Yang Ruqing sent Mrs. Sun directly back to the room in the backyard, while Luo Fengtang went with Yang Huazhong to temporarily detain Wangfu in a fake firewood shed belonging to Yang Huazhong.

Yang Huazhong was an honest headman. Though he imprisoned Wangfu, he still brought him a blanket to keep warm at night.

Luo Fengtang checked the window again, making sure Wangfu couldn't escape. The father-in-law and son-in-law then locked the door and left.

The next morning, Yang Ruocheng opened his eyes to find Luofeng Tang had already gotten up. On the table, there was a note left for him.

He went next door because several village elders were invited to Yang Huazhong's house to discuss matters concerning Wafufu.

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Because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, she also, for the first time, used a jade-studded 滿天星 hair ornament that Luò Fēng Táng had bought her before to adorn her updo.

Liu Haifei changed her previous air bangs, combing all her bangs up, revealing a full and smooth forehead.

Then, the jade pendant swayed before her forehead. The jade's faint emerald glow reflected in her bright and clear eyes.

She looked radiant, with features that were both charming and gentle, delicate and ethereal.

In the backyard kitchen, Auntie Wang Cuilian had already cooked breakfast. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

The grandmother-in-law, Tuo'ba Xian, was already looking after the two children as they ate breakfast.

Seeing this mix of young and old, Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but sigh with envy, "It's so wonderful to have elders at home to help take care of the children!"

"Auntie, Mother, has Ping'er come to eat?" Yang Ruqing asked.

Tuo Ba Xian shook her head. "She probably didn't come."

Wang Cuilian said, "I made the one for her and Huahua, but she didn't come to pick it up."

Yang Ruqing said, "I've finished eating. I'll send them a portion."

Having prepared two bowls of congee, taken a few steamed buns and some side dishes, Yang Ruqing put them on a plate and sent them to Ping'er's room.

Huo Huo was asleep, and Ping Er sat on a small stool by the bed, with a basket of needles and thread on her lap and a little shoe in her hand.

She had pulled on half her shoes, and then her hand stopped. She sat there, staring straight ahead with no focus.

Until Yang Ruohua came in, placed a tray on the table, and lightly called out to Ping'er, she trembled and came back to her senses.

“Qing’er…”

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Ping'er hurriedly stood up.

"Seeing that none of you went to eat, I'll bring some over for you."

My gaze shifted past Ping'er and landed on HuaHua lying on the bed over there. "How is HuaHua? Did she have a fever again last night?"

Ping'er also glanced at Hua Hua and said, "After last night, she didn't have a fever anymore, but she had a nightmare at night and cried for a while."

Yang Ruqing said, "If one's illness hasn't recovered, it's not surprising to sleep restlessly and have nightmares."

"Ping'er said, 'It was probably the commotion caused by us adults last night that scared her.'"

Yang Ruqing remained silent, and it was possible that she had this kind of possibility.

"You eat first, there's still some in the pot. We'll feed it to Huahua when she wakes up." Yang Ruqing said. Let me know if you have other text you'd like me to translate! ?

Ping'er shook her head: "I'm not hungry."

Yang Ruqing said, "You haven't eaten anything all night, how come you're not hungry? Hurry up and eat, otherwise you won't have the energy to take care ofhuahua."

Ping'er had no choice but to go to the table and sit down, eating her rice congee and steamed buns in small bites.

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Yang Ruqing glanced at her, looking absent-minded.

Yang Ruqing said, "I just woke up, I didn't go to the old house or my mother's house. I don't know what's going on with my brother yet."

"I'll go and check things out in a bit, then come back and tell you." she said.

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"I hope they've made up," said Ping'er.

When Yang Ruqing came to Yang Huazhong's house, the main hall was filled with people. Besides the current village head Yang Huazhong, former village head Wang Hongquan and several highly respected elders from the village were all present.

Besides, Chang Geng's elders and some of the more reliable men in the village also came over to listen.

Outside and inside the courtyard, a circle of village women gathered to watch the commotion.

Yang Ruqing squeezed into the main hall, just in time to see Yang Huazhong standing there announcing the result to Wangfu.

"After much deliberation and discussion, the elders of the village have unanimously decided that you, Wang Fu, are not capable of shouldering the responsibility of being the head of the household,"

“When things go wrong, he runs away and leaves the mess for his wife and children to deal with.”

“You should leave Changping Village! Your drinking, and beating your wife and children, it's unbearable!”

Upon hearing Yang Huazhong's sentencing, Wangfu was completely dumbfounded. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?

Wàng Fù's panic flashed across her eyes, and Yáng Ruoqíng was not at all surprised.

In this era, local heads and village elders had the power to execute villagers within their own territory. Sometimes, this authority was no less than that of the government.

In towns outside the walls, even clan elders held the power over life and death.

Therefore, Li Zheng and several village elders unanimously decided that Wangfu was irrefutable.

Back then, the Chen butcher’s whole family left Changping Village this way too.

The gaze returned to Wangfu's body.

"Don't, don't drive me away like this. I've been from the Changping village for generations, my home is here, where else would I go..."

Wángfú's tears and snot were all out, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to each of the village elders, begging them.

But Wang Fu's past misdeeds have already deeply entered the hearts of the people.

The people's minds are made up; they all want to drive this parasite out of Changping Village.

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"Let's go inside, we have something to talk about!"

Outside, the sound of a woman's cries could be heard.

It was Wǎngfú's mother-in-law's voice.

Wangfu heard the sound and jumped up from the ground.

“My wife has arrived, my wife has come to take me home,” he repeated.

Wang Hongquan pointed directly at Wang Fu's nose and said: "It's because of all those things you did to your wife in the past, beating her every three days and once a big fight every five. Your wife would be most happy if you left Changping Village!"

"Even if you're going to kick me out, at least let me say goodbye to my wife," said Wang Fu.

Several village elders looked at each other, and then they heard the woman's cries at the door getting louder and louder, mixed with the cries of children.

"Alright, then let Old Madam Wang come in and say a few words. After she's finished, you better pack your things and leave Changping Village as soon as possible!" one of the village elders said.

Soon, Wang Fu's wife ran into the hall crying, followed by her five-year-old granddaughter.

Seeing grandma crying, the granddaughter also cried in fright.

Both the grandfather and grandson had messy hair and wrinkled clothes.

Especially Wanfu's wife, more than half her hair was white. At over forty years old, she looked even older than Tan Shi.

The speed of aging, is comparable to Luo Dade's.

After entering the main room, the woman looked around and then found Wang Fu.

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You bastard, how dare you come back? Why didn't you die out there?

The woman cried out in anger and swung her fist at Wang Fu.

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Wangsfu didn't dodge, kneeling on the ground as the woman's fists rained down on him. He was also crying.

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