CHAPTER 596: CHAPTER 596: CRY FOR HELP

Bang! Du Qian was kicked to the ground; the bag of Fried Crispy Pork he was holding also flew away.

"Uncle Shiba!" Although Du Sanyang was older than Du Qian, he was a generation younger in terms of seniority. Seeing him suddenly kicked down, he quickly rushed over to help him up.

The rest of the Du Family People had already turned around and, seeing the people who kicked their kin, immediately became furious and pointed at them: "Chen Tie, Erdan, what are you two bastards up to again?"

Chen Tie looked at the few men from the Du Family and sneered: "What are we up to? Du surname, you’ve got some nerve, daring to come to town and feast in the restaurant. Damn it, I haven’t even been to a feast at the restaurant yet, and you dared to go!"

In Chen Tie’s eyes, the Du Family were refugees, almost like beggars, and Chen Village belonged to their Chen surname. The Du Family People living in the village was like taking advantage of their Chen surname and should listen to them and endure their beatings and scolding.

Now that the beggars they looked down on had entered a restaurant, how could he not be angry?

Erdan’s nose was keen, sniffing the aroma and finding the bag of Fried Crispy Pork, he opened it and was stunned: "Brother Tiezi, Brother Tiezi come quick, look, there is a whole bag of meat here, must be at least six jin. Wow, these Du Family beggars can actually afford meat now, and so much at that, they really don’t regard us Chens at all."

Erdan felt that the Du Family People eating meat was a slap in the face of the Chen Family People, while grabbing a handful of Fried Crispy Pork and stuffing it into his mouth, he lifted his foot to kick at the Du Family People.

The Du Family People were used to being bullied and kept dodging.

Du Zhangzi weakly explained: "This isn’t something we bought with money, it was Uncle Du who took us to the restaurant to meet guests, it was given by folks from our hometown."

"Dammit, what do you mean? Are you saying all of us Chens are poor ghosts who have no respected relatives, is that it?" Chen Tie, furiously picked up a dry branch from the roadside and started beating Du Zhangzi.

"Stop, don’t hit my dad!" Du Jia Bao rushed over to stop Chen Tie, but was beaten by Chen Tie until he screamed in pain.

Chen Tie, seeing this, mocked: "A whole family of cowards!"

Indeed, the Du Family People were very easy to bully; in the village, they had been both beaten and scolded, people even barged into their homes to steal, and they dared not utter a word.

The Du Family People were furious beyond words, but they didn’t dare fight back, if they struck the Chen Family People, how could these outsiders continue living in Chen Village?

As Erdan was munching on Fried Crispy Pork and watching the spectacle, seeing Chen Tie being too harsh, he hastily reminded: "Brother Tiezi, Brother Gouzi did say, don’t beat anyone to death, otherwise it’ll bring bad luck when he gets married."

Hearing this, Chen Tie struck Du Jia Bao a few more times with the dry branch until it broke, then he stopped.

Du Jia Bao was already crying without making a sound; Du Qian, although physically weak, immediately noticed something odd about Erdan’s words, enduring the pain from the kick, he pointed at Erdan and asked: "What did you just say? When did Chen Gou talk about getting married?"

Chen Tie and Chen Gou were cousins, and because their grandmother was still alive, they hadn’t split the family. They were all lazy and relied on selling their aunts and sisters to survive. People in the nearby villages all knew that Chen Gou’s house was in decline, and no girl was willing to marry into Chen Gou’s house, how could Chen Gou possibly be getting married?

Realizing his slip of tongue, Erdan looked flustered and turned to Chen Tie: "Brother Tiezi, I didn’t mean to, you must speak for me in front of Brother Gouzi when you go back."

Chen Gou was known to be fierce, and he didn’t dare offend him.

Yet Chen Tie said: "Why be afraid, my older brother doesn’t have the time to care about you, he’s currently sleeping with Miss Du."

Chen Tie was also a bachelor, and therefore felt displeased about not being able to stay in the village to sleep with Miss Du, instead having to come to town to watch the Du Family men and prevent them from going back early.

Damn, how long had it been since he’d had a woman? Last time, he had visited a prostitute, and he was feeling quite frustrated now.

Fortunately, the eldest brother said, once he marries the girl from the Du Family, he would get a wife for himself next, then he wouldn’t be single anymore.

Upon hearing this, the Du Family People felt a darkness before their eyes, nearly fainting.

Du Sanyang rushed over and grabbed Chen Tie by the collar, shouting, "What did you say, Chen?!"

Chen Tie pushed Du Sanyang aside, looked at the Du Family People, and sneered, "What? I said your Miss Du is being slept with by my elder brother, didn’t you hear? Are you deaf?"

He then cursed the Du Family People: "It’s also because you lot don’t know better. My family decently proposed to your Du Family, yet you dared to refuse, do not blame our Chen Family for spoiling your Miss Du’s purity. This ruining of purity might even be good, a girl who’s been slept with cannot be married off, she can only marry into our Chen Family, we wouldn’t even have to provide a dowry for worn shoes."

"Ah! I’m going to fight you!" Du Sanyang’s family has an adult daughter, upon hearing this, she immediately rushed over and started fighting Chen Tie.

There are many brothers in Chen Gou’s house, and some hooligans follow them, if they really intend to spoil the girl’s purity at Du’s house, no one could stop them.

Moreover, villagers are protective of their own, even if the Du Family People are bullied to death, the Chen Family and Village Chief Chen would not help them, at most they would tell them to keep quiet, swallow the disgrace, and let the girl whose purity was ruined marry Chen Gou.

Du Jia Bao was also infuriated to the point his eyes turned blood-red, and rushed over attacking Chen Tie, but Chen Tie had a machete on him, and Du Jia Bao was wounded by the machete soon after.

Seeing the blood, the rest of the Du Family People were stunned.

Du Qian was also scared stiff.

Chen Tie saw this and laughed: "Hahaha, a bunch of cowards without balls, you should be thankful to our Chen Family, if not for us..."

Before he could finish, Du Qian ran frantically towards the town.

Chen Erdan was confused: "Brother Tiezi, has Sister-in-law Gouzi’s dad gone mad?"

Chen Gou had taken a liking to Du Qian’s daughter, allowing his hooligans to call Du Qian’s daughter Sister-in-law Gouzi.

Chen Tie frowned and said: "Who knows what madness this old scholar has?"

He had no time to care about Du Qian. Pointing his knife at Du Sanyang and others, he said: "Going to the town to see fellow townsmen? Do they have any Silver to help you? Hurry up and hand it over, if I find Silver, you’re dead!"

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Du Qian ran frantically for over fifteen minutes, bumping into many pedestrians along the way, and finally arrived at Yanfu Building, not caring that today was the auspicious opening day of Yanfu Building, the moment he arrived at Yanfu Building, he shouted: "Fourth brother, save me, Fourth brother!!"

Doctor Du and others were still eating in the private room upstairs, since Elder Wu said that today is Dongzhi, Xuanhu Fang would not cook, they all came to dine at Yanfu Building, after all, the Gu Family’s daughter had made a fortune, eating her meal wouldn’t cost much.

Hearing Du Qian’s cry, Doctor Du was startled to his feet, went to the window and looked down, seeing Du Qian crying hysterically, he immediately rushed downstairs and asked: "Qianzi, what happened to you?"

Du Qian choked up and asked: "Is the son of Lord County Magistrate still here? I need his help to save a life!"

Upon hearing this, Doctor Du made way through the crowd with Qiu Lang and others, pulling Du Qian into Yanfu Building, he asked: "Is it those hooligans from Chen Village bothering you again?"

Hearing this, Du Qian could no longer hold back from sobbing loudly: "The Chen Family are bastards... taking advantage, while we were in town, they went to our home and spoilt our Miss Du’s purity!"