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Chapter 312: This Matter Isn’t Over Yet
Chapter 312: This Matter Isn’t Over Yet
Chapter 312: This Matter Isn’t Over Yet
Translator: 549690339
This big drama was a gift from Qiao Changkang.
Qiao Changshun and Qiao Chang’an were fist-fighting on the ground, pulling at each other’s clothes with no regard for their appearance. Wu Yinfeng and Zhao Shufen, the two sisters-in-law, were also tangling with each other, spouting foul language continuously, comparable to the filth of a cesspit.
Their children stood to one side, dumbstruck and motionless, obviously stunned by the scene.
Qiao Changshun was sitting on a stone at the doorway, the wrinkles on his face resembling dried tree bark.
Qiao Dami was languidly cracking melon seeds, sitting on a small stool and leaning against Qiao Changshun.
The brawling couples were also the focus of a few onlookers from the village, who were pointing and murmuring.
Qiao Xiaomai jumped down from the carriage, furrowing her brows, “What’s going on?”
“Xiaomai, you’re back.” When Qiao Changshun and Qiao Dami saw her, it was as if they found their pillar of support; they both stood up.
At Qiao Xiaomai’s command for them to sit down, she continued to unload items from the carriage, asking again, “What exactly is going on?”
“Xiaomai, you’re back. Please judge for us!” Qiao Changkang, upon seeing her, immediately called out,”Your dad’s leg was broken because of a trick orchestrated by your third uncle. He just admitted it!”
“Qiao Changkang, you’re full of nonsense!” Zhao Shufen, who was in a tussle with Wu Yinfeng, immediately swore savagely,”You are a vile creature with a rotten heart. How dare you plot against your own brother!”
“May you die a terrible death, you vile creature!”
“The ones who should die by thunderstrike are you, Zhao Shufen, and Qiao Chang’an! Attacking your own elder brother. If there’s anyone the heavens should strike, it would be you two!” Wu Yinfeng didn’t back down and retorted, while continuing to pinch Zhao Shufen, who was still in shock, a few times harder than before.
Zhao Shufen screamed in pain and immediately grabbed Wu Yinfeng’s hair as they continued to fight, their battle far more intense than that between the brothers Qiao Changkang and Qiao Chang’an.
For a time, the entrance to the Qiao family courtyard was filled only with high-pitched, hysterical screams of women.
Occasionally, the obscenities of men interrupting the cries made the scene as lively as a drama scene.
Unfazed, Qiao Xiaomai brought down all the goods from the carriage one by one and returned home only after paying the coachman. She then crossed her arms over her chest and watched the four individuals, already a disheveled mess with bruised and swollen faces, like a spectator watching a play.
She had roughly deduced what had happened.
The altercation must have started when Qiao Changkang tricked Qiao Chang’an into confessing something, which then led to a physical fight between the two.
Since she had already paid for the show, she didn’t bother to speak up or intervene. After all, the more intense the play, the better.
A hundred taels, she must get her money’s worth.
As she remained silent, Qiao Changshun limped over, his face full of misery, looking towards the ongoing chaos, “Xiaomai, you should mediate.”
“Mediate what?” Qiao Xiaomai shot him a dismissive glance,”Have you forgotten how your leg got broken? Have you forgotten why my mother had to leave this place?”
Qiao Changshun,”…Did you know all about that?”
Qiao Xiaomai shot him another glance and nodded towards to the stone, “Just sit there and keep watching the show. Don’t interfere.”
Qiao Changshun was stunned as he looked at her. After a while, he rubbed his face, sighed deeply, and limped back to his seat.
Observing his hunched figure, Qiao Xiaomai snorted.
She had now roughly grasped Qiao Changshun’s line of thought. In his view, what had happened, had happened; there was no point in dwelling on it. Since their lives were going well now, there was no need to feud with his own brothers.
As for this saint-like thought process, she didn’t have the energy to even scoff at it.
As long as she was in charge, it was enough that Qiao Changshun and Qiao Dami obeyed her command.
Qiao Changshun might think that the past should be forgotten, but she disagreed.
In fact, the original owner died by falling off a cliff while collecting herbs for Qiao Changshun.
Indeed, a life was implicated in this affair..