“SLAP!”
Another loud slap, the obnoxious An Hung niang was stunned again. Now she has hand prints on both side ofher cheeks. Under the angry stare of Liu Sanzhen, she finally shut up.
“Remember when I say this, one more shameful acts from you and Iwill divorce you and kick you out of Willow Village. You have no shame, but Ido. I have a standard to live up to!”
“……” This was the first time An Hung niang lowered her proudful head. She was crossed, unreasonable. Shewas afraid of no one, but, she was afraid of a divorce. She would rather diethan have a divorce.
The other villagers sighed. At the end of the day, it was An Hung niang who looked down upon the emigratedCheng’s family and she was envious of generosity and tenderness of Mrs. Cheng.She has the elegance not found in your everyday village women. That was theroot of why she targeted the Cheng’s all along.
Naturally, had Mr. Cheng not been injured, she would never havegone this far.
Seeing how An Hung niangwas lectured, and slapped twice, Cheng Xiao Xiao’s anger was almost all gone.Looking at the group of villagers in front of her, she smiled, “Grandpa Liu,other uncles and aunties, c’mon into our yard for some beverages. We haven’thad so much visitors in a very long time.”
“Right, right, maiden Cheng is so polite!”
Patriarch Liu smiled cheerfully, then gave An Hung niang a sideway glance and said, “Wifeof Sanzhen, you have crossed the line this time. Everybody was getting alongjust fine, you shouldn’t have came to bully them. Never mind that Mr. Cheng hadhelped all of us, he even helped your family a lot. Don’t be such an ungratefulperson. Spirits are always looking down at us. Be careful of karma!”
“An Hung niang, we alllive together, there’s no need to bully Mrs. Cheng. Look, you’ve picked all thesprouts that were growing just fine. And, on top of that, you want to evictthem. Don’t you think that’s a bit much?”
“It’s fate that we are all living together. You shouldn’t havegiven them such a hard time. If someone treats you that way, you would havebeen scolding them every day. You have to be a fair person!”
“An Hung niang, wedidn’t want to say this, but you have really crossed the line this time! Youcan’t do that again!”
“Exactly! We won’t let you don’t that again!”
The few village women that came chimed in to chastise An Hung niang. Her fat body shivered, but shedidn’t say anything to dispute.
The still angry Liu Sanzhen stared at her and said, “Be carefulyou are going to go to h.e.l.l and Yanw.a.n.gye1 will pull your tongue and chop your arms!”
“Alright, alright, that’s enough. As long as An Hung niang doesn’t behave like that in thefuture!”
Patriarch Liu waved his hand and said to Mrs. Cheng, “Mrs. Cheng,we haven’t visited Mr. Cheng in a long time. Now that we are all here, weshould go visit him!”
“Yes! I haven’t visited brother Cheng in a while too. Let’s all govisit him!”
“I wonder how his recovery is coming along, let go check him out!”
“Mrs. Cheng, how’s Mr. Cheng doing? Is he getting any better?”
“Thank you, everyone. Thank you, Patriarch Liu. Please---” Mrs.Cheng bowed to everyone, touched beyond words.
Cheng Xiao Xiao and her siblings also bowed to everyone. No matterwhat, they meant well.
Shortly, everybody has entered the Cheng’s yard, chatting andlaughing!
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Note:
1.The king of h.e.l.l in some Asian religionwho determines one’s punishment when you arrive at h.e.l.l.