Chapter Thirty-two Development

  The matter was spread far and wide by noon, and it became more and more intense.

  Wu Huahua was frightened by the events at noon and as soon as she returned home, without even taking off her shoes, her large body collapsed onto the kang. Zhang Yougen, who had just finished cooking, came to call his wife to eat, but found her covering her head with a quilt and trembling slightly.

  What's wrong with my wife? Is she ill?

  Zhang Yougen sat on the edge of the kang, reached out to pull the quilt off his wife's head, and with a bit of effort, he couldn't budge it!

  "He hastily said: 'Wife, wife, what's wrong with you? Are you ill? Don't cover your head.'"

  With another effort, the quilt was pulled open, and his wife's face was covered with mud, her hair was also messy... what's going on? Has she been fighting with someone? Who would dare to bully her?

  Wu Huahua saw Zhang Yougen and let out a "wow" as she burst into tears, her big pancake face streaked with tear lines, making her look even more unsightly.

  Zhang Yougen was completely stunned, this...this woman had apparently offended someone she shouldn't have, and now they wouldn't let her off! How could he still take care of her? He thought about this, slapped his thigh, and dejectedly sat in the corner, staring blankly ahead, thinking that it was so hard to live a good life.

  Wu Huaihua wailed for a while, seeing that her husband didn't come to comfort her, still sitting on the side in a daze. She was so angry, her rough voice turned sharp: "Hey, you're dead, can't you see I'm crying again? Not even a fart is let out, how did I end up marrying such a useless man?"

  "Speak up, who have you offended this time? I'll go...I'll go and kneel down for them, isn't that enough? I'll definitely fix it for you! Can't you just behave yourself for once? You're always offending people. I..."

  The big cow played outside and came back to eat, hearing his mother's loud voice from afar, it must be that the two of them quarreled again. He was also familiar with the road, didn't even enter the house, and directly ran to grandma's house to eat.

  The people inside were completely unaware and continued their conversation. Wu Huaihua was confused by the man's words: "Who are you talking about? Who offended someone?"

  Zhang Yougen was also confused: "Isn't it you? Otherwise, why are you trembling under the quilt?"

  Wu Huaihua's green bean eyes stared round, she never thought her husband would come to such a conclusion: "I... I..." She was speechless.

  Finally, Wu Huahua recounted the whole incident, as if she could still feel the ghost tripping her up, and her whole body began to tremble with fear again.

  Zhang Yougen heard this and was stimulated to the point of madness, he didn't leave, his own wife still had something to fear, he thought she wasn't afraid of heaven or earth.

  Look at Zhang Yougen still smiling, Wu Huaihua slapped a palm on his shoulder: "You're laughing, can you come up with an idea? Do you think I've offended some immortal or not? Should we find a temple to worship?"

  Zhang Yougen shook his head: "No way, now that feudal superstition has been eliminated, we can't go there. If we're seen, it won't be good, and if we get caught, we'll be in trouble. Don't go to work either, I'll go to the place you went this afternoon and take a look. Maybe it's not just your imagination."

  Wu Huaihua glared at him, how could she possibly be mistaken? However, she didn't refute him either.

  In the afternoon, Zhang Yougen indeed went to that empty land. However, all the pedestrians on this road looked at him with a very strange gaze, which was full of pity and seemed as if he was doomed.

  He walked to the empty land, and he walked back and forth along that small path. The path was very flat, with no ups or downs at all. He even touched it every few steps, although it wasn't level, but not enough to trip someone. Was it really just the old woman's illusion? However, it's impossible, although his own wife had a bad character, she would never lie, and if she did, her eyes wouldn't dare look at people, and she hadn't changed in all these years.

  Since she didn't lie, is there something wrong with this place? Where did the mistake occur? Looking at my wife's disheveled appearance, it's clear that she fell many times. She didn't lie either, is there something strange about this place?

  Very puzzled Zhang Yougen did not find any problem, with a confused expression he walked home, and the pedestrians on the road still looked at him with that kind of gaze.

  "This isn't right, is it? He pulled over a villager he normally got along with and asked: 'Dunzi, what's going on here? Why do you look at me with such a weird gaze that it makes my hair stand on end?'"

  Stubbornly I refuse to speak.

  Zhang Yougen hastily grabbed him: "What can't be said? If you don't say it, I won't let you go."

  "Brother Gen, I'm telling you, don't get angry, don't lose your temper, okay? I know Sister has encountered some bad things. You... just pretend you didn't know, it's not easy to support a family."

  Zhang Yougen felt that why is it that nowadays people's words are so hard to understand? Is it because of old age?

  He had no choice but to ask again: "What's wrong with that? You say it, I'll listen. Don't just give me half the story."

  The little boy had no choice but to whisper it into his ear.

  "What?" This is all nonsense.

  Zhang Yougen hastily grabbed Dunzi's collar: "What are you talking nonsense, who is whose wife, be careful I'll beat you up!" After that, he still raised his fist in front of Dunzi.

  Dunzi knew that most men wouldn't believe they were being cuckolded, so he didn't get angry either. He patiently explained: "It's not just me talking nonsense, Gege, the whole village is talking about it, everyone saw your wife coming home with her clothes disheveled, who doesn't know what happened? Brother... brother... don't get angry, whatever you do, don't get angry, just treat it like being bitten by a dog, okay?"

  Zhang Yougen is really speechless, how did it spread like this? Isn't this nonsense? Does his own wife know whether she's telling the truth or not? The villagers are being too ridiculous, how can they let their own family go out in the future?

  No choice, Zhang Yougen had to tell the whole story to Duanzi again, and then said: "You see, I just went back to that road to take a look, and nothing happened. Can't you tell if your sister-in-law is lying or not? You guys are really good at making false accusations."

  Dunzi immediately knew that these people were in the wrong, and he apologized repeatedly: "Blame me, blame me, I didn't know and spoke nonsense. Brother, you mustn't blame me, I told them to go, but they can't just talk nonsense. Brother, did sister really encounter something dirty or else why would she be so strange?"

  Zhang Yougen also furrowed his brow: "I'm also wondering, don't know what's going on, my heart is a bit hairy, how did we encounter this thing?"

  "Hey, Brother Gen, don't get worked up, let's just find someone to exorcise it instead. Don't keep colliding with your family's big cow, what if the dirty thing follows Sister back home? The kid can't take the fright. Just quietly do it, don't let others know, as long as you don't go around broadcasting it, I reckon no one will gossip about this. Just finding Wang Shenpo from the neighboring village would be fine, I heard she's very effective."

  Zhang Yougen listened and nodded, there's no other way.