Jiang Tingxia didn't even look at her and said, "I don't know whose man is so useless that he gets scared to death when his wife gets her hair permed."

After hearing this, Liu Ying immediately retorted, "Your man is useless."

Jiang Tingxia didn't indulge her, "Sister, I was just following your words."

Jiang Tingxia smoothed her hair and said, "Look at me like this, I can't be mine."

She blinked her eyes. "Or I'll just stand here and see who gets scared to death today."

Liu Ying was speechless for a moment. She just said that to put pressure on her, but she really took it to extremes and made her feel totally unreasonable.

Everyone found Jiang Tingxia's words funny and burst into laughter.

Zhang Hongxiang laughed so hard that she was out of breath. "Okay, let's see who's scared to death. We're right here, so it's convenient to carry him home directly."

Seeing that no one was helping her, Liu Ying was speechless and secretly muttered, "Little goblin, shameless."

Only Chunmiao couldn't laugh. She looked timid. Amid the laughter of the crowd, she walked to Jiang Tingxia, tugged at her sleeve and quietly reminded her, "How dare you come out? Go home and stay quiet for a while."

Jiang Tingxia didn't understand what she said and looked confused, "Huh?"

Chun Miao whispered, "You got beaten, didn't you?"

Jiang Tingxia was even more confused, "What do you mean?"

Chun Miao glanced at her and rolled her eyes. "You burned the house down and caused such a big disaster. Even if your man has a good temper, can he not beat you?"

When asked this, Jiang Tingxia remembered that after the fire happened, although Li Changpu had a stern face and looked unhappy, he didn't do anything to her. Instead, he didn't say a word to blame her.

Liu Ying was so angry that she had no place to vent it, so she continued with Chunmiao's words.

Liu Ying laughed and said, "Chun Miao, even if you got beaten, who can tell anyone about it?"

In fact, everyone agrees that this woman has caused such a big disaster. No matter how glamorous she looks in front of others, who knows how she will be punished at home.

Chun Miao felt much better after hearing this, and his expression softened a bit, "That's what I told you."

But she heard Jiang Tingxia say firmly, "No, I wasn't beaten."

Jiang Tingxia thought it was natural. No matter how big the problem was, one had to calm down and talk slowly. How could one take action?

But Chunmiao didn't believe it, with an expression that said, "I know you're not telling the truth." She even half-truthfully comforted Jiang Tingxia, "This is nothing, not to mention that you made a mistake yourself."

The more Jiang Tingxia listened, the more puzzled she felt. It was as if her words implied that she was beaten by Li Changpu and she was just being stubborn and refusing to admit it.

Jiang Tingxia wanted to explain, but she kept talking, "Two years ago in our village, there were people who beat their wives to death. Some even had their teeth knocked out. That was so pitiful. I was scared when those women cried. Compared to that, living here is considered good."

Who is she talking about? Herself?

Jiang Tingxia saw her reaction and asked tentatively, "Were you beaten at home?"

Chunmiao was panicked after hearing this, and hurriedly explained, "It's not a hit. How can a slap be a hit? It's..."

But she didn't say anything else.

Just repeating over and over again, "It's not a fight. It's not a fight."

But her timid eyes revealed everything.

Someone chimed in, "That's right, a slap is nothing."

Speaking of this, no one thought about Jiang Tingxia's inappropriate outfit anymore, and they all started gossiping.

"Men have bad tempers. When they get angry, who can resist the urge to take action?"

Sister Dongmei lowered her voice and said, "The old man who lives in front of us, Ma, looks very honest and can't do anything with a beating. Last time I went to his house, I saw him punching Sister Ma. He used a lot of force and Sister Ma sat on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up."

Someone looked horrified, "The man was so strong and didn't know how to control his hands, so he really got hurt."

Zhang Hongxiang clicked her tongue twice. "No matter how good-tempered or honest a man seems, he will hit his wife after getting married."

Chun Miao let out a breath, and his tone was much more relaxed, "Every family has bumps and bruises in life."

The family members who accompany the troops are from all over the country, but these things are basically the same everywhere.

Someone said, "My neighbor's wife was beaten so badly that not a single piece of skin was left on her body. She cries whenever she sees anyone. How pitiful."

"I've seen it too..."

Jiang Tingxia's worldview collapsed as the women chatted with each other.

Zhang Hongxiang's man Zhao Yong and Li Changpu have been good brothers for many years. Zhang Hongxiang didn't want to make the relationship with Jiang Tingxia too awkward, so she never gave Jiang Tingxia a cold shoulder in person.

The two families were close neighbors, and after the woman's conversation ended, the two walked back together.

Jiang Tingxia was a little affected and her face turned pale. She had been in a daze for the past two days, how could she have forgotten all these things.

At the beginning, the marriage with Li Changpu was arranged. Logically, she was the person chosen by grandfather and was also a prestigious military officer. The two sisters of the Jiang family should not be too resistant. But the bad thing was that Li Changpu came from the countryside, had never been to school, and did not even have a junior high school diploma. In addition, the wedding location he wrote in his letter was in the remote mountains, so the two sisters of the Jiang family refused to marry him no matter what.

Jiang Tingxia's impression of the word "rural" was a 40-year-old woman who washed clothes in the Jiang family. She said she ran away because her husband beat her and she couldn't stand it, so she ran away. Jiang Tingxia was still young at the time and asked with a confused look on her face, "What about your family? Don't they care about you?"

The old woman cried even more sadly. She said, "Miss, it's the same in our village. No one cares whether you live or die. If the pain is unbearable, just jump into the well and you won't have to suffer anymore."

The old woman was alone and always liked to complain to others about her miserable life. Others were tired of listening to her, but Jiang Tingxia was young and curious, and would occasionally give her some candy and cakes. She would then start to complain to her about how violent the man was and how pitiful she was.

Because of this, Jiang Tingxia had a very bad image of the men in the village. Whenever he thought of them, he would think of the old woman's intermittent crying.

Today's conversation among the family members suddenly reminded Jiang Tingxia of these things, and he couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body.

After living a new life, she was so moved by the kindness Li Changpu had shown her in her previous life that she forgot to be on guard against him.

Jiang Tingxia couldn't help but wonder, what kind of person would a rough guy who had never been to school be? Would he be like those rural men who smoked, drank, and beat their wives that he had heard about from everyone in the afternoon?

Zhang Hongxiang saw that her face was not right and called her twice, "Sister? What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Tingxia smiled bitterly and replied, "It's okay."

Just as he was about to enter the house, he saw light coming from the window. Thinking that it was Li Changpu who had returned, Jiang Tingxia's heart began to beat fast.

She stopped Zhang Hongxiang who was about to go home and wanted to confirm again, "Sister-in-law, did the things you said this afternoon really happen?"

How could Zhang Hongxiang not understand? In the afternoon, everyone talked about everything they had seen or heard in their lives. No wonder Jiang Tingxia was scared.

Zhang Hongxiang smiled and comforted her, "There are people like this in every village, but it's scary to say it all at once."

She squinted her eyes again and smiled strangely, "You are still newlyweds, the sweetness is not enough, why do you think about these things?"

Jiang Tingxia's heart suddenly fell to the ground, what they said was true.

Are men really that scary?

When I entered the house, Li Changpu was washing vegetables and cooking. He held a kitchen knife with his hand as big as a palm leaf fan, and veins on the back of his hand and forearm were bulging.

What a strong pair of hands!

Jiang Tingxia shuddered. If he really attacked her, she would be killed in just a few hits with her small body.

Is it too late to regret the marriage now?

But her household registration has been moved here and registered under his name, so where else can she go?

Jiang Tingxia stood at the door and refused to go in. Li Changpu didn't even look at her and continued to work on his work.

Jiang Tingxia leaned against the door frame for half a day to do ideological construction.

Jiang Tingxia, ah Jiang Tingxia, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. There's nothing shameful about that in order to survive.

Finally, she stood up with her back straight and shouted loudly, "Li Changpu"

A roar finally made Li Changpu look directly at her.

Then, Li Changpu saw Jiang Tingxia bowed to him solemnly.

Her voice was loud and clear, but Li Changpu could hear a hint of bluffing in it.

"sorry"

"I accidentally set the house on fire. I accept the punishment. I'm standing here and you can scold me as you please."

Seeing her acting so abnormal, Li Changpu paused for a long time while cutting vegetables. His dark eyebrows knitted together and it took him a long time to utter a word.

"What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Tingxia: After you have vented your anger by scolding me, you cannot use violence anymore.

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