RNP Chapter 129 The melons are harvested one after another.
Chapter 129 The melons are harvested one after another.
"Bullshit! Pure bullshit!"
Zhao Cuifen could no longer hold back. She pushed through the crowd and rushed in, slamming her hoe on the ground with a loud "bang," which sent the soil flying up from beneath her feet.
"Don't listen to Wang Dajiao's nonsense! That poor wretch Qin Rushan, how could he afford a house? If he could afford a house in the county town, I'd swallow this locust tree whole!"
Zhao Cuifen's eyes were bloodshot as she pointed at Wang Qiao's nose and yelled, "You just love making things worse! Do you think I don't know what kind of person Li Xianglian is? She's a jinx! Anyone who gets involved with her is doomed! If she can enjoy life, then pigs can fly!"
The scene fell silent immediately.
Everyone looked at Zhao Cuifen, but their eyes held little sympathy; instead, they showed a hint of schadenfreude.
Wang Qiao wasn't angry when someone pointed a finger at her and cursed at her. Instead, she looked at Zhao Cuifen as if she were watching a monkey show.
"Oh, isn't this Aunt Cuifen? Why are you so angry?"
Wang Qiao said sarcastically, "That's right, how can you not be angry? Such a good daughter-in-law, hardworking, capable, and beautiful, and you've managed to ruin her away."
Now look at you, you've fallen into a lucky hole, going to live in a big courtyard in the county town and eating government-supplied grain. Without a daughter-in-law to do the chores, you're probably just coming back from weeding in the fields, aren't you? Tsk tsk, how come your life is getting worse and worse!
"You!" Zhao Cuifen trembled with rage. "You foul-mouthed woman! I'll tear your mouth apart!"
As he spoke, he lunged forward.
Several quick-witted women nearby immediately pulled her away.
"Aunt Cuifen, why are you doing this to yourself?"
"Everyone, this is just the truth. Don't be like a firecracker, ready to explode at any moment."
A plump auntie next to Zhao Cuifen, who wasn't on good terms with her, was now speaking with sharp tongues: "Xianglian was treated like a slave in your Zhao family, eating less than a chicken and working more than an ox. Now that she's out of that misery, it's a miracle she's escaped. Instead of reflecting on the sins you've committed, you're jumping around like that, aren't you afraid of hurting your old back?"
"That's right, Cuifen, just accept your fate."
Grandpa Wang puffed on his pipe, exhaling a thick white smoke ring, and squinted as he said, "I think Qin Rushan is alright. He looks nasty but has a kind heart, and he's a doting husband. Unlike your Zhao Gang, who is... cough cough, never mind."
These words were like a handful of salt, rubbing harshly into Zhao Cuifen's bleeding heart.
What Zhao Cuifen was most proud of in her life was having a "hardworking and honest" son, and what she hated most was when people said that her son was not as good as that good-for-nothing Qin Rushan!
"Bullshit! You're all talking nonsense!"
Zhao Cuifen was furious, her hands, as dry and bark-like as tree bark, flailing wildly in the air, spitting three feet away: "Qin Rushan is a complete fraud! He buys a house? If he could buy a house, I'd rip my head off and use it as a chamber pot! It's a lie! It's that Wang Dajiao and that slut teaming up to fool you bunch of idiots!"
She simply refused to believe it.
How could Li Xianglian, who was submissive under her and didn't even dare to breathe loudly, suddenly turn the tables?
How could Qin Rushan, who was the talk of the village, suddenly become a high-ranking person in the county town?
If she doesn't see it with her own eyes and expose this huge "lie," Zhao Cuifen won't be able to swallow her meal tonight, and she won't be able to sleep soundly!
"I'm not wasting my breath on you blind fools! I'm going to skin that couple alive right now! Let everyone see if they're human or ghosts!"
Zhao Cuifen shook off her wife who was holding her, grabbed a hoe from the ground, and huffed and puffed as she rushed towards the Qin family's courtyard.
Seeing this, everyone wondered if there was going to be a good show.
The enthusiasm that had just subsided instantly surged again, and a large group of people followed Zhao Cuifen, making a grand and imposing manner towards Qin Rushan's house.
These past few days, the melons in Xiahe Village have been coming in one crop after another, and everyone is so full from eating them that no one thinks they have enough.
First there was Liu Chunhua rummaging through the cornfield, then Qin Rushan bought a house in the county town, and today there's this scene of the former mother-in-law causing a ruckus in the new house. This drama is even more exciting than the movies shown in the commune!
In the Qin family courtyard.
Just as Qin Rushan finished folding the last Dacron shirt and putting it into the camphor wood chest, the already flimsy courtyard gate was suddenly kicked open.
With a loud bang, the door slammed against the earthen wall, sending dirt and debris flying down.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Cuifen's mournful wails, as if she had lost her parents, rang out like thunder.
"Li Xianglian! You heartless, wicked woman! Get out here right now! Spit out all the money you stole from the Zhao family!"
The shout startled Li Xianglian, who was holding a red vest, so much that her hand trembled and the garment almost fell to the ground.
Qin Rushan's face instantly darkened, and a fierce aura surged in his eyes.
He grabbed Li Xianglian's icy hand, the warmth of his palm flowing over her. "What are you afraid of? I'll hold the sky up if it falls. Let's go out and see what this old madwoman is up to now."
As soon as the two stepped out of the door, they saw a large group of people pouring into the courtyard.
Zhao Cuifen stood at the front, pointing the rusty hoe at the several packages she had just packed, her cloudy eyes seeming to spit fire.
Following behind were Wang Qiao and a group of idle men and gossipy women from the village, all craning their necks, waiting to watch the drama unfold.
"What? Is Aunt Zhao coming to my house to hoe the field?"
Qin Rushan crossed his arms, his tall frame blocking the doorway and protecting Li Xianglian behind him. "My land is perfectly level, no need for you to worry."
When Zhao Cuifen saw Qin Rushan's fierce and menacing appearance, she was initially intimidated.
But the thought that it was a huge sum of "several thousand dollars" instantly overwhelmed their fear with greed and envy.
"Qin Rushan! Stop pretending to be stupid with me!"
Zhao Cuifen slammed her hoe on the ground, spitting as she spoke, "Everyone, be the judge! Who doesn't know what kind of life this impoverished family leads? They're always struggling to make ends meet! How could they suddenly come up with several thousand yuan to buy a house in the county town?"
She pointed at Qin Rushan, her fingers trembling with rage, "It's definitely tainted money! I knew it! No wonder Li Xianglian went with you so readily; it was all premeditated! Those two were already hooking up!"
A buzzing sound arose from the surrounding crowd.
"Yeah, that's unbelievable. Qin Dashan used to be dirt poor, how did he suddenly become rich?"
"Could there really be something fishy going on?"
Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, Zhao Cuifen felt even more confident, straightening her back slightly. Her triangular eyes fixed on Li Xianglian, who was hiding behind Qin Rushan, she cursed viciously:
"You little whore! Don't hide! You have the nerve to cheat on your husband, you have the nerve to steal money, but you have no face to show your face in public, right? I was wondering why my family has been getting poorer and poorer these past two years, we can't even afford oil. It turns out you're a thief in the family! You've emptied out my Zhao family's savings to support this wild man!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Qin Rushan roared, veins throbbing on his forehead, and strode forward, "I don't hit women, but an old scumbag like you is an exception!"
The menacing aura emanating from the pile of corpses startled Zhao Cuifen so much that she took a step back and almost fell to the ground.
"Brother Shan..."