Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 118 - 117: Beating a Dog in the Water

Chapter 118: Chapter 117: Beating a Dog in the Water

Mrs. Gao saw that Afu’s eyes were wide open and her face was flushed with anger, she knew there was going to be a fight. Hearing this, she quickly put down the basin and ran towards the village. She knew that when a fight broke out, only Afu from the second house could fight back. Even with her own husband and her father-in-law, they couldn’t beat the other families.

The three women were passionately discussing and were unaware of the people approaching from behind.

Afu stood behind the three women. One woman in her thirties at least spoke humanely, but the other two were making fun of Mrs. Wang.

Afu cursed, "You two vile women with foul mouths, how can you slander others like this? Watch me beat you to death."

As soon as she spoke, she removed the one who spoke "humanely", subtracting one enemy from her list.

The other two women were both in their forties and liked to gossip around the village. When the villagers heard that Mr. Chen from a neighboring town had become the governor, they were overjoyed, feeling a sense of honor and pride. This was not only a joy for the Zhaos’ village in Fenglin town, but also for the whole of Sanqing County.

While people proclaimed their pride in the fact that Mr. Chen had become the governor, they felt that Mrs. Wang - who was "under" Mr. Chen - was an eyesore. A woman who was first jealous, and later became a woman who married two husbands. Now, this is the talk of the village, with the more gossipy women discussing it even more fervently.

The two gossiping women were squatting by the stream washing their clothes, chatting loudly, when suddenly a harsh voice came from behind. Before they could react, each of them received a smack on their backs. Then, with a shove and a push, both of them were pushed into the stream.

Afu only pushed one person. As she was about to push the second one, Zhui Feng had already pushed her into the creek.

This was the shallow part of the stream, the water level only reached their knees, so they were not in danger of drowning.

The two women were struggling in the water, the stones at the bottom of the stream causing a sharp pain in their hearts and the cold water pricking them and making them uncomfortable. As they tried to stand up while yelling, one was repeatedly hit on the back with a wooden stick, while the other was suppressed in the water by Zhui Feng, unable to get up.

The sudden changes scared the other woman and she didn’t dare to stop Afu, she was screaming for help.

Taking the initiative, Afu swung her wooden stick non-stop, hitting the water-soaked bodies of theirs making a swatting sound. After whipping one a few times, she quickly switched to the other one who was being suppressed in the water by Zhui Feng. She beat the two women until they couldn’t get up.

She also cursed fiercely, "I’m going to let you gossipers learn your lesson, teach you two foul-mouthed cunts a lesson..."

Those two women were beaten by a person and a dog while slipping in the water, they just couldn’t get up. Suffering pain and feeling cold, they cried out in the water, "We give up".

People nearby were slowly coming to watch the excitement.

Because the fighting in the water was so intense, the women didn’t want to get into the water, and the men didn’t dare to stop the fight. They just stood by the stream shouting, "Stop hitting! Someone’s going to die!"

After a while, Junior Officer Gao ran over. He yelled, "No one is allowed to hit anyone anymore, stop right now." He pointed at several older robust women and said, "Go, pull them up to the shore. This is disgraceful."

Afu and the others were forcibly pulled to the shore.

Afu’s shoes were filled with water and her skirt was wet below the knees, but her upper body was fine, it was just splashed with some water. She was extremely angry at this time and didn’t feel too cold.

But the two women were miserable, soaked to the skin. Not to mention their clothes revealing their figures, but one of their belts had also become loose, adding to their disgrace. And unseen by others were the many bruises and wounds they received due to the stones in the water. They were hurting and ashamed, sitting on the ground sobbing loudly.

At this time, the Chens and the respective families of the two women also ran over. More than thirty people from the two families arrived, and over ten of them were holding hoes, shovels, and sticks, glaring at Afu and shouting loudly, wanting to rush forward to hit her, they would love to skin her alive.

Except for Chen Ye and Chen Agu, all the other Chens were either old, weak, sick or disabled. Mrs. Wang held Afu tightly in her arms, not allowing her to rush out. Chen Ming used his arm to shield the two of them behind him. Mrs. Chen and Chen Ming stood together. Chen Alan, who was frightened and crying, covered her mouth. Chen Ye and Chen Agu, with hoes in their hands, stood at the very front of the Chens, ready to fight at any time.

Junior Officer Gao stood in the middle, blocking the two families, and yelled, "Calm down, no fighting." If anyone gets hurt, no one will end up well..."

If a fight broke out, the Chens would be beaten down in less than half an hour.

He must protect Afu. Not only because he promised Junior Manager Luo but also because of a secret he didn’t dare to reveal.

He had met Chen Shiying years ago, and his wife Madam Zhao was from the Zhaos’ Village. During the period when Afu was an imbecile, she seldom came within sight, and even if she did, her face was full of dirt. Later on when she was no longer an imbecile, he saw her a few more times, and he felt that she looked familiar but didn’t think too much of it.

A few days ago, upon hearing that Mr. Chen from the Zhaos’ Village had become the governor of Dingzhou, he remembered how similar Afu looked to Mr. Chen.

His wife also remembered, both of them looked at each other in shock and exclaimed, "My — God — "

Junior Officer Gao instructed his wife not to reveal this matter, not even to their children. It could cause trouble!

Therefore, he couldn’t let the governor’s biological daughter have an accident in his village. Although Mrs. Chen does not acknowledge Mrs. Wang, who knows whether Mr. Chen will acknowledge his own daughter in the future?

Leading several villagers, he stood in the middle of the families, shouting until his throat was sore, he kept separate and stopped the two families from charging forward.

Carpenter Wu, Wu Changsheng, and several other Chen family members also rushed over. Along with Junior Officer Gao, they stood in the middle of the two groups, trying to prevent a fight. Even Wang Yingjun was jumping around amongst the crowd shouting, "Gentlemen use words and not fists. Men who hit women are not competent..."

When the two women saw their families coming, they knew they could finally vent their anger on Afu, but Junior Officer Gao and the others were stopping them. They had enough, both of them sat on the ground and started to cry loudly, "Oh, I can’t live anymore, we were beaten like this by that wicked woman ... It’s so humiliating ... It’s so embarrassing ... Oh, God ... give me a rope to hang myself ..."

Their outburst infuriated their sons, their eyes were red, and they charged towards Afu with their hoes and sticks, pushing Junior Officer Gao and the others aside.

Chen Ye and Chen Agu widened their eyes, holding their hoes to block them while Zhui Feng was barking at them. A gang fight with weapons was on the verge of breaking out.

At this moment, a loud yell came from a distance, "Everyone, stop!"

Following the yell, several strong men armed with swords and spears appeared, followed by more than ten peasants with hoes and shovels. Manager Luo and his son led the guardians and the tenants of the Tang Garden over.