Chapter 218: Discussing Marriage Affairs in the Boudoir, a Wine Banquet Hides Schemes (2)_1
"Exactly, exactly—it was your husband who was at fault in the first place, and now you come to the Mo Family’s house spouting nonsense, and you still think you’re in the right."
"If I were you, I would’ve stayed far away; I wouldn’t dare to intrude on someone else’s home like this. Sister-in-law Wang, you should just go back. Don’t bring more trouble to the Mo Family."
Once one person started, other villagers who supported the Mo Family all chimed in.
The matters between the Mo Family and Lao Mo’s House are their own business; it’s not appropriate for outsiders to comment. However, Wang Dali and his group are nothing but scoundrels. If they are not taught a proper lesson, who knows if they’ll keep pestering the Mo Family relentlessly? The way the Mo Family handled it was not wrong in the first place!
When Mo Yan heard this, how could she not know that this woman was none other than Wang Dali’s wife? She realized that the commotion today was all for the sake of venting her spleen.
With this in mind, she smiled gratefully at the villager who had first spoken up in defense of her family, then sternly said to Sister-in-law Wang, wearing a look of indignation:
"The fact that Wang Dali has extorted silver from our family is true, and what the Government Office decides is not up to us. If you have a complaint about how Jingzhao Yin ruled on the case, you are free to go to the Government Office and speak to him. You come here today to make a scene, and out of consideration for our being fellow villagers, we will not hold it against you this time. But from now on, don’t even think about setting foot in our house again! Now, please leave!"
Upon these words, quite a few more people agreed, and they disdainfully urged Mrs. Wang to leave. If it were their family being harassed like this, regardless of whether she was in the right or not, they would have long since taken a broom and chased her out.
Sister-in-law Wang looked around at the contemptuous gazes of the villagers and was dumbfounded. The incidents were clearly the Mo Family’s fault, so why did everyone stand up to speak for the Mo Family?
She had wanted to use the two incidents of the Mo Family’s youngest daughter falling ill on the day of their house move and the newly purchased horse getting diarrhea to tarnish the Mo Family’s reputation. But now it had backfired, leaving her faceless. She was so furious!