CHAPTER 284: CHAPTER 274: DING WULANG

Yu Xiaolian had long suspected the insurance fraud. The old couple probably knew as well, and in a fit of anger, she went to investigate and gather evidence, finally succeeding in sending those two old foxes to prison.

The daughter was dead, the son atoned with his life, and the old couple, for knowing and not reporting, also ended up in jail. It really was a family neatly together.

As for the Wang family villagers Yu Changhe mentioned, could they be more troublesome than those who violate the law knowingly in the internet age?

Impossible. At worst, she would call Jiang Han over to scare them. At this time, when ordinary people see a government officer, it’s like a mouse seeing a cat.

Miss Yu instructed Yu Xiaolian to drive the carriage directly to Sun Fengshou’s house. From far away, before reaching the gate, they could hear the sounds of quarrelling from inside, and Qi Lizheng was there too.

Qi Lizheng asked sternly, "Wang Zhanming, you took five hundred wen yesterday, why are you causing trouble at the Sun Family again today?"

Wang Zhanming lay on the ground, clutching his chest, wailing, "Chief, I don’t want to cause trouble either. Yesterday, I thought with the five hundred wen, my injury would be fine. Not until I went to the city to see a doctor did I know my injuries were serious, my internal organs were hurt. The doctor said my condition wouldn’t heal in a year or half without good medicine.

Even the doctor in the city said that I need good medicine to recuperate, that I need ginseng, and each prescription costs two taels of silver.

Tell me where my family can get money for treatment? I have no choice, I want to live."

Wang Zhanming, a man in his fifties, started crying while speaking, which made the villagers all sympathize with him and criticize Sun Fengshou for being too heavy-handed.

At this moment, Sun Fengshou was being held back tightly by Qi Dalian, otherwise he would really want to kick Wang Zhanming, who was on the ground, out of his yard.

Wang Zhanming continued lamenting, "Even if there’s no money for medicine, my family still has old people, young people, my parents in their seventies or eighties, and a grandson who just learned to toothpick. If I can’t work, what will my family eat and drink?"

"But you can’t ask the Sun family for twenty taels of silver. Besides, looking at you, it doesn’t seem like you’ve suffered a serious injury. I was there during the fight yesterday, and I saw it. With just a light touch, you fell over. You’re just trying to extort money since you know they have it." Ding Wulang, ignoring his mother pulling him, stood up loudly to speak for Sun Fengshou.

This Ding Wulang isn’t just anyone; he’s the fool who nearly got tricked into self-mutilation during last year’s conscription by that despicable old man.

As soon as Ding Wulang stood up, Yu Xiaolian recognized him as the silly boy who insisted on giving her peaches to eat.

Though Ding Wulang’s mind wasn’t like a normal person’s in terms of intelligence, he wasn’t stupid. He knew right from wrong, and he was very righteous.

The reason he spoke for Sun Fengshou was partly because he couldn’t stand the Wang family and partly due to some lesser-known reasons—he had overheard the Wang family badmouthing his mother behind her back.

His father died early, and the five siblings were raised by their mother alone. The reason their mother managed to raise them and even built a big house and got him married was because she had exceptional embroidery skills, specifically double-sided embroidery.

His mother not only supported the entire family with this embroidery, but she also improved their lives.

Many in the village wanted to learn double-sided embroidery from his mother, but she taught no one.

If everyone could embroider, what would be special about it?

What everyone knows how to do isn’t valuable.

Because she didn’t teach the embroidery skills, the Wang family frequently badmouthed Ding Wulang’s mother, Yu, behind her back, saying she secretly made money, was too selfish, and what was the point of saving so much money—her foolish son would waste it anyway.

Ding Wulang overheard this and never forgot. He wasn’t foolish; he had long wanted to go against the wicked Wang family.

Ding Wulang felt missing the chance to beat the Wang family with Sun Fengshou yesterday was a wasted opportunity; today, he wasn’t going to waste any chance to stand and fight, as such opportunities were rare.

So, even as his mother tugged hard at his clothes, telling him to go home, he refused.

He wanted to speak for the Sun family and help them against the wicked Wang family.

"We’re demanding medical expenses from the Sun family; what’s it got to do with you?" Wang Zhanming’s wife, Liu, cursed at Ding Wulang, "You fool, meddling in things that don’t concern you!"

Although Ding Wulang was simple-minded, his wife, Zhang, was sharp and fierce.

Zhang had been watching the commotion from the crowd but, seeing her silly husband get involved, hearing Liu call him a fool, she immediately stepped forward, shouting, "Who are you calling a fool? Say my husband is a fool again if you dare. I swear, one more word, and I’ll chop your head in two."

Zhang, though just a seventeen-year-old new bride, was already famous in Taohua Village.

She was known not for anything else but for her fiery temper and toughness.

Her toughness aside, Zhang’s father was a renowned hunter in Taohua Village; she had followed him into the mountains to hunt since childhood. At a young age, she had developed great skills, even daring to challenge wild boars in the mountains, not to mention she was no match for men in a fight.

Add to that, Zhang the Hunter, known as a doting father, anyone daring to bully his daughter had to consider very carefully whether they could withstand a beating.

Even though Liu found Zhang fierce and was somewhat scared, she couldn’t appear weak, but also didn’t dare call Ding Wulang a fool again, "Take your husband home, stop watching all the commotion."

Zhang warned Liu, "If I hear you badmouthing my husband as a fool again, I won’t say a word, just beat you up."

After saying this, Zhang went to pull Ding Wulang along.

Ding Wulang, obedient to his wife, took a step back, but going home was impossible for him. He refused; he hadn’t finished watching the show yet!

Yu Xiaolian got down from the carriage and asked Sun Manjiao to bring men from the workshop, all the adult men from Sun Wuye’s and Sun Siyue’s families.

This old Wang family, daring to bully them, how could they dare? Just in terms of numbers, their family could outnumber the Wang family several times over.

Once everyone arrived, Yu Xiaolian gave a direct command to lift Wang Zhanming from the ground and throw him onto the main street.

"Don’t move!" Yu Xiaolian stopped Wang Zhanming, who was about to get up from the ground, "If you want those twenty taels, then don’t move."

Wang Zhanming was a bit taken aback, what did this mean?

Did this mean they agreed to give him twenty taels? Giving twenty taels so easily, the Yu Family was truly rich, not pretending to be rich. Ah, he should’ve asked for fifty taels instead.

Yu Xiaolian got on the carriage, adjusting the reins, "Giddy up!"

The carriage headed straight for Wang Zhanming, who lay bewildered on the ground. Just as the horse’s hooves were about to land on him, Wang Zhanming leapt up, rolling and crawling, running faster than a rabbit.

Yu Xiaolian sneered, "Don’t run, weren’t you after twenty taels of silver?

If you want the silver, don’t run. I’m not short of money, it’s just seeing your injuries aren’t worth the twenty taels, maybe running over you a couple of times with my carriage will make it worth twenty taels."