Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

"It's none of your business! Why are you talking so much?" Grandma Sun yelled at the villagers who were watching, "You are a bunch of scumbags who have nothing to do with their food! Get out of here! Go where it's cooler!"

Then he turned around and shouted to the men of the Sun family: "What are you all standing there for? Can't you see that I am being bullied?"

Mrs. Sun gave birth to three sons for the Sun family. She was a great contributor to the family and held her head high at home. In addition, both Mr. Sun and his wife passed away, so there was no one to put pressure on her. She was in charge of the family's money and grain, controlled the marriages of her brothers-in-law, had the final say in the Sun family, and became more and more arrogant and domineering.

At her command, seven or eight strong men from the Sun family immediately pushed the crowd of onlookers.

They specifically targeted the elderly, the weak, women and children who were easy to bully. Sun Laosan even took the opportunity to touch the hand of a young girl, which frightened the girl so much that she stepped back repeatedly, but she did not dare to speak out for fear of ruining her reputation.

Sun Laosi even flirted with the girl proudly, and the girl immediately ran away with red eyes.

The Sun family has a bad origin. No one is a good person and they do evil things all the time.

Seeing the villagers quiet down, Granny Sun, like a victorious hen, yelled at Cai Chengping and his wife: "Quick! Take out the marriage certificate!"

The Cai family had long been dissatisfied with the Sun family's actions and wanted to cancel the engagement, but because of the kindness of their ancestors, they did not break off the relationship. Since the other party wanted to cancel the engagement, he would be more than happy to do so.

But there are also rules for breaking off an engagement, to prevent the other party from changing their mind and interfering in the future.

Cai Chengping held back his anger and said, "We agree to cancel the engagement, but we have to go through all the necessary procedures."

He clasped his hands together, bowed to the villagers who were watching, and said, "Can any of you please go and invite the village chief and clan leader?"

Fushui Village is a village of neither big nor small, with a relatively complete range of village cadres. The village head is the village head, and the clan leader is the clan leader. It is unlike a small village like Tuwozi Village, where the village head is the clan leader.

In this era, breaking off an engagement is a big deal and must be witnessed by elders and both parties must put their fingerprints on it for it to take effect.

Granny Sun twisted her fat waist and said sarcastically, "You can't even read, why are you still being so picky? You're pretending to be noble!"

Cai Chengping and his wife ignored her. Solving the problem was the key. Who would want to get entangled with a shrew? That would only lower their own status.

They moved chairs and a small table into the yard and waited for the village leaders to arrive.

A quarter of an hour later, all the respected people in the village came, including the village chief, the clan leader, and three senior elders.

The village chief was a middle-aged man who was sawing wood to repair the roof of his house. There were still some wood chips stuck on his body.

The patriarch had white hair and a hunched back. He walked slowly into the yard with the help of his grandson, but his face was very serious.

Cancel the engagement? It's been a long time since something like this happened in Fushui Village. They want you to see which family is causing trouble.

When they saw the arrogant shrew Grandma Sun, combined with the recent rumors in the village, the clan leaders guessed what was going on.

These shameless people from the Sun family are probably trying to take advantage of someone's misfortune.

The three elders were all quite old, so Cai Chengping and his wife quickly sat them down.

Zhao then took out a few bowls of warm water from the pot. The village heads finally looked better and there was a look of satisfaction in their eyes.

The Cai family is a good family. Cai Chengping and his wife have always been polite and kind to others. Today's incident is most likely another incident caused by the Sun family.

The Sun family is really a scourge in the village. Either the son peeks at the widow taking a bath, or the grandson steals things, or the grandson quarrels with others. There is no peace in the family.

Without waiting for the village chief to speak, Mrs. Sun started talking bad about the Cai family.

"Village head, clan leader, you have to make the decision for our Sun family! The Cai family is such a jerk. Our old man saved Old Man Cai's life, but they are repaying our kindness with hatred and trying to cheat us into marriage!"

Marriage fraud is a serious crime. If you report it to the authorities and the evidence is conclusive, the person will be sent to prison. The scholar will also be stripped of his official title and will never be able to take part in the imperial examinations again.

"Nonsense!" The village chief put the tea bowl heavily on the table, "Marriage fraud? When has there ever been a marriage fraud in our Fushui Village?"

The ancients attached great importance to reputation, and believed that if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer. It is like punishing nine generations of a family, which is a form of collective punishment.

If the Cai family had committed marriage fraud, it would not only be the Cai family that would have its reputation ruined. The reputation of Fushui Village would also be damaged. In the future, marriages and imperial examinations between men and women in Fushui Village would be criticized. If they became officials, they would be attacked by political enemies.

The elders were very angry at Grandma Sun's disregard for the reputation of the whole village, and said, "The marriage between the Cai and Sun families was agreed upon by both elders. The marriage certificate has the signatures and handprints of both families. It is definitely not a fraudulent marriage."

The three elders of the clan were also present at the time and spoke out to testify.

When the two families got married, Mr. Cai generously invited the entire village to a buffet. Many people remember this event.

Immediately, a villager who was present at the time said, "That's right. We also had a buffet at the Cai family back then, and there were three meat dishes alone."

"Yes, yes, yes! Mr. Cai and Mr. Sun even clinked glasses with me back then, saying that the two families would be forever united and live happily together for a hundred years."

"It means eternal love and a long lasting happiness!"

Many villagers came out to testify, so the claim of marriage fraud was naturally untenable.

Grandma Sun rolled her rat eyes and said, "That was then, and now is now. Their son is useless. Do they still want to eat swan meat like a toad?"

“Hahahahahaha!” One of the young men couldn’t help but burst into laughter. “Your daughter is so pretty that even a toad is prettier than her? That big lump, if it just walks around in the woods, it can be shot by a hunter as a bear!”

"Ahahahaha!"

"You know what, that's quite fitting!"

The villagers burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at! What are you laughing at!" How could Grandma Sun let these peasants laugh at her daughter, who was as precious as a pearl in her hand? She immediately cursed, "A bunch of poor ghosts, gossiping nonsense, aren't you afraid of spraining your tongue and choking to death?"

These words are very hurtful to people's self-esteem. We are all from the same village, so naturally there are rich and poor. How can you just call people poor?

A woman who had suffered at the hands of Grandma Sun said back: "In the past, your daughter always relied on the fact that she was going to marry a scholar and said that she was an official's wife. Now that the marriage is about to fall through, why is she still acting like an official's wife? We are poor, but you are not the same. We all work in the fields. How can anyone be more noble than anyone else?"

"That's right! She still thinks she's the wife of an official. She's so lazy. She's so grown up, but there's no other girl in the village as lazy as her. She doesn't do anything, and she just sleeps and eats all day. Now that the engagement has been cancelled, who would dare to marry your lazy, slippery girl?"

"If you find a sow, you can kill it for meat, but if you find his daughter, it's like picking up a millstone in the middle of the night. Who would dare to do such a thankless task?"

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Grandma Sun rolled her eyes in anger, and said stubbornly: "My daughter is going to marry into a wealthy family in the town and be the wife. You poor, bloody things don't know shit. Rich families like fat girls like my daughter. Being fat is a blessing. Big and strong butts are good for childbearing. They hug sons as soon as they enter the house, just like me. I hug two in three years. Small eyes can gather wealth, and big hands can grab treasures. You don't know shit! I think you are sour grapes!"

Datou stuck out his tongue in shame, "Don't tell me, this crazy woman is quite boastful!"

Jia Que'er sneered and said, "See? The matchmaker in town praised the old girl of the Du family and tricked a young man from outside the city into marrying her."

Datou said: "Not only is it nonsense, even the marriage certificate is fake. It was a word game played by someone who paid a lot of money. The marriage certificate said: "The little white face has no pockmarks", but in fact it just wrote the comma very small and the distance between the two sentences was very narrow.

It should have been written like this: The snow-white little face has no pockmarks.

When the young man lifted the veil, he was almost scared to death by the pockmarks on the bride's face! It looked like her face was covered with sesame seeds, densely packed and disgusting."

"Oh, stop talking. I'm about to vomit." House Sparrow hugged his arms, feeling numb all over.