After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

As soon as she arrived, she picked up Li Taohua and protected her behind her, just like an old hen protecting her chicks.

He Qing walked up panting.

Jiang Xiaohe frowned as she looked at Chen Guifang in front of her. She had a fierce look on her face, a big neck, and inverted triangle eyes. She looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

"Chen Guifang, it was your Taohua who did something wrong, and she promised to apologize to others." Someone in the crowd spoke up for Jiang Xiaohe.

Chen Guifang put her hands on her hips and glared at the man: "Did you get meddled in other people's business? You're just trying to catch a rat with a dog?"

The man was turned away and felt very upset. If the people around him hadn't stopped him, he would have definitely had a fight with Chen Guifang.

She glared at Chen Guifang, but Chen Guifang was not afraid of her and instead stared at Jiang Xiaohe.

"What? You're the only one who wants my daughter to kneel down to you. Bah, I'm giving you face."

As he spoke, his saliva sprayed all over Jiang Xiaohe's face, making her feel nauseous.

Jiang Xiaohe picked up the basin on the ground, scooped some water from the vat, and poured it all over her head.

"You little bitch, are you crazy?" She was splashed all over, and even Li Taohua and He Qing who were protecting her were not spared.

"Wash your filthy mouth, it's full of shit!"

Wang Qiuxia also stood up and said, "That's right! If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked! I think throwing a pot of water on you is a small matter. The Li Taohua you raised is really good at throwing dirty water on others!"

Everyone pointed fingers at Chen Guifang, but she was not afraid of anything.

"Stop talking nonsense here. Taohua just saw your wife and Jiang Xiaohe coming out of the reed marsh and got suspicious. And you actually asked her to kneel down and kowtow to apologize!"

Seeing Chen Guifang's fierce look, Jiang Xiaohe hurriedly grabbed Wang Qiuxia and protected her behind her, fearing that she would be bullied.

Wang Qiuxia felt a little warm, but she still insisted on standing with Jiang Xiaohe, and said to Chen Guifang unhappily:

"Is she just suspicious? If she is suspicious, then she should find out clearly before shouting loudly. Today, she said in front of everyone that my husband and my daughter-in-law are not in an intimate relationship. That is to force our family to be destroyed. With such a vicious heart and mind, you, as her mother, did not scold her, but protected her. I think she is so lawless now because of your arrogance!"

Everyone nodded.

"Chen Guifang, it was Li Taohua who did something wrong. If you keep protecting her like this, who would dare to marry her in the future?"

Chen Guifang's face turned red with anger. She turned to look at Li Taohua, who was shrinking her neck in grievance.

"Then you can't force my daughter to kneel. She can kneel to the heavens, the earth, and her parents, so why should she kneel to you?"

Jiang Xiaohe stood up and said, "Aunt Chen, you are wrongly accusing us. I asked her at the time how she would apologize if she had wronged us. She said we could do whatever we wanted. I also told her in front of everyone to kneel down and kowtow to me and my father-in-law three times, and she didn't refuse."

"Yes, Chen Guifang, she agreed to it herself. Everyone can testify for Jiang Xiaohe."

"That's right! She was the one who spoke without restraint. Now that the truth is out, she doesn't want to apologize anymore."

Everyone was talking at once, and Chen Guifang was almost furious.

At this time the village chief came over.

On the way, Zhang Shunchang had heard Zeng Hua's explanation of the whole story. He felt that Li Taohua was a bit vicious. In a rural area like theirs, a woman's reputation was so important. She actually damaged a woman's reputation by making random guesses. It was really wrong. She was really a beast!

Zhang Shunchang walked over with his hands behind his back and a serious face.

Since the village chief took office, everyone has been quiet.

Zhang Shunchang glanced at Chen Guifang, then squinted at Li Taohua behind her.

Finally, it fell on Jiang Xiaohe's face: "Did she apologize to your family?"

Jiang Xiaohe shook her head and said respectfully, "No."

Zhang Shunchang immediately looked at Li Taohua behind Chen Guifang and said kindly, "Now that the truth is out, you should apologize. Put yourself in their shoes. If it were you, and someone slandered you, an unmarried woman, for having an affair with someone else, what would you do?"

The village chief had spoken, and Chen Guifang couldn't get angry. Li Taohua shrank her neck, wishing she could find a hole to crawl into.

"Village chief!" Chen Guifang smiled.

"My Taohua is young and naive. I think we should just let this matter go. Anyway, we have cleared Jiang Xiaohe and Zhang Fu's name. She hasn't married yet. If she kneels down to them because of this, she will be looked down upon when she talks about her in-laws in the future."

Zhang Shunchang looked at her, patted the back of his right hand with his left hand, and said unhappily: "If she had known this earlier, why did she do it in the first place? She is still young. She is older than many women in our village, right? At such an old age, doesn't she think before doing anything?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers started talking again.

This insult to someone's reputation is equivalent to murder!

Chen Guifang blushed after asking several questions in a row, but she was still unwilling to give in: "How about we compensate them with some grain or silver, and just kneel down and apologize?"

Everyone looked at Jiang Xiaohe and Zhang Fu, including the village chief.

But Zhang Fu and his wife also looked at Jiang Xiaohe, and the decision was in her hands.

Jiang Xiaohe stood very straight: "We don't want anything, we just want her to apologize to our family!"

Wang Qiuxia immediately agreed: "Xiao He is right, we are a family and we just want an apology!"

Zhang Shunchang nodded, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the mother and daughter: "You heard it too. She wants an apology, and there is nothing wrong with that. And this matter was originally instigated by your Taohua. Jiang Xiaohe and the Zhang family should have asked her to apologize. If you don't want to apologize, that's fine. I will take the initiative to drive Li Taohua out of our village now! Our village is small and can't accommodate her big temple!"

Although Zhang Shunchang is the village chief, he usually does not act like a village chief at all in the village and is very amiable. It was the first time that everyone saw him so angry. Everyone kept silent and looked at Li Taohua with sympathy.

Jiang Xiaohe almost wanted to jump up and applaud the village chief!

Li Taohua was truly frightened at this moment.

She held Chen Guifang tightly, crying and shaking her head, "Mom, I don't want to be driven out of the village!"

If she was driven out of the village, how would she survive in the future?

Chen Guifang felt extremely distressed and hated Jiang Xiaohe even more, thinking it was all her fault! She was angry when she had robbed her daughter Taohua of her marriage, but later when she saw Zhang Dashan was dead, she felt relieved...

She didn't want her Taohua to kneel down to her, a widow. If this got out, what would happen to their marriage in the future?

But the village chief had spoken, and with so many people watching, what could she do?

Wang Qiuxia and Zhang Fu felt more confident because the village chief was on their side.