Chapter 25 Poor Mother and Daughter

"Chi Hua, after you go back and figure out what happened, remember to bring your child to Jin Ju's house and apologize to the child!"

Wang Lin looked at Chi Hua's departing back, snorted, turned his head to look at Zeng Hui next to him, his face turned cold, and said in a bad tone:
"Zeng Hui, Jin Ju is your brother's wife. Her husband passed away early. Logically, as the eldest brother, you should help take care of your brother's widow, but what did you do?
I won't say anything more. You know it in your heart that you don't take care of your sister-in-law, and I can't say anything to you. After all, this is your Zeng family's family affair, but you let your child bully Xiaocao, a little girl of four or five years old.

Jin Ju and her family are orphans and widows, they are pitiful enough, yet you still do such a thing, do you want to drive them to death to make yourself happy?"

"Uncle Wang, I don't understand what you mean!"

Zeng Hui's face was gloomy, and a hint of anger flashed in the depths of his eyes. If Wang Lin's family had not produced a third place in the imperial examination, let alone the fact that Wang Lin was just older than him, even if Wang Lin was really his relative.

If anyone dared to take advantage of his age in front of him, he would have started cursing.

pity.

Out of concern for Wang Ruhai, Zeng Hui did not dare to offend Wang Lin too much. He suppressed his anger and said, "Uncle Wang, I have something else to do at home, so I'll leave first!"

Wang Lin looked at Zeng Hui's back as he left angrily and couldn't help shaking his head, knowing that Zeng Hui didn't take his words to heart.

Just as he said just now, these are all Zeng family affairs, and it is not easy for him as an outsider to interfere.

Wang Lin turned his head and looked at the other villagers around him. They were all parents whose children were injured by the Black Cat Catcher. He said, "When you go back, you'd better ask the matter clearly. If you want compensation, you can come to me, but you must go to Jin Ju's house and apologize to the child!"

"Uncle Wang, I will!"

The other villagers laughed awkwardly, and as they had no intention of staying here any longer, they got up and left.

Yuan Liang asked curiously, "Old Donor Wang, what is going on with Jin Ju that you mentioned? Why would her husband's elder brother let his own children bully her daughter?"

Wang Lin opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them and could only sigh.

Yuan Liang said: "I was too talkative!"

"Little Taoist priest, since you want to know, it's okay for me to tell you!"

Wang Lin took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, his face full of sympathy, and said:

"Jin Ju, whose original name was Zhou Jin Ju, was from another village. Her parents died when she was young, and she grew up in her uncle's home. She didn't have a good life for a few days. As soon as she came of age, she was married off by her uncle in exchange for a high bride price.

Even after marrying Zeng Lian, the younger brother of Zeng Hui, she hadn’t had a good life for a few days. While working in the mountains, Zeng Lian was attacked by a wild beast and lost his life. Even his body was never found! "

Yuan Liang became more and more puzzled and asked, "Old Donor Wang, what does this have to do with the Zeng family deliberately bullying these orphans and widows?"

"The Zeng family believed that Zhou Jinju was born with bad luck. Her parents died when she was young, and her husband died right after she got married. So right after her husband died, before he was even buried, she was kicked out by the Zeng family!"

Wang Lin explained, "Fortunately, our village chief was kind and had a thatched house that had been in disrepair for a long time repaired so that the mother and daughter could live there. Moreover, after the village chief argued with them, he also allocated a few acres of thin land from the Zeng family. Now the mother and daughter can barely make a living!"

Yuan Liang was puzzled and asked, "If that's the case, why doesn't she go back to her own home?"

"It would be better for her to stay here than to go back to her parents' home. Her uncle is not a good guy either!"

Wang Lin said in a bad tone: "Who knows, as soon as she returns to her parents' home, her uncle will marry her off in exchange for a high betrothal gift!"

"So that's it!"

Yuan Liang suddenly understood.

"I never thought there are such pitiful people in our Hutougou!"

Wang Ping'an couldn't help but sigh slightly. Just now, he arranged for the Black Cat Detective to steal a piece of bacon from his home and send it to Zhou Jinju's home. He was going to arrange for the Black Cat Detective to go to the granary to kill mice, but unfortunately, all the mice nests in his own granary were destroyed.

It is unlikely that there will be any more rats in the short term.

So we have to find a granary again!

He was driving the Black Cat Detective around in Hutougou, looking for a suitable target, when he vaguely heard his grandfather's words. He quickly controlled the Black Cat Detective to stop and heard the conversation between his grandfather and Yuan Liang clearly.

It also makes me understand why a four or five-year-old child was bullied by a group of eight or nine-year-old children.

Wang Ping'an's home.

As soon as Wang Lin and Yuan Liang walked into the lobby, Zhang Guihua couldn't wait to ask, "Old man, what's going on? Our safe civet stole - no, took our bacon. Does she have children and took the bacon back for her children to eat?"

Wang Lin shook his head. When he saw Zhang Guihua open her mouth, he knew what she wanted to say, so he spoke first to explain.

He told him everything he had seen and everything he had guessed.

"You mean, our Ping An civet cat was brave enough to do something righteous, and because he saw Xiao Cao's wild vegetables being trampled by other children, he took a piece of bacon from our house and sent it to Xiao Cao's family?"

Zhang Guihua's face was full of surprise. She looked at Wang Lin strangely, wondering if he was just joking with her or if he was just getting old and talking nonsense.

Otherwise, how could he say such fantastic words!

"Our safe cat is a civet cat, not an ordinary cat..."

Wang Lin knew that she didn't believe it. Not to mention Zhang Guihua, even he wouldn't dare to believe such an outrageous thing if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears.

Just as Wang Lin was about to explain, a woman's voice came from outside the door!

"Uncle Wang, are you home?"

"I'm here!"

Wang Lin responded, and then a woman came in pulling a little girl.

It was Zhou Jinju and her daughter!

Wang Lin asked in surprise: "Jin Ju, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhang Guihua stood up, moved two chairs from the side, and gestured, "Jinju, Xiaocao, you sit down!"

"Uncle Wang, I'm sorry. My little Cao didn't learn his lesson and stole your bacon..."

Zhou Jinju's face was full of apology. Before she could finish her words, she heard Xiaocao's angry voice, "Mom, I didn't steal it. I didn't steal Grandpa Wang's bacon. Why don't you believe me?"

As she spoke, tears welled up in Xiaocao's eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"You still dare to quibble?"

Zhou Jinju looked at Xiaocao angrily and was about to slap Xiaocao with her hand.

She didn't expect Xiaocao to achieve anything great, just grow up safely, but he must not do petty thefts. Not only would it ruin his reputation, but there was also a high possibility that he would be caught and beaten to death.

No matter what, she didn't want to hear the bad news that Xiaocao was caught stealing and beaten to death!
Wang Lin hurriedly stopped Zhou Jinju from hitting Xiaocao and explained on Xiaocao's behalf: "Jinju, you misunderstood. Xiaocao didn't steal this piece of bacon!"

(End of this chapter)