After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

Shi Shengxia looked at Shen Nian in the crowd and frowned. She felt that Shen Nian's way of doing things was too rude!

She's just like a country shrew!

Shi Shengxia looked at Er Lai Niang and Tie Sheng Niang, who were beaten black and blue. She didn't know what she remembered. She took a few steps forward and shouted to Shen Nian.

"Shen Zhiqing, what are you doing? How can you hit them? After all, your aunt and the others are decades older than you. It's okay if you give them some leniency and let them say a few words."

Shen Nian looked up at Shi Shengxia with disdain. Is this guy sick?

Shen Nian sneered, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth.

"Shi Zhiqing, don't be so careless. They're cursing me at my doorstep, and I have to give in to them? How about this, I let them come to your doorstep and curse you?"

Shen Nian's words made Shi Shengxia's face change. She didn't expect Shen Nian to refute her so directly. She secretly cursed Shen Nian's arrogance and unreasonableness in her heart.

The surrounding villagers also began to whisper. They were no longer surprised by Shen Nian's behavior, as if they were already accustomed to it, and even felt a little relieved.

After all, Erlai's mother and Tiesheng's mother were known in the village for being cunning and mean. Erlai and Tiesheng were stealing in the village, and the villagers often went to their homes to look for them.

But Er Lai Niang and Tie Sheng Niang always protected them for various reasons. Sometimes Er Lai Niang would even turn the tables and say that the villagers bullied them, an orphan and a widow, causing the villagers to suffer a lot!

Now that they saw Shen Zhiqing fighting back so strongly and Er Lai's mother and Tie Sheng's mother looking so embarrassed, everyone felt quite relieved.

When Shi Shengxia saw the reactions of the people around her, she felt a little anxious. She didn't want to be misunderstood by everyone.

Shi Shengxia calmed herself down and suppressed her anger. She tried her best to make her tone sound calm and tried to calm the situation.

"Shen Zhiqing, that's not what I meant. I just think that we're all from the same village, so why can't we talk things over peacefully? Hitting someone is always wrong."

"Speak well?"

Shen Nian sneered in response, "Shi Zhiqing, when you say 'talk nicely', do you mean to let them continue to scold me at my doorstep? I, Shen Nian, won't buy it. If you think they're right to scold me, then go to their house and let them scold you!"

Shen Nian's words made Shi Shengxia's face turn pale and blue. She didn't expect Shen Nian to be so disrespectful to her.

Shi Shengxia's face was gloomy and uncertain. She was dissatisfied with Shen Nian's attitude, but she still tried to maintain a calm smile on her face.

"Shen Zhiqing, you should be merciful when you can. Why do you have to be so ruthless? You were the one who sent the two aunts' sons to jail, weren't you? So what if they scold you after you sent their sons to jail? Even though they're harsh with their words, they haven't really done anything to hurt you. Aren't you afraid of what the villagers will say about you if you treat them like this?"

Shen Nian looked at Shi Shengxia's hypocritical face. She no longer regarded the world she lived in as the world in the book, and she would not indulge Shi Shengxia, the heroine in the book.

"Shi Zhiqing, are you blind or deaf? If you don't know how Er Laizi and Tie Sheng got in, you can ask the team leader. Didn't you hear them scolding me for how long at my doorstep? Why should I endure it? I'm upright, what am I afraid of? Can't I talk back?"

"And what about the people in our team who were talking about me? The people in our Shuangxi team are all good members who know what's right and wrong. They can tell who's right and who's wrong. But you're an educated youth, so why do you keep speaking up for Er Laizi and Tiesheng?!"

Shen Nian's words left Shi Shengxia speechless, and he even turned the conversation to Er Laizi and the other man.

In an instant, the looks of the surrounding villagers and educated youth looking at Shi Shengxia became subtle.

The crowd began to whisper and talk again.

"What's going on with Shi Zhiqing? Why is she always speaking for Er Lai Niang and Tie Sheng Niang?"

"That's right. Shen Zhiqing sent Er Laizi and Tie Sheng to prison because they broke the law. It's only natural."

"Is Shi Zhiqing mentally ill? Or is there really some connection between her, Er Lai, and Tie Sheng?"

When Shi Shengxia heard the villagers' comments, her face turned even uglier. She hadn't expected that her words would not only fail to gain the villagers' support, but would instead arouse their disgust.

Shi Shengxia didn't expect that Shen Nian would not give her face again and again in front of so many people. Her expression changed unpredictably, and her disgust for Shen Nian in her heart increased sharply.

She used to think that Shen Nian was rude and disrespectful, but now she realizes that Shen Nian is not only rude and disrespectful, but also sharp-tongued!

She knew that she couldn't continue arguing with Shen Nian, otherwise it would only make her situation more embarrassing.

Shi Shengxia suppressed the dissatisfaction and anger in her heart and gave Shen Nian a seemingly generous smile.

"Shen Zhiqing, I know you might be angry, so you're being so rude. But I hope you can calm down and not let your emotions get the better of you. Let's just forget about what happened today. I won't hold it against you."

After saying this, she turned to the villagers and said, "Everyone has misunderstood. I'm not trying to speak up for Erlai's mother and Tiesheng's mother. I just think that since we're all from the same village, we should understand and help each other. Shen Zhiqing sent Erlai and Tiesheng to prison for their own good, hoping that they can mend their ways. We should all understand Shen Zhiqing's good intentions."

Shi Shengxia's words made the villagers look at each other in bewilderment. They had not expected Shi Zhiqing to say such a thing. Although they felt that Shi Zhiqing's words were a bit far-fetched, they could not say anything more.

Shi Shengxia saw that no one was talking about her anymore, so she turned around and retreated into the crowd despite the strange looks from the people around her. She felt that she had done her best.

However, she did not see that after she turned around, Shen Nian had a mocking smile on his face.

Shen Nian looked at Shi Shengxia's leaving back and sneered in his heart.

In today's incident, Shi Shengxia seemed to be speaking for Er Lai Niang and Tie Sheng Niang, but in fact she was inciting the villagers' dissatisfaction and resentment towards her.

At this time, Shengxia was no longer a naive person. It seemed that they had a grudge against each other! Shen Nian felt his hands itching again!

The captain hurried over with the villagers and saw a crowd gathered at the door of Shen Nian's house. He frowned and walked to the edge of the crowd and shouted loudly.

"What are you all doing here? Don't you have to work?"

When the villagers heard the captain's voice, they all turned around to look.

Seeing the villagers dispersed and made a path, the team leader walked to the door of Shen Nian's house. Looking at Er Lai Niang and Tie Sheng Niang who were still sitting on the ground with disheveled hair, he frowned.