In her ears were the curses of the woman, along with the shouts of the onlookers and the sound of vegetables being thrown.
Yet Old Mrs. Gu seemed not to hear any of it; her eyes remained fixed on the woman being bombarded with rotten leaves and smelly eggs.
She... she looked so familiar.
Old Mrs. Gu couldn’t believe it, rubbing her eyes with one hand. She needed to take a closer look, as she must have been mistaken in the chaos earlier.
Her daughter-in-law Wang Meili was currently working at the transformer factory, so how could she possibly be here, caught in some scandalous act?
This was impossible.
She must have done too much needlework lately, hence the blurry vision.
"What’s wrong with you? Why aren’t you throwing anything? This kind of garbage deserves everyone’s scorn, don’t be afraid, nothing will happen." The old lady next to her nudged her and said, "Don’t hesitate to throw those leaves, this kind of garbage..."
Before she could finish, Old Mrs. Gu dropped her basket with a thud.
"Hey, older sister, what’s the matter with you?" The old lady beside her helped pick up the basket, "Are you throwing or not? If not, I’ll throw it for you."
With that, she took the things out of her basket and hurled them over.
In Old Mrs. Gu’s basket were a few potatoes, and the big potato the lady threw landed directly on the woman’s chest.
The woman winced and looked over, then quickly tried to cover her face.
But her hands were already cuffed by the police officers.
"You still know shame? What’s the point of covering?" The woman who had come to catch her angrily pulled her hand away, "Having done such disgraceful things, you deserve to be known."
"No... don’t..." Wang Meili stammered in panic.
"Don’t? Why didn’t you think of that when you were doing it? You shameless thing, seducing my husband." The woman yanked at her clothes, pulling the obstructing hand away, "Everyone, have a good look, it’s this loose woman who seduced my husband."
"I... didn’t." Wang Meili shouted.
"Pah..." Before she finished talking, the woman spat right in her face.
"Ah... I recognize her." Someone in the crowd shouted, "Isn’t this the widow Wang Meili from the transformer factory?"
"What? She’s a widow? No wonder she’s so unfaithful." Someone commented.
"You might not know, this widow has been unfaithful for a long time, who knows how many men she has seduced at the factory." The person continued, "Didn’t expect she’d be so wanton, even involved in a threesome."
"Yes, yes, I’ve heard about that too." Someone chimed in.
"Heard she’s now a permanent employee, traded that position with her body." Another added.
"Heard she even tried to seduce her brother-in-law, didn’t succeed, and that’s why the family split here."
"Ridiculously, her mother-in-law, when kindly warned by others to watch over the daughter-in-law, even cursed them instead."
"What would happen if her mother-in-law saw this now?"
"What else could happen? She’d surely be furious, wouldn’t she. Haha..." The crowd erupted into laughter.
"Look, that old lady across the way looks like the widow’s mother-in-law." Someone pointed at Old Mrs. Gu, "My God, this is going to be a good show."
Old Mrs. Gu stood there motionless.
In her ears, every word spoken by those people reached her.
Boom...