Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 140: Disturbance

"Oh my dear granddaughter. Sky’s heartless creatures, such a pure and innocent girl, defiled by a brute!" Old Mrs. Mo was wailing to the heavens, fighting with He Sanlai like a madwoman.

He Sanlai was scared. After all, he had slept with her granddaughter and was being beaten up by Old Mrs. Mo, he didn’t dare to fight back.

Elder Mo saw his money tree ruined by a destitute loser, he was so furious that his eyes rolled back and he passed out. After being revived by pinching Renzhong (a pressure point on the philtrum) by his third son, he immediately started cursing while slapping his leg, "Beast, beast! How dare you ruin my eldest granddaughter! Da Li, Da Kui, Dayong, go beat this bastard to death!"

The Mo brothers had been dreaming about bettering their fortune through Mo Chunyue. Now, with their dreams shattered by He Sanlai, they were so enraged they wanted blood. The moment Elder Mo gave the word, they charged and started punching and kicking He Sanlai.

He Sanlai didn’t fight back, just dodging the Mo brothers’ punches and kicks and pleading, "Stop, stop, please stop!"

Would the Mo brothers stop?

Far from stopping, Da Kui and Dayong’s sons even joined the fray, raising their fists and pounding He Sanlai relentlessly.

He Sanlai felt guilty, which is why he took the beating. But after being chased and punched for a while, even he couldn’t take it anymore. He rushed to a corner of the yard, grabbed a jagged firewood knife, and waving it wildly, managed to drive back the Mo brothers and grandsons, yelling, "Damn all of you, stop! The wench came to me herself, what does it have to do with me?!"

"You’re talking nonsense!" Old Mrs. Mo jumped up and scolded, pointing at He Sanlai: "Everyone knows what kind of person He Sanlai is, it must be you who kidnapped our granddaughter, and that’s why this happened."

Da Kui’s wife added, "That’s right, it was you, He Sanlai, who forcibly kidnapped our Chunyue. You He family must give us, the Mo family, an explanation for this, or else we will take this matter to the government office!"

After saying that, Da Kui’s wife pulled Old Mrs. Mo’s sleeve and whispered, "Mother, Chunyue won’t be able to enter the Lu family now. We need to bite the He family at this time and make them compensate us with silver. We can’t suffer this loss for nothing."

When they went inside and saw Chunyue, she was no longer a maiden. The Lu family would never take a spoiled woman, and even if they did, the indenture silver they’d offer would be at its lowest. They estimated that it would be good if the Mo family could get five hundred copper coins, it would be better to bite the He family and get some silver out of them.

"Demanding the He family to compensate our family with silver?" Old Mrs. Mo said: "He Sanlai is just a pauper, what money does he have?"

Da Kui’s wife replied, "Mother, He Sanlai may not have money, but the He Family Members do. That Village Chief He is biased and protective; He Sanlai is his clansman and nephew, would he not protect him?"

Old Mrs. Mo thought about it and felt that her daughter-in-law had a point, so she stopped crying and shouting, and ran up to Elder Mo to convey her daughter-in-law’s plan.

Upon hearing it, Elder Mo and his sons felt that this was the only way to handle it and immediately sent Da Li to Village Chief He’s house to call for Village Chief He to deal with the matter.

There was no need for Da Li to call him, as the commotion at He Sanlai’s house had already drawn a crowd of villagers, and some had gone to notify Village Chief He.

Village Chief He rushed over with the messenger, and upon seeing the chaotic scene in the yard, he became incensed and shouted while stomping with his walking stick: "What’s all this ruckus early in the morning? What exactly happened? Explain it to me clearly."

Old Mrs. Mo immediately sat on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying out, "The He family bullies people! My granddaughter was peacefully sleeping at home, but was abducted by He Sanlai, dragged to his home, and dishonored. Oh, my poor granddaughter, ruined by such a scoundrel."

"God, if you have eyes, strike the He Family People dead with your thunder, our Mo Family has been bullied to death by them."

Old Mrs. Mo’s tears streamed down as she pointed to the sky and cursed, her voice breaking from the strain.

Old Mrs. Mo’s two daughters-in-law each supported one of her arms and, wiping their tears, they tried to console her, "Mother, please get up. God is watching, He will not let those beasts who bully others go unpunished."

Old Mrs. Mo shook off her daughters-in-law’s hands, crying, "Get up for what? My eldest granddaughter has been defiled, what’s the point of me even living? I might as well be dead."

As she said this, she tried to throw herself against the doorframe but was held back by her two daughters-in-law.

Village Chief He was so furious his face turned green, and he yelled, "Shut up, all of you!"

The noise in the yard subsided a bit, but it couldn’t stop the people from the Mo Family from making a big scene.

Elder Mo said, "Village Chief He, your He family’s nephews snuck into our Mo Family’s house before dawn, kidnapped and defiled my eldest granddaughter. How do you say we should handle this?"

Hearing this, Village Chief He glared viciously at He Sanlai, wishing he could kill him on the spot. Why couldn’t this menace learn anything good?

If you really wanted a wife, work hard for a few years, and couldn’t you still find someone to marry? Must you resort to such despicable means, bringing shame upon our He Family!

But He Sanlai denied it outright, "Village chief, I didn’t go to the Mo Family to kidnap anyone; it was Chunyue who came looking for me on her own."

"Pah!" Old Mrs. Mo exploded upon hearing this, "Chunyue came looking for you? You should piss on yourself and see what you’re made of. Chunyue wouldn’t even glance at you, you deny kidnapping her, you butcher, you beast!"

As she was about to start wailing again, she was sternly reprimanded by Village Chief He, "Enough! Mo Family, do you want to discuss this properly or not? If you don’t want to talk quietly, then just keep wailing!"

After Village Chief He spoke, Old Mrs. Mo suddenly fell silent.

Da Kui’s wife said, "Village Chief, it’s not that my mother-in-law wants to create a scene today, but after all, Chunyue is her own granddaughter. It’s inevitable that she would cry and curse after what happened to her. It’s not just my mother-in-law; even I, as her aunt, feel a great pain when I see the state that Chunyue is in."

Da Kui’s wife, sobbing and wiping her tears, continued, "Our Mo Family are outsiders, we knew we would be bullied when we settled in the village... but, but the He Family cannot bully us to this extent. To come to our house, kidnap and harm our young girl, if this is said far and wide, it’s the He Family who are in the wrong."

"Village Chief, today all we, the Mo Family, ask for is justice. If you could give our Mo Family justice, we would not make a scene. Otherwise, this time, no matter what, we will take this to the government office and let the officials decide who’s right and who’s wrong?"

Village Chief He indeed had the intention of making the He family nephews correct their ways and did not want to side with He Sanlai today; hence he said, "Then report it to the authorities, let the county government handle it. Whatever the verdict should be for San Lai, it will be; our He Family will not disagree."

The Mo Family People did not expect Village Chief He would say something like that, and they were all stunned.

How was this different from what they thought? Wasn’t Village Chief He supposed to try to stop them from reporting to the authorities and give them money to evade disaster?