flstandardbreds Chapter 143 Village Rules (Bonus Chapter for 600 Points)
Chapter 143 Village Rules (Bonus Chapter for 600 Points)
Zhao Taohua thought to herself that she was probably frightened by that hooligan Zhao Shenghu, so she was particularly scared at the moment, and nodded.
Jiang Ju'er lowered her head slightly, a smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.
"Sister Peach Blossom, you're so kind~"
No wonder Brother Shenming likes her so much; he doesn't even look at any other girl.
Sister Peach Blossom is so wonderful; if she were a man, she would definitely marry her.
Jiang Juer and Zhao Taohua walked hand in hand toward the village chief's house.
For some reason, Jiang Ju'er felt very safe walking with Zhao Taohua.
It's as if Zhao Taohua is capable of anything, from ascending to heaven to descending to the earth.
Just as Zhao Taohua and her companion entered the village chief's house and closed the gate, a bubble fell from the sky.
The village chief, Grandma Yang, and others stared in shock at the enormous bubble.
Zhao Shengyue exclaimed, "There are people in here? They look somewhat familiar?"
At this moment, the village chief recognized him: "Sheng Hu?"
When Zhao Shenghu saw that the village chief recognized him, his face turned pale. He knew he was doomed and huddled in the bubble in fear, looking completely dejected.
"Peach Blossom, what did Zhao Shenghu do wrong?"
The village chief knew Zhao Taohua's character best; he wouldn't have sent her here for no reason.
"Grandpa Village Chief, on my way home, he suddenly appeared and tried to do something indecent to me."
Thanks to Sister Peach Blossom's timely appearance, she rescued me and trapped him inside a giant bubble.
Jiang Ju'er knelt down before the village chief with a thud and explained.
The village chief was shocked. He glanced at Zhao Shenghu and saw that Zhao Shenghu was sitting there with a dead heart, neither arguing nor refuting. He knew that Jiang Juer was right.
The village chief was so angry that his hair stood on end. He never expected that after adding baby frog spirits to the village, the first villain to be discovered would be someone from his own village.
He pointed at Zhao Shenghu and cursed, "You, you! How could you do such a thing!"
The village chief was extremely disappointed in Zhao Shenghu; their village had produced such a despicable person.
In order not to damage Jiang Ju'er's reputation, the village chief decided to enforce the village rules under a different name. He would punish Zhao Shenghu with one hundred lashes of bamboo cane and expel him from the village guard team, citing the young frog spirit's report of his failure to protect the village.
The village chief warned Zhao Shenghu that if he dared to publicize what happened today, he would be expelled from the village immediately!
When Zhao Shenghu came out of the bubble, he was pinned to a bench by the brothers Zhao Guangming and Zhao Guangrong, and finally Zhao Guangliang carried out the execution.
Zhao Guangliang raised the bamboo stick high, and with a "whoosh," it lashed out at Zhao Shenghu's buttocks with a sharp gust of wind.
With a sharp "snap," the bamboo strip struck the flesh, making a crisp sound. Zhao Shenghu's body jolted, and he cried out in pain.
A look of pain flashed across his face instantly. Then the second lash came down, tearing his pants and leaving a bloody welt. His skin began to swell and turn red.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Taohua and Jiang Juer both turned their heads away.
With each lash, Zhao Shenghu let out a scream that echoed throughout the entire Zhao Family Village.
Many villagers were curious about who had called out to him.
"That sound seems to be coming from the village chief's house?"
Zhao Shenglin lived next door to the village chief, and he knocked on the door anxiously:
"Grandma Yang, is everything alright at your home?"
Yang opened the courtyard gate, and after Zhao Shenglin came in, the other villagers followed. They saw that Zhao Shenghu's buttocks were torn open, and blood was flowing down his buttocks, staining the ground red.
When he had been struck eighty times, Zhao Shenghu's legs began to tremble, and some of the surrounding villagers looked on with pity.
The Zhao family's old residence.
Zhao Xinghua said to Jiang Cuier, "Sister-in-law, I think I just saw Sister Ju'er and Sister Taohua walking east together."
"what?"
Jiang Cuier was shocked.
My sister still hasn't come home?
Isn't Shen Ming's home in the east?
She actually went directly to Zhao Taohua and asked Shen Ming to choose between the two of them?
Where does her confidence come from?
Jiang Cuier had no time to cook dinner and handed the freshly rinsed rice to Zhao Xinghua.
At this moment, Jiang Cuier only regretted that she hadn't personally sent Jiang Juer back to Black Ox Village, leaving her to continue causing trouble in Zhao Family Village.
As Jiang Cuier hurriedly ran towards Shen Ming's house, she unexpectedly heard a man's scream coming from the village chief's house, where a large crowd had gathered.
She didn't even bother to watch the commotion and went straight to Shen Ming's house, only to find the gate tightly shut and the house pitch black, as if the man hadn't returned yet.
She slapped her forehead suddenly, only then realizing that Shen Ming had been having dinner at the Zhao family's house before returning home recently.
But if the two of them aren't at Shen Ming's house, where did they go?
Just as Jiang Cuier was worrying, she glanced into the yard as she passed the village chief's house and unexpectedly saw the two people she was looking for standing inside!
The two stood with their backs to Zhao Shenghu, who was being enforced the village rules.
What's going on? Why does she feel that the atmosphere between the two of them is a bit off?
At this moment, Zhao Shenghu's wife, Ren, ran in. When she saw the bloody mess on Zhao Shenghu's buttocks, she screamed and rushed forward to stop him.
Zhao Guangming stopped him, saying, "Shenghu's wife, Shenghu has broken the village rules. He needs to be whipped ten times before it ends."
"If you keep hitting him, someone will die!" Ren shouted.
However, as a woman, she was no match for Zhao Guangming's strength, and in the end, she could only watch helplessly as Zhao Shenghu endured a hundred lashes with bamboo sticks.
Ms. Ren asked, puzzled, "What village rule did my son, Shenghu, break?"
"He failed in his duty to protect the village chief and has now been expelled from the village guard."
The village chief replied, but before he could finish, his gaze met Zhao Shenghu's:
"If they dare to do it again, they will be expelled from the village."
This was both a warning and a reminder to Zhao Shenghu.
Zhao Shenghu's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly averted his gaze in fright.
Ren objected: "What evidence do you have that my family's tiger is detrimental to protecting the village chief?"
"The larval frog essence is the evidence; it's what reported it."
Ren was so angry that she wanted to say something more, but then she heard Zhao Sheng, who was lying on the bench, roar:
"What are you meddling in, you bitch? I've been beaten up like this, don't you know you should help me back to get my medicine?"
Zhao Shenghu glared fiercely at Ren Shi, feeling ashamed to argue with the village chief here.
She was old and fat, and just looking at her was disgusting. He must have been incredibly unlucky to marry such a woman!
Ren immediately shut up and obediently went over to help the person up.
However, Zhao Shenghu's buttocks were completely immobile at the moment; any movement would cause him excruciating pain.
Finally, Zhao Shenghu was carried back on a stretcher.
After everyone had left, Jiang Cuier immediately stepped forward and questioned Jiang Juer in a low voice:
"Why are you still here? What exactly do you want with Peach Blossom?"
Having said that, without giving Jiang Juer a chance to explain, she apologized to Zhao Taohua again.
“Peach Blossom, Chrysanthemum is being immature, please don’t take it to heart. I apologize on her behalf for what she did inside and outside the embroidery workshop today.”
“Sister-in-law, you’ve misunderstood. Sister Ju’er wasn’t clinging to me. She was in danger, and the baby frog spirit called me, which is why we’re together.”
Zhao Taohua recounted to Jiang Cuier everything that had happened halfway up the mountain.
Jiang Cuier was filled with lingering fear, and she couldn't even imagine what would have happened if the baby frog spirit hadn't appeared in time.
Because there were other people in the courtyard at the moment, the three of them spoke in hushed tones. Jiang Cuier did not dare to show too much excitement and could only look at Jiang Juer with heartache.
She warned Jiang Juer in a low voice:
“Come home with me now, and I will personally take you back to Black Bull Village tomorrow morning.”
After thanking Zhao Taohua and the village chief's family, Jiang Cuier led Jiang Juer away.
The matter had been resolved, and Zhao Taohua was about to go back when she turned around and saw Shen Ming standing not far away, smiling at her.