The beating had been no light matter. Word was, it had injured him down below.
Because of this, Old Hu Er and his wife got into another brawl with Wu Yingxiong.
However, Wu Yingxiong was famously strong. He had even gone up the mountain alone and beaten a tiger back in the day. On top of that, he had been drinking and was completely reckless, with no sense of restraint in his hands. Old Hu Er and his wife failed to gain any advantage; instead, Old Hu Er had his leg broken and was carried back to the old house by the villagers.
Su Qiao had been bored, but with a commotion to watch, there was no way she could justify not joining in.
She pulled Big Treasure, who had appeared from who-knew-where, along with her and ran to the Ancestral Hall in Hejia Village.
The village chief had arrived as well and was currently presiding over the situation.
Before long, Su Qiao figured out the whole story.
It turned out that after Hu Dalong had suffered a setback at Su Qiao's hands, he had immediately stolen money and the Silver Bracelet from his family and used them to curry favor with Widow Li. He had also completely changed his formerly lazy ways and helped her with her chores every day.
Widow Li had always just muddled through each day. With free labor to share her workload and money to take, she naturally refused no one who came to her door.
However, besides Hu Dalong, Wu Yingxiong from the east end of the village had also taken a fancy to Widow Li. For one thing, she was beautiful and wanton; for another, he wanted to use her womb to bear himself a son.
He felt that the reason he had