Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Chapter 051 You Still Dare to Make Trouble in a Crowd

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The Xie Family is hosting a lavish wedding banquet, while over in Shanglin Village and Old Lin Village, Lin Aiguo’s house is also bustling with activity.

Zhang Hongqiang’s family had originally planned to attend his grandniece’s wedding. Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Zhiguo’s house erupted in commotion again.

This was because Lin Aiguo, that rascal, was still harboring a grudge after vandalizing Zhang Zhiguo’s house. He had brought his cousins who shared the same residence to make a scene again, demanding either a wife from the Zhang family or the betrothal money for his sister to settle the matter.

Left with no choice, he was wary of antagonizing the Xie Family in Qingfeng Village and did not dare to cause trouble on their turf, so he vented his pent-up resentments on Zhang Zhiguo’s household.

After all, his sister had ambiguously ’married’ into the Zhangs. There was no going back since the youngest daughter of the Zhang family had already registered her marriage with someone else the day before yesterday.

Now that the Zhang family claimed they had no money left after their only son ’took it all away,’ Lin Aiguo did not fully believe this. Whether the money was indeed embezzled by Zhang Dongliang and Lin Aimei, only Zhang Zhiguo’s household knew the truth. All he wanted now was for the Zhang family to pay the betrothal money!

"Zhang Gou’er, don’t give me that nonsense. All I know is that my sister has registered her marriage with your son, and if you don’t hand over the betrothal money, I’ll be eating and living at your Zhang house from now on!" Lin Aiguo, holding a stick in his hand, was backed by not only many of his uncles and male cousins, but also his close mahjong buddies.

Zhang Zhiguo’s courtyard was surrounded by the men of the Lin family, young and old. Outside the yard, villagers who heard the noise came to see what the commotion was all about.

Seeing this, he squinted his mung bean eyes and shouted loudly, "If the Zhang family doesn’t give me an explanation today, it’s possible that tomorrow you, or your daughter, will be whisked away and have a wedding certificate forcibly obtained just like this!"

"Hisss!" The onlooking villagers, hearing Lin Aiguo’s vague threats pointedly gesturing in all directions, gasped if they had daughters at home. Some of the young men exchanged knowing looks, thinking this approach might be a rather good one: act first, formalize later!

This caused the elder men and matrons among the onlookers to glare at Zhang Zhiguo’s family with disapproval.

If Zhang Dongliang had really started a bad trend in the village, it would be a serious problem!

Zhang Zhiguo was not foolish; scared by the villagers’ glares, he shrank back, and cursed Zhang Dongliang, that ’no-good kid,’ viciously in his mind.

Nearly twenty or thirty elders from the Lin family had come, while Zhang Zhiguo was the only man standing up for the Zhang family. The Zhangs, because of Zhang Shan Ni’s wedding, had Zhang Yunni and Zhang Baonni gathered at their maternal home, huddling with Lin Zhaodi in fear, trembling all over. The three women huddled behind Zhang Zhiguo, yet unfortunately, Zhang Zhiguo himself was also shaking like a leaf.

"I, my family really has no money left!" If Zhang Zhiguo had known that selling his youngest daughter would lead to this outcome, he would have preferred being beaten by the virago behind him rather than ending up in this current state!

Facing the sturdy men opposite him armed with sticks and hoes, Zhang Zhiguo, who was neither particularly strong nor tall, almost had his knees buckle in fear. frёeωebɳovel.com

"Lin Aiguo, don’t go too far! You know exactly what happened the day before yesterday, and besides, our home was almost destroyed by your rampage, we still don’t have enough money to replace our basic necessities! You, you even dare to gather a crowd and cause trouble!"

Zhang Baonni, cowering behind her mother, saw that the courtyard was filled with their own villagers; she guessed someone might have already gone to inform the village chief, so she dared to scream back in retort.

The onlooking villagers did indeed do as Zhang Baonni expected; seeing so many people from other villages, several had indeed sent their children to notify the village chief’s family, fearing that the altercation might lead to fatalities.