Hearing this, the village head got a bit flustered and quickly asked, "Is it true? I haven't heard of this."
"Why would I lie to you?" Liu Kui replied. "If you don't believe me, go ask around in Shili Town. The one who was transferred was also a primary - school teacher."
The village head got a bit anxious. This was no small matter, but he didn't dare to simply believe Liu Kui's words. So he immediately turned around and left.
He was gone for the whole afternoon and didn't return home until evening, his face ashen.
When his tough - tempered wife saw him coming back, she rushed out of the house with a broom in her hand.
"You still remember to come back? I was wondering if some slut had bewitched you and you were going to spend the night at her place!"
The village head had something on his mind. With a dejected look, he walked into the house with his hands behind his back. His wife got angry and hit him hard on the back with the broom.
The village head then came to his senses. "What are you doing? You shrew! Are you crazy? How dare you hit me?"
The village head's wife was used to being in charge at home. Suddenly hearing the village head scolding her, a fire flared up in her heart.
"You've really got some guts now, daring to scold me? Have you forgotten how you came to my house begging for food when you were just a poor lad? If it weren't for my father marrying me to you and paying for you to be the village head, would you have the life you have now?"
The village head's parents died early. He grew up on the charity of the villagers. When he was young, he couldn't find a wife because of his poverty. He didn't get married until he was almost thirty.
It was also because this woman had a bad temper and messed up several blind dates, so she had a bad reputation in the village.
Her father thought that since the village head's parents were dead and he was poor and timid, he would listen to his in - laws in the future, so he married his daughter to him.
Maybe having lived a comfortable life for too long, the village head had almost forgotten his humble beginnings.
However, what the village head feared most was to be knocked back to his former state.
He had made inquiries this afternoon and found out that there really was such a thing in Shili Town, which made him even more terrified.
The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became. He couldn't help scolding, "Your father has been dead for years, and you still dare to bring up the past. Do you believe I'll divorce you?"
The village head's wife was shocked. "You dare to divorce me? You've really got a lot of nerve! Let me tell you, if you ever have this thought again, I'll tell everyone how my father bribed the higher - ups to make you the village head. Then neither of us will have a good time!"
The village head was already worried about losing his position. Hearing his wife say this, his mood became even more unsettled.
Looking at his wife with wrinkled face and always wearing makeup, the white powder stuck in her wrinkles, he felt even more disgusted. He clenched his fists and threatened her, "If you've got the guts, go tell everyone. Do you believe I'll beat you to death?"
"You..." The village head's wife pointed at him angrily. "You ungrateful bastard! If you dare to beat me, I'll stab you to death!"
Saying this, the village head's wife started hitting the village head randomly with the broom in her hand.
The village head was so angry that he couldn't help fighting back. They pulled each other's hair and slapped each other in the yard. The commotion was so loud that the news of their fight quickly spread through the village.
Yun Que'er heard this "good news" while having dinner in the evening. It was Ji Chengxuan who told her.
"Is it true? Isn't the village head hen - pecked?"
"They're both badly injured and came to the clinic together. Could it be fake?" Ji Chengxuan asked with a smile.
Yun Fujin brought a bowl of rice porridge to Ji Chengxuan. "So your father didn't have time to cook for you tonight?"
"Thank you, Brother Yun." Ji Chengxuan touched his empty stomach, picked up the bowl and took several big mouthfuls. Then he continued, "My father was halfway through cooking when the village head and his wife suddenly came. At first, they didn't admit it and said they fell into a ditch while walking. But I could see the slap marks and scratches on their faces. It was obvious they had fought. I didn't want to ask any more questions, but I don't know what got into them. They started arguing again after saying a few words, and then they fought in my father's clinic. Now one can't even sit up, and the other can barely stand but still has to lean on something. It's really a sight."
Ji Chengxuan laughed twice. "But my father was only halfway through treating their wounds when our food burned. My father had no choice but to let me come to your place to get something to eat."
"Eat as much as you like. There's plenty." Yun Fujin took out two steamed buns for Ji Chengxuan and pushed the pickle bowl in front of him. "Our food is not as good as yours. Just make do with it. Don't mind."
"Of course not!" Ji Chengxuan took another couple of big mouthfuls of porridge. "My father is excellent at treating patients, but his cooking is really bad. I wish I could come to your place for meals every day."
Yun Que'er gave Ji Chengxuan a disdainful look and muttered, "You wish."
Ji Chengxuan grinned at Yun Que'er. "We've been having meals together for ages. And sometimes you go to my place for meals too. Why are you so stingy?"
To be honest, every time Yun Que'er ate at Ji Chengxuan's place, it was either because Yun Fujin and Old Doctor Ji had a drinking party or because Old Doctor Ji invited her so sincerely that she couldn't refuse.
She wasn't like Ji Chengxuan, who shamelessly came to other people's houses to mooch off food!
Ji Chengxuan quickly filled his stomach. Seeing that Yun Que'er had also finished eating, he grabbed her hand and ran out of the door, shouting to Yun Fujin, "Brother Yun, we're going out to play!"
"Come back early!"
"Got it!" Yun Que'er replied in a hurry. Then she was dragged by Ji Chengxuan for several hundred meters before finally stopping.
"What are you doing?" Yun Que'er was so tired that she squatted on the ground. "Don't you know that running right after a meal can cause gastroptosis since you know medical skills?"
"Not considering the dosage when talking about the efficacy of medicine is just nonsense." Ji Chengxuan said seriously. "Just like you can't eat shrimp and green tea together, but you'd have to eat tons of shrimp and truckloads of green tea to get poisoned. Running once is okay. And I'm afraid if you were any later, you'd miss the show."
"Show?" Yun Que'er looked at Ji Chengxuan suspiciously. Then she suddenly understood. "To watch the village head's show?"
"Of course." Ji Chengxuan winked at Yun Que'er mysteriously. "Don't you always want to see him dig his own grave? This is a perfect opportunity. You won't get another chance like this."
Yun Que'er grinned. "Great minds think alike."
The two kids sneaked behind the wall of the clinic, hunkering down furtively and holding their breath to listen to what was going on inside.