The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 355 - 326 Getting Beaten, Taught a Lesson_1

Chapter 355: Chapter 326 Getting Beaten, Taught a Lesson_1

Wang Shuping could discipline He Tiantian, but she couldn’t disrespect her elders, so she had to retract her hand, pointing at He Tiantian as she continued to scold her.

"Stepmother, this girl has been taking decisions on her own, she’s too bold. If you knew what she’s done, you’d beat her too," Wang Shuping argued, visibly upset.

Ignorant of the ways of the world, she’ll suffer for it sooner or later.

"Alright then, I’ll be fair and impartial, so you tell me first what Girl Tian has done. If she’s done wrong, I’ll be the first to beat her," Third Grandma Qi chuckled, treating the matter as a joke before knowing what He Tiantian had actually done.

Upon hearing this, He Tiantian didn’t dare to stay outside any longer and ran back inside the house.

"And now you run, feeling guilty, huh?" Wang Shuping stamped her foot, about to give chase.

Seeing He Tiantian’s guilty demeanor, Third Grandma Qi’s interest was suddenly piqued, and she said, "So what exactly did Girl Tian do? Tell me properly, I want to know too."

Grinding her teeth, Wang Shuping said, "Stepmother, just now Tiantian was still harvesting cabbages in the vegetable patch by the entrance! Some young city fellow was whispering something to her, and in the blink of an eye, Tiantian had grabbed her bamboo basket and run off. Sister Liu’s daughter from our village came by earlier saying Qi Shuqiang was being a hooligan, so I went to see too. Qi Shuqiang was harassing Ye Xiaofan, and Tiantian was also there; she saved Ye Xiaofan and tied up Qi Shuqiang...."

Upon hearing this, Third Grandma Qi tip-toed with tiny steps to He Tiantian’s door, knocking, "Girl Tian, come out here. Your mother didn’t hit you hard enough, I need to get a stick! It’s so dangerous, even if you want to save someone, you can’t just go by yourself...."

He Tiantian was shaking with fear inside the house, not daring to go out. Now that her grandma and mother had joined forces, she could only plead from inside the house, "Mom, Grandma, I didn’t mean to, I really didn’t mean to. When I thought about how Sister Xiaofan was in danger, I just charged over."

In fact, He Tiantian didn’t think of herself as reckless as her mother believed.

Firstly, He Tiantian believed she was strong and fast, capable of taking down a grown man if needed.

Secondly, if she couldn’t beat him, there was still the Snake King! That would surely sort him out!

He Tiantian knew this about herself, but others did not.

Thus, because of He Tiantian’s reckless bravery, she had incited public outrage at home.

"If there’s danger, you can call for help. It’s always better to go together than alone!" Wang Shuping said, "We’re not blaming you for saving someone, but for not being mindful of your own safety. You are a young lady, and your Dad and I only have you for a child. If something were to happen to you, what would your Dad, and your Grandma do?" Wang Shuping continued to lecture outside, this time intending to instill a lasting lesson in her daughter.

Disobedience always leads to trouble.

"Yes, your mother’s right, you deserve a lesson," Third Grandma Qi chimed in, both angry and distressed.

A girl’s behavior should not be so rash.

"I know I’m wrong, I won’t dare do it again," He Tiantian cried and begged from inside the room, her mother and grandmother were so angry, and when Dad got back, she’d probably get another telling-off.

Wang Shuping, tired from talking, helped Third Grandma Qi to sit down on a bench in the courtyard.

"Ah, our daughter’s growing up, getting too headstrong," Wang Shuping said, her anger subsiding a bit.

Third Grandma Qi smiled and said, "There, Tiantian knows she’s wrong, don’t be mad. From now on, watch over her closely. Our Girl Tian is pretty and shouldn’t be careless. If it were before the liberation, with her good looks, in an ordinary family, she’d have been snatched away by a rich family to be a concubine. Things are a bit chaotic now, but at least nobody is going to force her into marriage. The thing with Qi Shuqiang is an exception; you shouldn’t worry too much."

"Ah, Stepmother, it just frustrates me that she didn’t tell us, just acted recklessly on her own. How can I, as a mother, be at peace?" Wang Shuping sighed, "Stepmother, you don’t know? When Tiantian first went to the countryside, I spent nights upon nights unable to sleep, just worried that something might happen to her."

As she spoke, Wang Shuping choked up.

"A son journeying far leaves his mother worried, it’s always the same!" Third Grandma Qi lamented, sometimes she too would lie awake at night, worrying about her son.

He Tiantian heard her mother crying and quickly came out of the room, crouching beside her mother, taking her hand and hitting her own face with it, saying, "Mom, don’t be angry anymore, hit me to let out your anger."

I was too angry just now, and I couldn’t help but hit my daughter a few times.

When you hit your child, the pain is actually in the mother’s heart!

Wang Shuping had calmed down by now, and where would she have the heart to beat He Tiantian!

"Tiantian, you have to remember that when you get older, and Dad and Mom are no longer by your side, you have to think things through before you act," Wang Shuping said. "Don’t make Mom worry, okay?"

"Mmm!" He Tiantian nodded as quickly as a chick pecking at grains. "Mom, I remember, I won’t make the same mistake again."

Third Grandma Qi patted He Tiantian on the head and said, "To know your mistake and to correct it is the greatest virtue."

When He Jingyu came back in the evening, he scolded He Tiantian again.

He Tiantian kept admitting her fault, and after serving her Dad diligently with tea and water and massaging his shoulders, she finally escaped punishment.

After dinner, there were cries and quarrels in the village.

Third Grandma Qi never liked joining the commotion and didn’t go out to see what was happening, choosing to stay at home by the fire instead.

While sitting by the fire, He Tiantian threw a few small sweet potatoes in the brazier to roast and eat.

Third Grandma Qi reflected that the household really needed a man!

The last time Qi Jianguo did what he did, Old Lady Qi had come to make trouble several times, precisely because there was only one old lady and a young girl in the household!

This time, Miao Guihua was also a fierce woman, but she didn’t dare to come over and make trouble.

The village had two cases of attempted rape within one year, both unsuccessful, which greatly angered Village Chief Qi.

He called a village meeting to educate both the villagers and the young people from the city.

The villagers, with the lessons of Qi Jianguo and Qi Shuqiang before them, took the lesson to heart and adjusted their attitudes.

A few days later, Lin Xiaoru came back.

He Tiantian felt pent-up but also knew that without evidence, relying only on Qi Shuqiang’s one-sided story, they indeed couldn’t do much about her!

As for Qi Shuqiang, he was sentenced to three years of fixed-term imprisonment for attempted rape and intentional injury.

If Qi Shuqiang had not beaten Ye Xiaofan, he would have received at most two years.

Shuli Qi had also helped in this matter; otherwise, the sentence would have been even longer.

Lin Xiaoru came to the village with an application, looking for Village Chief Qi to stamp it.

Village Chief Qi now arranges for two village officials to be on duty to avoid any further harassment of the villagers or young people from the city.

Although Village Chief Qi didn’t like Lin Xiaoru, he had no reason to stop her, who knew what this woman might do!

So, Village Chief Qi promptly stamped Lin Xiaoru’s application and even encouraged her to do well in her unit’s propaganda team.

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