"Hey, the guy I was talking about yesterday is here. In a bit, you better not back down!" Er Gou's wife spotted Lin Chuan coming towards them from afar and whispered to Liu the Cripple's wife.
Liu the Cripple's wife glanced at Lin Chuan and sneered, "He might be better looking than the village leader's second son, but what good is it? He doesn't have the village leader's money or power."
"Stop talking, keep yelling. Once the door opens, we'll drop the stuff and leave. As long as we deliver the betrothal gifts, don't worry about the rest," said Er Gou's wife.
Liu the Cripple's wife imdiately stood up, not bothering to dust off the dirt from her backside. Her big fat hands slamd against the large iron gate of Huang ngqi's house, shouting, "Aunt Huang, open the door quickly! I'm here with Er Gou's wife to discuss sothing with you."
"Ladies, please move aside." Lin Chuan approached Huang ngqi's gate, blocked by these two old won, and spoke calmly.
Er Gou's wife said nothing and stepped aside, but Liu the Cripple's wife stopped shouting, ceased banging on the gate, looked back at Lin Chuan, and mockingly said, "Oh, I wondered who it was. Turns out it's an outsider. The girl from the Huang family is such a good girl, but after just a few years in the city, instead of learning sothing good, she's learned to keep a man."
"Auntie, you're mistaken. It's not ngqi keeping , it's keeping her. I'm going to keep her for a lifeti." Lin Chuan laughed rather than angered, glanced Liu the Cripple's wife up and down, and continued laughing, "What a sha, if soone like you went to the city without a figure, without looks, even if you paid, I bet no one would want you!"
Liu the Cripple's wife's face changed in anger, wanting to act out to gain the upper hand, but Lin Chuan beat her to it.
"Luckily, you were born in the countryside, raised in the countryside. The countryn take pity on you and don't mind you much. If you grew up in the city, your parents would spend a lifeti worrying about your marriage!"
When it cos to spite, Lin Chuan's words are the most venomous, but only when encountering soone spiteful does he give tit for tat.
Liu the Cripple's wife's face turned angrily, her heart pounding violently. No one had dared to say such vicious words in front of her all these years. It was the first ti encountering it today, leaving her montarily at a loss. But after a brief adjustnt, she prepared to retaliate.
Er Gou's wife tried not to laugh, her old face turning red, watching the drama unfold with amusent.
Everyone who knew Liu the Cripple's wife was aware that she's the famous shrew of Stone Village. When it cos to insults, nobody does it better than her. Yet unexpectedly, today a young man left her speechless, making Liu the Cripple's wife feel embarrassed.
She was about to say sothing harmful and selfish but suddenly found herself speechless, feeling like sothing was stuck in her throat.
"Hey, don't look at like that. I'm just speaking the truth. If sothing's wrong, just pretend you didn't hear it. I wouldn't dare to offend soone like you," Lin Chuan said innocently, seeing Liu the Cripple's wife glaring sharply at him.
Er Gou's wife saw Liu the Cripple's wife with her mouth open in anger yet unable to speak, thinking it was because of rage. Unable to hold back any longer, she laughed out loud.
"ngqi, open the door, it's ." Lin Chuan ignored the two older won, walked to the iron gate, knocked lightly twice, and called inside, then stopped knocking.
"By the way, you were just yelling in front of soone's door, don't you know that's impolite?" Lin Chuan turned to Liu the Cripple's wife, suddenly slapped his forehead, and said regretfully, "Sorry, I forgot. A shrew doesn't know what politeness is. Why am I talking to a shrew about this? My apologies!"
Poor Liu the Cripple's wife glared at Lin Chuan, her fury burning intensely, but knowing she wasn't his match, refrained from acting. A usually sharp-tongued woman now speechless, she looked to Er Gou's wife for help.
Hoping Er Gou's wife would help her counter Lin Chuan a bit, giving her a way out.
But Er Gou's wife didn't care about all that. She herself had suffered at Liu the Cripple's wife's hands before, and now only wanted to deliver the betrothal gifts, not getting involved. Especially after seeing Lin Chuan's tough stance yesterday, she was afraid of him causing trouble at her ho if pushed too far.
The iron gate soon opened, and Huang ngqi ca out, expressionless, glancing coldly at Er Gou's wife and Liu the Cripple's wife before turning to Lin Chuan, speaking gently, "Co in, my mom made dumplings waiting for you to co back and eat."
"ngqi, you're ho!" Er Gou's wife quickly approached, picking up so of the large packages of betrothal gifts, grinning, "We knocked on the door for ages, why didn't you open?"
"Yes... yes, exactly. We knocked for ages, but no one answered. Yet when soone lightly knocks twice, soone cos to open the door willingly. It seems neighbors for years can't compare to a newly-t sweetheart!" Liu the Cripple's wife's throat felt better suddenly, enabling her to speak, and she imdiately started mocking.
Huang ngqi didn't even look at them, still speaking coldly, "I didn't hear." Then to Lin Chuan, "Co in. I don't want to see crazy dogs barking at my door."
"Who are you calling a mad dog? Say that again, I dare you, and I'll show you how disrespectful you're becoming, so... ouch..." Aunt Liu's wife heard Huang ngqi call them mad dogs and imdiately got angry. However, she got a sore throat before she could finish her sentence.
Er Gou's wife, however, ignored this, still carrying part of the dowry. She smiled and said, "ngqi, we're already at your doorstep, why don't you let us in to sit for a bit."
"No, we're planning to discuss so family matters today, so we aren't welcoming outsiders." Huang ngqi directly refused.
At this mont, Lin Chuan walked in. Just as Huang ngqi was about to close the door, a package was thrown in from outside, followed by another package before Huang ngqi could react.
Huang ngqi simply opened the iron gate, demanding, "What are you doing? I don't want your things, take them all back."
But Er Gou's wife and Aunt Liu's wife didn't listen, throwing all the packages they brought through the iron gate into Huang ngqi's yard. Er Gou's wife said, "ngqi, this is part of the village chief's dowry. This is just a small part, you two families can discuss and set a good date. There will be more dowry coming."
After saying that, the two older won attempted to leave, feeling like they had completed their task and could go back to report to the village chief.
However, they hadn't taken more than two steps before Aunt Liu's wife got hit on the back of the head by sothing.
"Ouch." Aunt Liu's wife shouted, turning around just in ti for sothing to hit her nose, causing blood to gush out. Feeling sothing flowing from her nose, Aunt Liu's wife touched it and saw her hand covered in blood, imdiately screaming.
Er Gou's wife didn't fare any better. After being hit by sothing, she ca to her senses and saw that the items they had thrown into Huang ngqi's house were all being thrown out, as if they had eyes and were targeting her.
Trying to dodge the assault from those things, Er Gou's wife ducked and dodged, quite overwheld for a mont.
It was Lin Chuan throwing the dowry out, and he managed to hit Er Gou's wife and Aunt Liu's wife through so magical intervention.
"Take all these things you brought and leave; our family doesn't want this junk," said Huang ngqi as she closed the gate.
So of the dowry consisted of fragile items. Being tossed back and forth repeatedly, many things were shattered beyond recognition. Even the non-fragile items were intentionally thrown by Lin Chuan onto the hard ground outside, getting smashed and deford.
Aunt Liu's wife covered her nose with one hand, sifting through the thrown-out dowry with the other, seething with anger but unable to curse, leaving her embarrassed and at a loss.
Er Gou's wife was in a similar situation. She couldn't vent her anger, watching the perfectly good items get smashed to pieces, unsure of how to explain to the village chief.
A group of spectators in the distance made sarcastic remarks. So villagers had been bullied by Er Gou's wife and Aunt Liu's wife, and now seeing this scene, they finally felt so sense of relief.
Inside the house, Huang's mother was making dumplings, a worried expression on her face. She knew the two older won had stirred chaos in Huang ngqi's ho, but as an outsider, she couldn't say much. She could only help Huang ngqi in crucial monts, as it was the only thing she could do.
"Have they left?" Huang's mother stopped what she was doing and looked up to ask.
"Gone, they really are shaless. Forcing soone to be their daughter-in-law like this?" Huang ngqi washed her hands and sat down to continue making dumplings, frustrated.
Huang Tianyi rolled his eyes and grumbled, "I told you earlier, if you let chase them away, it'd be over by now. But it still ended up being Brother Lin who drove them away. If I had chased them off earlier, our ears could have had so peace and quiet!"
Huang's mother turned around, glared at Huang Tianyi, and scolded, "Enough, stop talking, go back to your room and study."
"I...nevermind, if this kind of thing happens again, I won't listen to you all. I'll chase them away myself. A bunch of old hags causing trouble in my house." Huang Tianyi said before rushing to his room to study.
Huang's mother sighed, her eyes welling up with tears.
Huang ngqi just lowered her head, silently making dumplings.
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