The Su family had a large number of people, and their arrival in a procession of over a dozen individuals attracted the attention of many in the Hongxin Brigade.
Inevitably, some people followed, either to help those they were close to or simply to watch the spectacle.
By the time they reached the Xiangyang Brigade, there were dozens of people in the entourage.
Captain Li of the Xiangyang Brigade quickly received the news.
Although he was reluctant to deal with the troublesome Wang family from his brigade.
However, the Wang family were indeed members of the Xiangyang Brigade.
If they were bullied by people from another brigade on his watch, it would not reflect well on him.
"I say, you shouldn't go. That Wang family is no good!" Captain Li's wife advised.
"How can I not go? If I don't go today and the Su family beats up the Wang family, who will listen to my word as captain in the future?" Captain Li sighed.
"This bunch of good-for-nothings from the Wang family are never proactive at work; they're only busy causing trouble!"
Recalling the Wang family's usual behavior, Captain Li felt annoyed, wishing he could stand at their door and scold them for an afternoon to vent his frustration.
"Who's to say? They're already divorced and remarried, why are they still causing trouble?" Su Manxiu was a good person, but she had bad luck to end up with such a family," Captain Li's wife also lamented.
"She's finally made it through. I heard Minister Chen treats Manxiu very well. I don't know why Minister Chen, with all the unmarried girls available, fell for Manxiu."
Captain Li had always been curious about this.
Logically, Minister Chen was a high-ranking official; what kind of suitable girl couldn't he find? Why did he choose Su Manxiu, a divorced woman, and treat her like a treasure?
Don't ask him how he knew. Think about it: if he didn't truly cherish Su Manxiu, how could the Su family benefit?
"If it weren't for the Wang family, the Hongxin Brigade wouldn't have stood by and watched us suffer!"
What Captain Li's wife felt sorry for were the brigade's grain stores. That was not a small amount. Losing one or two thousand catties of grain meant several meals of white steamed buns at home.
This time, the Xiangyang Brigade was considered the brigade that suffered the most losses in the entire commune, mainly because they had no external help.
If it weren't for those beasts worse than animals, the Wang family, the Hongxin Brigade would not have watched the Xiangyang Brigade suffer such heavy losses.
Mentioning this matter indeed made Captain Li furious again.
Captain Li's heart ached when he thought of the losses suffered by the Xiangyang Brigade.
"Then you go over in a bit and let the Su family vent their anger. If Minister Chen is unhappy, your captaincy will probably be over," Captain Li's wife quickly said.
"You're right. I'll wait a few minutes before going, and let the Wang family, especially that Wang Gouzi, suffer a bit," Captain Li sat down again.
Captain Li waited for about ten minutes before slowly getting up and heading towards Wang Gouzi's house.
By the time Captain Li arrived, a crowd had already gathered.
The Su brothers were smashing the door.
"They're all relatives, why are you rushing into their house?" Captain Li quickly stepped forward and said.
"Pah, who's related to them? We make relatives with people, not with beasts," Su Laoda cursed, spitting towards the Wang family's main entrance.
"Su Laoda, listen to my advice, don't make a scene! Don't you see they're afraid of you?" Captain Li said, nudging his chin and pointing at the Wang family's door.
"You coward, you're scared now? Why were you so fierce when you went to the county town to cause trouble for my sister?" Su Lao Er was agitated.
"Exactly, today the Wang family must give our Su family an explanation. Our Su family cannot be bullied like this," Su Lao San's voice was not loud, nor was his pace fast, but he was very firm.
As for the other members of the Su family, they stood behind the three brothers, staring at Captain Li.
Captain Li smiled sheepishly and said, "You're right, you're right. This matter, it's indeed Wang Gouzi who was in the wrong!"
Su Laoda glared at Captain Li.
"Su Laodi, I'll have Wang Gouzi come out to apologize to your family, how about that?"
"Apologize?" Su Laoda snorted coldly.
Just apologizing would be too easy for that beast Wang Gouzi.
"Then do you have any other demands?" Captain Li quickly asked again.
"I have no other demands. Let the three of us brothers beat up Wang Gouzi once each to vent my sister's anger," Su Laoda said with a cold smile. "Captain Li, don't say anything else, this is all for your sake."
This sentence indeed successfully blocked Captain Li's intended words.
Captain Li couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. So, he should be grateful for their consideration?
But Captain Li couldn't say that, or he would offend someone again.
"I'm just worried that if your brothers beat him up, you might kill him!" Captain Li said in a low voice. "How about asking for something else?"
"Something else? Never!" Su Lao Er immediately objected.
Su Laoda signaled Su Lao Er to calm down, then said, "It's not impossible to change, after all, you've spoken. We brothers are not unreasonable people."
Well, this was another favor owed.
Captain Li didn't know what to say!
But it was a relief that no one was beaten.
"However, we'll see what the Wang family is willing to pay for this useless brat!"
Su Laoda continued to say coldly, his attitude incredibly provocative.
If Wang Gouzi didn't learn the Su family's power this time, he would change his surname to Wang.
Captain Li had grown up with Su Laoda; they had known each other since childhood. He had never known Su Laoda to have such a personality.
But now, what else could he do but grit his teeth and accept it?
After all, it was all Wang Gouzi's fault, and he couldn't control it.
He stepped forward and slammed on the Su family's main door a few times: "Wang Gouzi, get out here. You caused trouble, so you deal with it yourself. Don't let other brigade members get implicated."
This statement was very subtle. First, it placed the blame on Wang Gouzi, so that people in the brigade wouldn't say he didn't look out for his own people.
Second, it reminded the other brigade members of how the Xiangyang Brigade didn't receive help because of Wang Gouzi, so they wouldn't sympathize with that scoundrel Wang Gouzi!
As expected, after he finished speaking, he heard other brigade members discussing it.
Wang Gouzi was actually hiding behind the main door, listening to the news.
When he heard Captain Li arrive, Wang Gouzi was quite pleased.
Regardless, Captain Li was one of their own and would surely help him.
However, when he heard Captain Li tell him to come out and resolve the problem himself, he gnashed his teeth in hatred.
Wang Gouzi secretly cursed: This useless fellow, he can't even protect his own brigade members and lets others bully them. How can such a person still be the captain of the Xiangyang Brigade?
But he only dared to curse like this in his heart. After all, the Wang family had no backing in the Xiangyang Brigade, only their own family.
If they really offended Captain Li, their future days would not be easy. The spit from other brigade members alone could drown their entire family.
"Wang Gouzi, stop playing dead. Hurry up and come out. Are you scared now? What were you doing when you were causing trouble?"
Wang Gouzi hated him so much. How had he caused trouble?
Was it wrong for him to look for his wife?
It was one thing to be sent for re-education at the mine, but after returning, his wife had become someone else's, and she was even carrying someone else's child. It felt so unfair, and he wasn't allowed to look for her back?
He hadn't brought up Su Manxiu running off with someone else; he had been magnanimous!
Thinking about these things, Wang Gouzi suddenly felt that he hadn't done anything wrong. Since he hadn't done anything wrong, there was no need to be afraid.
The door was finally pulled open from the inside. Wang Gouzi timidly walked out, hunched over, with his hands in his sleeves, looking very猥琐 (wěisuǒ - vulgar/sleazy).
Su Laoda looked at Wang Gouzi's appearance and gnashed his teeth in hatred.
He didn't know how his parents had fallen for such a person back then and let him become their brother-in-law.
A person who couldn't even stand properly, looking so pathetic, and yet he was imitating others and having an affair!
Little did Su Laoda know that he was subconsciously comparing Wang Gouzi with Chen Zi'an.
Someone like Chen Zi'an, who held a high position, had good temperament, and was a handsome man, was naturally incomparable to someone like Wang Gouzi.
In contrast, the person before him was even more ignoble.
Although Wang Gouzi had expected the situation outside to be unfavorable, he was still frightened when he saw so many people from the Su family had arrived.
His originally猥琐 (wěisuǒ) posture became even more猥琐 (wěisuǒ).
"Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, why are you here?" Wang Gouzi said tremblingly, with a fawning expression on his face.
Su Laoda found his demeanor annoying, and Su Lao Er was furious.
"Don't call us brother. We don't have a brother like you!" Su Lao San said coldly.
He remembered that the last time they came after learning about their younger sister's accident, Wang Gouzi was not like this.
He remembered clearly that day, he was extremely arrogant, protecting that vixen everywhere.
"I've called you brothers for over ten years, why am I not your brother now?" Wang Gouzi pretended to be ignorant.
"Oh my, what did you say last time we were here? Whose wife did you call? Wife~~~~ I remember you called that bitch vixen Liu Xiaocui your wife, right?"
Wang Xianghua spat at Wang Gouzi, speaking sarcastically, especially when she said the word "wife," her tone was so exaggerated, it was hilarious.
The onlookers burst into laughter.
"Wang Gouzi, you and my Manxiu divorced long ago," Su Laoda's voice was stern, as if he was about to strike.
His posture was as if he would start fighting if they disagreed.
"Big Brother, you listen to my explanation. The divorce wasn't my idea; it was my old mother's decision," Wang Gouzi quickly explained.
"In my heart, Manxiu has always been my wife. Liu Xiaocui, I am also a victim! Big Brother, I was wrong. Please ask Manxiu to come back. I will definitely live a good life with her!"
He had already planned it, resolutely refusing to admit that he had divorced Su Manxiu.
He used to think Su Manxiu was just a plain housewife, not good at anything. But after seeing her this time, her complexion was rosy, and she was so beautiful.
Being beautiful was one thing, but she was also capable. Such a woman was much better than Liu Xiaocui.
Although Su Manxiu now had another person's child, he couldn't have children himself, so whose child would he raise?
Raising Liu Xiaocui's child, whose father was unknown, was worse than raising Su Manxiu's child.
At least Su Manxiu's child was the child of a high-ranking official in the county town. Wouldn't that man take care of his own child in the future?
If he only took care of his own child, wouldn't that be equivalent to taking care of his nominal father?
The more Wang Gouzi thought about it, the more pleased he felt, and he even forgot his own distress about not being able to have children.
In Wang Gouzi's opinion, Su Manxiu could help manage the household and earn work points, which was great!
It had to be said that Wang Gouzi had quite a few plans in his mind.
It was just a pity that he overlooked the three Su brothers, who were people who would use their fists rather than their mouths.
He also overlooked that Su Manxiu was no longer the woman who treated him like the center of her world.
The current Su Manxiu had Chen Zi'an, a sky she couldn't touch!
And this time, his actions caused Su Manxiu to have a premature birth, which had touched the inverse scale of the Su brothers.
When Wang Gouzi said these words, everyone was shocked.
Was Wang Gouzi really this kind of Wang Gouzi?
How could he say such things?
Captain Li's eyes widened as he looked at Wang Gouzi in disbelief.
He clearly knew long ago that Su Manxiu had divorced and remarried. How could he so naturally say that he would live a good life with Su Manxiu?
Wang Xianghua was the first to react. She slapped Wang Gouzi on the head.
"Why are you hitting me?" Wang Gouzi, caught off guard, immediately looked at Wang Xianghua hatefully.
Did the women of the Su family dare to hit him?
In the past, when he tormented Su Manxiu, the Su family didn't object. What was happening recently? He was the Su family's son-in-law; how could they treat him like this?
Wang Gouzi clearly didn't know that he wasn't beaten before because Su Manxiu didn't allow it, and it was also the result of Su Manxiu covering for him every time.
"Hit you? I'll beat you to death, you shameless thing!"
"Live a good life. When we told you to live a good life with Manxiu before, what did you do?"
"You shameless thing, I think you deserve to be beaten," Wang Xianghua said, slapping him a few more times.
Not only the person being hit, but even the onlookers were shocked.
Why were so many men involved, and in the end, a woman was the one taking action?
The Su family was truly formidable. Their women were so fierce. It was fortunate that the Su family only had one daughter, otherwise, the Su family's daughters would definitely not get married!
"Wife, you rest. I'll do it!" Su Laoda finally woke up from the shock of his wife's sudden violence and immediately spoke.
"Alright! My hand hurts!" Wang Xianghua also rarely played coy with her husband!
Su Laoda raised his palm and swung it towards Wang Gouzi, but Captain Li grabbed him.
"Laoda, let's talk nicely, talk nicely."
After advising Su Laoda, Captain Li reprimanded Wang Gouzi: "Hurry up and apologize. What are you babbling about with that broken mouth?"
This Wang Gouzi was truly seeking his own death without choosing a good day.
Wang Gouzi clearly didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. He looked at Su Laoda, who was being held back by his captain, and thought that Su Laoda was just putting on a show and definitely didn't intend to hit him, otherwise, why would he be held back so easily?
Thinking this, he slowly opened his mouth.