Chapter Thirty-Three: Conflict

  There is a small Wang village next to Xiaozhang Village, and the most famous person in Wang Village is Wang Shenpo. Usually, whoever has some superstitious or ghost-catching things will find her.

  Rural people are simple and don't care about the system, they will find Wang Shenniang to calculate when they encounter ghosts or gods. However, during the Four Olds destruction, feudal superstition was abolished, and Wang Shenniang quietly retreated. Everyone had received her kindness and no one reported her, so in recent years, the wind has died down a bit, and she has come out again.

  Many families quietly invited her, and those who knew didn't make a sound, as if they hadn't seen anything. The one recommended by Zhang Yougen was her.

  Wang Shenpo's reputation is well-known, and naturally, he had heard of it before. It was just that he hadn't expected his own family to have invited her over at some point.

  Back home, Zhang Yougen told Wu Huahua about what had happened and decided not to go to work either. He would just go in the afternoon.

  Wu Huahua was still lying in bed, her face pale, and it was clear that she was still scared out of her wits by the ghost. But when she heard the rumors from the village, she was furious!

  "These people are really capable of nonsense, just you wait and see if I don't tear their mouths apart." Like this she still wasn't being honest, only not as intense as before, it's clear that the events of the morning had a huge impact on her.

  In the afternoon, Zhang Yougen put on a better set of clothes and took a catty of eggs to go to Xiao Wang Village.

  The two villages are adjacent and not far apart. Wang Shenpo is old and can't work, so he can only rely on jumping gods for others to earn some extra money.

  Arriving at Wang Shenpo's home, the inside was filled with the fragrance of incense and the smell of smoke, a supply table above offered sacrifices to the Great Fox Immortal, looking solemn, Zhang Yougen immediately followed suit.

  Wang Shenpo sat on the kang, smoking a dry tobacco pipe, with wrinkles on her face that could crush mosquitoes to death. Her hair was white and sparse, without a single black strand. When she saw someone coming in, she still sat with her eyes downcast, calm and composed, not showing any urgency or anxiety about needing money.

  Ignorant Zhang Yougen was immediately stunned, standing aside respectfully without making a sound.

  After finishing a bag of dry tobacco, Wang Shenpo opened her eyes, and a pair of eyes shone brightly, not showing any signs of being nearly seventy years old, even more spirited than ordinary young people, making it hard for others to look directly at her.

  "Ah, you're here." Wang Shenpo seemed to have known he had arrived all along, not feeling the slightest surprise, and only swept her eyes up and down over him.

  Zhang Yougen felt as if a venomous snake had crawled over his back, sending a chill down his spine, and he hunched his waist even lower...

  "Immortal, I've come today to ask you to visit my home and take a look at my wife. She may be possessed by something evil, and our family is extremely anxious. What do you think..."

  "Hmm..." Wang Shenpo's eyes swept a glance at Zhang Yougen's hand.

  Zhang Yougen still has some insight, and he hurriedly presented the eggs with both hands: "A small token of appreciation, please accept it. If my family's is good, I'll thank you again, please make sure to go." Even his tone was elegant, it seems that Wang Shenpo gave him a lot of pressure.

  Wang Shenpo's goal was achieved, and she didn't drag things out. She directly told Zhang Yougen to report his address, saying that he would go there before noon tomorrow, and let him leave first. He didn't even get up to see him off.

  Zhang Yougen left Wang Shenpo's house, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He felt that his back was already soaked through, but he didn't know if it was just an illusion.

  In the village, rumors spread wildly and became more and more exaggerated. Someone with ulterior motives heard about it and added fuel to the fire, telling Big Cow's grandparents. The old couple wasn't foolish, so they naturally understood the severity of the situation. Moreover, their grandson didn't come home for lunch at noon, which meant something must have happened.

  This is unbearable! I was already dissatisfied with this shrewish wife, and then that thing happened. How can they be human? No way, we cannot let such an evil woman leave a stain on our son's body. We must divorce her.

  The old couple rushed to their son's home and saw that the daughter-in-law was still lying on the kang and couldn't get up. This once again confirmed the rumors, and the old woman was not a forgiving person. She went over and pulled off the quilt covering her daughter-in-law's head, grabbed Wu Huaihua's hair and woke her up.

  Wu Huai was used to being scolded, even if her own mother had treated her like that, she would have been furious long ago. But the morning's incident still hadn't sunk in, and she hadn't reacted yet, staring blankly at people.

  The old lady was so angry that she didn't even know how to resist, it was obvious that she had lost her temper. In a fit of rage, she slapped Wu Huahua's face.

  Wu Huaihua was woken up by the fight, seeing someone dared to hit her, even her mother-in-law couldn't stop them, the two women started a big fight, no matter how much Old Man Niu tried to persuade them.

  The old couple had only one son, Zhang Yougen, whom they treasured like a precious gem. However, they mistakenly brought a wolf into their home, and from then on, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would quarrel every other day, with major blow-ups every three days, making the household a miserable place to be.

  To make things easier for their son, the old couple endured the pain and moved out. Who would have thought that this shrewd woman would still dare to steal someone else's husband and make her own son wear a green hat? It's really unforgivable!

  Zhang Yougen returned home to see this chaotic scene, his mother and daughter-in-law were in a heated argument, while his father was trying to mediate, what a mess!

  He hastily stepped forward and forcibly separated the two people who were red-eyed with anger, shouting loudly: "Alright, stop! What's going on here?"

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were arguing, each trying to get a word in edgewise, until Zhang Yugeng's head was getting bigger. He hastily waved his hand: "Mom, you go first."

  After hearing the whole story, I didn't expect it would turn out to be such a big misunderstanding.

  Zhang Yougen carefully explained the situation to his parents and told them about Wu Huaihua's possession by an evil spirit.

  The old lady didn't quite believe it: "I don't believe it, your wife is so fierce and intimidating, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare to mess with her." After saying that, she gave Wu Huahua a sideways glance, full of provocation.

  Wu Huahua's temper is really something, letting you slap her in the face and still wanting to know what else? Rushing over to pour dirty water on Lao Niang's head, Lao Niang will fight with you. With a loud crash, she charged at Old Cow Granny's belly, looking like they were going to perish together.

  Zhang Yougen, who had been staring at them for a long time, quickly blocked the old woman's way and was knocked to his stomach by the fierce wife. At that moment, he squatted down.

  "Ah-yo!" Zhang Yougen's forehead broke out in sweat.

  The two women, "the wife at home" and "son", stopped arguing and quickly went to help Zhang Yougen get up. Zhang Yougen was in so much pain that he couldn't get up, his waist was bent and couldn't be straightened.

  Everyone in the house was anxious, one by one asking "How is it?" "Is it okay?" "Does it hurt?" It made Zhang Yougen's head swell.

  The two women didn't fight anymore, Zhang Yougen was the pillar of the family, he couldn't fall down, or else this family would be finished.

  Old Master Bull still had some sense: "Alright, let him squat for a while and calm down. Don't bother him anymore, or else go to the latrine." After saying that, he also gave those unreasonable women a stern glare.

  As expected, Zhang Yougen relaxed for a while and was able to stand up again. Under his insistence, he didn't go to the toilet either.