Qian Xiaoying glanced at her little nephew, not knowing what to say.
Still, a woman from the village, quick with her words, said, "Yuan Chun, your mom was almost beaten to death today. Your mom refused Niu Dan's mother's proposal yesterday, she held a grudge, and today she went around bad-mouthing you, saying you were fooling around with Qian Xiao San. Your mom heard it, couldn't hold her anger, and went to hit her."
Qian Xiaoying was spoiled by her parents since childhood, and after marriage, her husband spoiled her too. After the commune established the work-point system, she became the scorer.
One could say that she was nearly a forty-year-old village woman who hadn't worked much on the farm, hardly a match for Niu Dan's mother, who worked in the fields every day.
In no time, Qian Xiaoying was pinned to the ground by Niu Dan's mother, unable to fight back.
