“Oh! Murder! Murder!”
Gu Yunsheng lay on the ground, crying with heart-wrenching sobs, her face full of fear and looking pitiful.
In the yard, the educated youths all came out. Wang Huijuan saw that things were going wrong and glared angrily at Gu Yunsheng.
“Gu Yunsheng, I didn’t do anything, you fell down yourself!”
“Oh, what’s going on? Why can’t we just talk this out?”
“Yeah, sister, get up quickly!”
Huo Wan’er glanced at Gu Yunsheng, then turned to Wang Huijuan and shouted angrily,
“You shameless woman! Your child wants meat, yet you don’t go home to make it. You came to our house and pushed my sister-in-law to the ground. She’s pregnant! Our whole family treasures her. If anything happens, you’d better get ready to face the authorities!”
Huo Wan’er’s words were justified, and with the previous noise from Wang Huijuan and her son, everyone had heard enough.
Seeing Gu Yunsheng’s pitiful expression, full of genuine fear, no one doubted her story.
“Sister Wang, this is your fault. She’s pregnant. How could you do this?”
“Yes, no matter how much someone wants meat, you can’t do such a thing!”
“No, I didn’t! My child was craving meat and smelled it, so I just wanted to look in. I was trying to take my child out. I didn’t touch her at all. She fell down on her own. She almost scared my child to death!”
By now, Huo Chengxuan had helped Gu Yunsheng to her feet, yet tears still streamed down her face.
“Sobbing, sobbing, my body’s weak. After so many years of marriage, I had no children. Finally pregnant, cherished by my family and brought here from the city, and now… if something happens to the child, I won’t live.”
Inside, Granny Chen also came out. Seeing her grandson crying, she was furious and, without considering anything, yelled at the Huo family,
“You are truly heartless! Bullying a child, if something happens, it’s your fault!”
The Huo family treasured this child like their life. Huo’s mother immediately struck Granny Chen.
“Smack, smack, smack!”
“You heartless woman! How dare you curse the Huo family? I’ll fight you!”
Everyone froze at Huo’s mother’s action.
Wow! This was the gentle, refined lady they knew?
It took a moment to react, then they separated the two women.
At that moment, a voice came over,
“What’s going on here? No work tomorrow, is that it?”
The brigade leader frowned as he walked over. Not only him, but his entire family came, a full family deployment.
The educated youths stepped aside immediately when they saw the brigade leader.
“Brigade Leader!”
Seeing the brigade leader and his family, Gu Yunsheng’s tears flowed again.
This time, it wasn’t the loud, heart-wrenching crying. Her lips pouted, eyes red, tears falling silently one by one.
Especially when she saw Wang Huijuan, her face full of fear was clear even while Huo Chengxuan held her in his arms. She was trembling.
This sight unsettled not only the arriving brigade leader family but also the youths who had just tried to intervene.
“Oh, girl, don’t be afraid. What’s wrong?”
The brigade leader’s wife had chatted with Gu Yunsheng that afternoon. Seeing this, her heart ached.
“Aunt!”
Gu Yunsheng pouted, her voice soft, cautious, and choked with emotion.
“Wang Huijuan hit me. Her child wanted meat, she came to my house, and tried to grab it. I only wanted to stop her, and she pushed me to the ground. She’s trying to take my life, my baby’s life!”
Even though Gu Yunsheng was crying, her account was clear and concise.
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved and heartbroken she seemed. She collapsed into the brigade leader’s wife’s arms, crying and feeling utterly despairing.
“Aunt, since I got married, I’ve waited so long for this. This child is the family’s lifeline. Wang Huijuan like this, if something happened to the child, I wouldn’t want to live. Sobbing.”
Her soft, delicate sobs pierced everyone’s hearts, like needles pricking at their emotions.
The injustice and fear she showed toward Wang Huijuan stirred anger and sympathy in everyone.
“Oh, girl, don’t cry, don’t cry!”
The brigade leader’s wife already felt grateful for the milk powder Gu Yunsheng had brought earlier and liked her. If it weren’t for so many people watching, she might have grabbed a broom.
By now, the crowd included villagers and some women who were close to the brigade leader’s wife. They could not tolerate the behavior at all.
Wang Huijuan, no longer domineering, and Granny Chen were both dumbfounded.
They had no idea how things escalated, and then when meeting Gu Yunsheng’s defiant gaze, all rationality vanished.
“How could a mother be so cruel? You must be jealous that she doesn’t have to work, is pretty, and is cherished at home!”
“Yes, children are a family’s roots. You love your own, but harm others’. That’s heartless!”
“Spit! The Qianjin Brigade had such a good atmosphere, and this one family comes along with such malice, even cursing someone else’s child!”
Already irrational, Wang Huijuan was now being scolded by several women. She could not endure it and rushed at Gu Yunsheng.
“Gu Yunsheng, you’re lying!”
Wang Huijuan’s face twisted with rage as she shouted and tried to hit Gu Yunsheng.
“Wang Huijuan, if you cause trouble again, your whole family will have to leave!”
The brigade leader understood the situation. After hearing from his wife about the milk powder Gu Yunsheng had brought, his stance leaned fully toward Gu Yunsheng.
The authority of the brigade leader silenced Wang Huijuan and Granny Chen.
The Huo family was powerful. Even here, their influence was not simple.
Additionally, the Huo family had just arrived, and if anything happened to their grandchild, the brigade leader’s position would be in trouble.
“Sobbing, sobbing, Brigade Leader, you saw it. Wang Huijuan dared to act in front of you. If we continue living in the same yard, something will happen to my child. I really, really cannot live with her.”
“This…”
The brigade leader looked at Gu Yunsheng, troubled, then glanced at Wang Huijuan, whose face was full of hatred.
Her expression was so menacing, the brigade leader dared not promise anything on her behalf.