Chapter 308: Chapter 308

"You’re the shameless one! Only you like your fat and ugly daughter. Who wants to see her?" Madam Cheng started brawling with Liu Yaya’s mother. "I get it now. Is it because nobody wants your daughter, so you cry wolf about people watching her? Wow, truly shameless! Want to pin it on my family? No way!"

"I clearly saw it. It was either your eldest son or your stepson. Watched and denied. You’re the shameless one!" Liu Yaya’s mother fought back fiercely.

The two fought vehemently in the courtyard, scaring away the chickens pecking at rice.

Everyone watched, dumbfounded.

Xiao Chengzi’s stepbrother, rubbing his red and itchy eyes, tried to mediate, "Mom, Aunt Liu, stop fighting, stop fighting!"

"I’m going to beat her up, beat this shameless old woman to death! See if she dares to deny it again!" Liu Yaya’s mother slapped harder with each hit.

"My son wouldn’t even look at your pig-faced daughter. Who wants to see that ugly pigskin?" Madam Cheng immediately retorted.

Liu Ya waved her hand and said, "Ah, Aunt Cheng, that’s not right, Brother Cheng Wang likes looking at me. He said my butt is white, round, and smooth, and he even touched me here."

She pointed to her butt to show Madam Cheng.

Madam Cheng felt faint, "..." Her head hurt; she was dying!

"Hahaha, there’s a witness this time! It’s really Cheng Family’s eldest son who saw it. Madam Cheng, you’re wrong to scold Xiao Chengzi. Lady Liu, you got the wrong person. It wasn’t Xiao Chengzi you should find, it’s Cheng Family’s eldest son." Government Official Qin Hu laughed heartily.

Li Xing’an whispered to Li Yuzhu, "Ah, I’ve figured out the truth. It’s Liu Yaya’s mother who started shouting but she mistook the person. It wasn’t Xiao Chengzi who entered Liu Family, it was Xiao Chengzi’s stepbrother."

Li Yuzhu patted Xiao Chengzi’s sleeve, "Xiao Chengzi, your grievance is cleared. You can live openly now."

Xiao Chengzi was so emotional that his eyes turned red, "Yes."

Liu Yaya’s mother, even angrier, grabbed Cheng Family’s eldest son and started hitting him, "You’re the stinky boy? I’ll beat you to death!"

Madam Cheng was angry too. Was it really her eldest son?

This would be troublesome; Liu Family would pin it on her son.

In anger, she also started hitting her son.

Cheng Family’s eldest son cried out repeatedly, "I didn’t mean it, I was drunk and took the wrong path."

"Didn’t mean it, so you meant it? I’ll beat you to death!" Liu Yaya’s mother pounded him harder.

Thus, a two-on-one brawl ensued.

It was quite the beating.

Li Yuzhu felt a bit tired watching, and found a chair to sit and watch.

Mu Yuanxiu took out a paper bag from his pocket for her.

"What is it?" Li Yuzhu blinked, taking it in her hand.

"Five-spice sunflower seeds." He smiled slightly, "brought from the County Magistrate Mansion."

Li Yuzhu nodded with a smile, "Thanks." Anyway, she was bored, so she ate seeds and watched the show.

Looking at the situation, those two women would continue fighting.

Only when they finished fighting could they settle Xiao Chengzi’s matter.

The three of them were in a chaotic fight, making Liu Ya anxious and pacing around, "Oh dear, Mom, stop fighting. I, I want to get married, I want to marry!"

Speaking of marriage, Liu Yaya’s mother remembered the important matter.

She stopped fighting and grabbed Cheng Family’s eldest son, saying, "You saw my Liu Ya and even touched her; her purity is ruined by you, and you have to take responsibility."

Cheng Family’s eldest son was dumbfounded. He just joked around and touched Liu Ya, but didn’t want to marry a fool.

"I’m not marrying; I don’t want to marry a fool!" he shouted loudly.

"You dare not marry? I’ll sue you!" Liu Yaya’s mother was furious and grabbed him, ready to leave.

Just as she turned around, she saw Government Official Qin Hu, arms crossed, sitting on a worn-down stone mill in the courtyard, shaking his leg and watching them with a laugh.

"Sue? You can sue here, save you from going all the way to the government office in this heat. It’s quite far, takes two quarters of an hour to get there." Government Official Qin Hu laughed.

Li Xing’an laughed, "We can even be your witnesses, save the trouble."

Mu Yuanxiu also said, "I can be a witness too. We heard the truth."

Li Yuzhu spat out a sunflower seed shell, laughing, "Liu Yaya’s mother, quickly state your grievances? Brother Qin will handle the case fairly."

Prompted by the reminder, Liu Yaya’s mother came to her senses and dragged Cheng Family’s eldest son to Government Official Qin Hu, "Lord, you must make the decision for me. This man sneaked into my daughter’s room, watched her bathe, and even touched her, ruining her purity. This can’t be let go ."

"What do you suggest?" Qin Hu sat up straight, shook his sleeves, and asked.

"Make him marry into our family and become a live-in son-in-law!" Liu Yaya’s mother pointed at Cheng Family’s eldest son.

Madam Cheng was unwilling, immediately shouting, "Lord, her daughter is a fool, but my son is normal. Marrying a fool would be a huge loss."

Qin Hu coldly laughed at this moment, "Madam Cheng, didn’t you just say let Xiao Chengzi marry Liu Ya? You spoke so reasonably, saying whoever saw the body should be responsible. Now that it’s confirmed your eldest son was the one who saw, why are you saying something different? Hmm?"

Aunt Liu also chimed in, "That’s right, you said it, Cheng family, you mustn’t go back on your word. Everyone heard what you said!"

Madam Cheng looked dumbfounded, her body weakened as she sat down on the ground.

She slapped the ground and cried, "Oh, how unlucky can I be!"

Qin Hu chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, I think today is a good day. Let’s tidy up, write the marriage contract, and that should be it." Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝙣𝙚𝙩

He had spoken, who dared not to listen?

Aunt Liu happily agreed, urging Liu Ya, "Quickly go and find your uncle and father, also find your great-uncle, and tell them your marriage is settled and you’re promised to Cheng Family’s eldest son, oh no, it’s Cheng Family’s eldest son coming to our family."

Liu Ya blinked, "Huh? Mom, are you saying I’m getting married today?"

"Yes, yes, yes, quickly, go call people," Aunt Liu urged her daughter.

"Oh, I’m getting married, I’m getting married." Liu Ya happily ran outside the yard to find people.

Madam Cheng couldn’t be happy, she kept sitting on the ground wailing.

Cheng Dalang didn’t feel much, he just went to sit in the shade and enjoy the cool breeze.

Did he dare disagree? He would get beaten to death by Aunt Liu, besides, Liu family is wealthier than his. Let it be a marriage if it had to be, isn’t it just a fool? He could just ignore it, right?

Anyway, as long as there’s money to buy wine, that’s good enough.

Cheng Dalang yawned, rubbed his itchy and painful eyes.

Thus, under the witness of the government official Qin Hu, people from the Liu Family along with Madam Cheng and her son, wrote down the marriage contract.

Liu Family, according to the agreement, paid fifteen taels as the dowry.

Liu Family then took Cheng Dalang away.

Madam Cheng sat inside the house, constantly wailing.

Government official Qin Hu walked over and said, "Madam Cheng, your son hasn’t married far away. Why are you crying? People whose daughters marry out of town don’t even cry like you."

Madam Cheng continued crying but dared not cry too hard.

Xiao Chengzi glanced at her and said nothing.

Li Yuzhu came over and said, "Madam Cheng, the reason Xiao Chengzi has been away recently was to help the County Magistrate’s son with some work. Now the work is done, and we’ve brought him back. The son instructed that he might need Xiao Chengzi to help in the future, you mustn’t let anything happen to Xiao Chengzi."

In other words, warning Madam Cheng not to mistreat Xiao Chengzi anymore.

How could Madam Cheng dare?

Xiao Chengzi coming back home with a government official personally escorting him, who would dare not follow orders?

"Yes, yes, yes, Lord, the humble woman will certainly take care of Xiao Chengzi," Madam Cheng repeated.

Deeply unwilling in heart, yet had to wear a very respectful expression.

Everyone bade farewell to Xiao Chengzi and left the Cheng Family.

Xiao Chengzi only returned after escorting them to the alley entrance.

As he walked back, he passed Qianwen Book Society, everyone inside ran out and grabbed him to talk.

"Hey, Xiao Chengzi, I said you were wronged, turns out it was your brother’s doing!" A clerk laughed holding him.

"Your brother is just a layabout, only he would do such things!" Another clerk laughed.

The steward old man patted Xiao Chengzi’s shoulder, "Xiao Chengzi, why don’t you come work for us? I’ll talk to the owner and give you a raise."

"Come on, come on, we’re short a person and it’s quite gloomy here at the book society," yet another clerk laughed.

Xiao Chengzi looked at them, "You’re not going to tease me anymore?"

All four said together, "No, no, no, it was all a misunderstanding, it was Aunt Liu who talked nonsense with her blind eyes. Now it’s all cleared up, we won’t speak ill of you."

Xiao Chengzi remembered Li Yuzhu’s advice, he said, "Today I’m not going to the book society, I’m busy, I have to meet the County Magistrate’s son this afternoon, he has things to discuss with me."

After saying this, he nodded to the few of them and went back.

The four stared at each other, all surprised.

The old man shouted after Xiao Chengzi, "Xiao Chengzi, County Magistrate Mansion is quite far, my donkey is sitting idle there, why don’t you ride it?"

Xiao Chengzi waved his hand, "No need, the government official brother just now will send a carriage to pick me up."

At Qianwen Book Society, the steward old man and three clerks all said in their hearts, what a Xiao Chengzi, really promising, actually forming a friendship with the County Magistrate’s son, they definitely shouldn’t offend Xiao Chengzi.

After Xiao Chengzi returned home, Madam Cheng’s attitude towards Xiao Chengzi changed quite a bit. She wasn’t overly enthusiastic, but neither did she resort to harsh words.