The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 320: Gu Dahuan Bore It All

"I told you to stop talking nonsense."

"I told you to stop causing trouble."

Tong Huaqiong cursed while pressing cow dung all over the old woman’s face.

No one around came to help.

On the contrary, they felt a sense of relief.

In this matter, the entire Qinghe Bay had reached a consensus.

That is, the old woman deserved to be dealt with by Tong Huaqiong for joking around with the lives of the whole village.

"Village chief, aren’t you going to do something? Widow Tong is taking personal revenge." The old woman, forced to the wall by Tong Huaqiong, spat out the cow dung and shouted at the village chief.

The village chief, as if watching a show, said, "She’s taking personal revenge just by smearing cow dung on your face. Your idea of revenge is using false accusations to get the whole village killed. Should I do something about it? You didn’t listen when I tried to intervene, and almost led the whole village astray." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Tong Huaqiong chased the old woman, dumping the last spoonful of cow dung on her head.

The old woman almost suffocated.

The people in the village felt a sense of justice being served.

Tong Huaqiong twisted her body and headed back home, leaving the front door open.

After causing a scene, Chen Sufen returned inside, her faint cries could be heard outside.

After the fear of execution passed, the villagers returned to their gossiping mode, crowding around Tong Huaqiong’s door, curious.

Originally, the villagers thought there were strangers in Tong Huaqiong’s house and worried they might be remnants of rebel forces. If that were true, the whole village would be doomed.

Upon hearing the commotion from Tong Huaqiong’s house, they realized that the child was Gu Dahuan’s illegitimate child, and the whole village breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, only Chen Sufen was hurt if Gu Dahuan had an illegitimate child, but if they were rebel remnants, everyone in the village would suffer.

Comparing the whole village suffering to only Chen Sufen getting hurt, they’d rather Chen Sufen be hurt alone.

However, once the fear of bloodshed subsided, everyone began to sympathize with Chen Sufen.

"Da Han seemed so honest, how come he has such a big child outside?" An elderly woman commented, "I used to say he couldn’t even fart, and now he not only farted but also has a child."

"Da Han has always been good to Sufen, he used to stand up for Sufen when Tong Dajiao treated her harshly. Going out to work and bringing money home was to make things better for Sufen in front of Tong Dajiao. I can’t believe he has a child outside," said the former village chief, Xu Yong, who joined the gossip after being absent for a while.

Aunt Qin disagreed with Xu Yong, rolling her eyes, "People can be deceiving. When I first got married to Qinghe Bay and hadn’t become the village chief yet, seeing how affectionately you called my sister-in-law, I thought you were a good person. But after you became the village chief, you revealed your true colors and took away our fertile land."

Aunt Qin sensed Xu Yong’s ill intentions, trying to steer attention towards Tong Huaqiong hiding rebels.

He was as rotten as the old woman.

She felt obliged to crush it.

The former village chief was like a grasshopper at the end of autumn, making a last futile struggle.

"The old woman used to always be incited by Yan Pozi during conflicts with Tong Dajiao, she wouldn’t dare on her own. So why was she so bold to tell the officials about strangers in Tong Dajiao’s house this time? Someone must have incited her again?"

Aunt Qin stared intently at Xu Yong.

Hearing this, the people around looked at Xu Yong with unfriendly eyes, even Xu Family’s former clan leader Xu Kun looked at him with suspicion.

Xu Yong burst out, "The old woman is an idiot, she does whatever. I wanted Widow Tong to suffer, I don’t hide my grudge with her. But I wouldn’t gamble with my head. If someone in the village hides rebels, the whole village suffers, only that stupid woman doesn’t get it."

Xu Yong regretted it; he shouldn’t have provoked Widow Tong, letting Aunt Qin who was on her side seize on it.

Aunt Qin nodded and said, "Who can tell for sure?"

She sighed and said, "I used to always say in public that Tong Dajiao was a cruel stepmother, forcing Da Han to go out to work. Now it seems maybe Da Han wanted to go out, to see his child."

Aunt Qin didn’t mind casting a shadow on Gu Dahuan, though she didn’t believe Gu Dahuan was that kind of person in her heart.

Qin Qingyou, who knew the truth, said, "Could it be that Da Han was set up? I don’t think he’s that kind of person."

He also didn’t expect the plot’s twist was that Gu Dahuan took the blame for everything.

"Who would bother setting him up?" A fellow from the Gu Family around the same age as Gu Dahuan, Gu Dahu, didn’t quite believe Gu Dahuan was that charming.

"You might be surprised. Da Han was so handsome, in our village only he and his brother can compare," said the village chief’s wife.

Gu Dahu clicked his tongue in admiration, his eyes full of envy.

"I never thought someone as poor and honest as Da Han would have a woman willing to give him a son. Tsk, tsk, tsk, what kind of luck does he have?"

His wife wasn’t happy, pulling his ear, scolding, "Gu Dahu, what are you thinking? Why don’t you take a good look at yourself in the mirror? You’re five big and three thick, not even five feet tall, with a face full of pimples, and as short as three inches. Only a blind marriage could get you a wife, if I had seen you before our wedding, I would have backed out."

Gu Dahu didn’t dare to make a sound after being scolded by his wife.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think of Da Han’s situation?" the village chief’s wife asked her sister-in-law, who was Mrs. Zhao, Liu Yueer’s mother.

Mrs. Zhao, usually quick to speak, remained silent.

She couldn’t believe the Gu family would have an illegitimate child.

It’s not that she looked down on Gu Dahuan, but the former Gu Dahuan, though handsome, seemed weak and bullied, she didn’t believe any woman would willingly bear a child for a poor and cowardly man.

She also didn’t believe her mother-in-law would create an illegitimate child for Gu Dahuan just to disgust Chen Sufen because the foot-washing water was too hot.

Given Tong Dajiao’s previous character, she would have been happy with the big room having no son, as all the inheritance would belong to her own grandson later. Why would she manipulate Gu Dahuan to have an illegitimate child?

She even didn’t believe the now changed Tong Dajiao would bring an illegitimate child back to the big room.

She had many doubts swirling in her mind.

Mrs. Zhao’s silence convinced everyone that Gu Dahuan indeed had an illegitimate child.

Those women who didn’t get along with Liu Yueer secretly laughed.

In the past, relying on Tong Dajiao’s support, Liu Yueer often boasted in the village about how much her mother-in-law loved her, always saying everything in the Gu family was for her Yaozu.

Now that the big room had a son, the one who would feel the worst would be Liu Yueer.

At this moment, the door of the Gu family’s main hall was slammed open.

Chen Sufen appeared with her baggage, holding Man Er’s hand, ready to leave.

"Sufen, where are you going?" someone asked.

Chen Sufen, with red eyes, said, "Going back to my parents’ home."

Aunt Qin, knowing Chen Sufen’s family situation, advised, "Why go back to your parents’ home? It’s worse there than your husband’s place. Listen to me, just because Da Han made a mistake doesn’t mean he’s a bad person; he’s always treated you well. Your mother-in-law is treating you well now, too. Let bygones be bygones."

"Look at it differently, just think of the child as someone you picked up to carry on the family line."

The crowd agreed, "That’s right, if you leave now, you’d only be benefiting that child."

Chen Sufen had always given everyone the impression of being patient, gracious, and kind.

At this moment, Chen Sufen won a lot of sympathy from the crowd.

Chen Sufen squeezed out tears; she hadn’t expected her acting to be so good.

To make everything seem real, ensuring the whole village believed Xiao Long was Gu Dahuan’s child, she pushed her acting to the limit.