Farm Tough Girl
Chapter 341 - 341 342 Dilemma_1

Chapter 341: Chapter 342 Dilemma_1 Chapter 341: Chapter 342 Dilemma_1 The villagers originally wanted to help since it was an outsider bullying one of their own, but after hearing what Lai had said, they suddenly didn’t want to interfere. After all, the Wang family had brought this calamity upon themselves, and these ruthless thugs were far from the match for mere farmers, right?

Some people had the foresight to go fetch the Village Head early on.

Mrs. Liang, in desperation, stamped her feet and said, “Oh my, let’s talk this out, why are you smashing our things? Stop, stop, stop, there must be some misunderstanding here!”

But the thugs paid her no heed, continuing to break whatever they set their eyes on. Shitou, unable to control his temper, cursed a few times in annoyance and was immediately kicked by one of the thugs, unable to get back up. Mrs. Liang’s heart nearly burst with grief, torn between her son’s plight and the treasured possessions in her home, she felt like dying.

“What are you doing?! Do you really think you can bully Tupo Village? If you keep this up, I’ll directly notify the authorities to arrest you!” the Village Head rushed over and shouted sternly. As the leader of the village, he naturally couldn’t stand idly by while his villagers were being bullied.

Mrs. Liang, seeing the Village Head as if he was her savior, quickly grabbed the hem of his pants and pleaded, “Village Head, you must save our family, look what they’ve done to our house, and they’ve even beaten my Shitou!”

Lai glanced at Mrs. Liang with contempt and said directly, “I’m not bullying anyone, it’s that this village woman is unreliable. She sold her child to me, instructing me to turn the kid over to a brothel in the city when the time came. She signed the Servant’s Certificate, and here is the document, all clear and aboveboard. But then she stole the child back which is plainly cheating me of my silver. Now that the person is gone, how can I just let it go? Naturally, I have to come and find them.”

The Village Head’s face darkened immediately. He had rushed here in anger, really thinking that the Wang family was being bullied. But after hearing this, he realized that Mrs. Liang had stooped to such a despicable act.

“Didn’t you say Qingmei went missing because a beggar had kidnapped her?” the Village Head roared.

He had thought Mrs. Liang had reformed, but now he realized it was all bullshit!

Mrs. Liang shuddered with fear, finding herself caught in a dilemma, with the villagers about to learn the truth on one side and Lai’s menacing muscle on the other. If she explained now that she didn’t regret selling the child to Lai, the villagers would flay her. But if she insisted that she hadn’t sold the child and that Lai was falsely accusing her, those frightening thugs looked intimidating. Mrs. Liang’s head was about to explode with worry, what on earth should she do?

Mrs. Liang plopped down on the ground and began howling in tears, clueless about what to say.

Lai snorted coldly, “Cry? I tell you, if you don’t hand over Qingmei today, you’ll compensate me tenfold the silver from the Servant’s Certificate. If not, I’ll believe that I can tear down this house of yours!”

Mrs. Liang’s heart skipped a beat, and in her desperation, she blurted out, “Lai, let’s talk this out nicely. I’ve always seen that girl Qingmei as a burden! I was just too lazy to keep her, so I sold her off secretly, what reason would I have to steal her back? Even if you bring her back now, I absolutely won’t take her, what use is there keeping such a useless child? So, it definitely wasn’t me who stole her!”

The villagers couldn’t help but widen their eyes in shock. So it was indeed Mrs. Liang who sold the child. What a “loving mother”! Who was it that had cried their eyes out here before, saying their child was lost, and now the truth lay bare before their very eyes? Mrs. Liang even had the audacity to claim she never intended to keep Qingmei, calling the child a burden!

Anyone who heard this would be outraged to the core!

Lai covered the smirk at the corner of her mouth, then continued, “How can I trust you? When Wang Qingmei was sold, only you knew about it. Did you tell others?”

Mrs. Liang sheepishly shook her head, truly no one else knew. It was just known within their family, but their family really hadn’t stolen the child.

Lai glared at her, “Then what else is there to argue? I’ve seen this kind of thing too many times, selling off the child and then stealing her back. You think just because you don’t keep her at home, I have no way to deal with you, right?!”

Mrs. Liang cried out, “I really didn’t do it, I’m truly wronged. It must have been that little wretch who ran away by herself. If she dares to run to our house, I’d break her legs myself and deliver her to you personally! Lai, please, have mercy and spare us!” She almost wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Lai.

The villagers’ anger grew even more, and they began to curse aloud, “I’ve never seen such a mother, she should go straight to hell! The Wang family still has the nerve to say they want to raise a son to be educated, with this kind of behavior, you won’t even be allowed entry into the county exam, what trash!”

Mrs. Liang’s heart was filled with aggrievement. This time, the reputation of the Wang family was completely ruined.

Lai spat out, “Such bad luck, to have agreed to do business with someone like you, bringing about all this trouble out of nowhere! Next time, you’d better hope I don’t run into you, or else, I will break your legs myself!”

With that, she made a gesture to the thugs, “Let’s go!”

The thugs glowered at Mrs. Liang with a menacing look, not forgetting to smash up the place several more times before following Lai out.

After this round of destruction, aside from the house not collapsing, there wasn’t a single spot in the Wang family’s home that was left untouched, everything was left in a sorry state. Yet none of the villagers present sympathized, instead looking at Mrs. Liang with disdain.

Mrs. Liang had just settled down a little when the chilling gaze from the Village Head scared her once more.

Clenching his teeth, the Village Head said, “The suffering you are experiencing now, you brought it all upon yourself! You not only brought such people into the village but also damaged its good name. I really was blind to have believed you before! If your family has any trouble in the future, don’t you dare come to me, just endure it yourself. If you dare make trouble again, I will directly drive you out of the village!”

Having said this, he swept his robe and left, and not only the Village Head, but the villagers were not light in their anger either. Having seen Mrs. Liang’s true colors today, they realized how she had deceived everyone, and her cold, ruthless heart. What kind of mother was she? Even other people’s children shouldn’t be treated so heartlessly!

Unable to hold back their anger, everyone started cursing, pushing Mrs. Liang to a flushed face before she finally slinked back into her house, only to receive a harsh scolding from her in-laws. Looking around at the devastated house, Mrs. Liang felt she might as well be dead. The money from selling Qingmei was a mere five taels of silver, but the things in the house were worth at least twenty taels!

All her efforts over these days had turned out to be for nothing!