9. Male Supporting Roles in Period Stories (9)
Li Bishuang was stunned. With cold sweat on her forehead, she watched Duan Qingen effortlessly help Li's mother up, smiling innocently: "I told you several times that we should go into the house to solve it, but you refused to listen. Then you can't blame me."
After that, the young man pushed Li's mother to Li Bishuang, smiling unchanged, "I gave you the face, but you didn't accept it. Now that we have talked about it, either I call the police and ask the police to check your family carefully, or we go to the public security bureau together. The police also came when Hongfeng's parents got into trouble. They must have files there. After taking a look at the compensation, we will come back and carefully calculate how much money Hongfeng has spent living in your house for more than ten years, and you will return the remaining compensation and her house and land."
The villagers who were watching were shocked, and no one spoke.
When Li Hongfeng's parents got into trouble, she was just a little kid who had no say in anything. Her aunt and uncle acted as if they would sell everything they had to raise their niece. Naturally, the villagers thought that Li Hongfeng owed them a huge favor.
As a result, after Duan Qingen's explanation today, the villagers suddenly realized that, yes, the collective was abolished only three years ago, and the whole village was extremely poor, so how could the Li family have the money to build a house?
If you say that they earned it themselves, they all grew up in the same village, and everyone knows each other. His family has been poor peasants for eight generations, so where can they get the money?
In silence, Li's mother stood up with her legs limp, and trembled under the gaze of everyone, "My family...my family raised her. If it weren't for our kindness, would she have lived to this age?"
Not denying, that is, admitting.
There was an uproar among the villagers who were watching the excitement.
Duan Qingen pulled up a sarcastic smile, "Then I will also give your family such kindness, do you want it?"
Mother Li was speechless.
"When my father-in-law and mother-in-law got into trouble, Hongfeng actually remembered it, but she was grateful for your family's kindness and never told the truth. She is pure and kind to people, but she doesn't want you to take advantage of her. Hongfeng is filial to you and doesn't want to make things too ugly. I have no blood relationship with you. I wanted to take a step back for Hongfeng's sake, but you didn't let me. I give you two days. Either return the money and property, or go with me to see the police. You can do it yourself."
After speaking quickly, Duan Qingen looked at Li Bishuang again and said mercilessly: "The whole village knows that my family's business is good. Because there is only one clothing store in town, my cousin came to my store without any notice and pushed a cart of clothes. She couldn't sell them and expected me to buy all the clothes as a scapegoat? "
Li Bishuang's face turned pale and she tried to defend herself: "No... I'm selling those clothes to you at a loss..."
"Selling a bunch of unsaleable clothes to me, isn't that a scapegoat for me? Are you all leeches? You sucked Hongfeng's blood and now you're sucking mine. Aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death?"
Duan Qingen was much taller than her and was standing on the steps, so he was naturally condescending when he said this. Looking down at Li Bishuang, "Since we've already talked about it, I, Duan Qingen, will tell you straight in front of the villagers today. Your family did raise Hong Feng, but how did you raise her? You took the compensation from her parents, her land, and her house. When she was only a few years old, you made her go up the mountain to collect firewood and chop pig grass, and locked her in the yard to wash clothes. She lived in the utility room from childhood to adulthood. She was able to go to school because she received a scholarship. It was also thanks to you, my aunt, who kept saying in the village how good you were to Hong Feng. You weren't afraid that you would do more bad things, and Hong Feng's parents would come to you to make trouble."
"Anyway, today, as Hong Feng's husband, I solemnly tell you that your family and our Hong Feng no longer have any relationship. You don't need to take advantage of Hong Feng's soft heart to go to her and make trouble. If I don't allow you to have any contact, she can't do anything. Otherwise, just divorce. I would rather not have a wife than be relatives with your disgusting leeches. Now, immediately, get out of my house!" Duan Qingen said this quickly and clearly, and he said it in one breath. Before the people around him could react, he simply snatched the broom from Ye Cuixiang's hand and swung it at the two people in front of him. The two subconsciously screamed and retreated. When they took a step back and found that the people around them were looking at them with indescribable eyes, their faces suddenly flushed. Li Bishuang felt even more humiliated. She gritted her teeth, stamped her feet suddenly, and looked at Duan Qingen standing on the steps with hatred, "Duan Qingen, the wind and water will turn, you wait for me."
Ye Cuixiang, who finally reacted, sneered rudely: "Don't worry, God is not blind, even if he turns, it won't turn to you."
"Get out!!!"
Li Bishuang couldn't believe that this mother and son dared to be so arrogant in front of others. Aren't they afraid of others gossiping behind their backs?
But now she can't care about these. She can't stay here for a minute. Enduring humiliation and hatred, she turned around and left. Li's mother's legs were weak. Seeing her daughter leaving her and running away, she hurriedly followed with her legs weak. The mother and daughter quickly left the sight of everyone.
Seeing them leave, Duan Qingen put down the broom, stretched out his hand with a sad face and rubbed his twisted eyebrows, and sighed long-long, and his voice became lower.
"Today, I made a fool of myself."
Their family has been sending out fabrics to make clothes. They can be said to be the God of Wealth in the whole village. No one would jump out at this stall and say "You can't do this to your elders." Instead, they would comfort: "It's okay, it's okay, we won't tell anyone."
It would be strange if they didn't, I would go back and have a good chat with my sister-in-law.
"It's not your fault. I really didn't expect that Bishuang's mother usually pretended to be a good person, but it turned out that she was greedy for Hongfeng's money."
"It's also your kindness that has been helping to hide it."
If Duan Qingen put on an angry look, the villagers would still say a few words about how he is a young man. Now he is lost and depressed, like a deflated ball, and everyone subconsciously comforted him.
Of course, there are always people who talk without feeling any pain. At this time, someone said, "After all, they raised Hongfeng. No matter how angry they are, they can't break off the relationship."
Duan Qingen didn't get angry. If he got angry at people at this time, wouldn't he help the Li family find helpers on the same front?
He just said in a pitiful, innocent, sad tone, "Since everyone has seen it, I won't hide it from you. They came here today to ask me to buy the clothes they had. I just said that we are all relatives. If we bought clothes at other times, we would have bought them. But they just pushed this cart of clothes to the door of my store to sell not long ago."
"Everyone knows that my father passed away early, and my mother worked hard to open this store. We were the only store in the town that could open it. The villagers in the town know that my family is not easy, and no one wants to steal our business..."
Duan Qingen ignored the fact that the people in the town had no money to open a store, and directly put a kind stamp on them, "But a while ago, everyone in the village knew that my family had directly emptied the money to make new styles of clothes. They came to steal our business at this time, and they robbed it in front of our store. That's not Are they clearly trying to force us to death? "
"It's also fortunate that they have never done business before. All the clothes they bought are ugly, so they didn't let all the old customers buy their clothes. Everyone, tell me, they did this just because they are relatives. Even if they are openly stealing the food from my family, we can't say anything, right?"
He said it very emotionally, and wiped the corners of his eyes in a serious manner, "We are orphans and widows, and we have today thanks to the care of the villagers. My mother has always told me that the villagers took care of us in the past, and we have to repay the villagers. Otherwise, our family can directly order from the factory. Why do we have to go through the trouble of buying fabrics and distributing them to the villagers to make clothes? Isn't it because we are grateful for everyone's kindness to us mother and son. "
Ye Cuixiang on the side: "...Yes."
No, in fact, she released the materials to the villagers just because it can save costs. Is this what Qingen thinks?
No one knows what Duan Qingen thinks, but after he said this, the villagers were really moved.
"So that's how it is, Sister Ye, you are so kind!"
"We remember all these favors."
"We didn't help much at the beginning, so it's rare that you still remember."
Duan Qingen continued: "I'm not saying this to take credit, I just want everyone to know that our Duan family is definitely grateful, but there is no gratitude. If you take advantage of us and stand in front of us as a benefactor, asking us to suffer in silence, I'm young and I can't bear this loss!"
"Although Hongfeng has not been married for a long time, the villagers know what kind of person she is. She is a good girl, family-oriented, and loyal, but no matter how good she is, she is also dragging a family of leeches."
Ye Cuixiang began to feel something was wrong. She glanced at her son anxiously. Why did she feel that her son seemed to blame Hongfeng?
She couldn't help but pull his sleeve: "Qingen, this has nothing to do with Hongfeng, she is still in school."
"Mom, don't pull me."
Duan Qingen's attitude was very firm, "When Hongfeng comes back, I will tell her directly that either we divorce or she breaks off relations with her uncle. If she wants me to be relatives with these leeches for the rest of my life, there is no room for negotiation!"
After saying that, he turned and left. Looking at his steps, he must still be very upset.
Ye Cuixiang let go of his hand in shock, "No, Qingen... You understand, Hongfeng did nothing wrong, Qingen..."
She didn't care about the villagers anymore, and hurriedly chased after them. A group of people stood at the gate of the Duan family, looking at each other, and no one knew what to say.
Say Duan Qingen is heartless? But he did give the Li family enough face before, and it was only when they insisted that he couldn't bear it that he blurted out those words.
As for divorcing Li Hongfeng, if you ask yourself, they don't want to have such relatives.
I just don't know what Li Hongfeng will choose. How can this kid be so pitiful? First, her parents died, her family property was taken away, and she had to do hard work. She finally grew up and married into a wealthy family, but her husband wanted to divorce her because of her leech relative.
How pitiful!
I hope she can open her eyes and choose Duan Qingen.
Li Hongfeng, who is still in school, has no idea that she has gone to school, and the villagers sympathize with her. Ye Cuixiang loves her and wants to protect her. Her family property is about to be returned. Not only will she not feel heartless if she breaks off relations with the Li family, but everyone will think she has done a good job.
And Duan Qingen, the young man who created this situation, no one will criticize him. Instead, they will understand him. At most, they think he is acting on impulse.
The source of everything, Duan Qingen, hid in his hut, drank a sip of water slowly, and nodded with satisfaction after tasting the taste.
Pretty much perfect.