Chapter 24: The Crime of Gender 24
Old Chen was stunned for quite a while after hearing Mr. Qin’s words, unable to react! It wasn’t until Mr. Qin and Mr. Qin had both left for a while that Old Chen finally realized what Mr. Qin had said!
She blinked, looked at Qin the Third in the courtyard, and Da Lang, Second Lang, and Third Lang who had silently followed and watched from the beginning. After receiving affirmative nods from them, Old Chen raised her voice and sat on the ground with a wail!
As soon as she sat on the ground, she started hitting her thighs, raising her voice and wailing, but it was the kind of dry cry without tears, "I can’t live anymore! I just know that little beast can’t see me living well even a bit! Just a small injury and pretending to be dying to gain sympathy, this is really killing me!"
When Old Chen started crying and making a scene, Little Chen and Mrs. Fang, her two daughters-in-law, naturally couldn’t just watch and hurried forward to console her. Even Qin the Third followed, persuading while stirring up trouble, and Da Lang, Second Lang, Third Lang accompanied by the Eldest Lady, Si Lang, and Wulang joined the chaos, making the courtyard chaotic with chickens flying, dogs barking, and ducks running around.
"Oh dear, Aunt Chen, what’s going on with you sitting on the ground? Are you putting on a show here? Why is it so lively? You’re sitting on the ground, shouting like thunder without rain; I could hear it from far away! Surely half the street has heard you by now!"
This was said by Aunt Hao, who came with Mrs. Wang, the village chief’s wife, and beside Aunt Hao was her son Qin Yuan, carrying a large bundle of firewood almost covering him.
It was Aunt Hao who sarcastically spoke to Old Chen. Her son Qin Yuan unloaded the firewood and stood by to watch the commotion, while Mrs. Wang frowned at the dust-covered, disheveled Old Chen on the ground, unable to hide the disgust in her eyes!
Mrs. Wang and the village chief were indeed a couple, and they shared the same thoughts at that moment. She despised Old Chen’s character and was somewhat disdainful of speaking with her, so she had just listened to Aunt Hao before and didn’t speak out herself.