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"If you hurt her again, I'll kill you..."

Gu Chunzhu was fighting and suddenly felt that the hand grabbing her was released. She felt lighter and had more room to move.

She grabbed Qiu's hair and pulled hard.

Qiu was a skinny woman and was soon overpowered under Gu Chunzhu's body. She could only squirm with both hands, her voice hoarse: "ah! Help, help, take this madman away. Cousin, help me

Her shouts did not get any response, Gu Chunzhu's avoided Qiu's hand, and started to hit her in visible places.

"Wangqin, Wangqin, don't fight anymore. He'll die!"

"Someone call the village chief !"

"That Bui Nuiping didn't play fair and hit Gu Chunzu, but you have to calm down, he's not moving anymore."

The ruckus around her pulled Gu Chunzhu's reason back and the fist that she intended to fall on Qiu's body was changed to a slap in her face.

Qiu's eyes rolled like a dead fish.

Gu Chunzhu's quickly moved and went to find Su Wangqin.

She didn't heard it wrong just now.

It was really Su Wangqin who have arrived.

She only saw the villagers on the side pulling Su Wanqing's frame, she pushed her way in and saw Niu Buiping beaten up and was rolled into ditch, half of his face was stuck in the muddy road, emitting a stench.

Su Wangqin, who was pulled by the villagers, puffed out his breath.

The blue veins on his full forehead protruded, his flesh all over his body tightened up.

"Brother Wangqin!" Gu Chunzhu saw Su Wangqin's desperate appearance for her. Her eyes turned misty and her whole body shivered with grievance.

She rushed to Su Wangqin side.

"Chunzu, I have let you suffered."

Su Wangqin's eyes flickered, he closed his eyes to cover up the chill on it

Gu Chunzhu embraced him and listened to his heart beat, an inexplicable feeling arose and gave her a peace of mind.

"Li Zheng is coming, Li Zheng is coming!"

A villager who had run to call help had come back and an old man with gray hair followed behind.

"What's all this for?" Li Zheng's voice was loud. As he approached, he saw Qiu's hair scattered on the ground and her disheveled appearance.

Gu Chunzhu only look a bit better than her.

Niu Buiping was pulled up from the ditch, his body covered in mud. The villagers moved far away from him and only Qiu shi stayed beside him crying.

"Li zheng, you are here at last. You have to decide for us." Qiu shi wailed, with her disheveled hair, she looked greatly wronged.

But they are all from the same village. They know who she really is.

He put out his hand to signal Qiu to stop and casually ordered a villager who had come to see the excitement to tell the whole story.

This villager's family did not sell shrimp, so he'll speak in a fair manner.

After hearing the whole story, Li Zheng chest fluctuated with anger,

He pointed at the villagers who sold shrimps that caused trouble, "it's not easy for you to make a living in the village and you'll lose it."

The villagers were scolded and looked at the toe of their shoes one by one.

"Li Zheng, how can you blame everyone? It's clear that Gu Chunzhu is not willing to help. She also beat me up..." Qiu shi shouted with dissatisfaction

Li Zheng glared and interrupted her words: " If it's easy for you to borrow money from your family. Will you borrow and lend them?"

"It's not the same thing..." Qiu's looked away with guilty conscience. Why should she borrow.

Gu Chunzhu wanted to clap for what he was saying. At last, there is an understanding person here.

Seeing Niu Buiping on the side covered in mud, Li Zheng's cloth shoes kicked him gently on his side.

Niu Buing uttered "ouch," as if he had been beaten silly and suddenly woke up. He looked at Su Wangqin standing on the side in fear and yelled: "killer, someone is going to kill me!!"

"You're not from our village. How could you sell shrimps on credit, you look like a lunatic. We better tie you and send you to Yamen." Li Zheng looked disdainfully at Bui Nuiping who was covering his ears in fear.

Qiu moved on Niu Buiping's front to prevent the villagers from tying him up. She softly said "Li Zheng, this is my cousin, not a stranger. What's more, if you can't sell the shrimps and return them to you, you won't lose anything. "

Then she looked at Gu Chunzhu fiercely and pointed at her and said, "she also gets them on credit."

"I'm from Xiaohetou village. My children are here and my home is here. Can I run? And when didn't I pay? "Gu Chunzhu's words made Qiu shi speechless.

Qiu's face turned white. Looking at her appearance, Gu Chunzhu couldn't help but return a tooth for a tooth. She said to everyone, "this river shrimps are dead. Isn't clear that its a loss?"

(T/N:tooth for a tooth saying is meant to show that if you believe that someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them)

"That's right. Li Zheng will decide for us. If its alive we can eat it by ourselves but since its dead, didn't we fish for nothing?." A villager said

Under the leadership of Li Zheng, the villagers forcedly pulled a string of coppers out of Niu Buiping and counted all the dead river shrimps to make up for their losses.

Niu Buping looked at his money as if being robbed. He sold shrimps for nothing now . His muddy face showed a ferocious expression and told the villagers: "you are bandits!"

Li Zheng put the last remaining money into Gu Chunzhu's hand.

He looked at Su Wangqin and his wife and said, "I know you better. Wangqin's legs got injured for the sake of our Min Dynasty. I will protect you in the village and will not let anyone bully you. This is the medical expenses given to you by this stranger."

"Thank you, Lizheng." Su Wangqin looked at Gu Chunzhu who was still hesitating to accept the money and said, "take it."

Gu Chunzhu put the money into her sleeves. She ignored Qiu shi, who wanted to eat her meat and drink her blood. Since Li Zeng has decided, and since he said that it was for medical expenses, she accepted it with ease.

"Brother Wang, let's go." Gu Chunzhu cast another look at Qiu shi and Niu Buping, She picked up her basket and put her barrel inside, took Su Wangqin's hand and walked slowly towards home.

Su Wangqin walked very slowly.

He reached out to Gu Chunzhu and arranged some hair that scattered on her face. There was an indescribable feeling in his eyes. He wanted to say thousands of words but could only say "sorry, I'm late."

"It's OK. Brother Wang, you're very good at fighting. You've beaten that cow so hard." Gu Chunzhu said a little relaxed. She wanted to wipe her face that was covered with dirt but the more she wiped, the dirtier she got

Su Wangqin looked at her dirty face, her eyes were bright like a pool of clear water.

"Alright." He nodded and whispered, "I've killed people on the battlefield."

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Sorry guys we're going through alot!

Our household is under covid19 monitoring. I may have all the time in the world but is currently feeling too depressed to move.

My father and step mother are both experiencing covid19 symptoms.

Pls pray for their fast recovery 🙏

Let's pray for this pandemic to end.