The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 443 Everyone Seated Here Is Trash

Chapter 443: Chapter 443 Everyone Seated Here Is Trash

Hunter Qin also realized that if he allowed Old Granny Zhang and the Wang Family members to continue speaking, the event might not be easily resolved today.

The matter of the two persuading Song Chongjin to take the medicine was done behind their master’s back, and if it escalated to the Government Office, it would certainly alarm their master.

Given their master’s temperament, he was afraid it would lead to both him and Old Zhang dying in the dungeon.

Then wouldn’t the goal they had painstakingly planned for so long be wasted?

No! He could not let the Wang Family speak anymore.

Thinking thus, Hunter Qin’s palm twitched, and he slid out a tiny iron marble from his sleeve. If he managed to flick the iron marble into Old Granny Zhang’s head while nobody was paying attention, she would no longer have any chance to speak.

With Old Granny Zhang dead and the iron marble as small as a grain of rice, he could control the force to prevent any blood from spilling. He figured the Wang Family would not be able to find any evidence then.

With his mind made up, Hunter Qin’s gaze turned cold and sinister as he looked at Old Granny Zhang. Since this rural old lady was so ignorant of what was good for her, then she would learn that he, Grandpa Qin, was not someone to mess with.

Wang Yongzhu felt an uncomfortable aura emanating from Hunter Qin. Seeing his gloomy gaze fixed on Old Granny Zhang, she shivered suddenly.

"Xiao Tiantian, do you have some kind of protective shield or similar device?"

Xiao Tiantian answered quickly, "Yes, an Invisible Protective Shield, which covers an area with a two-meter radius. Once used, it can prevent physical harm ten times, and it requires ten points."

"Exchange it now, and apply it to my mother and the rest of them, quickly!"

Xiao Tiantian still proved reliable in a critical moment, swiftly exchanging for the protective shield and placing Old Granny Zhang and the Wang Family members within its protection.

Meanwhile, Old Granny Zhang and Wang Family members remained oblivious.

Old Granny Zhang saw that both the Qin and Zhang families had a rather poor reputation among the neighbors. With this commotion, not a single person came forward to defend them.

She felt even more confident.

She blew her nose and casually wiped it on the door of the Qin Family, then smeared another handful of tears before saying, "You all don’t know, these Old Qins and Zhangs are so heartless. They say that after teaching my son-in-law for so many years, they couldn’t just let him learn everything for nothing. Although they taught the wrong person by mistake, they wouldn’t let my son-in-law learn their skills for free. They actually wanted my son-in-law to serve them as a slave for life!"

"My son-in-law always saw them as pitiful, without a woman or descendants, and treated them like fathers, caring for them in every aspect, and even offered Silver as a sign of respect every year, more caring than his own son. But to think, these two old bastards would make such immoral, future-destroying demands!"

"Everyone, judge for yourselves, has there ever been a master who acts like this? Let’s speak with our consciences, this man saved my son-in-law and taught him to hunt to make a living. We can’t forget such kindness, it’s only right and proper to respect them for life!"

As she spoke, Old Granny Zhang blew her nose again, flinging it onto the other door.

Shopkeeper Zhang inside the courtyard was simply disgusted to death, never having seen such a vulgar country old lady.

For a moment, feeling turmoil in his heart, he was nauseated and couldn’t vomit, his mind far from listening to what Old Granny Zhang was saying.

Hunter Qin was looking for an opportunity, hoping to kill Old Granny Zhang when it would attract the least attention and before she could say anything even more irreversible, thus he remained silent.

The onlookers saw Hunter Qin not refuting the claims and thought that this must be the truth, suspecting that he didn’t have any argument to make anyway.

Listening to Old Granny Zhang’s words, they found them reasonable. She acknowledged the kindness and acted properly – indeed, it was hard to find such an apprentice, even with a lantern.

"Why are these two masters so shameless?"

"To demand someone to become a servant, to dedicate their life, in these times, a servant is the lowest of the low. Once you’re on the servant register, you’re a servant for life, and so are your descendants."

"Even if you’re released from the servant register, your offspring still can’t take the imperial examinations for three generations."

"How much hatred must one harbor to make such a demand?"

Looking at Hunter Qin, everyone’s gaze changed.

Hunter Qin clenched his jaw, his fingers tightly holding the iron marble, ready to launch it at any moment...

Old Granny Zhang caught her breath and continued, "My son-in-law just got engaged to my daughter. If he agrees to this, wouldn’t that mean my daughter would have to become their servant too? And any children she bears will likely also be servant spawn! What man with any semblance of pride could agree to that?"

The onlookers nodded in agreement.

"But those two old bastards threatened my son-in-law, saying that if he doesn’t agree to become a servant, he has to return all that he has learned to them. They mention a drug that, if taken, will blur his vision and make him unable to hunt or write ever again..."

Hunter Qin’s eyes flickered; he couldn’t let Old Granny Zhang speak any further.

With a flick of his finger, before anyone knew it, Wang Yongzhu had positioned himself in front of Old Granny Zhang, shielding her completely—no one could even see her head or hands.

In an instant, tension rose. Taking a step forward, Wang Yongzhu immediately said, "Hunter Qin, what are you planning? Are you getting anxious because my mother exposed your intentions? Are you planning to harm my mother?"

Hunter Qin halted mid-step, and forcefully said, "Do you really think you can distort the truth just because you’re speaking out?"

"Then why don’t you tell us, Hunter Qin, where is my mother wrong? Where did she distort the truth?" Wang Yongzhu didn’t back down an inch.

What could Hunter Qin say? That Old Granny Zhang was wrong, and that they weren’t trying to make Song Chongjin their servant, but their master’s servant?

Mentioning their master at this time would probably only hasten their deaths, right?

The words were on the tip of Hunter Qin’s tongue, but he had to swallow them back down, unable to utter a single word after a long while.

The onlookers began to jeer, "Old Qin, you’ve done such a conscienceless deed, are you afraid of people talking about it?"

"Exactly, forcing someone to choose between being a servant or a blind person, and not even allowing their family to seek justice?"

...

Hunter Qin had no choice but to glare fiercely at Wang Yongzhu, trying hard to suppress his murderous intent and discretely move aside, waiting for another opportunity.

Seeing that Hunter Qin had nothing to say, and observing the onlookers, each one of them looking at her expectantly, waiting for her to speak, Old Granny Zhang suddenly felt a surge of empowerment, resembling the time she fought the Li Family and stood high above all, feeling as if everyone present was trash.

She slapped her thigh and burst into tears, "My poor son-in-law, bowing his head to those two ruthless and inhumane old bastards, his head bloodied from kowtowing, earnestly begging them to let him go, swearing to be utterly devoted and never ungrateful!"

"But the hearts of those two old bastards are as hard as steel! They just wouldn’t budge! Left with no choice, my poor son-in-law, to not implicate my daughter, to prevent his own descendants from becoming servant spawn, was forced to drink that poison! On the way home, his vision started to blur. By the time he got home, he couldn’t see anything at all. He writhed in pain on the bed, saying his eyes felt as if they were being stabbed by ten thousand needles, and he even vomited blood! The blood... it came out black..."