Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 441 - 240: Turning the Tables _3

Chapter 441: Chapter 240: Turning the Tables _3

Old man Li came before Li Laoer and smacked his head with a slap, cursing, "I’ll kill you, you black-hearted creature. Your father up in heaven must be distressed seeing you do such conscienceless wicked deeds. Selling your own niece to her death, how could you have the heart to do such a thing?"

Li Laoer gave a forced smile, "Big Uncle, we can’t anger the River God again..."

Old man Li struck Li Laoer another slap, cursing, "This time it was the Sky God who was angry and thundered, yet you still mention the River God. Landlord Ma sacrificed to the wrong deity and even used a living person for the ritual; he’s asking for divine retribution." Then, turning to Qian Manhe, "Ah Cao doesn’t need to sacrifice her life, bring her back, and let the family live well together."

Qian Manhe sneered, "Live well together? Uncle Li, look at my sister’s family of four, see what kind of bullying they have endured. No, they must split from the Li family and live separately."

Grandma Li shrieked, "No way! The old lady isn’t dead yet; the family can’t split up."

Li Laoer was even less willing to split the family. If they did, the good things he’d thought of for many years would be impossible to achieve. He also said, "To split or not is the internal affair of my Li family, it’s not your place as an outsider to have a say."

Old man Li felt that Qian Manhe was too involved in their affairs; whether to split the family or not should not be decided by an outsider. Furthermore, he had no good impression of Qian Mandua; he always thought that a woman with too attractive a countenance was a source of trouble, nothing but flirtatious and fickle. If a woman maintained her dignity, no man would dare to harass her, especially not a relative.

He then said, "Laoer selling Ah Cao and beating Ah Cai was wrong, I will decide this and make him apologize. But some things can’t happen with just one hand, it’s not all Laoer’s fault. When a man is not at home, a woman should be even more dignified, dressing and behaving properly, not allowing misunderstandings..."

The weeping Qian Mandua, already overwhelmed with shame and anger, cried, "Big Uncle, you can’t wrongly accuse me. Since Ah Cai’s father left, I have maintained my respectfulness..."

Seeing someone backing her up, Grandma Li, no longer afraid, directed all her anger from the punches she received from Madam Hua towards Qian Mandua. Spitting at Qian Mandua, she cursed, "Where have you shown respect? Where have you? I saw you giving my son the come-hither look."

The wife of Li Laoer also said, "I’ve never seen such a shameless vixen. As soon as her man left, she couldn’t wait to seduce other men. They say rabbits don’t eat the grass by their burrows, yet you even tried to seduce your brother-in-law. Disgusting!"

The wife of Eldest Li saw Grandma Li give her a meaningful look and also said, "Yes, I also saw that the third brother’s wife gave my man the come-hither look. My man ignored her and even scolded her for not following the way of a married woman."

Eldest Li didn’t want Qian Mandua to split from the family either. He had intended to wait a little longer to take action, but Laoer had moved much faster than he anticipated. Assuming the demeanor of a scrupulously honest person, he said, "I cannot be disloyal to my third brother."

The spectators again started to blame Qian Mandua. Many shared Old man Li’s view: an attractive woman without her man at home was prone to trouble. Now that the Li family accused Qian Mandua of being unfaithful, it seemed to be true.

Qian Mandua had no way to defend herself and could only cry while repeating, "I haven’t been unfaithful."

Ah Cai cried out loudly, "My mother hasn’t done anything wrong, it was my Second Uncle who constantly harassed her and intruded into her room."

Others misunderstood his words. If he was going into her room for no reason, it seemed that it had happened many times, so they must have already been intimate. The wife of Li Laoer cried and tried to grab Qian Mandua again but was blocked by Madam Hua.

A few older people in the crowd said, "Such an unfaithful woman should be drowned in the pond."

"Exactly, her daughter doesn’t need to be drowned now, but the mother does."

Qian Manhe hadn’t expected the situation to change with the arrival of Old man Li, becoming something he could no longer control, and said angrily to Old man Li, "How can you stand there and lie, don’t you know what kind of people your Li family are?"

Old man Li glared and said, "Of course, I know. I’ve already said that Li Laoer was wrong for selling his niece and beating his nephew. Let him return the silver from the sale and bring Ah Cao back so the family can live well together in the future. As for the third son’s wife, I was only cautioning her not to do anything disloyal to the third son. Besides, you an outsider, what say do you have in whether the family should split or not?"

Qian Manhe, shivering with anger, roared, "My sister hasn’t done anything to be disloyal to her husband; it was Li Laoer who harassed her first, it’s the Li family who bullied my sister together."

Old man Li snorted coldly, "Everyone in the family says that the third son’s wife is unfaithful; it’s you who are here telling blatant lies!"

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