Transmigrated as the Ex-Wife of a Heroic Man

Chapter 1250: Chapter 1250: Line Up in a Row

Young people and middle-aged people don’t know, but the elderly do. They’ve also been involved in the concealment, and have even benefitted from it. Over the years, not a word about it dared be spoken; some even avoided Ma Xiulan upon sight.

Had Third Grandma not threatened her, Ma Xiulan would nearly have forgotten about the matter.

“Hmph! They dare not say anything, because if they did, it would bring bad luck upon us all.”

“Bang bang bang…” The tightly shut door was being loudly hammered from outside, “Open the door, open it quickly.”

“Who’s that? Which asshole is knocking like that?” Ma Xiulan got up to open the door and upon doing so, she saw Third Grandma and Seventh Great Uncle standing on either side of the entrance, with Su Xueyong having been the one causing the thunderous banging.

Ma Xiulan was startled by the sight of Seventh Great Uncle, “Seventh Great Uncle, what brings you here?”

Neither Seventh Great Uncle nor Third Grandma responded, both wearing grim expressions as if they might faint at any moment.

Su Xueyong hurriedly said, “The village chief just sent someone to call for us; all the elderly of the village are to gather under the big tree in the village.”

“Why?”

“A lot of outsiders have come to the village.” Su Xueyong shivered as he said this, sneaking glances at Seventh Great Uncle and Third Grandma, “Those people are fierce. They’ve sent word demanding your presence.”

“I’m not going, why should I go? I just won’t go.” Although Ma Xiulan didn’t know the specifics, her instincts told her the newcomers had ill intents, so naturally, she refused to go.

That’s when Seventh Great Uncle spoke up, “Go! After all these years, what’s been anticipated has finally arrived.”

“What?” Ma Xiulan’s vision went dark, she stumbled and nearly collapsed, but thankfully, Su Xueyong caught her in time. Once steadied, her face was pale as paper, her forehead and face covered in cold sweat.

“Let’s go!”

When Seventh Great Uncle insisted, neither Ma Xiulan nor Su Dachun had any choice but to comply. By the time the five of them reached the village entrance, the area outside the big tree was swarmed with people. All the village elders were there, lined up in a row.

These elders held high status in the village, with children and grandchildren in abundance. Their standing like this caused their descendants to become fiery with anger, shouting and clamoring to beat and curse, to drive the outsiders away.

But the summoned elders all kept their heads down, uttering not a single word.

The situation became increasingly eerie.

Eventually, even the younger villagers began to sense that something was amiss; they knew their own family, their parents, and grandparents. These were people who never shied away from an argument, who never let themselves be short-changed. Now dragged out of their homes like dead dogs and keeping silent was truly abnormal.

Thus, under the big tree descended an unprecedented silence.

Once calm, the younger villagers finally got a clear view of the scene under the big tree. Initially, the numerous outsiders had occupied the central area under the tree, spacing themselves five meters apart from each other.

With the entire village there and the clamor that followed, the majority who came later hadn’t seen clearly.

Only now did they get a clear view, and it scared them into even more silence.

Because standing under the big tree, with his hands clasped behind his back and looking up at the tree, was a man whose presence was so imposing that even his shadow commanded silence.

The village chief stood behind the man, incessantly wiping sweat despite the cold weather, with the chilly wind blowing, but his undershirt was already soaked with cold sweat.

What was even more terrifying was that not far from the man on the ground knelt a middle-aged man.

In the freezing cold, the ground was covered in ice. The middle-aged man knelt like a dead dog, his body constantly trembling and trying futilely to move, hardly able to stir at all.

At first, everyone was curious why nobody was holding the man down and why he didn’t get up?