Chapter 128: Beaten Up

Now that the old man's condition has stabilized, although the situation with the younger son is not entirely satisfactory, there is no choice but to leave it as is; we can only wait to get the wife out and proceed with the betrothal gifts to the Hu family.

After leaving the Public Security Bureau, he went to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, thinking that one cannot catch a wolf without risking the child; he gritted his teeth, bought two cans of malted milk powder, two bags of milk powder, two jars of orange canned fruit, and two jin of Caozi cake, borrowed a colleague's bicycle, and headed for Liushu Village.

By the time he arrived, it was exactly when the men helping to level the foundation in the village were having their children take bowls to get food from Liu Chuxue.

Liu Chuxue was in the Li family's kitchen: "Three spoonfuls of food per family of three, everyone line up properly; do not steal food on the way back home, did you hear?"

It was necessary to remind them, so that when they got home only the bottom of the bowl remained, causing trouble later: "Come, I will serve you all; you can leave together, and you can supervise each other on the way."

Just as Liu's mother was preparing to cross the Li family courtyard to help Liu Chuxue, she saw Chen Jiefang outside the main gate; fire immediately flashed in her eyes, and she grabbed the broom at the entrance and struck him head-on: "You still have the face to come to my house?"

Chen Jiefang, caught off guard, was hit squarely by Liu's mother; he turned to run, disregarding even his bicycle, and the items fell all over the ground.

Liu's mother cared nothing for these things; holding the broom high, she chased him and beat him: "If you did not like this marriage, you should have said so directly; how could you devise such a wicked and foul trick? I curse your Chen family to all die a miserable death."

"Sister-in-law Liu, listen to my explanation."

"What explanation? A whole family of black-hearted, rotten-lunged creatures; get out of here right now."

Liu Chuxue had just finished serving the last portion of stewed fish when she heard the voice of the Li family's second daughter-in-law: "Liu Chuxue, hurry, the Chen family has arrived; your mother is chasing someone with a broom."

Liu Chuxue covered the pot, stood up, and rushed out.

Seeing Liu's mother holding the broom and chasing Chen's father all over the street, she stepped forward a few paces and blocked Chen's father: "What are you doing here?"

Before she had finished speaking, Liu's mother's broom struck Chen's father: "Truly a pack of ungrateful Bai Yanlangs."

With Liu Chuxue blocking the way ahead, Chen's father could only cover his head and take the beating: "Stop hitting me; I have come to apologize."

By this time, Liu's mother was also tired from beating and stopped: "Apologize? That sounds very nice; after doing such wicked things, can a single apology settle it? We do not accept it."

Seeing Liu's mother stop, Chen's father finally straightened his body and lowered his hands: "Wei Ping's mother indeed acted without integrity, but the matter of kidnapping was truly not her intention; it was all Liu's eldest sister-in-law who devised that trick."

At this, Ge Xiulan, who had been listening to the commotion in the courtyard, could not stand it and rushed out: "You still dare to shift the blame here? If your wife had not come and promised so many benefits, how could I have been momentarily confused and done such a wrong thing?"

"Your Chen family is truly harmful to people; you have implicated my nephew, who is still locked up in the bureau. I will beat you to death, you bastard; not a single good person in your whole family."

Ge Xiulan punched and kicked, giving Chen's father a thorough beating: "If you had not come to my door, I would not have been bewitched, nor would I have harmed my nephew; I will beat you to death."

Seeing this situation, Chen's father knew that staying any longer would yield no result; in panic, he began to gather his things to run, but how could Ge Xiulan let him have his way: "Jianqiang, Jiandong, what are you standing there for? Hurry and take those things."

Liu Jianqiang and Liu Jiandong, hearing their mother's words, rushed forward directly.

Fearing that a moment's delay would cost him his bicycle, Chen's father disregarded the items: "A pack of bandits."

After cursing, disregarding the pain on his body, he quickly mounted his bicycle and sped away in a flash.

Once out of the village, he remembered the purpose of his coming, but how could he dare to return.