Chapter 147: Crippled

Du Ruo echoed a few words, then asked as if casually, "Who is that woman?"

Yao Yulan was stumped and turned to ask another woman.

That woman also said she didn't know; she looked very unfamiliar.

"She's very sturdy, at least three times my size, like a bear," the woman described.

Du Ruo immediately covered her mouth. "Ah, so it's her!"

"Who?" Several women nearby gathered around, all pricking up their ears.

Du Ruo hesitated, and finally, under everyone's strong insistence, "reluctantly" revealed her identity.

"She is the granddaughter of my grandmother's relative, named Hao Jinzhi."

"Yesterday, my grandmother brought her to my house, wanting to introduce Cousin Hao to Jiang Zhan, but I didn't agree. Who knew she would cause such a thing..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the women spat on the ground in unison, filled with righteous indignation.

"To hell with her! With that look and that character, she still wants to marry our county's top scholar?"

"She should take a piss and look at herself in the reflection. Is she worthy?"

"Is your grandmother senile? Bringing any stinking thing into the house. What if she is a relative's granddaughter? Can she be closer than a biological grandson?"

Du Ruo sighed. "Yes, I told my grandmother the same thing, which is why I refused."

She paused and smiled, "However, since Cousin Hao can be with Cousin now, she finally has a lifelong reliance. I believe my grandmother will be very happy when she finds out."

Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.

Yan Pozi, supported by Cao Shi, hurried over. The faces of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were extremely ugly.

Raising her eyes and seeing Du Ruo, as well as Jiang Zhan not far from her, Yan Pozi's pupils suddenly shrank.

"You, you..." she pointed at Jiang Zhan tremblingly, unable to speak.

Jiang Zhan called out "Grandmother" indifferently.

Yan Pozi could hold it in, but Cao Shi couldn't. She jumped up immediately. "What's going on? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be..."

*Slap*, Yan Pozi raised her hand and slapped her.

"Shouldn't what? You still have the heart to say these useless things here? Why don't you hurry over and check on your son!"

This idiot almost revealed the truth.

If others knew that the First Branch had drugged Jiang Zhan to set him up with Hao Jinzhi, the trouble would be huge.

Jiang Zhan had just become the county's top scholar, and the clan valued him. They would certainly not allow anyone to block his future. When the time came to hold them accountable, her whole family wouldn't have an easy time.

At best, they would be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall; at worst, they would be expelled from the village.

Although she didn't know why Jiang Zhan had been swapped with Zongbao, she had to swallow this bitter pill whether she wanted to or not!

Yan Pozi gave Jiang Zhan a cold, sinister look, then her gaze fell on Du Ruo's face. She snorted coldly and called the weeping Cao Shi to leave.

When they arrived at the threshing ground and saw the scene, they almost fainted.

Her precious eldest grandson was being pressed under Hao Jinzhi, and the two were doing that shameful thing in public!

Jiang Zongbao was already rolling his eyes and foaming at the mouth.

The villagers watching were laughing and joking, but no one stepped forward to stop it.

Seeing this, Cao Shi panicked. She rushed up, grabbing and scratching Hao Jinzhi. "You little slut, what did you do to my son? Get down, get off him! I'll beat you to death, beat you to death!"

Hao Jinzhi finally had some reaction, and her movements slowed down.

But her sanity hadn't fully recovered; she only knew someone was hitting her, so she swung her bear paw and struck.

Cao Shi was slapped away and sat on the ground, wailing loudly.

Yan Pozi was about to call for help when Jiang Clan Head finally arrived.

"Go, make them sober up," he said with a dark face, signaling to the men behind him.

The man responded, picked up a bucket of cold water, and walked over, drenching the two of them thoroughly.

The two finally stopped moving, and their eyes gradually regained clarity.

When they saw themselves and the surrounding situation, they both screamed at the same time.

"Why is it you?!"

"Why is it me?!"

Hao Jinzhi sprang off Jiang Zongbao, endured the shame, scrambled to put on her clothes, covered her face, and ran away.

Before leaving, she gave Jiang Zongbao a hateful kick.

Jiang Zongbao's whole body felt like it had been dismantled, and after struggling for so long, he was already weak to the extreme. How could he withstand this kick?

He fainted on the spot.

Cao Shi hurriedly stepped forward to help her son put on his clothes, crying and cursing.

She cursed Hao Jinzhi for being a shameless little slut, a husband-killing old slut who relied on her strength to rape her son.

She cursed the villagers for having no sympathy, only watching the show without helping, and having no human touch.

"Enough!" Yan Pozi's head was splitting. "Take him back first."

She looked at Jiang Clan Head, her face gray. "I have to trouble Clan Head brother to call a few people to help."

Jiang Clan Head was also in a bad mood. This Jiang Zongbao was truly a disaster, causing trouble again and again.

They were both grandsons of Jiang Changhe; why were the children of the Second Branch so promising, while the First Branch couldn't even teach this one lone seedling well?

No matter how much he hated that they didn't live up to expectations, he couldn't leave Jiang Zongbao alone, so he had to have people carry Jiang Zongbao home.

The show was over, so the crowd dispersed one after another.

Jiang Clan Head turned and saw Du Ruo and Jiang Zhan, beckoning them over. "What did you see?"

Du Ruo said regretfully, "Alas, we came late and didn't see anything."

Jiang Zhan nodded. "I didn't see anything either."

"It's good that you didn't see." A smile finally appeared on Jiang Clan Head's face. "There's nothing good to see, especially for Erlang; you shouldn't look, as it's easy to get styes. You still have to study; how can you study if your eyes are bad?"

Jiang Zhan said "Oh" obediently. "Clan Head Grandpa, then I'll head back first."

Jiang Clan Head waved his hand. "Go back, go back. Study hard, okay?"

He then said with a stern face to Du Ruo, "And you too. Dalang isn't home, and you've grown up like this. Why run out to watch the fun? What if you get targeted by those loafers in the village?"

Du Ruo: "... Clan Head Grandpa, I'm very capable; I'm not afraid!"

She had money now; she was willful because she was rich.

Jiang Clan Head naturally didn't know this, so he gave a few more instructions before heading toward the old Jiang residence.

There was still a pile of trouble to deal with.

At the old Jiang residence, Jiang Zongbao's situation was not looking good; he was still unconscious.

Now that there was no doctor in the village, Yan Pozi had to entrust someone to invite one from the town. After the doctor looked at him, he shook his head.

"The external injuries are fine, but he was already deficient in Yang energy, and after such excessive exhaustion, I'm afraid he will have no fate with offspring in the future..."

The implication was that Jiang Zongbao was crippled; he wouldn't be able to have children in the future, and even marital relations would likely be impaired.

These words were like a bolt from the blue, catching Yan Pozi and Cao Shi off guard.

Cao Shi collapsed on the ground, crying with tears and snot everywhere.

Yan Pozi could almost not stand steady either. Zongbao was the only root of the First Branch; if he couldn't have children, wouldn't that mean the First Branch was cut off?

"How could this happen? How could..." Yan Pozi sat down staggeringly, her eyes rolling in panic, muttering incoherently.

Jiang Clan Head sighed and comforted her, "Sister-in-law, don't be too sad. Although the First Branch has lost its root, there is still the Second Branch. Those children in the Second Branch are all promising. In a few years, they will give you ten or eight great-grandsons, and you can still enjoy family happiness, right?" ===== CHAPTER 148 =====