To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

Big Fatty's mother led her whole family to the Gu family to cause trouble, shouting loudly outside, "Liu Fen! Bring your brat out here!"

She heard her mother-in-law, Liu Fen, reluctantly go out.

Liu Fen is a kind-hearted person; otherwise, she would have let Lin Qingping do whatever she wanted in her past life. But how could such a person be a match for a group of shrewish women?

Lin Qingping could only put Zhiyuan aside for the time being. Without saying a word, she opened the door. Behind her, Zhiyuan's small voice said, "Don't..."

But Lin Qingping shut out the rest of the conversation behind the door. There must be more to the fight than met the eye, but now was not the time to ask questions. They should deal with these people first.

The commotion outside grew even worse, with a group of women surrounding Liu Fen, chattering away and making it impossible for her to keep up.

"Is it really going to be over with a little money? Get that brat out here!"

"Make him come out and apologize! Make him kowtow and beg for forgiveness!"

Liu Fen was still trying to comfort him, saying, "The child knows he was wrong and is reflecting on his actions now. Chengzi will come home soon and give him a good talking-to."

But the other party refused and insisted that Li Zhiyuan leave.

Lin Qingping rushed forward, pushed through the women, and pulled her mother-in-law out of the crowd, protecting her behind her. "Let's talk things out. If it's our responsibility, we won't run away. My mother-in-law also said that we should compensate for what needs to be compensated and teach her a lesson. We're all from the same village, we'll see each other all the time, and the children will play together in the future. Why make things so tense?"

The fat woman immediately jumped up and started cursing, "Who wants to play with wild children? Our innocent children don't play with orphans..."

With a sharp "smack," the fat woman received a slap across the face.

The person who hit her was Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping originally wanted to reason with him, but it was clear that reasoning wouldn't work.

Wild child...

In his past life, this was the word Zhiyuan was most afraid of. In this life, although he was only five years old, he was precocious and sensitive. The words "wild child" were a painful blow to him, who was living under someone else's roof.

Lin Qingping stood ramrod straight, her imposing aura mirroring that of Gu Juncheng. She even mimicked Gu Juncheng's narrowed eyes, angrily rebuking, "Wild child? Big Fat Mother, listen to me! My Zhiyuan's father sacrificed his life for the country! A heroic death! The reason you can live peacefully at home farming today, gossiping about this family and that, is because of countless soldiers like Zhiyuan's father, who fearlessly sacrificed their lives to protect peace! Protecting our beautiful lives! How dare you call Zhiyuan a wild child? Do you have any respect for those soldiers who gave their lives for righteousness? Do you have any respect for those soldiers who are still defending our country? Let me tell you! Our Zhiyuan is not a wild child! He is the child of a hero! All the soldiers in Chengzi Company are his fathers! All the military wives are his mothers!"

Lin Qingping's righteous words intimidated the fat woman.

The Gu family had this new child, but they had never said that he was a descendant of a martyr. Now that Big Fat Mother knew, she dared not say anything about Zhiyuan anymore, but she was also furious. Enraged, she immediately exploded, "You're his mother? You're a slut, what right do you have to be the mother of a martyr's descendant?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Fen, the mother-in-law, turned pale. She grabbed Lin Qingping tightly and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Please stop talking. I'll apologize to you. I'll come to apologize to you later. Please stop talking, I beg you..."

Lin Qingping was shocked by the words "broken shoe," but judging from the implication, her mother-in-law also knew something.

A loud shout came from behind, "Don't apologize! I did nothing wrong!" A small figure stood in front of Lin Qingping and Liu Fen.

Zhiyuan actually rushed out...

Lin Qingping pulled Zhiyuan back, held him tightly in her arms, and held him down to prevent him from being beaten by these people. The little guy was emotional and shouted wildly, "I have to take responsibility for my own actions! Come and hit me if you dare! Don't bully Grandma!"

And then there's this: "Kill me or torture me, do whatever you want! I'm not wrong!"

However, despite his fierce words and heroic spirit, he died before he could even begin his mission. Gu Juncheng returned at some point and grabbed Zhiyuan by the collar.

The little thing kicked its legs wildly in the air, yelling, "Put me down! You coward! Aren't you going to ask them what they're saying about your wife in the village? You're not standing up for your wife! What kind of man are you?!"

Lin Qingping: ? ? ? Gu Juncheng's wife? Are you talking about her? What does she have to do with this?

Gu Juncheng tossed Li Zhiyuan back into his house, his tall frame blocking Lin Qingping and Liu Fen, keeping the group of troublemaking women behind him.

"You all go back and don't come out." His deep voice, carrying a calming power, pierced through the noise of the crowd and gently touched Lin Qingping's eardrums.

Lin Qingping shook her head, "No..." She wanted to know what the fat woman was going to say. The words "worn-out shoe" were too heavy, too heavy, for a rural woman...

"Go in!" Gu Juncheng's tone became stern, as if he were giving a command, and his gaze became authoritative.

Lin Qingping hesitated, while Gu Juncheng frowned slightly. "You want me to throw it in too?"

Lin Qingping: ...

In the end, he turned around and went home. Gu Juncheng even closed the door, leaving Lin Qingping, her mother-in-law, and Li Zhiyuan all inside.

Li Zhiyuan was still shouting from inside the house towards the outside, "No apologies allowed! No one is allowed to apologize! If anyone dares to say anything out of line again, I'll beat them every time I hear it!"

Completely different from the usual quiet and timid child, it was as if a seal had been broken and a fierce tiger had been released.

Outside the door, Gu Juncheng stood proudly, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

The entire crowd involuntarily took a step back.

Gu Juncheng's intimidating presence was simply too strong...

But the fat woman was not willing to give up. She puffed out her chest and angrily shouted, "Chengzi? What? Did I hit a nerve? Are you going to hit a woman? You won't let me talk about your wife's shameful affairs?"

The village has an unwritten rule that men cannot participate in fights or arguments between women, or they will be gossiped about.

This is why they dared to cause trouble even though they knew Gu Juncheng was at home.

The people brought by the fat woman outside were initially a little intimidated, but after hearing this, they were no longer afraid and started making sarcastic remarks all at once.

"Exactly! So what? Isn't what I'm saying the truth? Lin Qingping has been having an affair with Gou Sheng for a long time! It's been going on for ages!"

"Gou Sheng already said that Lin Qingping has a mole on her chest! Lin Qingping, do you dare to show it to everyone? Prove it!"

"Chengzi! Don't act like you're unreasonable just because you're a soldier! Your wife dares to have an affair, and nobody else can say anything about it?"

"Chengzi! How does it feel to be cuckolded?"

Lin Qingping was stunned.

Gousheng was a good-for-nothing in the village.

Yesterday morning, she was craving wild fruits in the mountains and wanted to go up the mountain to pick some. Unexpectedly, she encountered Gou Sheng, who tried to grope her. She was so scared that she ran away and fell hard, rolling down the hillside. Luckily, a tree stopped her, otherwise she would have rolled all the way to the bottom of the mountain.

When she fell, her handkerchief fell off, and as she rolled down the mountain, her clothes probably rode up as well.

She hadn't noticed at the time, and never expected such rumors to spread...

In this era, in remote rural villages, the consequences for a woman caught up in such rumors are easy to imagine...