"What happened next?"
"What happened next?"
Ouyang Lei stopped speaking, and the villagers pressed him.
Tian Jing raised an eyebrow. Was the story going off track?
Ouyang Lei glanced at the bony woman kneeling on the ground and changed the ending. "Later, of course, the man drove that woman away and moved away with his wife and the son his wife had."
"Wow, that man is righteous and kind."
"Yes, yes. That man's wife is also a good woman, but she didn't handle the situation thoroughly enough."
Tian Jing kindly helped everyone get the story back on track. "I just don't know if Comrade Zhang Fangcao's four children's father can accept Zhang Fangcao and the four children."
The villagers then returned to the main topic.
"Right, right. These four children clearly have the same father. He's quite capable."
"You're not quite right. Three years ago, looking like Zhang Fangcao did, how could her children's father stomach it?"
A particularly clear-headed villager brought the discussion back to the point. "You're all right. I'm just anxious about how they're going to do the paternity test? How long will it take? When will we know the results? Do we have to watch a show in two parts?"
"You've listened to too many storytellers. What do you mean, two parts? Since it's a technology only available abroad, it must be expensive."
The particularly clear-headed villager said, "What are you afraid of? Li Zhengguo has money. When they find out who the children's biological father is, they'll make the biological father compensate them. If he doesn't, they'll sue him for slander and put him in jail. Then it will be clear."
"Oh my, you know quite a lot?"
The particularly clear-headed villager proudly lifted his chin. "Of course. We must understand the law. Not only can we protect ourselves, but we also won't get into trouble."
Ouyang Guoliang's hands were busy writing. The villagers in Kushan truly had good awareness, though there were also those of low character.
Lin Silai put his arm around the child in his embrace. "Fangcao, let's get a divorce first. As for the four children, I won't take any of them. I won't raise children for someone else."
Zhang Fangcao looked up sharply. "Silai, when you gave birth to Jizong, you weren't bothered, were you?"
Lin Silai shook his head. "I didn't care about Jizong, but I do care that you've been wearing green hats for me. I hid the three subsequent green hats, but you insisted on bringing them out for me to wear. They're so green that everyone knows. Am I shameless? Can I still be a man?"
Zhang Fangcao stood up abruptly. "You were never a man to begin with. After we got married, you never touched me. You said I was having a hard pregnancy, and I believed you. After giving birth to Jizong, you found all sorts of excuses to avoid me."
"I know, you think I'm dirty. Then I'll find someone who doesn't think I'm dirty. I've given your Lin family four intelligent sons. Why do you want a divorce? I won't divorce you."
Lin Silai's face turned cold. "Whether we divorce or not, you don't get the final say. I can sue for divorce. The three younger children are evidence, evidence of your infidelity."
"You? If you dare to divorce, I'll take all four children with me."
Lin Silai let out a cold laugh. "Heh heh, as I said, I don't want any of the four children. You just want your children to inherit my Lin family."
"Let me tell you, I'd rather give my family property to someone else than let Lin Jizong inherit it. The name Jizong, you picked it. Such great ambition, do you think we're all fools?"
Zhang Fangcao burst into tears. "Wuwuwu, you, you have no conscience. When you designed Li Aiguo's divorce back then, you personally admitted that Jizong was your child, wuwuwu..."
No one sympathized with Zhang Fangcao's crying. Since she had no physical intimacy with Lin Silai, and Lin Silai stepped forward to acknowledge it, what did she do by tacitly agreeing? Didn't she know who the children's biological father was? Not the first, and not the other three either?
"That was to save Li Aiguo, otherwise he really couldn't afford all four of them. This divorce is set today. Let's go and come back quickly. You can still take the four children to find their biological father before dark."
Zhang Fangcao insisted, "Their biological father is Li Zhengguo."
Lin Silai shook his head. This foolish and poisonous woman, no wonder she got along with Li Weiguo and was heavily relied upon by Li Weiguo. "Li Zhengguo has money and connections. He can do a paternity test. Have you prepared yourself for going to jail?"
Zhang Fangcao remained firm. "No matter how capable he is, he cannot deny these four children."
"Is that so?"
It was Li Zhengguo's voice. The villagers quickly made way for Li Zhengguo to appear.
Li Rongguo and Ouyang Meihua stood beside Li Zhengguo.
Seeing Li Zhengguo, Zhang Fangcao's face lit up with joy. "Zhengguo, you've come at the right time. Silai wants to divorce me. You, you must marry me."
Li Zhengguo ignored Zhang Fangcao and pointed to Li Rongguo beside him. "Everyone, look. Don't the four children resemble our eldest cousin a lot? Speaking of which, my father's three brothers and our five cousins all look very similar. Shall we guess who the father of the four children is?"
The topic was hot, and the villagers eagerly joined the discussion.
"Yes, yes, I didn't notice before, but Rongguo has gained some weight in the past two years. He really looks like Zhengguo."
"More than that, Shengguo, Baoguo, and Weiguo all look very much like Zhengguo. Looking at them now, the four children also look very much like those three cousins."
"I think we should call all three of them over. If they stand together, we'll be able to tell."
"Yes, yes, that's a good idea."
"You're all excited, but will those three be willing to come? Suddenly having four more children, who can afford so much land?"
As the villagers were debating, not only Captain Ou and Secretary Yang arrived, but also Li Dabo and his youngest son Li Shengguo, Li Erbo and his eldest son Li Baoguo and youngest son Li Weiguo also arrived.
Li Zhengguo looked faintly at his relatives. They had arrived just in time.
Some sharp-eyed villagers saw Li Dabo and Li Erbo's families. "Huh? They've all come."
"They've really come? Quick, make way for them. Let them compare and see who is the father of the four children."
The villagers' eyes were darting everywhere, and everyone looked like the father of the four children.
Li Dabo was called by his younger brother, who told him to come and preside over justice. When he arrived, he understood what had happened. However, he wouldn't make a judgment easily, because the four children also resembled his grandson a lot.
Li Erbo smiled. He understood his elder brother's feelings, unwilling to offend the current Li Zhengguo. So let him handle it.
"Zhengguo, your reasoning is far-fetched. As for that paternity test, it's also unreliable. The mother of the child knows best who the child belongs to."
"None of this would have been related to us, but I cannot tolerate you slandering your three cousins, suggesting they might also be the father of those four children."
Li Zhengguo narrowed his eyes. His paternal uncle, what had happened between him and his father that he had been scheming against his family for decades without any effort?
"Uncle Li Er, who the child's biological father is, is all hearsay. Zhang Fangcao's words, let alone mine, even the villagers don't believe them."
"Since you don't believe in paternity tests, then let's call the police. We can't have the children being pushed around so pitifully."
Li Erbo shook his head. "This matter is still unrelated to us. I came only to say one thing, to clear the stigma of you falsely accusing Shengguo, Baoguo, and Weiguo of potentially being the fathers of those four children."
Li Erbo's shamelessness refreshed Tian Jing's understanding.
"Uncle Li Er, we can still call you Uncle Li Er out of respect for you being my father-in-law's second brother. We'll give you a little face."
"If you have something to say, just say it. After you're done, we'll still call the police as needed. My husband, how can those dirty women covet him?"