Chapter 6: The Kind of Wife You Can Hold Hands With and Sleep With

The neighbors, witnessing this scene, immediately understood and began to gossip.

“Lin Mei, aren’t you feeling guilty?”

“If you didn’t steal anything, what are you afraid of? Could there be something shady in that room?”

“If you really stole Wan Tang’s things, be prepared to go to the farm for reform! Stealing is a serious crime…”

Song Shiyi frowned at Lin Mei’s tantrum.

She stepped forward and grabbed Lin Mei’s arm: “Mother, we have nothing to hide. I believe you didn’t steal anything! Let Dad go get it!”

Lin Mei looked at her daughter, bewildered.

This matter of stealing Su Wantang’s dowry was her daughter’s idea.

What did her daughter mean by saying these things?

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Jianguo quickly entered the room and carried out the iron box from Lin Mei’s bed.

He placed the iron box on the table and asked Lin Mei, “Where’s the key? Open it and let’s take a look.”

Lin Mei was so angry that she bumped into Su Jianguo’s stomach.

She cursed, “Su Jianguo, I’ve never seen such a useless wimp! Your own wife is wrongly accused of being a thief, and you not only don’t defend me, but you also help…”

Suddenly, a crisp sound.

Fu Yanci broke the lock with his bare hands and opened the iron box.

He looked at Su Wantang and beckoned, “Comrade Su, come and see if anything you lost is in here.”

Lin Mei cried out in panic, “This is robbery! Chief, won’t you do anything about it? Oh, why is my life so bitter…”

Su Wantang bypassed Lin Mei and came to Fu Yanci’s side, looking at the iron box.

She took out a pair of bracelets and placed them on the table, then reached in and took out some other small items.

Seeing these things, she mimicked Lin Mei’s tone, lamenting, “Oh my God! Why is my life so bitter! How could my father and I have such a thief in our family!”

Su Wantang showed the small objects to the villagers and placed them one by one on the table.

“Aunt He, isn’t this the watch your son-in-law gave you? Look, it’s brand new!”

“Aunt Li, look at this, isn’t this the silver ring your sister sent you? If I remember correctly, this ring was supposed to be given to your daughter who’s getting married, right?”

“And Grandpa Zhang, is this the pocket watch your wife left you? There’s a picture of your wife inside!”

…

Lin Mei’s iron box contained more than a dozen items of varying sizes, along with some money and various tickets.

The villagers were filled with anger and began to scold her.

“You vicious woman! I’m this old, and you still steal the only thing my wife left me! I really want to beat you to death!”

“Lin Mei, I even confided in you. When my son-in-law’s watch was lost, he thought I gave it to my son, so he said it was lost! He kept saying I was biased! I cried to you about it several times, and you kept comforting me! I thought you were such a nice person, but you were the culprit!”

“Our Heping Village has always been an advanced brigade and a good example! How could we have such a rotten person!”

“Chief, this person with such poor character must be sent to the farm for reform. We can’t let one bad apple ruin the reputation of our entire Heping Village!”

Su Wantang recalled that Su Jianguo suddenly died in the book, and the reason must be related to Lin Mei and her daughter.

She might as well take this opportunity to drive Lin Mei and her daughter out of the Su family.

Seizing the moment, she loudly agreed, “I agree! Stealing is a very bad act. She even steals from her own family, she’s absolutely heartless! I will never forgive her!”

Having said that, Su Wantang pulled Su Jianguo to the village chief.

She spoke solemnly, “Today, the chief and all the uncles and aunts are here. I ask you to witness for my father and Lin Mei, to let them divorce! From now on, our Su family will have nothing to do with them!”

Hearing this, the hall fell silent, and everyone looked at Su Jianguo.

Su Jianguo’s already bitter face became even more bitter.

He quickly pulled Su Wantang aside.

He whispered, “You’re an unmarried girl, how can you say such things about persuading your parents to divorce?”

Su Wantang lowered her voice and began to persuade Su Jianguo.

“My father, you are my father, but she is not my mother.”

“Listen to me, I just had a nightmare. I dreamt that you were poisoned to death by them, tsk tsk, you died so miserably in the dream, and in the end, no one even collected your body. It’s so pitiful.”

Su Jianguo glanced at her: “Then why didn’t you collect my body?”

Su Wantang: …

Is that the point?

Isn’t the point that you were poisoned to death by Lin Mei and her daughter?

So, Su Wantang began to paint a rosy picture for Su Jianguo.

“Dad, I just want to tell you that Lin Mei and her daughter are not good people. If you break ties with such people, your daughter will take you to a big city in the future, and get you a wife from a big city, how about that?”

Su Jianguo’s eyes widened in shock.

Seeing that he was still unmoved, Su Wantang felt that the picture wasn’t big enough.

So, she lowered her voice again: “Let me tell you, she’ll be beautiful, fair-skinned, and the kind of wife you can hold hands with and sleep with!”