novellhall Chapter 168 is about a family, are you kidding?
Chapter 168 is about a family, are you kidding?
He's been locked up for a few days, and this is all the talk in the village?
Zhuang Qingxiang scoffed, "Is this your excuse for stealing my clothes?"
Qianhua and Qiancao then realized that they were wearing her clothes.
But so what?
How could she possibly be qualified to wear such nice clothes?
These clothes should have been given to them to wear.
"What do you mean by stealing?" Qian Cao yelled. "We're all family, and I'm your youngest sister! What's wrong with giving me some clothes to wear? Hey, Zhuang Qingxiang, you're not going to take the clothes back, are you?"
"Taking without asking is stealing! I don't recall anyone asking to borrow clothes," Zhuang Qingxiang said coldly.
Lu Congyue stepped forward: "Since he's a thief, let's arrest him."
Qianhua and Qiancao were meeting Lu Congyue for the first time.
Seeing that the man was tall and imposing, with an aura that commanded respect, and that he was clearly different from the men in the village and from a different world, the two sisters couldn't help but feel ashamed and afraid.
Qian Hua could barely hold on, but Qian Cao was so frightened that she screamed loudly.
"Father, Mother! Help! Zhuang Qingxiang is here with her men to capture us! Waaaaah..."
She dropped the wooden basin she was holding and ran home yelling. A moment later, Qian Dayou and Cao Xiang came out.
Seeing Zhuang Qingxiang standing unharmed at her doorstep, Qian Dayou's face twitched uncontrollably, and Cao Xiang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "Zhuang Qingxiang? What are you doing here? How did you get out?"
Zhuang Qingxiang guessed that what she actually wanted to say was, "How come you're still alive?"
"Why can't I be here?" Zhuang Qingxiang stared at her, her gaze chilling.
She asked Xiao Qianyue, and it was Cao Xiang who hit her with something.
Zhuang Qingxiang clenched her fists tightly: "What? Why are you so scared of me? Are you afraid I'll come after you?"
Cao Xiang's voice trembled: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why would I be afraid of you?"
Zhuang Qingxiang pointed at the Qian Hua and Qian Cao sisters hiding behind her and sneered, "Explain to me first why they're wearing the clothes that were in my room?"
"What's wrong with wearing their clothes?" Cao Xiang's voice suddenly rose an octave. "As the older sister, what's wrong with giving your two younger sisters a piece of clothing? Why do you need so many clothes? Don't you know your two younger sisters need clothes?"
Qian Dayou also sighed, "Yes, Qingxiang, you're the eldest sister, it's right for you to be considerate of your younger sister. Everyone remembers your kindness."
These words made Zhuang Qingxiang burst out laughing.
She came to this family when she was nine and stayed for twenty years until she got married at twenty-nine. She's heard this story so many times she's tired of it.
But in the twenty years she has given, who has remembered her kindness?
Her younger siblings, who grew up on her back, only treated her as a servant, as an old workhorse...
She smiled, and Qian Dayou smiled back: "I knew you weren't one to fuss over such trivial matters. Oh, it's good that nothing's wrong... You have no idea how worried your Aunt Cao and I have been these past few days. Your younger siblings have been so worried they haven't been able to eat or sleep..."
As Qian Dayou spoke, he glanced at Lu Congyue and the village chief behind Zhuang Qingxiang, then put on a sincere smile: "Director Lu, right? You've really gone to the trouble of personally bringing my Qingxiang back... Village chief, please come in and sit down. I'll have my wife cook some good dishes, and you can have a couple of drinks with Director Lu to celebrate Qingxiang's return home..."
Qian Dayou rambled on and on, ignoring Cao Xiang's warning stare, becoming more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, and even stepped forward to shake hands with Lu Congyue.
Ignored and resentful, Cao Xiang spat out, "Eat my ass! Celebrating... I think it's bad luck!"
"Shut up, you bitch! What do you know? Go boil some water and make tea!" Qian Dayou roared.
Cao Xiang, however, was a reckless person who didn't care about any rules. When she saw that Qian Dayou dared to yell at her in front of outsiders, she put her hands on her hips and was about to unleash a string of profanities.
Zhuang Qingxiang knew Cao Xiang's temper and that if she let Cao Xiang speak, nothing would get done, so she spoke first: "Forget about boiling water and making tea, I'm here to collect my luggage!"
With that, he strode straight in, heading directly for the earthen house on the east side.
Just as he was about to kick the door open, it opened, and Qian Haojiang stretched and came out of the room, muttering impatiently, "What's all the noise about? Isn't it annoying?"
Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhuang Qingxiang standing in front of him, and his mouth dropped open in surprise, forgetting to close it.
Zhuang Qingxiang turned to Qian Dayou and Cao Xiang, and asked coldly, "If I remember correctly, this is where I and my two children live, and I paid for it! Why is he coming out of my room now?"
Before Qian Dayou and the others could answer, Mr. Qian Haojiang, enraged, shoved Zhuang Qingxiang, saying, "You're talking nonsense! This is my house, this room is mine, what's it to you?"
Zhuang Qingxiang didn't expect him to attack so suddenly. She was pushed and stumbled forward two steps before being steadily supported by someone.
Lu Congyue stood beside her, his sharp gaze sweeping over Qian Haojiang. He tilted his head and said to Village Chief Qian, "Village Chief Qian, you saw it, didn't you? He started it."
Village Chief Qian was sweating profusely and kept giving Qian Dayou meaningful glances.
Qian Dayou said dryly, "Um... he's Qingxiang's third brother, they're family, just kidding."
"Just kidding." Lu Congyue smiled, but it was a forced smile that looked creepy.
Just as everyone was getting scared, he suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Qian Haojiang's arm, and twisted it behind his back amidst Qian Haoshan's screams.
"Zhuang Qingxiang, he's just joking with you, why don't you joke with him back?" Lu Congyue said.
Zhuang Qingxiang's eyes lit up. She took two steps to Qian Haoshan and, to his astonishment, raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.
Before anyone could react, Lu Congyue clicked his tongue and said, "You can't do it like this. He's shameless and won't cause any trouble, but your hand will hurt. Next time I'll teach you how to use your fist."
Zhuang Qingxiang bit her lip, steeled her resolve, and punched Qian Haojiang in the nose with her right fist.
Instantly, Qian Haojiang's screams soared into the sky, and two streams of blood flowed from his nostrils.
Cao Xiang screamed and rushed over to protect her son, loudly cursing Zhuang Qingxiang as inhuman.
Zhuang Qingxiang ignored her and only looked at Lu Congyue, asking, "Is that so?"
Lu Congyue smiled at her and affirmed, "It's pretty good, just not strong enough."
Zhuang Qingxiang's eyes crinkled into a smile: "You'll have more experience next time."
The two of them were talking as if no one else was around, which infuriated Cao Xiang. Seeing her youngest son's nose bleeding profusely, she screamed and lunged at Zhuang Qingxiang to grab her face.
"You little bitch, you dare lay a hand on my son? You're asking for trouble!"
At this moment, Lu Congyue pushed Qian Haojiang forward, and Qian Haojiang stumbled and bumped into Cao Xiang's back, and the two of them fell flat on their faces.
Zhuang Qingxiang's soft voice rang out at this moment: "Aunt Cao, why are you so agitated? We're all family, I was just joking with him..."