Chapter 219: Reborn in the Nineties: The Tyrant Flower Chapter 220 Internal Strife

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Protagonist:

Chai Mi

"Um... I want to interject and ask, is Chai Chunfang truly crazy, or is she faking it?" Meng Clan was quite concerned about this matter. "Normally I don't go out much, I just know Chai Mi's Old Aunt is normally very zuoshi... how come today she got beaten until she shat herself?"

(zuoshi: meaning especially fierce and domineering. But usually used to describe that kind of shameless, immoral woman who the six neighbors don't provoke.)

"There are many people..."

"That's true too..."

Liu Zhanggui and Song Qingshan chatted on and on for half a day; the gist was that Chai Chunfang was causing a huge ruckus over there, and later Chai Zhongxiao gave her several big slaps and kicked her several times, making Chai Chunfang apologize to the children's parents.

But how could a person like Chai Chunfang possibly apologize?

She insisted she was not wrong, blaming this one or that one. Either she feigned madness and played the fool, stubbornly refusing to apologize, stubbornly refusing to pay compensation.

Liu Zhanggui later found Sun Yuguang and told him the demands of several children's parents: if this matter is settled privately, the parents don't ask for much; Liu Zhanggui persuaded them with good words and bad, getting Sun Yuguang and his wife to pay two thousand yuan to each family and apologize in person. Otherwise, the parents would go through official channels and call the police.

Judging by this degree, the nature is vile, the impact especially bad; detention is certain, and compensation in the end is also certain. Liu Zhanggui has already done his utmost to handle the matter, not letting Chai Chunfang's family suffer too much impact.

Six families in total, twelve thousand yuan.

If agreed, raise the money within half a day, then go to several children's homes to make amends and apologize.

If not agreed, tomorrow at dawn, several children's parents will go report to the authorities.

Sun Yuguang couldn't make the decision, asked Chai Chunfang... Chai Chunfang stubbornly refused to pay. If not for Chai Zhongxiao's dead-set entanglement, Liu Zhanggui wouldn't have planned to let them settle privately...

Liu Zhanggui paused a moment: "Sigh... I'm only looking at Chai Zhongxiao's old age, plus after all she is Chai Mi's Old Aunt... otherwise I would definitely go with them to report to the police tomorrow. What kind of mess is this..."

Chai Mi immediately frowned displeased: "Don't you dare. If you're giving me face, you should send her in. My Old Aunt hasn't done a single good deed in her life. I figure she absolutely won't pay. It was my grandpa who agreed to pay, right... heh, by tomorrow there won't be a single cent. You and who else would go? Won't it still have to go through official channels?"

Song Qiushui also chimed in with a talisman: "I said the Village Chief has a package in his head; the principal didn't agree. Her dad agreed, is that useful? Isn't that purely cheating you? For trash like Chai Chunfang, just let her go squat in the fence and be done with it, save her from harming people in the village."

Several people chatted idly for a while longer; Chai Mi considered she had gotten the information, then got up and went home.

"Tomorrow morning get up early; at that time have your dad and mom come with you to my house to eat." Chai Mi instructed Song Qiushui: "Don't be impossible to wake up no matter how you're called."

Afterwards Chai Mi said to Liu Zhanggui: "You stay here; I'm going home. Tomorrow morning come to my house to eat. At that time the hardworking laborers and such, you command them as you should, don't be polite. When it's done, if you don't let my old aunt prepare some words for you tonight, tomorrow you still have to speak a few sentences... hahahaha."

Liu Zhanggui laughed twice, telling Chai Mi to rest assured.

At night, the village had already quieted down.

Chai Mi, having arrived home, first took a simple shower, then tiptoed into the room, not expecting her mother Su Wan still hadn't slept.

"Mom, it's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Waiting for you; I saw you went out for so long and didn't come back." Su Wan patted the already sleeping Chai Xin while asking: "What happened outside? Stirred up the whole camp into anxiety..."

"That who... Chai Chunfang acted up, threw someone else's child into a feces pit, nearly killed them." Chai Mi said: "This time, she's in for it. Either lose money to avert disaster, or go squat in the fence."

Su Wan's impression of Chai Chunfang wasn't good either; this sister-in-law of hers was stingy and foul-mouthed, not to mention her speech was nasty to a bizarre degree... although Chai Youqing is the eldest brother, this sister-in-law has been married out for over ten years and never brought two bottles of wine to the house to visit.

Besides giving gift money for news, there was no other contact.

Even last year, Su Wan once thought because the year before last the year start was bad, the family's corn was basically all fed to cattle and sheep, and by autumn, when the old grain ran out before the new harvest, they would run out of food.

And it just so happened Chai Chunfang's family had some unsold dry corn; Su Wan planned to buy some to feed cattle. Otherwise, she'd have to check other households for surplus grain. After all they're blood relatives; maybe they'd even help bag it. Result: Chai Chunfang directly refused to sell, afraid Su Wan couldn't afford to pay.

That incident made Su Wan angry enough to be scorching, so Su Wan's impression of Chai Chunfang was also extremely bad.

"That person of hers... heh." Su Wan didn't really want to mention Chai Chunfang either.

Chai Mi naturally knew these things too, said: "That's how it is. I'm also especially annoyed by her... let's not talk about character; this thing she did, everyone in the whole camp old enough to be a dog looks down on her. But I estimate she'll have to go in. That person of hers would rather die than part with money."

Afterwards Chai Mi spoke of the events of the first few days: "These past few days Mom you didn't know, she came to our house, I just bumped her once, and she tried to extort me. What kind of plaything, saying I hit her... funny, right? At our doorway, I hit her? Wasn't it her coming to find fault, then I just bumped her once, she was afraid of crushing her bicycle and fell herself. After that, she went around the whole village saying I hit her, shameless to the extreme. You say why doesn't she just die?"

"Evil people meet evil ends; she's not good at scheming. Sooner or later she'll scheme herself to death." Su Wan was also very resentful, but then said: "It's also quite late; sleep when you should sleep, don't mind those things that exist or don't. Chai Mi, don't think so much, sleep on it; tomorrow your younger sister's full-month banquet, many people will come..."

"Mm."

Afterwards Chai Mi fell asleep.

On the other side, Chai Chunfang returned home in a somewhat trance-like state.

Result: she was beaten again by Sun Yuguang's two brothers and their wives, taking advantage of no one being around, grabbing her hair and giving her a beating.

Just now there were people pulling a fight, including Village Chief Liu Zhanggui and others, so although Chai Chunfang was beaten, it was ultimately limited.

Result: once home, it was different.

As mentioned earlier, Sun Yuguang's two brothers actually live next door; Chai Chunfang had just returned, Sun Yuguang's brother and his wife, without a second word, directly started hammering her with fists.

Chai Chunfang was already a bit dazed, naturally had no strength to resist, beaten by those two until nosebleeds flowed horizontally, face swollen, even two teeth smashed.

Afterwards those two, not stopping at one evil, directly threw Chai Chunfang into the feces pit: "You damn beast! Beating you to death would be a mercy..."

But Chai Chunfang didn't die this time.

After those two left, she struggled to climb out, then Chai Chunfang covered in feces dragging her already lame leg, returned home again.

Just arriving home she saw Sun Yuguang at home; Chai Chunfang immediately raged: "I was just beaten again by your brother and his wife, were you hiding in some corner not daring to come out?"

Sun Yuguang hemmed and hawed.

Actually, he just didn't dare go out.

Whether Chai Chunfang is rational is no longer important; she picked up a brick, smashed all the glass, smashed the bowls and chopsticks and even the cooking pot.

After venting, she directly left...

Sun Yuguang didn't dare ask, didn't dare say anything.

Chai Chunfang then walked to the Laozhai, started knocking on the door.

Clang clang dang.

Midnight three more...

Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong actually hadn't fallen asleep either; they opened the door fully dressed, only to find it was Chai Chunfang. "It's so late, why are you back again?"

"This is my home; I can come home whenever I want." Chai Chunfang entered the courtyard without another word.

"Dad, Mom. I want to divorce Sun Yuguang."

Hearing this, Chai Zhongxiao and Wang Huirong were both stunned: "It's already happened, and you want a divorce now?"

Chai Zhongxiao was quite embarrassed...

Wang Huirong also didn't know what to say.

The two of them tried to persuade Chai Chunfang...

Afterwards, everyone went into the house. Chai You De in the west room next door also woke up; he put on his clothes and limped over with some dissatisfaction.

"Eldest Sister?!!!" Chai You De looked at Chai Chunfang, covered head to toe in filth, somewhat stunned, his whole face looking terrible: "No... Eldest Sister, what did you do?"

Chai You De's legs weren't very nimble to begin with, and he had drunk too much just then; as a result, everyone else knew about Chai Chunfang's situation, but Chai You De didn't.

"What did I do? I got beaten up by someone, black and blue all over." Chai Chunfang said in a daze: "Third Brother, I doted on you the most when we were young. Look, Eldest Sister got beaten now; what do you say we do?"

"Ah..." Chai You De was completely stunned, not knowing what to say.

What could Chai You De do?

He was helpless, wasn't he...

Chai You De relied on his wife to support him even for his own meals; recently Che Lianyun had gotten anxious, saying Chai You De was good for nothing, couldn't earn a single cent, and drank every day...

But he couldn't quit drinking, and he couldn't do any work.

Chai You De took each day as it came; he himself didn't know how long he could live, and he simply couldn't manage Chai Chunfang's affairs.

"Eldest Sister, I can't fight. If you want to fight, you have to find Chai Mi; Chai Mi can fight..."

"Go to hell... If it weren't for that worthless wretch Chai Mi playing tricks behind my back, would I have been beaten?" Chai Chunfang cursed furiously: "It's all because of Chai Mi that I got beaten, and you want me to find her? Chai You De, you truly have no conscience."

Chai You De was speechless.

Chai Zhongxiao turned off the lamp to save on electricity, then lit a cigarette and smoked it with a click-click sound: "Chai Chunfang, you can't blame others for everything. What they said is right—you beat someone's child and threw someone's child into the feces pit, nearly causing a death. Why blame Chai Mi? Did Chai Mi give it to you to make you do this? You, stop making trouble; go back and sleep well, we'll talk about it tomorrow. No matter how much you think, it's no use. You two come up with some money; if that really doesn't work, open your mouth to your sister—your younger sister has some money, and let this matter pass."

"Heh... I didn't promise to give money. If anyone gives, it's you." Chai Chunfang said coldly: "Dad, you've truly lived sixty or seventy years in vain, getting more and more muddled as you live... You're afraid of Chai Mi, but I'm not."

"How are you talking?" Wang Huirong muttered: "You've got a sharp tongue. Did your father offend you? What he said isn't wrong either... You caused this mess yourself; if your father hadn't agreed to the Village Chief, you'd have been locked up..."

Wasn't Chai Zhongxiao doing this for Chai Chunfang's own good? Who wants their own daughter to squat in a cage?

This was fundamentally different from two families fighting; although ordinary people only half-understood the law, they also knew to abide by discipline and the law. Moreover, the other side was several children; if anything happened to them later, it would be a disaster that couldn't be escaped.

Now they hadn't cheated too much—just two thousand yuan from one family, and the matter would be settled.

Otherwise...

There'd be no end to it.

"In my opinion... this money shouldn't be paid." Chai You De said after learning the full story: "This money should be paid by Chai Mi... My eldest sister was frightened, that's why she's like this... Legally speaking, there's a cause and an effect; my eldest sister was scared silly by Chai Mi before doing this, so the main responsibility is still Chai Mi's."

Chai Chunfang had the same idea.

Wang Huirong thought for a moment and also felt Chai You De made sense.

Chai Zhongxiao smoked, his face twitching: "You can say whatever you want at home, but will outsiders believe it? Even if Chai Chunfang finds a hundred reasons, saying it's Chai Mi's fault, will the police believe it? Will the villagers believe it? Will the Village Chief believe it?"

Actually, Chai Zhongxiao didn't believe it himself.

Moreover, the key point of the matter was the issue of compensating those children's money; this money matter had to be resolved first, and those children's parents not pursuing it, before there could be any later matters.

If the money isn't given tomorrow, by the day after tomorrow they will definitely go to the xiangli to file a false accusation. By then it will be an official case, and the officials are fair and just; they won't listen to Chai Chunfang's nonsense.

"That won't do... I'm telling you all, I heard that except for a madman beating someone not being a crime, anyone else who beats someone commits a crime. Your idea won't work, and who dares to go ask Chai Mi for money?" Chai Zhongxiao stared at the group: "Chai You De, you go ask Chai Mi for money."

"I'm not going." Chai You De refused very neatly: "It's not my business... Besides, Chai Mi and I have a very good relationship; she dotes on her Third Uncle..."

"Stop farting; you've run to their place for a few drinks and now you're talking nonsense. Did you forget Chai Mi broke your leg?" Chai Chunfang furiously scolded Chai You De.

Chai You De, however, ignored these; bad ideas could be suggested, but he didn't want to go looking for trouble for no reason. This matter had nothing to do with him, not a cent, so he chose to pretend to be drunk: "Hoo... ha..."

Chai You De yawned: "Can't do it anymore, sleepy. Going to sleep..."

After saying this, Chai You De turned around and left.

Chai Chunfang cursed Chai You De a few times for having no conscience, then said to Chai Zhongxiao: "Dad, that money you promised to give, you have to give it. Why can't I help you go find Chai Mi to vent anger, and then I have to pay money when something happens? I've already been beaten; anyway, I can't pay this money. It was you who promised; you promised, you pay."

"No, what nonsense?" Chai Zhongxiao's voice suddenly rose: "Chai Chunfang, you're over thirty years old now; speak with some shame. You promised to help me find Chai Mi to vent anger, that's fine. If you beat Chai Mi and injured her... I'd pay this money. But you beat someone else's child and threw them into the feces pit—that's madness; what does it have to do with me? I said good things and bad things to keep you from going in, and how can you be so shameless..."

"Heh, you're the shameless one... I did the dirty work for you, and now you're burning the bridge after crossing the river; what kind of father are you?!"