57: Chapter 57: Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest 57: Chapter 57: Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest An Hao, seeing her father agree to the terms so readily, was full of urgency, “Dad, our family is so poor we can’t even lift the lid on our pot, where will we get the money?”
“No money, no talk!” Xinghua’s mother, hands on her hips, glared at An Hao, “To sleep with an unmarried girl and not want to give anything in return, where in the world can you find such a good deal?”
An Hao could see that her parents were not really there to seek justice for their child; they clearly came for money.
With such a shameful incident, in a normal family, they would cover it up and secretly find a way to solve it.
But her family, fearing that others wouldn’t know, made a fuss everywhere, even neglecting their daughter’s reputation, all for the sake of money, right?
Haven’t the Bai Family caused enough trouble for her family already?
She refused to take the blame for this!
“Auntie,” An Hao, not annoyed, patiently negotiated, “This matter isn’t something to be proud of.
If you still hope for your daughter to get married in the future, then don’t go around spreading the word.”
“Don’t you worry about it!” Xinghua’s father had already negotiated with a bachelor from the neighboring village; a dowry of thirty, and after the second day of February, he would take Xinghua as a bride.
But you can’t suffer a loss without compensation, after inquiring for so long they finally found who to target, and they definitely had to take a hard knock.
Knock out some money to get a wife for the son, worrying about where the bridal money would come from!
“Well then, since that’s the case, I’ll speak my mind.
After what happened with your daughter Xinghua, it’s up to her.
If it was mutual affection, and she knew Bai Jianshe was married with children, why did she still get together with him?
Since they got together, don’t talk about being taken advantage of and asking for money.
If it wasn’t with her consent, then go to the police station and file a charge against Bai Jianshe for rape; don’t make trouble in my house!
If you insist on causing trouble, then we will have to solve it with the police station,” An Hao said in one breath, after all, the money must not be given.
“If she doesn’t give it, what do we do?” Xinghua’s relatives huddled together, whispering.
“Then we’ll stay put!
No matter what you say, if that Bai Jianshe doesn’t pay up, we’ll make trouble with his family to the end!” A group of people agreed, throwing their stuff down and charging into the house.
An Shuchao stepped forward to block them, An Ping saw and went up to help, Bai Xue ran to the front of the house to lock the door; suddenly, the yard was thrown into chaos.
“Which kind uncle or aunt can go and get the village party secretary?” seeing that things were going awry, An Hao desperately sought help.
Hearing An Hao’s plea, some villagers couldn’t stand by and went to get the village officials.
An Hao didn’t want to escalate the situation; after all, the family couldn’t withstand such turmoil, and if everyone got angry and someone was killed, it would be troublesome, “Wait a moment, auntie, calm down.
You want to resolve the issue, right?
Here’s twenty-five for the surgery and the nutritional supplements.
My family is poor, and it shouldn’t really be up to us to pay this money…”
An Hao hadn’t finished speaking when she was interrupted, “Wait for what!
You think this is buying vegetables, one moment it’s twenty, the next fifty.
Let me tell you, anything less than eighty won’t do!
Charge into the house!”
Once Xinghua’s mother spoke, the others charged.
Bai Yanjiao, seeing she couldn’t stop them, rushed into the kitchen, scooped up a basin of cold water, and splashed it directly onto Xinghua’s mother who was at the forefront.
This act was like poking a hornet’s nest!
Xinghua’s relatives, one by one, charged up like madmen to hit Bai Yanjiao, so some fought and others pulled away, and good-hearted villagers joined in.
Gradually, the skirmish escalated, and they started to grab tools to fight.
Xinghua’s father swung a shovel wildly, and it looked like it was about to smash into An Ping’s head.
An Hao, with her quick reflexes, lunged to push An Ping, and the two of them fell to the ground.
An Ping was unharmed, and An Hao was too, except her head felt dizzy from hitting the ground.