The wife of two taels of silver

After dinner, Lin Haitang originally wanted to let the two children take a nap. It seemed that the two children had never had a good sleep. However, things did not go as planned. Just as Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan lay down, there was a noise outside.

"Lin Haitang, you lunatic! Come out here!" a village woman yelled at the top of her lungs, slamming the door loudly. "Look at what you've done!"

Another fat woman quickly chimed in: "That's right! How dare you, an adult, hit children! Look at what you've done to these children!"

There was a lot of agreement around him, along with the crying of several children. For a moment, there was a lot of noise in front of Lin Haitang's house.

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan were a little scared. They leaned against each other, holding their hands tightly. They looked at Lin Haitang with pitiful eyes, which made Lin Haitang feel distressed and pity for her.

Lin Haitang hugged the two children, one on each side, and comforted them softly, "Don't be afraid, Momolanlan. Mom is here. Can you guys go out with Mom for a while?"

"Mom, mom." Gu Zhilan hugged Lin Haitang's neck tightly.

"It's okay, mom will help you put on your clothes. Mom is here, it's okay, mom won't let anyone bully you." Lin Haitang patted Gu Zhilan's back gently.

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan seemed less scared. Lin Haitang put clothes on them and took them outside.

Erhu's mother saw Lin Haitang coming out and started yelling, "Lin Haitang! Look at what you've done! You have to pay for Erhu's medical expenses! Otherwise, I'll make you pay!"

"And our Goudan! He scared you so much that you kept crying! You have to pay for it!" Goudan's mother was vicious, as if she would come up and bite Lin Haitang to pieces in the next second.

Others also asked Lin Haitang to pay for the medical expenses. The noise lasted for a while and successfully attracted the nearby neighbors, who were chattering and pointing fingers at Lin Haitang.

Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan couldn't help but feel a little scared when they saw this, and the two little guys huddled behind Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang looked at Erhu, who was leading the bullying of Momo and Lanlan's children. Erhu felt that he had his mother's support, so he was no longer afraid. He looked at Lin Haitang provocatively.

Seeing that Lin Haitang was silent, Erhu's mother said, "Lin Haitang, don't play dumb! You kicked my son's thigh and it's bruised! We can't just let this go!"

"Wang Meihong, you are older than me. You only heard your son say that I beat him. Why didn't you ask me why I beat him? How could a mother like me beat other people's children for no reason? How many times has your son bullied my Momolanlan? Today, he even bullied her right to my doorstep. Look at the injuries on Momolanlan's body. Are the injuries on your Erhu's body more serious or those on my Momolanlan's body?" Lin Haitang became more and more angry as she spoke.

"Your Erhu is three years older than my Momo and half a head taller than my Momo. Is this the child you raised? He specializes in bullying your own younger children from the same village? I can't sleep at night if I don't kick your child for this! And you still have the nerve to come to me and ask for money!"

Wang Meihong was shaking with anger, pointing her finger at Lin Haitang and trembling: "You, you, you, you..."

Lin Haitang didn't give her a chance to finish her words. "And you, Goudan's mother. Your Goudan hasn't learned anything from Erhu except fighting and bullying the weak. He's no good either. I just kicked him, not really hard. You don't have to come and cause trouble. Just look at my two children's faces and you'll know who's in the wrong."

"Cao Gen's mother, aren't you feeling guilty? Cao Gen's father, Brother Gu, was once helped by my mother-in-law. My husband even taught Brother Gu to read and write. Momo and Lanlan in my family still call Brother Gu their distant cousin and Cao Gen their brother. Brother Gu is also very grateful. He would go to burn three incense sticks on the anniversary of my mother-in-law's death. How come he is happy that you taught his son to beat the grandchildren of his benefactor?" Lin Haitang started to speak again, not giving them a chance to refute.

Cao Gen's mother was so angry that she grabbed her son's arm tightly, making Cao Gen cry out in anger.

The onlookers looked at the injuries on Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan's faces and felt sorry for the two children, but they also felt that Lin Haitang was too arrogant. They had nothing to refute what Lin Haitang said, but they just couldn't stand Lin Haitang's appearance.

Wang Meihong seemed to be about to faint from anger. She pointed at Lin Haitang and said, "Okay, Lin Haitang, you were stupid before and now you've gone crazy, right? What's a fight between children? But how can you, an adult, just kick a child? Who the hell are you?! If you don't pay for the medical expenses today, I won't leave!" Wang Meihong sat on the ground and threw a tantrum.

"Fighting?" Lin Haitang laughed out loud. "Fighting would leave my son with a black eye and a swollen face. Would my daughter's palm be left with a huge cut? Can I let my son fight like your son?"

"Who saw it! Who saw my son beating your son? No one saw it, so what nonsense are you talking about?" Wang Meihong was still throwing a tantrum.

Lin Haitang felt sick to her stomach. "Then let me ask you, who saw me kick your son? Did you see it?"

Wang Meihong's eyes were red with anger: "My son said you kicked him! How can a child tell a lie?"

Lin Haitang was truly disgusted. "Wang Meihong, there's no need to act like a jerk here. Come with me to the government office. My husband may not be very capable, being just a captain, but he can still have a say with the county magistrate. Come on, follow me to the government office."

Lin Haitang's husband, Gu An, had worked his way up to become a captain of a thousand men, a modest military rank, but certainly a respectable one in the village. As for whether Gu An could have a say with the county magistrate, Lin Haitang had no idea; she had made it up. The original self didn't understand her husband, Gu An, very well, and of course, Gu An hadn't given the original self the opportunity to understand.

Wang Meihong was stunned. She had forgotten, she had forgotten about Gu An. Gu An was a captain with a thousand men under his command. Gu An was an official, and the county magistrate was also an official. So they must be in cahoots. How could a commoner like her possibly stand up to them?

Wang Meihong was extremely nervous, but she was unwilling to get up and take her son away in disgrace. That would be too embarrassing, and her reputation in the village would be completely ruined.

"Village chief, the village chief is here!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

The village chief came over and saw this scene and was very upset. A half-grown child from the village had gone to him to complain, saying that Erhu's mother had led a group of people to Lin Haitang's house to bully the three of them.

It's true that Lin Haitang is stupid, but those two children are Gu An's children. Gu An is a captain of a thousand men, a serious military officer. It is not right or proper for him to let Gu Mo and Gu Zhilan be bullied.

As soon as Lin Haitang saw the village chief coming, she started to complain with red eyes: "Village chief, Gu An is not at home, so we three mothers are left here. Others see that my family is weak, so everyone wants to bully us. Bullying me is fine, I can endure it, but Momo and Lanlan are not even four years old. How can I watch them get bullied? I can't stand it. Look at Momo and Lanlan's faces. Erhu, Goudan, Caogen and the others bully my two children almost every day. It's like cutting flesh into my heart. They bully us because Gu An is not at home and because my children's father is not around. No one stands up for us. Village chief, you must help us." Lin Haitang choked up when she said this.

Lin Haitang was very distressed, but she didn't cry. She said that these words were said to the village chief and done for him to see, and also for the villagers to see. In this era, everyone sympathizes with the weak. If you are weak and have a hard time, more people will like you and will lend a finger to help you.

The village chief frowned. He knew Wang Meihong's character. She was absolutely wrong in this matter and was just trying to show off. "Ercai, please get up. Your Erhuzi is three years older than Gu Mo, and I see he can run and jump. Gu'an probably didn't kick him hard, he just wanted to teach him a lesson. Go back quickly. Erhuzi is a smart kid, you need to teach him well."

The village chief didn't want to say anything too final, so he gave Wang Meihong a sweet date.

Wang Meihong stood up but still felt aggrieved and ashamed. However, the village chief's last words made her feel less ashamed.

"Everyone, go away. There's nothing to see. Those who need to go home should go home, and those who need to work should work." The village chief waved his hand and was about to disperse the onlookers.

"Village chief, please take your time."

Lin Haitang's voice suddenly came.

The village chief stopped walking as he was about to turn around, and the villagers who were about to disperse also stopped.