On the other side of the river, the lights in the Shen family's house were still on.

Shen Zhuo was not at home. Jiang Xuerui returned home, collected the things that were drying in the yard and brought them into the house. She closed the door early and was embroidering under the window at this time.

When the Shen family split up, the eldest son occupied the old courtyard. Now he and Shen Zhuo live in an empty house in the village, on the edge of the village, with its back against the mountain. It is very quiet at night and the only sound you can hear is the rustling of the trees behind the house and someone's dog barking in the distance.

Creepy.

Jiang Xuerui thought about it, stopped pretending, and decided to turn off the lights and go to bed early.

But I heard a few bundles of firewood being broken outside the window, with a light crackling sound, which was particularly obvious in the silence.

The firewood was piled in bundles against the wall. If someone stood on them, they could vaguely see into the house.

Jiang Xuerui immediately became alert and picked up the scissors in the sewing basket. "Who, who is outside?"

All of a sudden, everything was quiet. If Jiang Xuerui hadn't been extremely frightened and his increasingly sensitive hearing hadn't detected the breathing sounds, he would have almost believed it was his own illusion.

"If you don't speak up, I'm going to hit someone!" He stared at the window vigilantly.

"No, no, it's me..." When the outsider heard that he was going to hit someone, he was scared and immediately responded, "Liu Quangui from the west end of the village, I want to see if Brother Shen is at home, I want to ask him to help me with a day's work tomorrow."

Liu Quangui?

Jiang Xuerui thought about it for a while before realizing that Liu Quangui was Liu Laosan.

But the Shen family and his family have never had any friendship... What's more, this person has always had a bad reputation in the village. How could he, a boy, let him into the house so easily?

"It's Brother Liu. Shen Zhuo has already gone to bed. Please come back another day during the day." Jiang Xuerui put down the scissors, "I'm going to sleep too."

Outside the house, Liu Quangui chuckled a few times, "Brother Shen, didn't you go to work in the county? Rui Ge'er is lying to me."

Jiang Xuerui was stunned... How did he know Shen Zhuo was not there.

The put-down scissors were picked up again, "How do you know Shen Zhuo is not here? What do you want to do?"

"What can I do?" Liu Quangui had already walked to the door. "Rui Ge'er must be scared alone. Why don't you open the door and let me talk to you..."

Jiang Xuerui felt a chill down her spine and finally understood his intention.

"If you don't leave, I'll call for help!" He held the scissors tightly in one hand and held the door tightly with the other.

The door was bolted from the inside. Liu Quangui pushed it open, shaking his head. "Hey, it's out in the middle of nowhere. I think your brother and sister-in-law are already asleep. Who could have heard me? I didn't do anything. Why are you afraid of me?"

The villagers usually go to bed early, so he should have been careful before he came.

Liu Quangui felt that he was quite clever.

Jiang Xuerui was shaking violently, tears welling up in her eyes, "If you dare to come in, I will tell the head of the village!"

This threat has no power.

The door banged loudly. In a hurry, Jiang Xuerui grabbed a wooden stick from the side of the door and leaned it against the door, but he was too panicked... the stick pushed open the wooden wedge that bolted the door.

With a bang, the door was slammed open!

"Why are you pretending to be chaste? You just opened the door for me obediently," Liu Quangui looked Jiang Xuerui up and down in a lewd manner. "Shen Zhuo is not here, so I'm afraid you've been lonely for a long time, right?"

Jiang Xuerui was terrified, screaming and beating Liu Quangui with a stick...

Gu Fengyan and Huo Duan came out of the ditch and saw from afar that the lights of the Shen family were still on.

"Fortunately, we came early, otherwise Rui Ge would have gone to bed." Gu Fengyan wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Huo Duan was holding the lantern and was about to say something when he suddenly heard screaming and crying.

"What sound?" He put his finger to his lips to signal Gu Fengyan to be quiet. After listening carefully for a while, he found that the sound was gone again.

Gu Fengyan held his breath, "There's no sound..."

"ah--"

The scream came from Shen's room, and the two of them definitely heard it.

"Rui Ge'er!" After looking at each other, they ran quickly towards Shen's room.

Jiang Xuerui was seen with her eyes wide open, crying and beating the man who was running away with his head in his hands with a wooden stick.

Huo Duan rushed forward and subdued the man. Gu Fengyan took a look and saw that he was an old acquaintance, Liu Laosan.

Jiang Xuerui was still in shock and kept holding the wooden stick. Liu Laosan's head and face were covered in blood and he kept holding his head and groaning.

As soon as he saw this bastard Liu Laosan, Gu Fengyan immediately understood everything.

"Rui'er, it's okay, it's okay." He walked forward and pulled Jiang Xuerui to wipe his tears.

Jiang Xuerui was shaking all over, almost unable to stand, and rushed to Gu Fengyan, "He, he wants..."

He cried and complained, Gu Fengyan held him and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, we will give you justice."

Jiang Xuerui kept sobbing. When Huo Duan heard this and saw Liu Laosan's wretched face again, he thought of what he had done to Gu Fengyan on the ox cart.

"You Liu Laosan, you never learn your lesson, do you? I think it's not painful enough for you!" Huo Duan grabbed his arm, which was not fully healed yet, and bent it.

"Ah——" Liu Laosan wailed and tried to curl up his body, but was pulled straight up by Huo Duan again.

His arm was in excruciating pain. When he saw Gu Fengyan, the living ghost, he was hit by the double blow and could only beg for mercy, "Master, please forgive me... I won't dare to do it again, never again..."

"Forgive you?" Gu Fengyan didn't expect that Liu Laosan was so evil and cruel. He sneered and said, "Save this for the villagers and the head of the village!"

When Liu Laosan heard the word "lizheng", he was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

That has to be sent to the government!

He immediately threw himself in front of Jiang Xuerui, slapped himself, and begged, "Brother Rui, please be kind and let me go. I, I won't dare to do it again. I will be your slave..."

Jiang Xuerui dodged to the side as if she had been electrocuted.

"Get out of here! It's too late to admit your mistake now!" Gu Fengyan kicked him away and said to Huo Duan, "Go and ask the village head to come. I'll take care of this beast!"

Huo Duan thought about it and felt uneasy about the two weak boys staying with Liu Laosan, so he tied him up with a hemp rope and went to Zheng's house at the entrance of the village with a lantern.

…

Huo Duan came back quickly, followed by Liu Zhengshan with a pipe hanging around his waist, his wife Feng, and several villagers who had influence in the village.

Their faces were all black.

When Liu Zhengshan entered the room and saw Liu Laosan tied up like a dumpling on the ground and Jiang Xuerui sobbing, his face became even worse.

"Erdan, Yan'er, what's going on?" He picked up the pipe from his waist as usual.

Gu Fengyan glanced at Huo Duan.

Huo Duan said, "Uncle Lizheng, Yan Ge'er and I came here to pay Rui Ge'er's wages, but when we arrived, we saw Liu Laosan in Rui Ge'er's room. Rui Ge was crying. Fortunately, we subdued Liu Laosan... otherwise the consequences would be disastrous!"

Huo Duan let out a long sigh. Although he spoke in a vague way, everyone in the village knew what kind of person Liu Laosan was, and they all understood it at once.

When Liu Zhengshan's wife Feng heard this, she wiped her tears and pulled Jiang Xuerui over to look at her with pity, "Good child, it's okay. Your uncle will definitely give you justice!"

According to the laws of the country, those who molest men and women will be sentenced to imprisonment, exile or banishment to the northwest!

Liu Zhengshan was furious, and with a dark face, he pulled Liu Laosan's ear, "You bastard! How could we, the Liu family, have such a bad guy like you!"

Liu Laosan was covered in wounds, whimpering and twisting on the ground like a maggot.

"Uncle Village Head, not only that, but I too..." Gu Fengyan concentrated on making the fire burn more vigorously and spoke with sobs.

Veins popped up on Huo Duan's forehead. "He was already touching Yan Ge'er on the ox cart last time. If I hadn't been here, I'm afraid he would have gone even further!"

Everyone present sighed, and looked at Liu Laosan with increasing contempt.

Liu Zhengshan, the village head, had always been fair and strict. He took a puff of his pipe and said, "Erdan, you and the eldest brother of the Xue family will tie him to the willow tree at the entrance of the village. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the county and take him to the government. I will go and talk to the Liu family clansmen... Do those present have any objections?"

When Liu Laosan heard this, his legs immediately went limp. Send him to the government? He would be exiled to the northwest. If he went there, he would definitely die!

"Lizhang, Rui Ge'er, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again. Please don't send me to the government. I beg you..." Liu Laosan threw himself at Liu Zhengshan's feet and begged, but no one at the scene paid any attention to him.

Huo Duan picked up Liu Laosan from the ground, and he and Xue Da carried him out, one on each side.

Liu Laosan was still begging, his voice hoarse, and I was afraid that the whole village had been woken up by him.

After the people were taken away, Liu Zhengshan knocked his pipe on the stool and said majestically: "Everyone remember what happened today. Go home and tell your husbands everything without missing a word... From now on, if anyone has any bad intentions towards the brothers and wives in the village again, Liu Laosan will be their best fate!"

Everyone present was silent, and they all swore in their hearts that they would never make dirty jokes to their brother's son and his wife again.

"Let's all go. We can deal with the remaining matters tomorrow," Liu Zhengshan said again.

Most of the people had left, leaving only Gu Fengyan, Jiang Xuerui, and Feng.

"Brother Rui, I will ask someone to bring a message to Shen Zhuo tomorrow. He must be informed of this matter. Don't worry, they will never dare to have any evil thoughts again!" Liu Zhengshan was going to tell the Liu family's clan about this matter. He comforted Jiang Xuerui with a few words and left.

Feng stayed until Jiang Xuerui's emotions stabilized.

Gu Fengyan was afraid that Jiang Xuerui would be scared being alone, so he asked Huo Duan to go home first, and he stayed to accompany Jiang Xuerui for the night.

…

The next day, Liu Laosan's story spread throughout the village.

Shen Zhuo returned home early in the morning after hearing the news and beat up Liu Laosan severely. Several men almost failed to stop him.

Liu Zhengshan recounted the entire story at the entrance of the village, and brought the Liu family to apologize to Shen Zhuo and his wife before letting Xue Da drive the ox cart to take Liu Laosan to the county government office.

That's the end of the matter.

But Shen Zhuo's sister-in-law Yu disagreed.

"Her sister-in-law, you are right! This Rui Ge'er really shouldn't be involved with that vixen of the Huo family... Look at what happened today, if he hadn't learned the skills to seduce men from that vixen, would Liu Laosan have remembered him?" The villagers dispersed, and Yu whispered to Zhao beside her.

Zhao was very proud. "I told you to talk to Shen Zhuo about it, but you refused to believe it. Now something has happened! I think this was probably taught by Yan Ge'er..."

Yu thought about it and became furious, "I'm going to find Xiao Zhuo now!"

As the saying goes, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, but the old couple of the Shen family passed away early, so as the eldest sister-in-law, she should be more courteous. Even if Shen Zhuo and others have never respected her as the eldest sister-in-law, she should still worry about them in everything.

As Yu walked along the path towards Shen Zhuo's house, she thought... I am so open-minded and generous!