BXBX NOVEL Chapter 213 - 213: Driven Out of the Village
A crowd of people rushed towards the old courtyard of the Qiao Family.
Qiao Xiaomai followed them.
Of course, in order to prevent Qiao Changshun from melting in soft-heartedness, she asked him to stay on the donkey cart and not to join the crowd.
At this moment, Qiao Changshun felt as if he was sitting on a bed of nails. Despite renouncing his kinship, the Sun Family was still his mother’s family. Now that they were being beaten severely, it was enough to drive him crazy with worry.
But with no money and no medical skills at his disposal, he could only sit on the donkey cart feeling helpless.
“Out of sight, out of mind, dad. You and Dami just wait here on the donkey cart,” Qiao Xiaomai said and then followed the crowd to the Qiao’s house.
The old courtyard of the Qiao Family.
It was time for fieldwork, but Qiao Qinghe was sitting at the door, on a moved stool, his once erect back now bent, his eyes devoid of life staring blankly at a lump of soil on the ground. He looked haggard.
That morning, his most beloved youngest son, Sun Junyan, who had been beaten to the point of unconsciousness the day before, had forced him with a knife to his own neck to agree to the absurd idea of Sun Family and Qiao Meipan.
He was planning to threaten Tong Sanlang with just a breach-cloth to marry into the Tong Family.
Such idiocy…
And greediness…
How could his good son become so twisted?
Why did he become like this…
Not understanding why Sun Junyan turned out like this, he moved a stool to the doorway after Sun Family and Qiao Meipan left. Qiao Changfu’s family went to the fields, and Sun Junyan was lying in bed in the house.
Maybe after a long time, or perhaps not too long, there was chaos of footstep sounds coming from outside.
He very gradually shifted his gaze.
Leading the way was Tong Tiehu, and right behind him was Tong Sanlang driving a bull cart.
On the bull cart were two bloody figures, one was his wife, and the other was his young daughter.
Being beaten like this, he was really not surprised.
He wished they were beaten harder, so those unrealistic thoughts of Sun Family and Qiao Meipan could be entirely beaten out.
“Qinghe, good that you’re at home,” Tong Tiehu said as soon as he saw Qiao Qinghe sitting at the doorway. He waved his gigantic hand, signaling everyone to stop.
“Do you know what happened?” he asked when he saw no surprise on Qiao Qinghe’s face.
Qiao Qinghe nodded, his face showing shame and self-blame, “I know.”
“If that’s the case, then let’s talk about the result of the punishment.” Tong Tiehu pointed towards Sun Family and Qiao Meipan on the bull cart, “These two have committed too severe an offense. After discussing with the villagers, we decided to expel them from Anping Village.”
“From now on, they won’t be a part of Anping Village. Oh right, and Sun Junyan too. He came up with this idea. He’s worse. I will visit the academy later to inform the master about his actions.”
“Allowing such people to touch books is a blasphemy to our sages and scholars.”
At these words, Qiao Qinghe’s face froze.
He wouldn’t be surprised if Sun Family and Qiao Meipan were beaten half to death, but to be expelled from the village…
Wasn’t this punishment too harsh?
“Village Chief, if you drive them out of the village, they won’t have anywhere to go!” Qiao Qinghe implored urgently.
Other women who made mistakes could be divorced back to their own families, but Sun Family’s home was in Anping Village. If they were expelled now, they would have no place to go.
In those years, though he and Sun Family had no marital feelings, she was very good to him.
And Qiao Meipan and Sun Junyan, they were his children after all. If they were really expelled, their lives would be ruined..