When the pears are green

The quarrel in the yard intensified, and Yang Cheng's curses were mixed with the helpless cries of women.

Master Yang looked back at the tightly closed gate of Yang Cheng's house. He knew he couldn't get involved. He clenched and unfolded the fist in his left sleeve, unfolded and clenched it again. After a sigh, he quickly walked towards his own yard 500 meters away.

Master Yang pushed open the half-closed courtyard door and said to the girl who was feeding the chickens, "Jing'er, when I passed by Cheng's house just now, I heard him arguing with his sister-in-law again. You and your sister-in-law have always had a good relationship, so go and persuade your sister-in-law and Cheng."

"Okay, I'll go right away. Third brother, the food is in the pot, you can serve it yourself. Mother is asleep, so please keep your voice down and don't disturb her." After instructing Master Yang, Yang Jing hurried to Yang Cheng's house.

Before Yang Jing reached Yang Cheng's house, she heard the sounds of beating and scolding and the woman begging for mercy in the yard. Many neighbors gathered around Yang Cheng's house and pointed and talked. When they saw Yang Jing running over, they automatically made way for her.

A woman teased Yang Jing, "Girl Jing, here you are. You grew up following Yang Cheng's wife, so you must persuade your brother not to beat your sister-in-law away. How could he bear to hit such a beautiful wife?"

"Yes, yes!" Others continued to echo.

Yang Jing ignored this group of people. She said she was trying to stop the fight, but no one even knocked on the door to stop them.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..." Yang Jing banged at the gate anxiously. The sounds of beating and scolding in the yard paused for a moment and then started again. Yang Jing had no choice but to kick the gate of Yang Cheng's house. The gate immediately made a "bang, bang" sound.

Yang Jing was very strong, and after a few kicks, tiny cracks began to appear on the thick wooden board.

When the irritable Yang Cheng saw that his courtyard door was about to be kicked in, he looked at Wu Mingshu who was lying on the ground viciously and said, "You are lucky today. Yang Jing can't come to rescue you anytime and anywhere. Be obedient tonight, and I will be happy. Naturally, I won't hit you again in the future." He thought for a while, then bent down and tore Wu Mingshu's collar to prevent Wu Mingshu from running out when he opened the door.

Wu Mingshu looked at Yang Cheng with a smug look on his face. She imitated the way the women in the village cursed and spat at Yang Cheng a few times.

Yang Cheng looked at Wu Mingshu indifferently. He leaned over and whispered in Wu Mingshu's ear, "Don't be anxious. Wait until I send Yang Jing away, and then I will deal with you." After that, he smiled and went to open the door for Yang Jing.

"Sister Jing, why are you here? You almost kicked our gate down. If it weren't for the fact that you and I are your relative, I would have gone to the government office to report the case." Yang Cheng didn't intend to let Yang Jing in, so he blocked the open gate with his body.

Yang Jing couldn't see the scene in the yard, she answered Yang Cheng loudly: "Brother Cheng, this is not my fault. I knocked on the door but no one opened it. I thought it was my uncle and aunt fighting again. They are old, and it would be a joke if they fought. I had no choice but to kick the door. I came to look for my sister-in-law, let me in."

Yang Jing's words caused more discussion among the people around them. As they had been neighbors for many years, they all knew that Yang Cheng's parents fought from time to time.

"Your sister-in-law has fallen asleep. Come back tomorrow." Yang Cheng ignored the people around him. He just wanted to quickly close the gate and send Yang Jing away.

Yang Jing slapped the door with a "bang". She smiled and questioned Yang Cheng: "Brother Cheng, don't try to trick me. It's still early before dark. How could my sister-in-law go to bed so early?"

"If I say she slept, then she slept. She is my wife, and I can do whatever I want with her. Why do you have to meddle in other people's business? You should take care of yourself and your third brother first. In two months, you two will be out of mourning period. If you can't get married or find a wife within six months, your dying mother will have to do hard labor." Yang Cheng was no longer polite to Yang Jing. He said something about Yang Jing in a sarcastic way.

Yang Jing pretended not to hear what Yang Cheng said. She shouted at the top of her voice, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I'm Yang Jing. Are you home?"

After hearing Yang Jing's voice, Wu Mingshu raised her hand with difficulty to cover her collar, and then used all her strength to loudly respond to Yang Jing: "Jing'er, I'm here."

"Sister-in-law is at home, brother Cheng is not newly married, do you still want to hide sister-in-law?" Yang Jing looked at Yang Cheng with a smile, then pushed Yang Cheng away and walked into the yard. Anyway, she and Yang Cheng were cousins ​​within the fifth degree of mourning, so it was nothing even if there was some physical contact.

Yang Jing looked at the disheveled Wu Mingshu in surprise. Her hair, which was usually combed meticulously, was pulled into a mess. Her usually pretty face was red and swollen, with a large patch of dried blood on the right side of her forehead. There were red scratches on her right hand, which was covering her collar, and her apricot-yellow skirt was covered with footprints.

"Sister-in-law, can you stand up?" Yang Jing asked hurriedly. When she saw Wu Mingshu nod, she hurriedly helped Wu Mingshu, who was lying on the ground, up.

Wu Mingshu looked at Yang Cheng who was walking over with a little fear, and she shouted loudly: "Yang Cheng, don't come over here."

Yang Jing kicked a broom beside her towards Yang Cheng and yelled at him not to go any further.

The frightened Wu Mingshu struggled to get into Yang Jing's arms. Yang Cheng knew that Yang Jing was very strong, so he stood there obediently.

Wu Mingshu's emotions slowly calmed down when she saw that Yang Cheng was no longer moving forward.

Yang Jing hugged Wu Mingshu and comforted her softly. She asked Wu Mingshu: "Aren't uncle and aunt at home? Won't they come out to take care of it?"

Wu Mingshu stretched out her left hand and pointed at the room of Yang Cheng's parents. Yang Jing then understood that it was Yang Cheng's parents who watched Yang Cheng beat Wu Mingshu and no one came out to intervene.

Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu have always been close. Wu Mingshu would tell Yang Jing everything that was on her mind, so Yang Jing also knew about the conflict between Yang Cheng and Wu Mingshu.

Wu Mingshu looked around the courtyard where she had lived for six years with a sad face. She said softly to Yang Jing who was supporting her, "Jing'er, please help me change my clothes. He tore my clothes. Can I stay at your house tonight?"

Yang Jing looked at Wu Mingshu's pleading eyes and nodded in agreement. She helped Wu Mingshu into the room and then stood at the door to monitor Yang Cheng in the yard.

Yang Cheng smiled and explained to Yang Jing: "Jingmei, don't listen to Mingshu's nonsense. We were just playing around and she accidentally fell like this."

"Brother Cheng, do you think I'm blind? My sister-in-law has always been nice to me. If you bully her, I will naturally take care of it. How did my sister-in-law treat you in the past? Did she ever care about you when you were fooling around outside? Does she always fulfill your requests? Don't think that she doesn't know about the woman you keep outside? You still have the nerve to say that you fell down, bah!" Yang Jing angrily accused Yang Cheng.

When Yang Cheng's parents heard the noise in the yard, they hurried out of their rooms. Yang Cheng's mother, Yang Li, quickly said to Yang Jing, "Jing girl, this is our family's business, don't meddle in it. Besides, it's inevitable that couples don't quarrel. They only fight when they get angry."

Yang Jing made a few "tsk tsk" sounds. She ignored Yang Li and pretended not to hear what the three people in the yard said.

With a "creak", Wu Mingshu opened the door and walked out. Yang Jing hurriedly supported Wu Mingshu, and the two of them began to walk slowly out of the yard.

Yang Li knew that Wu Wei loved his daughter Wu Mingshu very much. She was afraid that if Wu Mingshu walked out of the courtyard today, Wu Wei might come to her house with a group of people in a few days.

Yang Li anxiously pushed Yang Cheng, who impatiently chased after Wu Mingshu and said, "Mingshu, I apologize to you."

"Jing'er, let's go." Wu Mingshu was used to Yang Cheng's face. Although this was the first time Yang Cheng hit her, he had cursed her many times in the past. Every time he said he would change, and she forgave him every time, but in return he only got worse.

The three members of Yang Cheng's family didn't dare to stop Yang Jing. They could only watch as Yang Jing supported Wu Mingshu and walked further and further away.

"You, you, if her father comes, I want to see what you say." Yang Li pointed at Yang Cheng angrily.

Yang Cheng glared at Yang Li and his father Yang Tian, ​​turned back to his room to get the silver, and went out to find his beloved.

"You don't do anything about it. Are you really going to watch them get divorced? Mingshu's dowry was all spent by that scoundrel. Let's see what you are going to do?" Yang Li patted Yang Tian's arm. She wanted Yang Tian to take care of Yang Cheng.

Yang Tian pushed Yang Li down and went back to his room angrily.

When Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu walked into the yard, Yang Jing's mother Yang Zhang had already woken up. She heard Master Yang say that Yang Jing had gone to Yang Cheng's house, so she sat in the yard waiting for Yang Jing to come back. She wanted Yang Jing to stop interfering with the matter between Yang Cheng and Wu Mingshu, but after seeing Wu Mingshu's face full of hurt, she couldn't say a word, but asked Yang Jing to get a basin of water for Wu Mingshu to wash.

When Wu Mingshu washed her face, Master Yang came out of the kitchen and asked, "Sister-in-law, have you eaten yet?"

Wu Mingshu shook her head, and Master Yang hurried to the kitchen to take out the food from the pot and placed it on the wooden table in the yard.

"Brother, haven't you eaten?" Yang Jing asked in a low voice.

Master Yang quickly explained: "I ate in the library before coming back."

Yang Zhang shook her head when she saw this. She couldn't control the affairs of young people, so she sighed and went back to her room.