in them.

Li Rui kept nagging all the way, but he didn’t get a response from Jiang Nian. Until he watched her walk into the Zhou family’s house, without saying a word, she started smashing things.

How ruthless was she?

When people in the countryside quarreled, they would often say a threatening sentence, “Do you believe I’ll smash your pot?”

The bottom of the Zhou family’s pot was smashed.

She didn’t seem to use much force. She moved lightly, but it gave people the feeling that she could even demolish a house without effort.

“Jiang Nian, don’t bully people just because you know a little bit of medicine. This is Zhoujia Village, not Jiangjia Village. Whether I sell her or marry her off, Zhou Xiaoju is my daughter. I gave her life. She deserves to suffer. It’s not up to others to avenge her!”

As soon as Zhou Shugen finished speaking, Jiang Nian kicked him, right in the face, sending blood and teeth flying.

“You want to be my father? Go back and reincarnate a hundred times. You still wouldn’t be qualified!” Jiang Nian threatened, “Keep your mouth clean from now on. I don’t like listening, understand?”

Zhou Shugen was forced to nod. Every word he spoke made his face hurt so much that he felt like his bones were going to break, “I… I understand…”

“Tsk!” Jiang Nian sneered, “Don’t worry, I’m just venting my anger today. You have to look at the owner when you beat a dog. You came to my place to smash things and even kicked my cat to death. You should be grateful that this is a society ruled by law. But I still advise you to return my money as soon as possible. After all, not everyone can owe my money.”

Before leaving, Jiang Nian kicked him again.

The others were already so scared by her fierce appearance that they didn’t dare to move. They huddled together obediently.

Even Li Rui, who had come with her, stood aside and swallowed nervously, not daring to breathe.

On the way back, he obediently followed behind Jiang Nian. It was an instinctive action.

When they got inside, he realized that he should go back to his own place.

He hadn’t recovered from the shock yet. His scalp was still tingling, “That… it’s getting late. I’ll go back to sleep. I’ll come see you tomorrow.”

He knew that when he first saw Jiang Nian, he was indeed amazed. During their time together, he had always thought she was great. He had even thought about dating her.

But now, that thought was completely shattered.

He still preferred gentle girls.

Jiang Nian was so strong. What if they were together in the future? If she was unhappy, she would beat him up. His small frame couldn’t handle it.

Just as Zhou Xiaoju brought the food to the table, Jiang Nian called him, “Dinner is ready. Eat before you leave.”

He wanted to say he wouldn’t eat, but the aroma of the food kept wafting into his nose. In the end, instinct overcame thought.

He hadn’t eaten such delicious food in a long time since he came to the countryside.

Jiang Nian had a good appetite. Zhou Xiaoju was still immersed in her grief, and half of the food went into Li Rui’s stomach.

He gave Zhou Xiaoju a thumbs up, “Little girl, you have good skills. This cooking, whoever marries you home will be blessed with good food.”

Zhou Xiaoju disliked this remark very much and immediately turned cold, “What a strange thing to say. Does marrying me home mean having good food? Can’t I find a man who can give me good food?”

Although she didn’t want to find any man.

The obvious change in her tone made Li Rui shrink his head and look at her coldly, “That’s not what I meant. I just… wanted to praise your cooking skills!”

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

Living with a woman as fierce as Jiang Nian, she couldn’t possibly be a little lamb!

Because of this incident, Li Rui, who was usually a chatterbox, didn’t dare to say much, which led to Zhou Xiaoju only finding out about Jiang Nian smashing Zhou Shugen’s house the next day.

Early in the morning, Village Head Zhou looked at Jiang Nian with a worried expression, “You said you wanted to go out, smashing a few things wouldn’t be a big deal, and beating him up wouldn’t be a problem either. But how could you smash their pot?”

What kind of grudge could there be?

The key was that pots were not easy to buy. How could they eat if the pot was smashed?

The old saying goes, “One rat spoils the broth.” There’s truth to that.

Everyone in their village was kind. If they had a small conflict, they would just bicker or fight, and they would still be good neighbors afterwards.

Since Zhou Shugen had gone to the city by chance, one problem after another had arisen. It was all his family’s business, and it had ruined the reputation of their entire Zhou family.

Especially after Zhou Xiaoju’s mother died, it was difficult for the young men in the village to find wives. When the girls heard that they were from Zhoujia Village, they were all worried that they would be wronged and have no one to speak for them. This worried Village Head Zhou.

The key was that Xiaoju’s mother committed suicide. He could only criticize and educate Zhou Shugen, but he couldn’t do anything else.

Jiang Nian listened to these words, which were clearly biased towards her own family, and she started to get impatient, “Uncle Zhou, actually, I didn’t want to smash their pot yesterday, but when I thought about Xiao Hei’s death, I couldn’t control myself. I wanted to twist his head off. What do you think?”

This chilling remark made Village Head Zhou feel uneasy.

“This…”

Jiang Nian shouted into the house, “Xiaoju, I’m going up the mountain to collect herbs. If anyone comes to see me, tell them I don’t have any medicine for a few days. Don’t see them.”

Before Zhou Xiaoju could respond, she left.

Village Head Zhou was old enough to see that this wasn’t a matter of having medicine or not. It was a matter of being dissatisfied and giving him a taste of his own medicine.

But people with skills always have a bit of a strange temper, which is understandable.

Just then, someone came to see her. Zhou Xiaoju, following Jiang Nian’s instructions, told the person that she wasn’t seeing patients for a few days. The person immediately became unhappy.

Other things could be delayed, but illness couldn’t be controlled. How could it be delayed?

After asking a few questions, they learned that Zhou Shugen had smashed the medicine yesterday. Village Head Zhou was there, and he was scolded again. He was told to take good care of Doctor Jiang.

If Zhoujia Village didn’t want to keep her, their village would welcome her with open arms. As long as Doctor Jiang was willing, they would build a house for her immediately, and it would be a big one with a courtyard wall.

Anyway, everyone in the village would help, and it wouldn’t take much effort from each person. Having such a good doctor in the village to see patients would be convenient. They wouldn’t have to travel so far in the future. How great would that be?

Most importantly, Jiang Nian made a living from medicine and didn’t use the village’s resources. They couldn’t find a better intellectual comrade like her.

What else could Village Head Zhou do? He was already flattering and coaxing her, and now there were people trying to poach her. He couldn’t afford to offend her. He immediately assured her that he would deal with Zhou Shugen’s matter seriously and would never let him disturb Jiang Nian again, so as not to affect everyone who came to see her.